The Infant Welfare Society of Chicago recently held a reception in honor of its 2004-2005 Capital Campaign for a new health care center at 3600 W. Fullerton Ave. The event featured a special exhibit of rare photographs, news clippings, objects and scrapbooks dating back to the early 1900s from the archives of the Chicago Historical Society.
Infant Welfare will name its future health care center the Angel Harvey Infant Welfare Society of Chicago Community Health Center in honor of Lynne "Angel" Harvey, wife and business partner of radio legend Paul Harvey, and a radio legend in her own right. Mrs. Harvey is a past Auxiliary president and long-time supporter of and contributor to the Infant Welfare Society.
The Infant Welfare Society of Chicago is relocating from Lincoln Park and opening a new community health center in Logan Square to be nearer to those it serves and to make health care more accessible to children and women in need. The move will enable Infant Welfare to expand and improve upon its array of medical services for children and women.
Founded in 1911, the Infant Welfare Society was an early pioneer and advocate for child and maternal health. Infant Welfare provides pediatric care; obstetrics, gynecology and preventive health care for women; pediatric dental care and orthodontics; family counseling and therapy; and educational programs in parenting, child development and literacy.
The bilingual staff provides health care services to a patient base that is 96 percent Latino. Last year, Infant Welfare provided services to more than 7,700 children and women, and dental services to 4,500 children. |
