Country Doctor Community Health Clinic is making progress towards raising the funding it needs for a new structure to replace its old office space on 19th Ave E. A capital campaign to raise the remaining money necessary for the project is underway. Thursday, you can boost the nonprofit provider of community health care by going out to eat.

“A portion of your breakfast, lunch and/or dinner bill will be donated to our organization to help our patients get the high quality, caring, culturally appropriate primary health care they need and deserve,” the promo reads.

The list of participants is below:

Eat Out Seattle 2016

Ada’s Technical Books and Café: http://www.seattletechnicalbooks.com/adas-cafe-menu Anchovies & Olives: http://www.ethanstowellrestaurants.com/locations/anchovies-and-olives/ Ba Bar Seattle: http://babarseattle.com/ Bimbos Cantina: http://www.bimboscantina.com/ Broadcast Coffee Roasters: http://broadcastcoffee.com/ Coastal Kitchen: http://coastalkitchenseattle.com/ Columbia City Bakery: http://www.columbiacitybakery.com/ Hello Robin: http://www.hellorobincookies.com/ Lionhead: http://www.lionheadseattle.com/ Lost Lake Café & Lounge: http://lostlakecafe.com/ Molly Moon’s (Capitol Hill): http://www.mollymoon.com/ Monsoon: http://www.monsoonrestaurants.com/seattle/ Oddfellows Café + Bar: http://www.oddfellowscafe.com/ Poquitos: http://www.vivapoquitos.com/ Rhein Haus: http://rheinhausseattle.com/ Ristorante Machiavelli: http://machiavellis.com/ Skillet Diner (Capitol Hill): https://www.skilletfood.com/restaurant/capitol-hill/ Smith: http://www.smithseattle.com/ Tallulah’s: http://www.aneighborhoodcafe.com/ Tutta Bella (Columbia City): http://tuttabella.com/columbia-city/ Via Tribunali (Capitol Hill): http://viatribunali.com/capitol-hill/

“We’re going after large donors,” executive director Linda McVeigh told us earlier this year, “but we’re going to make sure there’s also a small donor campaign in the fall for people from the community to give.”

The Eat Out event had long been a Capitol Hill-only initiative but has shifted in 2016 to reflect the clinic’s role across the city.

The nonprofit serves lower-income people and offers health care where clients pay on a sliding scale. As the campaign started in June, Country Doctor had raised a little more than a third of the money needed for the $6.5 million project. This includes $1 million in federal money and a recent $1.2 million award from the city largely given because of the plans to add a dental clinic which will provide low-barrier dental care to Medicaid recipients and lower-income individuals.

In addition to the creation of the dental clinic, Country Doctor plans to expand healthcare offerings for women, infants, children, patients with chronic pain, maternity patients, and HIV patients. McVeigh said the construction will also add more private rooms, sorely lacking in the current space. “A lot of services we provide are best provided in a one on one environment,” she said.

Country Doctor’s board recognized a desperate need for dental care among the population it serves when they first announced their expansion plans in January 2016, as dental insurance is not included in most health plans, including those purchased on the state exchange (Obamacare). McVeigh says Country Doctor is the only community health clinic in the state which does not offer a dental service.

Last October, the nonprofit’s representatives went in front of the design review board with plans for a new four-story building with eight residential units, and 9,000 square feet of clinic space on the first two floors of the development.

Country Doctor had hoped to include eight units of affordable housing in the new building, but that plan didn’t work out. McVeigh said that instead of offering eight housing units at the desired 60-80% of market value, all housing will be at market value.

“We could not find an affordable housing provider that was interested in the project, mostly because of its size,” McVeigh said, though she hopes to keep the units at the low end of the market.

The project must still complete the final phase of design review. McVeigh said that construction is hoped to begin next summer and the target completion date is July 2018.

To learn more about Country Doctor, visit countrydoctor.org.