While we would very much like to continue, we do not wish to duplicate efforts, and funding for health-care dollars is very limited. Until then, we are using our remaining funding for its intended purposes by helping those on our dental waiting list. We are also assisting LPCC’s patients with getting connected to the new La Plata Integrated Healthcare clinic and other resources. Our organization is assessing if there is another role to play in the community. However, our tenure of running a donated care clinic is coming to an end.

Since the LPCC started, our vision has been to address unmet health care needs. With the support of this great community, we have accomplished this in spades. The LPCC has made a difference for more than 400 patients who have received direct health and dental care and by giving information and referrals to 500 more. The LPCC accomplished so much because of 30 caring professional volunteers who donate their time and with the help of generous donors and community champions. This has been a valuable journey. We wish the very best to the new clinic, which is located north of Durango Public Library.

Ginny Newman, La Plata Community Clinic manager

Durango