At first glance, orchids and rabies vaccines would appear to be an unlikely pairing.
However, Rachel and Dr. John Clark, owners of the Community Veterinary Clinic in Vero Beach, have found a way to enhance lives and promote wellness through the dual components of their nonprofit Community Health Coalition – the Sugar Bloom Foundation and the Africa Vaccine Initiative.
The couple met when Rachel, raised in Georgia and Virginia, was sent by the company she worked for in New York City to market an upscale safari camp in Zambia. John, who was raised in Malawi and obtained his veterinary degree from St. George’s University in Grenada, was working there as an operations manager. The couple moved to Vero in October 2012…