Welcome to Vietnamese

Community Health
Information Session 2019
Join our family!
What is VCH?
● Vietnamese Community Health is a non-profit
organization that brings free health services to the
underserved communities of Los Angeles and Orange
County
● Our mission is to break down barriers in healthcare by
providing critical health screenings to promote early
detection, health education, and preventative care
How We Serve the Community
● Quarterly Health Fairs
● Bi-weekly Health sites
● Various Special Health sites
○ Kids’ Carnival
○ Tet Festival
○ Shower of Hope
○ And more collaboration sites!
Health Sites
● Weeks 3, 5 (Sat & Sun), 6,
and 8

Services we provide:
● Hypertension, BMI, and
Vision Screenings
● Health Education for Patients
Tet Festival

Kids’ Carnival
Health Fair
● Quarterly health fairs target
underserved populations
○ Santa Ana,
Westminster, Garden
Grove
● Most of our patients do not
have health insurance
and/or experience some
barrier to healthcare
Health Fair Screenings
● First-hand experience working alongside healthcare
professionals!
○ UCLA School of Dentistry
○ Western University School of Pharmacy
○ Western University School of Optometry
○ CSULB School of Nursing
○ And many more!
Recognition at UCLA & Within the Community

Volunteer Center’s Mongelli Award for

Excellence in Civic Engagement
We are also supported by the city
Community Service Commission’s Robert S.
of Westminster and the city of
Michaels Leadership in Service Award
Santa Ana!
(Congrats to Hong and Zoe!)
Mentorship & Academic Guidance
● Be a Mentor
○ Help others with your expertise and get CSH hours!
● Be a Mentee
○ Get some advice and guidance or just a friend! :)
● Strengthen your bonds with VCH members and VCH
staff in our small families
● Get some connections!
● Participate in special mentorship-only events
Committees
Join a committee!
● Health Fair Navigators
● Patient Education/Nutrition
● Patient Outreach
● Language Development

We’ll be talking more about committees during our Week 3

general meeting!
Internship
● Develop invaluable professional & leadership skills
● Learn about the behind the scenes operations of VCH
● Organize your own fundraisers and events

Applications will be released later this quarter!

Community Service Hours
● Through VCH, you can log all of your community service
hours on myUCLA
● Those hours will be official and notarized on your
transcript for all employers and professional schools to
see your involvement
Membership Requirements
● No applications or fees
● Must purchase a VCH polo ($20)
● Active Membership Requirements:
○ 1 health/special site or 2 fundraiser shifts
○ Quarterly Health Fair
○ Half of the quarter’s general meetings (2 for Fall)
● Must be HIPAA certified
 VCH Alumni
Michael Le &
Nicole Nguyen (2017) Robert Bang (2016) Michael Ngo (2017)
Cecilia Tsai (2019)

Alex Pham (2017) Christine Nguyen (2019) Kiana Nguyen (2018) Truong Ly (2016)
Upcoming Events
Health Sites
● Week 3 (Sat) 10/19, Week 5 (Sat & Sun), Week 6 (Sun)
11/10, Week 8 (Sat) 11/23
● General Meetings
○ Wednesdays of odd weeks, 6-7PM
● Health Fair
○ Week 7 Sunday, November 17th
Upcoming Socials!
VCH’s Welcome Social
● Come join us at Sip in
Westwood on Friday of
Week 2 from 6-8PM
○ Meet us at the Bruin Bear
at 6PM if you want to
walk together!
Check out our Website!
vchbruins.com
What does VCH mean to you?

Here’s a personal story from Nhan on why she

joined VCH and how it impacted her!