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Trinity Lutheran Seeking Volunteers for Free Community Clinic

Trinity Lutheran is looking for doctors, dentists and volunteers from all walks of life to help provide a free clinic in Burr Ridge in September.

in will be hosting a Serving Clinic on Saturday, September 29.

The Clinic will provide goods and services to folks within the community and neighboring communities who are experiencing financially difficulties.

Trinity is looking for volunteers to help provide medical evaluations, dental evaluations, vision screenings, family photos, haircuts, manicures and healing prayer.

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The church is also looking for donations of toiletries and books and crafts for the children. A light breakfast and/or lunch is being offered to participants and volunteers.

"The clinic can only be successful in reaching those in need with the help of many," said Trinity Lutheran Pastor Bob Geaschel in a media announcement about the event.

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There are a variety of ways in which people can help:

  • Ask your doctor, optical professional, dentist or nurse practitioner if he/she is interested in volunteering (letters asking for help will be provided).
  • Ask your hairstylist or manicurist if he/she would like to donate a few hours.
  • You may be a doctor, optical professional, dentist or nurse practitioner, or hairstylist looking to volunteer
  • Volunteer to lead one of the areas of the clinic (store, prayer room, children's crafts, lunch, etc)).
  • Help set up, take down and clean up
  • Help serve breakfast or lunch
  • Help greet people and escort them through the process
  • Work in the store, passing out toiletries
  • Become a prayer partner in the prayer room
  • Help provide Security
  • Help at the Check-in Station
  • Help with communications, advertising
  • Make financial donations
  • Make children's books donations
  • Make toiletry donations

An informational meeting will be scheduled for those interested in participating. (The date is yet to be determined at this point.) To register, go to www.tlbr.org.

In the interim, please feel free to contact the clinic coordinators below: 

Lydell Grunwald (630-910-3559 or email PunkyG5505@att.net)

Iris Kozik (630-986-0512 or email browneyes42@comcast.net)

Deb Gemmell (708-989-5342 or email deb7911@comcast.net)

Nancy Bordak Email: NVacchiano@att.net)

*The above information was provided through a media announcement from Trinity Lutheran Church in Burr Ridge.


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