Legacy Community Health Services hosted their 6^th Annual Luncheon on October 7, 2008 and was unfazed by the change of date due to hurricane Ike and the day-of cancellation of featured guest speaker Ivana Trump.  The underwriter party the night before was held at the beautiful home of Joan Schnitzer & Irv Levy.  The luncheon did not skip a beat with Channel 2 news anchor Jerome Gray serving as emcee.  Chair for this event was Melissa Mithoff.  Legacy Executive Director Katy Caldwell gave a brilliant talk, educating the community on the life-saving programs of Legacy.   This year’s honorees were Monsour Taghdisi and Neiman Marcus’s General Manager Bob Devlin.   Faces in the crowd included:  Michael Mithoff, Legacy Chief Development Officer Chree Boydstun, Courtney Hopson, Pat Breen, Debra & Mark Grierson, Shara Fryer & Barry Silverman, Ginni Mithoff, Brian Teichman & Paul David Van Atta, Astrid Van Dyke, Becca Cason Thrash, Elizabeth Petersen, Kathryn & Jeff Smith, Mark Sullivan, Bruno Brady and Maureen Hackett.

Legacy Community Health Services is a full service Federally Qualified Health Center that provides comprehensive, primary healthcare services to all Houstonians in a culturally sensitive, judgment-free and confidential environment.  Each year Legacy provides low-cost or no-cost primary healthcare services, all on a sliding fee scale, to over 20,000 Houston area men, women and children who would not otherwise have access to quality healthcare.  For the convenience of patients, Legacy operates from three Houston area clinics and has an onsite Walgreen’s pharmacy at its main clinic location.  Legacy employs a full-time staff of physicians and healthcare professionals who provide services that include specialized care for men and women, podiatric care, family planning services, eye care, psychiatry, and wellness services including physical therapy, personal training and nutrition services, as well as specialized healthcare for HIV/AIDS.  Legacy conducts community outreach activities that promote various health issues to underserved communities and also operates the Legacy Advocacy Project, which advocates at the city, state and federal levels for fair and effective healthcare related policies.