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    Community Benefit

    Each year, SGMF provides support for many charity care and community programs and services. Staff provides time, resources and expertise as we strive to improve the health and well-being of those in our community.

    Click on the links below to learn more about some of the contributions we have made past and present.


    Maino Community Health Library

    The Maino Community Health Library is a community resource providing access to a wealth of health information at no charge.

    It is the only consumer health library in the Central Valley between Sacramento and Bakersfield. About the Maino Library...

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    Health Education

    Our Health Education Department offers a series of classes covering a variety of health topics including diabetes, cardiac and nutrition counseling. About Health Education classes...

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    Hygiene Education Program

    SGMF has partnered with Modesto City Schools to provide hygiene kits to underprivileged children, and the school nurses lead a discussion on proper hygiene habits.

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    Stanislaus Elder Abuse Prevention Alliance (SEAPA)

    SGMF staff participate on the SEAPA committee. SEAPA aims to help educate the community about elder abuse.
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    Stanislaus Partners in Education (SPIE)

    Students from area schools gain valuable work experience by working closely with staff at our care centers.

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    Community CanTree Food Drive

    SGMF staff has donated up to a half-ton of canned food to the Community CanTree project.
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    Community Cash Contributions

    SGMF supports many health-related events by other community organizations, including the American Cancer Society, the American Heart Association, and the American Diabetes Association.

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    Healthy Families Insurance Program

    Sutter Gould Medical Foundation and Memorial Hospitals Association are partnering with local community organizations to help solve one of the most pressing problems facing a growing number of California's families - access to adequate health care. In California, more than seven million residents have no health insurance and another four million are inadequately insured.

    Our goal is to help the children of qualifying families to access the state run program called Healthy Families. This program brings affordable insurance to children under the age of 19 whose parents have higher incomes than Medi-Cal allows, but not enough income to afford comprehensive coverage for their children. Through the efforts of Sutter Gould Medical Foundation, Memorial Hospitals Association, the Health Services Agency and other community organizations, the enrollment for Healthy Families in Stanislaus County has grown tremendously.
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    Charity Events

    We participate in many health-related charity events in Stanislaus and San Joaquin counties. Here is a partial list:

    • American Heart Association's Heart Walk
    • American Diabetes Association's Tour de Cure charity bike ride
    • American Cancer Society's Relay For Life
    • American Cancer Society's Daffodil Days
    • The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's Light the Night Walk
    • KidsFest Health Information Fair
    • March of Dimes WalkAmerica

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