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Letter From the Director
Dear Clinic Family,
What an amazing year it has been! We have served over 8,000 people and trained over 100 high school students and 30 college students this year. Over 50 of our high school interns are ready to be medical assistants certified by the state of California when they turn 18.
It has been 20 years since the two year Teen Healthcare Internship and Training Program started and we are sending out an alumni survey to our many program graduates to learn what they are doing and how the clinic impacted their lives. We will have a report of our compiled alumni feedback in 2019.
We were honored to be selected to provide three presentations at national conferences this year. We were asked to share our best practices and patient health outcomes, making it possible for others to replicate our successful model.
We provided cataract surgeries to 18 people who could not afford them and 409 dental services including cleanings and x-rays with treatment at a local dental office. Our mental health services continue to grow with over 924 people served, and more doctors are volunteering and helping our patients have early access to health care.
Our high school students were also actively involved in education equity and health equity efforts to make sure everyone has a chance to succeed and be healthy.
While many great things are happening at WFC, we always need more help. For those who are ongoing supporters, we appreciate your assistance. For those who are new, here are some ways you can help:
• Recruit volunteer medical, dental, and vision professionals to help at WFC
• Recruit medical, dental, and vision partners for referrals to their offices for more complex cases
• Assist with linking us to local medical, dental, and vision businesses that can donate healthcare items and services to WFC
• DONATE or find donors to continue the important services WFC provides to the community, and support the two year Teen Healthcare Training Program
All of this can happen by linking people you know to our website at www.westminsterclinic.org.
This support helps many low-income families in our community who are struggling with their health. It also helps many high school and college students have a meaningful place to serve their community and train for careers in healthcare.
We are all making an important difference together and we thank you!
Sincerely,
Lisa Safaeinili, MPH
Executive Director
Letter From the Director 2013
Dear Friends and Supporters,
Welcome to our fall edition of Westminster Free Clinic’s newsletter. We have accomplished a lot in the past six months including:
1) 31 new medical professionals joined our volunteer team of providers, allowing WFC to increase both the number of patients served and the number of HS students in our Teen Intern Program. WFC has over 300 volunteers now.
2) WFC’s Teen Internship & Training Program has 84 high school students this year, 42 are bi-lingual in Spanish and English. Our new class of 34 interns will complete their initial training this fall and will earn their name on their scrubs soon.
3) Free SAT prep classes continue to be offered by Michael Mah, MD, and College and Career Counseling is offered by Joan Stern. Both help all student interns have a chance to reach their goals of going to college and increase their earning potential.
4) We had a match of over $1,000,000 in donated goods and services to help us serve our patients this year. Every dollar donated makes possible over $25 in medical care.
5) We saved many lives including a 23 year old girl in kidney failure, a 31 year old man diagnosed with cancer, and a 60 year old woman whose ankle pain turned out to be a tumor and leukemia. All are very thankful they found out early enough. WE NEED YOUR HELP. Within the next few months we will no longer be able to use our current free electronic health record system. Purchase of a new system to serve patients and collect data for grant reports is required. We are seeking $18,000 to cover operation of the new system for three years, transfer of patient data, and training needed. We hope you can assist. Thanks to all of you for your ongoing support, which is changing the lives of our patients, their families and of all our high school interns. Together, we partner to deliver quality healthcare! Most Appreciatively,
Lisa Safaeinili,
MPH Executive Director .
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