Community Health-In-Partnership Services (CHIPS) will celebrate 25 years of service to the St. Louis area at 4 p.m. Sunday, November 6 at the St. Louis Union Station, Double Tree by Hilton Hotel, 1820 Market St.
The meritorious Imagine Award to Dr. James R. Kimmey, executive in residence at Saint Louis University College for Public Health and Social Justice, for his support for CHIPS for over 20 years.
Founded and led by Judy A. Bentley, CHIPS has the mission “to promote wellness and empower self health management for the uninsured and underserved through preventive and primary health care services.” It operates the CHIPS Health and Wellness Center, a free clinic at 2431 N. Grand Blvd.
“Ninety per cent of the people served are uninsured,” Bentley said.
Health services at the center include internal medicine, pediatrics, gynecology, dermatology, asthma/allergy, chiropractic, dental and psychiatry and men’s health. Its partners include UMSL-St. Louis Schools of Nursing and Optometry, SLU School of Nursing and Public Health, Washington University School of Medicine, Barnes-Jewish College’s Goldfarb School of Nursing, Mercy Hospital Laboratory and Logan University.
“People with insurance have options,” Bentley said. “At CHIPS, we want to deal with the people who have no options.”
Michael P. McMillan, president and CEO of Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis, is the honorary event chair. The Anita Jackson Ensemble will perform, and a Fund a Need Auction will raise money to continue to provide quality free medical services.
For more information on CHIPS’s 25th Anniversary Celebration, call 314-652-9231 ext. 20, email info@chipsstl.org, or register online at www.chipsstl.org
