Empowering Communities for Optimal Health

Community Outreach

In keeping with our mission and dedication to the ideal that everyone deserves high-quality healthcare, Sonoran empowers individuals and communities to achieve optimal health. Sonoran demonstrates this commitment to community engagement and support through its community clinics and offering quality community education programming.

While there is no community service requirement to graduate from Sonoran University, some students travel to various domestic or international sites and can spend their quarterly breaks in service to others, providing health services, volunteering, speaking and learning about the complex health challenges facing our world.

Community Clinics

Service to others, especially those in need, is one of the most fulfilling aspects of life. This is strongly reflected in the Sonoran University’s efforts to provide under-resourced communities Arizona with quality natural and conventional healthcare. Patients include families in low-income school districts, survivors of domestic violence, patients recovering from homelessness and trauma, individuals seeking LGBTQ+ care, and patients recovering from substance use.

Our commitment to providing free naturopathic health care to communities in need started over 20 years ago when we opened our first community clinic at Hamilton Elementary School. Since then, we’ve opened more clinics around the Valley and are currently providing thousands of free patient visits annually to those who wouldn’t have access to health care otherwise. Our student rotations at the clinics see patients under the supervision of a physician to gain skills and experience in the community health care environment. Sonoran clinics are able to provide acupuncture, lab testing, nutritional products, and much more free of charge to patients thanks to generous donations from members of our community through Sage Foundation for Health.