On The Spot Aid

About us

"If no one else is doing this, should we?"

The answer was yes. Co-founders Cindy and Bonnie Voortman — a paramedic and a nurse — saw a glaring gap between homelessness and healthcare, and built the model that didn't exist.

On The Spot Aid team

The gap

Unhoused people were arriving at the ER with more advanced disease and infections — and staying longer — than those who were housed.

The search

Big cities had street medicine programs. No one had a model for a suburban community like ours.

The answer

On The Spot Aid launched to bring assessments, treatment, education and supplies to the places people live.

Today

20+ volunteers and 250+ donors power care across Port Charlotte and South Sarasota County.

Board of directors

Guided by decades of medical experience.

Board and volunteers meeting
JH

Jim Harrison

President

Native Floridian and retired Englewood business owner, active with Rotary and Habitat for Humanity.

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Nancy Stabinski, RN

Director

Nurse since 1980 — hospital, school and rehab — now serving Englewood and Venice.

SS

Samantha Stout

Director

MB

Rev. Mel Burrowes

Director

JW

James Wright

Director

JW

Jill Wilson

Director

CR

Chris Roush

Director

In the press

As seen in The Daily Sun.

Patient receiving supplies at outreach