Patients, staff and community representatives honor clinic at anniversary fundraiser

Los Angeles’ Thai community honored Asian Pacific Health Care Venture, Inc. (APHCV) by organizing a dinner fundraiser in celebration of the community health center’s 20th anniversary. More than 400 guests, primarily Thai patients of APHCV and community supporters, were present at the event held on October 20, 2007 at Lincoln Plaza Hotel in Monterey Park. Thai Consul General, Mr. Jukr Boon-Long welcomed the guests and expressed his appreciation for APHCV and the bicultural health care available to Thai community members. Two patients provided testimonials to the audience about the care and assistance they received at APHCV. APHCV currently serves more than 2,600 patients of Thai descent resulting in 11,628 visits this past year. APHCV’s Thai staff, management team and providers were introduced and Kazue Shibata, CEO shared her gratitude for the support received from the Thai community. Shibata expressed, “This event was entirely initiated and planned by the patients, community folks and staff from Thai community. APHCV is a very fortunate organization to be embraced and appreciated by our patients and community like this.” read more >

Los Angeles’ Asian Pacific Health Care Venture, Inc. (APHCV) celebrated 20 years of providing accessible, affordable, culturally appropriate health care services at a dinner gala event held at the Vibiana in downtown Los Angeles. The event space (www.vibianala.com) was recently featured in a Los Angeles Times article on the front page of the California section on August 30, 2007. read more >

Federal Officials See How Primary and Prevention Health Services are Provided to Diverse Asian and Latino Communities in East Hollywood

Several federal government officials including Tom Lorentzen, regional director of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Charlotte Yeh, M.D., regional administrator of the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and Melissa Johnson, the Executive Director of the President’s Council on Physical Fitness visited Asian Pacific Health Care Venture, Inc. (APHCV) in east Hollywood on Monday August 27th. read more >

Youth showcase their talent to a capacity crowd at the Barnsdall Gallery Theater

Teens and their parents from around the Los Angeles area filled the Barnsdall Gallery Theater in Hollywood to witness an evening of music, dance, spoken word, and film by and for youth. More than 300 youth and adults attended the 10th anniversary performance of this annual event. Performers included John Marshall High School’s Hip Hop Poetry Club, Real Youth Center Hip Hop Dance Crew, Reach LA student film productions, Real Youth Center’s Capoeira, Santana House Youth Action Theatre Company, Women at Risk, Future Shock LA, and performers June Swiss and Lyra Flip. read more >

On Tuesday, March 13th, Asian Pacific Health Care Venture, Inc. partnered with the American Cancer Society (ACS) to honor patients, loved ones, staff, and community members living with or who have lived with cancer by presenting them with a bouquet of daffodils. The celebration began with Shannon Lee of ACS educating participants of the various services ACS provides for cancer patients and their families. A cancer survivor also spoke about her own personal experience. Participants were given the opportunity to meet and mingle over refreshments and were finally presented with the daffodils. read more >