Coastal Volunteers in Medicine announces the opening of its new location at 53 Nautilus Drive, Suite B-1 in Manahawkin and also welcomes a new executive director.
“We also want to recognize Patrick Moeller of Callan & Moeller Construction, who generously donated the entire cost of renovating our new clinic, including materials and construction,” said Arian Selmani. “His incredible generosity helped make this move possible, and we couldn’t be more thankful.”
Carissa Dougherty, chair of Coastal VIM’s board, said the move represents a homecoming as it had previously been located in that building. In recent years, it was based in Forked River.
Coastal VIM is a clinic that provides free non-emergency primary medical services to uninsured and qualifying residents of Ocean County and neighboring areas. Services include primary and ongoing care; physicals and health screenings; women’s and family care; diabetes and other chronic disease management; diagnostic testing; hypertension clinic; prescription assistance; mental health counseling; social service referrals; and health education.
The new executive director is Lesley-Anne Caporelli, a Forked River resident with more than 30 years in healthcare operations. She was most recently director of strategy and operations for Johnson & Johnson research and development. Caporelli holds an MBA from Caldwell University.
Her responsibilities will involve budgeting and fundraising among other tasks.
“I’m excited to bring my experience closer to home and help strengthen our mission of providing free healthcare to uninsured members of our Ocean County community,” she said,
Selmani also said last month’s fundraiser at the Gables Historic Inn and Restaurant in Beach Haven was “a great success.”
“We are incredibly grateful to all our sponsors, donors and everyone who attended and supported our mission,” he said. “A special thank-you goes to Sondra and Steve Beninati, owners of The Gables, who generously donated the venue and all proceeds from ticket sales to Coastal Volunteers in Medicine. Their generosity helped make this such a meaningful fundraiser for our organization.”
For more information about Coastal VIM, call 609-384-0102.
