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Community Conference
Room Available to Nonprofit Health and Social Service Organizations
The Pajaro Valley Community Health Trust
is committed to serving the community by encouraging and
enabling dialogue around important health related issues.
To this end, the Trust has created an in-kind grant program
that offers the use of the Trust's community conference
room to eligible nonprofit health and social service organizations.
Preference is given to organizations that use the space
for workshops, seminars, retreats and other meetings that
focus on improved health and well-being.
View
or download the scheduling policy, application, and
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Five-year Strategic Plan Completed
The Trust just recently completed its strategic planning process for next five years. View or download the PFD
Just Published ... 2009 Annual Report
View or download the PDF.
Free Screenings and Prevention Info Offered at Diabetes
Health Fair
On Friday, May 28, volunteers from the Regional Diabetes
Collaborative, a program of the Pajaro Valley Community Health
Trust, will be at the Watsonville City Plaza to
provide diabetes prevention education and blood glucose screenings.. More
Info ...
2009 'Evening of Wine and Roses' Raises $64,000 forCommunity
Health Care
The Board of Directors and staff of the Community Health Trust
send warmest thanks to all who supported and/or attended our 26th
Annual Evening of Wine and Roses. The night of November 6, 2009,
was a fun-filled festive fundraising evening. Read more
Sugar
Shock: Santa Cruz County Has High Rates of Obesity, Diabetes Among
Children and Adults
Read the Good Times Santa Cruz interview with Diabetes
Health Center Director Raquel Ramirez Ruiz. Go
Health Care Leaders Address
'New Horizons in Diabetes Education and Self-Management'
at Sixth Annual Diabetes Forum
On Friday, April 17, some 75 physicians, nurses and other health
care professionals attended the Sixth Annual Diabetes Forum,
hosted by the Regional Diabetes Collaborative (RDC),
a program administered by the Pajaro Valley Community Health Trust
(Health Trust). The annual gathering was held at the Health
Trust’s community conference space in Watsonville to engage
local and regional health care leaders in a day-long dialogue to
explore such topics as patient-centered approaches to diabetes
care, the role of education in chronic disease management, the
importance of understanding health literacy in diabetes education,
and more. Full story
Health Trust Announces Winners of 2009 Phil Rather Award
for Leadership in Health Care
At the May 20th 2009 Phil Rather Award for Leadership
in Health Care event, the Board of Directors of the
Pajaro Valley Community Health Trust (Health Trust) proudly recognized
two winners of the prestigious Rather award. The honorees were Mary
Solari, Ginny Solari Mazry and the Richard and Mary Solari Charitable
Trust and Jovenes SANOS (Healthy
Youth), a group of students who work to encourage healthy
lifestyle choices among youth in the Pajaro Valley. Full
story ...
View the Trust Video Online
Use the following links to view a 12-minute video that provides a brief history of the Community Health Trust and a description of our health care programs and services for Pajaro Valley residents.
Trust Recognized for Promoting Diabetes Resources
The Pajaro Valley Community Health Trust was honored to receive an Award of Excellence at a ceremony held in Sacramento on Tuesday, August 14, 2007, from the California Diabetes Program for the Trust’s leadership in utilizing and promoting the Diabetes Information Resource Center (DIRC) ... full press release (PDF)
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