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El Rio Health Opens 11th Clinic in Pima County

El Rio Community Health Center has opened its 11th clinic in Pima County. The Cherrybell Clinic in Tucson’s Ward 5 is a 50,000-square-foot clinic that will house more than 150 medical professionals. Services at Cherrybell will include primary medical care for children and adults. There are state-of-the-art lab facilities, including mammography, ultrasound and X-ray. Other […]

Giving back in Southern Arizona

Sundt Foundation: The Sundt Foundation awarded a total of $32,000 in grants to Tucson-area nonprofits during its first-quarter disbursements. The foundation awards grants quarterly to area charities that support disadvantaged children and families. Nonprofits are selected through an application process and reviewed by a committee of Sundt employee-owners. Receiving grants of $2,000 each were the Boys […]

Tucson’s Dunbar project earns $100,000 grant for health, well-being programming

The Dunbar Pavilion project will use a $100,000 grant to fund programming to support the health and well-being of people of color. The grant came from the Agnese Haury Program of Environment and Social Justice at the University of Arizona and will be split over two years. The Dunbar Coalition, the governing body of the […]

El Rio Health opens Cherrybell Health Center expects to serve 10,000 new patients

El Rio Health, the city’s largest community health center, celebrated the opening of its 14th clinic on Thursday, and officials are hoping it will provide another 10,000 patients with services. The new clinic, located at 1230 S. Cherrybell Stravenue, off of East 22nd Street and South Kino Parkway, will serve Ward 5 residents and seeks […]

New El Rio Health Center opens in Tucson’s 5th Ward

TUCSON, Ariz. — A new healthcare option will now make it easier for families to get the care they need in southern Arizona. On Thursday, El Rio opened their Cherrybell Stavenue Health Center. “It will increase my quality of life,” said patient Jeffrey Trent on the new location. For Trent, waiting in traffic and driving […]

New Health Center Opening in Ward 5

TUCSON – El Rio Health is close to opening a new center on Cherrybell Stravenue near 22nd Street and Kino Parkway. The 48,900 square-foot facility’s grand opening ceremony is scheduled Thursday. El Rio’s Broadway Health Center needed to relocate because of the Broadway Boulevard widening project. Read more at kvoa.com

21 Under 21: Deja Foxx Says Homeless Students Like Her Need to Tell Their Stories

Deja Foxx is part of Teen Vogue’s 21 Under 21 class of 2018, which spotlights extraordinary young women, girls, and femmes making waves in their industries or passions of choice. When asked where she hopes to see herself and her work in 21 years, Deja Foxx, 18, smiles and says, “I could run for president by then.” […]

Arizona flu cases already outpacing last year’s harsh season

Fifty-six cases of laboratory-confirmed cases of the flu have been reported to the Arizona Department of Health Services in the first two weeks of the state’s flu season, far surpassing the five-year average of 16 cases during that time period, officials say. Read more at Tucson.com

36 Hours in Tucson

An interesting article on Tucson featured in the New York Times – with a couple of El Rio Health locations in the cover photo! Foodies, cyclists and the aesthetically inclined will find much to like in this desert city, home to a new bike-share system, adobe architecture and restaurants that reflect a mix of cultural […]

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