Chuck Lorre Rose Avenue
Health and Wellness Center
Founded in Venice. Established for All.
Be a Part of Our History:
Support Our Flagship Location
OUR HERITAGE
In 1970, Venice, California was a very different place: its infrastructure was crumbling, and transportation, jobs and healthcare were nil. The young families, artists and veterans who lived here had no place to turn for medical care.
Community activists and volunteer doctors, Dr. Phillip Rossman and Dr. Mayer Davidson, came together to found Venice Family Clinic. Neighbors and clinicians gave their time to serve the hundreds of children, adults and older people every week—working nights and weekends out of a borrowed UCLA dental clinic. And because we’ve lived our motto, high-quality care delivered with dignity and respect, the Clinic has grown year after year.
TODAY
Today, Venice Family Clinic serves 45,000 people through 21 locations, including clinics, school-based sites, Early Head Start centers, mobile clinics and satellite locations at partner agencies stretching across the Westside of Los Angeles, Inglewood, the South Bay and everywhere in between.
Naming Opportunities at our Flagship Clinic on Rose Avenue
In 1980, we purchased our first permanent home at 604 Rose Avenue in Venice, thanks to the generosity and vision of donors led by the tireless Irma and Lou Colen.
Our recently remodeled flagship clinic – the now-named Chuck Lorre Rose Avenue Health and Wellness Center – serves as beacon for our community and exemplifies what we do best: truly comprehensive care that sees health through the lens lifetime wellbeing: quality medical, mental health and vision care nested within integrated supports including free fresh food, street medicine, substance use treatment,case management,health and wellness activities and much more.
You can ensure we can be there for all who need us for generations to comeby naming a room at the Chuck Lorre Rose Avenue Health and Wellness Center. Opportunities range from $25,000 through $1,000,000. Please contact Anna Henderson, Director of Development, Individual and Corporate Philanthropy, at (310) 664-7914 or ALHenderson@mednet.ucla.edu to learn more.
Take a Virtual Tour
Click the video below to see a rendering of the renovated Chuck Lorre Rose Avenue Health and Wellness Center.
With your support we will continue to:
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Provide health care for children, families, adults who can’t access health insurance thorough their employers, people experiencing homelessness and those facing complex health and mental health challenges
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Help people live healthier lives through better nutrition and chronic disease management, including obesity and diabetes
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Reduce unnecessary ER visits, and help sustain local emergency rooms and services
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Enroll people in health insurance so they can get regular care
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Give nutritious food to people who may otherwise be unable to feed their family
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Care for people experiencing homelessness and work to get them housed
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Support people with substance use disorders so they can live the lives we all deserve
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Help people manage their trauma and stress so they can be good parents, siblings, children, friends, employees and neighbors