The 18 board members and six honorary board members of Samuel Dixon Family Health Centers, Inc., will receive the 2008 President’s Volunteer Service Award.
The President’s Volunteer Service Award (PVSA) is given by the President of the United States to recognize the valuable contributions made by volunteers across the nation. The Volunteer Center of Los Angeles-Assistance League of Southern California will present the 2008 Celebrate LA Volunteer Recognition Event at the Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena on April 27, 2008.
SDFHC board members donate their time and services to help the organization succeed in treating underserved patients throughout the Santa Clarita Valley. All board members are Santa Clarita Valley residents.
Board members include: Ed Bolden, Andel Engineering; Dalton Celauis, Businessman; Peggy Edwards, Ellis/Edwards; Steven Boldvich III, Kelly Pipe Company; Jo Anne Darcy, Mayor Emeritus, City of Santa Clarita; John Frye, Businessman, Retired; C.R. (Bob) Hudson, Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital; Adele Macpherson, City of Santa Clarita; Connie Ragen Green, Greenhouse; Pat Warford, 1997 Woman of the Year; P. K. Reibsamen, RNR & YEH Architects; Elijah Canty, Board Member Emeritus, Businessman, Retired; Gene Dorio, MD, Physician; Laura
Gallardo, Kaiser Permanente; Charlotte Kleeman, 1996 Woman of the Year; Chris Ball, Santa Clarita Builders Exchange; Liz Seipel, formerly with Child & Family Center; and Dora Zavala, Businesswoman.
Honorary board members include Evelyn Dixon; Evon Dixon-Montgomery, JD; Joyce (Dixon) Hightower, MD; Samuel Dixon III, MD; Faith (Dixon) Johnson; and Timothy Dixon, MD SDFHC operates three health centers in the Santa Clarita Valley—Canyon Country Health Center, Val Verde Health Center and Newhall Health Center—as well as outreach sites at College of the Canyons and California Institute of the Arts. SDFHC offers a full range of health care services—physicals, immunizations and vaccines, screenings and diagnostic tests, well baby care, and family planning—to those who may not seek health care elsewhere. Patients pay based on their income. This past year, SDFHC provided service for 8,000 patient visits.
SDFHC was established in 1980 and named for long-time Val Verde resident and minister, the late Reverend Samuel Dixon. A non-profit community health center, SDFHC serves the greater Santa Clarita Valley, and is governed by a 20-member board of directors, all of whom are Santa Clarita residents. The mission of SDFHC is to enhance wellness by providing quality primary health care services and health education to unserved and underserved residents, with a special emphasis on serving the uninsured. Easily accessible services are available for the entire family in both English and Spanish. Medi-Cal, Blue Cross and Healthy Families are all accepted, and a sliding fee scale is offered, keeping health care affordable for all SDFHC receives United Way funding and is supported by countless individuals as well as corporate sponsors who help make affordable health care possible. Tax-deductible contributions are welcome.
Services are available at the Val Verde Health Center (661-257-4008), the Canyon Country Health Center (661-424-1220) and the Newhall Health Center (661-291-1777).