El  grupo profesional Latino Luncheon anuncio su segundo Noche Latino, donde recaudan fondos para becas que ayudarán estudiantes latinos que atiendan la universidad de West Chester.

El evento, en abril 26, empresaria a la 19:00, durando hasta 22:00.

Para $30, puedes disfrutar música latina, comida, un open bar, y bailar - todo para apoyar la educación de estudiantes locales. Pueden comprar boletos la noche del evento en Barnaby's de West Chester o por el internet, http://latinoluncheon-efbevent.eventbrite.com/#

La Comunidad Hispana has named healthcare executive Alisa Jones as its Chief Operating Officer.

            “We’re excited to have someone with Alisa’s experience join us in an executive position at LCH,” said Margarita Queralt Mirkil, President and Chief Executive Officer of LCH. “Our organization is expanding and her help will help us as we transition LCH in the coming years. She has a wealth of experience in all aspects of healthcare.”

            Jones has a Bachelor’s Degree from California State University and a Master of Public Health from San Diego State University.  Early on, she was a medical assistant and health educator.  Jones spent several years as a consultant to Community Health Centers including San Ysidro Health Center in San Diego, California, where she focused on work-flow analysis and continuous quality improvement activities.

She continued her work with the University of California as a lead instructor in their HIV program and then took on responsibility for operations management of the Evaluation Unit of the Division of Community Pediatrics at the university.

Most recently Jones has been both Bureau Chief and Section Chief for the Delaware Division of Public Health where she has been responsible for multiple health promotion/disease prevention programs in the area of cancer, diabetes and other chronic illnesses and has served as the Maternal and Child Health Director for the Division.

Jones who lives in West Grove is bilingual and has published several papers on HIV related topics. She will begin duties at LCH on Monday, March 11, 2013.

“We are thrilled to welcome Alisa,” Mirkil said. “Her strong background in community health centers, continuous quality improvement and public health will benefit LCH and our patients tremendously.”

La Comunidad Hispana was established in 1973 as a community-based nonprofit organization to empower immigrants and low-income residents in Chester County to stay healthy, build strong families and lead productive, fulfilling lives. LCH is a culturally competent, bilingual, bicultural agency that reflects the community it serves. For more information, go towww.lacomunidadhispana.org or call 610-444-7550, ext. 242.

La Comunidad Hispana is hosting a food safety certification training class in Spanish. The ServSafe® class in Spanish is being administered by Penn State Extension.

 

The course has been developed to train food service managers, chefs, caterers, cooks, health officials, and food processors that need food safety certification.

 

LCH will host the training class on Thursday, April 11 from 9:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. An exam will take place on Thursday, April 18 from 9:30 a.m. until 11:30 p.m. LCH is located at 731 West Cypress Street, Kennett Square

 

This certification demonstrates that the food handler has up-to-date information about food safety and a commitment to provide safe food.  Safe food handling practices protect customers, help increase profitability, reduce liability, maintain patronage and enhance the competitive position of the business. The ServSafe Food Safety Certification Training fulfills the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture requirements that each establishment employ a certified food handler.

 

The $175.00 registration fee covers the cost of the instruction with a Spanish-speaking instructor, book and educational materials.  For more information please contact Maria Gorgo-Gourovitch at 717-394-6851 or by email to mag38@psu.edu.  Please register early to ensure your space in the class. 

 

Penn State Extension is an educational network that gives people in Pennsylvania's 67 counties access to Penn State's resources and expertise. Courses are given in English in West Chester. The course at LCH is in Spanish.

 

Courses are also being given in Lancaster County in March and June and Berks County in May.

 

La Comunidad Hispana was established in 1973 as a community-based nonprofit organization to empower immigrants and low-income residents in Chester County to stay healthy, build strong families and lead productive, fulfilling lives. LCH is a culturally competent, bilingual, bicultural agency that reflects the community it serves. For more information, go towww.lacomunidadhispania.org or call 610-444-7550, ext. 243.

La Comunidad Hispana’s Marguerite “Peggy” Harris has been appointed Clinical Associate in Villanova’s College of Nursing for the Spring 2013 semester.

            “Your role is an important one in contributing to the advanced education of our students, in developing collaborate relationships with the faculty, and in maintaining a tradition of excellence in our College of Nursing,” wrote M. Louise Fitzpatrick, Connelly Endowed Dean and Professor at Villanova.

            Harris is clinical director at LCH.

           

La Comunidad Hispana was established in 1973 as a community-based nonprofit organization to empower immigrants and low-income residents in Chester County to stay healthy, build strong families and lead productive, fulfilling lives. LCH is a culturally competent, bilingual, bicultural agency that reflects the community it serves. For more information, go towww.lacomunidadhispania.org or call 610-444-7550, ext. 243.

La Comunidad Hispana representatives participated in a Family Literacy Nigh event for parents of students in the Kennett Consolidated School District struggling with reading English.

The goal of the outreach effort was to open communication with parents about their children's reading and identify ways to help them improve through home practice. By inviting representatives from LCH, Greenwood Elementary School teacher Emlyn Frangiosa hoped to encourage the parents to seek additional resources that will help them help their children.

About 12 parents attended the literacy event. Additionally, one of LCH's outstanding ESL students shared her story of how ESL classes have empowered her as an employee. She spoke to the difficulty of the classes, but emphasized how helpful they have been overall.

"We enjoyed the opportuinty to dicuss our programs with the parents, emphasizing the ESL programs and the importance of literacy as parents in order to better help their children," said Courtney Fahndrich, LCH's Community relations manager. "Overall the parents were very engaged and I believe they especially appreciated hearing a personal story from one of our current ESL students."

Parents were invited to enroll in ESL classes offered by LCH in one of four sites: Kennett Square, Avondale, Oxford, or Coatesville.

La Comunidad Hispana participo en un evento para padres de hijos del Kennett Consolidated School District que encuentran leyendo en ingles dificil.

El esfuerzo del evento es de tratar emepezar comunicando con padres sobre sus hijos y como leen. Tambien estan tratando de identificar como ayudar sus hijos mejorar sus niveles de leer en casa. Ayudando La Comunidad Hispana, maestro Emlyn Frangiosa, de Greenwood Elementary School, espera que con la ayuda que presentan a los padres, pueden tambien ayudar los ninos.

Casi 12 padres fueron al evento, que llamaron Family Literacy Night, donde La Comunidad Hispana invito que pudieron attender classes de ingles en uno de cuatro lugares: Kennett Square, Avondael, Oxford, o Coatesville.

Para mas informacion de la Comunidad Hispana, pueden visitar el sitio, www.lacomunidadhispania.org, o pueden llamar 610-444-7550.

Tom Hogan, Chester County's District Attorney, is working with local community groups to establish positive ties with the Latino community.

On Friday, Feb. 1, Hogan made a visit to the Kennett Square Family Center, which is run by Nelly Jimenez-Arevalo, to start educating immigrants on how to interact with American police officers. 

"Nelly and I had been planning on doing that for a while," said Hogan. "There are some really defined areas where we can help, such as how immigrants interact with American police."

Given various levels of corruption that permeate the governments of Hispanic countries, it is common that immigrants do not inherently trust the police. Hogan is attempting to change that mode of thinking for the Hispanic community, letting them know that if they are being taken advantage of then they can approach the police for help. 

Hogan also advises that if you are pulled over while driving, turn on the overhead light, place your hands on the steering wheel, and wait for the officer to approach you. Do not reach into the glove compartment prematurely.

Another area of concern being addressed is gang recruitment. Hogan discussed how parents can recognize when their kids are being recruited for gangs, by showing parents what to look for, and how to keep children out of gangs.