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Access to Care

Bridging the Health Care Gap: VMFH Partners to Provide Free Care to Thousands

In 2024, Virginia Mason Franciscan Health committed $1.7 million to support nonprofit organizations across the Puget Sound that address some of the region’s most pressing health issues—access to care, behavioral health, chronic disease prevention, and violence prevention. Seattle Center Foundation, one of the grantees awarded $35,000, held a multi-day Seattle/King County Clinic at Seattle Center, in partnership with VMFH, civic agencies, businesses, and volunteers. The volunteer-driven health clinic provided free medical, dental, and vision care, as well as social services to 2,900 individuals in the community who needed help accessing or affording health care. More than 30 VMFH health care providers and staff members volunteered at the clinic.