For over 77 years the Alliance has made a difference. The Sierra Sacramento Medical Society Alliance (SSVMSA) is composed of physicians' spouses and domestic partners, physicians, residents, medical students and Friends of the Alliance supporters dedicated to bettering our community. In association with the Sierra Sacramento Valley Medical Society we are dedicated to improving the quality of health through funding, volunteer support and education.

Maybe you know of someone helped by the Alliance:

• A wife whose husband is a recovering stroke patient found help through the Community Resources for Older Adults directory that the Alliance publishes each year.
• A nursing student is grateful for the financial assistance provided through the Alliance Scholarship Program.
• An 8 year old, after working through an "I Can Choose" workbook, learned to resolve disagreements without yelling and shoving.
• Families watched PBS' "Sounding the Alarm: Diabetes in the Valley" on PBS partially funded by an Alliance grant.

Margaret Mead, Anthropologist, said, "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."