Free bus offered for breast-cancer event
La Comunidad Hispana coordinating transportation to Phila. program
La Comunidad Hispana is coordinating free bus transportation to the Susan G. Komen’s Latinas United for the Cure event at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown on Saturday.
The free program, which is open to everyone, includes bus transportation and lunch paid for by the Komen organization. To reserve a spot or to receive additional...
A move to improve Hispanic health services
Margarita Queralt Mirkil (left), La Comunidad’s president, forms a partnership with Mexican Consul Carlos I. Giralt-Cabrales.
La Comunidad Hispana, Consulate of Mexico form partnership
An effort to promote health services to Mexican nationals, their families and those of Mexican origin moved closer to reality Friday as La Comunidad Hispana (LCH) and the Consulate of Mexico in Philadelphia...
La Comunidad Hispana announces new hire
Alisa Jones will begin her new job as chief operating officer of La Comunidad Hispana on March 11.
Bilingual, West Grove resident tapped as chief operating officer
La Comunidad Hispana announced Thursday that it has named Alisa Jones as its chief operating officer.
Jones, who is bilingual, comes to La Comunidad Hispana from the Delaware Division of Public Health, where she worked as bureau...
Kennett Square mayor finds way to extend thanks
‘Breakfast of Champions’ honors agencies providing valuable borough services
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Audrey Roper (left), a business associate of Mayor Matt Fetick, helped him with preparations for the Breakfast of Champions.
When Matt Fetick became Kennett Square’s mayor, he thought he had a strong command of the terrain. After all, he had resided there...
La Comunidad Hispana to partner with university
Agency will work with graduate of Penn’s nurse-practitioner program
Adriane Tuttle will be working with La Comunidad Hispana as a nurse-practitioner through a new partnership with the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center.
La Comunidad Hispana (LCH) has announced a new partnership: a nurse-practitioner initiative with the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center that will begin Monday.
The...
Art, music, history, exercise abound this weekend
Kennett Square visitors will have an opportunity to buzz in on the conversations of these fascinating reenactors participating in “Has Thee Heard” tonight, a program sponsored by the Kennett Historical Commission, Historic Kennett Square & Kennett Underground Railroad Center.
From First Friday to Vive Tu Vida, activity choices aplenty
Kennett-area residents will have a plethora...
La Comunidad gets federal recognition, money
Organization to receive award of $582,472 to expand services
KENNETT SQUARE — For the first time in its history, La Comunidad Hispana has received an award of $582,472 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to continue and enhance health-care services to those in need as well as designation as a federally qualified health center, the organization said in a news release.
“This...
Healthy-living celebration adds all the right moves
Dancing will be one way in which those attending the health celebration will be encouraged to move.
Free La Comunidad Hispana event will promote wellness, exercise
So many activities are planned Saturday for ¡Vive tu Vida! Get Up! Get Moving! that it may be difficult to do anything but that.
Sponsored by La Comunidad Hispana, the free event will be held from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. at Anson B. Nixon...
