1. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 21, 2014
CONTACT PERSON:
Allison Vega
Public Relations and Marketing Manager
Sulzbacher Center
611 East Adams Street
Jacksonville, FL 32202
Office: 904.394.8082
Cell: 904.568.8351
AllisonVega@tscjax.org
Beaches Community Healthcare Honors Baptist
Beaches Doctor as "Beaches Healthy Hero"
JACKSONVILLE, FL (September 11, 2013) - On Saturday, March 1, Beaches
Community Healthcare, a Sulzbacher Center clinic will host its third annual Family
Walk and Fun Festival at the Seawalk Pavilion in Jacksonville Beach. Walk registration
opens at 8:30 AM and the Walk starts at 9:00 AM. Individuals can pre-register online
at www.SulzbacherCenter.org or onsite the morning of the Walk. After the Walk there
will be lots of fun activities throughout the day for families including bounce houses,
face painting, healthy food samples and live music. The event will be emcee'ed by
Keitha Nelson and Mike Prangley of First Coast News.
At the event Beaches Community Healthcare is going to honor a Cardiologist from
Baptist Beaches that recently saved a patient’s life. Dr. Tom Hilton has volunteered
monthly at Beaches Community Healthcare since 2011. Once a month he holds a
special cardiac evening clinic for low-income uninsured beach residents. One day,
while Dr. Hilton was working at the hospital, a patient was referred to him from the ER
with heart failure. He was uninsured and could not afford the long-term intensive care
that he needed. Dr. Hilton referred the patient to Beaches Community Healthcare and
was able to treat him there. Dr. Hilton made sure that the man had stress tests, got a
wearable cardioverter defibrillator and is now on the heart transplant list. His condition
is very serious but thanks to Dr. Hilton's intervention we were able to save a man's life.
All proceeds from this event benefit Beaches Community Healthcare, a Sulzbacher
Center clinic. Beaches Community Healthcare is a Federally Qualified Healthcare
Center for uninsured beaches residents. Last year we had over 8,000 patient visits in
our dental, behavioral health and medical clinics.
WHAT: Family Walk and Fun Festival
WHEN: Saturday, March 1, 2014

2. TIME: Registration Opens 8:30 AM
Walk Starts 9:00 AM
Fun Festival 9:30 - 12:00 Noon
WHERE: Seawalk Pavilion
Corner of 1st Ave. N. and 1st St. N. in Jacksonville Beach
About the Sulzbacher Center
Sulzbacher Center provides the opportunity for homeless men, women and children to
achieve a better life. The center's comprehensive services include street outreach,
daily meals, safe shelter, case management support, job placement assistance,
medical, dental, and mental health care as well as scattered-site housing. Every day,
the Sulzbacher Center is home to more than three hundred homeless members of our
community-many of whom are children. For more information,
visit www.sulzbachercenter.org .
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