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Overview of Spring 2013 Events: Spring 13 Health Fair (Rancho Santiago Community College District Conference Room) Annual Banquet: VCH By Night: Unmasked Car Wash Fundraiser PCH Sports Social: Flag Football Health Sites throughout the quarter. CSC Grant Contributors to VCH:
VCH would like to give our most sincere thanks to CSC and UVSA for all their help this past quarter.

VCHs Volunteer of the Year:

Congratulations to our volunteer of the year, Tim Vu! VCH would like to offer our most sincere thanks to both Tim for his outstanding work and to all volunteers who have dedicated their time and effort to VCH. Our organization would be nothing without all our wonderful, hard working volunteers.

VCH's Intern of the Year

Congratulations to Andy Nguyen for Intern of the Year. VCH would like to recognize Andy for his commitment and dedication as both a volunteer and an Intern. We would also like to thank him for being proactive and taking initiative during our meetings and events and for his enthusiasm to be more involved with VCH as a whole.

Tim Vu

Andy Nguyen

Spring 2013 Health Fair in Rancho Santiago

This past Spring, VCH along with a collaboration with Lou Correa successfully screened approximately 135 patients at the Rancho Santiago Community College. Due to Lou Correa, we were able to expand our services beyond just the Vietnamese community and expand also into the Latino community. Services provided at this health fair include hypertension screening, lung check, dental services, bone density measurements, mammograms, and hepatitis B/C screenings. All stations were occupied with numerous patients in need of health screenings. About 30 patients were able to receive mammograms.

Health Fair Statistics

Total Number of Patients Screened Average Age of Patients Health Accessibility of Patients ~135 patients ~51 years old 75% of patients are without insurance coverage 59%+ of these patients are without insurance due to: Language Barrier Insufficient Finances Insufficient Access to Health Information Between $0-$10,000 (Low Income Range) 35% of total number of patients 42% of total number of patients

Average Income of Patients Patients at Risk for High Cholesterol Patients at Risk for Hypertension

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CSC Grant:
Congratulations to VCH for winning the CSC Grant this year! The money was used to purchase vision vouchers for patients at the Spring 2013 Health fair.

Fundraising Events: Annual Car Wash

Thanks to our hardworking volunteers, we fundraised over $300 washing cars for a total of 6 hours. Members worked continuously through the heat in order to help VCH raise money for our cause. VCH as whole would like to send our thanks to all our volunteers who came and helped us.

Sports Social with PCH: Flag Football

This past Spring, we enjoyed another social collaboration with PCH where both our members participated in a game of flag football.

Annual Banquet: VCH by Night - Unmasked

This banquet was themed as a mixture of a casino night and a masquerade. Members were able to mingle and play various casino games, such as black jack. Many enjoyed taking pictures and making joyous memories with our graduating seniors.

MARK YOUR CALENDARs: Upcoming Events for Fall 2013

Health Sites at Phuoc Loc Tho (Sundays, Week 3, 5, 6, 9 tentative) Spring Health Fair: November 17th, 2013 Kids Carnival (TBA) Sport Social/Food Social (TBA)

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