9. CITIZEN REQUEST TO ADDRESS THE BOARD CLARESSA STRAWN, SOUTHSIDE RAM

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1 SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Regular Session i March 27, CITIZEN REQUEST TO ADDRESS THE BOARD CLARESSA STRAWN, SOUTHSIDE RAM Attached for your reference please find copied correspondence to/from Ms. Claressa Strawn, a volunteer with the Southside Remote Area Medical (RAM) Corps of Virginia. She s requested a few brief moments of your time to provide you with an update on their efforts to coordinate a free clinic at the Greensville County High School on June 24-25, RAM is a non-profit, volunteer medical relief corps that provides free health care, dental and eye care to people in remote areas of the United States, and around the world. They are funded through donations and rely on volunteers from the community, as well as professionals including physicians, dentists, optometrists, nurses, pilots and veterinarians to provide care.

2 Mike Johnson From: Sent: To: Subject: Claressa Strawn Saturday, April 08, :16 AM Mike Johnson Re: Request to Address the Board of Supervisors at Next Meeting Wonderful! Thank you for getting back to me so quickly. Have a great weekend! Claressa Strawn Health Insurance Navigator with ENROLL Virginia! claressa@enroll-virginia.com (434) From: Mike Johnson <mjohnson@southamptoncounty.org> Sent: Friday, April 7, :24:47 AM To: Claressa Strawn Subject: RE: Request to Address the Board of Supervisors at Next Meeting Good morning, Claressa. You re confirmed for Monday, April 24 at 7:00 p.m. Chairman Jones will call for your remarks at the appropriate time. We look forward to seeing you and learning more about Southside RAM. Best regards, Mike From: Claressa Strawn [mailto:claressa@enroll-virginia.com] Sent: Monday, April 03, :43 PM To: Mike Johnson Subject: Request to Address the Board of Supervisors at Next Meeting Good afternoon, Mr. Johnson. My name is Claressa Strawn. I am a health insurance Navigator with Enroll Virginia, and also a volunteer with the Remot Area Medical (RAM) of Virginia. I would like to address your April 24th Board of Supervisor's meeting to discuss our upcoming RAM, which will be held in Emporia, Virginia. I have attached a couple of documents that will provide some information regarding our Southside RAM. This clinic will provide free dental, medical, and vision services to the public during the weekend of June 24 and 25, You were kind enough to allow me to address the Board in 2015, in my capacity as an assister for the Affordable Care Act. Please let me know if you need any additional information. I can be reached at the number listed below or via . Thank you, and have a great day! Sincerely, Claressa Strawn

3 SOUTHSIDE RAM Monthly Newsletter Remote Area Medical Volunteer Corps of Virginia Phone Elise: Website: Issue 02 Winter 2017 Find us online at JUNE is NEAR SPREAD THE WORD 100% FREE ACCESS A GIFT TO THE COMMUNITY FROM THE COMMUNITY Can you believe that June is right around the corner for our FIRST Southside RAM? June at Greensville High School, 403 Harding St., Emporia VA. DONATIONS NEEDED: There s Something for Everyone Churches without Vans, please donate (a minimum for 200): raisins, bars, dried fruit, snack cups, peanut butter crackers, nuts, Emporia Churches, please donate (6-8 oz. for a minimum of 200): cranberry juice, orange juice, apple juice, and tents for the weekend. Churches with kitchens, please contact Nonprofit Organizations, please donate (a minimum of 200): oranges, apples, and bananas Churches with Vans, please commit to bringing a van of people to event Small Business Owners, please donate $25-$50.00 to RAM for hotel, prescription and LabCorp Groups, Clubs & Associations: Help us promote the event and hand out signs, and fliers EVERYONE CAN DONATE USED EYE GLASS FRAMES TO THE NEAREST LIONS CLUB BE A HERO You don t need superpowers to be a hero Contact: elise@enroll-virginia.com, kimva@ramusa.org or VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: There s Something for Everyone Doctors, Specialist, Nurses, Health Educators, Drivers, Servers, DIY geeks set-up and break down on June 23rd & 25th Patient Assisters General Page 01

4 A GIFT TO THE COMMUNITY - A HEALTH EXPEDITION - Medical Assistance Available: June 24th from 6 a.m. - 5 p.m. and June 25 from 6 a.m. NOON Greensville High School, 403 Harding Street, Emporia Medical Exams + Vision + Dental + Health Education + Resource Booths + } Medical Specialists Primary Care Physicians Cardiologist - Neurologist Women s Health Social Workers & Counselors Access is FREE, Please Bring Medication, Food, and Water CAN I GET A YES, I CAN? Last note, can I get a yes - I can volunteer, yes I can partner and provide resources, and YES, I will go to to volunteer or donate funds. YES, I will Elise or Kim to donate anything else. Currently, along with the three clinics, we will have mental health counselors, Naloxone training (drug addiction), MHFA (mental health first aid limited classroom size) certification, a food comedian and a FANTASTIC nutrition class offered along with resource health educators. MEDICAL CLINICS We need your help! We NEED you to VOLUNTEER! We need your organization to be available for follow-up WANT TO LEARN MORE? JOIN our conference/webinar call every 2nd Wednesday or 3rd p.m. You can download the FreeConferenceCall application to your phone or view by desktop. Dial-in Number: (712) Access Code: Online Meeting Link: Online Meeting ID: enroll Page 02

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6 A Vision for Bringing Health Care to the Poor By Nicole Wallace When Remote Area Medical holds free health clinics, usually in economically struggling rural areas, people often start to line up a day or even two days ahead of time. Most, however, aren t there because they re ill or want to get a checkup. Long time RAM of Virginia volunteer, Ophthalmologist Calvin Miller, tests a woman s vision. PICTURE BY JASON ANDREW FOR THE CHRONICLE They re coming because we fix their teeth, and we make them eyeglasses, says Stan Brock, founder of the health charity. When they re sick, they go to the emergency room. When a clinic starts, everyone in line gets a number and selects whether they want to see a dentist, eye doctor, or physician. The rough breakdown: Seventy percent sign up to see a dentist, while most of the rest choose an eye doctor. Remote Area Medical tries to persuade as many people as possible to see a medical doctor while they wait for the other services. It s not uncommon for those examinations to uncover conditions patients didn t know they had, like high blood pressure, diabetes, or, in a few cases, cancer. Mr. Brock, who co-hosted the nature program Mutual of Omaha s Wild Kingdom in the 1960s, founded the organization in 1985 to provide medical care in developing countries. He was inspired by an experience he had as a teenager in South America: Working as a cowboy in a remote region of what was then British Guiana, he was badly injured by a wild horse, hundreds of miles from the nearest doctor. Reaching help would have taken days. Later, Remote Area Medical turned its attention to the United States, where it has held more than 800 clinics and served more than 700,000 patients. The group s annual budget of $3.1 million comes entirely from individuals and foundations. Mr. Brock is stoic about the health-care debate on Capitol Hill. Remote Area Medical has never seen a downtick in the need for its services. The Affordable Care Act made absolutely no difference to our members, he says. The people in this country who can t afford insurance or can t afford to go to the dentist or the eye doctor are there in the millions.

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