Community Outreach
Latest Community Outreach News
Community Collaborations Hosts “Happiness” Webinar
May 5, 2022–On May 19th, Community Collaborations will host a “Happiness” webinar from 2:00 – 3:00PM. Learn how all emotions contribute to happiness. We’ll look at how to build resilience and incorporate a strength-based approach to your daily practice. Click here to register or use the following link https://bitly.ws/qX73 to register for the presentation. For more information contact [email protected]. This presentation is eligible for 1 Continuing Education Credit for Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) and Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW). The Social Work Continuing Education Credit evaluation will be sent to attendees after the conclusion of the session.
Community Collaborations Hosts “Empower Your Health” Webinar
April 21, 2022–On April 28th, Community Collaborations will host an “Empower Your Health” webinar from 2:00 – 3:00PM. Improve your wellbeing with information on preventing chronic diseases, finding the right health care provider and understanding your rights as a health care consumer. Discover the power of advanced care planning, hospice and palliative care services, and empower your health and wellbeing. where you will learn about a variety of ways to improve and enhance your health and your family’s wellbeing. Click here to register or use the following link https://bit.ly/3u1SkBd to register for the presentation. For more information contact [email protected].
Two New VNSNY Community Centers Opening Summer 2022!
April 14, 2022–Building on its long history of supporting the health and social welfare of diverse and often vulnerable populations, VNSNY will be opening two new storefront community centers in the Asian American communities of Flushing, Queens and Sunset Park, Brooklyn. Like the VNSNY Chinatown Community Center located at 7 Mott Street, the two new centers will be open seven days a week, offering ready access to a full range of VNSNY programs and services and serving as a one-stop source for health information and community resources. Here’s a sneak peek of what’s coming!
Harlem Event Brings Together VNSNY Leadership and Local Faith and Community Leaders
March 9, 2022–On February 18, VNSNY’s HOPE (Hospice Outreach Patient and Provider Education) and Connect2Well programs hosted an event with faith and community leaders from across the city as well as several elected officials at the historic Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem. The event, titled HOPE HEALS: FAITH EMPOWERS, was designed to educate faith leaders about the HOPE and Connect2Well programs and their mission to address the underutilization of hospice, home care and other healthcare services among chronically ill and at-risk Black and Latinx adults. HOPE’s faith-based lead consultants, Reverend Jacques DeGraff and Pastor Corey Kennard, served as co-chairs and helped plan the event, which attracted more than 45 stakeholders from New York City’s five boroughs. By working with key community-based organizations and faith leaders, the HOPE and the Connect2Well programs aim to bridge the information gap and increase access to healthcare resources within the Harlem and the Bronx communities.
VNSNY in 2021 — Year in Review
December 20, 2021–January VNSNY welcomes EVP & Chief Financial Officer Keith Patterson. On January 25th, Keith Patterson joins VNSNY as our new Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He arrives with an extensive background in managed care as well as provider and other healthcare services. VNSNY CEOs named to 2021 City & State Health Power 100. Current VNSNY CEO Dan Savitt and former CEO Marki Flannery are both named to the 2021 City & State Health Power 100 list, a roster of New York’s 100 most influential public officials, health care executives, advocates and activists, academics, and labor leaders. Vaccinate VNSNY! From early January, when VNSNY opens its vaccine clinic at 220 East 42nd Street, through March 20th, when the clinic administers its last first-dose vaccinations, VNSNY nurses give out 9,000 first doses and 4,400 second doses of the Moderna vaccine—the large majority of them to VNSNY staff members. Click here for
Find Out What’s Happening… Here Are the Latest News Briefs from Around VNSNY!
November 30, 2021–Welcome to the latest edition of “News Briefs from Around VNSNY”— featuring quick updates on recent news and happenings across the organization.If you have any news or announcements that you’d like to submit for consideration in an upcoming edition, please click here. VNSNY’s (Virtual) Gala Raises More Than $1.4 Million! Despite fervent hopes that the 2021 Benefit Gala would be an in-person event, VNSNY made the difficult decision not to host a large, indoor celebration quite yet this year. “Even though we had to pivot to a virtual event, we released a pre-recorded program video on November 11th that people can watch at their convenience,” says John Billeci, VNSNY’s Vice President of Special Events. “It contains many of the same elements that our in-person event usually has, including a video about VNSNY and the presentation of our Lillian D. Wald Award to this year’s honorees.” Emceed by Emmy-Award-winning PIX11 anchor
See Our Charitable Mission in Action — Catch the November Edition of “30 Minutes with Dan”!
November 19, 2021–November is known as a month for giving and expressing gratitude for all we hold dear. In this latest episode of “30 Minutes with Dan,” President and CEO Dan Savitt travels the city to see VNSNY’s charitable care mission in action and thank staff for their commitment to caring for those in need. Featuring Hing Lin (Helen) Sit (Manager, Chinatown NNORC), Wai Kiu Man (Licensed Social Worker), Joyce Henry (Registered Nurse), Marina Soloveychik (Clinical Intake Manager), Patricia Johnson (Branch Director), Jeri Goodman (Associate Director, Social Work Services) and Arthur Fitting (LGBTQ+ Program Manager). To watch this latest episode, click here below. And here’s the “On the Go!” version of “30 Minutes with Dan.” We’ve broken out the November episode into short segments so you can watch it on the go! That’s a Fact Around with Dan Roundtable Discussion High-5
A Day in the Life: Demitrious Cáceres — Community Events Assistant, VNSNY CHOICE Community Outreach
November 18, 2021–Welcome to “A Day in the Life”—a Frontline series that follows staff members from different areas of VNSNY as they go through a typical day at work. Community Events Assistants play an essential role in supporting VNSNY CHOICE’s outreach activities. On top of operating and maintaining VNSNY’s vehicle fleet, a Community Events Assistant is also responsible for securing locations for neighborhood outreach, handling setup and takedown of equipment and displays, maintaining supply inventory, and supporting outreach staff throughout the course of a day’s work. Since joining the organization this past May, Demitrious Cáceres has ensured that CHOICE SelectHealth can provide outreach to all corners of Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, Nassau and Westchester—VNSNY’s SelectHealth service area… since he operates the SelectHealth van! “I’ve always been a people person, so I like engaging,” explains Demitrious. “I most enjoy talking with people out in the community, and because we deal with insurance,
Meet Our 2021 ESPRIT Winners!
November 16, 2021–