Categoría: New and Notable

Learn how BVMI is making a real difference by delivering free, high-quality healthcare to Bergen County’s working unisured.

Greater Bergen Community Action will be constructing the Unity Health Center on Midland Ave., in a medically underserved area.

Amanda Missey, chief executive officer of the Bergen Volunteer Medical Initiative, a non-profit clinic offering free care to county residents without insurance, speaks at a clinic in Hackensack to distribute the COVID-19 vaccine to city residents.

Steve Adubato sits down with Amanda Missey, President & CEO, Bergen Volunteer Medical Initiative, to talk about the significant role of volunteers in providing healthcare to low-income, uninsured adults in Bergen County, especially during the pandemic. They also discuss BVMI’s new telehealth program and the need for continued fundraising throughout the crisis.

Missey has had her hands full during this Covid-19 pandemic, through which she – and we all – are not nearly done navigating, just like any other organization on this planet.