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Community Health Grants (Sutter Health) is sponsored by Sutter Health. Sutter Health invests in sponsorships that improve the health and well-being of people in the communities they serve.

Community Benefit | Sutter Health Giving back is at the core of what we do. As a not-for-profit health system, we support our communities through partnerships, charity care, education, research and local investments. Sutter Health is a proud member of the Association for Community Health Improvement (ACHI) .

We’re committed to improving health for everyone. We enhance the well-being of people in the communities we serve through a not-for-profit commitment to compassion and excellence in healthcare services. Sutter’s mission focuses beyond the walls of our care facilities and out into the community.

Community-based services, mobile clinics, transportation services, and prevention and wellness programs are among the ways Sutter Health seeks to put its mission into action. We enhance the well-being of people in the communities we serve through a not-for-profit commitment to compassion and excellence in healthcare services. Sutter’s mission focuses beyond the walls of our care facilities and out into the community.

Community-based services, mobile clinics, transportation services, and prevention and wellness programs are among the ways Sutter Health seeks to put its mission into action. Sutter Health leads the transformation of healthcare to achieve the highest levels of quality, access and affordability. Community : We work to understand and best serve the diverse needs of our communities.

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We fund local programs that provide support services and improve well-being, like mobile clinics, food banks and wellness classes. Explore Sponsorship Programs Boost your health with sports and classes. We’re partnering with organizations like Bay FC and California Interscholastic Federation to elevate community wellness.

You deserve care, regardless of cost. We provide millions of dollars of financial aid and charity care to underserved populations and the broader community. Sutter Health helps fund food literacy's Urban Farm and Garden Program AMBER STOTT: At Food Literacy Center, our mission is to inspire kids to eat their vegetables.

We go into Title I elementary schools. And we teach hands on cooking and nutrition programs. The reason I started Food Literacy Center is we were seeing really high rates of kids that were facing adult diseases.

Health prevention research shows that when you reach children before they've developed any habits at all, you can help them to learn healthy habits. Today were celebrating the ribbon cutting of Food Literacy We always had the name Food Literacy Center, but we never had a center until now. So the school district built us a cooking school, and then they handed us the keys.

But there's a second part of this project And that's the one acre that's behind us. It is currently a big dirt patch. But we have a big vision for it.

We want kids to come into this space, experience peace, experience joy, to be able to let their anxiety go for a moment. We also want to have a nature area where kids could wander on a foot trail, climb a boulder, or just sit under a tree and just be and be quiet and still. Everybody's very, very excited, but it's got a big price tag on it.

We had a landscape architect that gave us a preliminary quote of $500,000. So it would take me three years to raise that kind of money. Sutter Health came out for it to work.

And next thing you know, I'm getting a call that they are going to fund the entire project. KERI THOMAS, Sutter Health: This is going to be an urban farming garden. And I am here to say the futurist is today.

Sutter Health is contributing half a million dollars AMBER STOTT: It's extremely exciting to partner with Sutter Health on this project because they get it. And they also have a vision of a world where health is equitable. That is a powerful partner.

Sutter Health supports valley area youth programs NARRATOR: At Sutter Health, we are proud that a commitment to the community is at the core of our mission. Through strategic and innovative partnerships, we are able to improve health and wellness in the communities we serve.

And while we support hundreds of community initiatives that span the entire continuum of care, in this video, we want to take a moment to show you some of our programs that specifically support kids.

RANDY TOOKER: Sutter Health has been a partner of ours They realize that the impact the club makes in the community and raising the overall health of under served populations, and wanted to figure out the best way they could support the clubhouse.

We want kids to be active, to learn what nutrition is, and that it's really important to us to keep the kids physically active as well, so it fit right in line with Sutter's drive to have a healthy community. BONNY GORE: This project wouldn't have gotten built without so many people supporting the Boys RANDY TOOKER: When kids have challenging times, and we have people who support the club, then the club can be there for the kids.

JASON VOSLER: We're hosting a clinic for kids. It's a beautiful day, so no place that, I'm sure, a lot of us would rather be. SUBJECT 5: You can tell by the look on their face, they're so excited to be here.

And we're excited that we're able to help KID: This gives you a chance to get some fresh air. KID: We can just run and play. GREG COLETTI: We've had little league camps, but something like this, where it kind of brings everybody together, along with Sutter Health, it was the first time we've done that, and we're going to continue to do this for years to come.

JESSICA VAUGHAN: In Stanislaus and San Joaquin Counties there are a lot of areas that are consider food deserts, and what that means is that there isn't access or adequate access to a regular grocery store where people can go in and get the food that they need.

We look to partner with schools that are in areas like this specifically because we want to make food equality a thing where people can actually come and get the healthy food BRANDY DE ALBA: We have families that line up two hours We are already lined up, at least 50 cars deep all the way JESSICA VAUGHAN: The financial gift that Sutter provides to us goes so much more than just building a program or paying for a driver.

It allows us to purchase thousands upon thousands of pounds of fresh produce that is given to these children on a daily basis. And some of these kids don't get that every day because apples aren't readily available. But now, because of partnerships like Sutter, they are.

LOGAN WOLFE: The three tenants of FitQuest is mental wellness, physical activity, as well as nutrition. And what we want to do is give them tools that they maybe haven't learned before. CHRISTOPHER LITTLE: They live physical wellness by hiking They live mental illness because it's a positive place.

Nutritional wellness, well, we control what they eat. So they get to see it here, live it here, and hopefully, we've laid that foundation for kids to move forward in a positive light. MOM: That's always been the highlight of our summer.

It feels like something is missing in our summer TEEN: While the families are here, they get to visit the Shady Creek Raptor Center. They get to go to our challenge course. CHRISTOPHER LITTLE: We're part of the California Outdoor School of Administrators.

No county program has support like we do with Sutter Health. So to me, it's a game changer. I don't know how we got so lucky to be part of it.

ASHLEY CARNICELLO: It's all hands on deck. TAMMIE CRABTREE: We're a small agency, and it takes all of us ASHLEY CARNICELLO: With the base of our agency been domestic violence and sexual assault support services, naturally we want to build a curriculum around that.

TAMMIE CRABTREE: It's not about telling kids It's about building the skills that they understand that your actions affect other people, and you have to be accountable for that. ASHLEY CARNICELLO: They come in, and they may only And these kids build a little support system for themselves.

TAMMIE CRABTREE: There is not another program The Sutter foundation grant has allowed us to do things for the children that we would not I don't want to cry, but it is. AMBER STOTT: At Food Literacy Center, our mission is to inspire kids to eat their vegetables. We go into Title I elementary schools, and we teach hands-on cooking and nutrition programs.

Today, we're celebrating the ribbon cutting of Food Literacy Center, but there's a second part of this project that is not finished, and that's the one acre that's behind us. Everybody is very, very excited, but it's got a big price tag on it. We want kids to come into this space, experience peace, experience joy, to be able to sort of let their anxiety go for a moment.

Sutter Health came out for a tour, and next thing you know, I'm getting a call that they are going to fund the entire project. KERI THOMAS: Sutter Health is contributing a half a million dollars to finish the project. AMBER STOTT: It's extremely exciting to partner with Sutter Health on this project because they get it, and they also have a vision of a world where That is a powerful partner.

NARRATOR: At Sutter Health, we know it's important for children to have early, positive experiences and build healthy habits Programs like these achieve those goals, and help us improve the lives of thousands of kids each year. Pacers take space: Wellness clinic created at Sacramento- area high school GINA WARREN: There is undying spirit that lives right here on this campus that's hard to describe to people who didn't grow up in it.

DARRIS HINSON: Something that we fashion under the moniker Within this school you have generations of the same families that have come through. And we all make sure that our kids come through. GINA WARREN: Del Paso Heights, 95838, 95815 are always at the top of the list for challenges with low educational attainment, mental health, and families JOVANIE HARRIS: The students are impacted from the moment they get out of bed in the morning.

DARRIS HINSON: Without question we have students who come to school for their first meal We have students who come to school leaving violent situations, maybe at home LADEIJA LUCKEY: When I was a freshman at Grant High School, me and my family were homeless, going through it. I didn't go to six, seventh, eighth, or ninth grade. GINA WARREN: These are raw and real challenges that our kids face every day.

DARRIS HINSON: You can't expect someone to perform at a high level academically if they have all these other things on their shoulders JOVANIE HARRIS: The resources that this neighborhood needs are in neighboring neighborhoods. There's not very many banks. But there are checking cashes.

Access to healthy food is not as prevalent here. And that contributes to the overall health LADEIJA LUCKEY: We need kids to be able to get out Because I'm not going to lie, there's nothing here. There's nothing out here for anybody.

JOVANIE HARRIS: Pacer's Takes Space is a behavioral health support center that's located right here on Grant Union High School's campus with the collaboration of Sutter Health, Twin Rivers, Sacramento Native American Health Center, and Neighborhood Wellness. We have worked as a team to really build a support center that can help students navigate their challenges and build coping skills.

BRITTA GUERRERO: The school district provides the education system, the high school. And Neighborhood Wellness is the conduit to the community.

We then have been tagged in to be the health care provider and through Sutter'a support are able to teach young people how to be their own health advocates and giving them the tools JOVANIE HARRIS: We are hoping that through having a health center on campus, the students will be able to get the care that they need on campus during the school day right here in their community at a location that they are used to frequent.

BRITTA GUERRERO: The students have access to all of the adult amenities that they would receive at any doctor's office. We have a MediCal enrollment office. We have behavioral health services.

So you're really looking at that child from all of the elements of their health and ramping that student in resources. GINA WARREN: It means something to not just health and wellness, but to education. And when you have a great education, And when you have a great future, you got economic stability and you got long term stability.

We need this to be here for the next generation because our kids deserve that. That's how you break the cycle. LADEIJA LUCKEY: I am breaking it by being the first person in my whole family to go to school And I will graduate from school.

I just want to set an example for not only my siblings, but the kids are looking up to me. DARRIS HINSON: How often do you hear that people care, especially in areas like Del Paso Heights, where people can feel forgotten. So to have an organization like Sutter Health step in and say we care, it gives a level of confidence that we can be successful.

KELLY BRENK: Investments like these are critical to Sutter Health because commitment to community is at the core of our mission. To put a health center on the campus where kids are going every day anyway, it increases access to care in a really accessible way. BRITTA GUERRERO: You see that might go off or that spark, and you know that this is their launching pad and the opportunities are endless.

GINA WARREN: We haven't even opened up to the entire campus But where we offer it through the summer and then the following school year, it's a game changer. It's a life changer for our community.

Sutter Health helps second harvest of the greater valley's mobile fresh program BRANDY DE ALBA: We have families that line up two hours And if you walk with me down here to the end, you'll see that we are already lined up at least 50 cars deep all the way around the corner. All the volunteers in there, they're all parents. They're volunteering, and they the same need as everybody else, but they are serving our community.

They know what it means to look out for each other, And that's why you do this. It's a lot of work, it's a lot of sweat, and we are exhausted at the end of the day. But in the end, that's what we're supposed to do.

JESSICA VAUGHAN: In Stanislaus and San Joaquin Counties, there are a lot of areas that are considered food deserts. And what that means is that there isn't access or adequate access to a regular grocery store where people can go in and get the food that they need.

We look to partner with schools that are in areas like this specifically because we want to make food equality a thing where people can actually come and get the healthy food options that they need, like the apples and the cauliflower and the carrots that those families don't always For us to be able to provide food like this to these kids thanks to organizations like Sutter, it means the world to them and to us.

KEENON KRICK: Food banks typically have the reputation that you're getting the dented cans. We're now sourcing produce that is freshly picked and sourced as quickly as we can possibly get it out to the individual. BRANDY DE ALBA: The financial gift that Sutter provides to us goes so much more than just building a program or paying for a driver.

It allows us the flexibility to go into that marketplace and purchase thousands upon thousands of pounds of fresh produce that is given to these children on a daily basis. And some of these kids don't get that every day because apples are readily available. But now, because of partnerships like Sutter, they are.

JESSICA VAUGHAN: We are in a food desert out here. When it comes to healthy food choices, it is very, very difficult. So having Second Harvest come on a regular basis, it helps with the food desert Sutter Health supports Boys and Girls Club of Placer County RANDY TOOKER: We couldn't be more excited about this new clubhouse.

What's unique about this is that it's a facility base just for kids six to 18 years old, So really, it shows the kids and the community that the community is making an investment in them and wants them to be successful, not only now but be successful members of the community as they grow up. BONNY GORE: People think about Roseville as a very affluent, well-off community. And for the most part, we are.

But we also have neighborhoods that have fewer resources, RANDY TOOKER: When we made this move to develop this site in Roseville, we met with community leaders, water supervisors, educators. The Roseville Heights neighborhood kept coming up as an area of critical need. And so we started really looking at the possibilities here.

Our community sponsorship is key for us. Sutter Health has been a partner of ours for a long time. They realize impact the club makes in the community and raising the overall health of the community and underserved populations and wanted to figure out the best way they could support the clubhouse.

We ended up naming our recreation area We want kids to be active, to learn what nutrition is. And then it's really important to us to keep the kids physically active as well. So it fit right in line with Sutter's drive to have a healthy community.

BONNY GORE: The one thing I really appreciate about this project is that it was a collaboration. This project wouldn't have gotten built without so many people supporting Boys & Girls Club. RANDY TOOKER: When kids have challenging times and we have people who support the club, then the club can be there for the kids so they're successful.

Sutter Health helps support Play Ball Weekend batting practice and skills clinic JASON VOSLER: We're hosting a clinic for kids. It's a beautiful day, so no place that, I'm sure, a lot these kids would rather be. GREG COLETTI: This is the Play Ball Initiative that is running nationwide.

It's an initiative to get the kids off the iPads, playing baseball, and, really, for baseball TOMMY TREJO: You can tell by the look on their face, they're so excited to be here. And we're excited that we're able to help them - Sutter Health has been a partner since, really, day one We've come up with a lot of different ideas, from high school baseball makeovers, to little league field makeovers, and now, obviously, to Play Ball Weekend.

KEILANI PANEDA: This is what we do at Sutter. We're always happy to partner with our community members-- the River Cats, Major League Baseball, and especially the Little Leagues in our community. JASON VOSLER: I think sports in general just provide such good life lessons, and communication skills, and leadership skills, - We got to play on the field.

JASON VOSLER: I'm sure they're having a good time, just being out in the field. - Just gives you a chance to get some fresh air. - We can just run and play.

- We've had Little League Camps, but something like this, where it kind of brings everybody together along with Sutter Health, this is the first time we've done that here at the ballpark. And we're going to get here to do something like this for years to come. - All I can say is I'm definitely going to come back.

It's really fun to be here. Sutter Health helps fund food literacy's Urban Farm and Garden Program AMBER STOTT: At Food Literacy Center, our mission is to inspire kids to eat their vegetables. We go into Title I elementary schools.

And we teach hands on cooking and nutrition programs. The reason I started Food Literacy Center is we were seeing really high rates of kids that were facing adult diseases. Health prevention research shows that when you reach children before they've developed any habits at all, you can help them to learn healthy habits.

Today were celebrating the ribbon cutting of Food Literacy We always had the name Food Literacy Center, but we never had a center until now. So the school district built us a cooking school, and then they handed us the keys. But there's a second part of this project And that's the one acre that's behind us.

It is currently a big dirt patch. But we have a big vision for it. We want kids to come into this space, experience peace, experience joy, to be able to let their anxiety go for a moment.

We also want to have a nature area where kids could wander on a foot trail, climb a boulder, or just sit under a tree and just be and be quiet and still. Everybody's very, very excited, but it's got a big price tag on it. We had a landscape architect that gave us a preliminary quote of $500,000.

So it would take me three years to raise that kind of money. Sutter Health came out for it to work. And next thing you know, I'm getting a call that they are going to fund the entire project.

KERI THOMAS, Sutter Health: This is going to be an urban farming garden. And I am here to say the futurist is today. Sutter Health is contributing half a million dollars AMBER STOTT: It's extremely exciting to partner with Sutter Health on this project because they get it.

And they also have a vision of a world where health is equitable. That is a powerful partner. Sutter Health supports valley area youth programs NARRATOR: At Sutter Health, we are proud that a commitment to the community is at the core of our mission.

Through strategic and innovative partnerships, we are able to improve health and wellness in the communities we serve. And while we support hundreds of community initiatives that span the entire continuum of care, in this video, we want to take a moment to show you some of our programs that specifically support kids.

RANDY TOOKER: Sutter Health has been a partner of ours They realize that the impact the club makes in the community and raising the overall health of under served populations, and wanted to figure out the best way they could support the clubhouse.

We want kids to be active, to learn what nutrition is, and that it's really important to us to keep the kids physically active as well, so it fit right in line with Sutter's drive to have a healthy community. BONNY GORE: This project wouldn't have gotten built without so many people supporting the Boys RANDY TOOKER: When kids have challenging times, and we have people who support the club, then the club can be there for the kids.

JASON VOSLER: We're hosting a clinic for kids. It's a beautiful day, so no place that, I'm sure, a lot of us would rather be. SUBJECT 5: You can tell by the look on their face, they're so excited to be here.

And we're excited that we're able to help KID: This gives you a chance to get some fresh air. KID: We can just run and play. GREG COLETTI: We've had little league camps, but something like this, where it kind of brings everybody together, along with Sutter Health, it was the first time we've done that, and we're going to continue to do this for years to come.

JESSICA VAUGHAN: In Stanislaus and San Joaquin Counties there are a lot of areas that are consider food deserts, and what that means is that there isn't access or adequate access to a regular grocery store where people can go in and get the food that they need.

We look to partner with schools that are in areas like this specifically because we want to make food equality a thing where people can actually come and get the healthy food BRANDY DE ALBA: We have families that line up two hours We are already lined up, at least 50 cars deep all the way JESSICA VAUGHAN: The financial gift that Sutter provides to us goes so much more than just building a program or paying for a driver.

It allows us to purchase thousands upon thousands of pounds of fresh produce that is given to these children on a daily basis. And some of these kids don't get that every day because apples aren't readily available. But now, because of partnerships like Sutter, they are.

LOGAN WOLFE: The three tenants of FitQuest is mental wellness, physical activity, as well as nutrition. And what we want to do is give them tools that they maybe haven't learned before. CHRISTOPHER LITTLE: They live physical wellness by hiking They live mental illness because it's a positive place.

Nutritional wellness, well, we control what they eat. So they get to see it here, live it here, and hopefully, we've laid that foundation for kids to move forward in a positive light. MOM: That's always been the highlight of our summer.

It feels like something is missing in our summer TEEN: While the families are here, they get to visit the Shady Creek Raptor Center. They get to go to our challenge course. CHRISTOPHER LITTLE: We're part of the California Outdoor School of Administrators.

No county program has support like we do with Sutter Health. So to me, it's a game changer. I don't know how we got so lucky to be part of it.

ASHLEY CARNICELLO: It's all hands on deck. TAMMIE CRABTREE: We're a small agency, and it takes all of us ASHLEY CARNICELLO: With the base of our agency been domestic violence and sexual assault support services, naturally we want to build a curriculum around that.

TAMMIE CRABTREE: It's not about telling kids It's about building the skills that they understand that your actions affect other people, and you have to be accountable for that. ASHLEY CARNICELLO: They come in, and they may only And these kids build a little support system for themselves.

TAMMIE CRABTREE: There is not another program The Sutter foundation grant has allowed us to do things for the children that we would not I don't want to cry, but it is. AMBER STOTT: At Food Literacy Center, our mission is to inspire kids to eat their vegetables. We go into Title I elementary schools, and we teach hands-on cooking and nutrition programs.

Today, we're celebrating the ribbon cutting of Food Literacy Center, but there's a second part of this project that is not finished, and that's the one acre that's behind us. Everybody is very, very excited, but it's got a big price tag on it. We want kids to come into this space, experience peace, experience joy, to be able to sort of let their anxiety go for a moment.

Sutter Health came out for a tour, and next thing you know, I'm getting a call that they are going to fund the entire project. KERI THOMAS: Sutter Health is contributing a half a million dollars to finish the project. AMBER STOTT: It's extremely exciting to partner with Sutter Health on this project because they get it, and they also have a vision of a world where That is a powerful partner.

NARRATOR: At Sutter Health, we know it's important for children to have early, positive experiences and build healthy habits Programs like these achieve those goals, and help us improve the lives of thousands of kids each year. Pacers take space: Wellness clinic created at Sacramento- area high school GINA WARREN: There is undying spirit that lives right here on this campus that's hard to describe to people who didn't grow up in it.

DARRIS HINSON: Something that we fashion under the moniker Within this school you have generations of the same families that have come through. And we all make sure that our kids come through. GINA WARREN: Del Paso Heights, 95838, 95815 are always at the top of the list for challenges with low educational attainment, mental health, and families JOVANIE HARRIS: The students are impacted from the moment they get out of bed in the morning.

DARRIS HINSON: Without question we have students who come to school for their first meal We have students who come to school leaving violent situations, maybe at home LADEIJA LUCKEY: When I was a freshman at Grant High School, me and my family were homeless, going through it. I didn't go to six, seventh, eighth, or ninth grade. GINA WARREN: These are raw and real challenges that our kids face every day.

DARRIS HINSON: You can't expect someone to perform at a high level academically if they have all these other things on their shoulders JOVANIE HARRIS: The