Jeanie Schmidt Free Clinic
Impacting Lives ... Improving Community Health
                                  Ten Years. Healthier Together.

JSFC provides primary health care for uninsured
children and chronically ill adults through a network of
dedicated volunteers.
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United Way of
the National
Capital Area
#9422

Combined
Federal
Campaign #88016

Virginia
Campaign #8512

1,389 patients served in 2010-2011 for more than
7,000 medical visits.  

2010-2011 JSFC Annual Report
We would appreciate your
donations of items to help
our clinic. Please see the
attached listing for items
needed-
 CLINIC WISH LIST

MARK YOUR CALENDARS

SATURDAY, MAY 19TH
8AM-10AM

FOOTPRINTS
5K RUN/3mile/1mile WALK

Jeanie Schmidt Free Clinic joins with our fellow
Connections for Hope non profit partners  to celebrate
our community and to highlight
how much we can accomplish when we
work together to help children and families
in need.

Please go to

www.active.com/donate/footprintsforhope/jsfc

to sign up for the walk AND create your JSFC page
(2 step process)

THANK YOU SO MUCH!

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NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH PRAISE OUR
COLLABORATIVE WE CAN! PROGRAM

We Can, Ways to Enhance Children's Activity & Nutrition


Using the elements of the We Can!® program to teach
families about healthy eating, physical activity, and reducing
screen time, the Jeanie Schmidt Free Clinic is dedicated to
making families in Herndon, Virginia healthier.

In collaboration with the local YMCA, the clinic offers
approximately 14 parents and children the opportunity to
participate in a four-session, healthy lifestyle program.
During these sessions parents learn from the We Can!
Energize Our Families: Parent Program. Staff members at the
clinic are also equipping them with grocery shopping tips,
exercise routines, and alternate to screen time activities.
And that's not all to the family affair—while the parents are in
the classroom, children are hitting the gym! Weight trainers
work with the kids on fitness routines and teach them about
the importance of physical activity.

During the last half hour of the program, the parents and
children are brought together to enjoy a healthy snack and
discuss what they learned during their respective lessons
and how they can apply their newfound knowledge and set a
goal for themselves to accomplish that week.

"These classes are immensely popular. The fact that parents
continue to come back week after week, shows what a
success this is," states Lorraine Ondrasik, Pediatric Nurse
Practitioner and Child Care Coordinator at the Jeanie Schmidt
Free Clinic. "We are able to provide them with one-on-one
attention that ensures individualized accomplishments."

The Clinic plans to continue implementing We Can! program
elements. They will soon begin to teach the Media-Smart
Youth: Eat, Think, and Be Active!® curriculum to expand the
age range of youth participating in the programs, providing
healthy lifestyle tips to even more community members.

National Heart, Blood and Lung Institute,
National Institute of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Posted February 24, 2012

INCLEMENT WEATHER POLICY
In the case of inclement weather, such as snow, please call the Jeanie Schmidt phone
at 703-481-8160 to learn if we are open.
If the Fairfax County GOVERNMENT is closed, we are automatically closed
.
Learn more about
JSFC from our Power
Point presentation.