As part of NVC’s vision to be of greater service and a bigger presence in Phoenix, we have begun a Community Outreach program that will highlight organizations that provide valuable services, support and spiritual healing by partnering with them throughout 2017. The first partnership is with Mission of Mercy, a faith-based nonprofit that provides much needed medical services around the valley. They will be speaking in February about the work they have been doing and will be available for questions and to provide information during this first quarter. If you would like to suggest an organization for us to partner with, please contact the Leadership Council.
For nearly 20 years, Mission of Mercy Mobile Medical Clinics, a nonprofit, has been bringing free health care and healing to Maricopa County residents. Mission of Mercy is Maricopa County’s only private mobile clinic. We restore dignity to the sick, working poor, underinsured and uninsured by providing free healthcare, prescription medications and “healing through Love.” Mission of Mercy is 100% privately funded with absolutely no pre-qualification process, co-pays or sliding fees — a place where no one is turned away.
Thanks to generous friends and partners, Mission of Mercy has provided more than 200,000 free doctor visits and dispensed more than 300,000 free prescription medications since our inception. Approximately 60% of our patients utilize Mission of Mercy as their medical home and more than 50% of our patients suffer from chronic conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, and asthma.
Mission of Mercy currently operates six bi-lingual free clinics out of churches, schools, and community centers in neighborhoods of unmet need. We operate in Avondale, Central Phoenix, Maryvale, Mesa, South Phoenix and South Central Phoenix. Utilizing the skills of a small paid medical staff and nearly 300 volunteers, Mission of Mercy’s two fully equipped mobile medical units, which carry a full pharmacy, travel daily to different neighborhoods where they set up full-scale primary care clinics and treat an average of 73 patients a day.
Mission of Mercy volunteer needs include: doctors, nurses, bi-lingual medical interpreters, and patient registration volunteers. To learn more about volunteer opportunities, please call Ana Berlanga at 602-861-2233 to volunteer.
To learn more about Mission of Mercy Arizona, visit www.aMissionofMercy.org/Arizona. To take a clinic tour, please call us at 602-861-2233.
For donations, please give at mercy.world. Arizona charitable tax credit donations can be given for Mission of Mercy, at www.bhhslegacy.org/donate. All donations are go into the Charitable Tax Credit, which reduces yours state income tax dollar-for-dollar.