“The Modern House Call for Women” – A Groundbreaking Three-Day Clinic Offering Free Medical and Financial Services to Thousands of Long Beach Area Women

Over 2,400 Women Expected to Attend Three Day Event

Long Beach-Governor Schwarzenegger will join First Lady Maria Shriver and other distinguished guests on Saturday, October 23rd at the Modern House Call for Women, a groundbreaking three-day event that will provide a range of free medical, dental, financial and educational services to under-served women in the Long Beach area.

The Modern House Call for Women is a partnership with health clinics, medical groups and community-based organizations, including the Harbor Dental Society, CA Department of Health and Human Services, the Los Angeles County Public Health Department, Amrit Davaa World Health Corp, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, CareNow, Inc., among many others. All health care and financial services offered at the event – including supplies and equipment – are being donated by generous professionals and organizations throughout California. Some of the free services include:

•            Vision

•            Dental

•            Mammograms

•            Bone Density

•            Immunizations

•            PAP smears

•            Nutrition information and counseling

•            Prenatal Care

•            Chiropractic Services

•            Money savings programs

•            Housing Assistance

•            Domestic Violence counseling and education

• Governor Schwarzenegger
• First Lady Maria Shriver
• Kim Belshé, Secretary of the California Health and Human Services Agency
• Brigadier General Mary Kight, the Adjutant General, California National Guard
• Patrick Soon-Shiong, MD, Presenting sponsor and founder and CEO of Abraxis BioScience, a biotech company developing a cancer treatment

About The Women’s Conference

Hosted by California First Lady Maria Shriver and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, The Women’s Conference is the nation’s premier forum for women. From October 24 through October 26, The Women’s Conference 2010 will engage more than 150 of the world’s greatest voices, hearts and minds around the overarching theme of “It’s Time.” The goal of the conference is to inspire more than 30,000 women from all walks of life to see this challenging moment in history as an opportunity to come together and transform themselves and their communities as Architects of Change. The three-day forum will be kicked off this year on Sunday, October 24 with Maria Shriver’s March on Alzheimer’s in Long Beach. Alzheimer’s disproportionately impacts women – both as victims and caretakers of loved one’s suffering from it – and the disease will feature prominently both during the three days of the conference and a full week before as Maria Shriver plans to publish a groundbreaking new Shriver Report focused on Alzheimer’s.  Proceeds from The Women’s Conference’s Main Event, Grand Finale featuring The 2010 Minerva Awards, Night at The Village, A Day of Health, Wellness & Transformation, and Night at the Theater events all support the conference organization’s six WE Programs – WE Educate, WE Invest, WE Connect, WE Act, WE Inspire and WE Honor. For more details, visit: http://www.womensconference.org.