Saturday, November 13, 2010

Community Update: Berkeley Free Clinic

I had the random opportunity to meet an outreach team from Berkeley Free Clinic. They were telling me a little about the clinic and services offered; I even got a care package of non-latex (Trojan Supra) condoms, and ID Glide Lube in convenient size small square black packages. Even being in the setting they were in they provided discrete services and had information available for every topic. This Mobil One Stop Health Truck offers a variety of services; even more are available at their site on Durant Ave. in Berkeley.

They are a great resource for the community you can get lots of Information and Resources, Attend to General Medical Needs, Dental Services, HIV Prevention, Peer Counseling, and Hepatitis Testing.

They are open
Monday - Friday: 3pm - 9pm
Saturdays: 8am - 5pm
Sundays: 4pm - 7pm

They are located at
339 Durant Ave
Berkeley, CA 94704

Call them at
(510) 548-2570 or 1/800-6-CLINIC

Log on at
www.berkeleyfreeclinic.org

Email
info@berkeleyfreeclinic.org
website@berkeleyfreeclinic.org <--(no longer a working email)

Send Mail to
2339 Durant Ave.
Berkeley, CA 94704

This facility is operated by donations and volunteers of all sorts. Due to recent cutbacks nation wide Berkeley Health Clinic has lost a significant amount of funding. Also, there has been a decline in volunteers.


What Can I Do To Help?

There are many ways that you can help from donating a few dollars to volunteering your time; all of which is greatly appreciated.

Volunteer
Currently, volunteers are needed for, The Information Resource collective (IRC), the Medical Section, Gay Men's Health, and The Dental Section. The following link http://www.berkeleyfreeclinic.org/volunteer.html will provide more information on all of these volunteer opportunities and much more.

Donate
You can donate in many ways. To donate Medical/Office supplies, or computer equipment please call the clinic for more information.

You can also make Tax Deductible donations by writing a check payable to the Berkeley Free Clinic please send them to:

Berkeley Free Clinic/Web Donation
2339 Durant Ave.
Berkeley, Ca 94704

To make an online donation please click the following link http://www.berkeleyfreeclinic.org/donations.html and clink on the link to donate online.