17th Annual Dinner Fundraiser
Dear Friend,
We hope this letter finds you and your family, friends, and co-workers well as we enter a new year.
FernCare Free Clinic is a healthcare nonprofit rooted in Southeast Michigan to provide free healthcare to those in our community who are uninsured. We are proud to be a trusted resource for people looking not only for help with healthcare, but for many of life’s other realities as well. We provide access to assistance with utilities and housing, local shelters, legal aid, and job training.
We hope that you will consider helping us continue to fulfill our mission by sponsoring our upcoming 17th Annual Dinner fundraiser, “SPRING for FernCare” on Thursday, April 30th at the American Polish Cultural Center in Troy. As an event sponsor, you will receive tickets to the event as well as recognition of your gift.
FernCare continues to be a rock of stability in a confusing and shifting health care landscape, with over 1,988 patient visits in 2025 and answering hundreds of phone calls and walk-in inquiries from people looking for health care and other assistance. We are a trusted resource serving patients who would otherwise have gone without primary health care. Thanks to our amazing volunteers, including medical staff, who put in over 3,500 hours of service, to help us keep our operating costs exceptionally low, we have been able to maintain eight clinic sessions a month.
We’ve made progress, but there is still work to be done! Costs continue to rise, demand for our services is still as high as it ever was, and we need your help! We are proud to serve Michigan’s uninsured and know that we are making a difference in the wellbeing of our patients and our community.
This fundraiser is petal-powered, so we are encouraging guests to wear florals and fun colors!
We cannot wait to see you there!
With your help, we can continue to bloom!
Sincerely,
Barbara Winter Daniel Martin
FernCare Board President FernCare Executive Director