Outreach

East Palo Alto, October 2023

PMSNC collaborated with the Bay Area Global Outreach Lions Club and held a health fair entitled "Fall Into Wellness, Be Your Own Health Superhero". The team focused on diabetes awareness and nutrition education with participation of a dietitian and an endocrinologist. It was a day of both education and fun.

Volunteers provided free blood cholesterol and glucose screening, blood pressure screening and weight and BMI screening.

Flu vaccines were provided by San Mateo County and administered by the SF Host Lions.

San Jose, October 2022

PMSNC Kababayan Health Day was held in San Jose on October 29, 2022 in partnership with The FilCom of Santa Clara County and Santa Clara Family Health Plan. Deputy Consul General Raquel Solano and Vice Consul Adrian Baccay were in attendance.

San Francisco, October 2021

Health Day sa Konsulado was held last October 2021. We provided health education on Covid-19, healthy nutrition, Hepatis B, and healthy lungs. We also conducted health screenings for blood pressure, weight, hepatitis B, cholesterol, glucose, and mental health as well as provided flu vaccines. Close to 100 visitors received our health education and health screenings.

Union City, October 2019

Filipino Community Outreach at the FAJ (Filipino Advocates for Jutice) Center. Education on Diabetes including teaching and cooking demonstrations sponsored by the Kaiser Greater Southern Alameda FACE (Filipino American Care Experience) program. The event was supported and attended by PMSNC members.

UC Berkeley, Fall 2019

Students learned the basics of surgical suturing, gowning up, sterile techniques, how to start IVs, take blood pressure, etc. It was an enriching experience for our future medical professionals!

San Jose, 2017

234 visitors attended a health fair at Our Lady of Refuge Church in San Jose. Sponsored by Santa Clara Family Health Plan, Physicians Medical Group of San Jose, O'Connor Hospital Foundation, Peninsula Pharmacy Association and Safeway.