Our dedicated team of caring volunteers all share common qualities. These individuals enjoy interacting with a variety of people and have made a commitment to helping others who are in need, while serving with concern and compassion. Our volunteers have positive attitudes and a sense of humor. All of our volunteers conduct themselves with dignity, courtesy, kindness and consideration while working in a professional manner.
VIM's patients are our neighbors - those who live and/or work on Hilton Head and Daufuskie Islands and meet simple requirements - from all walks of life and in all stages of employment. Over three-quarters of our patients are employed in local businesses that support our tourism industry.
We can't do this alone. That is why we are asking for your help. It costs $8,800 each and every day to operate the clinic. That is $44,000 a week, $176,000 each month and more than $2.2 million annually to keep the clinic doors open. VIM is funded solely by the generosity of our community. We simply could not continue our critical work for our neighbors who need us most without your help. Your continued support will ensure everyone in our community has access to healthcare regardless of their ability to pay.
Offer healing and hope to our neighbors who need us most We can’t do this alone. That is why we are asking for your help. It costs $8,800 each and every day to operate the clinic. That is $44,000 a week, $176,000 each month and more than $2.2 million annually to keep the clinic doors […]
For 25 years, Volunteers in Medicine Hilton Head Island has been providing free health care to the uninsured. The brainchild of Dr. Jack McConnell, the clinic inspired the creation of the Volunteers in Medicine national office and the 88 clinics currently in the Volunteers in Medicine Alliance. Please click on the video below to see […]
Name: Dr. Lou Strayer Hometown: Cape Cod, Neenah, Wisc., Hilton Head Island Where do you live?: Hilton Head Plantation How long have you volunteered at VIM?: 23 years What is your role at VIM?: Staff Orthopedist Professional background: Princeton Univ, AB 1957, Columbia Univ. College of P&S MD 1961; Surgical internship and 1 year surgical […]
Volunteers in Medicine Hilton Head Island Announces Partnership with the Wexford Plantation Charitable Foundation to Launch Major Campaign Against Breast Cancer Hilton Head Island, SC, April 10, 2018–Volunteers in Medicine Hilton Head Island is pleased to announce that it has partnered with the Wexford Plantation Charitable Foundation in its ongoing campaign against breast cancer. […]
At a glance, Hilton Head Island seems like an idyllic vacationer’s paradise, as a coveted retirement destination. Unfortunately, there is a side that many observers don’t see or don’t want to see. Driving through the gated communities it’s difficult to conceive of human trafficking as being an issue, but it is a very real one. […]
When Buck Edwards retired after a long career at IBM, over two decades ago, he and his wife, Karen, elected to move to Hilton Head because there isn’t an IBM corporate office in the vicinity. Buck said he was trying his best to distance himself from other IBM people. It didn’t work. “Thinking that was […]
The Volunteers in Medicine Hilton Head Island Clinic Celebrated its annual Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon on Monday, March 5 at St. Andrew’s By-the-Sea United Methodist Church on Hilton Head Island, At the luncheon we recognized our milestone volunteers.
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