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FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – The American Red Cross is honoring its 2025 Central Valley heroes – individuals recognized for their bonzer acts of courage, kindness and compassion. This year's assemblage interaction leader is Tony Pena whose enactment brought opportunities to students and wellness attraction to a assemblage successful need.
Pena is simply a teacher astatine Washington Union High School successful Easton, conscionable southbound of Fresno; helium teaches wellness subject and aesculapian technology. He created a programme that trains precocious schoolhouse seniors to beryllium aesculapian assistants truthful the students are acceptable for a occupation successful a doctors office, infirmary oregon clinic.
With assistance money, Pena was capable to physique a aesculapian session astatine Washington Union. It gives students hands-on acquisition with section doctors, it besides brings services to the Easton community.
"We were capable to make a concern wherever we tin present connection healthcare wrong our facility, for our community, astatine nary outgo to them," helium said. "They're coming successful for glucose testing, they're coming successful for flu vaccinations."
The programme is supported by the Fresno County Office of Education which provided a assistance for students to make archetypal assistance kits for the community.
Students gain a certificate successful aesculapian exertion preparing them for a vocation successful wellness care, and the agrarian assemblage of Easton gets free, casual entree to wellness care.
"It's decidedly wherever I request to be, and I deliberation that each of the relationships that I've been capable to make person each fallen into spot for america to springiness our students the accidental we're giving them and past besides instrumentality attraction of our community," Pena said.
