*$15,000 to Health Access Initiative, a Gainesville non-profit that provides medical care to uninsured, indigent Hall County adults through a collaboration of 215 private physicians, to help fund a position that processes referrals, conducts screening interviews and enrolls clients, as well as coordinating physician appointments, arranging diagnostic tests and following up with clients.
*$7,600 to Good Samaritan Ministries in Buford to help fund the residential inmate recovery program, which provides inmates three months of self-study, classes and work therapy, followed by nine months of employment either inside or outside the ministry, to help them become productive members of society by working on drug and alcohol issues, and building discipline and self-esteem.
*$2,500 to the Spirit of Joy Food Bank in Flowery Branch to purchase food for the more than 30 families they serve in an average month.
*Since the Jackson EMC Foundation began in 2005, it has funded 578 grants to organizations and 214 grants to individuals, putting more than $6 million back into local communities. The Operation Round Up program which allows participating electric cooperative's members to have their monthly electric bills rounded up to the next dollar amount.
Jackson EMC Gainesville District Manager Bill Sanders presents a $15,000 Jackson EMC Foundation check to Health Access Initiative Executive Director Kim Smith, RN (left), and Care Manager Catherine DeLong, RN, that will be used to help provide medica
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