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In the News
2011
Simi Valley Acorn, July 29
Simi Valley Acorn, May 13
Ventura County Star, March 23
2010
Simi Valley Acorn, Oct. 22
Alcoa helps refurbish clinic
October is Alcoa’s Worldwide Month of Service. This year the employees of Alcoa Fastening Systems-Simi Valley helped to spruce up the Free Clinic of Simi Valley.
More than 30 Alcoa employees, their families and friends met on a recent Saturday motning to clean up and paint a number of areas in the Free Clinic.As a result of the volunteer efforts the Free Clinic will also receive an ACTION (Alcoans Coming Together In Our Neighborhoods) grant for $3,000 to help continue its work. Now in its fifth year, Alcoa’s Month of Service is a companywide volunteer event. Alcoa had 22,871 volunteers working with 1,900 community organizations across 23 countries. Alcoa Fastening Systems- Simi Valley has 100 employees.
Ventura County Star, April 14, 2010
Simi Clinic to host 'meet and greet' fund-raiser
More than 39 years after the Free Clinic of Simi Valley hosted its first “meet and greet" event, the nonprofit organization is hosting another to garner support and hopefully close its funding gap.
The clinic, which opened in 1971, is struggling to provide medical and dental services to a clientele growing at an average rate of 10 percent per year while funding is flat. The clinic is supported primarily by grants from private foundations and healthcare industry organizations. Some foundations have reduced giving because of low returns on investment portfolios. Others have changed their philanthropic focus because of the political climate surrounding the national healthcare debate or the economy.
“One of our previous foundation donors put all their money into lobbying for healthcare reform in 2009,” said Executive Director Fred Bauermeister. “Another realigned their priorities due to the economy to primary services like food and shelter.”

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