Allina Health District One Hosptial, an important health system partner to HealthFinders, is celebrating the completion of their new Emergency Department on August 3rd. Check out the details from their website below: The new Emergency Department, measuring 20,000 square feet, offers a large, light, modern space for patients to receive exceptional medical care from highly-trained doctors and nursing staff using the [...]
Anne and her husband Matt at their wedding (June 3rd, 2017) HealthFinders has seen many volunteers over the years: students at the local colleges, physicians and dentists, professors, nurses, and many more. Some have been here since the very beginning, while others are able to share with us just a portion of their time in this [...]
HealthFinders Collaborative (HFC) has recently completed its period as a grantee of the Access to Coverage (Access) program. Access, a 4-year grant program created by the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Foundation in April 2013, had two primary goals: increase the number of low-income Minnesotans enrolled in public health care coverage and increase [...]
Getting tested and treated for chlamydia is easy, but the chlamydia rate in Minnesota has reached epidemic rates in the last two decades. In response, HealthFinders has joined forces with local health partners to create a free chlamydia screening and treatment program for Rice County. Through this collaboration, known as Rice County Chlamydia Partnership (RCCP), [...]
This year, HealthFinders Collaborative has partnered with Minnesota Care Counseling Services (MCCS) to source mental health services for our Somali community. Somali residents of Rice County will be able to meet with one of two Somali-speaking counselors in Faribault who are piloting this program. With this resource, we hope to mirror the successes [...]
Meet Bisharo Farah, who joined the HealthFinders team in May as our first female Somali Community Health Worker (CHW)! Bisharo, who grew up in Faribault, is a current student at South Central College studying child development. As a CHW, she will be working to improve community health through home visits, diabetes classes, and being a [...]
Herlen came to work at HealthFinders in March 2017 as a Patient Advocate, and she is excited to help the Rice County community in any way she can. In the past few months, Herlen has been doing a bit of everything here, from scheduling appointments, reminding patients of appointments, interpreting for Spanish-speaking patients, and by [...]
Heather comes to us from a social services background; she has worked in homeless shelters for the last 20 years, supporting her community members in creating a better life for themselves and their families. She’s excited to combine her love of helping her community with her passion for fitness. Heather has been working as a [...]
The Grand, owned and operated by Chuck Pryor Meet Chuck Pryor! This dashing and charming man is an entrepreneur, a community supporter, a great cook and a HealthFinders donor. Chuck owns and operates the Grand Entertainment Center, owns the Ole Store Restaurant, is the former owner of the Tavern Restaurant and owns the [...]
Meet Juanita Picazo, a volunteer interpreter at HealthFinders. Juanita works as a preschool teacher during the year, but she always finds time to help out at HFC. Despite never having worked in public health before, Juanita has found a passion for women’s health issues. She loves being there for women who need her the most [...]
