PHILIPPINE CULTURAL & CIVIC CENTER FOUNDATION INC
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Mission Statement
As citizens of this community, we have partaken of its material and spiritual wealth. Through its benevolence, we have shared with its greatness and now enjoy a way of life that allows us to help alleviate the sufferings of this largely impoverished and troubled world. Therefore, we, Filipino-Americans, and our friends of this community, have established the Philippine Cultural and Civic Center Foundation, Inc. Through this foundation, which aims to construct a building to house some activities of the community, we hope to bring to the American consciousness the richness of our background as well as the significance of our contributions to this country. In addition, we also aim to provide services of a civic nature which would, otherwise, be difficult, or too costly, for some people to obtain. And, above all, it is our fervent hope that through this foundation we will help raise generations of citizens who will continue to contribute to the greatness of America and help mold its moral conscience.
About This Cause
Project/Program Abstract The Philippine Cultural and Civic Center Foundation, Inc., was conceived in 1995, was incorporated in 2000 and has been operational since then. Programs were initiated to benefit the community : The Free Medical Clinic, annual Health Fair, Children's Workshops, Ukelele for Seniors and the Youth, Literacy Program/Book Distribution/Clothing Distributions to Schools in the areas in need/ Warm Care Day for the Homeless, Veteran’s outreach, and Munting Tinig Children's Choir On the 2nd & 4th Saturdays of each month, the PCCCF Free Medical Clinic offer basic medical treatment, exams, screenings, routine immunizations and routine lab testing for those who would otherwise not be able to afford care. Health care management is provided by PCCCF volunteer doctors, nurses, and lab technicians as a service to the community. As the cost of health care and the economy worsen, the number of uninsured in Wisconsin continue to rise. These programs offered have become vital and life-saving to patients from the under-served areas of the community, additionally, those who suffer from joblessness and deep financial crisis. The medical services, consultations, medications, lab services, education on improving or changes in lifestyle have become life-saving resources to the people of Greater Milwaukee. Organization Information Mission, goals, and programs Goals 1) To continue to raise funds for the building fund that houses the Free Medical Clinic and other programs of the PCCCF. 2) The goal of the Free Clinic is to have more funding to purchase more meds and lab services to accommodate and address more patients and eventually expand its hours of operation, in order to serve even more people in need. Programs The PCCCF’s cultural programs include Filipino (Tagalog) language classes, information and services for new immigrants, folk dances, martial arts classes and exhibits. Free food tasting competitions were started in 2017, introducing our ethnic foods to the general public. The PCCCF also maintains a collection of Philippine artifacts, media, information, and fine arts that are used as reference materials by school children and researchers. The PCCCF Children’s Workshop and Literacy Program was started in 2012 to encourage children to develop motor skills, reading and writing thru books, music, arts and craft and educational field trips. The PCCCF Outreach programs include distribution of new clothing and books to Milwaukee’s underserved population and computer classes for seniors. It also co-hosted symposiums on Azheimer’s and caring for the elderly. Our center is also the host to several events such as the Kohl's Wild Life Theatre productions, Kohl's Color Wheel and Milwaukee Art Museum projects which are offshoots of the Children’s Literacy Programs. The PCCCF Free Medical Clinic provides the following services, completely free of charge: Well baby and child exams, including immunizations Day care/school/sports/camp physicals Pre-employment exams, including tuberculosis skin testing General exams for adults Blood pressure checks Screenings for cholesterol, blood glucose, anemia, and strep throat Vision and hearing screenings Flu shots Prescription medications and supplies Referrals for dental, optical, physical therapy and radiology treatments. The PCCCF Clinic does NOT provide: Prenatal or OB/GYN care Psychiatric counseling Immigration physicals Treatment of work-related injuries Prescription of controlled medications and “lifestyle” drugs, such as Viagra or Propecia Weight loss programs Workmen’s compensation exams The PCCCF Clinic also started a reading glass screening and distributed free reading glasses. Lack of health insurance is considered to be a health risk behavior (like smoking) by the CDC. Those with no health insurance postpone seeking medical help, and consequently tend to be sicker and require more expensive treatment by the time they do. Because the cost of health care and the number of uninsured in Wisconsin continues to rise, the PCCCF Free Medical Clinic is a vital and potentially life-saving program to the people of greater Milwaukee. In addition to the humanitarian benefits, those with chronic illnesses who are treated at the Free Medical Clinic can avoid costly emergency room visits, and help keep health costs lower for everybody. As of December 31, 2023, $4,237,542 worth of free medical care, medication, laboratory and imaging services, and supplies have been provided since the clinic opened in 2000. The PCCCF Free Medical Clinic has provided medical care to 3,902 under- and uninsured people who have visited the Clinic 18,203 times since October of 2000. - Description of the population served The Clinic serves low-income and disadvantaged people regardless of race, age, gender, religion, employment or immigration status. Services and medications are provided to all absolutely free. Most Clinic patients are from the Milwaukee and Waukesha area. Other Clinic visitors have come from as far away as Tanzania. People from a wide variety of ethnic backgrounds (Hmong, Mexican, East Indian and Nigerian, etc) have been served at the Clinic. 40% of patients seen are from low-income Milwaukee zip codes. One in five patients lives outside of the city of Milwaukee proper. According to the most recently available Clinic records, 18% of patients are under the age of 18, and 8% of patients seen are over 65. 54% of patients are female. The number of visits made to the Clinic has increased 10 fold since the Clinic opened in October 2000. In 2023, 550 patient visits were made to the Clinic, at a cost of $ 134,134 for medical services (by doctors and nurses), medication, vaccines, flu shots, laboratory, x rays and other treatments provided free to the patients. - Total number of paid staff and volunteers Between 75 and 100 volunteers serve the PCCCF in a wide variety of roles. All 30 members of the Board of Trustees are volunteers, as are the nearly 60 people who volunteer and rotate at the clinic. Many volunteers serve in more than one capacity, and the PCCCF has generously donated both time and money to the Free Medical Clinic. The Free Medical Clinic has only one paid employee. That is the medical technician who performs our on-site lab tests. This is done to insure that there is always someone there to cover this important area. Executive Director Gerry Ramos, an architect, provides his services pro bono, including the architectural services for the design and management of the retrofit for the Zablocki Park Pavilion that now house the Philippine Center and the Free Medical Clinic, and the ongoing brick and bench beautification project in front of the building. Project/Program Description Significance and scope of the program and why the organization is qualified to carry it out: The PCCCF had long wanted to offer a free clinic. When Dr. Violeta Singson agreed to head the project as Medical Director, and with the help of other medical professionals, the free clinic opened in October of 2000. Dr. Singson recently closed her full time practice and is currently a pediatrician with ProCare of Milwaukee.. Erlinda S. A. Ramos, a chemist, is the Clinic Administrator of the PCCCF Free Medical Clinic. As a big number of PCCCF members are physicians and health care professionals with a wide variety of specialties, the PCCCF is uniquely qualified to continue the running of a Free Medical Clinic According to the Centers for Disease Control’s Selected Metropolitan Area Risk Trends Health Risk Data, about 11%--more than 103,000—people in Milwaukee County have no health insurance. The state of Wisconsin’s figures support these findings. About 4% of employed Wisconsin residents have no insurance all year. An additional 6-7% are uninsured for part of the year. In the present difficult economy, the numbers of those uninsured will no doubt increase. The PCCCF Free Medical Clinic is the natural result of the PCCCF’s commitment to providing “services …which would otherwise be too difficult or costly for some people to attain.” The By laws of the PCCCF include the following specific purposes: “To offer to the poor and the uninsured in the community a free medical clinic and other programs, through the valuable services of the Philippine Medical Association of Wisconsin, Philippine Nurses Association of Wisconsin and other medical organizations, and to pursue in a continuing fashion our community services which include feeding the hungry, the children’s literacy program and other charitable activities that need to reach a larger segment of the community.” The Clinic presently operates two Saturdays a month at the retrofitted Zablocki Park Pavilion at 3717 W Howard Avenue, Greenfield WI 53221. The underutilized pavilion was renovated using funds raised by the PCCCF from the community. The PCCCF Free Medical Clinic is open 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on the 2nd and 4th Saturday of every month. The ongoing financial needs of the PCCCF Clinic include building maintenance and operational expenses, the costs of medications, including glucose and cholesterol tests, and blood and urine screenings. The Clinic is most in need of additional funds to pay for non-routine lab services, as it monitors many people with high cholesterol, hypertension, asthma and diabetes, who require periodic testing. Our biggest need is providing the funds to help our clients with the cost of required outside lab testing. LabCorp has stepped in to help by offering 30 to 50% off their posted lab fees. Cost of generic medication has doubled and some tripled. The budget for medication, lab services and supplies needs to be increased by 50%. New medical testing and monitoring equipment for blood pressure, cholesterol, A1C, and temperature need to be purchased to replace/back up donated old equipment. The old server and computers also need to be replaced and the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system upgraded.