Macon, Ga. (June 27, 2023) – Piedmont’s Community Benefit Program, which aims to improve the health and wellbeing of the communities that Piedmont serves, has recently made investments in 21 community clinics, totaling $200,000. Organizations were chosen in communities where each of Piedmont’s 22 hospitals are located. The investments range between $5,000 and $10,000 per organization.
In Macon, the Macon Volunteer Clinic and Family Counseling Center of Central Georgia each received $10,000.
The Macon Volunteer Clinic plans to use its grant to further its mission of providing “comprehensive healthcare for hard working Bibb and Twiggs County neighbors, who would otherwise be unable to access health care,” the clinic said in its acceptance letter. The clinic provides free primary medical and dental care, as well as non-narcotic medication assistance. The clinic’s goal is to provide health care, regardless of insurance or ability to pay, to working, uninsured adults earning less than 200 percent of the Federal Poverty Level.
The Family Counseling Center, which serves a low- to moderate-income population, offers affordable professional mental health counseling to children, individuals, couples and families who need the center’s support. The organization said it’s thankful for the grant as it works to preserve and strengthen the wellbeing of people in the community “to promote a healthier society through easy and affordable access” to their services.
Robin Parker, executive director of Community Development & Patient Support Services at Piedmont Macon Medical Center and Piedmont Macon North Hospital, said she’s pleased to see the investments made to “these two agencies that do so much good in our community.”
They provide much-needed care to Middle Georgia and are excellent community partners,” Parker said.
Thomas Worthy, vice president of government and external affairs at Piedmont , said Piedmont is “driving real change in Georgia” and that the clinics play an important role in providing health care in communities across the state.
“The communities that our hospitals are a part of become even stronger when nonprofit organizations, like the great ones with which we are partnering, become healthier and livelier through these investments,” Worthy said.