Many residents of Dawson County are uninsured – lacking sufficient resources to provide for their health care needs. This is a nationwide problem, and in response, communities across the country have developed Free Clinics that bring together volunteer health care professionals and other community volunteers to offer free health care to the uninsured people in their community. Each Free Clinic is unique, in that its development and services are based on the particular needs and resources of the local community.

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What Can I Do?

• Pray - The Good Shepherd Clinic was the vision of Dr. Mark Weaver, Organizing Pastor for Grace Presbyterian Church in Dawsonville, Georgia. Dr. Weaver and the congregation at Grace saw the need in the community and began to serve the community’s underprivileged with holiday meals and then a café. Dr. Weaver began sharing his vision of a clinic for those with no health insurance, and church members took on many roles in their journey to establish a clinic for the Dawson County community. Pray for both those in need as well as the service providers.
  
  
• Give - Care is made possible through the donation of goods and services, community contributions, financial donations, and volunteers. Good Shepherd Clinic of Dawson County, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, is one of these Free Clinics, and is a member of the Georgia Charitable Care Network. Good Shepherd provides non-emergency health services at no cost to uninsured residents of Dawson County who meet certain income requirements. The clinic accomplishes this through the use of volunteer health professionals and community volunteers, along with partnerships with other health providers.
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• GO - The services of Good Shepherd Clinic of Dawson Country are made possible by the work of dedicated volunteers. Even if a person can only volunteer for limited periods of time, the clinic is interested in discussing the potential for using his/her services.
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