The Roanoke Chowan Community Health Center (RCCHC) has been awarded $1 million in capital funding by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to substantially enhance its Colerain Primary Care Center.

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Youth Wellness Academy a partnership with local schools and Roanoke Chowan Community Health Center recently worked throughout the semester to explore community conditions and developed a photographic list of top concerns facing youth in the community. The following images were taken by the student in Hertford County.  Some of them listed the positives in the area while others looked at ways they think things could be improved for better overall community health.

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Fresh produce raised by students right here in the Roanoke Chowan area will be available by next summer thanks to a grant opportunity.   Roanoke Chowan Community Health Center (RCCHC) and its partners received a Creating New Economies Fund (CNEF) grant of $8,500 from The Conservation Fund's Resourceful Communities program.  This grant will support the implementation of a Farm to School to Healthcare initiative within Hertford County. School gardens will be built utilizing sustainable gardening practices at area schools. Produce will then be sold at a pop-up market located at Ahoskie Comprehensive Care with a discount offered for low-income residents. 

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Congressman G.K. Butterfield was in Washington County Wednesday afternoon to cut the ribbon on the new Creswell Primary Care.   The clinic which opened in April off Highway 64 in the former Washington County Medical Clinic building in Creswell eliminates the need for people to travel out of the area for healthcare.  "People were traveling nearly an hour just to see a doctor," said Cole Phelps, Chairman Washington County Commissioners.   "Today is a dream come true for our residents."

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Roanoke Chowan Community Health Center's patient based Board of Directors, Congressman G.K. Butterfield, and other community representatives plan to cut the ribbon June 1  at 2pm on the new Creswell Primary Care in Creswell.  The clinic opened April 11 off Highway 64 in the former Washington County Medical Clinic building.  "This grand opening celebration is our way of saying 'thank you' to the many people who helped make this possible," said Kim Schwartz, CEO, Roanoke Chowan Community Health Center.  "We've had tremendous community support."

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