Community Benefit 

[MUSIC PLAYING]
AMBER STOTT: At Food Literacy Center,
our mission is to inspire kids to eat their vegetables.
We go into Title I elementary schools.
And we teach hands on cooking and nutrition programs.
The reason I started Food Literacy Center is we
were seeing really high rates of kids that
were facing adult diseases.
Health prevention research shows that when you reach children
before they've developed any habits at all,
you can help them to learn healthy habits.
[CHEERING]
Today were celebrating the ribbon cutting of Food Literacy
Center.
We always had the name Food Literacy Center,
but we never had a center until now.
So the school district built us a cooking school,
and then they handed us the keys.
But there's a second part of this project
that is not finished.
And that's the one acre that's behind us.
It is currently a big dirt patch.
But we have a big vision for it.
We want kids to come into this space, experience peace,
experience joy, to be able to let
their anxiety go for a moment.
We also want to have a nature area where
kids could wander on a foot trail, climb a boulder,
or just sit under a tree and just be and be quiet and still.
Everybody's very, very excited, but it's
got a big price tag on it.
We had a landscape architect that
gave us a preliminary quote of $500,000.
So it would take me three years to raise that kind of money.
Sutter Health came out for it to work.
And next thing you know, I'm getting a call
that they are going to fund the entire project.
KERI THOMAS, Sutter Health: This is going
to be an urban farming garden.
And I am here to say the futurist is today.
Sutter Health is contributing half a million dollars
to finish the project.
[CHEERING]
AMBER STOTT: It's extremely exciting to partner
with Sutter Health on this project because they get it.
And they also have a vision of a world
where health is equitable.
That is a powerful partner.

[MUSIC PLAYING]
NARRATOR: At Sutter Health, we are
proud that a commitment to the community
is at the core of our mission.
Through strategic and innovative partnerships,
we are able to improve health and wellness
in the communities we serve.
And while we support hundreds of community initiatives
that span the entire continuum of care, in this video,
we want to take a moment to show you some of our programs
that specifically support kids.

RANDY TOOKER: Sutter Health has been a partner of ours
for a long time.
They realize that the impact the club makes in the community
and raising the overall health of under served populations,
and wanted to figure out the best way they
could support the clubhouse.
We want kids to be active, to learn what nutrition is,
and that it's really important to us
to keep the kids physically active as well,
so it fit right in line with Sutter's drive
to have a healthy community.
BONNY GORE: This project wouldn't
have gotten built without so many people supporting the Boys
and Girls Club.
RANDY TOOKER: When kids have challenging times,
and we have people who support the club,
then the club can be there for the kids.
[UPBEAT MUSIC]

JASON VOSLER: We're hosting a clinic for kids.
It's a beautiful day, so no place that, I'm sure,
a lot of us would rather be.
KIDS: Really excited.
Really excited.
Yeah.
KID: It's awesome.
SUBJECT 5: You can tell by the look on their face,
they're so excited to be here.
And we're excited that we're able to help
them do this clinic.
SUBJECT 6: Good job!
KID: This gives you a chance to get some fresh air.
KID: We can just run and play.
I love it.
GREG COLETTI: We've had little league camps,
but something like this, where it kind of brings everybody
together, along with Sutter Health,
it was the first time we've done that,
and we're going to continue to do this for years to come.

JESSICA VAUGHAN: In Stanislaus and San Joaquin Counties
there are a lot of areas that are consider food deserts,
and what that means is that there
isn't access or adequate access to a regular grocery store
where people can go in and get the food that they need.
We look to partner with schools that are in areas like this
specifically because we want to make food equality a thing
where people can actually come and get the healthy food
options that they need.
BRANDY DE ALBA: We have families that line up two hours
before distribution.
We are already lined up, at least 50 cars deep all the way
around the corner.
JESSICA VAUGHAN: The financial gift
that Sutter provides to us goes so much more than just
building a program or paying for a driver.
It allows us to purchase thousands
upon thousands of pounds of fresh produce
that is given to these children on a daily basis.
And some of these kids don't get that every day
because apples aren't readily available.
But now, because of partnerships like Sutter, they are.

LOGAN WOLFE: The three tenants of FitQuest
is mental wellness, physical activity, as well as nutrition.
And what we want to do is give them tools
that they maybe haven't learned before.
CHRISTOPHER LITTLE: They live physical wellness by hiking
everywhere.
They live mental illness because it's a positive place.
Nutritional wellness, well, we control what they eat.
So they get to see it here, live it here,
and hopefully, we've laid that foundation for kids
to move forward in a positive light.
MOM: That's always been the highlight of our summer.
It's a great place.
It feels like something is missing in our summer
if we didn't do it.
TEEN: While the families are here,
they get to visit the Shady Creek Raptor Center.
They get to go to our challenge course.
Just been unplugged.
CHRISTOPHER LITTLE: We're part of the California Outdoor
School of Administrators.
No county program has support like we do with Sutter Health.
So to me, it's a game changer.
I don't know how we got so lucky to be part of it.

ASHLEY CARNICELLO: It's all hands on deck.
TAMMIE CRABTREE: We're a small agency, and it takes all of us
to make this happen.
ASHLEY CARNICELLO: With the base of our agency been
domestic violence and sexual assault support services,
naturally we want to build a curriculum around that.
TAMMIE CRABTREE: It's not about telling kids
about domestic violence.
It's about building the skills that they understand
that your actions affect other people,
and you have to be accountable for that.
ASHLEY CARNICELLO: They come in, and they may only
know one person there.
And these kids build a little support system for themselves.
TAMMIE CRABTREE: There is not another program
like this in our county.
The Sutter foundation grant has allowed
us to do things for the children that we would not
have been able to do.
That warms my heart.
I don't want to cry, but it is.
It's huge.
(TOGETHER) Go Youth!

AMBER STOTT: At Food Literacy Center,
our mission is to inspire kids to eat their vegetables.
We go into Title I elementary schools,
and we teach hands-on cooking and nutrition programs.
Today, we're celebrating the ribbon cutting of Food Literacy
Center, but there's a second part of this project that
is not finished, and that's the one acre that's behind us.
Everybody is very, very excited, but it's
got a big price tag on it.
We want kids to come into this space, experience peace,
experience joy, to be able to sort of let
their anxiety go for a moment.
Sutter Health came out for a tour, and next thing you know,
I'm getting a call that they are going
to fund the entire project.
KERI THOMAS: Sutter Health is contributing a half a million
dollars to finish the project.
[APPLAUSE AND CHEERING]
AMBER STOTT: It's extremely exciting to partner
with Sutter Health on this project because they get it,
and they also have a vision of a world where
health is equitable.
That is a powerful partner.

NARRATOR: At Sutter Health, we know
it's important for children to have
early, positive experiences and build healthy habits
from a young age.
Programs like these achieve those goals,
and help us improve the lives of thousands of kids each year.

[MUSIC PLAYING]
GINA WARREN: There is undying spirit
that lives right here on this campus that's
hard to describe to people who didn't grow up in it.
DARRIS HINSON: Something that we fashion under the moniker
of "Pacer for Life".
Within this school you have generations
of the same families that have come through.
And we all make sure that our kids come through.
[SIREN]
GINA WARREN: Del Paso Heights, 95838, 95815
are always at the top of the list for challenges
with low educational attainment, mental health, and families
living in poverty.
JOVANIE HARRIS: The students are impacted
from the moment they get out of bed in the morning.
DARRIS HINSON: Without question we
have students who come to school for their first meal
of the day.
We have students who come to school
leaving violent situations, maybe at home
or out in the community.
LADEIJA LUCKEY: When I was a freshman at Grant High School,
me and my family were homeless, going through it.
I didn't go to six, seventh, eighth, or ninth grade.
GINA WARREN: These are raw and real challenges
that our kids face every day.
DARRIS HINSON: You can't expect someone
to perform at a high level academically
if they have all these other things on their shoulders
when they walk in.
JOVANIE HARRIS: The resources that this neighborhood needs
are in neighboring neighborhoods.
There's not very many banks.
But there are checking cashes.
Access to healthy food is not as prevalent here.
And that contributes to the overall health
of the neighborhood.
LADEIJA LUCKEY: We need kids to be able to get out
of this environment.
Because I'm not going to lie, there's nothing here.
There's nothing out here for anybody.

JOVANIE HARRIS: Pacer's Takes Space is a behavioral health
support center that's located right here on Grant Union High
School's campus with the collaboration of Sutter
Health, Twin Rivers, Sacramento Native American Health Center,
and Neighborhood Wellness.
We have worked as a team to really build
a support center that can help students
navigate their challenges and build coping skills.
BRITTA GUERRERO: The school district
provides the education system, the high school.
And Neighborhood Wellness is the conduit to the community.
We then have been tagged in to be the health care provider
and through Sutter'a support are able to teach young people how
to be their own health advocates and giving them the tools
to succeed.
JOVANIE HARRIS: We are hoping that through having a health
center on campus, the students will
be able to get the care that they need
on campus during the school day right
here in their community at a location
that they are used to frequent.
BRITTA GUERRERO: The students have
access to all of the adult amenities
that they would receive at any doctor's office.
We have a MediCal enrollment office.
We have behavioral health services.
So you're really looking at that child
from all of the elements of their health
and ramping that student in resources.
GINA WARREN: It means something to not just health
and wellness, but to education.
And when you have a great education,
you have a great future.
And when you have a great future,
you got economic stability and you got long term stability.
We need this to be here for the next generation
because our kids deserve that.
That's how you break the cycle.
LADEIJA LUCKEY: I am breaking it by being
the first person in my whole family to go to school
and to stay in school.
And I will graduate from school.
I just want to set an example for not only my siblings,
but the kids are looking up to me.
DARRIS HINSON: How often do you hear that people care,
especially in areas like Del Paso Heights,
where people can feel forgotten.
So to have an organization like Sutter Health step
in and say we care, it gives a level of confidence
that we can be successful.
KELLY BRENK: Investments like these
are critical to Sutter Health because commitment to community
is at the core of our mission.
To put a health center on the campus
where kids are going every day anyway,
it increases access to care in a really accessible way.
BRITTA GUERRERO: You see that might go off or that spark,
and you know that this is their launching pad
and the opportunities are endless.
GINA WARREN: We haven't even opened up to the entire campus
yet.
But where we offer it through the summer
and then the following school year, it's a game changer.
It's a life changer for our community.
[CHEERING]

[MUSIC PLAYING]
BRANDY DE ALBA: We have families that line up two hours
before distribution.
And if you walk with me down here to the end,
you'll see that we are already lined up at least 50 cars deep
all the way around the corner.
All the volunteers in there, they're all parents.
They're volunteering, and they the same need
as everybody else, but they are serving our community.
They know what it means to look out for each other,
to help each other.
And that's why you do this.
It's a lot of work, it's a lot of sweat,
and we are exhausted at the end of the day.
But in the end, that's what we're supposed to do.
We serve.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
JESSICA VAUGHAN: In Stanislaus and San Joaquin Counties,
there are a lot of areas that are considered food deserts.
And what that means is that there
isn't access or adequate access to a regular grocery store
where people can go in and get the food that they need.
We look to partner with schools that are in areas like this
specifically because we want to make food equality a thing
where people can actually come and get the healthy food
options that they need, like the apples and the cauliflower
and the carrots that those families don't always
have ready access to.
For us to be able to provide food like this to these kids
thanks to organizations like Sutter,
it means the world to them and to us.
KEENON KRICK: Food banks typically
have the reputation that you're getting the dented cans.
Food banking's changed.
We're now sourcing produce that is freshly picked and sourced
as quickly as we can possibly get it out to the individual.
BRANDY DE ALBA: The financial gift
that Sutter provides to us goes so much more than just
building a program or paying for a driver.
It allows us the flexibility to go into that marketplace
and purchase thousands upon thousands
of pounds of fresh produce that is
given to these children on a daily basis.
And some of these kids don't get that every day
because apples are readily available.
But now, because of partnerships like Sutter, they are.

JESSICA VAUGHAN: We are in a food desert out here.
When it comes to healthy food choices,
it is very, very difficult. So having Second Harvest come
on a regular basis, it helps with the food desert
that we're in.
[MUSIC PLAYING]

[MUSIC PLAYING]
RANDY TOOKER: We couldn't be more
excited about this new clubhouse.
What's unique about this is that it's
a facility base just for kids six to 18 years old,
and it's brand new.
So really, it shows the kids and the community
that the community is making an investment in them
and wants them to be successful, not only now
but be successful members of the community as they grow up.
BONNY GORE: People think about Roseville
as a very affluent, well-off community.
And for the most part, we are.
But we also have neighborhoods that have fewer resources,
and families struggle.
RANDY TOOKER: When we made this move
to develop this site in Roseville,
we met with community leaders, water supervisors, educators.
The Roseville Heights neighborhood
kept coming up as an area of critical need.
And so we started really looking at the possibilities here.
Our community sponsorship is key for us.
That's how we survive.
Sutter Health has been a partner of ours for a long time.
They realize impact the club makes in the community
and raising the overall health of the community
and underserved populations and wanted
to figure out the best way they could support the clubhouse.
We ended up naming our recreation area
after Sutter Health.
We want kids to be active, to learn what nutrition is.
And then it's really important to us
to keep the kids physically active as well.
So it fit right in line with Sutter's drive
to have a healthy community.
BONNY GORE: The one thing I really
appreciate about this project is that it was a collaboration.
This project wouldn't have gotten
built without so many people supporting Boys & Girls Club.
RANDY TOOKER: When kids have challenging times
and we have people who support the club,
then the club can be there for the kids so they're successful.
[MUSIC PLAYING]

[FUNKY MUSIC PLAYING]
JASON VOSLER: We're hosting a clinic for kids.
It's a beautiful day, so no place that, I'm sure,
a lot these kids would rather be.
- Really excited!
- Really excited!
- Yeah!
- Yes!
- It's awesome.
GREG COLETTI: This is the Play Ball Initiative
that is running nationwide.
It's an initiative to get the kids
off the iPads, playing baseball, and, really, for baseball
to grow its game.
TOMMY TREJO: You can tell by the look on their face,
they're so excited to be here.
And we're excited that we're able to help them
through this clinic.
- Good job!
- Sutter Health has been a partner since, really, day one
with us.
We've come up with a lot of different ideas,
from high school baseball makeovers,
to little league field makeovers,
and now, obviously, to Play Ball Weekend.
KEILANI PANEDA: This is what we do at Sutter.
We're always happy to partner with our community members--
the River Cats, Major League Baseball,
and especially the Little Leagues in our community.
JASON VOSLER: I think sports in general
just provide such good life lessons,
and communication skills, and leadership skills,
teamwork skills.
- We got to play on the field.
JASON VOSLER: I'm sure they're having a good time,
just being out in the field.
[LAUGHS]
[CRACK OF BAT]
- Just gives you a chance to get some fresh air.
- We can just run and play.
I love it.
[KIDS CHANTING]
- We've had Little League Camps, but something
like this, where it kind of brings everybody
together along with Sutter Health,
this is the first time we've done that here at the ballpark.
And we're going to get here to do something
like this for years to come.
- All I can say is I'm definitely going to come back.
It's really fun to be here.