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This project is now closed but if you would like to give to continue the good work that UB Heals is doing in the community, please click here to support our work and select UB Heals Fund!
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"The simple and elegant beauty of UB HEALS is that it recognizes and appreciates the humanity in people... UB HEALS and the work we strive to do for the Buffalo homeless community has taught me about what it truly means to have humility and compassion." - Christine, 3rd year medical student.
Thank you to everyone who's donated thus far - your contributions will help us support the community for years to come! In the words of a founding member of UB HEALS:
"Our goal at the outset of street rounds, was simply to be a reliable presence in the community, and to project that there were healthcare professionals who specifically cared about the homeless. We ... considered rounds successful when we sat, learned someone’s name, and introduced our program’s mission, which is to meet our homeless friends where they’re at, and help them get to a place where they are interested in seeking primary care, taking care of the more routine needs until that time." - Amanda Gotsch, MD '19
Provide 1 "prescription for warmth" pack helping to keep individuals safe from hypothermia and frostbite.
Provide our patients with necessities like glucose monitors and wound care treatment.
Dr. Jim Withers founded the practice of street medicine in Pittsburgh, PA 27 years ago in 1992. He has started a world wide movement that UB HEALS is honored to be a part of.
At 32 degrees F "Code Blue" goes into effect, helping people get off the streets into warm shelters.
The city of Buffalo is 52.5 square miles that UB HEALS travels providing medical services at no cost.
Over 85 cities across 15 countries and 5 continents are currently doing street medicine outreach. UB HEALS is putting Buffalo on the map!
UB HEALS conducts 104 "street rounds" each year. Twice a week, our team takes to the streets to meet patients where they are at, and help address their medical, emotional and psychosocial needs.
The zip code of the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, where future physicians get more than just the classroom experience.
Since 2016, UB HEALS has spent upwards of 300 nights providing outreach to our friends who live on the streets and in shelters.
All money donated helps the lives of our neighbors in the 716 area code.
Since we started our work, UB HEALS has conducted over 3,500 patient encounters - working hard to improve the health and well being of homeless individuals and families.
