Each year, Beach Cities Health Districts (BCHD) provides learning opportunities to students with a variety of internships. During the 2015-16 academic year, BCHD hosted 50 interns from 16 different schools. These students worked on research projects,...
Jessica Rodriguez started as a Human Resources intern at Beach Cities Health District (BCHD) while she completed her B.S. in Business Administration with an option in Human Resources Management at California State Long Beach. During her internship,...
By Sandy Mazza, Daily Breeze
Being “green” can be overwhelming for even the most conscientious citizens.
There are so many options: replacing outdated energy-sucking equipment, managing heating and cooling systems, solar-...
by Eric Garner, Beach Cities Health District
Carmen Sellers, 82, is an archetype for health, happiness and the life-extending benefits of Blue Zones Project’s Power 9® principles.
If it were up to 11-year-old Hermosa, every day...
by Kelcie Pegher, The Beach Reporter
With top 40 music playing, Monica Victorino mentioned to her audience of 300 or so that the most recent song had been a request.
And then we got to business.
“There’s only one goal,...
Eden Serina is a volunteer with BCHD’s MoveWell program which helps older adults become stronger and healthier through safe and easy exercises. Through the program, trained volunteers like Eden are matched with an older adult and perform weekly visits...
Mary Wadman is a Front Desk Assistant at BCHD’s Center for Health and Fitness (CHF). She is responsible for providing a warm and welcoming environment for more than 3,000 CHF members. Her duties include greeting members and guests, handing out towels...
Dash Michaels, John Niehaus, Laura Ruiz and Paul Senior were honored for overcoming health challenges through health and fitness
The 2016 Spirit of Wellness began with friendly conversations and laughter among friends and was...
BCHD is fortunate to have a number of volunteers who go above and beyond their volunteer work to truly help us excel in our programs and services. To recognize these individuals, Volunteer Services created the Core Value awards to honor volunteers who...
Husband and wife Alexander Burishkin and Lynne Santini didn’t always see eye to eye when it came time to improve their health and lose weight, however, they easily agree about what veered them off track.
“Oh, it’s his fault,” laughs Lynne,...
