With her support and assistance, the UC San Diego Student-Run Free Clinic Project gained access to several rooms in the church that they could use during the evenings.
Thus, the first UC San Diego Student-Run Free Clinic site was opened at the Pacific Beach United Methodist Church on in January 1997.
[citation needed] A minister from the First Lutheran Church in downtown San Diego, who was passionate about social justice and serving the homeless, heard about the free clinic that had started in Pacific Beach.
Though the congregation was primarily middle-class, the pastor of the church referred Dr. Beck to his wife, Dr. Louilyn Hargett, who was the leader at Baker Elementary School.
[7] The UC San Diego Student-Run Free Clinic Project created a national faculty development program in 1999 called, "Addressing the Health Needs of the Underserved" with grant funding.
Over 107 faculty from 30 states have visited UC San Diego for three week periods to learn the mechanics of creating similar student-run free clinic programs in their communities.