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Mercy invests more than $20 million to open an advanced Cancer Center
with latest in comprehensive outpatient services
The new Mercy Cancer Center and Mercy Imaging Center will provide the latest in technology and all cancer-related outpatient services in a single convenient location while also continuing Mercy's tradition of high quality inpatient care. Learn more about the 33,500-square-foot building scheduled to open in late 2011. |
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woodlandhealthcare.org
Woodland Healthcare was awarded the 2010 American Heart Association/American Stroke Association's Get with the Guidelines? Stroke Gold Plus Performance Achievement Award for providing excellent stroke care for patients. Read more about this important designation... |
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woodlandhealthcare.org
Woodland Healthcare Announces New Chief Medical Officer - Michael Patmas, MD. He brings 14 years of administrative experience with medical groups to his new position. |
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news10.net
News10 visited Mercy General Hospital where they got an up-close introduction to our new cutting-edge surgery tool -- the da Vinci? Si HD robot. Watch News10's slideshow for your own view of this high tech surgical tool, then visit mercygeneral.org to learn more about how the da Vinci? Si HD is helping surgeons and patients in the Sacramento region. |
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abc2news.com
"Take away your pain with a dose of laughter." This story, written by Sam McManis of The Sacramento Bee, shares how Mercy Medical Group Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation physician Christopher Stephenson, MD, incorporates laughter into his treatment routine for patients. Read the full story... |
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SNMH launches community-wide Electronic Health Record (EHR) system
This system is designed to improve patient care, reduce costs and medication errors, and increase efficiency. The move puts Sierra Nevada Memoria Hospital (SNMH) years ahead of federal plans to mandate electronic medical records as part of its national healthcare reform.
Learn more about SNMH's community EHR system.
Read the related story, "Record collection rocks doc's world, Electronic patient files push paper aside." at TheUnion.com |
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Sacramento, CA | May 4, 2010
KCRA Channel 3 ~ Medical Breakthroughs
Interventional Neuroradiologist George Luh, MD, shares information about Onyx HD - a new treatment for brain aneurysms - as part of KCRA's Medical Breakthroughs series. Mercy Neurological Institute is the only organization in the greater Sacramento region using this cutting-edge treatment.
Watch the full story on Mercy Sacramento's YouTube Channel.
To learn more about Dr. Luh and other Mercy-affiliated neurologists, use our convenient online physician directory. |
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Sacramento, CA | May 3, 2010
KCRA Channel 3 ~ Medical Breakthroughs
Mercy-affiliated orthopedic surgeon, Hunter Greene, MD, talks about hip arthroscopy - a minimally-invasive alternative to hip surgery - as part of KCRA's Medical Breakthroughs series.
Watch the full story on Mercy Sacramento's YouTube Channel.
To learn more about Dr. Greene and other Mercy-affiliated neurologists, use our convenient online physician directory. |
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Sacramento, CA | May 2, 2010
sacbee.com
Mercy San Juan Medical Center is leading the way in early detection and treatment of lung cancer. Dr. Costanzo Di Perna, a thoracic surgeon at Mercy, is the first in the region to use superDimension? - a new life-saving technology which allows surgeons to detect and biopsy lung cancer at a very early stage.
Read the full story at sacbee.com. Then learn more about superDimension?.
To learn more about Dr. DiPerna and other Mercy San Juan doctors, use our convenient online physician directory. |
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Sacramento, CA | April 27, 2010
Woman suffers stroke after sneezing A 43-year-old mother and avid runner, suffered a stoke brought on by a sneeze. Hear her story and learn more about the warning signs of stroke. |
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Sacramento, CA | April 26, 2010
Recognizing the signs of a stroke and getting medical assistance within three hours following the onset of symptoms can significantly increase the effectiveness of treatment. A 43-year-old mother and avid runner suffered a stoke brought on by a sneeze and is now working hard to regain the movement she lost in the right side of her body as a result.
sacbee.com | Read her story in The Sacramento Bee.
cbs13.com | Watch the April 26 broadcast on KOVR Channel 13.
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Sacramento, CA | April 23, 2010
Lincoln News Messenger
Reporter Shoni Jones shares the story of Dr. Ron McCoy - a northern California pulmonologist diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) in october 1997. The story also talks about Mercy's MS Center, led by Mercy Neurologial Insitute neurologist John Schafer, MD. Established last year, the Clinic's goal is to provide complete services to anyone affected by MS.
Read the full story at my.lincolnnewsmessenger.com. Then learn more about Mercy's MS Center.
To learn more about Dr. Schafer and other neurology specialists affiliated with Mercy, use our convenient online physician directory. |
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Sacramento, CA | March 30, 2010
KCRA.com
KCRA's Edie Lambert talks with Mercy San Juan Thoracic Surgeon Costanza DiPerna, MD, about the amazing new superDimension? technology. Mercy San Juan is the only Sacramento area hospital using this new life-saving technology which allows surgeons to detect and biopsy lung cancer at a very early stage, and even treat the disease immediately upon detection.
Watch the full story at KCRA.com. Then learn more about superDimension?.
To learn more about Dr. DiPerna and other Mercy San Juan doctors, use our convenient online physician directory. |
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Sacramento, CA | March 17, 2010
News10.net
The amazing story of 95-year-old Raynia Kinniston continues to be told with this touching broadcast by News 10. Watch the video here...
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Sacramento, CA | March 2010
For the first time in its history, Mercy San Juan Medical Center's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) is home to four sets of triplets and one pair of twins. Learn more about the amazing story of these 14 special babies:
sacbee.com | Read the heartwarming story and see pictures of these five families and their precious babies in The Sacramento Bee.
KCRA.com | Watch the March 12 broadcast on KCRA Channel 3.
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Sacramento, CA | March 6, 2010
sacbee.com
The Sacramento Bee tells the touching and inspirational story of Mercy General Hospital volunteer Raynia Kinniston in the article "Volunteer, 95, is happy to help for five decades." Read the full story...
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Sacramento, CA | March 2, 2010KCRA 3KCRA's Edie Lambert reports on the use of "Wii-hab" at Mercy General Hospital for treating stroke patients. Edie talks with Physical Therapist Briana Miller, as well as some of the patients benefitting from this fun and effective treatment tool. Watch the video online...
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Sacramento, CA | February 28, 2010News10.net"Rehab is 'Wii-hab' at Mercy General Hospital" - News10's John Larimore talks with David Ferneau, Mercy General's Director of Rehabilitation, about using the popular video game in treating stroke patients at Mercy's Acute Rehabilitation Center. Watch the video online...
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Sacramento, CA | February 28, 2010
sacbee.com
The Sacramento Bee's Sam McManis met up with Mercy doctors Thomas McIlraith, MD, and David Pai, MD - half of the band known as the Remedies. Doctors by profession, musicians for fun, McIlraith and Pai share how music plays a role in balancing their lives. Read the full story...
Learn more about both doctors, as well as other Mercy-affiliated physicians, with our online physician directory. |
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Sacramento, CA | February 25, 2010
Mayor Kevin Johnson recognized a Mercy General Hospital volunteer (pictured here with City Councilman Steve Cohn) for her 49 years of service during his annual State of the City address. Read the full story...
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Methodist Hospital of Sacramento has been designated as a
Blue Distinction Center for knee and hip replacementSM by Blue Shield of California. Read more here... |
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KMAX TV
Michael Chang, MD - Mercy Heart & Vascular Institute Cardiologist and Medical Director of Cardiovascular Services - speaks with KMAX news anchors about heart stents after former President Bill Clinton underwent surgery. Watch this broadcast and other videos at YouTube.com/MercySacramento. |
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Fox 40 News
Jonathan Hemphill, MD - Mercy Heart & Vascular Institute Cardiologist and Medical Director of the Cardiac Cath Lab at Mercy San Juan Medical Center - talks with Fox 40 News about heart stents after former President Bill Clinton underwent surgery. Watch this broadcast and other videos at YouTube.com/MercySacramento. |
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Sacramento, CA | February 7, 2010
sacbee.com
The Sacramento Bee's Sam McManis talks with Woodland Healthcare Cardiologist Kathy Glatter, MD, about the lifesaving benefits of having access to AEDs in public places. Read the full story...
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Sacramento, CA | February 6, 2010
sacbee.com
Mercy Medical Group Thoracic Surgeon Stephen Maxwell, MD, shares his thoughts about the importance of pollution control in maximizing the health of California residents. As a physician, he sees first-hand the impact poor air quality has on his patients. Read the full story...
Learn more about Dr. Maxwell and other doctors affiliated with Mercy Medical Group and the local Mercy hospitals with our online physician directory. |
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WHC Receives American Stroke Association Award
"Get with the Guidelines Silver Plus Performance Achievement Award" demonstrates Woodland Healthcare's commitment to quality care for stroke patients. Learn more... |
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Sacramento, CA | January 22, 2010
sacramento.bizjournals.com
Sacramento Business Journal writer Kathy Robertson shares insight into the role of today's Sisters of Mercy and the important influence they still have in carrying out their original mission of care. Read the full story...
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Mercy gives $576,374 in grants to help thousands of people in need
31 local non-profits receive grants to help fund programs in Sacramento, Nevada, Placer and Yolo Counties. Learn more... |
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Sacramento, CA | November 10, 2009Sacramento Business Journal
The Sacramento Business Journal reports on a two-year federal grant given to Mercy Clinic. The grant - provided by the Health Resources and Services Administration - will fund healthcare services at Loaves & Fishes through 2012. Read the full story...
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Sacramento, CA | November 8, 2009
sacbee.com
The Sacramento Bee profiles Peter Murphy, MD, pulmonologist and medical director of the Intensive Care Unit at Mercy San Juan Medical Center, who made a New Year's resolution almost eight years ago to stop using the elevator at Mercy San Juan and only take the stairs from floor to floor in the hospital. It's a small and easy step to incorporating more exercise in your life, according to Dr. Murphy. He plans to take that message to next Saturday's Fight for Air Climb, an American Lung Association fundraiser and public awareness event about lung disease. The event, held at the Wells Fargo Building, Sacramento's tallest building, is a race up 32 flights of stairs. Mercy's Fight for Air Climb team also includes Mercy Medical Group Surgeon Stephen Maxwell, MD, and Mercy San Juan President Brian Ivie. Read the full story...
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Sacramento, CA | November 7, 2009
sacbee.com
Sacramento Bee Garden Columnist Debbie Arrington writes about a 14-year-old Eagle Scout who enhanced the Friendship Garden at Mercy Hospital of Folsom as part of his Eagle Scout Project. Mercy Folsom and Mercy Foundation held a blessing ceremony at the garden and presented Eagle Scout Millun Atluri with a certificate of thanks for a job well done. Millun spent more than 1,000 hours designing, raising funds and implementing the changes to the garden which included planting 100 plants and trees, rebuilding a bridge, adding new fencing, installing a fountain run by solar energy and adding design elements including solar glass flowers. Read the full story... |
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Sacramento, CA | October 20, 2009
Mercy San Juan Medical Center is celebrating its new 110 bed patient tower that will open in late December. Mercy San Juan's 142,000 square-foot tower includes 90 medical/surgical beds and 20 critical care beds. The lobby and patient care units spotlight the talents of local artists and photographers. The tower also marks the new entrance and lobby to the hospital, with a new 72-seat chapel providing the focal point for the faith-based campus.
As part of tonight's celebration, Bishop Jaime Soto will bless the building, followed by a vertical aerial dance performance by Project Bandaloop along the length of the new patient tower. Suspended in air, Project Bandaloop has performed at the New York Stock Exchange, the Space Needle in Seattle and Yosemite's El Capitan - among other sites nationally and internationally. This is the first time Project Bandaloop has performed in the Sacramento Area.
Take a look at previews of this elegant performance: sacbee.com gooddaysacramento.com | To watch the video, click on the "You're Watching" Play button on the right side of the screen in the Video section |
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Sacramento, CA | October 13, 2009
Mercy and UC Davis join forces to improve pediatric care to families in the greater Sacramento region. |
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Sacramento, CA | October 10, 2009
sacbee.com
The Sacramento Bee's Anna Tong reports on a pregnant woman and her baby who were treated at Mercy San Juan Medical Center and beat the odds against the H1N1 flu. Read the full story...
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Sacramento, CA | September 24, 2009
carebeginswithme.org
Join the Community at Mercy's New Care Begins with Me
Connect with others. Connect with doctors. Connect with life. Join now. |
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Sacramento, CA | September 24, 2009
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On Thursday, Sept. 24 Mercy celebrated "Mercy Day" by participating in Random Acts of Kindness throughout Sacramento. KFBK's Kitty O'Neal and Kelly Brothers talked about Mercy Day and the surprise acts of giving at the beginning of their afternoon show. Listen to the broadcast... |
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Sacramento, CA | September 21, 2009
sacbee.com
The Sacramento Bee's Sam McManis shares "A nice story that began too soon," an interview with Mercy San Juan Medical Center NICU nurse, Brie Simmons, and her daughter Ashleigh, who began life as a patient of the NICU. Read the full story...
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Sacramento, CA | September 10, 2009
sacbee.com
The Sacramento Bee's Niesha Lofing spoke with Mercy Sleep Specialist/Neurologist Alan Shatzel, DO, about how good sleep routines for kids may help eliminate mood swings and improve grades. Read the full story...
Also, join Dr. Shatzel for a special discussion about sleep at Mercy's 2009 Care Begins with Me, health & lifestyle expo for women. |
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Join Mercy and our special guests - including bestselling author Kelly Corrigan - at a Health & Lifestyle Event for Women, Oct. 6 at the Sheraton Grand Hotel. Learn more... |
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Sacramento, CA | August 19, 2009
sacbee.com
Editorial written by Lloyd Dean, president and CEO of Catholic Healthcare West, published in The Sacramento Bee
Lloyd Dean urges readers to remember the benefits of healthcare reform amid the long-drawn political maneuvering associated with reform. He reminds readers that we have a deep and vested interest in policies that ultimately affect our own health, as well as the health of our country's economy. Read the full article... |
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Mercy General Hospital recently celebrated becoming the first accredited Chest Pain Center in Sacramento. Learn more about the center's protocol driven and systematic approach to patient management and how it can save lives. Read on... |
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Healthcare providers and non-clinical personnel from CHW and Mercy's Sacramento Service area volunteer time and services in Los Angeles. Follow "mercysacramento" on Twitter for live udpates. Learn more... |
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Folsom, CA | August 13, 2009
sacbee.com
The Sacramento Bee's Niesha Lofing and Mercy Hospital of Folsom's Community Outreach Specialist Elaine Reynolds share information about kids and energy drinks in the article "Dehydrating energy drinks not good for kids, experts say." Read the full story...
Learn more about Mercy Hospital of Folsom. |
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Grass Valley, CA | August 11, 2009
TheUnion.com
The Union reports "Music creates a healing atmosphere" at Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital in their Healthy Tuesday section. Read the full story...
Learn more about Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital. |
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Fair attraction features free craft projects for kids, plus the return of the popular "Smoothie Bike" and a private, air conditioned breastfeeding room for nursing moms called "Rock 'N Relax." Learn more... |
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Sacramento, CA | August 7, 2009
Sacramento Business Journal - by KATHY ROBERTSON
CHW's policy against genetically modified food has its hurdlesCHW is doing what it can to promote food production that is safe and healthy for patients, staff and visitors - and will sustain farmers and food producers in the communities the health system serves. Read the full story here. |
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Hospital files for certificate of intent for Baby Friendly designation. Learn more... |
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Sacramento, CA | August 5, 2009
Mercy General, Accredited Chest Pain Center with PCI
The Society of Chest Pain Centers recognizes Mercy General Hospital. Learn more... |
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Sacramento, CA | August 3, 2009
Access to healthcare is focus for 2009 CHW Community Grants Program
The 2009 CHW Community Grants Program funding cycle is now under way with our annual Call for Letters of Intent. Learn more... |
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Sacramento, CA | July 31, 2009
Cameron Park Medical Group to join Mercy Medical Group
The six physician El Dorado County group joins Mercy October 1. Learn more... |
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Sacramento, CA | June 23, 2009
sacbee.com
The Sacramento Bee reports on "Kids, sports, stress: Watch for overtraining and burnout", including information from Methodist Hospital affiliated orthopedic surgeon, Stephen Howell, MD.
Learn more about Dr. Howell and other Mercy-affiliated physicians using our online physician directory. |
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Premier healthcare alliance
Premier healthcare alliance recognizes Mercy General Hospital for their commitment to outstanding patient care and operational efficiency for the second consecutive year. |
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Woodland, CA | June 16, 2009
The Daily Democrat - by MELODY STONE
The Daily Democrat reports on Woodland Healthcare's receipt of Silver Perfomance Award from the American Heart Association.
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Sacramento, CA | June 7, 2009
Catholic Health World
The Catholic Health Association of the United States (CHA) honored Mercy Perinatal Recovery Network with their most prestigious award, the 2009 Achievement Citation Award.
Learn more about Mercy PRN, a local program helping women take back their lives
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Sacramento, CA | June 3, 2009
sacbee.com
The Sacramento Bee's Bob Shallit highlights the accomplishment of Mercy-affiliated Cardiovascular Surgeon Frank Slachman, MD, as he completes his fifth major mountain-climbing expedition - reaching the summit of Mt. Everest.
Learn more about Dr. Slachman and other Mercy-affiliated physicians using our online physician directory. |
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sacbee.com
The Sacramento Bee reports on the healing properties of hyperbaric chambers; following Dr. Sandra Johnson, a family physician from Davis turned skin-graft patient at Mercy San Juan Medical Center.
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sacbee.com
In a Sacramento Bee article entitled "Maybe it really is the best medicine", Mercy Medical Group Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation physicine Christopher Stephenson, MD, shares information about how laughter can help with pain. The included video is sure to make you smile. |
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cbs13.com
CW31's Courtney Dempsey interview Woodland Healthcare Allergist Rajan Merchant, MD, about allergies and asthma. Watch the video here. |
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Mercy General Hospital and Mercy San Juan Medical Center Designated Blue Distinction Centers for Cardiac Care?
The national award recognizes Mercy General and Mercy San Juan's high volumes of cardiac patients treated at the hospitals by experienced physicians and staff who provide the full range of cardiac care |
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When minutes count, Mercy's new robot helps stroke patients in the Emergency Department
The Elliott Family Foundations' generous gift of $500,000 makes it possible |
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Organizations collaborate to deliver quality care
Blue Shield of California, Catholic Healthcare West and Hill Physicians Medical Group to pilot innovative new care model for CalPERS. |
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Methodist Hospital celebrates grand opening of newly expanded ER
Facility has the ability to care for 75,000 patients a year to meet the growing needs of the community |
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Mercy gives $525,811 in grants to help thousands of people in need
23 local non-profits receive grants to help fund programs in Sacramento, Nevada, Placer and Yolo Counties |
