Camp Wheezeaway If Free For Kids With Asthma
Every year, about 80 kids with asthma, between 8 and 12 years of age, can go to summer camp for free in Jackson Cap, Alabama. For information on how to apply, contact American Lung Association of Alabama, 900 South 18th… Continue reading
Free Air Travel To Needed Medical Care
The Volunteer Pilots Association is a charitable non-profit organization providing air transportation to needy people who must travel to obtain medical treatment. Pilots, flying privately owned general aviation aircraft, donate their time and flight expenses. A verifiable financial need must… Continue reading
Free Plastic Surgery For Children
Austin Smiles provides free reconstructive plastic surgery, mainly to repair cleft lip and palate, to the children around Austin, Texas. They do about 75 surgeries a year. Austin Plastic Surgery Foundation, P.O. Box 26694, Austin, TX 78755-0694; 512-451-9300; Fax: 512-451-9312;… Continue reading
Free Eyeglasses, Cornea Transplants, and Glaucoma Screenings
Each year Lions Clubs around the country provide 600,000 free professional glaucoma screenings, perform 25,000 cornea transplants, collect over 3 million pairs of glasses, and provide thousands with free quality eye care. Services are provided based on need, and programs… Continue reading
Infertility Help Line
Resolve is a non-profit organization that provides information, support and advocacy on the issues surrounding infertility. Their help line will help non-members with physician referrals, insurance questions, local support groups, and some free publications. HELPLine hours are: Monday thru Friday… Continue reading
Free Video Describes What Medicare Covers For In-Home Health Care
Get a free VHS copy of Home Health Care from your local Medicare office or from 800-633-4227 or order on-line at {www.medicare.gov}.
National Immunization Information Hotline
This hotline tells you where you can go locally to get Free Immunization shots for your kids or flu shots for yourself. Immunizations for children can run as much as $335 per child. This program is run by the U.S.… Continue reading
FREE or Low-Cost Healthcare for Children
Insure Kids Now! is a national campaign to link the nation’s 10 million uninsured children–from birth to age 18–to free and low-cost health insurance. For little or no cost, this insurance pays for doctor visits, prescription medicines, hospitalizations, and much… Continue reading
Is Your Food Safe?
E-coli, Salmonella, and Listeria Monocytogenes. Fungi, viruses, parasites, and bacteria in foods are estimated to account for 6.5 to 33 million cases of human illness and up to 9,000 deaths in the United States each year. Since 1992, when E… Continue reading
Hotline Locates Wandering Alzheimer’s Patients
Alzheimer’s patients are known to wander away and even wind up in other cities. My father, in his later years, went for a drive that took him into someone’s back yard. Safe Return is a national clearinghouse that helps police… Continue reading
