Press Release

January 15, 2008

CONTACT:

Danielle Fiori: 203-658-9579
Peggy Atherlay: 203-658-9626

AmeriCares Free Clinics Receive Grant from the Adolph and Ruth Schnurmacher Foundation, Inc.

Stamford, CT—AmeriCares Free Clinics has received a $15,000 grant from the Adolph and Ruth Schnurmacher Foundation in support of the Norwalk clinic. The foundation has been supporting AmeriCares and AmeriCares Free Clinics for the last 10 years. The grant will be used to cover capacity building and new targeted initiatives at the Norwalk clinic, specifically adding additional clinic hours and sessions, increasing the number of Continuity Care Clinic sessions for patients suffering from chronic illness, and provide more patient education in order to improve patient self management.

The Adolph and Ruth Schnurmacher Foundation, based in New York, was founded to serve the communities of New York City and Fairfield County. Its mission is to make a positive difference in the lives of others, focusing on education, medicine and health care, social services and arts and culture.

Since 1994, the AmeriCares Free Clinics has delivered nearly $17 million worth of medical services to 15,000 uninsured patients. To better meet the needs of their communities, the Danbury and Norwalk clinics have expanded their facilities, and most recently, AmeriCares Free Clinics opened a permanent clinic in Bridgeport, after operating a mobile medical unit for the past three years.

AmeriCares Free Clinics accepts no federal government funding. Rather, they operate with private donations and volunteer services. With more than 350 volunteers and partnerships like this, AmeriCares Free Clinics is able to provide quality health care to the uninsured who might otherwise never receive care or treatments.

For more information on AmeriCares Free Clinics, visit the website at www.americaresfreeclinics.org or call 1-800-486-HELP (4357).

The AmeriCares Free Clinics is a community program of AmeriCares, a nonprofit international relief organization that delivers medicines, medical supplies and aid to people in crisis around the world. Since 1982, AmeriCares has distributed more than $7 billion in humanitarian aid to 137 countries. For six years in a row, AmeriCares has been given a four-star rating from Charity Navigator, the highest possible rating, indicating effective management practices. For more information, log onto www.americares.org.