STRAWBERRY TIME — Blue Ridge Health began in 1967 to provide healthcare to migrant populations, which is still part of its mission to serve all populations with a community health center model.
OUTSTANDING OUTREACH — For its work to bring affordable care into the field for migrant workers and families, Blue Ridge Health was honored as the ‘Outstanding Migrant Health Center’ in the U.S. Pictured here are BRH’s CMO, MaryShell Zaffino, M.D. and Vulnerable Populations Manager, Kenett Melgar receiving the award.
STRAWBERRY TIME — Blue Ridge Health began in 1967 to provide healthcare to migrant populations, which is still part of its mission to serve all populations with a community health center model.
OUTSTANDING OUTREACH — For its work to bring affordable care into the field for migrant workers and families, Blue Ridge Health was honored as the ‘Outstanding Migrant Health Center’ in the U.S. Pictured here are BRH’s CMO, MaryShell Zaffino, M.D. and Vulnerable Populations Manager, Kenett Melgar receiving the award.
Blue Ridge Health was honored by the National Association of Community Health Centers as the 2023 “Outstanding Migrant Health Center” in the nation — the only health center in the country to receive this honor.
Last year, Blue Ridge Health supported 2,402 agricultural workers and their families as they passed through N.C.’s mountain region harvesting apples, blueberries, Christmas trees, tomatoes and more. Blue Ridge Health staff seek out and connect with these traveling communities, learn their migrant culture, and work to provide for their basic needs.
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