Issue 1, Vol 3
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The Heart Beat
In This Issue
LACHC Thanks
Wayne's World
Thanksgiving Footwashing
Dental Services Make a Difference
 LACHC Thanks...
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LA Care Health Plan

In response to state budget cuts that decreased funding for oral health services, LA Care Health Plan awarded LACHC with a grant to help cover a protion of this loss.

Funding from
LA Care Health Plan allows us to provide 270 dental patient visits per month.

 
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Wayne's World
Tip #3

Kids driving you crazy???
WA - tip#3
Remember your ABC's.  Antecedents, Behaviors, and Consequences.  Don't control the behavior, manipulate the antecedents and never reward bad behavior.
 
Living with Children by Gerald Patterson
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Greetings!

Fall is quickly approaching, which means our annual Thanksgiving footwashing event and fall fundraising campaign are near. This issue will give you more information about both events as well as a glimpse into our dental program.
Thanksgiving Footwashing is coming soon!
Actually, it's the day before Thanksgiving (Wed, Nov 25th)
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You are invited to honor homeless individuals by washing their feet, while our medical providers perform minor podiatric procedures. Join us on Wednesday, Nov 25th, on 5th and Wall Streets from 11am-4pm; we will provide about 300 individuals with this service.

Contact Cheryl Barnes (cbarnes@lachc.com) to sign up.

Want to get involved, but can't volunteer, support this event by donating for the supplies (white tube socks, hand soap, baby powder, body lotion, nail clippers, pumice stones, basins and more).

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Donations are accepted on our website:
www.lachc.com
Dental Services Make a Difference 
Virginia LACHC, in partnership with World Impact and Arnie Balber, DDS, is providing dental services to patients in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, where denture services are the most desperately desired dental service. The desire to express joy with a full smile is universal. When missing teeth, like nearly all of our patients do, a joyful smile reveals a most embarrassing lack. However, through a donation of denture lab services from Dr. Campbell's Century Dental Centers, LACHC and Dr. Balber can now service their worst cases of tooth loss.

Restoring her smile
Virginia, a LACHC dental patient, had not smiled for over five years. When her teeth were pulled years ago, she had not kept up her dental appointments and never received her dentures. Having lost her way in life and in drugs, she had given up hope of having a normally functioning life. After she and her husband received Christ, though homeledental suppliesss, were doing their best to rebuild their lives. Once she saw the hope that forgiveness in Christ brought, she dared to think about restoring her smile. It took about two months, but her smile is now constant. Virginia now staffs the front desk for our Watts clinic and recently moved into an apartment with her husband. She's a constant source of encouragement to the Watts community, especially to the dozens of homeless individuals who knew her as one of them for years.

The Lord has inspired so many professionals to provide their services to LACHC. The combination of ministry and healthcare is a challenging environment. Standards of care bump into limited resources, but by serving Christ, amazing changes are had by people like Virginia.

By David Campbell, DDS (Dental Director for LACHC)
Got healthcare? No one can deny we are going through tough times. Besides the multitude of newly unemployed and uninsured, the nonprofits trying to serve them are probably the hardest hit by this economic recession. "Many LA nonprofits are facing a 'perfect storm' of challenges: demand for services has increased, funding has decreased, and fallout from the CA budget crisis adds to financial instability," says David Greco, VP, Western Region, Nonprofit Finance Fund.

This month we launched our 2009 fall campaign to raise money and awareness for the Los Angeles Christian Health Centers. Our goal is to raise $30,000 and 500 new donors by January 2010. Your gift is crucial to our ability to keep services for the "least of these" open. Please consider making an investment in the only Christian Health Center in Los Angeles, and more importantly, in the precious lives and health of those we serve.

Gratefully,
Susan K. Fuentes
President and CEO

In order to have more - desire less.  ~Anonymous