DeSales Free Clinic at the Allentown Rescue Mission Celebrates Five Years

The DeSales Free Clinic at the Allentown Rescue Mission, opened in January 2007 in an effort to bring healthcare to the homeless, celebrated its five-year anniversary in January 2012. The clinic is staffed by DeSales students and faculty and has treated more than 900 patients since it opened. No patient is ever turned away or charged for services, and the operation is run entirely on donations.
The idea for the clinic came from Brett Feldman M'07-a physician assistant (PA) student at the time-and his wife Corinne, who had volunteered at a homeless clinic while she attended PA school at Midwestern University.