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Greetings!
Couldn't make the 5th Annual Health Empowered Beauty Fashion Show?
Check out the photos for this year and be sure to stay in touch for news about next year
!
Also, help us prepare for the winter with our Winter Accessories Drive! Please like our new
Instagram
page to receive more updates on our work at Care for the Homeless.
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Care for the Homeless Welcomes George Nashak
On Monday, October 16, we welcomed George Nashak as our new Executive Director. He arrived to a collage of photos and welcome messages at the entryway to the CFH administrative offices (see photo) and began his first day with a light breakfast meeting with the 33
rd
Street staff. He told them that he came to CFH knowing about the great work the organization does that includes an existing partnership with a CFH health center located at a HELP USA (his prior organization) location, the Wards Island residence for homeless men. He has a busy schedule in the coming months visiting our multiple sites across four boroughs. We look forward to working with George to implement his vision for helping more of NYC’s homeless individuals in the years to come. You can read more about George’s extensive and impressive background,
here.
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5th Annual Health Empowered Beauty Fashion Show
A dedicated volunteer committee spearheaded the planning of the event, working closely with Tiffani Moore, Producer and Stylist and founder of A Bitt Moore Creative. There was laughter and tears of joy from the models who lived an experience of a lifetime! The experience was even more inspirational for the models, thanks to our special guest host,
Amir Arison
of NBC’s
The Blacklist,
who spent the entire evening shooting video on his phone, cheering on the models from the audience
.
An incredible amount of in-kind donations and pro-bono services were put together, which made it possible for more of the funds raised to go directly to help the women of Susan’s Place and homeless individuals served by CFH. The list is long but we want to give a special shout-out to:
Taren Guy,
Ada Rojas
,
Hiliana Devila
, and
Anna O'Brien
for hosting
;
music provided by
DJ Monday Blue
; photography by
Alonzo Boldin
and
Nakulwa Smith
; videography by
CTRL Creative Collective
; flowers by
Younikness by Fabiola
and an amazing crew of designers, hair and make-up artists who made the ladies ready for the runway. And of course, all this would not be possible without our generous sponsors:
The Waldele Group at Merrill Lynch
,
Carol's Daughter,
and
WellCare
.
Please visit the
HEB Fashion show page
to a full list of our donors, contributors, and volunteers.
The Health Empowered Beauty Fashion Show featured residents of
Susan's Place
as the "super" models. Proceeds from the event will help change the lives of the residents at Susan's Place. If you would like to get involved in the
#HEBFashionShow
next year, please email us at
info@cfhnyc.org
. Or, you can help continue this effort to empower the women of Susan's Place
here
.
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Healthy Village in Queens
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On September 21, we hosted, "Healthy Village" at Citadel Health Center in Queens. Over 150 people attended the event, almost 1/3 of which went to CFH's health center for services. Flu vaccines, blood pressure screenings, HIV/Hep C rapid testing, insurance enrollment, and new patient registrations were just a few of many services provided at the health fair. And everyone received some great “swag” such as hand sanitizer, a stress ball and other goodies to help improve their health. CFH staff were joined by
Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield
volunteers to meet members of the surrounding community to let them know that the center is open all-year-round to help meet the needs of people in the neighborhood.
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We Practice Better Medicine
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We are excited to announce that Care for the Homeless received Level 3 Patient-Centered Medical H
ome (PCMH) recognition by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)
for 14 of our health centers! Level 3 is the HIGHEST LEVEL of NCQA PCMH recognition that indicates each of the health centers has instituted a system of excellence in service delivery, individualized care and attention, and continuous quality monitoring.
PCMH is
a model of care that emphasizes care coordination and communication to transform primary care into "what patients want
it
to be."
This recognition is central to our mission
and core belief that our homeless neighbors
deserve
access to high-quality health care. And, as a CFH friend, YOU can be assured that your support is a smart and high-quality choice!
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Winter Accessories Drive
Every year
, CFH runs an annual Winter Accessories Drive, to keep homeless New Yorkers healthy and warm. Get ready! This year's drive will run from November 1 through January 31, 2018. For more information about how you can help, please
click here
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Want more updates from CFH?
Interested in learning more about our policy and advocacy work? Or maybe you would like to volunteer at our next event. If so, sign up for our Policy Matters Newsletter and/or our Volunteer Newsletter for monthly updates to learn how you can get involved!
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From the Front Lines
is a bi-monthly update about Care for the Homeless' efforts to fight homelessness in New York City.
Thank you for your generous support of our mission.
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