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Health & Fitness

Mobilizing for the DC-area community

As the only hospital in the region dedicated exclusively to caring for kids, Children’s National Medical Center knows that being here for families also means providing easy access for them. Every week, our Children’s Health Project mobile vans travel throughout DC and Prince George’s County, MD to provide free, comprehensive health and dental care.

Our big, blue mobile units visit 11 sites weekly to provide care to children from birth to age 21. By year’s end, we will have served 4,000+ children through 7,000 visits. Our doctors and other health professionals staff the mobile units, providing medical physicals and check-ups, screenings, treatments and behavioral counseling for a wide range of conditions. Our dental care includes cleanings and preventive care, digital x-rays and fluoride treatments. And we help families with referrals to specialists at Children’s National for orthodontics and oral surgery.

All of our mobile unites accept Medicaid, HMOs and private insurance – and for families without insurance, our staff provides all the services for free and can help interested families find insurance.

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Supporting our efforts to provide wellness and preventive services like this to kids in our community is just as important as supporting the work we do in critical medical care. Please help support Children’s Medical by participating in our inaugural Race for Every Child this fall.

At the race, in addition to running or walking the 5k, there’s a kids’ dash and a host of fun activities for the family. You’ll also be able to visit mini-versions of our Centers of Excellence, which highlight our areas of world-class pediatric care, and talk with our doctors and other health care professionals.

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Sign up to participate at RaceForEveryChild.org – register today at a reduced fee and take the next few weeks to line up up a race team and securing pledges!

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