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America’s ToothFairy Smile Drive to Benefit Family First Health

 Gettysburg, Pa., January 2014 – Designed to raise awareness and collect oral care products for at-risk children and teens, the America’s ToothFairy Smile Drive is being held this month, National Children’s Dental Health Month.  Donated toothbrushes, toothpaste, floss and rinse will benefit Family First Health, an America’s ToothFairy Affiliate non-profit children’s oral health program. Donations can be dropped off anytime between Feb. 7th and Feb. 28th at the Gettysburg Wal-Mart.

The America’s ToothFairy Smile Drive promotes oral health for families across the nation. Local community members can visit their local Wal-Mart^® to drop off donated oral care products for local at-risk youth in the America’s ToothFairy Smile Drive Box and pick up a free Kid’s Activity Packs. Patrons who donate can share their experience using the hashtag #SmileDrive2014 on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.

“We are so grateful that Wal-Mart, an America’s ToothFairy Proud Underwriter, is helping to ensure children across the nation benefit from our National Children’s Dental Health Month campaign,” said Fern Ingber, NCOHF President & CEO.  “Their participation in the America’s ToothFairy Smile Drive, combined with support from Kid’s Crest^® and Oral-B^® Stages^® products at Wal-Mart and engagement from Family First Health will help promote healthy smiles for all children while helping to give at-risk youth the tools they need to prevent the pain and embarrassment associated with tooth decay.”

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About National Children’s Oral Health Foundation: America’s ToothFairy^®

National Children’s Oral Health Foundation: America’s ToothFairy (NCOHF) is dedicated to raising awareness of the #1 chronic childhood illness: pediatric dental disease, facilitating the delivery of comprehensive oral health services and eliminating this preventable disease from future generations. With a growing Affiliate network, America’s ToothFairy is building a powerful, united effort to eliminate tooth decay and protect the smiles of our most vulnerable children.  Also extending services in Canada as Canada’s ToothFairy, NCOHF is reaching childrenthroughout North America.  For more information, please visit www.AmericasToothFairy.org.

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Family First Health to Host Group Enrollment Sessions for Health Insurance Marketplace

WHEN:
Monday, January 20th
9 to 11 a.m. AND 1 to 3 p.m.
Please RSVP by noon January 17 by calling 717-845-8617, option #6

WHAT:
Family First Health’s Certified Application Counselors will help those interested navigate the Health Insurance Marketplace. Consumers will need an email address to create a Marketplace Account and will need to bring with them Social Security numbers, income information such as pay stubs, W-2 forms, tax statements and policy numbers for any current health insurance plans.

WHERE:
Family First Health George Street Center, 116 S. George Street, York, PA

BACKGROUND:
The last date of open enrollment in the Health Insurance Marketplace is March 31, 2014.  Family First Health is also hosting a Group Enrollment Session in Hanover on Wednesday, January 22 from 10am – 12pm at the Guthrie Memorial Library. To register, call the library at 717-632-5183 by Friday, January 17. 

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About Family First Health

Founded in 1970, York Health Corporation, now Family First Health, is a non-profit, Federally Qualified Health Center dedicated to providing a broad range of primary health, dental care and social services at its sites on South George Street in York, Hannah Penn Middle School, Lewisberry, Hanover and Gettysburg. As a Federally Qualified Health Center, Family First Health offers a reduced fee program for the uninsured and accepts most other health insurances. For more information regarding the programs and services offered through Family First Health, please visit the Web site at www.familyfirsthealth.org. Se habla español.

 

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Meagan Feeser
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o: 717-848-8155
c: 717-880-3882

Family First Health to Host AIDS Memorial Rededication at Albemarle Park
Mayor C. Kim Bracey and Representative Kevin Schreiber to Present Proclamations

WHEN: Monday, December 2

TIME: 2 pm

WHAT:                         

A rededication ceremony of the AIDS Memorial at Albemarle Park will be held to commemorate World AIDS Day. Mayor C. Kim Bracey and Representative Kevin Schreiber will present proclamations. Attendees will have the opportunity to tie red ribbons around tree branches for remembrance.

World AIDS Day is held on 1 December each year and is an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV, show their support for people living with HIV and to commemorate people who have died. World AIDS Day was the first ever global health day and the first one was held in 1988.

 

WHERE:                       

AIDS Memorial at Albemarle Park
Albemarle, Edison & Lehman Streets
York, PA

ON SITE CONTACT:

Carrie Prowell
cprowell@familyfirsthealth.org
717-801-4825

BACKGROUND:           

Family First Health held a clean up day at Albemarle Park on November 16. On December 2, they will be presenting plans for future park cleanup and plans for the memorial.

The Caring Together program, a collaborative partnership of Family First Health and WellSpan Health, provides a seamless system of coordinated, high quality care for people who are HIV positive so they can easily access the services they need. In FY 2012, Family First Health served 581 clients with HIV, including 54 new clients, and administered 3,449 HIV screenings. Rapid HIV screening has been integrated into routine medical visits at all Family First Health locations.

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About Family First Health

Founded in 1970, York Health Corporation, now Family First Health, is a non-profit, Federally Qualified Health Center dedicated to providing a broad range of primary health, dental care and social services at its sites on South George Street in York, Hannah Penn Middle School, Lewisberry, Hanover and Gettysburg. As a Federally Qualified Health Center, Family First Health offers a reduced fee program for the uninsured and accepts most other health insurances. For more information regarding the programs and services offered through Family First Health, please visit the Web site at www.familyfirsthealth.org. Se habla español.

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Meagan Feeser
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o: 717-848-8155
c: 717-880-3882

Family First Health to Host AIDS Memorial Cleanup Day at Albemarle Park

WHEN: Saturday, November 16

TIME: 10 am

WHAT: The Caring Together Program at Family First Health is cleaning up the AIDS Memorial at Albemarle Park. A re-opening ceremony will be held on December 2, 2013 in commemoration of World AIDS Day

WHERE: AIDS Memorial at Albemarle Park
Albemarle, Edison & Lehman Streets
York, PA

ON SITE CONTACT:
Carrie Prowell
cprowell@familyfirsthealth.org
717-801-4825

BACKGROUND: Family First Health, serving York and Adams Counties, has the Caring Together program, a collaborative partnership of Family First Health and WellSpan Health, that provides a seamless system of coordinated, high quality care for people who are HIV positive so they can easily access the services they need. In FY 2012, Family First Health served 581 clients with HIV, including 54 new clients, and administered 3,449 HIV screenings. Rapid HIV screening has been integrated into routine medical visits at all Family First Health locations.

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About Family First Health

Founded in 1970, York Health Corporation, now Family First Health, is a non-profit, Federally Qualified Health Center dedicated to providing a broad range of primary health, dental care and social services at its sites on South George Street in York, Hannah Penn Middle School, Lewisberry, Hanover and Gettysburg. As a Federally Qualified Health Center, Family First Health offers a reduced fee program for the uninsured and accepts most other health insurances. For more information regarding the programs and services offered through Family First Health, please visit the Web site at www.familyfirsthealth.org. Se habla español.

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Media Contact

Meg Feeser
mfeeser@gavinadv.com
717-880-3882

Family First Health and United Healthcare Host Mammogram Van for Patients

WHO:
Family First Health
United Healthcare

WHAT: Free mammograms for Family First Health patients with United Healthcare Insurance

WHERE:
Sovereign Bank Parking lot
George Street
York, PA 17401

WHEN:
Friday, October 11
9am-5pm

WHY: As part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, United Healthcare and Family First Health are sponsoring a mammogram van, which will be parked in York City. About 30 Family First Health patients will receive free mammograms.

ONSITE CONTACT: Kimberly Hall, 717-801-4861 (office) or 717-515-5437 (cell)

Deborah Richards, RN, 717-801-4858 (office) or 717-414-6761 (cell)

 

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About Family First Health

Founded in 1970, York Health Corporation, now Family First Health, is a non-profit, Federally Qualified Health Center dedicated to providing a broad range of primary health, dental care and social services at its sites on South George Street in York, Hannah Penn Middle School, Lewisberry, Hanover and Gettysburg. As a Federally Qualified Health Center, Family First Health offers a reduced fee program for the uninsured and accepts most other health insurances. For more information regarding the programs and services offered through Family First Health, please visit the Web site at www.familyfirsthealth.org. Se habla español.

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Lauren Bowers

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o: 717-848-8155
c: 717-471-4130

 

An Apple A Day with Family First Health

Community health center shares health tips for National Health Literacy Month and National Apple Month. 

Central PA (September 30, 2013) – An apple a day is the start to good health. What’s next? Being an informed patient. Family First Health, a community health center in York and Adams Counties, will be celebrating National Health Literacy Month—which is also National Apple Month—with a series of events called “Starts With Apples.” Health literacy is the ability to understand health information and to use that information to make good decisions about your health and medical care. Family First Health wants to spread the message that good health can start with an apple a day, but ultimately you need to be an active partner in your health care to be well.

On October 15, 16 and 17, Family First Health will be setting up apple handout stations in downtown York, Gettysburg and Hanover (respectively). Passersby will receive a free apple and information on how to make good decisions in their health care. Apple handout station dates and locations are:

• York – October 15, 11:30 a.m. – Continental Square and White Rose Senior Center
• Hanover – October 16, 11:30 a.m.  – Golden Visions Adult Day Services and Community Senior Center
• Gettysburg – October 17, 10 a.m. – Harold Court Senior Center/Interfaith Gardens, 1 p.m. Fahnestock House, 3 p.m. McSherrystown or New Oxford Site

Starts With Apples sponsors include UPMC for You, an Affiliate of UPMC Health Plan and Microexpress. Apples were donated by Brown’s Orchards and Rice Fruit Company.

The public can visit www.startswithapples.com for more information on becoming health literate and working with their healthcare team. Follow Family First Health on Facebook for tips on being an informed patient all month long https://www.facebook.com/FamilyFirstHealth.

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About Family First Health

Founded in 1970, York Health Corporation, now Family First Health, is a non-profit, Federally Qualified Health Center dedicated to providing a broad range of primary health, dental care and social services at its sites on South George Street in York, Hannah Penn Middle School, Lewisberry, Hanover and Gettysburg. As a Federally Qualified Health Center, Family First Health offers a reduced fee program for the uninsured and accepts most other health insurances. For more information regarding the programs and services offered through Family First Health, please visit the Web site at www.familyfirsthealth.org. Se habla español.

 

 

 

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Family First Health to Offer Free Screening of “The Waiting Room”
Documentary screening to celebrate National Health Center Week.

YORK, PA (August 9, 2013)—Family First Health is proud to announce they will be hosting a free screening of the buzz-worthy documentary, “The Waiting Room,” on Tuesday, August 13 at York Little Theater. The doors will open at 5:00 pm, with opening remarks at 6:20 pm and the screening beginning at 6:30 pm.

THE WAITING ROOM is a character-driven documentary film that uses extraordinary access to go behind the doors of an American Public Hospital struggling to care for a community of largely uninsured patients. The film – using a blend of cinema verité and characters’ voiceover – offers a raw, intimate, and even uplifting look at how patients, staff and caregivers each cope with disease, bureaucracy and hard choices.

This free screening is being offered in celebration of National Health Center Week 2013 (NHCW) to showcase the multitude of ways in which America’s Health Centers are actively changing, improving and innovating the health of their communities from August 11 – 17. This year’s theme is, “Celebrating America’s Health Centers: Transforming Healthcare in our Local Communities.”

The screening is sponsored by CompuGroup Medical.

To get (free) tickets for the screening, visit familyfirsthealthwaiting-eac2.eventbrite.com.

For more information about the film, visit www.whatruwaitingfor.com.

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About Family First Health

Founded in 1970, York Health Corporation, now Family First Health, is a non-profit, Federally Qualified Health Center dedicated to providing a broad range of primary health, dental care and social services at its site of South George Street in York, Hannah Penn Middle School, Lewisberry, Hanover and Gettysburg. As a Federally Qualified Health Center, Family First Health offers a reduced fee program for the uninsured and accepts most other health insurances. For more information regarding the programs and services offered through Family First health, please visit the Web site at www.familyfirsthealth.org. Se habla espanol.

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Lauren Bowers
lbowers@gavinadv.com
o: 717-848-8155
c: 717-471-4130

Family First Health to Participate in National Health Center Week

Central PA (August 9, 2013) – Family First Health will participate in National Health Center Week 2013 (NHCW) to showcase the multitude of ways in which America’s Health Centers are actively changing, improving and innovating the health of their communities from August 11 – 17. This year’s theme is, “Celebrating America’s Health Centers: Transforming Healthcare in our Local Communities.”

As part of the weeklong events, Family First Health is giving tours to local legislators, and offering a free showing of “The Waiting Room,” a character-driven documentary film that goes behind the doors of an American public hospital struggling to care for a community of largely uninsured patients. Family First Health will also host an information table when the York Revolution take on the Camden Riversharks on Wednesday, August 14.

“Health Centers deliver high quality, cost effective, accessible care, keeping communities healthy and productive,” said Jenny Englerth, CEO of Family First Health. “The cost of care at a health center is affordable, but the quality is as good as any one finds in private practices—and studies prove it.”

According to the National Association of Community Health Centers, Health centers serve as the medical and health care home for 22.3 million people nationally—a number that is quickly growing. Currently, there are more than 9,000 locations across the country.

“Health centers employ nearly 10,000 physicians and more than 6,300 nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and certified nurse midwives, along with social workers, case managers, and community health workers,” said Englerth. “This is all part of a multi-faceted clinical team designed to treat the whole patient, organizing care and managing chronic disease, at the same time decreasing unnecessary, preventable and wasteful use of health resources.”

Family First Health has five locations throughout Central Pennsylvania (York, Gettysburg, Lewisberry and Hanover). The public can learn more about Community Health Center Week at www.healthcenterweek.org for more information on Family First Health, visit online at https://www.familyfirsthealth.org/ and Like them on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/FamilyFirstHealth.

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About Family First Health

Founded in 1970, York Health Corporation, now Family First Health, is a non-profit, Federally Qualified Health Center dedicated to providing a broad range of primary health, dental care and social services at its sites on South George Street in York, Hannah Penn Middle School, Lewisberry, Hanover and Gettysburg. As a Federally Qualified Health Center, Family First Health offers a reduced fee program for the uninsured and accepts most other health insurances. For more information regarding the programs and services offered through Family First Health, please visit the Web site at www.familyfirsthealth.org. Se habla español.