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Erie Family Health Center would like to thank everyone who attended Salud and the City on February 24, 2011. Because of your support, Erie was able to raise funds to support all of our programs! If you were able to join us for the event we hope you had a great evening at LaSalle Power Company and enjoyed the live band, South of 80! If you missed the event don’t worry, we have you covered. Click here to check out photos on Flickr!
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Erie is now accepting nominations for the 2011 Golden Toothbrush Awards, being held on Wednesday, May 25, 2011 at The Four Seasons Chicago! This year Erie is thrilled to announce a change in the award process… instead of just one award to honor a leader in community oral health there will be three awards presented on the day of the luncheon: Organization, Individual and Student.
Do you know a dentist helping uninsured people in your community? Or a student volunteering at a school to help kids learn how to brush their teeth correctly? Or an organization making a difference to help those without health care? If you do, nominate them for one of the 2011 Golden Toothbrush Awards to honor them for their commitment to improving the quality of life in our Chicago communities.
To learn more about the process and submit your nomination, fill out the Nomination Form by clicking here!
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While we all know presents are lovely, there are some gifts you can’t pick up at a store downtown Chicago. This holiday season, help your community and bring Joy to Erie by giving the gift of health. You can directly assist members of the Chicago community by making a donation. Every dollar given helps bring an extra ounce of joy into the lives of low-income Chicagoans all year around.
Want an excuse to get out and about the city? Be sure to save the date for Erie’s upcoming event, Salud and the City, being held Thursday, February 24, 2011 at LaSalle Power Company! Join Erie to help make Chicago healthier. Check out the exclusive video here or buy your ticket today!
Another way you can change the lives of Erie patients is by following us on Facebook! Simply click the ‘like’ button and an anonymous donor will give Erie $5 for every new fan! Ask your friends, family, coworkers, neighbors… the more fans we get the more money Erie raises to help those in need this holiday season.
Still can’t get enough of Erie? Be sure to follow our blog, Beats Per Minute, for the latest happenings, events and news at Erie and in our community. All this and more can be found in November 2010 E-Spotlight!
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Erie Family Health Center was named one of the Top 100 Workplaces by the Chicago Tribune! Erie staff members and board chair Brian Marsella attended an event hosted by the Tribune on Tuesday, November 9 at the Chase Auditorium to be recognized for this honor. The group also have the opportunity to meet and speak with Chicago Blackhawks owner Rocky Wirtz.
Watch a special video message from Erie’s President and CEO Dr. Lee Francis or read our company profile online! Be sure to pick up your copy of the Chicago Tribune today for a special feature magazine!
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Join Erie Family Health Center on Thursday, February 24, 2011 at LaSalle Power Company (500 N. LaSalle) from 6-9PM for Salud and the City, an evening to directly help Erie patients! Tickets go on sale November 10, 2010. For more details visit our Facebook page! Cocktails, appetizers, live music performed by South of 80, silent auction and more! Cheers to a healthier Chicago!
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Erie Family Health Center is proud to have UnitedHealthcare as the Title Event Sponsor for the 2010 Golden Toothbrush Awards being held on Tuesday, May 25, 2010 at the InterContinental Chicago Hotel. This event will focus on the importance of oral health and its direct impact on a person’s overall health. Chicagoans without health insurance lack access to dental care; and as a result, their overall health suffers. This is particularly challenging for low-income, minority Chicagoans. In fact, 70% of individuals in Illinois who have not seen a dentist were Hispanic or African-American.
By pledging to be the Title Event Sponsor, UnitedHealthcare has shown its dedication to improving the health care system and helping residents in Chicago’s Latino communities. UnitedHealthcare strives to improve the quality and effectiveness of health care, enhance access to health benefits and create products to make health care more affordable. 
UnitedHealthcare delivers innovative products and services to approximately 70 million Americans. Its nationwide network includes 626,000 physicians and health care professionals, 80,000 dentists and 5,035 hospitals.
Erie would also like to thank the following sponsors:
Awards Ceremony Sponsor: Aon
Patron Sponsor: Leal Associates
Friend Sponsors: Walgreens, Associated Bank, Delta Dental, MetLife and Northern Trust
Honoree Sponsors: Radio Flyer and ShoreBank
Check out the event preview video.
Become an event sponsor.
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Erie Family Health Center is proud to announce the 2010 Golden Toothbrush Award Luncheon Keynote Speaker! June Thomas is the foreign editor of Slate, a daily Web magazine known for its analysis and commentary on news, politics and culture. Before joining the Slate in 1997, June was the editor and foreign rights manager at Seal Press and managing editor of Women in Translation, a publishing company specializing in women’s writing from around the world. She was born and raised in Manchester, England.
June authored the American Way of Dentistry, a widely acclaimed seven part series in Slate, which provides an in-depth analysis of the state of oral health care in the United States. The seven topics covered in the series include:
Why Poor Folks are Short on Teeth
Click here to read this series. You can also follow the series on Facebook.
Erie Family Health Center would like to thank everyone who came out to Paint the Town Red on February 24, 2010. The event was a huge success, raising over $50,000 for Erie’s HIV/AIDS program, Lending Hands for Life. A special thank you to all of our sponsors and Erie’s Junior Board.
For all who supported Erie in this event, this video is dedicated to you! Thank you!
Paint the Town Red ‘Thank You’ Video from Erie Family Health Center on Vimeo.
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Erie Family Health Center celebrated the 20th anniversary of our award winning HIV/AIDS program at Paint the Town Red held on Wednesday, February 24 at Martini Park. The evening included cocktails, a silent auction (including tickets to see Oprah, a weekend stay with spa treatments at The Trump International Hotel, a behind the scenes private tour at the Field Museum), a raffle for a trip to Mexico, live entertainment with the band Hey Jimmy, appetizers and a good time for all! Erie would like to thank everyone who helped make Paint the Town Red 2010 an incredible success! Due to the partnership of our Junior Board, sponsors, vendors, guests, entertainers, staff and volunteers – this year’s event raised nearly $50,000 to support Erie’s Lending Hands for Life program to provide even more care to those living with AIDS/HIV in Chicago.
View the video premiered at the event to learn more about Erie’s HIV/AIDS program:
Check out pictures from the evening:
This month Erie Family Health Center will celebrate the 20th Anniversary of our nationally-recognized HIV/AIDS program, Lending Hands for Life. Erie will host an event called Paint the Town Red, which will celebrate the life of the program and the patients that have become part of the Erie family.
In the last 20 years, the progress in the treatment of HIV has been truly spectacular. In the early 1980s, a diagnosis of HIV was a death sentence. In 1987, the AZT drug was approved and using this alone dramatically slowed progression to AIDS. There was great optimism for a while, but unfortunately, the progression to AIDS was delayed only for one or two years. This medication, however, proved the concept that medications could be developed to treat the ravaging effects of HIV on the immune system. Over the past two decades, there have been 25 medications developed to treat HIV and when used wisely they are remarkably effective at treating HIV. Not all people with HIV/ADS have access to quality health care and medications in our country due to barriers such as the cost of care; that is why programs like Lending Hands for Life, where people are treated regardless of their ability to pay, are so important. When patients are connected to care at places like Erie, they have access to the life-saving medications they need. Every few years, with pharmaceutical developments, the medications have become easier to take, with fewer side effects and even fewer pills.
