Affinia Healthcare and C.A.R.E. launch Little Free Libraries in four communities to promote literacy and community engagement.
Affinia Healthcare will hold a launch ceremony (along with collaborators Change and Action for Racial Equity (C.A.R.E.), and the Links Incorporated) for four new Little Free Libraries at the health center’s N. Florissant, Ferguson, Lemp and S. Broadway locations. The ceremony is open to the community.The concept behind the Little Free Library is to encourage reading and literacy in communities where books may be scarce or not readily accessible. The libraries are stocked with donated books and anyone who wants a book, can take one to read. They are encouraged to return the book(s) once they are read, but it is not required. The long-term goal is for residents to have libraries in their own homes and nurture a love of reading in their families.
Affinia Healthcare 4414 N. Florissant, St. Louis, MO 63107
About Affinia Healthcare
Affinia Healthcare is an award-winning, nationally accredited health center, providing affordable primary and preventive health care for St. Louis, Missouri, area residents. Affinia Healthcare is a community health center, 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, and is accredited through The Joint Commission and National Committee of Quality Assurance organizations. Established in 1906 as the Holy Cross Dispensary, Affinia Healthcare today serves over 43,700 people per year, of whom more than 90 percent have incomes under 100 percent of the federal poverty level. Approximately 70 percent of patients served are Black or African American, 11 percent are Hispanic/Latinx, and over 4,000 are un-housed.
The Affinia Healthcare Foundation supports the mission of Affinia Healthcare by helping to ensure high-quality, compassionate healthcare is available to anyone who needs it, regardless of their ability to pay. The Foundation depends on a wide array of funding sources and individual donor contributions to care for the most vulnerable and disenfranchised in our community. To make a donation to the Affinia Healthcare Foundation, visit www.affiniahealthcare.org/donate.
For more information about Affinia Healthcare, call 314-814-8700, or visit www.affiniahealthcare.org.
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