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Mariposa Tubac Regional Health Center Open House
On Thursday, April 28th, Mariposa Community Health Center held an Open House for their new Tubac Regional Health Center. Approximately 80 people attended the Open House to tour the clinic, meet the staff, ask insurance related questions, register and enjoy an assortment of desserts! Mariposa opened the Health Center in March and is currently open
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Mariposa Community Health Center’s “Operational Site Review”
Mariposa Community Health Center’s “Operational Site Review”, conducted by the Federal Health Resources Services Administration April 12-14, resulted in Mariposa fully meeting all of the nineteen health center program requirements. As a federally qualified community health center, Mariposa is periodically reviewed to determine compliance with requirements of the health center program. The requirements include evaluating
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Mariposa Community Health Center: Delivering Community-Based Health Services to Santa Cruz County Residents for 25 years!!
Twenty-five years ago, Platicamos Salud (We Talk Health), now known as Mariposa Community Health Center’s Department of Community Health Services, was born from a federally funded Rural Health Care Services Outreach Grant. By 1993, the department had a Director and 24 trained Promotoras de Salud in pre-natal care education. The staff worked out of a
Read more →Nogales Mercado Farmer’s Market
An opportunity to buy local, healthy, fresh food and handmade gifts! Nogales Mercado is THE place to be on Friday afternoons. Here in our beautiful and diverse town of Nogales, Mariposa Community Health Center and Nogales Community Development combined access to healthy food with local economic development to create this vibrant, year-round Farmer’s Market. Experiencing
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Mariposa’s Tubac Regional Health Center to open late February!
Mariposa Community Health Center is pleased to announce the opening of the Tubac Regional Health Center in late February. In 2015, Mariposa was asked by the Tubac Health Care Foundation to resume operations following the Center’s closure by its current operator to ensure that the residents of the northern portion of the County have access
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MCHC receives funding from Susan G. Komen Foundation
Mariposa Community Health Center was awarded $34,426 from the Susan G. Komen Foundation to support Mariposa’s Juntos Contra el Cancer Program (Together Against Cancer). Juntos Contra el Cancer has provided breast health promotion, breast health services, mammography, diagnostic testing and support services for breast cancer survivors targeting medically under-served women since its inception in 1994.
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MCHC Celebrates National Health Center Week and Honors Congressman Rául Grijalva
On Wednesday, August 12th, Sigrid Maitrejean, president of Mariposa’s Board of Directors, presented Congressman Grijalva with the 2015 Distinguished Community Health Defender Award from the National Association of Community Health Centers, recognizing Ills longstanding commitment to health care for all through continuing support for community health centers and the expansion of health care insurance through
Read more →Mariposa Celebrates National Health Center Week!
Mariposa Community Health Center joined health centers nationwide to celebrate National Health Center Week August 9-15, 2015. National Health Center Week is an opportunity to raise awareness about the mission and accomplishments of America’s health centers, the largest and most successful system of primary healthcare in our nation. Health centers started 50 years ago as
Read more →Congratulations to MCHC’s 2015 Scholarship Recipients
Nogales High School graduates, Cheyenne Garcia and Ricardo Lira, Jr., are the winners of the 2015 Mariposa Community Health Center scholarships. The two students were selected by the MCHC Board of Directors from numerous Santa Cruz County applicants. Both Cheyenne and Ricardo will receive $2,500 for two years for a total of $5,000 each toward
Read more →Congratulations to MCHC’s 2015 Scholarship Recipients
Nogales High School graduates, Cheyenne Garcia and Ricardo Lira, Jr., are the winners of the 2015 Mariposa Community Health Center scholarships. The two students were selected by the MCHC Board of Directors from numerous Santa Cruz County applicants. Both Cheyenne and Ricardo will receive $2,500 for two years for a total of $5,000 each toward
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Mariposa’s CFO, Ed Sicurello, named new Chief Executive Officer
The Board of Directors has named Ed Sicurello as the Chief Executive Officer of Mariposa effective Friday, July 17th. Mr. Sicurello has 29 years of leadership experience working with community health centers and hospitals, and in addition to working as the Chief of Operations and Finance since 2004, his relationship with Mariposa, in one form
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Mariposa says farewell to founding CEO, James R. Welden after 35 years
July 17, 2015, marked James R. Welden’s final day at Mariposa after 35 years as CEO… A retirement celebration was held on July 18th to honor Mr. Welden’s achievements. With hundreds in attendance for dinner, live music and a special farewell to Welden, he left the audience with the following message. When you are blessed
Read more →Community Center of Excellence in Women’s Health
Mariposa Community Health Center was one of the first three organizations in the nation to be named by the federal Department of Health and Human Services as a Community Center of Excellence in Women’s Health (CCOE) The Mariposa CCOE facilitates women-focused care and educates patients and the community on women’s health issues. Leadership training and
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MCHC Donates AEDs to Nogales Sonora Fire Department
On Thursday, April 23rd, Mariposa Community Health Center’s (MCHC) Chief Executive Officer, Jim Welden and Medical Director, Eladio Pereira, M.D., presented the Nogales Sonora Fire Department with four automated external defibrillators (AEDs). Nogales Sonora Fire Department Captain Sergio Diaz Regalado and Lieutenant Victor Garay accepted the donation and expressed their gratitude to MCHC for providing
Read more →Congratulations!! Mariposa Wins National Rural Health Association’s 2014 Outstanding Rural Health Program Award
The National Rural Health Association recognized Mariposa’s “Platicamos Salud” program for its innovative Community Health Worker initiatives, as well as its many partnerships with other organizations and the broad scope of work in the community to help improve the lives of community residents.
Read more →Congratulations!! Mariposa Wins National Rural Health Association’s 2014 Outstanding Rural Health Program Award
The National Rural Health Association recognized Mariposa’s “Platicamos Salud” program for its innovative Community Health Worker initiatives, as well as its many partnerships with other organizations and the broad scope of work in the community to help improve the lives of community residents.
Read more →Cassalyn David Receives National Recognition
Cassalyn is the Network Director for the Santa Cruz County Wellness Network. At the April meeting of the National Cooperative of Health Networks (NCHN) in New Orleans, Cassalyn was awarded the Outstanding New & Emerging Network Leader of the Year Award. This award recognizes extraordinary leadership activities demonstrated by a new network leader/director in the
Read more →Winners of MCHC’s 2013 health care scholarships
Oksana Arvizu and Elise Muñoz, graduates of Nogales High School, are the winners of the 2013 Mariposa Community Health Center scholarships. The two students were selected by the MCHC Board of Directors from numerous Santa Cruz County applicants. Both Students will receive a total of $5,000 toward their study. Elise Muñoz, daughter of Marco and
Read more →Susan Kunz receives national award
MCHC is proud to announce that the National Rural Health Association presented Susan Kunz, MCHC’s Director of Health and Wellness, with the first-ever Rosemary McKenzie Legacy Award during a recent meeting in Asheville, N.C. Ms. Kunz was applauded by the NRHA for securing funds to improve rural health access for multiracial and multicultural populations, as well as
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