L i v e O a k C l i n i cNewsletter

Fall 2017

Board of directorssanjay aggarwal, Md rosemary allen Gloria coker, rN Mary fuchsrichard fugler, dds, Md diane Hillcarol Janes chuck Jeffress Kelton thomson alan trafford

Medical VoluNteerssanjay aggarwal, Md Gloria coker, rN deby crook, fNP-c Bob edwards, rN richard erickson, do emerardo falcon, Mdrichard fugler, Md, ddsdds Javeen Gowda, MdMillie Gresham, rNranga Kattegummula Md stephanie lewis-Zamora, fNP-c raj Mikkilenini, MdJennifer Monical, fNP-cJuanita oppermann, fNP-c anupama Pant, MdMitesh Patel, doJoyce shavers, rN Carol Wingfield, RN

Providing Non-urgent, Primary Healthcare for the Indigent Uninsured

location:102 Yaupon, Lake JacksonCovenant Evangelical Presbyterian Church

Phone: 979-388-0809 (ONLY during open hours)

October 25, 2007

2Patients

2Physicians

8Volunteers

November 2, 2017

36Volunteers

250Active Patients

9Physicians

3FNP-Cs

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REFLECTIONS ON 10 YEARS

Not until I was a nursing student at Ben Taub Hospital, in Houston, was I aware of people touched by societal pain. Moving to Lake Jackson some years later, I became acutely aware of the large number of uninsured receiving care in our local Emergency Department. Now we have the healthcare issue and there are lots of opinions about what to do about access to care. But speaking with an uninsured person in crisis and trying to find a path forward, it is gut-wrenching.

Every community has needs, including ours. People need food, children need affordable and constructive after-school care, and many need mentors. Men and women need job skills training. The elderly

need social interaction and rides to doctor’s appointments. Alzheimer’s and dementia awareness training and care is increasingly important. And at some point, everyone needs healthcare (that’s us and every one of you who support us). Children and the elderly have a safety net. Many working adults in our community, earning below the poverty level, do not qualify for health insurance. Our three-night-a -month volunteer clinic is their only option for chronic health care management.

I welcome each of you to visit us and see for yourselves the indispensable care our local medical providers and assembled volunteers offer to our community.

-- Mary fuchs

caNcelled!Live Oaktoberfest

due to Hurricane Harvey and subsequent flooding. There are currently no plans to reschedule this event.

NURSE EDUCATOR BEGINS WEIGHT LOSS CHALLENGE

Joyce Shavers, nurse educator, is shown here having a conversation with interpreter Beatriz Darst and a patient. A $20.00 Aldi gift card and lots of praise are the rewards for losing 10% of one’s body weight and adopting a healthy lifestyle. Patients are encouraged to follow the healthy plate method of eating and add more exercise with the goal of gaining better control of their diabetes and high blood pressure. Positive health changes are being seen in the patients who visit the nurse educator.

Maria Antunez Kamini Aggarwal

Jackie BrewerBeatriz Darst Mary Fuchs Carol Janes

Lorraine JohnsonJennifer Kolthammer

Fall 2017 Volunteers

https://www.kroger.com/account/enrollCommunityRewardsNow

Enrollment must be renewed each year in August

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Jeanine MeyerMary Meyers Linda Miles

Wilson MitchellRuth Roland

Irene StandardEd Suazo

Sebina Watson Carol Wingfield, RN, giving interpreter Maria Antunez, her flu vaccine. Flu shots have been offered to our patients since 2011.

eet richard erickson, do, a family practice physician and loyal Live Oak Clinic volunteer. Since the age of 18, he has been in the medical field, first as an orderly, then with the U.S. Air Force as an X-ray and ultrasound technologist and instructor. He completed his undergraduate education while in the Air Force followed by medical school as an older student with a family.

Dr. Erickson’s first practice was in the Texas Panhandle as the only physician in a town of 2,600. His career continued with the themes of family practice (11 years in Sweeny), Air Force service (Captain), and teaching, most recently in the Family Medicine Residency Program at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston.

Leaving academics, Dr. Erickson returned to his true passion, family medicine, and practices at CHI St Luke’s in Brazoria. He is a father of five and grandfather of four, and his hobbies include home renovations, reading science fiction, and playing musical instruments, including guitar, banjo, bass, and flute.

thank you, dr. erickson, for being part of live oak clinic.

Volunteer Highlights - Dr. Richard Erickson

Live Oak ClinicP. O. Box 3224Lake Jackson, TX 77566

DONATIONSApril 2017 - November 2017

DONATIONS & GRANTS

Fr. Jim, St. Jerome Catholic ChurchCatholic Daughters of the Americas, Court #2364St. Jerome’s Catholic ChurchNorthway Baptist ChurchMrs. Frances (Bobbye) PeltierHoly Trinity Catholic ChurchThe Source Weekly - Lisa BakerWomen of St. Michael’sThe Community Foundation for the Lowrey Community Service GrantDavid & Lorraine MonkDavid & Joyce Rencurrel

Martin & Carole CornellVasanth & Poornima BhatApache CorporationAnonymousSuzy BonnarTaco CabanaChrist Lutheran Church

IN-KIND DONATIONS

The Source Weekly - Lisa BakerCovenant Evangelical Presbyterian ChurchMike Kessler (Nicks & Kessler Insurance)Justin Gilbert (Gilbert & Furey Law Firm)

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!