After several trips to Utila, Dr. Gibson and a missionary dentist worked deep in the mountains and along the coast of Honduras. Setting up make-shift clinics in schools or churches, they would often treat patients who had never seen a doctor or dentist in their lives.

In 1995, with a team of ten, Dr. Gibson made his first trip to Limón. He chose Limón, which is located on the Mosquito Coast of Honduras, because it is home to thousands of people who receive minimal or no medical care. The first team of volunteers set up medical, dental, and pharmacy areas in a church and treated more than 250 patients a day.

After returning home, the Carolina-Honduras Health Foundation was created as a South Carolina chartered and federally tax exempt charitable organization. The local newspaper ran an article about the desire to build a clinic in Limón and a group came forward offering to hold a fundraiser. Barnwell businessman David Cannon, Batesburg (SC) pharmacist Bob Owen, and Leesville (SC) dentist John Parler became actively involved.

In March 1997 a new Carolina Health Clinic was dedicated in Limón so that doctors and dentists no longer had to work out of make shift facilities. This new clinic serves as both a medical/dental facility and a residential building. In 1999 an education building was added to the facilities, and in 2000 a satellite clinic was opened in Icoteas, about a one hour drive from Limón.

In 2007 18 medical teams with over 275 volunteers made trips into the area, seeing more than 15,000 patients and filling over 45,000 prescriptions.

The Foundation's purpose is to render free medical, dental, and optometric services to the poor and needy in the Limón area of Honduras. The challenge is to also offer health education regarding disease prevention, sanitation, and nutrition. The aim is to work with selected active people in the community, side by side, teaching and training them to advance their standards of health care.