History

Via Vita Health Project, Inc. was established as Childbirth Resource Center, Inc. in March of 1988. The name was changed August 14th, 1989.

Founding Incorporators:

Vicki Penwell, Cheryl Corrick and Kasey Wilbur are the founding Incorporators.  

Under Via Vita Health Project, inc.: 

Alaska Family Health & Birth Center had been part of Via Vita and a non-profit since 1988.

Fairbanks Ultrasound was donated to Via Vita in 2021.

Purpose 

Its purpose is to operate a non-profit, educational and charitable corporation. Our on-profit will provide healthcare, perinatal instruction and other education and serviced surrounding the perinatal period, including the education and training of healthcare workers to provide those services. 

Vision

EMPOWERING lives to find & receive TRANSFORMATIVE HEALTH care 

Values

TRANSFORMATION: we are continually transforming from the moment of conception. Transformation can be toward a disintegrated mind, body, spirit, or an integrated mind, body, spirit. 

LIFE: life is more than just a state of being. It is an experience that either affirms or denies the value of each life. 

LOVE: love is patient, love is kind, it does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil, but rejoices with the truth It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. 

DIVERSITY: honoring the value of each and every life, regardless of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, profession or military status. 

HEALTH: multifaceted wellness including mind, body, spirit.

ACCESS: a person's ability to find and receive services with regard to their socio-economic status. Acknowledging the inequality that the current system is predicated on.

EMPOWERMENT: to provide the skills and basis of support for anyone to self-advocate, and not be reliant on others to find and receive health care. 

EDUCATION: a service that each person can provide to others to teach them how to transform(integrate) mind, body, spirit.