Volunteers in Medicine - San Diego

We are happy to share that the Grossmont Healthcare District (GHD) board of directors unanimously approved our grant submission for 2025. This is excellent news! Their level of support for this coming year indicates how vital VIM is to the community. Thank you for your continued support of the community we serve!

Come join us at our annual Ice Cream Social next week! Hosted by Chapel of the Valley UM Church, we'll have frosty treats, games, and fun!

We're looking for a volunteer coordinator to join our team - full details here on our website, or check our LinkedIn job posting.

Come work with us! — Volunteers in Medicine San Diego We’re looking for a volunteer coordinator to join our team!

San Diego Gives is a year-round program that culminates in an online, region-wide Day of Giving on Thursday, September 5th.

Community HousingWorks’s mission directly cares for the community because we believe opportunity begins with a stable home. Our unique approach extends beyond affordable housing. In addition to providing stable homes in healthy communities, we offer powerful programs, services and resources to help set up residents in our communities for success.

Together, we can create a brighter, more equitable future for all San Diegans. Your support means the world to us and the community we serve.

A local San Diego supporter has generously committed a $2,000 match to support resident services at CHW communities. This means if we reach our $2,000 goal, our total will be doubled.

Help us reach our $2,000 goal! Double your impact and unlock the match!

Donate: https://buff.ly/3A6lNkl

Fundraise: https://bit.ly/chwsdg24fundraise

Every August, the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) sponsors National Health Center Week (NHCW) to celebrate and increase awareness of America’s 1,400 Community
Health Centers (CHCs). National Health Center Week is an opportunity to highlight the commitment and passion of Community Health Center staff, board members, and supporters who make it possible to provide quality, comprehensive healthcare services to more than 31.5 million patients across 14,000 communities annually.

Our summer newsletter is live and in your inbox! We also post a version on our website if you'd like to read it but aren't subscribed. You can read it here:

Summer 2024 Newsletter — Volunteers in Medicine San Diego Summer time is a great time for ice cream, and we'll be hanging out with our friends at Chapel of the Valley August 25th at our annual Ice Cream Social. Generously sponsored by Chapel of the Valley United Methodist Church - who also host our little free clinic -  we'll have a varie

Project Homeless Connect @ Ronald Reagan Community Center in El Cajon. Thank you Kevin Roscoe for supporting VIM by providing blood pressure checks and your amazing positive energy!

Proud to a part of the California Association of Nonprofits !

Join VIM this Saturday at Cuyamaca Community College in celebration of World Refugee Day! Be sure to stop by the Volunteers In Medicine table for your free blood pressure reading and lots of great information about our free clinic. See you there!

Our 2023 Impact Report is out! We had a great year, with plenty of challenges to keep us on our toes along with our successes. You can read the full report on our website at: vim-sandiego.org/reports

We ❤️our volunteers! They keep us going & we couldn't do this without them. Donna O'Brien is one of our dedicated board members, who also spends time at the clinic helping get the garden in order & comes with us to health fairs to talk to folks about what we do. We're so grateful for Donna's time and energy - and her experience as a registered nurse provides her with valuable insight into how we can best serve those who need us.

June 10-16 is International Men's Health Week. Click on the following link for a list of things to do this week . https://ow.ly/OPSm50Sbl3g

Happy Earth Day! Did you know that we have a little free community garden along with our little free clinic? We do! And, we're looking for a volunteer or two to help us with planting and planning this season. You can read the full description for the garden manager position here: https://vim-sandiego.org/news/volunteer-garden-manager-needed

Join Volunteers In Medicine San Diego next Saturday, April 13th at the Spring 2024 Family Resources Fair in La Mesa. Admission is free. All are welcome.

It’s National Doctors’ Day! Give a gift of support today in honor of a doctor who made a difference in your life - Your gift will help support our volunteer physicians, provide treatments, help us offer patient support services and much more!

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This week is National Physicians Week, and this Saturday, March 30th, we celebrate National Doctors’ Day. It's a time to recognize the dedication and caring of physicians who dedicate their lives to helping us – whether it’s staying healthy when we’re well, or regaining our health when we’re not.

Doctors are among the most influential people in our lives, and it would be impossible to live as well without them.

Every day, people throughout San Diego County struggle with choosing between paying for food and a place to live, or going to the doctor and getting their needed medications.

Our doctors at Volunteers in Medicine are working hard to make sure that quality healthcare is a reality for all. Join us in honoring our exceptional family of physicians at Volunteers in Medicine San Diego. They not only volunteer their time, but they also invest their care and compassion for each one of our patients.

A big shout out to our team of physicians:

Primary care:

Steven Golbus, MD, Medical Director
Tryna Ramos, MD
Sandra Jassmann, MD
David Polster, MD

Specialists:
Dr Rosemary McHugh, Psychologist
Dr Eric Drimmer, Psychiatrist
Dr Ken Greenberg, Chiropractor
Dr Carolle Jean-Murat, Diabetes Director
Dr Eduardo Fricovsky, Pharmacist
Dr Brooke Resh-Sateest, Dermatologist
Dr Lu Fan, Acupuncturist


And in honor of all the physicians out there, but especially one who has touched your life, please consider making a donation. Your gift will help insure that our volunteer doctors can keep providing essential services to those in need. (the link to our donation page is in the comments)

In honor of Women's History Month, the Women's Museum of California is hosting the Annual San Diego County Women's Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and Reception honors women who have positively impacted San Diego. The event takes place April 13th - come celebrate our local amazing women!

2024 Induction Ceremony | Women's Hall of Fame The Annual San Diego County Women's Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and Reception honor women who have positively impacted San Diego County.

On March 19, 2024 The Wall That Heals arrived at Wells Park in El Cajon, and will be set up by volunteers on March 20th, opening to the public 24 hours a day, starting 10:00 am Thursday March 21st - Sunday, March 24th at 2:00 pm

We are grateful to work with the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund to help educate future generations about this war so that no one serving our country will ever again be mistreated the way Vietnam Vets were.

Join us Fri. March 15th at Surje Coffee Co. - located inside the amazing - for our . https://business.eastcountychamber.org/events/details/3-15-chamber-coffee-connect-16502

It's American Heart Month - Heart disease is a leading cause of death in the United States for both men and women. But you can do a lot to protect your heart and stay healthy.

Protect your heart by:
*Getting Your Blood Pressure and Cholesterol Checked
*Choosing Heart-Healthy Foods
*Getting Regular Physical Activity
*Managing Stress
*Quitting Smoking
*Getting Enough Good-Quality Sleep

Check out the resources from The Heart Truth to learn more!

Our latest newsletter is out and about! You can read it here:

Winter 2024 Newsletter — Volunteers in Medicine San Diego Happy New Year, or as my favorite uncle likes to say - congratulations to planet Earth on another successful lap around the sun! 2023 was a great year here at VIM San Diego. We celebrated our 20th anniversary as a non-profit with a luncheon (and thank you again to all of our sponsors, frie

It's almost here - , a day of giving all over the world - happens November 28th. You can join in by donating (on our website), volunteering, or spreading the word about what we do.

What can your donation do? Here's a quick breakdown of what a donation can do for our patients:

$50 can provide basic medical needs (i.e., box of diabetes test strips)

$100 can provide necessary supplies for patient medical visit

$250 can provide for diagnostic tests (i.e., introductory lab or imaging tests)

$500 can provide three months of medications for behavioral health patients

$1000 can underwrite up to three months of medical supplies

Join us (and millions of people around the world) for a global day of giving and lets see what we can do together!

Volunteers in Medicine - San Diego Founded in 2003, Volunteers in Medicine (VIM) is a free clinic in El Cajon serving those who cannot