Vending machines offer free life-saving supplies throughout Weber County
WEBER COUNTY, Utah (ABC4) — Weber Human Services (WHS) and Ogden City Communities That Care (OCCTC) has announced that they are expanding access to harm reduction services, though free vending machines stocked with life-saving supplies. According to the organizations, they plan to install 10 harm reduction vending machines throughout Weber County. Each vending machine will be stocked with supplies such as naloxone kits, fentanyl test strips, hygiene items, safe sex supplies,...
Free healthcare clinic in Ogden moves to a new facility
Ribbon cutting ceremony...
Ogden health clinic geared to people without insurance moves, plans to expand offerings
OGDEN — An Ogden health clinic geared to the uninsured and underinsured has moved to a much larger facility as it prepares to bolster the number of people it can serve. The new Seager Memorial Clinic site, inaugurated on Wednesday, is nearly 10 times as big as the prior space in the basement of the Ogden Rescue Mission. The move, said Jerika Mays, the clinic's executive director, is "going to allow...
Ribbon cut on Seager Memorial Clinic’s new Karl & Erika Michel Center
OGDEN — A new era is getting underway for the Seager Memorial Clinic. On Wednesday — after nearly four decades of operating in around 750-square-feet of the Ogden Rescue Mission’s basement — the ribbon was cut on the clinic’s Karl & Erika Michel Center on 24th Street. Jerika mays, Executive director of the Seager Memorial Clinic, told the Standard-Examiner that the clinic was originally established by Dr. Floyd Seager in 1988. “He witnessed...
Seager Memorial Clinic to hold free screening day this weekend
OGDEN — The Seager Memorial Clinic’s annual free health screening day is around the corner. According to a press release from the Seager Memorial Clinic, this year’s free health screening day is set for Saturday, Sept. 27, from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at Ogden-Weber Technical College’s Health Technology Building located at 200 N. Washington Boulevard, Ogden. Executive Director of Seager Memorial Clinic Jerika Mays told the Standard-Examiner the free health screening day is...
Weber County Commission presents annual crystal bowl awards
OGDEN — The Weber County Commission held its weekly meeting at the Weber Center on Tuesday morning, during which “State of the County” presentations were given. Among those presentations was the awarding of the county’s crystal bowl awards, which are given annually to an employee, an individual, a veteran and a business, in recognition of their contributions to the local community. Weber County District Court Victim Witness Coordinator Jamie Pitt was...
Ogden’s Seager Memorial Clinic receives $10,000 grant for new equipment
OGDEN — A local free health clinic is one of 10 in the country to receive a grant for $10,000. Seager Memorial Clinic received the grant money from Family Medicine Cares USA and will use the money to help purchase medical equipment to boost primary care from a patient’s diagnosis through treatment. Read More ...
S7E5: A Legacy of Healing: Inside Seager Memorial Clinic’s Mission w/ Jerika Mays & Marc Johnson
Today we are continuing our series of conversations with the Kempsey Gardner Policy Institute's 2024 Informed Decision Makers. These are individuals and entities that are recognized for their unique contributions to the prosperity of our community here in Utah. Read More ...
Health Screening Day to take place in Ogden on Saturday
OGDEN — Over 70 volunteer health care workers will be providing health screenings for the community during Seager Memorial Clinic’s annual Health Screening Day. The free event will be held Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Ogden-Weber Technical College’s health technology building, 200 N. Washington Blvd. in Ogden. Read More ...
We and They Are Simply We
The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of ASPA as an organization. They may be called street people, bag ladies, beggars, panhandlers, shopping cart ladies, tramps, vagrants or drifters, but they are still human beings, still members of our communities and still impacting our lives in one way or another. Read More ...