The Hicks Foundation believes that every woman  deserves access to affordable health care and education to live a healthy life, free of cervical cancer.

Please see our dropdown menu (above) to gather more facts about HPV and cervical cancer. We have also posted links to Vermont state programs to help keep you healthy and insured.

Our Medical Programs

Across the globe and here in our home state, millions of women are unable to afford or access screening for cervical cancer. For that reason, helping women access affordable medical care is central to our mission and hosting “Free Screening Days” is a focus of our work. We held our first Free Screening Day (FSD) on January 20, 2007 and have continued the tradition of holding our Free Screening Days in January, which is National Cervical Cancer Awareness Month. In addition to providing medical care, these screening days are an opportunity to link women with state health insurance and other programs to set them on a path of maintaining regular affordable health care.

The Hicks Foundation has partnered with Maitri Health Care for Women, Champlain OBGYN, and the Open Door Clinic to provide free cancer screenings days. In October 2008, we co-hosted a Migrant Farm Worker Free Screening Day to reach the many migrant workers who are rarely, if ever, screened.  In 2009 we expanded our annual Free Screening Day from one to three sites. Again in 2010 & 2011, we have been growing our Free Screening Days to reach more rural and under served locations of Vermont. We have been able to do this by partnering with Vermont Department of Health's (VDH) Ladies First program and the VDH Immunization Programs.

 Many women have come to rely on our annual screening days and we plan to continue to work with the Department of Health and local health care providers to host Free Screening Days across the state.  

Our Free Screening Days have already made a difference in the lives of hundreds of women struggling to access affordable care.

The Hicks Foundation is not a health care provider. Please ask your health care provider for additional information and personal recommendations.