In honor of a major supporter for a quarter of a century, the Northern Neck-Middlesex Free Health Clinic dedicated the Jane Birdsong Patient Care Center on Wednesday, December 4.
“The clinic is delighted and excited to recognize Jane and Tom Birdsong for all the help, advice, encouragement, and volunteer and funding support given to the clinic for the past 26 years,” said clinic CEO Jean Nelson.
The Patient Care Center was unveiled at a ribbon cutting at the clinic, followed by a reception at the Golden Eagle for more than 70 friends and supporters of the Birdsongs and the clinic.
Current board chair G. Scott Graham noted that when he joined as a director “she was on one of her multiple rotations on the board. Quiet and graceful, she paid very close attention to what was taking place on the board, with a focus on what we are truly about—taking care of our patients.”
In remarks at the reception, Nelson explained how invaluable Jane’s advice and guidance were during those first years. Her new job as executive director carried unfamiliar duties and responsibilities with it, along with a working board of directors, she said, and Jane made sure she understood that everyone on the board had their own perspectives, that she recognized what they were, that she found her own voice, and that she kept the clinic mission as her guiding principle.
