Community One-Stop Shop Brings Vital Health and Wellness Services to Chowchilla Residents

By Rosita Ventura-Gomez On another sunny afternoon, Chowchilla residents eagerly waited outside the Wilson Middle School gym to attend the Community One-Stop Shop. Created by the Madera County Department of Public Health, the One-Stop Shop is a community resource fair where resources and clinical services are brought to rural and underserved communities in Madera County. “The goal is to link the community to healthcare services,” … Continue reading Community One-Stop Shop Brings Vital Health and Wellness Services to Chowchilla Residents

Science in the Park is making STEM education more accessible to the youth of Chowchilla

By Rosita Ventura-Gomez As the orange skies begin to set at Veterans Memorial Park, Chowchilla’s youth eagerly gather around to create a new invention during the Community Science Workshop Network’s yearly event, Science in the Park. “It’s really fun because each time you get different things!” said Ali Renteria, a Chowchilla youth who attended the Science in the Park events four times last summer. (Ali … Continue reading Science in the Park is making STEM education more accessible to the youth of Chowchilla