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Fallbrook Family

Health Center

Inland Empire Com-

munity Health Center

Moreno Valley

Health Center

Corporate Office

In this issue

CHSI Holiday Party

Employee Spotlight 2

2010 Open Enrollment 2

Census 2010 2

A Holiday Celebration 3

Santa’s Workshop 3

CEO, Jack Johns in the News

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Events in Your Community

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CHSI had its first ever Christmas party on Satur-

day, December 12, 2009 at the March Air Field

Museum. The rain was strong and the winds blew

but that did not stop us from coming together for

our first, of hopefully many, Christmas celebrations.

We want to thank everyone who participated in

making this a special event. The centerpieces were

done by the Bloomington, Arlanza and Corporate

staff: Melanie Talbert, Mandey Marangakis, Clau-

dia Pulido, Patricia Rodriguez, Shelleen Delaney,

Fran Ritchie and the Human Resources Department.

A special thank you goes to Dr. Moore who left his

family and made a special flight from Texas just to

join us for the event. The evening would not have

been the same without the expertise of Dr. Moore to

snap those memorable photos of all the employees

and their guests.

Sonya Dew stated, “as the HR Director, I couldn’t

have been more pleased with the outcome of this

first time Christmas event. My staff; Leah Docili,

HR Generalist and Raeisha George, HR Asst.

worked extremely hard to stay within budget and

became very creative to make this a most special

evening. It is my hope that the events for 2010 will

be a more cooperative effort by forming an events

team consisting of a staff member from each one of

our clinics. With more involvement, I believe each

event will only continue to get better and better.

For those of you that braved the inclement weather

to attend the Christmas party, thank you! For those

of you that missed it, I hope to see you at the next

event!”

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Wendy Hayes

our newest

C l i n i c

Administrator

for Moreno

Valley Family

Health Center,

completes our

full staff of

Administrators

for our five clinics. Wendy has been with

CHSI for a little over one month now and

has hit the ground running!

As a Clinic Administrator, Wendy

oversees the overall operations of the

Moreno Valley Family Health Center. She

is currently involved with implementing

the CPSP program, PE and Family Pact

programs and expanding dental services.

Wendy’s background in healthcare

includes working in various hospitals,

ER’s, hospice, and Labor & Delivery.

These experiences have helped her to

think on her feet in crucial situations,

sympathize and empathize when needed,

and be an educator to those who

needed it.

She is currently an LVN with an

Associates in Psychology, and plans to get

her BSN; eventually gaining her Nurse

Practitioner certification.

One accomplishment she is very proud of

is the new Rural Health Clinic with the

addition of dental services she built as a

Clinic Manager, in Big Bear City.

She started taking the projected studies to

the Board of

Directors and

f o l l o w i n g

through as

p r o j e c t

manager until

the end of

construction.

With the grand opening in July of 2009,

the clinic was complete and open for

business. It was then that Wendy felt as

though she could move on having given

150%. Thus moving to Redlands to finish

her education and later taking the Clinic

Administrator position in Moreno Valley.

Wendy enjoys the challenge of overcoming

the obstacles healthcare providers face in

rural health care in America. She enjoys

bringing forth the disparities and being the

voice for CHSI’s target population and

others who cannot access health care

because of economic factors or cultural

differences.

We know with all great work comes

challenges, so we asked Wendy what was

most challenging about her current

position. “The limited resources for those

that have the most need is most

challenging” explains Wendy, who goes on

to say, “There is such an increased need for

care for persons with substance use and

mental health and, education delivery for

individuals who are unaware there are

options available.”

When Wendy is not at work she enjoys all

things outdoors; camping, off-roading and

2 jeep club memberships. She loves

reading-thanks to her 8th grade speed

reading class-and likes any music with a

catchy tune. Did you know, she wanted to

be a race car driver growing up? In fact,

she still wants to be a race car driver when

she grows up!

Wendy is adventurous and a thrill seeker

by nature, she sky dived for Pete's sake!

All in all, Wendy can be described as

loyal, motivated and sometimes stubborn.

She’d like nothing more then to have the

victory over her challenges and to instill

encouragement and motivation in her two

girls (Something her parents have done for

her).

Watch for updates on the Moreno Valley

Family Health Center in upcoming

newsletters.

Anthem Blue Cross annual open

enrollment is in March 2010. This is the

time any medical and/or dental insurance

changes can be made.

For further information please call the HR

Department.

CHSI BENEFITS NEWS Save the Date

EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT Wendy Hayes

CENSUS 2010

In March the U.S. Census Bureau will be mailing or delivering census forms to every

household in the United States. It is critical that all Moreno Valley residents be

counted and the City is encouraging every household to return their completed form by

“Census Day”, April 1, 2010. including just 10 simple questions, the census form

should only take 10 minutes to complete.

Why is the Census 2010 effort important to our community? It is estimated that for

each resident that is not counted, the City can lose between $1,000 - $1,200 per year in

federal funding. The Census Bureau estimates that in the last census count, Moreno

Valley residents’ response rate for returning their forms was just 70%. In addition to

losing funding, our area could lose representation as the number of representatives in

Congress is determined by the population date compiled by the Census.

Return your census form:

It’s Easy, It’s Important, It’s Safe.

Excerpt from Moreno Valley Soaring: Jan - April 2010

Recreation Guide & City Newsletter

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This particular event is done every

Christmas season for the Commu-

nity and the families that are seen

here at the clinic. This event not

only makes our Community more

aware of our services provided

here at the clinic and reassures

them that we are here to provide

their healthcare needs, but that we

see them as people and not num-

bers.

The feedback received was very

positive. Attendees stated how

well done the event was. One of

the most enjoyable parts was that

the community pitched in to help

wrap presents and help with the

decorations. There were gifts,

door prizes and raffles for all ages.

The Oscar Mayer Wiener Mobile,

Riverside PD K-9 Unit, Officer

Byrd, Clowns, Car Show, RCOE

Head start staff are some of the

entertainment provided. With the

assistance of the Head Start staff

the children created letters and

Christmas cards for the troops

overseas. These letters and cards

will be going to Camp Pendleton

and from there they will be sent to

our men and woman overseas.

Adela Rosado worked with me to

put this together. We went out to

the community to get toys and

many more donations. 90% of our

event was all donations obtained

with her help.

We collected over 700 toys and

800 hot dogs and juices and drinks

for the children and we registered

802 participants. Door prizes in-

cluded: 5 bikes, 2 skateboards,

live Christmas Trees and gifts for

the adults, and many, many toys.

A cake walk for the children gave

out 9 cakes.

Thank you to the following staff

for all of their hard work and love

that they put in to this event.

Adela Rosado; Dr. Mullangi; Cyn-

thia Suarez; Cathy Thompson;

Grace Chung; Gabriella Magal-

lanes; Silvia Silva; Gloria

Fuentes; Mary Ortiz; Veronica

Montes; Joana Villa; Jacqueline

Cummins; Alma Guzman; Cindy

Amezcua; Sergio Munoz.

Thank you to all our family

members who came out to help.

A special thank you to

CHSI Board member, Mr. Bill

Gonzales for his help and dona-

tions; Marianne Gonzales and

Ashley Christman for toys and for

Ms. Fran Ritchie for supporting us

and helping to make our vision

become a reality.

ANNUAL HOLIDAY CELEBRATION at ARLANZA Santa’s Workshop

A HOLIDAY CELEBRATION North Pole at Moreno Valley

The snow was falling and all the

elves were decking the hall...in

Moreno Valley! Yes, on Saturday,

December 5, 2009 the North Pole

came to Moreno Valley to give

warm wishes and jolly hugs to the

children of the community.

With endless efforts from Tiffany

Steward and the Moreno Valley

Clinic, this event brought together

community resources while

providing a festive environment

for families to enjoy. In addition

to pictures and laughs with Santa,

there were gifts for the children

and screenings for families in

need.

A community partners contacted

Tiffany the Monday after the

event to share with Tiffany that

her father had come to the event

solely to support her booth.

However, he ended up getting a

free screening while there and

found out that his blood pressure

and blood sugar was critical. She

was so happy that we were able to

get him in to see Dr. Castro.

Tiffany says, “things like this

make all the hard work worth it.”

One of the main things Tiffany

enjoyed about this event was that

despite opinions about the city of

Moreno Valley, “we were able to

give back to a community that

seems to be on the back end. One

important thing to remember is the

reason for the season. For Tiffany,

that is giving back.

Tiffany thanks everyone who

helped put this event together,

including everyone who

participated.

“I think this event impacted

families, community partners and

city officials. Next year the city

has granted us $5,000 for our

event” says Tiffany Steward,

Outreach, Moreno Valley.

Vendor feedback:

“There were many reflections about this weekend’s event that I don’t know where to begin. A huge thank you to Moreno Valley Health for inviting Prevent Child Abuse Riverside County to participate. We were so busy taking pictures and decorating the picture frames that many of us didn’t get a chance to meet the other ven-dors. Some of the picture frames decorated by the children were the only gifts that they had to give to their parents. We ran out of letters that spelled, “I love you,” by noon. Mrs. Claus reported getting some of the best hugs in the world from many of the children; some more than once. We wish you all a safe and wonderful holiday season.”

Tami Alexander

Prevent Child Abuse, Riverside

County

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Sonya Dew Leah Docili Raeisha George

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Desert Swing'n Dixie Jazz Festival

Cathedral City, California www.desertjazz.org

Hotline:760-333-7932

San Diego Jazz Party

La Jolla, California www.sdjp.org

Hotline:858-453-0846

Blythe Bluegrass Festival www.blythebluegrass.com

Hotline:760-922-8166

Old Riverside Foundation

Various Events http://www.oldriverside.org/

31st Annual Black History Committee Expo

Saturday, February 13, 2010, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm http://www.blackhistorycommittee.org/events.html

Riverside County Fair 2010 http://www.datefest.org/

Calico New Year’s Celebration Weekend

Calico Ghost Town

(760) 254-2122 or (800) TO-CALICO http://www.calicotown.com/events/

Glen Helen Raceway

6TH Annual Baja Cup Challenge, Jan. 9, 2010 http://www.glenhelen.com/newWWW/calendar.asp?

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