Local businesses turn out for valley community clinic: this regular feature focuses on philanthropic activities by Valley-area companies and business people.Valley Community Clinic in North Hollywood held its third annual fundraising gala to benefit its nationally-recognized youth/teen program. Among the Valley-based businesses that sponsored the event were Anheuser-Busch, Aetna, Blue Cross of California, Garcia Research Associates, Kaiser-Permanente, OPI (Open Prepress Interface) An extension to PostScript that provides color separations. It was developed by Aldus Corporation, which was later acquired by Adobe. Products, Lakeside Healthcare, Mike' s Roofing Services, momready.com and NBC Universal NBC Universal is a media and entertainment company formed in May 2004 by the combination of General Electric's NBC with Vivendi Universal Entertainment (part of the French Media Group, Vivendi SA). GE owns 80% of NBC Universal with the remaining 20% owned by Vivendi SA. . The event dubbed "Laughter is the Best Medicine/Visionary Awards" included dinner, comedy, music and an awards program honoring individuals and businesses that have shown their support for the facility and its programs. Among the honorees were Emmy award-winning actor and social activist Edward James Olmos Edward James Olmos (born February 24, 1947) is an Emmy-winning and Oscar-nominated American actor and director. Some of his most memorable roles were Lt. Martin Castillo in Miami Vice, Jaime Escalante in Stand and Deliver and Admiral William Adama in the and Maria Reza, former LAUSD LAUSD Los Angeles Unified School District (Los Angeles, CA) superintendent, student health and human services Noun 1. Health and Human Services - the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare; created in 1979 Department of Health and Human Services, HHS . Also honored was long-time clinic corporate sponsor, Carlos Garcia Carlos Garcia can refer to:
The benefit was held at the Globe Theatre in Universal City and was attended by approximately 300 guests. Greg Proops Gregory Everett Proops (born October 3, 1959) is an American actor and stand-up comedian, and works largely in Europe as a comic and improviser. Early life Born in Phoenix, Arizona and raised in San Carlos, California, a quiet suburb south of San Francisco, Proops , Wendy Liebman and Schuyler Fisk shared the stage providing the entertainment for the evening's celebration. Valley Community Clinic, a charitable, non-profit organization serves thousands of Valley families who work hard but find it difficult to afford high cost doctor visits. For more than three decades, the clinic has provided free and low-cost services, caring for more than 50,000 patients in 2005. Its teen program provides health and pregnancy prevention education and last year served more than 2,800 Valley teenagers. |
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