Greater Greenwood United Ministry provides a crisis ministry,
free medical clinic and free dental clinic.
The crisis ministry helps people who may have financial needs and other related needs such as:
- Utilities (includes electric, gas and water)
- Rent
- Medications (emergency needs apart from free clinic help)
- Heating fuel
- Gasoline and kerosene
- Homeless: temporary shelter
Other assistance during a crisis may include:
- Food (from GGUM food pantry, which is donated by member churches, schools,
- ROTC, Scouts and other organizations)
- Furniture, bedding, pots, pans, towels, fans, heaters, etc. from our warehouse
- Free eye glasses: provided with assistance from the Lions Club
- Jobs: search newspapers
Referral assistance during a crisis includes:
- Department Social Services: food stamps, AFDC, utility check, and etc.
- Social Security: unemployment assistance, SSI and etc.
- GLEAMS and SALVATION Army for additional assistance over and above our assistance
- Jobs: employment/staffing... Give lists of agencies and One Stop Work Force Centers
- Housing: section 8 and other subsidized housing\
- Drug rehabilitation: Corner Stone and the Faith Home
- Counseling: credit counseling, emotional counseling, pastoral counseling
- Clothing: Bowers Rodgers
- Furniture: Habitat for Humanity and Bowers Rodgers
- Soup Kitchen
Free Medical Clinic for those without access to basic medical services.
- Free Doctor visit and examination care
- Free lab work
- Free drug prescriptions for patients
- Medical counseling and referral services to hospital and eye clinic
Free Dental Clinic:
- Free dental care for extractions, only.
- Referrals
Unique Assets of our Ministry:
We provide a way for community churches to collaborate in meeting needs of very vulnerable and fragile population. Those churches who join the United Ministry will avoid duplication of services and have qualified persons investigating each individual need. We are presently dealing with a high rate of unemployed clients. There has been a decrease in the incidences of abuse of services. Our clinic is the only one in Greenwood County that provides free medical and dental services (except for Hope Clinic, which provides medical services to the Hispanic community). GGUM is the only source of free prescription medicine in the county. Services are provided by volunteers, including physicians, nurses, pharmacists, lab-techs, administrator, interviewers, receptionists and others.
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