Citrus Valley Medical Center

Description

OUR MISSION
To help people keep well in body mind and spirit by providing quality health care services in a compassionate environment

OUR VISION
We are an integral partner in elevating our communities health

OUR VALUES
Patients and their families are the reason we are here We want them to experience excellence in all we do through the quality of our services our teamwork and our commitment to a caring safe and compassionate environment

RESPECT
We affirm the rights dignity individuality and worth of each person we serve and of each other

EXCELLENCE
We maintain an unrelenting drive for excellence quality and safety and strive to continually improve all that we do

COMPASSION
We care for each person and each other as part of our family

INTEGRITY
We believe in fairness honesty and are guided by our code of ethics

STEWARDSHIP
We wisely care for the human physical and financial resources entrusted to us

History

History
Citrus Valley Medical Center InterCommunity Campus

InterCommunity began as a sevenbed hospital founded in 1922 by two sisters a nurse and a schoolteacher Melisse and Mary Wittler Mary made the hospitals mortgage payments with the pay she earned from her teaching position while Melisse ran the hospital

In 1924 the community purchased 25000 in bonds to build and expand the hospital

The demands of running a busy hospital became too much for the Wittler sisters and in 1947 they put the hospital up for sale Eleven communities raised enough money to purchase the hospital and to remodel and expand the facility These 11 communities are cities we now know as Covina West Covina Baldwin Park San Dimas Glendora Azusa La Puente Irwindale La Verne Walnut and Diamond Bar The hospital was named InterCommunity to reflect the contributions of the different communities

Citrus Valley Medical Center Queen of the Valley Campus

In the late 1950s the Immaculate Heart of Mary an order of Catholic nuns sent Sister Columba to West Covina with an old Buick and 25 to build a community hospital

The sisters used all the property they owned as collateral to purchase land for the hospital This included their high school college library and even the Mother House in Los Angeles

In 1962 they opened Queen of the Valley Hospital with the support of local business leaders and the Queen of the Valley Auxiliary

Foothill Presbyterian Hospital

Dr Elvin Stanton and businessman Leonard Ray were instrumental in making dreams of a good notforprofit community hospital to serve the foothill communities come true Local businessman CM Johnston also played a tremendous role by donating the land and established a 25 million hospital fund in memory of his physician son Morris L Johnston And in 1970 the city of Glendora assisted in acquiring the taxexempt bonds to finance hospital construction costs The hospital opened its doors in 1973

Citrus Valley Hospice

Citrus Valley Hospice formerly the Hospice of the East San Gabriel Valley also has a history rich in community volunteerismThe hospice was founded in 1979 by community volunteers who worked out of a room donated by Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Covina

In 1984 InterCommunity purchased the former Sunkist Elementary School site and built a 10bed inpatient hospice facility one of the first freestanding hospices of its kind west of the Mississippi