Helping Hand Clinic

Founded in 1993, Helping Hand Clinic is a charity based in Sanford, United States working on health, poverty & hunger, mental health.

Helping Hand Clinic, Inc. is a volunteer-driven, community-funded free clinic in Sanford, North Carolina. It provides medical, dental diagnostic, vision and mental health referral services, along with prescription medications, to low-income, uninsured and underinsured residents of Lee and Harnett counties. Doctors, dentists, mental health providers and vision providers donate their time, and medications are supplied through donations and an in-house dispensing pharmacy. The clinic also runs a food pharmacy and nutritional support for patients experiencing food insecurity, and manages chronic care for patients with conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, hypertension and asthma. Founded in 1993 by Dr. Marion Pate and community volunteers, the clinic began in a closet in another medical practice and now operates from a 2,800 sq ft building. Services are free to clients, and patients must complete a program application for medical visits. The clinic is funded by individual donors, local businesses, churches and the United Way, and holds a sustaining monthly donor programme.