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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 2012
Dear Friends and Supporters,
Welcome to our fall edition of Westminster Free Clinic’s newsletter. Megan Aguilera, a Junior at Stanford University and past graduate of our student intern program, is the editor of this publication. She interned at our clinic for 3 years while in high school and is now pursuing a career in healthcare. Megan has been a huge help to the clinic this summer giving presentations, creating reports, and assisting with the administrative side of clinic operation. Megan has been paid through a special program Stanford offers. We will miss her when she returns to school. Fortunately, her brothers and cousin are now interns at WFC. We have accomplished a lot in the past six months. Including: 1) Being asked to share WFC’s Teen Intern Training model at a California Wellness Foundation conference in San Francisco in June. Being invited to speak at the National Free Clinic Conference this October in Texas. 2) Recruiting six new doctors and nurse practitioners to volunteer at the clinic. 3) Selecting and training 54 new interns to join our returning students making a total intern class of 80 with 42 of them being bi-lingual in Spanish and English. 4) Offering SAT classes through our volunteer Dr. Mah, so our student interns that cannot afford expensive prep classes have a chance to compete on equal ground. Joan Stern, a college, career and scholarship counselor, also assists our high school student interns by helping them with their applications. 5) Saving the lives of seniors who try to put off healthcare until they receive Medicare at 65. One of the life or death stories is in this issue. 6) Having a team of over 255 volunteers make WFC and its services possible. 7) Completing our transition to Electronic Medical Records (funded by an individual donor), which allows us to operate 22-25 laptops at one time so we can serve 100 patients each clinic night. Thanks to all of you for your ongoing support which is changing the lives and futures of our patients, their families and of all our high school interns who partner with us to deliver healthcare. Most Appreciatively, Lisa Safaeinili, MPH, Executive Director
2012 Westminster Newsletter (Download PDF)
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