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Rags to Riches, Wherever You Are

Rags to Riches, Wherever You Are

This morning, I received a wonderful email from Dr. Becky Eleck, one of our physicians who works with our Wherever You Are (WYA) program providing health care for those without stable housing:   After an amazing experience Saturday night, I decided that I have to share it with you.  Pat Mik (WYA’s amazing nurse) and I attended the first ever fashion show at Shepherd Home, a transitional living shelter in Middletown, CT.  It was incredible! One of the shelter residents dreamed…

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Hot Food, a Clean Shower, and a Warm Place to Sleep

Hot Food, a Clean Shower, and a Warm Place to Sleep

Sunday morning was beautiful, the white snow on the green, red, and yellow leaves; the blue sky, with a tinge of pink around the edges.  I knew that if I could make it to a local church, I could get a warm lunch.  It wasn’t too cold outside for much of the day, but as it got dark it got dark, it started getting cold, and I had to think about where my family and I would sleep and stay…

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New Britain Homeless Connect

New Britain Homeless Connect

Hello everyone! I am the new AmeriCorps member for the Wherever You Are (WYA) program here at CHC. I am very excited to be working with WYA and CHC this year, and I look forward to sharing more through this blog. Already I have been humbly exposed to the conditions that many homeless people regretfully experience, and the great contributions that so many community members make to help improve their quality of life. The WYA team is among these organizations and individuals who…

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Ice Cream for the Homeless

Ice Cream for the Homeless

If you’re like me, you’ve probably walked by the old man in tattered clothes sitting on the curb holding his torn piece of cardboard with a plea for help scrawled in black magic marker.  Maybe you’ve looked away, ashamed that you couldn’t or wouldn’t help out.  “If I give him money, how do I know we won’t spend it on something inappropriate,” you rationalize.  “After all, I can’t change the systemic causes of homelessness.” It is a convenient stereotype of…

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Join us in celebrating Patricia Mik, RN, CHC’s “Nightingale Award 2011 recipient”

Join us in celebrating Patricia Mik, RN, CHC’s “Nightingale Award 2011 recipient”

The following is a message from Mark and Margaret about Patricia Mik, RN, CHC’s “Nightingale Award 2011 recipient”  Thursday evening in the ballroom of the Hartford Marriott, a thousand people gathered for the annual Nightingale Awards for Excellence in Nursing.  The Nightingale Awards ceremony is a collaborative effort, celebrated in four cities across Connecticut simultaneously, to celebrate outstanding nurses.   Mark and I would like you to join us in congratulating Patricia Mik, RN, of our “Wherever You Are” (W.Y.A) Healthcare for…

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Barbara DiPietro, policy director for the National Health Care for the Homeless Council.

Barbara DiPietro, policy director for the National Health Care for the Homeless Council.

Conversations on Health Care focuses this week on the health care needs of the homeless. Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Barbara DiPietro, who directs policy and advocacy for the National Health Care for the Homeless Council, about delivering patient-centered, team-based, coordinated health care to those experiencing homelessness and how this fits into the larger healthcare system. If you wish to subscribe to the CHC Radio mailing list, please fill out this form:     join our mailing list…

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