COOPERSTOWN — The Rotary Club of Cooperstown presented Jane Hamilton, practice manager of Bassett Healthcare Network’s School-Based Health Program, a nearly $1,150 donation for the program at its Feb. 18 meeting. “The work being done by Bassett’s School-Based Health Program is a direct match for three of the Rotary’s key missions: fighting disease, saving mothers […]
COOPERSTOWN — The Rotary Club of Cooperstown presented Jane Hamilton, practice manager of Bassett Healthcare Network’s School-Based Health Program, a nearly $1,150 donation for the program at its Feb. 18 meeting.
“The work being done by Bassett’s School-Based Health Program is a direct match for three of the Rotary’s key missions: fighting disease, saving mothers and children, and supporting education,” Rotary Club of Cooperstown member and Cooperstown Rotary Foundation officer Bertine McKenna said in a release announcing the donation. “We value all the work being done to keep many of the youngest members of our Cooperstown community healthy.”
Bassett operates 22 school-based health centers, located inside school buildings in 18 secondary school districts across the region. At these centers, more than 7,500 enrolled students receive health-care services at no out-of-pocket cost.
“At School-Based Health, we strive to make medical care, dental care, and mental-health services easily accessible to families, removing so many barriers to care and minimizing interruptions to students’ time in the classroom,” Hamilton said. “We are teaching children valuable preventative health lessons that they can rely on through a lifetime. Thank you to the Rotary Club of Cooperstown for supporting the care we provide.”
School-Based Health Program services are available for students in pre-kindergarten through grade 12 in school districts where the centers are located. The program helps families overcome common barriers to health care in rural areas including lack of insurance, lack of transportation, and other socioeconomic factors.
