MS HC148

Commends Aaron E. Henry Community Health Services Center, Inc. for its commitment to providing health care to residents of Panola, Tunica, Coahoma and Quitman Counties in the Mississippi Delta.

Recognizes the center as a federally qualified health center (Section 330(e)) incorporated in Mississippi on April 27, 1979, named after Dr. Aaron E. Henry, an African-American pharmacist, state representative and civil rights activist from Clarksdale.

Acknowledges the center's nearly 30 years of providing comprehensive services including primary and preventive medical care, dental services, family planning, pediatrics, transportation, social services, and nutritional education.

Commends the Batesville Clinic's partnership with the Heinz Family Philanthropic Foundation and Deshea Townsend's Pay It Forward Foundation in supporting annual children's football and cheerleader camps and health fairs.

Directs copies of the resolution be furnished to Aaron E. Henry Community Health Services Center, Inc. and members of the Capitol Press Corps.