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The Glendale Healthier Community Coalition plans and implements projects which promote disease prevention, health education, clean and safe environments, adequate housing, affordable and quality education and community revitalization.
The GHCC mission statement embraces a broad definition health which includes the wider spectrum of environmental influences impacting the community's well-being.
GHCC has brought together 52 organizational and individual community members including 14 from health care, nine from city government, two from education, seven from business/media, 11 from non-profit agencies, several clergy and the balance made up of other community representatives.
For more information please contact neighborhood services at (818) 548-2125.
Vision Statement: Glendale, a Healthy Community
A healthy community is achieved when the opportunity exists for the highest quality of life to be experienced by every resident.
Every resident of Glendale deserves the opportunity to live in a healthy community. A healthy community is defined as one in which the optimum health of each individual is realized.
Everyone must be allowed to grow economically, educationally, emotionally, mentally, physically, socially, and spiritually. This growth should include an appreciation of the community's diversity, arts, culture, the environment and involvement in the governmental process.
Providing a healthy community must be the responsibility of the entire community beginning with each individual and family and include: local government, social service agencies, religious communities, health care providers, the business community, the local school and college districts, the criminal justice system, the media and families. These entities should work together with individuals to
facilitate programs, activities and care.
The goal of becoming a healthy community will require:
a safe community,
fiscally sound programs,
further development of the volunteer spirit and active citizenship,
new and innovative thinking,
preventive and other approaches to good health;
and an emphasis on collaborative methods.
Glendale desires to be a healthy community.
GHCC Activities
Endorsements and Letters of Support For Grant Applications
GHCC does not offer grants of money, but will provide support at various levels for grant applications made by community organizations to outside funders. Follow these links for details:
GHCC's first funded project, entitled "HIV/AIDS Awareness for All", consisted of a community education program for businesses, churches, schools and other community organizations. The program aimed to counter widespread misinformation about the virus through classes scheduled for individual organizations.
Each spring the Coalition sponsors Healthy Glendale Week. This event includes health screenings, a health "expo" located at the City Hall complex, and other fun community events designed to interest and inform Glendale citizens in wellness topics.
An upcoming project for the GHCC will be an assessment of quality of life indicators in the City.
GHCC Members -
American Red Cross
Armenian Relief Society
Catholic Charities
City of Glendale
Fire Department
Library Department
Neighborhood Services
Police Department, Glendale Adventist Medical Center
Family Practice Residency Program
Glendale Chamber of Commerce
Glendale Community College
Glendale College Foundation
Volunteer and Service Learning Center
Glendale Community Foundation
Glendale Family YMCA
Glendale Galleria
Glendale Healthy Kids
Glendale Homeless Coalition
Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center
Glendale Ministerial Association, Glendale Partners |
Glendale Unified School District
Greater Glendale Council on Aging
KVEA
Los Angeles County Department of Health Services
Glendale Health Center
MacGregor Realty
Machado Environmental Corp.
Melby and Anderson, Attorneys at Law
The Salvation Army
Southern California Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists
Verdugo Banking Company
Verdugo Hills Council, B.S.A.
Verdugo Hills Hospital
Verdugo Hills Medical Associates
Verdugo Hills Visiting Nurse Association
Verdugo Mental Health Center
Western Drugs
Wilson Medical Group
YWCA of Glendale |
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