Care Clinic Sawyer Site Coordinator Kim Sego works at the Care Clinic’s location at 330 Fortress Street in K.I. Sawyer. The clinic offers free and confidential services for women, men, couples and families, Sego said, emphasizing that the clinic is there to serve the entire community.

K.I. SAWYER — For anyone seeking support, the Care Clinic’s location in K.I. Sawyer offers free services and resources that are easy for area residents to access. Its location at 330 Fortress Street is within walking distance of many K.I. Sawyer residences.

The clinic, which opened in 2012, offers free, confidential support and educational services for women, men, couples and families, Care Clinic Sawyer Site Coordinator Kim Sego said.

“We’re here for the community,” Sego said. “And that’s what I want us to be known for: supporting the community and the community members.”

It offers free pregnancy tests; options counseling on parenting, adoption and abortion for those with a positive pregnancy test; referrals for resources related to housing, education, employment, adoption, Medicaid and more; healing services for those who experienced miscarriage, stillbirth, early infant loss or abortion; educational and mentoring programs.

The clinic can help those with positive pregnancy tests access a number of resources, including ultrasound services at the Care Clinic’s Marquette location, Sego said.

At the Care Clinic, parents and expecting parents can get clothing, wipes, diapers, formula and other childcare essentials in exchange for “Baby Bucks,” which can be earned through taking educational courses. The courses cover newborn and early childhood stages all the way up through age 12, Sego said.

While some may think the Care Clinic is aimed solely at pregnant women, Sego emphasized that this is not the case.

The clinic welcomes men, women and all community members who could use a little support. The Care Clinic offers an array of mentoring services, matching men and women with supportive mentors of their own gender.

“It can be a woman who just needs help or a man who just needs help,” Sego said. “We have several men that come in just to be mentored by our male mentor.”

Sego looks forward to continuing to serve the community, she said, noting she “couldn’t do it without the volunteers and mentors that help.”

To learn more, volunteer or donate, call 906-346-2606.

Its website can be found at careclinicmqt.org.