The OJPOA – Officer’s for Justice Peace Officer’s Association held a Mardi Gras in November event for the 12th Annual Scholarship Fundraiser and Gala. Other than the dignitaries present at the event, there was also a special moment to honor the Vallejo Fallen Officer Jame Capoot. In addition Keenya Williams was recognized for saving a man’s life by pulling him out of a burning vehicle. To the people that help saves lives…police officers, healthcare professionals and the like…thank you.
Dr. Theresa Mostasisa has been invited be the Keynote Speaker for City College of San Francisco’s Licensed Vocational Nursing Program at this year’s graduation ceremony in December.
Ms. Tamara Martin, CCSF Chairperson commented, ”Our community has suffered considerably over the past decade having had problems with affordable, quality healthcare for all. California’s healthcare system has also suffered with providing quality care due to the nursing shortage. It is because of your role within the educational and healthcare system that our program is able to graduate competent nurses to care for the community and ease the nursing shortage. We still have a lot of work to do as steeper budget cuts are in the forecast, with community college budgets being slashed and healthcare also taking a massive budget cut. However, we continue to encourage more students to enroll in our program as we strive and continue to graduate safe, competent and employable nurses. That is the theme for our graduating class, how we grow over the course of our program from having very little knowledge to becoming nurses that embody the skills needed to thrive in the workforce.
Given that you originally came from City College’s L.V.N. and R.N. program and have given over 20 years of your professional career to teach students and the public about the importance of health and access to quality healthcare, I am certain that you will see how such an exemplary role model such as yourself could have a positive impact on the students here if you could, perhaps, spare half an hour of your time to speak at our graduation and to tell us about your own experiences with healthcare and how having safe, competent and employable L.V.N.’s impact patients care.”
There was no way Dr. Mostasisa would miss this.
Congratulations to the Vocational Nursing Graduates from the Institute of Medical Education, San Jose, California! On October 21, 2011 a beautiful ceremony was held at the Hilton Hotel in downtown honoring their achievement.
The National Latin Peace Officers Association (NLPOA) continue to contribute and support education. A Scholarship Dinner was held in San Francisco, California on September 2011 wherein scholarships were awarded. For more information www.NLPOA.org.
The SFAPOA – San Francisco Asian Peace Officers Association is hosting a Dinner during the month of October wherein scholarships will be awarded. For more information, visit www.sfapoa.org.
Dr. Mostasisa has been invited to speak at the 27th Anual Nursing Symposium in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on Evidenced Based Practice…keep tuned!
PHILOS has just completed the 24th humanitarian medical mission to the Jagna in Bohol, Philippines. Forrest Malakoff, Founder and Chair reported the trip to be another huge success.
- 10 major gynecological surgeries were performed and one emergency c-section that saved the life of the mother and child
- 635 adults, children and babies received primary care and medicine
- 3,678 children under 6 now receive a hot nutritious meal 5 days per week
- Malnourished kids are already gaining weight just two months after the program started
PHILOS needs your help now. We are ready to ship our 2nd cargo container of 271,000 meals. For only 3 CENTS a day, we can feed a child a nutritious vitamin packed hot meal and save lives!
$50 USD provides 25 kids with meals for 4 months
$100 USD provides 50 kids with meals for 4 months
$500 USD gives 250 meals for 4 months
$1000 USD buys 500 kids with meals for 4 months
Philos Health
PO Box 590371
SF, CA 94159
Happy Nurses Week to all nurses, women AND men, practicing AND non-practicing…all have made a difference in this world.
