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Town of Summerton with SC Uplift Community Outreach (2020) Print
2020 AARP Community Challenge Grantee
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Community Health and Economic Empowerment
└ Access to health care services
└ Access to health care services
To provide free primary care services in rural South Carolina, the Town of Summerton set out to a mobile health clinic. The town received two donated shipping containers. They worked to retrofit one to become the new mobile clinic and the other to store medical equipment. A generator provides power to the mobile unit, allowing the Town to deploy it in remote areas. After completing construction, the Town plans to donate the clinic to a local health care provider. Project organizers hope this helps uninsured and low-income community members access medical care.
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