Shoals Community Clinic

01/16/2026

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01/09/2026

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01/06/2026

Take note and/or share with those who may need to attend.

There will be a Dental Clinic on Friday, January 16, 2026. To be seen, patients should be at the clinic by Noon for paperwork and X-rays. Only tooth extractions are performed.

12/31/2025

Photos from the Leighton Clinic ribbon cutting ceremony, held on December 27th, which was the 80th Anniversary of the opening of the original clinic in Leighton. (Additional details coming soon.)

12/30/2025

We recently celebrated 25 years of the Dental Clinic program at Shoals Community Clinic, with special honors to Dr. H. Gilman Griggs and Dr. Nicholas Pieroni. A reception and open house was held in their honor, and dental clinic rooms were dedicated to each with a plaque above the doors. We greatly appreciate the dedicated service these men and all of our volunteers have given over the years. www.ShoalsCommunityClinic.com

12/18/2025

Please, join us TODAY (Dec. 18th).

Let’s Celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Dental Clinic Program
at Shoals Community Clinic.

Special Honors to:

Dr. H. Gilman Griggs &. Dr. Nicholas Pieroni

Please join us for our Reception and Open House at Shoals Community Clinic, Thursday, December 18, 2025, 5-7 pm,
Drop In at Your Convenience.

Please RSVP to 256-760-4713

25 YEARS OF THE DENTAL CLINIC PROGRAM AT A GLANCE

• Over 7,000 people have received services
• Approximately 700 Dental Clinics conducted
• Approximately 15,000 tooth extractions performed
• Over $200,000 in program fees
• Over 1200 Dental Vouchers used by patients to offset fees
(about $50,000 in value offset by donations)
• 55 Dentists from around the area volunteered
over 200 hours to the program

12/16/2025

Let’s Celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Dental Clinic Program
at Shoals Community Clinic.

Special Honors to:

Dr. H. Gilman Griggs &. Dr. Nicholas Pieroni

Please join us for our Reception and Open House at Shoals Community Clinic, Thursday, December 18, 2025, 5-7 pm,
Drop In at Your Convenience.

Please RSVP to 256-760-4713

25 YEARS OF THE DENTAL CLINIC PROGRAM AT A GLANCE

• Over 7,000 people have received services
• Approximately 700 Dental Clinics conducted
• Approximately 15,000 tooth extractions performed
• Over $200,000 in program fees
• Over 1200 Dental Vouchers used by patients to offset fees
(about $50,000 in value offset by donations)
• 55 Dentists from around the area volunteered
over 200 hours to the program

12/04/2025

Recently a female patient in her 50s brought a large fruit basket to the clinic staff as a token of thanks. Her note stated, “Thank you all for being a blessing in my days of sticky situations. I am forever grateful.” Before finding the clinic, she had turned to the emergency room in a diabetes crisis, and was admitted into the hospital for treatment. The hospital discharged her with a long list of medications that she couldn’t afford. She also did not have a primary care provider for follow up care. Her aunt brought her
to the clinic for her first visit. In her exam with the Nurse practitioner, she presented the list of medications she had received from the hospital. The Nurse Practitioner calmed her fears and told her that she would get diagnostic tests and a new evaluation for her prescriptions. Because of a grant from the Joel R. Anderson Family Foundation, her lab tests were free, and she was given insulin, test strips and a meter to test her blood sugar levels during her recovery. Affordable medications were found for
her, and the patient’s blood sugar levels were stabilized and under control within 3 months. The patient told the Clinic Manager that when she was in the hospital, she felt that she was going to die, but after becoming a regular patient at the clinic she now feels hopeful and normal again, and is ready to get on with her life. The clinic is able to provide this level of free and low cost service to this patient due to assistance through The Joel R. Anderson Family Foundation that supports the clinic’s Diabetes
Assistance Project.

12/04/2025

As we head into the holidays, please, make note of our holiday hours. Thank you!

12/01/2025

Please, remember Shoals Community Clinic in your year-end giving. Your donations help us provide health and dental services to those in our community without insurance. Thank you!