Neighbors Helping Neighbors: Ravenswood Family Health Network

At MedCycle Network, we believe healthcare equity grows stronger with every act of collaboration. This month, we celebrated a meaningful milestone with Ravenswood Family Health Network—a trusted community clinic serving East Palo Alto and beyond for over 20 years.

For the first time, a clinic partner played both roles in our model: receiving donated, urgently needed supplies and donating surplus items for redistribution. This full-circle partnership illustrates the power of local action, with neighbors helping neighbors—across town and across clinic doors.

Delivering Dignity: 3,000 Isolation Gowns Arrive at Ravenswood

Last week, MedCycle Network delivered 3,000 isolation gowns directly to the care teams at Ravenswood Family Health Network. These gowns, requested by Ravenswood, are more than protective gear—they are essential for ensuring patient and provider safety in a busy clinic that serves thousands of uninsured and underinsured neighbors.

For Ravenswood, every delivery is an investment in health, dignity, and trust. Their team knows that when supplies arrive just in time, caregivers can focus on what matters most—serving families with compassion, respect, and cultural understanding.


A Clinic That Gives Back: Surplus Supplies for Community Good

In a powerful act of reciprocity, Ravenswood also contributed their own surplus medical items for redistribution through MedCycle Network’s system. This is the first time a partner clinic has both received and donated supplies—a true model for community-driven sustainability.

By donating surplus items, Ravenswood extends their impact even further, making sure usable resources never go to waste and instead find new life in other clinics that need them most.

This is healthcare at its best: local, circular, and rooted in the values of equity, environmental stewardship, and shared responsibility.

A Model for Community Sustainability

The dual role Ravenswood played—both as recipient and donor—demonstrates what’s possible when safety-net clinics partner and share resources. Together, we’re building a local health ecosystem where nothing is wasted, and every delivery creates ripples of hope and healing.

Join Us—Be Part of the Cycle

When you support MedCycle Network, you fuel stories like Ravenswood’s—where one delivery can support thousands, and one act of giving can change the course of a neighbor’s health journey. Your donation or partnership empowers front-line clinics and strengthens our entire Bay Area community.

Donate Now or Become a Partner—your involvement truly makes a life-changing difference.