HR 280 — Commending Connie Moslow.

SESSION INTRODUCEDENROLLED 24108119D I HOUSE RESOLUTION NO.

280 OfferedE March 1, 2024 N Commending Connie Moslow.

TN Patron––Ware R ––––––––––Agreed to by the House of Delegates, March 4, 2024 O WHEREAS, the long-established communities of the Commonwealth, especially those of the greatOgreat Southside, continue to produce, and alternately to attract, in every generation, individuals whDwho have the L gift of discerning a public need and the discipline required to bring into being precisely the required remedy;L remWHEREAS, in Powhatan County, and for the people of Powhatan, Connie Moslow is such an E individual;

and U WHEREAS, it was in Powhatan2008 County,that Connie Moslow, then 69 years young, a wife, mother, homemaker, D teacher, and foralready a deeply engaged citizen of her community, realizing that many of her fellow citizens were having to drive to Richmond in quest of affordable medical care, determined to establish a facWHEREAS, thus, from the peoplevision and indomitable will of Powhatan,one Connieindividual, Moslowable isto suchinspire anand Cto individual;secure the assistance and involvement of many other individuals, did Powhatan Free Clinic come to be;

and teacher,WHEREAS, andthe alreadyfirst services arranged for the Powhatan Free Clinic that would come to be was a deeplyH engagedregWHEREAS, citizena ofyear herlater––for community,such realizingwas the public response to the medical services that manyConnie ofand her2 fellowMoslow citizenshad werebeen havinginstrumental toin driveproviding––Powhatan Free Clinic was able to Richmondmove ininto questdonated ofspace affordableE medicalin care,the determinedPowhatan Health Department Building, to establishhire its first part-time nurse, and, through a facilitypartnership forR freewith medicalAccess careNow, ina Powhatan,program forof the peopleRichmond Academy of Powhatan;Medicine, to link patients with a physician who donated specialty services;

and WHEREAS,dental thus,hygiene, fromdental thefillings, visionextractions, and indomitabledentures, willmental ofhealth, oneand individual,free ableeye toexams inspire and toglasses, securethrough the assistancegenerous andsupport involvement of manypartners otherin individuals,those didfields; Powhatan Free Clinic come to be;

and WHEREAS, the first services arranged for the Powhatan Free Clinic that would come to be was a regular visit to Powhatan County Fairgrounds by the mobile Care-A-Van of Bon Secours Hospital;

and Moslow had been instrumental in providing––Powhatan Free Clinic was able to move into donated space in the Powhatan Health Department Building, to hire its first part-time nurse, and, through a partnership with Access Now, a program of the Richmond Academy of Medicine, to link patients with a physici8n who donated specialty services;

and 0 WHEREAS, across the years since, Powhatan Free Clinic has expanded its care for needy citizens to dental hygiene, dental fillings, extractions, and dentures, mental health, and free eye exams and glasses, through the generous support of partners in those fields;

and even translators for Spanish-speaking patWHEREAS,patients; in March of 2021, having completed a $2 million-plus capital campaign supported by countless citizens, churches, civic associations, and businesses, Powhatan Free Clinic relocated to its own marvelous new facilities at 2320 Skaggs Road in Powhatan Court House;

and WHEREAS,countless throughcitizens, allchurches, ofcivic itsassociations, yearsand ofbusinesses, operation, Powhatan Free Clinic,Clinic ledrelocated byto Connieits Moslowown andmarvelous :new facilities at 2320 Skaggs Road in Powhatan Court House;

35and WHEREAS, through all of its years of operation, Powhatan Free Clinic, led by Connie Moslow and a dedicated group of voluntary directors, volunteers galore, and devoted doctors, dentists, nurses, and 36 aides, has accomplished and maintained its original goal, namely, to be "the only safety-net provider for /theWHEREAS, 37Powhatan Free Clinic treats the uninsuredwhole human being by providing a combination of care that addresses not only primary-care needs but also chronic-care and low-incomespecialty-care, residentsmedication incounseling, thebehavioral community";and women's health, case management, and health education, as well as dentistry in-house;

and 382020-2021, WHEREAS,which Powhatanincreased Freeto Clinic2,200 treatspatient thevisits wholeduring human2022 being by providing a combination of care counseling, behavioral and women'sto health,some case3,000 management,patient andvisits healthduring education,2023; as well as dentistry in-house;

and WHEREAS, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Powhatan Free Clinic served 550 individuals in 2020-2021, which increased to 2,200 patient visits during 2022 and to some 3,000 patient visits during 2023;

now, therefore, be it RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, That Connie Moslow hereby be commended for her remarkableremRESOLVED achievementsFURTHER, andThat herthe longClerk yearsof the House of devotionDelegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to Connie Moslow as an expression of House of Delegates' admiration for her contributions to the peoplehealth and well-being of Powhatan;the countless men, women, and children whose lives are being enriched through the services provided by the doctors, dentists, directors, nurses, aides, and volunteers of Powhatan Free Clinic.

and, be it RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to Connie Moslow as an expression of House of Delegates' admiration for her contributions to the health and well-being of the countless men, women, and children whose lives are volunteers of Powhatan Free Clinic.

provided by the doctors, dentists, directors, nurses, aides, and