Caring for the community is at the heart of what we do at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation (PAMF). Our participation in activities that benefit the communities we serve goes well beyond the walls of our health care centers, reaching out to those who need us the most. In 2006, PAMF provided $8.6 million in services for the poor and underserved, and $5.9 million in community benefits for the broader community.

Here is a partial list of PAMF's community activities in 2006 and 2007:

Addressing Family Health

• Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) program
  
• Childhood Obesity Initiative
  
• Free child immunizations
  
• Participation in Healthy Families and Healthy Kids programs
  
• Tattoo-removal programs
  
• Women's breast cancer and heart disease outreach programs

Partnering With Community Clinics

• Access to Medical Care Program
  
• Central Coast Alliance for Health Commission
  
• Community Chronic Care Program
  
• Dientes
  
• Pathways Home Health, Hospice & Private Duty
  
• Ravenswood Family Health Center
  
• RotaCare Free Clinic
  
• Salud Para la Gente
  
• Siena House Maternity Home

Education On Health

• Breast Cancer Awareness Day
  
• Employer and community health fairs
  
• Free community health lectures
  
• Health education classes
  
• Health resource centers in Dublin, Fremont, Mountain View and Palo Alto
  
• Internships, preceptorships and scholarships for health professionals in training
  
• Parent education programs with local school districts
  
• Pediatric environmental toolkit
  
• Prostate Cancer Awareness Day
  
• School Youth Nutrition Program
  
• Web site health education

Managing Disease

• Diabetes management programs
  
• Dominican Stroke Team
  
• Free community blood pressure screenings
  
• Free flu immunizations to underinsured and uninsured seniors
  
• Free skin cancer screenings
  
• Go for Health: Obesity Initiative/United Way
  
• Hospice Physicians Advisory Committee
  
• PAMFOnline and myCaminoMedical e-health services
  
• Senior health with health screenings and monitoring
  
• Support groups
  
• Weight management programs

Helping The Global Community

• Earthquake relief in India, Pakistan and Afghanistan
  
• Helps International
  
• Hurricane Katrina relief
  
• Physician and employee volunteer activities
  
• Teen and preteen health Web sites