THE CALIFORNIA WELLNESS FOUNDATION is a private independent foundation, created in 1992, whose mission is to improve the health of the people of California by making grants for health promotion, wellness education and disease prevention. The Foundation’s goals are:

to address the particular health needs of traditionally underserved populations, including low-income individuals, people of color, youth and residents of rural areas;

to support and strengthen nonprofit organizations that seek to improve the health of underserved populations;

to recognize and encourage leaders who are working to increase health and wellness within their communities; and

to inform policymakers and opinion leaders about important wellness and health care issues.

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VICE PRESIDENT OF COMMUNICATIONS
Magdalena Beltrán-del Olmo

EDITOR
Adriana Godoy Leiss

CONTRIBUTING EDITOR
David B. Littlefield

STAFF WRITERS
Adriana Godoy Leiss, David B. Littlefield, Janet I. Sandoval

CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
Cathy Curtis, Rick Nahmias

COPY EDITOR
Anne M. Perry

DESIGNER
Sauci Creative, Inc.

WEB DESIGNER
Mansfield + Associate

PHOTOGRAPHY
Michael Karibian (pp. 8-9)
D. Samuel Marsh (pp. 12-13, 19, 23)
© Rick Nahmias/rcnphoto.com (cover, pp. 2, 4, 7, 16, 25-26 right)
Robert Pacheco (pp. 3 top, 10-11, 14, 20, 22-23)
Susan Van Horn (p. 26 left)
Jesse Weathington (p. 27)
Steve Yeater (p. 3 bottom)

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Elizabeth M. Gomez, M.S.W., Chair
David S. Barlow, M.B.A., C.P.A., Vice Chair
Gary L. Yates, M.A., President and CEO
M. Isabel Becerra
Elisabeth Hallman, M.B.A., R.N.
Stewart Kwoh, J.D.
Douglas X. Patiño, Ph.D.
Peggy Saika
Barbara C. Staggers, M.D., M.P.H.
Eugene Washington, M.D., M.Sc.

© 2009 The California Wellness Foundation. Contents may not be reproduced without permission. Printed on recycled paper by Challenge Graphics. 10/09.

This publication is @ www.CalWellness.org