Events
2009 Health Care on the Back of a Napkin with Dan Roam
In November, 2009, HIP's annual forum featured Dan Roam, best-selling author of the Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures. Roam is a communications specialist who uses simple pictures to explain and solve complex problems. His Health Care on the Back of a Napkin presentation was named "World's Best Presentation 2009" by Business Week, and our audience of 150 community leaders engaged in a lively discussion of Roam's pictorial deconstruction of national health care reform proposals. Dan reminded us that "whoever can best explain the problem, can best solve the problem." The event also raised over $12,000 for HIP's Healthy Kids program. For more info on Dan, see his website.
September 18, 2009 - Palo Alto Medical Foundation/Sutter Santa Cruz Physicians Raised over $5,000 for Healthy Kids
September 18, 2009 - WATSONVILLE, CA - Under blue skies and plenty of sunshine, about 60 Santa Cruz Medical Foundation physicians and their staff teed off for a good cause, raising $5,683 at their annual Healthy Kids benefit golf tournament.
The Santa Cruz Medical Foundation physicians have hosted the tournament for the last four years, collectively raising nearly $17,000 for Healthy Kids, a nonprofit health insurance program for local children.
This year's donation will provide five local children with medical and dental coverage for one year.
"Healthy Kids effectively links children to a primary care doctor by providing them with health insurance," said George Mendoza, a Sutter anesthesiology technician, who organizes the event each year. "My physician colleagues and I understand how critical it is for all children to have access to comprehensive health care services."
Studies show that insured children are more likely to receive essential preventive care, immunizations and routine check-ups, improving health and well-being and supporting success in school.
In addition to the golfing donations made by their physicians and staff, the Palo Alto Medical Foundation and Sutter Maternity & Surgery Center have donated over $1 million to support both the Healthy Kids and Healthy Families programs since 2006.
Healthy Kids was launched in 2004 by a coalition of local leaders including the United Way, Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County, Pajaro Valley Community Health Trust, and Dominican Hospital, First 5 Santa Cruz County and the County Health Department. The program has enrolled over 13,000 local children into Medi-Cal, Healthy Families, and the locally funded Healthy Kids Health Plan.
The tournament was held at the Spring Hills Country Club in Watsonville.