Health Center’s Annual “Baile Latino”
By Chuck Stewart, Jr., HV PRESS, May 20th, 2009
New Windsor - The Greater Hudson Valley Family Health Center (GHVFHC) presented their third "Baile Latino" on Saturday, May 16th at Anthony’s Pier 9.
The event is meant to celebrate annually, as friends to, and in celebration of, the Latino community and culture that is such a tremendous part of their patient/staff base at the Health Center and in all of our lives here in the Hudson Valley.
Working with chairpersons Felix Vega and Dr. Michele Winchester-Vega, honorary chairpersons Dr. Roberto and Jo Ann Calderin, the Health Center presented an evening of traditional foods, live entertainment and dancing.
The Health Center, now in its 42nd year of operations, has broken ground on their new state-of-the-art primary health facility, located on 6.2 acres on Lake Street in the City of Newburgh. Consisting of 40,000 square feet of space, the new facility will include medical specialities such as cardiology, diabetes management and podiatry.
Dr. Calderin told those gathered, "this is more than a dance. It’s an economic statement that we make. And it’s very important that the economic statement we send is the right one." He noted the board’s diversity and called the organization, "Latino friendly."
So, as people enjoyed the food, and danced to the music by Soñando, they knew it was for a good cause - raising funds to build a new health center that serves the community. That goes well with their slogan, "Health care is a right and not a privilege."
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