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To recognize this SDFHC board member emeritus for the good he has brought to the community, SDFHC requests Santa Clarita Valley residents to send birthday cards and contributions to the organization on his behalf.
Canty resides in a North Hollywood nursing home. Cards will be delivered to him.
“We think this is a wonderful and appropriate way for local residents to show their appreciation for all Elijah has done for the community, and specifically for health care in this community,” said Cheryl Laymon, SDFHC executive director. “You cannot think of the history of Val Verde without including Elijah’s name.”
In 1978, the 13-member Val Verde Advisory Council recommended to Los Angeles Supervisor Baxter Ward that Val Verde needed some type of health service.
The nearest health service was 14 miles from Val Verde. The community of Val Verde was regarded as an ideal place to train young people in a rural, multiethnic family environment, where primarily low-income families would not receive health care otherwise. The Samuel Dixon Family Health Center in Val Verde opened in August 1980 and was operated jointly by Newhall Memorial Hospital and Santa Monica Hospital.
If you would like to make a contribution to SDFHC in Elijah’s honor, please send it to: Samuel Dixon Family Health Centers, Inc., 25115 West Avenue Stanford, Suite A-104, Valencia, CA 91355. All contributions will be acknowledged. Contributions can also be made online at www.sdfhc.org/donations.html.
SDFHC operates three health centers in the Santa Clarita Valley — Canyon Country Health Center, Val Verde Health Center and Newhall Health Center — as well as outreach sites at College of the Canyons and California Institute of the Arts. SDFHC offers a full range of health care services — physicals, immunizations and vaccines, screenings and diagnostic tests, well baby care and family planning — to those who may not seek health care elsewhere.
Patients pay based on their income. SDFHC provided 10,061 patient encounters in calendar year 2009.
SDFHC was established in 1980 and named for longtime Val Verde resident and minister, the late Rev. Samuel Dixon. A not-for-profit community health center, SDFHC serves the greater Santa Clarita Valley, and is governed by a 16-member board of directors, all of whom are Santa Clarita residents.
The mission of SDFHC is to enhance wellness by providing quality primary health care services and health education to unserved and underserved residents, with a special emphasis on serving the uninsured.
Easily accessible services are available for the entire family in both English and Spanish. Medi-Cal, Blue Cross and Healthy Families are all accepted, and a sliding fee scale is offered, keeping health care affordable for all.
Services are available at the Val Verde Health Center (661-257-4008), the Canyon Country Health Center (661-424-1220) and the Newhall Health Center (661-291-1777).
SDFHC receives United Way funding and is supported by countless individuals as well as corporate sponsors who help make affordable health care possible. Tax-deductible contributions are welcome.
