VCH GENERAL

MEETING WEEK 1:
Committees Introduction
 ICE
BREAKER
 FALL QUARTER RECAP
Last quarter we had…….

1 NEW Health Site Location

3 Health Sites in total

1 Special Site

1 Health Fair ALL

…. Serving over 320 patients!
THANKS TO
YOU!
 COVID-19 Updates
1. Face masks will be required at all VCH events including but not limited to: General meetings,
committee meetings, socials, Health Sites, Health Fairs, and Special sites. Please bring your
own face mask. Entry will be denied if the participant is not wearing a face mask.
2. All VCH members will be required to show clearance from the daily symptom monitoring
survey at all VCH events.
3. All VCH members must be fully vaccinated (including the booster shot) unless medically
exempted and will be required to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination or medical exemption
at each event.
4. All VCH members will be required to show proof of a negative covid-19 test result within 7
days of the event they are attending.
5. All VCH members are asked to fill out this contact tracing form if they develop any
COVID-19 symptoms after attending a VCH event.
6. If VCH members know that they are unable to attend a VCH GM due to COVID-19 related
reasons, please fill out this form in order to receive the link and password to a remote
alternative.
*Please go to VCHBruins.com for complete details regarding our policies!*
 WINTER GENERAL MEETINGS

TIME: 6:00-7:00 pm

LOCATION: BOELTER 2760

WEEKS: Bi-Weekly on odd weeks

(1,3,5,7,9)
WINTER ACTIVE MEMBERSHIP

Requirements:
1. 3 GMs
2. Health Site or Special Site
3. Health Fair

***If you sign up for HF or HS but there aren’t enough spots, you
can substitute committee membership for one of them***

If you know you cannot meet these requirements but want to be an

active member, you must ask for substitutions by Week 8 Friday at
11:59pm
WINTER ACTIVE MEMBERSHIP

If you are not comfortable attending in-person events due to

the pandemic but still want to be an active member, email
vchbruins@gmail.com and we will try to work out an alternative
arrangement.

Benefits of active membership:

● Listed as an official member of VCH on our website
● Applications for VCH Staff, Committee Heads, and
Internship
● Banquet at the end of Spring Quarter!
(depending on public health guidelines)
 GENERAL MEMBER ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM

What is it? What counts? What happens?

Simply a way to - Failure to communicate 1 warning = Nothing
properly with
encourage immediate
Committee Heads.
communication and - Failure to read/follow
responsibility between instructions from 2 warnings = Lost
members, committee emails. priority for one event
heads, and staff. - Repeated failure to
Intended to improve respond in a timely 3 warnings = Lost
our operations and the fashion to any
priority for sign-ups
Response/Action
experience for Required emails. for the quarter
everyone. - Improper
behavior/actions at any **Cumulative
VCH-related events throughout the year
that impede our
operation
 Language
Development
Increase accessibility of VCH resources while
developing your own language skills!
 Why Language Development?
Main Goals:
- Increase language accessibility of
VCH materials by translating
resources to Viet and Spanish
- Improve patient experiences at
Health Sites and Health Fairs by
creating + providing resources that
increase volunteer language
proficiency

Winter Quarter Projects:

Meetings: - Language Refresher presentation
Thursdays Weeks 2-6 + Social Week 7 - Written + verbal translations for
5:30PM - 6:30PM PEW, Nutrition, Patient Outreach
In-Person Location TBA (online Week 2) - HF cheat sheets for Navigators!
 Navigators
Work Directly with Health Fair Coordinators:
Phoebe and Michelle!
 WHAT SETS US APART?
Main Goal: Optimize
Patient Experience at
Health Fair
● Learn Health Fair Layout and Duties as
a Navigator
➢ Answer patients’ questions,
Welcome patients and providers,
Encourage patients to see
services, and more!
Meetings ● Review Fall Health Fair Data and Patient
Wednesdays, Even Weeks Surveys to implement improvements
5:00 - 5:50pm in for our Next Health Fair
● Understand community needs to
Ackerman 2412 determine potential new services for
(except online Week 2) the future!
 Nutrition
A tasty opportunity to serve our community
and share knowledge through projects!
 WHY NUTRITION?
Main Goals
- Improve the health of the
community by enhancing
knowledge about nutrition
- Provide resources to
populations in which nutrition
is often overlooked esp.
elderly, Vietnamese, Hispanic
Meetings
Thursdays, 5-6 PM Winter Projects
Weeks 2, 3, 4, 6, and 7 - Short videos on a topic of
Ackerman Room 2412 your choice!
On Zoom Week 2! - Nutrition’s Fun Facts
 Patient
Outreach
Communicate directly with our patients and put
together some amazing projects!
 Why join Patient Outreach?
Meetings
Main Goals Thursdays, 6-6:45 PM
Zoom, Wk 2
● Maintain patient
engagement and
SAC Conference
support Room 5, Wk 3-6
● Inform our service
recipients on VCH
events and Winter Quarter
resources
● Provide our patients Projects
with helpful ● Health Fair Graphic or
health-related info infographic
in an ● Newsletter
easy-to-understand ● Calling/texting
manner patients (tentatively)
 Patient Education &
Wellness
Knowledge is Power! Inform members of VCH
and the community about health issues!
 WHY PEW?
Main Goals
● Educate our patient population on
issues that affect them through
resources such as infographics!
● Educate general members on topics
that disproportionately affect our
patient population!

Meetings Winter Projects

Wednesdays, 6-7 PM ● Short Case Study Videos on
Weeks 2-6 + Social Week 7! Cultural Responsiveness
Meeting Room TBD
● Infographics For Health Fair
On Zoom Week 2!
PRE-ORDER OUR NEW MERCH!!
HOW MUCH: $20
WHEN: Early
Winter Quarter
HOW DO I BUY
ONE?
Fill out this form!

tinyurl.com/vchmerch
 SIGN UP FOR OUR
COMMITTEES!
Feel free to message our Committee Heads
right now to ask any questions!
Sign-Up form: tinyurl.com/w22-com