WesternU Students to Volunteer at Free Health Fair
The Pomona Community Health Action Team (PCHAT) will provide free health
screenings and medical checkups Saturday, November 20, from 10 a.m. to 1
p.m. at Philadelphia Elementary School, 600 E. Philadelphia St., Pomona.
Residents of all local communities are welcome to attend.
The health fair is the second in a series of six planned through May, and
has been designated as a special Open House event. Local city council
members and police officers, as well as administrators from Western
University of Health Sciences (WesternU), are expected to be on hand for
the occasion.
Medical students from WesternU will conduct the health screenings under
the supervision of licensed physicians. Students from the Pomona Unified
School District’s Adult Education program for nursing assistants will also
participate.
San Dimas resident Stephanie Fronk, 24, is a second-year medical student
at WesternU and the student coordinator of the event.
“”I decided to help coordinate this year’s health fair series because I
know it provides a valuable service to local residents,”” Fronk
said. “”There are many people who would go far too long without receiving a
health screening if we didn’t volunteer to do it.””
She is no stranger to helping others; she has worked with pregnant teens
at Ganesha and Pomona high schools, volunteered as a medical assistant to
the San Dimas High School football team, and serves as a coordinator for
Montclair Clinic, which provides medical care for the undeserved in the
Inland Valley.
She began her service work early in life when she began helping the
American Diabetes Association at the age of 12 after being diagnosed with
that condition.
“”Helping others is a very rewarding experience for me; I think I get as
much out of it as the people I serve,”” Fronk said.
After the November 20 PCHAT session is over, she will start planning for
the rest in the series. The free health screenings are scheduled from 10
a.m. to 1 p.m. at the following locations:
Jan. 29, 2000; Vejar Elementary; 950 W. Grand Ave., Pomona
Feb. 26, 2000; WesternU Medical Center; 360 E. Mission Blvd., Pomona
April 15, 2000; WesternU Medical Center; 360 E. Mission Blvd., Pomona
May 6, 2000; Washington Elementary; 975 E. 9th St., Pomona
Other organizations involved in PCHAT are the Healthy Start program,
Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center, Pomona Catholic High School and the
Associated Pomona Teachers Association.