Community Outreach

The Boca Raton Community Hospital Outreach Program was established to promote philanthropy and build strong relationships in support of BRCH's mission: To provide quality healthcare to the community it serves. 

Recognizing the importance of reaching out to the community and continuing the tradition of providing quality healthcare, the BRCH Board of Trustees launched the Community Outreach Program in July, 1998.  Many of the approved programs fill local unmet needs and give Boca Raton Community Hospital a significant way to become a collaborative partner, working with others to build a strong, healthy, and productive community. 

The following programs and partnerships exemplify the BRCH way of 'reaching out and giving back to the community':
 
The Boca Raton Community Hospital Outreach Program was established to promote philanthropy and build strong relationships in support of BRCH's mission: To provide quality healthcare to the community it serves. 
Recognizing the importance of reaching out to the community and continuing the tradition of providing quality healthcare, the BRCH Board of Trustees launched the Community Outreach Program in July, 1998.  Many of the approved programs fill local unmet needs and give Boca Raton Community Hospital a significant way to become a collaborative partner, working with others to build a strong, healthy, and productive community. 

The following programs and partnerships exemplify the BRCH way of 'reaching out and giving back to the community':

SOCIAL WORKERS IN SCHOOLS

Many of the school nurses became aware that their schools were operating with too few guidance counselors to serve their student populations.  As a result, BRCH established a School Social Worker Pilot Program. Presently BRCH has one school social worker housed at a middle school where she serves approximately 300 students.  She provides direct services and referrals to help improve the emotional and social health of the students and their families.  Currently the school social worker has started a transition program for fifth graders at a local elementary school to prepare children for challenges of middle school and two groups of social skills training for eighth grade boys and girls at her school.      
  

Smart Heart

PARTNERSHIP

       
  
The Smart Heart Program is an award winning partnership between Boca Raton Community Hospital and Boca Raton Fire-Rescue Services.  The goal is to promote community health by providing programs aimed toward prevention, education, and screenings as a way to reduce health and safety risks for our community. The partnership efforts have grown to a variety of programs and services that serve all community members, such as free Blood Pressure and Cholesterol screenings which are offered annually on Valentine's Day and serve approximately 600 participants per year; CPR training programs; Children's Tours of the hospital; Home for the Holidays; Halloween Safety Outreach; Community Health Fairs; and  various other Wellness and Safety Fairs.  Funding was also obtained for the purchase of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) for the City of Boca Raton fire and rescue vehicles, police patrol cars, marine patrol, and ten recreational  areas in Boca Raton to assist those suffering from cardiac arrest until paramedics arrive on the scene.

Excellence' in the Community Improvements and Community Partnership category:
America's Promise 'The Alliance for the Youth'

FIRST HOSPITAL OF PROMISE IN THE NATION
Recognized and recorded as the 'First Hospital of Promise' in the nation by America's Promise: The Alliance for Youth, formerly chaired by retired General and current Secretary of State, Colin Powell.
This organization aims to provide young people with the access to fundamental resources known as the 'Five Promises':

• Promise #1: An ongoing relationship with a caring adult -- mentor, tutor, or coach.
• Promise #2: Safe places and structured activities to grow and learn during non-school hours.
• Promise #3: A healthy start for the body and mind.
• Promise #4: To learn a marketable skill through effective education.
• Promise #5: An opportunity to give back through community service.

The hospital provides office and meeting space, office equipment and supplies for the Boca Promise organization.
DENTAL HEALTH FOR UNDERSERVED CHILDREN AND SENIORS
A partnership with Nova Southeastern University College of Dental Medicine, Boca Raton Community Hospital contributed $86,000 to purchase six mobile dental units, enabling NSU faculty dentists and dental students to provide dental screenings and referrals as an outreach effort to various populations in Boca Raton.  Over the past few years the mobile dental units have visited pre-school children in the Head Start Program at Florence Fuller Child Development Center, seventh and eighth grade students at Boca Raton Middle School for a screening and sealant program, and all ages at the New Pines Neighborhood Center in Boca Raton. 

BOCA RATON COMMUNITY HIGH
SPONSORSHIP OF OTHER ORGANIZATIONS EFFORTS
Provides funding for special programs and projects at Florence Fuller Child Development Center and others.
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To help support these and other programs, please call the
Boca Raton Community Hospital Foundation at  (561)-955-4142