Thank You to Our 2018 Valley Community Healthcare

Corporate Partners

The Afriat Consulting Group

Aloxxi International

American Business Bank

Brightwood College

Keyes Automotive Group

Maria Lucia Cruz, DDS

Marsh & McLennan Agency

Millennium Dance Complex

Rickey Gelb, the Gelb Group, A Family of Companies

Paul Davis & Alberta Bellisario Insurance Services

San Fernando Valley Business Journal

SoCalGas

Wells Fargo

We are currently undergoing a massive remodel to create a pediatric center that provides specialized and focused care for ALL of our 6,000 patients ages 0-19 years.

Do you remember when you were a kid? You always wanted to be older; you just couldn’t wait until you were a big kid. “I’m 5 and a ½”, and that ½ was very important. When you were a teen, you certainly didn’t want to be around younger kids. Hence, having our Teen Clinic, as completely separate from our pediatric office, was born.

After several years of separate areas and an intensive clinical review, we came to see that the best experience for all of our pediatric patients would be to create a Full Service Pediatric Center. Separate check in and waiting rooms, each designed to appeal to that particular age group,

but connected clinical spaces for shorter wait times and optimized patient/doctor appointment. Kids will be happy and parents even happier!

YOUR special touch is needed to furnish and turn the child waiting room into an adorable play area with a literacy corner, combining the vital elements of health and education for our young children. Be an integral part of something brand new and growing! Become part of the family and watch our children grow. Donate now to help furnish our baby

Isn’t it fun to watch a child grow? Those milestones, those events, those exciting times? Every child needs special care to thrive. C.A.M.P. VCH needs YOUR special care, YOUR special touch. Find out how on the next page.

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Your Business Thrives When Your Community Thrives!

Please contact Judi Rose to learn how you can thrive:

818.301.6321jrose@vchcare.org

VOICEHave you heard the news? Valley Community Healthcare is expecting!

Fall 2018

Isn’t it fun to watch a child grow? Learning to walk, first day of school, graduations? Every child needs special care to thrive. And that’s what C.A.M.P. VCH (Children’s & Adolescent Medicine Program at Valley Community Healthcare) will provide.

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Your gift to C.A.M.P. VCH will help furnish the clinic with essential items, including exclusive naming opportunities:

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Amount Need

$10,000 Front Desk/Check In – named for you or your designee

$5,000 The Play Area – named for you or your designee

$5,000 The Reading Corner – named for you or your designee

$2,500 The Reading Tree - named for you or your designee

$1,000 Waiting room chairs

$500 Child Sized table/chairs

$250 Bookcase

$100 Toys

$50 Books

$25 Children’s magazine subscriptions

$10 Support any of the above

Donate now! Please contact Judi Rose, VP/Chief Development Officer to learn how you can make a meaningful impact for the health of our pediatrics patients: 818.301.6321 or jrose@vchcare.org.

Music, food and friends – What more could you ask? Meet new friends, get an exclusive behind the scenes tour of VCH and learn from patients like Board Member Pam Richardson, the incredible way that VCH has impacted, if not literally, saved their lives!

Come see for yourself and JOIN US on November 1, 2018, for the next Cocktails at the Clinic event.

Victim of Torture in Africa comes to VCH for Care and UnderstandingSamuel, fleeing violence and political instability in Somalia,

came to the United States as a refugee. The victim of beatings and torture, he came to VCH seeking help for a wound that had not healed. Dr. Vail and our staff were able to treat a massive infection in time to stave off an almost certain amputation. They stabilized his injuries and worked to get Samuel transferred to County USC for surgery. Working closely together, our staff and the staff at County USC saved this man from suffering and saved his limb. Samuel is back working and is doing well in his new home.

We strive for that special touch in all that we do — Samuel received that and more from our Dr. Vail and our staff here at VCH.

Did you come to our Inaugural Cocktails at the Clinic on Wednesday, August 22? Our guests went on a tour of the facility and were wowed. “This place is amazing! I had no idea!” Pat Georgian. “It was a great party, but the tour was the best part.” John Lockhart.

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Get Involved ... Join an Affinity Group!Would you like to make a difference/ Get more involved?

Meet new people?VCH is very concerned about threats to funding that could

impact the men women and children of the San Fernando Valley. YOU can make a difference. Your voice is louder when it is joined with others. Be heard. GET INVOLVED!

Women4Women & Children – advocating & supporting health services for women and child

LGBTQ Advocacy Group – advocating & supporting LGBTQ and infectious disease services

Young Professionals Group – supporting healthcare for low-income San Fernando families

Join one of our groups – Contact Catherine O’Neil at coneil@vchcare.org 818-301-6375 ext 1501.

Jodie, Judith, Jan and Lillian are making a difference as members of Women4Women & Children affinity group.

SAVE THE DATE: March 14, 2019

ACTION ALERT: Support community engagement at VCH with a monthly donation!

Visit www.vchcare.org/donate

Board of Governors 2018-2019

Chair Victor Berrellez*

VP/Relationship Manager U.S. Bank

Vice Chair Linda Bessin*

Community Activist

Treasurer Vrezhui Missakian, CPA*

Owner – Missakian & Assoc

Secretary Pamela Richardson*

Owner – Dog Training by Pam

At-Large Kim Pretti*

Owner – KimProp Stylist

At-Large Rebecca Thompson, Esq.* Partner – Gaines & Stacey

Members Marilyn Amis, MD

Director of Risk Management Kaiser Permanente Medical Group

Shashi Bhatia* Enrollment Specialist – Xerox/Conduent

Alexandra Chernyak, CPA Partner – Miller, Kaplan & Arase, LLP

Joe Flutie Sr. Marketing Manager – Amgen

Richard Gatti, MD UCLA Geffen School of Medicine

Jim Hicken Executive VP – Community Bank

Mark Goldberg Senior Vice President

USI Insurance Services

Mario Gonzalez * Owner – Gonix

Tony Haschke* Sales – GoMoney.Com

Joey Kragelund Senior Vice President – HKS Architects

Elissa D. Miller, Esq Partner – Sulmeyer/Kupetz

Tami Perkins* Caterer – TamiCookes

Mark Phillips, Esq. Partner – Goldfarb, Sturman, & Averbach

Byrdie Pompan President/CEO – Clear Health Advisors

Harriet M. Rolnick, JD Director, SCALE Program

Southwestern Law School

Retired – Azam Sher

Partner – Cecilio Valdivia, CPA BDO USA, LLP

* Directors

Ways You Can Help Make a Difference!

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Welcome New Corporate Partners!

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

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✓ No cost to you!

✓ Annual Renewal is September 1, even for August Sign-Ups!

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Scan this barcode with your Ralphs Card at checkout

Your voice!Your vote!Your future!Your vote is your voice. You have the power to transform the future.

WOMENWOMEN& CHILDREN

Thank you for your support!

THANK YOU to All Our Donors! July 1, 2017 - June 30, 2018

$100,000 to $500,000

The Ahmanson FoundationL.A. Care Health Plan

$50,000 - $99,999California Community Fnd

$25,000 to $49,999Linda BessinKaiser Permanente Valley Presbyterian Hospital Fnd

$10,000 to $24,9999Blue Shield of California FndBroadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDSThe Karl Kirchgessner FndLon V. Smith FoundationMacy’sWells Fargo Foundation

$1,000 to $9,999Aloxxi International Corp.American Business BankMarilyn Amis, MDDaniele & Philip BarachJoanne & Hunter BattleVictor BerrellezTom Polenzani/Bolton & CompanyBrightwood CollegeMichael & Giovanna BurroughsAlexandra Chernyak, CPADarlynn ChildressByrdie Lifson Pompan/Clear Health AdvisorsMaria Lucia Cruz, DDSThomas DuffieldShari FlaugherDr. Fran and Arnold Freed Ruthie & Edward FriedmanCarlos E. GarciaRichard Gatti, MD & Deborah McCurdy-Gatti, MDMolly & Mark GoldbergAndrea GrahamGary Krausz/Gursey Schneider LLPHamer ToyotaHealth NetJennifer HornInternet Marketing Inc.Keyes AutomotiveJoey KragelundLaemmle Charitable FoundationLandegger Baron Law GroupLos Angeles Association of Health Underwriters McKesson Medical-SurgicalMedpoint ManagementRobert Baker/Millenium Dance ComplexElissa Miller Esq.

Miller, Kaplan, Arase & Co., LLPVrezhui Missakian, CPAPaul Davis-Alberta Bellisario Insurance ServicesRoger Peeks, MDPharMedQuestMark PhillipsBarry Cohn/ Really Great Employee Benefits (RGEB)Richard E. and Harriett F. Gold Charitable FundHarriet M. Rolnick & Stephen J. StraussAzam SherBruce Shragg, MD & Robyn SamuelsSilva Watson Moonwalk FundSinger Lewak LLPSoCal Office TechnologiesSoCalGasDavia SolomonThe Afriat Consulting GroupRickey Gelb, The Gelb GroupThe Jan Goldsmith Fund Rebecca Thompson, Esq.U.S. Bank Foundation Employee Matching Gift ProgramUnion Bank FoundationUSI of So. Calif. Ins. Srvcs.Cecilio ValdiviaPaul Van DuineWunderman HealthBarbara Zelinski

$100 - $999Patricia AndersonMichael AndersonGil AstorgaKathryn Barger, L.A. County SupervisorAlberta BellisarioLinda & Dana BernsSally BlowitzKrisianna BockLouis BregerMike Bridge/Kirsch, Kohn & Bridge LLPArthur BrooksMari & Ward BukofskyDave CairaCalifornia Medical Research AssociatesCalifornians Allied for Patient ProtectionCecile CallanLaura CallawayCity of BurbankJanet & Jay CohenSarita & Arthur Cohen

Patricia CollinsTracey CumberlandAmy DaterJuana DavilaJane DelahantySu DionTom DonohoeDanielle DryerCarol & Michael ElkindDr. Marshall & Bunny FieldLisa FinkelsteinJoanne & Fred FletcherPreciousa FrankRosemary & Ronald FrankleRobert FreedmanHermine Fuerst GarciaRon Geiger & Rayna SaslovDebra GentzPatricia GeorgianJan GoldsmithEduardo GonzalezMario GonzalezMarcia & Harold GordonJerry Goren & Julia ColeyRichard GribinCarrie GrinsteadFidel GruuberBruce GumbinerSharon Hame, MD & Leo Li, MDBette HamerCoreena Hendrickson, LCSWJudith HirshbergDottie HubrichLee HueySteven Hunt, Ph.D.Joel Hyatt, MD & Susan E. GreenJill IsaacsJoan IsaacsDiane & Dennis JonesBobbi KaelinShari & John KebaRuth KendallIra Freeman/Key PharmacyCoby KingDr. Leon & Lisa KlapmanShelley KrantzDr. & Mrs. Harvey KulberPaula L. PlatoffJoanne & Gary LambChie LeeSam S. LeslieJohn LockhartMary Ann MasucciLinda & Stephen MazurJames McKennaMedTech SolutionsKaren Miessner

Janet & Jeffrey MintzNareg Mouradian/Maestro DevelopmentNational Union of Healthcare WorkersJill & Andy NiemanCatherine O’NeilLisa & Jack OrmanMarie Celeste OsbornePanera Bread/RisenJon PelzerTami PerkinsAmy & Jonathan PhillipsRenee Poole, MDDiane & Michael PoryesHolly PrabhuKim PrettiPrimex Clinical Laboratories, Inc.Ralphs Grocery Company/KrogerMarlene RapkinJodie ReffAlexander ReichPam RichardsonNancy RieglingNancy Morgan RitterMario RomanJudi RoseLesley & Alex RoseBrad RosenheimStephen Rousso, CPADr. Frederick & Lucy RussoSondi Scheck & Steve FeldmanCathy & Joel SchwartzJenna SchwartzLisl SchweersSanjay ShenaiDr. Edwin & Sue ShulkinJane & Lloyd SilversteinGussie & Joseph SitkinSmart & Final Charitable FoundationMark SmithJim & Angela StrainElaine TajimaJeff & Jenny ToderDr. Valerie UleneJulia WackenheimBreton WashingtonIris WeilWilliam M. WeinsteinPaula WilsonTraci ZychaDan Wiley Mark L. Williams James Woster Angie Yamayuchi

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You can make a real difference in the lives and health of nearly 25,000 low-income men, women, and children in need.

For just $1 a day you become an integral part of maintaining a healthy San Fernando Valley for us all.

Benefits of the joining the 365 Small Business Circle:

9 Link to your business on VCH website 9 Quarterly promotion of your business across all VCH social media platforms 9 Annual Networking Reception for donors 9 A VCH Partner sticker to display in the window of your business showing your support for a healthy community

Learn how you can make a difference. Call Catherine O’Neil at 818.301.6375, Ext. 1501 or email coneil@vchcare.org.

TRIBUTES:In Honor of:Sue Green’s Birthday By Brain Wardwell & Family Julia Weil by Iris Weil Judi Rose by Gloria PollackMark Phillips by Harold & Marcia Gordon Cindy & Glenn Sherman in honor of Melissa and Matt’s Marriage by Dr. Marshall & Bunny FieldCherie Raznick’s 90th Birthday by Ruth KendallHarriett Gold by Paula Platoff & Neil Clark Sonia Feder’s 80th Birthday by Ira Freeman, Key PharmacyIra Freeman, Key Pharmacy by Amanda & Zachary BraunMaya on becoming a Bat Mitzvah by Dr. Marshall & Bunny FieldJessica on becoming a Bat Mitzvah by Dr. Marshall & Bunny FieldStuart Solomon’s 80th Birthday by Dr. Marshall & Bunny FieldRoberta Weintraub’s Birthday by Dr. Marshall & Bunny Field Memory Of: Paula Wilson’s Mother by Elissa Miller Bonnie Daly by Dr. Marshall & Bunny Field Aaron Lohr by Sally Blowitz Paul Reeves by Dilys Jones Barbara Breger by Louis Breger

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