Alderpoint Clinic Bringing Health Care to the People since January 1996 5th and Main (at the Little Gray Church) Open 10am - 4pm every Tuesday call: 926-1070 or just drop in and visit! A Redwoods Rural Satellite Clinic 923-2783

The following material is taken from a press release written by Manny Frishberg and published by the Life and Times on page 19, January 30, 1996.

Redwoods Rural Health Center may not have brought back the house call, but at least once a week they are meeting the people of Alderpoint more than halfway. For the people of Alderpoint and the surrounding communities including Harris, Rancho Sequoia, Zenia, Kettenpom, Blocksburg, and Fort Seward, a trip into town means driving for up to an hour, or more. In winter, rain, fog, ice, and/or snow make the 2000-foot climb over the winding, two-lane Alderpoint Road even slower and more dangerous.

But now, thanks to the generosity of pastor Greg Webster, the old Seventh Day Adventist church has been transformed into a small medical clinic, which will be staffed once per week by physician's assistant Maureen Frank.

There were seven patients on the very first day, January 23, 1996, according to public health nurse Maryanne Riley. "People were very receptive and very excited about it," she said. "We got total positive feedback.

"She has a lot of emergency room experience, which is really an asset," Riley added. "Maureen just loves it! She's being accepted by the community out there."

As is their policy everywhere, the Alderpoint Clinic of Redwoods Rural Health Center will not refuse to see patients based upon their ability to pay.

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