Hearts to Soles: Pop-up gets people experiencing homelessness back on their feet
Campbell Clinic Foundation’s annual Our Hearts to Your Soles provided 100 Memphis Union Mission clients with individualized care from Campbell Clinic foot and ankle specialists as well as socks, shoes and care packages. (Brad Vest/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Unhoused people are far more likely to suffer from a variety of foot ailments, including bunions, fungal infections, pain and swelling.
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Aisling Mäki
Aisling Mäki covers health care, banking and finance, technology and professions. After launching her career in news two decades ago, she worked in public relations for almost a decade before returning to journalism in 2022.
As a health care reporter, she’s collaborated with The Carter Center, earned awards from the Associated Press and Society of Professional Journalists and won a 2024 Tennessee Press Association first-place prize for her series on discrepancies in Shelby County life expectancy by ZIP code.
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