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This resolution recognizes Jim Roberts, a U.S. Air Force veteran and marketing professional, for founding the Good Shepherd Medical Clinic in Laurens County, South Carolina. The resolution highlights Roberts' community-driven efforts to establish a free medical clinic in 1994 that provides non-emergency healthcare services to residents who cannot afford private insurance and do not qualify for Medicare or Medicaid. Roberts collaborated with local community leaders, including Betty Green, who helped recruit medical volunteers, and enlisted support from various community members such as Claude Crocker, Nancy VonHollen, and W. Paul Culbertson. The clinic opened on September 8, 1994, with eighty-two local volunteers and began serving patients, including providing translation services for Hispanic patients and collecting donated sample medicines. The resolution formally commends Roberts and the Good Shepherd Medical Clinic for their dedication to serving the people of South Carolina and stipulates that a copy of the resolution be presented to Jim Roberts as a formal recognition of his significant community service.

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