Our purpose:  To link volunteer Anderson Area Doctors to our schools with the goal of educating and empowering our youth to make healthy life-long decisions.

Our mission:  To provide a framework that effectively harnesses and supports the volunteer efforts of our physician community, through a sustainable process that yields measurable results.  The thrust of this effort will be health and wellness issues targeting the youth of our community, with a focus on prevention through role modeling and education about the quality and lifelong implications of the choices they make.

In 1999, AnMed Health granted a group of physicians funding to start a community outreach initiative.  After much research the physicians decided to focus on the youth of Anderson County in the areas of substance abuse and trauma prevention.  DOCLINK currently consists of 2 staff members, and over 100 physician volunteers.  DOCLINK funds "Too Good for DRUGS II" booklets to every elementary school in the county, we also do "Tar Wars", a pro-health, tobacco-free program targeting 5th grade students in all 5 districts of Anderson County.  In addition, DOCLINK also does 'Summer Safety' programsto local summer organizations.  Our biggest project is "Strategies for Success", where we visit 9th grade students in districts 5 & 4 and 8th grade students in district 3 to conduct physician-driven presentations on a 2-day course in tobacco, alcohol, & other drugs, and nutrition, along with  trauma and relationship violence prevention.  

In addition to our initiative projects, DOCLINK has a strong presence in the community with representation in such coalitions/organizations as:  Healthy People 2010, Anderson Student Awareness Program, Tobacco Free Anderson, IMPACT!, Anderson Area Chamber of Commerce & Anderson Services Association.