The 10th annual Holiday Ball benefiting the Free Clinic of Southwest Washington raised $230,000.
The funds, which were collected at the ball and through related follow-up pledges, will help provide medical care, medicine, supplies, lab testing, and medical equipment for low-income, uninsured and underinsured people.
The ball was held Dec. 1 at the Heathman Lodge in Vancouver. About 218 people attended.
“We are so grateful to the Friends of the Free Clinic and our Holiday Ball guests for their support,” Ann Wheelock, interim executive director of the Free Clinic, said in a press release. “This was a very successful event.”
PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center served as presenting sponsor. Other sponsors included Kaiser Permanente, Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center, Providence Health and Services, The Vancouver Clinic, Hidden Charitable Trust, Physicians Insurance A Mutual Company, ENTOffice.org, Wells Fargo Advisors, Rebound Orthopedics & Neurosurgery Inc., the Free Clinic’s Board of Directors, and the Friends of the Free Clinic.
