COLTON COURIER Weekly
Vol 149, NO. 1 9
April 22, 2021
MicroEnter prise Collaborative of Inland Souther n Califor nia aims to help small businesses
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MicroEnterprise Collaborative of Inland Southern California in Grand Terrace is a community-based, nonprofit organization that connects businesses with the free and low-cost resources business owners need. Pictured are staff members.
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mall businesses have been hit hard by the pandemic. To help business owners start a new business or simply stay open, the MicroEnterprise Collaborative of Inland Southern California can help. A community-based, non profit, the organization connects businesses with the free and low-
cost resources business owners need. MicroEnterprise Collaborative of Inland Southern California based in Grand Terrace, consists of a diverse coalition of community leaders dedicated to improving small business development in Riverside and San Bernardino
counties and eastern Los Angeles county. Over 700 banks, Chambers of Commerce, business associations, and nonprofits as well as universities and community college business departments, business programs, services, microlenders, and city and county agencies understand the importance of successful small
businesses for the economy of the region and have signed on to become partners of MicroEnterprise Collaborative. Micro-businesses—those with fewer than five employees— comprise 90 percent of all busiBusiness, cont. on next pg.
Dr. Valenzuela honored with the Community Health Champion Award
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alifornia University of Science and Medicine’s (CUSM) Women’s Health Department Chair, Guillermo Valenzuela, M.D., was selected to receive the Community Health Champion Award from the Time for Change Foundation, a local non-profit housing and transitional service for homeless and formerly incarcerated women on Thursday, April 8, 2021.
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Each year an individual has been chosen for their hard work and dedication. Dr. Valenzuela has been a supportive physician towards low-income women in the community. The foundation admires his overall support toward women’s health and wellbeing by going above and beyond to ensure that females have access to health care.
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“Dr. Valenzuela has selflessly contributed to the lives of women
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and children. We are honored to present this award for his generous contributions for women’s health and to organizations that support the well-being of all women,” said Vanessa Perez, Director of the Time for Change Foundation. “The Community Health Champion Award was given to Dr. Valenzuela because from a humble beginning, he swore as a child that he would become a doctor to provide medical care for his community. It is the dream of a young boy that has flourished into a multitude of medical practices serving our low-income communities with quality accessible health care. It is with great pleasure that we honor him with the 2021 Community Champion Award,” said Loni Love, EMMY and NAACP Image, Co-Host of The Real. Valenzuela, cont. on next pg.