Since 2017, Kaiser Permanente has invested more than $13 million dollars as part of its long-term commitment to help rebuild and support wildfire and flood recovery efforts. We acknowledge the importance of basic needs, such as housing, education, and mental health support, in the long-term health and viability of our community. This is why we are prioritizing essential needs of the communities we support at a neighborhood level.
IN BRIEF: 2020 grant process update; Lifehouse honors Pat Kendall; and more!
Family Medicine Residency volunteers
Caring moments heal
During the Kincade Fire, many Kaiser Permanente physicians and employees provided extra care for our members and the community inside and outside our facility walls. To show gratitude to those individuals who went above and beyond to help our members and the community, we'd like to share some of these caring moments...
Kaiser Permanente Chairman and CEO Greg Adams, left, and California Governor Gavin Newsom.
Kaiser Permanente pledges $25M to state housing fund
Kaiser Permanente announced it will be a first private sector contributor to California Governor Gavin Newsom's newly announced fund to combat homelessness in the state, committing $25 million to the effort.
The 2020 grant making will be an invite-only process guided by our recent Community Health Needs Assessment and community engagement sessions that informed the development of our adopted health need priorities and their respective implementation strategies with a goal to address inequities in community health.
Lifehouse recently honored Kaiser Permanente’s Pat Kendall, San Rafael Medical Center medical group administrator, for outstanding corporate involvement.
San Rafael Medical Center Medical Group Administrator Pat Kendall,
second from left, was honored by Lifehouse, represented here
by Viola Morris, Nancy Dow Moody, and Ann Elias.
Kaiser Permanente named one of the healthiest companies!
We’re proud to be selected by the North Bay Business Journal as one of the Healthiest Companies in the North Bay! We take pride in offering our employee health and wellness programs, including onsite cardio and mindfulness classes, wellness massages, free flu shots, and healthy food choices at our cafeterias. Kaiser Permanente cares about its employees’ total health and wellness—
body, mind, and spirit—so that we can care for each other, our members and the communities we serve. Your health and wellness are important to all of us. Read the announcement as it appeared in the North Bay Business Journal.
KP Northern California rated best in mental health care in state
Kaiser Permanente Northern California is being lauded for achieving the highest possible rating in the state for behavioral and mental health care, and overall quality of medical care in the annual Health Care Quality Report Card from California's Office of the Patient Advocate. Read more here.
Upcoming Marin-Sonoma community events
A half marathon in San Francisco and National Wear Red Day are just a few of the events coming up in our community. Read more here.
Share Your Community Health Story
If you have a story you would like to share in Marin-Sonoma KP in the Community News, please contact Communications Manager Ronelle Scardina at Ronelle.V.Scardina@kp.org.
