Kaiser Permanente Volunteer Efforts

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Kaiser Permanente Volunteer Efforts  Baldwin Park • Blood pressure and BMI screenings, health education materials being distributed Monday, Jan. 20, 11 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.  Media contact for more information: Maria Lengerke, 626-851-5218.  Downey  • Healthy Smiles 2014, volunteers assembling dental care kits for children and adults Jan. 3 - 20 • Helping out at the Los Angeles Food Bank in Vernon, Saturday, Jan. 18, 8:30 a.m. - Noon  Media contact for more information: Lana Peterson, 562-252-2960 cell  Fontana/Ontario  Staff volunteering at four community organizations: • Central City Lutheran Mission, San Bernardino, Monday, Jan. 20, 8 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. • Mary’s Mercy Table, San Bernardino, Monday, Jan. 20, 8 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. • Inland Valley Hope Partners, Ontario, Monday, Jan. 20 9 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. • The Lord’s Table, Victorville, Monday, Jan. 20, 9 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.  Media contact for more information: Gwen Kleist, 909-427-4547          Kern County • Volunteers working with the Afford Foundation harvesting fruit from homes of elderly and disabled, to distribute to Gleaners, a local food pantry, Saturday, Jan. 18, 9 a.m. - Noon  Media contact for more information: Eva Ramirez, 661-334-2088  Los Angeles • Revitalizing Hillcrest Elementary School, Monday, Jan. 20, 8am – 1pm  Media contact for more information: Anasia Hairston, 323-783-3606 Orange County (Anaheim/Irvine) • “We’ve Got Your Back” weekend nutrition program. Our employees and physicians are partnering with Giving Children Hope and the Orange Unified School District to sort through donated food, stock shelves, and pack backpacks with food for homeless elementary school students, Saturday, Jan. 25, 9 a.m. – Noon  Media contact for more information: Scott Kelly, 714-796-2663  Kaiser Permanente Volunteer Efforts Panorama City (Santa Clarita and Antelope Valley) • Volunteered at Food Forward to harvest fruit in Panorama City for a San Fernando food pantry, Jan. 11 • Painting and preparing a community garden at Antelope Valley Partners for Health’s Community Wellness Home, Saturday, Jan. 18, 10 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. • Serving Dinner to San Fernando Valley Rescue Mission homeless clients, Thursday, Jan. 23, 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. • Preparing sack lunches for Santa Clarita homeless shelter clients, Friday, Jan. 31, 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.   Media contact for more information: Amy Wiese, 818-375-2217, 818-430-6834  • Desert clean up at City of Palmdale’s Season of Service Desert Reveal, Jan. 25, 10 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.  Media contact for more information: Kelly Kennerknecht, 818-231-3426    Riverside/Moreno Valley • Physicians and staff sorting food at Second Harvest Food Bank for distribution to more than 400 organizations in Riverside and San Bernardino county, Saturday, Jan. 18, 8 a.m. – Noon • Volunteering at Food in Need of Distribution (FIND) Food Bank, food is for people throughout the Coachella Valley, Saturday, Jan. 25, 8:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.  Media contact for more information: Cecilia Arias, 951-602-4193  San Diego • Sorting food at the San Diego Food Bank, Monday, Jan. 20, 8 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. • KP Mobile Health Vehicle provided blood pressure, BMI, glucose, and cholesterol screenings at the Martin Luther King Jr. Park & Recreation Center, Saturday, Jan. 11   Media contact for more information: Shreya Sasaki, 619-495-0298 South Bay • Volunteers repacked donated food at the Foodbank of Southern California, Saturday, Jan. 11  Media contact for more information: Serena Josel, 424-251-7677  Watts Counseling & Learning Center • South Los Angeles/Watts Community Clean Up, from Century Boulevard to Imperial Highway, Saturday, Jan. 18, 8 a.m. - Noon • Hosting a Virtual Food Drive to benefit the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank, Jan. 20 – 24 Please click on the link www.lafoodbank.org and donate as much as you can  Media contact for more information: Maria Aguirre, 323-559-9596  Kaiser Permanente Volunteer Efforts West Los Angeles • Hillcrest Elementary School Revitalization, Monday, Jan. 20, 8 a.m. – 1 p.m. • Baby Food and Diaper Drive to benefit the Westside Food Bank, Monday, Jan. 20 & 21  Media contact for more information: Mari Aguilar, 323-857-2956 office, 323-434-6358 cell   Woodland Hills/West Ventura  • Serving dinner to residents at LA Family Housing’s Cafeteria, Jan. 20, 21, 22 and 23, 4:50 p.m. – 6:15 p.m. • Serving dinner at The Lighthouse for Women and Children, Jan. 21, 4;30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.   Media contact for more information: Sherry Crosby, 818-719-4759  Regional Volunteer Events:   Hygiene items and books collected for Euclid Villa, Union Station Homeless Services: • 99 South Oakland and 100 South Los Robles in Pasadena, CA   Pet Food Bank and Hillcrest Elementary School Revitalization:  • SCAL Regional Offices, 393 E. Walnut Street, Pasadena, CA 91106  Offices Hosting Additional Virtual Food Drives to benefit LA Regional Food Bank.  • SCAL Regional Offices, 393 E. Walnut Street, Pasadena, CA 91106 • Regional Reference Laboratories, 11668 Sherman Way, North Hollywood, CA 91605 • Parsons West/East Annex, Floor, 74 N. Pasadena Avenue, Pasadena, CA 91103 • Independence Park (Conference Rooms), 12254 Bellflower Boulevard, Downey, 90242 • Imperial Satellite (Learning Center), 12200 Bellflower Boulevard, Downey, CA 90242  Please click on the link www.lafoodbank.org and donate as much as you can   Media contact for more information: Sandra Hernandez-Millett, 626-626-9051