Tag: Parker Family Health Center

RED BANK – Community members from across the Two River area gathered at the Count Basie Center for the Arts Vogel Theater for the annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Commemorative Celebration, a program that blended prayer, music, dance and civic reflection with a clear call to remain engaged in the work King championed.

RED BANK – As the national debate intensifies over a federal budget eyeing Medicaid cuts, millions face the threat of losing essential health care coverage, a concern already evident at nonprofit care centers in Monmouth County, including the Red Bank-based Parker Family Health Center and The Arc of Monmouth in Tinton Falls.

RED BANK – Parker Family Health Center on Shrewsbury Avenue now has even more ways to help the community.

In celebrating the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the YMCA of Greater Monmouth County (YMCA) held its 35th Memorial Community Breakfast, honoring community members who have embodied the spirit and values of the civil rights leader.

“Why are we still vulnerable at the hands of the medical community?” asked Carol Penn, D.O., family physician and fourth generation Red Banker, as she opened the discussion on how racial heath care disparities affect the community, the latest subject in the Red Bank Library’s discussion series, Let’s Talk About Race.

Parker Family Health Center and Mental Health Association of Monmouth County have partnered to bring mental health counseling to people who may not be able to afford it.

RED BANK – Eight months after longtime Two River Times reporter John Burton died from cancer, family, friends and former colleagues gathered at the Dublin House to honor him and raise money for Parker Family Health Center. Prior to becoming a journalist, Burton worked at the bar and eatery – a fixture in Red Bank for decades – as a bouncer.

Some of the professionals who enable the Parker Family Health Center to treat patients: Jim McGuinness, M.D., PFHC medical director; Sonia...

Impact 100 Jersey Coast formally announced the five nonprofit finalists who will present at the organization's annual membership meeting on Nov. 17 where the...

December 19, 2014 To The Readers For a few days in December, we can step away from our frenzied lives, spend hard-to-find, cherished time with friends...