give a smile

Give for a Smile (GFAS) is a non-profit 501(c) 3 community base organization founded by Adriana Jimenez and Julio Gallardo in the year 2011. In Adriana’s previous experience working as a family advocate, she noticed the tremendous need of reaching many families who were neglected because of language barriers, hard to reach communities, changes in the law/government make them afraid, or simply because program bureaucracy prevented them from getting the help. The mission of our organization is to provide free service to all those hard to reach communities by establishing a closer and friendlier environment they can trust and feel comfortable when requesting help. Among the many services we provide, the main one is to assist navigating through the complicated and cumbersome Health Coverage application process. Our goal to assist them finding, obtaining, & retaining medical coverage available through the safety net available today. It is imperative to us that everyone has health coverage because we believe that healthy societies begins with healthy families. The ultimate goal of our mission is to treat every family with the respect & high quality service they deserve, as well as to be able to provide them with the minimum standard required to live with dignity.