Red Cross Heroes Award

Operation Independence Receives RED CROSS HEROES AWARD

Operation Independence, the trailblazing COVID-19 vaccination effort by the County of Orange (County), received a Heroes Award from the Red Cross of Orange County! Operation Independence was a collaboration of the County, the OC Health Care Agency, Orange County Fire Authority, local agencies and city departments, public/private partners and volunteers to deliver vaccines to all 3.2 million 2022 ORANGE COUNTY Orange County (OC) residents by July 4, 2021. This collaborative program helped more than 70% of OC HEROES AWARDSresidents ages 18 and older to receive at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. In presenting the award the Red Cross said, “We are proud to honor Operation Independence with the Disaster Services Award on behalf of everyone in Orange County. Thank you for your dedication to keeping our community safe.” The Red Cross put together a video to present the award, which you can see by clicking here.

Celebrate the Hero Within!

City National Grove of Anaheim Friday, May 20, 2022

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1. L-to-R: Chi Pham, Deborah Diaz de Leon, Jenna Sarin, Jenny

Qian, Joseph Minderhoud, Paulette Chaffee, Frank Kim, Dr.

Clayton Chau, Steve Thronson, Mario Ortega, Dr. Margaret

Bredehoft, Torhon Barnes, Katie Kalvoda, Dr. Regina

Chinsio-Kwong.

2. L-to-R: Dr. Clayton Chau, Mike Petro, Dr. Margaret Bredehoft, Chairman Doug Chaffee, Paulette Chaffee, Frank Kim and Brian Fennessy.

3. Orange County Board of Supervisors Chairman Doug Chaffee accepting Red Cross award. L-to-R: Wendy Burch, Frank Kim, Dr.

Clayton Chau, Dr. Margaret Bredehoft, Mike Petro, Paulette Chaffee and Brian Fennessy.

4. L-to-R: Torhon Barnes, Dr. Clayton Chau, Paulette Chaffee, Deborah Diaz de Leon, Joseph Minderhoud and Chi Pham.

AGENCY PROGRAMS RECEIVE NATIONAL RECOGNITION

The National Association of Counties (NACo) recognized two OC Health Care Agency (HCA) programs in the 2022 NACo Achievement Awards: the OC Links Behavioral Health Service Line and the OCHCA and

MindOC Collaboration: Be Well Campus. The NACo achievement awards are presented to counties for innovative programs that modernize county government and increase services to county residents.

This recognition reflects the amazing work of our Agency and highlights that work at the national level. You can locate information about nominations submitted by other counties across the nation in NACo’s searchable awards database by clicking here.

Congratulations to the HCA programs for receiving the NACo recognition! Thank you to all who were involved in putting the nominations together and giving recognition to our Agency’s programs.