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History
The Wayne County Medical Society Foundation was established by the
Wayne County Medical Society on August 12, 1987 and was designated
a
501(c)(3) charitable foundation in 1988. The foundation is organized:
- For charitable, scientific, literary, and educational purposes, including the education of patients and citizens to prepare them for better self-care;
- To encourage the production of health and medical information and assist in the dissemination of such information to the lay and medical community;
- To provide medical and health-oriented outreach programs for citizens and professionals with unusual or specific needs; and
- To develop lay and medical projects which provide preventive health and medical guides, updates, and information for the lay and medical community.
The Mission of the Foundation
The physicians of the Wayne County Medical Society will support through
its Foundation the development of community programs directed to
prevention of domestic abuse, advancement of the health behavior of adolescents, and improvement of the health status of children.
Activities and Accomplishments
The Foundation's many accomplishments include the following:
- Produced an anti-smoking videotape, utilizing the American Medical Association's cartoon super-hero "the Extinguisher," which was distributed to over 100 local elementary schools;
- Has served hundreds of middle school students with dental and physical screening examinations since 1994 at the James B. Webber School Health Center;
- Has raised funds for local domestic violence shelters in partnership with the Wayne County Medical Society Alliance and the 21st Century Club;
- Produced educational videotapes on AIDS and on the importance of prenatal care. Both videotapes were widely utilized throughout Detroit, Michigan and the United States;
- Provides scholarships through the Charles C. Vincent, M.D., Memorial Scholarship Fund to deserving medical students from the tri-county area to attend the Wayne State University School of Medicine; and
- Has sponsored an annual holiday party for local disadvantaged children since 1984.
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