Articles

Aug

2017

Year after year, the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) convenes to celebrate the importance and impact of health centers by providing quality health care at affordable costs, within the framework of the National Health Center Week. This 2017 Sunset Community Health Center (SCHC) is planning for the tenth time a promising celebration for the Yuma County community through an agenda full of educational activities in various health areas during the week of August 14th -18^th.

Jul

2017

Back to School Physicals!

Mark Your Calendar!

Sunset Community Health Center will be offering "Back to School Physicals" for children from 3 to 18 years old. Call TODAY to make an appointment! Limited Space!

May

2017

Your Heart, Your Life

As part of our Commitment to Helping: “Build Healthier Communities”, Sunset Community Health Center will be offering a FREE and open to the general public called "Your Heart, Your Life." The event will take place Tuesday, May 23 at 675 S. Avenue B Yuma, AZ 85364 from 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. During this fun community event, school-aged children and their parents will receive free age-appropriate preventive health and nutrition information.

Feb

2017

1st Family Resource Health Fair

As part of our Commitment to Helping: “Build Healthier Communities”, Sunset Community Health Center in collaboration with the 4^th Avenue Jr. High School are celebrating Sunset’s 1^st Family Resource Health Fair of 2017 . The event will take place March 11^th at the 4^th Avenue Jr. High, located at 450 South 4^th Avenue from 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

1^st Family Resource Health Fair is FREE and open to the general public! During this fun community event, school-aged children and their parents will receive free age-appropriate preventive health and nutrition information. There will be games, prizes, live music, face painting and opportunities for attendees to win a grand prize package – one of which includes a brand new bike and sports equipment as an effort to promote physical activity among kids and adults.

Jan

2017

Loving Yourself Self-Care to Improve Emotional Wellness

A program designed to develop knowledge and skills in our patients and the community to achieve the integration of physical health with emotional health. This program seeks to eliminate the stigma that exist in our community about emotional health, highlight the importance and the impact that this has on physical health and educate patients to recognize that productive emotional well-being is essential to live a healthy life.

Oct

2016

Wellton 3rd Annual 5K Run & Walk 2016

Sunset Community Health Center will be hosting its 3^rd Annual ^“5K Walk/Run for Diabetes” event in collaboration with the Town of Wellton on Saturday, November 12^th with registration check in starting at 8:00 a.m. and the Walk/Run starting at 9:00 a.m. at the Wellton Community Center located at 10234 Dome Street, Wellton, AZ . Our event is being sponsored by JVS Farms and JBS Five Rivers Cattle Feeding which makes it possible to provide each participant registered by October 21^st with a free T-shirt, snacks and free health screenings.

This event is one of Sunset’s efforts to encourage lifestyle changes to enhance the family’s wellbeing and improve their quality of life. Sunset prides itself in being able to offer this type of event for the community for the third year. We encourage the community to come out and participate by walking or running in awareness of diabetes and knowing the importance of being physically active to prevent or manage diabetes. The 5 K Run & Walk is a great way for members of the community to exercise while having fun. Our main goal is to promote fitness and health; all walkers and strollers are welcomed and encouraged!