Multi-Cultural Community Resource Center establishes new endowment
The Multi-Cultural Community Resource Center recently established a new endowment at The Erie Community Foundation to assure perpetuity and strength for the nonprofit. You can make an online gift to their endowment, by clicking here.
The Multi-Cultural Center's mission is to facilitate the educational, social, political and economic progress of the communities we serve. They break down cultural barriers due to language, appearance, or ethnic traditions. They actively promote and advocate the development, empowerment and advancement of all people while preserving their cultural identity. They work to educate the community to value diversity.
In addition, the Multi-Cultural Community Resource Center (MCRC) and Saint Vincent Health Center recently entered into a community partnership to provide Spanish-speaking patients, who receive medical care, with interpretation services. "We are delighted with this partnership as this is part of our mission," said Joel Tuzynski, the MCRC Executive Director.
To provide this service, Monica Weivoda was hired full-time at Saint Vincent as a contracted employee of MCRC's Accurate Communication Translation and Interpretation Services. She is available weekdays from 8 a.m to 4:30 p.m. in the Health Center. "We are also carrying an after hours pager that guarantees that MCRC would have a Spanish interpreter available during evenings, weekends, and holidays," Tuzynski added.
Ms. Weivoda provides Spanish interpretation onsite, and assists with coordinating language services for all limited English speaking patients. As part of her responsibilities, she reviews inpatient lists, assures that all non-English speaking clients have accessibility to an interpreter or a centralized telephonic system and she translates hospital forms into Spanish.
“With twenty-one countries around the world speaking Spanish, we see an increasing number of arrivals from Central and South America joining our Puerto Rican and Mexican citizens in Erie,” according to Tuzynski. "MCRC is very pleased with this new partnership and we look forward to helping other business in the Erie area interested in improving communication with the English as a second language community.”
