Building Community

A Call for Racial Justice

topics: building community

Health centers were created during the civil rights movement to address racial inequality and to ensure health care was available to the most vulnerable in our communities. In this historical context and in the spirit of our mission to foster healthy communities in our neighborhoods Maple City Health Care Center expresses outrage and sorrow at the murder of George Floyd by four Minneapolis police officers two weekends ago.
A Health Care Home - Quick Overview

topics: building community, health care, overview, relationships

Some health care providers think of their work as simply providing services or products. We think of Maple City Health Care Center as a health care home. A home is where a person feels safe, welcome, known, and valued.
Building Community - Quick Overview

topics: building community, overview

Lonely, isolated people often experience poor health. Conversely, people who have healthy relationships and live in a caring community are more likely to experience good health.
Foundations and Corporations Supporting Maple City Health Care Center

topics: building community, for donors, involvement

The following organizations have provided grants to benefit the people served by Maple City Health Care Center.

Martha's Gift

topics: building community

A program at Maple City and Vista Community Health Centers is multiplying gifts.
More Than Money

topics: affordability, building community, featured items, for health center administrators, suggested items

At Maple City Health Care Center, low-income people who have no insurance are eligible for sliding fee discounts. Some families pay no more than a nominal fee for their health care.
Our Future Together

topics: building community, relationships

A criminally insane family moving into the house next door could be the launch of a horror movie or at least the start of a very bad day.

A Taste of Heaven

topics: building community, culture and health care, featured items

Karen worked at the front desk at Maple City Health Care Center. From her desk, she had a clear view of the waiting room.
Fish Out of Water

topics: the building project, building community

Christine Guth likes to knit. Christine Guth wants to improve her Spanish.
My Building

topics: building community, empowerment, featured items

Maple City Health Care needed a new roof. We invited donors, neighbors, and patients to help.
No Borders to Helping

topics: building community, culture and health care, relationships

Felisa Reyes wants to stay healthy to be able to care for her grandsons. “They need me,” Felisa said. “Their mother has to be in Mexico and I’m the only one they have right now who is able to care for them.”

Being Transformed - A Journey Toward Health

topics: building community, empowerment, integration, suggested items

A speech by Maple City Health Care Center's founder about how Christian values have influenced the work and structure of the Center.
Freed from Slavery to the Fear of Death

topics: building community, integration, mission, for health center administrators, suggested items

A speech by Maple City Health Care Center's founder about how focusing on mission and vision helps free us from the fear of institutional death and how we can trust our organization's future to God’s provision and protection.

How can my community create something like MCHCC?

topics: building community, for health center administrators, suggested items

Maple City Health Care Center cannot be franchised or copied because we are the result of a unique (particular) collaboration with our community. We believe, however, that our mistakes and successes may help your collaboration with your community. We offer this web site with the hope that our journey, our experiment, will benefit yours.
What challenges does MCHCC face?

topics: building community, mission, for health center administrators, suggested items

The challenges we face include (1) focusing on assets rather than problems, (2) concentrating on our mission rather than worrying about money, and (3) being guided by the needs and assets of our community rather than by business models.

Like a Queen

topics: building community, for donors, relationships, suggested items

For a long time, I enjoyed good health, but then my health deteriorated. I had a hard time working. I was alone because my husband and I were separated.

Asset Based Community Development

topics: building community, empowerment

The Asset-Based Community Development Institute (ABCD) considers local assets as the primary building blocks of sustainable community development.
Blog Post from National Association of Community Health Centers

topics: building community

A blog posting from the National Association of Community Health Centers about Raising the Roof - a story from the early days of Maple City Health Care Center.
Goshen Guide - The Economy of Trust

topics: building community

A video recording of Phil Metzler's November 2018 interview of James Nelson Gingerich. A wide-ranging discussion of how Maple City Health Care Center accomplishes its mission to foster a healthy community. Topics include the economy of trust, a culture of abundance, and the relationship between clinical quality and creating a space for imagination.
Goshen News - Gift from Goshen Health

topics: building community

A newspaper article about Goshen Health's gift of land and facilities for Vista Community Health Center