Participate in Affinia Healthcare’s online fundraising initiative to support local community health projects and services.
ST. LOUIS, MO – The Affinia Healthcare Foundation will hold a virtual fundraising event, The Spirit of Giving for Health Equity, a weeklong fundraiser to support the Affinia Healthcare Foundation’s mission to address unmet healthcare needs of the St. Louis community.
The event will run from November 13-20, 2024, and feature raffles, auction items and other opportunities to donate in support of the Foundation’s mission. Registration is free, and much appreciated!
Mark your calendars for Nov. 13-20. The event link is: https://givebutter.com/c/SpiritOfGivingAffinia
“The Affinia Healthcare Foundation is proud to stand against healthcare inequities, working tirelessly to secure financial resources to provide assistance to the most vulnerable in our community,” said Yvonne Buhlinger, Executive Vice President, Affinia Healthcare Foundation. “Our donors make it possible for Affinia Healthcare to help mothers give birth to healthy babies, and to decrease the prevalence of diabetes and other diseases, dental caries, substance use disorders, and more. By supporting our fundraiser, donors help keep high-quality and accessible healthcare available for everyone in the community.”
In addition to raising funds to support services for the underserved, the Affinia Healthcare Foundation also holds food drives, secures donations for the unhoused, as well as other outreach activities for the community.
For more information or questions about The Spirit of Giving for Health Equity event, sponsorships and in-kind giving opportunities, please contact Yvonne Buhlinger at yvonneb@affiniahealthcare.org or Alyssa Detrick, Development Coordinator at adetrick@affiniahealthcare.org or 314-458-2301.
For more information on the Affinia Healthcare Foundation, visit www.affiniahealthcare.org/donate.
About Affinia Healthcare Foundation
The Affinia Healthcare Foundation helps support the mission of our community health center by providing funding to serve the most vulnerable and disenfranchised in our community. The Foundation depends on a wide array of funding sources and individual donor contributions to fund the care for these communities. To make a donation to the Affinia Healthcare Foundation, please visit www.affiniahealthcare.org/donate.
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 unhoused.
For more information about Affinia Healthcare, call 314-814-8700, or visit www.affiniahealthcare.org.
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