Dodgers, UCLA Health team up to provide health care to fans at La Gran Fiesta

Attendees accessed eye exams, dental screenings, blood pressure checks and more.
Volunteer uses forehead thermometer on a person.
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At La Gran Fiesta on Saturday, Oct. 1, UCLA Health hosted a Family Care Village to provide Dodgers fans with clinical services such as eye exams, dental screenings, blood pressure checks, blood glucose readings, information on screenings for colon cancer and more.

Sponsored by Coca-Cola, Spectrum and Budweiser, La Gran Fiesta concludes the season-long Viva Los Dodgers series, which recognizes the contribution of Latinos in baseball. This year’s event was held in the parking lot of Dodger Stadium prior to the game against the Colorado Rockies.

The Family Care Village had more than 5,000 attendees participate in health screenings and giveaways. Around 70 bilingual volunteers, staff and students represented several UCLA Health divisions and departments, including:

  • UCLA Division of Dermatology
  • UCLA School of Dentistry
  • UCLA Division of Digestive Diseases
  • UCLA Department of Family Medicine
  • UCLA School of Nursing
  • UCLA Stein Eye Institute
  • Orthopaedic Institute for Children
  • La Comunidad, an affinity group at UCLA Health
Fam Care Village booth with staff behind UCLA Health table at outdoor community fair
School of Dentistry volunteers prepare to welcome attendees. (Photo by Eric Glassner | UCLA Health)
Village booth staff assists seated attendee while another person watches
A volunteer at the UCLA Health sponsored Family Care Village straps an attendee’s arm into a blood pressure cuff. (Photo by Eric Glassner | UCLA Health)
Healthcare worker in blue scrubs attending to seated woman at Fam Care Village
A Family Care Village attendee gets screened by volunteers from the School of Dentistry. (Photo by Eric Glassner | UCLA Health)
Fam Care Village booth at a health fair with staff and visitors under blue tents
Attendees of the Family Care Village stop by the Colorectal Cancer Screening booth for information on when to get screened. (Photo by Eric Glassner | UCLA Health)
Booth at outdoor health event with staff and visitors
Attendees of the Family Care Village stop at the various tents to receive health screenings, information and giveaways. (Photo by Eric Glassner | UCLA Health)
Man in wheelchair waving beside staff at outdoor event booth
A Family Care Village attendee receives a vision screening by volunteers from the UCLA Stein Eye Institute. (Photo by Eric Glassner | UCLA Health)
Fam Care Village health booth with volunteers talking to visitors
Folasade (Fola) May, MD, PhD, assistant professor at the David Geffen School of Medicine discusses with Family Care Village attendees the importance of colorectal cancer screening. (Photo by Eric Glassner | UCLA Health)
Fam Care Village volunteer checks a man's eye at an outdoor health booth
A Family Care Village attendee receives a vision screening by volunteers from the UCLA Stein Eye Institute. (Photo by Eric Glassner | UCLA Health)

In addition to clinical services and screenings, volunteers provided guests with health information on nutrition and sun safety, referrals for care and more.

Learn more about last year’s event.