You voted and here's your winner...
Tulane Community Health Care Center.
We called up Leah Berger, the Director of Operations for Tulane Community Health Centers to ask her about how the Center felt being selected as the winner. Here's what she had to say.
"We were honored to be included in the Remember NOLA giveaway. There are so many great organizations in the New Orleans area," said Leah. "We were so excited to not only be included, but selected. That being said, I wish everyone could have received the funding. One of the greatest lessons learned from Katrina is that of collaboration and partnership. NOLA couldn't have come back from the brink without all non-profits working together."
Here's a little bit about what Tulane Community Health Centers is about and what the funds will be used for. The focal point of the Health Center is on the uninsured and underinsured in the greater New Orlean's community. The $50,000 will be used to complete the renovation of a 10,000 sq. ft. building that will be the new community health center. The current community health center was created shortly after Hurricane Katrina and is housed in a rented boys dormitory and is only 3,500 sq. ft. The new facility will make it possible to provide preventative medicine and social services to even more patients within the community. The new building is also part of the revitalization of the neighborhood - which is still very necessary and ongoing.
"We are able to provide the right care in the right place in the right time. Pre-Katrina if you were poor or uninsured you only had one option which was not in your neighborhood and didn't always provide the most appropriate care," said Leah. "What we are trying to do is be in the actual neighborhood of need. We offer extended hours, multi-lingual care providers and affordable care, better serving the community as a whole."
Tulane Community Health Center - we love the job you are doing and are so excited about being able to help spread the word about your good works.
And, a last word from Leah and the folks at the Health Center? We have a few...
"Thank you, we know that this was a tough choice to make. To be recognized for what we do is very humbling and encouraging," said Leah. "This will help us continue to make positive strides in the ever changing health needs of our community."