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Bluffton Jasper County Volunteers in Medicine

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Bluffton Jasper County Volunteers in Medicine

We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, providing free clinics for uninsured residents of Greater Bluffton and Jasper County, South Carolina.

Our mission statement: “To provide free medical care in a compassionate and professional manner to the uninsured of Greater Bluffton and Jasper County with an emphasis on preventive medicine and health education.”

Our office hours are Monday-Thursday 8:30am-4:30pm. We do screenings on Mondays 1-3pm. Our clinic hours are:
Monday 8:30am-12:00pm
Tuesday 8:30am-12pm, & 1- 8:00pm
Wednesday 8:30am-12pm &1- 8:00pm
Thursday 8:30am - 12pm
Friday-Sunday CLOSED

Phone: 843-706-7090
Fax: 843-706-7078

11/25/2025

Our clinics will be closed on Wednesday, November 26 and Thursday, November 27. We will reopen at 8:30 AM on Monday, December 1. Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at BJVIM! 🍁

11/24/2025

A packed morning at the Ridgeland Clinic - 26 appointments, two incredible physicians (Dr. Casey & Dr. Gendernalik), and a powerhouse team making sure every patient leaves cared for and supported. 💪💚💙

Weeks like this remind us exactly why expanding our Ridgeland clinic mattered: more access, more care, more lives impacted.

11/20/2025

BJVIM Executive Director, Pam Toney, recently attended the South Carolina Free Clinic Association Annual Meeting where she presented how BJVIM’s Road Map to Health Equity program helps us track and monitor improvements in patients with chronic diseases. She was also recognized for her six years of service on the South Carolina Free Clinic Association’s Board of Directors.

Pam is constantly learning, collaborating, and seeking new ways to maximize our resources so we can better serve neighbors in need. Because of her leadership, BJVIM stays at the forefront of compassionate, resource-smart healthcare for our neighbors who need it most. 🙌

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11/18/2025

We’re sending a big thank you to Maggie, who has been part of the BJVIM family for almost two years as our Volunteer Coordinator & Office Manager. Her kindness and dedication have touched every volunteer and patient who walks through our doors. 💚💙

Maggie’s last day will be December 4, and while we’ll truly miss her, we’re excited to welcome Sinikka, who recently moved from Massachusetts and has joined us to carry on this important work. Please help us give her a warm Lowcountry welcome! 🌿✨

11/12/2025

The nomination round is open for BLUFFTON'S BEST in The Bluffton Sun! 💙

If you think we’re the best, now’s your chance to let everyone know! 🙌

Please nominate BJVIM for:
🏆 “BEST NON-PROFIT ORG” in the Best of the Best category
💙 “BEST PLACE TO VOLUNTEER” in the Community/Entertainment category

🗓 Vote once a day through November 20 at https://blufftonsun.com/best/ #//

Your nomination helps spread the word about our mission to provide free medical care to uninsured neighbors in greater Bluffton and Jasper County.

Thank you for supporting compassionate care close to home! 💙

11/11/2025

🇺🇸 Thank you to all who served.

Today, we honor all veterans - our neighbors, patients, volunteers, and friends - for their service, sacrifice, and commitment. We are deeply grateful. 💙

11/08/2025

Once a month, we’re proud to open the doors of our Magro Dental Clinic to the Rotary Club of Sea Island - Beaufort Smile Mobile Dental Clinic team so they can treat their patients right here at BJVIM. It’s one more way local nonprofits are working together to expand access to care for those in need across the Lowcountry. Today, they treated seven of their patients - a wonderful example of partnership in action and brighter, healthier smiles all around! ✨🦷

11/07/2025

BJVIM was honored to be invited to participate in the University of South Carolina Beaufort Public Health Community Health Fair!

Our team had the opportunity to connect with nursing students, faculty, and community members to share resources and information about our free medical services available to uninsured residents in Bluffton and Jasper County.

We’re grateful to USCB for hosting such an impactful event and for helping raise awareness about community health and wellness!

11/06/2025

We’ve all felt the time change this week. 😴 So excited to see the outside our Bluffton clinic. Couldn’t have come at a better time! ☕️

11/04/2025

After more than a decade of dedicated service, we said goodbye to Dr. and Dr. Evans as they begin their well-earned retirement. Together, they have touched countless lives with their compassion, expertise, and generosity.

We gathered to celebrate their incredible impact, share some laughs, and present them with a plaque to remember their time with us. Words can’t fully express how much they mean to our patients, our team, and our mission. Thank you, Dr. and Dr. Evans - you’ll always be part of the BJVIM family. 💙

10/29/2025

A big thank you to WHHI-TV for recognizing our very own Pam Toney! 💙

Pam has been the heart of Bluffton Jasper Volunteers in Medicine for almost 12 years, leading with kindness, dedication, and a deep love for our patients and volunteers. We couldn’t be prouder!

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10/27/2025

At BJVIM, we believe wellness starts with great medical care and continues with the knowledge and tools to live a healthy life. 💙

We collaborate with partner agencies to support whole-body wellness. Recently, patients at our Ridgeland Clinic participated in a 6-week Cooking Matters course presented by the Lowcountry Food Bank.

Participants learned how to read nutrition labels, make smart shopping choices, and prepare delicious, healthy meals - like these chicken burgers! 🍔🥗

A heartfelt thank-you to Lowcountry Food Bank for being such an important part of the solution. Together, we’re helping our patients and community live healthier, happier lives! 🌿

Address

29 Plantation Park Drive, Building 600
Bluffton, SC
29910

Opening Hours

Monday	8:30am - 4:30pm
Tuesday	8:30am - 8pm
Wednesday	8:30am - 8pm
Thursday	8:30am - 4:30pm

Website

http://bjvim.org/

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We are Volunteers in Medicine

Bluffton Jasper County Volunteers In Medicine is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. With the dedicated service of volunteer physicians, nurses, and allied health professionals, the Bluffton Jasper VIM provides care to our friends and neighbors in Bluffton and Jasper County who are without medical insurance.

Our History

Volunteers in Medicine (VIM) began in Hilton Head, South Carolina. In 1992, one out of three people who lived on Hilton Head Island had no access to healthcare. At the same time, a number of retired medical personnel (physicians, nurses, dentists) began expressing an interest in finding a way to continue practicing their profession on a voluntary, part-time basis to help those without access to healthcare. Presently in the U.S., there are over 250,000 retired physicians; 350,000 nurses; and 40,000 dentists. Most are looking for a meaningful way to spend their retirement. The VIM model emphasizes the use of retired medical professionals to provide quality healthcare services in free clinics which focus on serving the needs of the uninsured.

In 2010 a group of concerned citizens recognized the need for a free clinic that would serve the town of Bluffton and Jasper County. On September 19, 2011 Bluffton Jasper County Volunteers in Medicine opened its doors and saw its first patient. Today the all-volunteer free medical clinic provides medical exams, counseling and nutritional services as well as preventative disease education to over 2,000 eligible uninsured residents in Greater Bluffton and Jasper County. In addition, radiological imaging and lab testing referrals are made for patients needing these services.

The clinic is staffed by caring and generous local physicians and nurses who donate their time and expertise to extend first class medical care to patients at the clinic. Office and administrative positions are filled by volunteers who answer the phones, greet patients and manage medical records and paperwork necessary to operate a busy clinic. In all, approximately 75 volunteers make the day to day operation of the clinic possible. The benefits of a clinic such as BJVIM are important and broad reaching: by helping people to stay healthy, they are more likely to stay employed and less likely to suffer from chronic illnesses. More families who previously did not have access to healthcare can now be educated to make healthy choices, learn to participate in their own health care and subsequently pass this valuable knowledge on to their children. Healthy families create healthy communities and in every way, a healthy community is a better community!

Bluffton-Jasper County Volunteers in Medicine is one of over 90 independent clinics under the guidance of the National Volunteers in Medicine Alliance. These clinics are a local solution to a national problem and seek to make primary healthcare accessible to a greater number of people in the community who have no insurance. Obviously, even with the excellent leadership and hard work of the volunteers, the success of the clinic would never have been possible and would not be sustained without the support of corporations and individuals who live in the community. The generosity of the people of Bluffton and Jasper County, citizens and corporations alike, who provide working partnerships, medical services and financial support is the key to making it all work.

Our Mission

The Mission of the Bluffton Jasper County Volunteers in Medicine is to provide free medical care in a compassionate and professional manner to the uninsured of great Bluffton and Jasper County with an emphasis on preventative medicine and health education.

Our Vision

No one in our community goes without access to quality health care.

Our Values

Caring – We are empathetic to any individual in our community with limited access to quality healthcare and we volunteer our time to serve those in need.

Compassion – We value and respect all human life and we selflessly serve to protect human dignity and improve the quality of life of our patients.

Commitment – We are dedicated to serving the needs of our patients and providing the highest level of professional healthcare

Community – We believe that responsible stewardship and investment of our donated resources into the continued health and well-being of our community is our highest calling.