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Meet our Volunteers

Volunteers are the life blood of Volunteers in Medicine. We currently have over 230 volunteers who give of their time and talents. We are always looking for front desk volunteers, physicians, nurses, vision care, mental health providers and so much more. If you have a passion for the working uninsured this is the place for you.

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Medtronic

On Saturday, June 4th, Medtronic employees, friends and family members laced up their sneakers and joined Volunteers in Medicine patients, board members and volunteers for an informative two-mile walk in downtown Jacksonville

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Dr. Howard Rose

They say there are no guarantees in life, but in the case of ophthalmologist Dr. Howard Rose, the patients and staff at Volunteers in Medicine would beg to differ. Each Tuesday morning for more than 12 years, Dr. Rose made the sojourn from his beaches home to Volunteers in Medicine’s downtown clinic.

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Barbara Potter

Volunteers in Medicine volunteer Barbara Potter was awarded the prestigious Ivy Summerlee Memorial Volunteer of the Year Award at a special luncheon and awards ceremony attended by more than 200 guests on March 24th at the main library in downtown Jacksonville.

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Gene and Shirley Baker

HandsOn Jacksonville, celebrating its 44th year this year, honored volunteers on Monday, April 24 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. to at the Jessie Ball duPont Center. The Celebrate GOOD VIP Awards Dinner was the kick-off to their Celebrate GOOD Festival and in conjunction with National Volunteer Week.

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Laine MacWilliam

For nearly 8 years, Laine MacWilliam has been providing the priceless donation of her time as a volunteer in our clinic. For seven years, she volunteered every Thursday, and continued to volunteer two days each month after taking on a full-time job as a realtor. Next month will mark her 8 year anniversary of her start date.

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Dixie Murphy

Dixie Murphy has spent her Thursdays for the last five years volunteering at the Volunteers In Medicine prescription drug dispensary, working with the clinic’s volunteer doctors and nurses on behalf of patients in need of inexpensive medications.

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