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A little over ten years ago, a community came together to help a free clinic get off the ground. A humble country church used their resources to help their neighbors. Not only were

they an integral part of launching a sustained and vital effort for health in our community, but they brought people together

around a mission, to unleash the full potential of their community. I can’t think of a more healing act.

Underneath the policy, payment and politics, health is about making connections to support what we know is best for us. Whether it is cooking with your family and friends, socializing in neighborhood spaces, or uniting to pray, study or play, health happens every day and is built through connections with others.

At a time when connecting with those around us has never been more urgent, HFC’s model of community-engaged care not only provides vital health access, but also breaks down barriers entrenched in our society

and culture. Our history has showed us how connecting with those around us can be a learning and healing act.

We are collaborators by name and nature, and wouldn’t be here without your interest, engagement and support.

You are pushing our unique models of care beyond the clinic walls, and we couldn’t do it without you. Your support, in all its ways, empowers communities to be healthy in the way they know best.

For this reason and so many more, we will always be a church basement organization. As we move on to our next phase, we are forever grateful for the unsolicited actions of the Little Prairie community who provided support vital to our mission, and a decade that will forever live on in our character.

We hope that this report, and our work, might motivate you to think about what you can do to connect with those around you. It’s for your health!

WE ARE COLLABORATORS BY NAME

AND NATURE, AND WOULDN’T BE

HERE WITHOUT YOUR INTEREST,

ENGAGEMENT AND SUPPORT.

Charlie Mandile, MPH Executive Director

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stablished in 2005, HealthFinders is a growing nonprofit in the dynamic field of community health care. We believe that health happens where we

live. By combining clinical care with community organizing, collaboration and systems change, HealthFinders staff work to establish healthy and equitable communities.

HealthFinders plays a unique role as a community-embedded health center providing a comprehensive access point to health services for families in Rice County. Through primary care, medication assistance, education and patient advocacy, HFC works across the continuum of wellness to collaborate and engage communities in their own health. Our staff works within the local community not only to identify health issues in their neighborhoods and lead implementation of programs and services but also to provide leadership and facilitate neighborhood-driven health initiatives.

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BUILDING COMMUNITY

In 2005, HealthFinders opened its doors for Rice County’s uninsured in the

basement of the Little Prairie United Methodist Church in rural Dundas.

Parishioners, friends and community supporters converted a former kitchen

in the church basement into a professional and welcoming clinic setting for

HealthFinders patients. Now, after 11 years, HealthFinders has outgrown its

Little Prairie home and moved to Northfield. We would not be where we are today

without the foundation that Little Prairie church gave HealthFinders. Little Prairie has

made us who we are and will forever be a part of our history.

Thank you, Little Prairie Church!

HealthFinders goes beyond the clinic into the community to connect patients and families to quality

care and work with them in their context to be healthy.

HEALTHFINDERS COLLABORATIVE

PROVIDING QUALITY HEALTH CARE

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HealthFinders’ dental program has

been growing to fill the needs of the

community we serve. One in four Rice

County residents delay getting dental

care due to cost and even two-thirds

of those with insurance are unable to

access care. Dental health is linked

to increased risks for diabetes, heart

disease and stroke. HFC’s patients

are at particular risk and experience

significant health disparities. Last year

HealthFinders added a second chair

and saw over 1,200 patients.

Dental Program

75 PURA VIDA PROGRAM PARTICIPANTSincrease of 50% from 2014

4 DIABETES PROGRAM COMMUNITY SITES

3,210 APPOINTMENTS at HealthFinders’ two clinics

including Hulett Community Trailer and Greenvale Park Community School

81% IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE FAMILIES

1,845 PATIENTSincrease of 87% from 2014

MEDICAL AND DENTAL

among clinical patients

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wo HealthFinders CLINICS are staffed by wonderful

volunteer providers, nurses, interpreters and receptionists. In-kind lab and imaging are provided by Allina Health, Mayo Health System and Northfield Hospital & Clinics.

The MEDICATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (MAP) provides prescription medications free of charge to residents of Rice County. Sterling Drug partners with us to create a unique community pharmacy offering services such as prescription delivery.

DENTAL SERVICES are provided at our Faribault clinic by volunteer providers, a staff dental coordinator and hygienist, and a dental assistant. No patient is turned away for inability to pay.

HealthFinders’ PATIENT ADVOCATES are certified MNsure Navigators. They provide assistance with MNsure applications and enrollment. They also work to connect patients and families with other public healthcare programs for which they are eligible.

Our PURA VIDA program offers healthy living, exercise and nutrition programs for adults plus summertime physical activity classes and events for children. Childcare is available and all the classes are free and open to families residing in Rice County.

HealthFinders’ DIABETES PROGRAM offers patients living with diabetes extra support with their chronic disease. Support groups and classes include sessions on eating for diabetes control, blood glucose testing, making the most of your

medicine, and exercising for your health.

Our MESA (Mejorando la Salud de los Adolescente) program is a collaborative project funded through the Minnesota Department of Health’s Eliminating Health Disparities Grant Program. The goal of MESA, which translates to “improving adolescent health,” is to promote teen and family connections through school, medical providers and supportive adults in a variety of education and outreach programs.

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HealthFinders Collaborative provides comprehensive and individualized primary medical and dental care. Our patients are

served by volunteer providers, nurses and interpreters, including Dr. Evans, above, one of the first volunteer providers at HealthFinders’ clinic.

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81% IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE FAMILIES

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ealthFinders was selected as one of the three organizations in Minnesota to receive a grant through Medtronic Foundation’s HealthRise

program. The goal of HealthRise is to improve the health of underserved populations living with cardiovascular disease and/or diabetes.

The HealthRise project supports and extends HFC’s care coordination program connecting patients with a broad range of community wellness resources and community health workers. To do so, HFC utilizes a coordinated care hub to connect its patients to these community resources, in partnership with Mayo Health System, Northfield Hospital & Clinics, District One Hospital, Allina Health Clinics and Rice County Public Health, to bring coordinated care to patients across the county.

Blending community and clinical resources is at the heart of the HealthRise project. Patients will receive clinical care, assistance in accessing and attending wellness programs, as well as coordination with their clinical team.

Charlie Mandile, HFC’s Executive Director, said, “It is exciting to unite healthcare providers across Rice County around one goal. This project works to expand the traditional definition of healthcare teams, engaging communities right where health is happening.”

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BEYOND THE CLINIC

CARE COORDINATIONCare coordination is now an essential component of HealthFinders and is part

of a broad effort in the U.S. to improve heathcare outcomes in underserved

populations. In this model, the patient is at the ‘hub’ with directed individualized

support for connecting to a variety of chronic disease management and wellness

programs, clinical care, and community services. HFC’s care coordination program

works to address issues and barriers that might occur for the patient and coordinate

their care across HFC’s medical, wellness and community-based programming

alongside healthcare providers, community partners and other entities.

We are grateful to the funders who have provided visionary support for the care coordination project.

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VOLUNTEERS Oct. 1, 2014–Sept. 30, 2015

Volunteers are the backbone of HealthFinders and we could not do what we do without them. They provide expertise in primary care services, wellness, administration, Pura Vida classes, the annual gala and other fundraising and outreach work. Our volunteers enable us here at HealthFinders to leverage our resources to fully serve the community. Thank you to ALL our volunteers!

PROVIDERSBob AbyJerry AppeldoornMary CarlsonJim EvansMarshall HansenTim HoganConnie JaenickeJessica JohnsonRenne LankaSara Longobardi Mary Alivia TolsmaEd VaurioGeorge Wagner

DENTAL VOLUNTEERSKaren Anderson Sherry AronsonKaren Bartsch Randi DucheneAmy EhrichTed Erickson Shannon KruckebergBetsy KuyperTerri NeumanPeggy Nuetzman Nathan Porath Howard Sauer Kari SchultzGeraldine Tellbuescher

CLINICAL VOLUNTEERS Annette Benson Rita Brand Megan Bristow Coreen Bronstadt Michael Burgdorf Nancy Carlson Hannah Dahl Ellen Demars Jane Egerdahl Stephanie Franek Lauren Freisenger Lavern Gillen Michelle Goddard

Barbara Grabowski Freweyni Kaleab Zaitun Ketsane Kortney Krueger Mary Beth Kuehn Griselda Lopez Nancy Ludescher Shirley Luikens Mackenzie Malecka Sharon Miller Pam Millin Sandy Muehlenbein Tracy Oeltjenbrums Mary O’Sullivan Amy Otteson Matthew Ramsey Gail Schauer Laura Somppi

INTERPRETERSAndrew BernsteinEstefany CelisKate CroftonAngie GonzalezLauren KemptonJonah KhanLauren LussenhopSasha MandleOlgaby MartinezNicolee Mensing Ilana MishkinFrank OddDiane PearsallJuanita Picazo Johan PoncianoLori Rossmiller Sandra SanchezJulie Smith Christina Zamara

RECEPTIONISTSIliana Alvarez Lauren BirdSam ChaoSarah Devries

Aaron Dunn Jean Haslett Mary HoJenna HubergAmy HummelCaleb LunningAnna McWilliamsMeryl Catherine Nath Diane PemrickLaelle PetersonVirginia QuaaleCarleigh RandIdalis RendonNathan RockneyKaley Varley

INTERNSEmily AdamsonEllie BattinoLisa CheungRachel CheungJinhong DongTiffany EisenbachRebecca Fenton

Krysta FlahartyColin FroinesTrish HareAnna HjerpeGrace JohnsonJoyce KimChase KoobChrista KuckAlex LealJanis LeeStu LoureySarah MinAva OlsonLaura PostLaura SchmielDavid StreedDawn ThomasLydia ThompsonJonah Van WhyMeredith Varie (HFC Fellow)Ann WeinheimerSarah Whisler

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AUDITED FINANCIAL REPORTASSETS

Cash and Equivalents $ 30,310

Accounts Receivable 70,730

Promises to Give 90,000

Prepaid Expenses 7,507

Total Current Assets $ 198,547

Investments $ 104,039

Net of Equipment and Leasehold Improvements 92,599

Total Assets $ 395,185

LIABILITIES

Current Liabilities

Accounts Payable $ 22,245

Accrued Salaries, Vacation and Related Payroll 40,904

Total Current Liabilities $ 63,149

Net Assets

Unrestricted $ 274,036

Temporarily Restricted 58,000

Total Net assets 332,036

Total Liabilities and Net Assets $ 395,185

36%

40%

13%

11%

2015 REVENUE

$1,198,310

37%

10%

45%

8%

2015 EXPENSES

$1,164,765

Grants, Corporate and Foundation Contributions

Program Services

Contributed Services and Space

Contributed Services and Space

Management and General

Services and Contracts .

FundraisingIndividual Contributions

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Program Services

FUNDERS & DONORS

COLLABORATORS

$1,000–$4,999Dr. Jerome and Dr. Karen

AppeldoornRobert Crone and Dr. Mary

Cameron-CroneDave and Missy DonkersDavid and Mary EmeryPatrick and Kathleen FoleyMichael HemmenMary Loven and Thomas

HoltPatrick and Judith MandileStephen and Ann PribylMichael and Mary RichieReJean and Richard SchulteBob and Liz ShepleyRueben and Janet TangrenDr. Edward and Patricia

VaurioGeorge WagnerMichael and Kay Wilcox

$500–$999Dr. Andrew and Sherilyn

BurgdorfWilliam and Charlotte

CarlsonJeff and Janet ChestnutJulie JohnsonDorothy MacKinnonDaniel Schonebaum and

Sigrid NelsonRick and Joanne SearlGeralyn SheehanJohn Tymoczko and Alison

UngerBradley and Veronica WilleLawrence and Nyla Wille

$250–$499Linda BlaisdellGregg and Phyllis BongardNancy CantwellCarol ColeJason and Kim DeckerJerry and Gladys EhnSteven and Jeanne Tangren

HatleMichael and Paula

HildebrandtDonald Lum and Denise

Intihar-LumCarolyn LinkCecilia LinstrothKari Nelson and Steven

MeyerArt and Emily MonaghanClint and Michelle MuenchScott and Elaine NesbitEric and Beverly NessDr. Keith and Rita OlsonDiane and Mike PemrickSusan and James PokorneyJoel and Jeanne PumperDeb and Jim PurfeerstMary Ann RehnkeDavid ReitzNalani McCutcheon and

Kathy SandbergPaul Bower and Jessie SaulLynn and Mary SteenTrent and Kelle SteenblockLawrence and Virginia

Walsh

$100–$249Dr. Robert and Anne Aby

Mike and Laura Kay AllenBarbara and Denny

AltstaetterC. Philip and Ruthmarie

AndersonAnonymousJeanne BaileyRyan and Libby BehrensEric and Bilie BerghMary BiermanCarl and Faye CaskeyRobert and Suzannah

CierniaTristan and Beth CoxMary DonahuePatrick and Mary DouglassDr. Kris and Matthew

DrevlowSteve and Mary DrewJerry and Gladys EhnGretchen and John

EhresmannGene and Peg EndersGreg Norman and Bonnie

Jean FlomPatty and Larry GavinTerry and Norma GilbertsonTerrence GlarnerSteven Waisbren and

Bernadette GrohMarshall and Carla HansenCharles and Tammy HayesMark and Laura HeimanPatricia and Robert HohertzSue HolmPaul and Bonnie HumkeJeff and Leslie Jaeger

Donn and Ardys JohnsonJennifer Cox Johnson and

William A. JohnsonMargit and Eric D. JohnsonKathleen and Gary KastenDeanna Haunsperger and

Stephen KennedyAmna KhalidThomas Moen and Leone

LarsonJean LeslieGregory Muth and Janet

Lewis-MuthPeter and Sara LongobardiShirley LuikensKathryn MargolisSteve and Mary MarquardLawrence and Sandra

MuehlenbeinErin Barnett and Edward

MuniakTom and Marilyn NeuvilleTim O’ConnellAllison OhnesorgePaul and Melissa OusleyPaul PetersonMark and Susan QuinnellTyler RadosevichPatricia RafteryMary RaneyJonathan and Guynel ReidJoachim and Gitta

ReppmannPatricia RiceMatthew and Leah RichBruce RippentropBrynhild Rowberg

Everything you read about in these pages is made possible by the generous gifts of our supporters and friends. Thank you!

Oct. 1, 2014–Sept. 30, 2015

Individual Gifts

Allina HealthCarleton CollegeCommunity Action Center

of NorthfieldDistrict One Hospital, part

of Allina HealthEmmaus ChurchFaribault Public SchoolsFirst Choice Shuttle

Greenvale Park Community School

Growing Up HealthyMayo Clinic Health SystemNorthfield Eye and OpticalNorthfield Healthy

Community InitiativeNorthfield Hospital

& Clinics

Northfield Public SchoolsRichie Eye ClinicRiver Valley Eye

ProfessionalsSalvation ArmySt. Olaf CollegeSterling DrugWalgreens Pharmacy

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Organizational Gifts & Grants$10,000 and upAllina Health SystemAllina Medical ClinicBlue Cross Blue Shield of

Minnesota FoundationDistrict One HospitalDelta Dental of Minnesota

FoundationHealthier MN Community

Clinic FoundationMayo Clinic Health SystemMedtronic FoundationMinnesota Department of

Health: Center for Health

Equity and Office of Rural Health and Primary Care

Northfield Area United WayNorthfield HospitalUCare FoundationUnited Way of Faribault

$5,000–$9,999Medica FoundationNorthfield Hospital

Auxiliary

$1,000–$4,999AnonymousCarleton College

Carlson Capital Management

Goosebusters, LtdHannah Lips FoundationNorthfield Lions ClubNorthfield SharesProfessional Drive DentalRice County Public HealthSterling DrugWINGS

$500–$999Bethel Lutheran ChurchCommunity Resource BankFourth Avenue United

MethodistMultek Flexible CircuitsNorthfield Lines, IncNorthfield Rotary ClubSt. John’s Lutheran Church

$250–$4991st United Bank

College City BeverageCollege City SertomaFirst National Bank of

NorthfieldFrandsen Bank and TrustHeritage Dental CareMidwest DentalMRG Tool & DieNeuger Communications

GroupPremier Bank of NorthfieldSchieck OrthodonticsSouthern Heights Dental

GroupState Bank of Faribault

$100–$249MOM BrandsRick Pavek ConstructionSt. John’s Lutheran Women

of ELCA

Anne and Paul RuppelSteven and Susan

SandersonDan and Julianna SaynerJames SchlichtingEmily and Peter SchmitzLindsey SearlBill and Mary ShimpJoan and Dale SmithJohn and Jeanne UllianSteven and Lori UnderdahlMary WadeDavid and Karen WeeGerald WilliamsJames Nelson and Amy

Deitchman WolfMary Wood

Up to $99Louis and Judy AckmanConnie and Mark AlbersMarian and Arthur

AndersonAnonymousLori and Charles BoyleKari ChristensenDean and Pat ClarkeJayne Hager Dee and Eric

DeeCheryl Drivdahl

Mike FlickerEmily FosterGina FranklinJodine FriedowEric and Carolyn

Fure-SlocumCharles and Laura

GeisslerPaul and Barbara E.

GrabowskiBonnie GretzKaty HargisVicki Lynn HarperMary and Alvin HoCatherine Fortin and

Blake HowardMarlys HudsonPaulette and Ronald

JamesonBrenda JohnsonJoan and Stuart JohnsonBeth KallestadRichard and Jo Ann KleberDan and Kari KustRodolfo and Martha LopezRichard and Virginia LorangPatrick and Karen MaderLaura MandileMichelle MartinHarriet Menard

Janice MonnotSteve and Carol O’NeillDr. Robert and Julie OlsonRoberta A. PetersonMark and Mary PolzinKen and Bonnie PrawerVirginia QuaaleMarjean M. SmithLinda and Daniel StadlerLee Storhaug

Noel and Lois StratmoenCliff and Candy TaylorBruce and Alice ThomasSandra TurbesDave and Michelle WieberRobert WillDavid and Linda Wolf

Individual Gifts (continued)

Every attempt has been made to correctly list all of our contributions. If we have made an error or omission, please accept our sincere apologies. Please contact our Development and Communications office at 507.323.8100.

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Jessie Saul, PhD Chair President & CEO, North American Research & Analysis Inc.

Stephen Pribyl, FACHE Vice Chair President, District One Hospital, part of Allina Health

Jerry Ehn Treasurer Vice President and COO, Northfield Hospital & Clinics

David Emery, PhD Secretary Community Representative, Northfield

Dr. Marshall Hansen, MD Co-Medical Director, Northfield Medical Community

Dr. Jerry Appeldoorn, DDS Dental Director, Northfield Dental Community

Rueben Tangren Community Representative, Faribault

Bashir Omar Faribault Medical Community

Guy Reid Community Representative, Northfield

ReJean Schulte Community Representative, Northfield

Matthew Rich, JD Community Representative, Northfield

Dr. Michael Wilcox, MD Community Representative, New Prague

Julie Johnson, PharmD Community Representative, Northfield

Leah Eby Community Representative, Northfield

Charlie Mandile, MPH Executive Director

Daisey Sanchez Clinical Services Manager

Emily Carroll, RN, CNP Director of Clinical Care

Katy Hargis, MA Director of Development and Communications

Vicky Stoneman HealthRise Project Lead

Renae Blome, RDH Dental Clinic Coordinator

Fausto Rodela Dental Program Assistant

Maritza Navarro Care Coordinator

Ali Hassan Patient Advocate and Community Organizer

Fatima Ponciano Patient Advocate and Community Organizer

Edith Inamagua Administrative Assistant/Receptionist

Raquel Rendon Community Health Worker

Yakub Aden Community Health Worker

Clarita Kell Comadres/Compadres Program Lead

Kim Pozuelos Youth Development Facilitator

Ruben Alvarez Teen Outreach Program Facilitator

Juliana Lima Pura Vida Program Lead

Mycah Schrader Development and Communications Associate

Kris Sharp Grant Writer

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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710 Division Street · Northfield, MN 55057223 Central Avenue · Faribault, MN 55021NORTHFIELD 507.646.8964 · FARIBAULT 507.323.8100EMAIL info@healthfindersmn.org · healthfindersmn.org

Juliana moved to Northfield from São Paulo, Brazil. Originally

trained in electrical technology, Juliana became interested in

wellness by taking charge of her own health, and soon became

certified as a personal trainer and Zumba instructor.

As Pura Vida Program Lead, Juliana works to engage the

community in exercise and wellness, and hopes to use her own

journey back to a healthier lifestyle to inspire others.

She says, “Exercise can be boring without social support, so

when people are engaged in a group and having fun, you can

really impact people’s willingness to stay with the program.”

She is currently creating programs that will help community

members stay with healthy options year-round, and is expanding

Pura Vida to include nutrition and other wellness topics in

addition to exercise.

Juliana LimaPURA VIDA PROGRAM LEAD AND CERTIFIED PERSONAL TRAINER

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92 patients enrolled in the Diabetes

Management Program.

20% increase in patients served at the Faribault Clinic.

950 individuals served by HealthFinders

Advocates in 2015.