Welcome to the

The Sage Foundation for Health was created in 2002

through Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine.

Its mission is to provide the unserved, underserved and indigent

peopleof Arizona with quality natural health care.

The first grant received by the Sage Foundation for Health was from the Victoria Lund Foundation and it enabled Southwest College to fund a Children’s Clinic at Arthur M. Hamilton Elementary School in South Phoenix. The Clinic serves as an extended site for medical rotations for SCNM medical students to gain training.

Since 2002, the Hamilton Clinic has expanded its services and hours, offering care four days per week to both children and their families. Three other elementary schools in the Murphy School District where Hamilton is located - Kuban Sullivan and Garcia - all send children to the Clinic for care. At least 2,500 children are receiving medical care they would not otherwise be able to receive because of the extended site at Hamilton.

Through the Sage Foundation for Health literally thousands of individuals are receiving medical care that they would otherwise not receive. Physicians and students from SCNM experience an opportunity to practice not only medicine, but also compassion in ways they may not otherwise by working at these extended site clinics. In all, the Sage Foundation supports nine clinics with SCNM.

Each year the Sage Foundation for Health reaches out to those in the metropolitan Phoenix area to ask for financial support. In 2004, a gala fundraising event called The Red Ball brought in nearly $99,000 for SCNM's extended sites and the 2005 Red Ball event superseded the success in 2004.

The 2009 Red Ball will be held on November 7 at the Ritz Carlton in Phoenix. Click here to learn more about the Red Ball.

Operating costs for these extended sites partially cover physician salaries and student educational expenses, but also must go toward supplies and equipment for each of the ten locations where SCNM serves. At many extended sites, physicians and students operate with the barest of necessities—antiquated equipment, poorly lit unattractive spaces, and the sparest of medical supplies. SCNM’s desire is to see the annual income for the Sage Foundation for Health grow, so not only may these underserved patients receive healthcare, but so that those who are receiving care may get it in up-to-date facilities and that those who do not yet have access to care in Arizona may have a greater opportunity because of the Foundation’s efforts.

Beneficiaries of the Sage Foundation for Health include:

Arizona Pathways

Substance Abuse Rehabilitation

Southwest Center for HIV/AIDS

HIV/AIDS treatment center

Guadalupe Family Health Center

Family practice

Hamilton Elementary School Clinic

Families of the Murphy School District

Mission of Mercy

Family practice mobile medical unit (uninsured)

Royal Assisted Living Center (RALC)

General medicine (mental)

Sojourner Center

Women and children (victims of domestic violence)

World Addiction and Health Institute (WAHI)

Drug and alcohol recovery