Providence money to benefit local areas Providence...

Providence money to benefit local areas

Providence Health Care has announced that it provided almost $30

million to benefit residents of the San Fernando and Santa Clarita

Valleys in 2004.

The money was made possible through a program called the Emilie

Gamelin Program for Patient Assistance, named after the founder of

the Sisters of Providence. Much of it was spent on free medical care

for people with low incomes. Funds also benefited programs like

tattoo removal, school nurse programs and cancer outreach.

The company served nearly 100,000 San Fernando and Santa Clarita

residents in 2004 through these programs, and since 1999 its

community outreach spending has grown by 83 percent.

To find out more about Providence Health Care’s Community Benefit

Program, call 1-800-HEALING or visit Providence’s website at

https://www.providence. org/losangeles.

July mixer at hospital

The Burbank Chamber of Commerce’s July mixer will be 5:30 to 7:30

p.m. July 28 at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center’s Hope

Conference Center, 501 S. Buena Vista St.

The mixer will be co-hosted by the Rocky Mountain Chocolate

Factory and will feature a $450 cash prize drawing. Admission to the

event is $10 for members and $15 for nonmembers.

For more information, call the chamber at (818) 846-3111.