The event will feature a special ceremony starting at 4:00 with Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors District 5 representative Paul Caruso, Stanislaus County C.E.O. Reagan Wilson, Ceres Mayor Eric Ingwerson and representatives from various agencies involved in the project.

The special grand opening ceremony will occur at the new medical office site located at 3109 Whitmore Avenue in Ceres (corner of Whitmore Avenue and Mitchell Road next to Carl's Jr.).

The Ceres Medical Office was started during the closure of Memorial Hospital in Ceres as the Health Services Agency's response to the community need for local health services. The medical office was established on a temporary basis until a newer, more modern facility could be built to serve the community.

The new 10,000 square foot Ceres Medical Office will feature 3 physicians and 4 nurse practitioners to accommodate the increasing number of patients being seen from the Ceres community. Numerous additional services to be provided at the new Ceres Medical Office include: health education and training, Keep Baby Safe programs, Lamaze training, immunization services, school and athletic physicals, diabetes education, nutrition clinics, and a behavioral clinic for patients over age 21 to be run in conjunction with the Department of Mental Health. The Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program will also have services located at the medical office and American Medical Response will have a local base station for its ambulance services on-site. The Department of Mental Health will be expanding the scope of their services in Ceres in conjunction with this project.