With
A Heart: A New Tradition
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Gone are the days of doctors who
. make houaecalle.
S However, physicians have ra
• cently began a new tradition of
J compassion. It’s called "Doctors
J With A Heart" and it means a
; day of free professional services
• and materials to people in need.
| Begun by a Dr. Duane Schmidt
. in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, "Doctors
. With A Heart" goes nation-wide
J this year with physicians across
! the country donating a day of no
I cost services.
; In Charlotte, optometrist Dr.
‘•Paula Newsome is erea coordi
S3B*tor for the event. Her job is to
I contact the dly’s doctors to solidt
I their partidpation in "Doctors
: With A Heart." When Dr. New
!some first heard of the event, she
admits the idea excited her. She’s
I hoping that feeling will be infec
: tious.
"I’m hoping we'll have a real
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I Charlotte
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; Receives
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i Award
| Larry ~3. Parker, manager of
| the U.S. Department of Housing
j and Urban Development's North
i Carolina Office, presented a Cer
| tificate of 8pecial Recognition to
I the Honorable Harvey B. Gantt,
l Mayor of the City of Charlotte, in
| a ceremony at the 6 p.m. City
"■©oundl meeting recently. The
award is recognition of the City's
jafforts to improve shelter and ser
■ vices to low-income dtisens. .
• The United Nations offidally
• designated 1987 as the
• "International Year of Shelter for
1 the Homeless" (IYSH) to focus
t global attention and action on the
• problems 0f the homeless and
• those living in substandard hous
J feg. HUD is the focal point for
■ mBH activities in the U.S. and in
• Siat role encouraged local project
l sponsors to submit applications as
sandai International Year of
: Shelter projects. More than 180
l projects nationwide were submit
• ted and the City of Charlotte's Sec
; J>nd Mortgage Equity Participa
• Son Deferred Loan Payment Pro
■ gram is one of only two projects
• in North Carolina which were se
I Iected by a distinguished private
1 Sector panel for recognition.
I*.The City of Charlotte, through
^ its Community Development De
jpartment, established this pro
; gram to assist low and moderate
- income families achieve the clas
sic American dream of home
• ownership. To date, six families
• have become first-time homeown
- ers and the City expects to use this
2 same program concept to build
I additional housing in other rede
| velopment areas.
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Dr. Paula Nawaoma
large response," says Dr. New
some. "Doctors don't often get a
chance to give back to the commu
nity as much as we get."
Accordingly, Dr. Newsome has
chosen Valentine's Day, Febru
ary 14, as an appropriate date to
hold the community-wide
"Doctors With A Heart" day.
"What better day to show your pa
tients you love them and to give
the community back some of the
love it has extended to you," she
points out
Dr. Newsome has requested the
help of area physicians, dentists,
optometrists, chiropractic physi
cians, podiatrists and clinical
psychologists to Join in the cause.
So far, she has received confir
mations from a couple of urolo
gists, chiropractors and a clini
cal psychologist
MeanwWle the same type of or
ganiting afTorta are going on
•cross tha nation in the name of
“Doctor* With A Heart." Forty
four state* and have das- *
ignated February 14 as a day for
health professional* of every dis
cipline to render free services or
materials te patients.
From her office. Dr. Newsome
will be giving free eye-exams
and eyeglass frames and lenses.
She says she especially wants to
reach, on this day, the people who
fall between one* who have their
medical expenses paid by Medic
aid and those who are able to af
ford to pay for their medical ser
vices. In other words, people who
can hardly afford medical care
though they are not eligible for
public assistance.
"The people of Charlotte have
been very good to me," confesses
Dr. Newsome, who has been in
practice in this city for three
years. "I don't believe in having
a one way street. I want to give
something back to the communi
ty."
Dr. Newsome urges other doc
tors to find their "heart" on Val
entines Day and participate in
"Doctors With A Heart." Howev
er, the date is not mandatory she
points out. "Any day can be cho
sen to fit the doctors schedule,"
Dr. Newsome relates, "since ser
vices will be provided from the
physicians' offices."
For more information on how to
get involved in "Doctors With A
Heart" call Dr. Newlome at 375
3936 or Ms. Cyndee Schmidt Fer
ris, nationwide executive direc
tar, at (319) 866-0698. --
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