Good Samaritan ClinicNeeded Resources Organization connects migrant farmworkers with healthcare Jason Koon Morganton News Herald Correspondent Jun 28, 2023 Jun 28, 2023 Updated Aug 3, 2024 0 1 of 2 Aiden Smith, a volunteer with the mobile farmworkers clinic, checks the blood pressure of a migrant farmworker at Knob Creek Orchards in Lawndale. Jason Koon, News Herald Jason Koon, News Herald Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Jason Koon Morganton News Herald Correspondent For Analia Alvarez, providing health care to migrant farmworkers across Burke and surrounding counties is not just a job, it’s a mission.kAm“%9:D H2D 2 A6C764E 7:E 7@C >6[” D96 D2:5 23@FE E96 >@3:=6 72C>H@C<6CD 4=:?:4 D96 CF?D @FE @7 E96 v@@5 $2>2C:E2? r=:?:4 :? |@C82?E@?] “x 2> 3:=:?8F2=[ 2?5 x 2> D6CG:?8 A6@A=6 H:E9 2 72:E9\32D65 @C82?:K2E:@?]”k^AmkAmp=G2C6K 42>6 E@ E96 &]$] 7C@> &CF8F2J :? a_`f 2D 2 >:DD:@?2CJ H:E9 E96 (2=56?D:2? r9FC49] $96 3682? 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