About the Center
Overview | Directions
and Parking | Hours | Partners
Overview
Have you ever wondered what the thyroid gland does? Maybe
your neighbor has told you her brother has diabetes mellitus.
What is this? Where can you go to find health information
that is easy to understand?
We all need help in getting good, up-to-date information
from reliable sources about health and medicine.
The MCV Hospitals Auxiliary of the VCU Health System (VCUHS)
Community Health Education Center (CHEC) is able to give
you guidance to build on what you already know. You will
be able to make more informed choices when you have increased
knowledge.
Our motto is: Where Knowledge Empowers People.
Come to the VCUHS CHEC where staff and volunteers are guided
by our mission:
To foster the advancement and development of health knowledge
within the community.
The VCUHS, in partnership with the Medical College of Virginia
Hospitals Auxiliary of VCUHS and the VCU Libraries, welcomes
anyone with health-related questions.
Come "CHEC" us out.
A children's area has been incorporated into the CHEC. In
this special space, children have the opportunity of reading
and researching health issues at an age appropriate level.
Children 14 and under must be accompanied by an adult.
Assistance is provided by a trained health sciences librarian
and volunteers. We welcome your interest in our volunteer
program.
Visit our CHEC Information Board where support group meeting
announcements, articles of special interest, speaker announcements
and upcoming events are posted.
Directions and Parking
The Community Health Education Center is located on at 1200
East Marshall Street on the MCV Campus, on the ground floor
of the Gateway Building. To reach the Center:
- From north of Richmond, travel south on I-95 and use
exit 74C to Broad Street. Proceed west on Broad Street
for three blocks and take a right onto 11th Street. Follow
11th Street for one block until you reach Marshall Street
and take a right. The Center is on your left, across from
12th Street.
- From south of Richmond, travel north on I-95 and use
exit 74C to Broad Street. Proceed west on Broad Street
for three blocks and take a right onto 11th Street. Follow
11th Street for one block until you reach Marshall Street
and take a right. The Center is on your left, across from
12th Street.
- From west of the city, travel east on I-64 until it
merges with I-95 South. Travel south on I-95 and use exit
74C to Broad Street. Proceed west on Broad Street for
three blocks and take a right onto 11th Street. Follow
11th Street for one block until you reach Marshall Street
and take a right. The Center is on your left, across from
12th Street.
- From east of the city, travel west on I-64 and use exit
190 for 5th Street and Downtown / Coliseum. Turn left
at the fourth traffic light, Marshall Street. Follow Marshall
Street for six blocks and turn left onto 11th Street.
Follow 11th Street for one block until you reach Marshall
Street and take a right. The Center is on your left, across
from 12th Street.
Parking is available in the Patient and Visitor Parking Deck,
located at the end of Clay Street. Before turning onto Marshall
Street, continue one more bock to Clay Street and turn right.
The parking deck is two blocks down the street.
The CHEC is located on the ground floor of the VCUHS Gateway
Building:
1200 East Marshall Street
Richmond, VA 23298
(804)VCU-CHEC (828-2432)
www.vcuhealth.org/chec/
Hours
The Community Health Education Center is open Monday through
Friday, from 10 A.M. until 4 P.M. We observe the VCU Inclement
Weather closings schedule.
Partners
The following is a list of the Community Health Resource
Center's partners.
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