VOLUNTEERS HELP ESTABLISH CLINICS SANTA CLARITA VALLEY RESIDENTS TRAVEL TO SISTER CITY IN THE PHILIPPINES.Byline: Daily News Volunteers from the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. joined with the Sariaya Association of California in establishing medical clinics in Sariaya, Quezon, in the Philippines, Santa Clarita's second sister city. Local residents Cezar and Lisa Obnial and Charles and Pat Willett joined volunteers from Los Angeles and a surgical team from Tennessee during a five-day Sister City Medical Mission in June. The group also broke ground on a proposed medical center that promises ongoing medical care for the city's more than 116,000 residents. Santa Clarita residents Fred and Aurora Bertulfo helped coordinate charitable donations through the Filipino-American Association of SCV SCV Santa Clarita Valley (California) SCV Sons of Confederate Veterans SCV Santa Clara Vanguard SCV Singapore Cable Vision SCV Special Category Visa (Australia) SCV StarHub Cable Vision . The nonsurgical clinics set up by the volunteers during their visit served more than 2,500 residents in five of Sariaya's most needy barrios Barrios is a name of Hispanic origin. The name may refer to: Persons
The clinic moved to a different barrio bar·ri·o n. pl. bar·ri·os 1. An urban district or quarter in a Spanish-speaking country. 2. A chiefly Spanish-speaking community or neighborhood in a U.S. city. each day, serving more than 500 patients in each location. Sariaya's needy, who rarely have access to doctors or medical services, patiently waited with umbrellas shielding infants, families and the elderly from blazing sun and intermittent rain showers. More medical volunteers and surgical staffers were assigned to the Memorial Medical hospital in Lucena City, about eight miles from Sariaya, performing 27 cleft palate cleft palate, incomplete fusion of bones of the palate. The cleft may be confined to the soft palate at the back of the mouth; it may include the hard palate, or roof of the mouth; or it may extend through the gum and lip, producing a gap in the teeth and a cleft and 30 cataract surgeries. The medical mission was followed by groundbreaking ceremonies for the proposed Sariaya Medical Center building, which is a joint project between the Santa Clarita Valley International Program and the Sariaya Rotary Club. The center will be built on property donated by Sariaya residents Rafael and Nene Nene (nēn, nĕn) or Nen (nĕn), river, c.90 mi (140 km) long, rising in the Northampton Uplands, central England, and flowing NE past Northampton, Oundle, Peterborough, and Wisbech to the Wash. Tantuco. Santa Clarita City Manager Ken Pulskamp traveled to Sariaya on his own vacation time and at his own expense to take part in the groundbreaking ceremony. As an honorary guest speaker, he also received accolades from Sariaya officials for a donation of youth sports equipment Santa Clarita sent to Sariaya earlier this year to support youth programs in its sister city. The groundbreaking ceremony included installation of a time capsule documenting the sister city relationship between Santa Clarita and Sariaya and the plans for the medical center. A rendering of the proposed center by local architect Cezar Obnial was also unveiled at the ceremony. Although the city of Sariaya has more than 100,000 residents, it currently lacks a medical center to serve those residents who cannot afford a private doctor or hospital in nearby Lucena City. An additional $50,000 must now be raised to build the medical center. The first fundraising activity scheduled locally is a performance by the Bayanihan Philippine National Folk Dance Company The Bayanihan Philippine National Folk Dance Company is the oldest dance company in the Philippines.[1] The company was founded 1957 by Helena Z. Benitez and debuted May 27, 1958 at Expo '58, the Brussels World Fair, and since then have made at least 14 major , scheduled for 7 p.m. Sept. 29 in the Performing Arts Center A performing arts center, often abbreviated PAC, is a multi-use performance space that can be adapted for use by various types of the performing arts, including dance, music and theatre. at College of the Canyons College of the Canyons is one of the fastest-growing community colleges in the state. According to the National Junior College Research Association, College of the Canyons consistently ranks in the top 50 community colleges in the nation. . For tickets, call the box office at (661) 362-5304 or visit www.canyonspac.com. |
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