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“Bridge To Health Fair” Offers Free Health And Dental Screenings

Bridge To Home and Samuel Dixon Family Health Center, Inc. hosted a free “Bridge to Health Fair,” event, providing complimentary health and dental screenings for the Santa Clarita community.


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Bridge to Home partnered with the nonprofit health center for the June 29 event at the Samuel Dixon Family Health Center in Newhall.

Event organizers invited medical and dental service providers to be available on-site to assist the community with healthcare basics and answer questions.

Guest from the Santa Clarita community enjoyed free resources and health screenings, including body-mass indexing, blood pressure checks, blood glucose checks, vision testing, dental screening, tuberculosis and STI testing, mental health counseling, substance use case management referral services and healthcare enrollment.

Philip Solomon, the chief executive officer of Samuel Dixon Family Health Center, joined forces with the nonprofit homeless services organization to provide critical services to the Santa Clarita Valley.

“We are proud to partner with Bridge To Home and pool our resources to help individuals and families access critical services needed for their health and well-being,” Solomon said. “Our mission, vision and values align and complement each other as we are committed to helping Santa Clarita’s most vulnerable”.

Bridge To Home provides a variety of community services with their all-inclusive, “housing first approach” for individuals experiencing homelessness, helping them transition from emergency to permanent housing, through case management, housing navigation, and medical clinics, according to Bridge To Home staff.

Chris Najarro, director of programs with Bridge To Home, wanted to contribute to improving the quality of life in Santa Clarita for all residents, by providing this event to the public.

“For the last 20 years Bridge to Home has helped thousands of individuals and families get back on track,” Najarro said. “The Bridge to Health Fair is one small part of that puzzle in our community, providing critical care services not just to our clients, but free to all local residents who may need healthcare interventions to improve their lives.”

To help support healthcare needs in the Santa Clarita Valley, or to find out more about needed donations and volunteering at Bridge To Home, click here.

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Gilbert A. Bernal Jr. has been part of the KHTS video department since Jan 2017. He was hired as video editor in June 2017 after his four-month internship in the video department. While serving as a video intern, his duties were extended to become a multimedia journalist, producing news videos for KHTS News and Features. Gilbert was added to the KHTS team as part of the station’s continued growth and expansion. An Army veteran, father and local artist Gilbert has dedicated time and energy to volunteering at schools in the Santa Clarita Valley. At Pinetree Community Elementary School, in Canyon Country, Gilbert donated art for school auctions, photographed events and painted murals. At Canyon High, he gave two art demonstrations for the “Yes I Can” organization, a peer counseling class that focuses on learning about disabilities, social inclusion, and tolerance. Starting in Feb 2017 Gilbert launched the “KHTS Man On the Street” video features which gather and reports local opinion of Santa Clarita residents on current issues or events. A return student at College of the Canyons since 2014, Gilbert has been apart of the Media Entertainment Arts department working as a college assistant. After enrolling into the film program in 2014, he was hired to work in the camera equipment room (The Cage). There he helps students with film equipment rentals and technical advice. Gilbert received his associates degree in Film Production from College of the Canyons in 2017. He is continuing his educational path and plans to attend CSUN in Fall 2018 to work for a Bachelor's degree in Film.