Welcome to PCHOver 25 Years of ServiceEst. 1989

32 Service Projects

Health

Education

Poverty & Homelessness

Special Needs

Large-scale Programs

Day of Service

Issues Awareness Week

Alternative Breaks

Non-profit Networking Night

Largest student-run, student-initiated community service organization in the nation

PCH: Our Mission

With the health field as its outlet for service, Pilipinos for Community Health (PCH) at UCLA has constantly advanced its efforts to educate

and provide health services to disadvantaged communities.

Through its three main components, PCH serves various groups at the university, local, and international levels in hopes of helping the

community make wise health decisions and providing members with valuable learning experiences.

PCH’s Components

Health Fairs

Medical Outreach

Preventive Health

Senior Smiles

Member Relations

Alumni Relations

Pre-Health Advising & Mentorship

Staff Assistants

2015-2016 PCH Staff

Health Fairs

Meet your Health Fair Directors!

Ira Santos

Third Year Biology Major

irapaulinesantos@gmail.com

Nia Ferrer

Third Year Psychobiology Major

ferrnia@ucla.edu

Allen Huang

Fifth Year Physiological Sciences Major

al205001@g.ucla.edu

Health Fair Email: health.fairs.pch@gmail.com

●We provide health education and a variety of services to underprivileged communities in Los Angeles.

○ Our services include glucose and cholesterol, BMI, bone density, dental, vision, mammogram, hypertension prevention, nutritional guidelines and more!

Continue to maintain strong relationships with the communities that we serve year after year.

Introduction to Health Fairs

What’s Coming Up?Holy Family Health Fair in Artesia, CA

Flyering on Oct. 24 & 25

Volunteer Orientations on Nov. 10 & Nov. 12

Set-up on Nov. 14

HEALTH FAIR on Nov. 15!! (8am-2pm)

Our Lady of Peace Health Fair in North Hills, CA

HEALTH FAIR on Feb. 14, Valentine’s Day!!

Healthy Tayo Health Fair in Panorama City, CA

Date: TBA, Spring Quarter

Health fair internship application will be available after Holy Family Health Fair!

Preventive Health● Increase awareness of major

health problems, such as high blood pressure and obesity, prevalent in Pilipino communities of the greater Los Angeles area

● Go to Seafood City in Carson or Panorama and offer free blood pressure screenings and body mass index measurements

● Provide trainings to take blood pressure every quarter

Preventive Health

Carson City

October 10, Sat Week 2

October 17, Sat Week 3

November 07, Sat Week 6

Panorama City

October 24, Sat Week 4

November 14, Sat Week 7

November 21, Sat Week 8

Hypertension Training

TBD

What we do:

-Visit seniors on a weekly basis to give them company

-Hold fun activities to do with the seniors to help stimulate cognitive

thinking (decorating events, painting, board games, etc.)

Why we do it:

-To make the seniors SMILE :D

-⅓ of elderly population die with some form of dementia

Senior Smiles

Senior Smiles

Belmont Village:

-“Typical” senior home-

-Milder forms of dementia (but not always)

- Orientation NOT required

Westwood Manor:

-Intimate setting. Gain “Bedside Manner” Skills

-Residents range from mild to severe dementia

-MUST attend orientation

Medical Outreach

Mission: To help the impoverished communities in the Philippines who have little to no access to proper healthcare.What we do:

Organize a medical mission to the Philippines

Medical Outreach Banquet

Why is it important:

Raise awareness about the health care status of the Philippines.

Provide hands-on experience and different perspective in health care.

Learn more about the Filipino culture.

Medical Outreach Summer Mission/Immersion

Medical Outreach Banquet

Banquet

Raise money and awareness for the medical mission

Will be held winter quarter!

Pre-Health Advising & Mentorship (PHAM)

Apply to be a mentor or a mentee!Mandatory Mentor-Mentee Orientation: Wednesday,

October 14

Application Due Date: Friday, October 16, 2015 by 11:59 PM

Mentor/Mentee Reveal Day: Thursday, October 22, 2015 @ 7PM

Pre-Health Advising & Mentorship

Quarterly Pre-Health Panel

Graduate students (Medicine, Dentistry, etc)

November 19 @ 7 pm

Alumni Relations

Michelle Mendoza- 4th year Sociology Major- alumni.relations.pch@gmail.co

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What I do:- Foster relationships between

alumni and PCH members...YOU!

...How???

Alumni Relations

- Provide networking opportunities

- Create and send alumni newsletters with updates of PCH events

Staff Assistants

Updating CSR (Community Service Record)

Website and Blog: http://pchatucla.weebly.com/

Mobile App (iOS and Android): http://my.yapp.us/EDBKD5

PCH Apparel

Fundraisers: raise money for other components

left to right: Jasmine Santos, Katrina Paras, Koichi Agapito

Boba and Banh Mi FundraiserWHAT: Our first Fundraiser for the quarter!

WHERE: Court of Sciences

WHEN: Week 3, Thursday Oct. 15th

WHY: Fulfill a requirement for Active Membership by volunteering for a shift, or just stop by for your boba fix (or hang out with us)!Look out for shift sign-ups in the newsletter!

Member Relations

Connecting YOU to the best resources at PCH and UCLA through:

newsletters

socials

volunteer records

Active Member scholarship!

Active Membership Requirements

8 Volunteer Hours (ex: Health Fairs, Hype Site, Senior Smiles)

3 General Meetings (or equivalent: Study hours)

1 Fundraising Effort (or purchase PCH T-shirt)

Benefits!!!

Pre-Health Panel

Mentorship Program

Alumni Networking Night

Active Membership Scholarship

Community Service Record

Socials

AND MANY MORE!!!

Volunteer Requirements and Application(1) HIPAA Privacy and Information Security Training: http://hr.uclahealth.org/body.cfm?id=195

Please print the certificate and give it to a Preventive Health Director (Christine Calove or Benny Salvanera) or email your certificate to preventive.health.pch@gmail.com

(2) Sign and submit the Volunteer Liability Waiver: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1glTlgaS2y79NyWUBKEuBArhg4UBvh-PVH6-AzdoaA30/edit?usp=sharing

Executive Director (April Encarnacion, Rosheil Ramirez, or Gerard Sim)

(3) Fill out this Volunteer Application

Upcoming Events Next Week

Hypertension site in Carson

Week 2: Sat, October 10

Week 3: Sat, October 17

Boba and Banh Mi Fundraiser

Week 3: Thurs, October 15

Mentor-Mentee Orientation

Week 3: Wed, October 14

Mentor-Mentee Application Deadline

Week 3: Fri, October 16

Thank you for coming and see you at our next meeting!