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NYC Health + Hospitals Street Health Outreach

+ Wellness (SHOW) program distributes over

14,000 clothing items donated by UNIQLO

Distribution of UNIQLO’s HEATTECH thermal tops, bottoms, and socks provides critical protective layers for New
Yorkers experiencing homelessness and prolonged cold weather exposure

OUR BUREAU
New York, NY
YC Health + Hospitals have announced
that its Street Health Outreach + Wellness
N(SHOW) teams have distributed more than
14,000 items of UNIQLO clothing to patients facing
homelessness and prolonged cold weather exposure.
Over the last two years, UNIQLO’s The Heart of
LifeWear initiative has donated thousands of HE-
ATTECH thermal layers and accessories, includ-
ing tops, bottoms, socks, hats, and gloves, helping
SHOW teams protect their patients from hypother-
mia, frostbite, respiratory illnesses, and other health
complications that result from excessive cold expo-
sure. The donation provides meaningful support
for SHOW’s mission to meet New Yorkers where
they are with medical care, behavioral health ser-
vices, substance use treatment, and housing support
to build trust and eliminate barriers to care. Since
the program launched in April 2021, SHOW teams
have provided over 280,000 engagements with New
Yorkers, forging relationships with thousands of pa-
tients and connecting them to specialty, harm reduc-
tion, social services, and primary care.
“Support from partners like UNIQLO strength- SHOW team members met with UNIQLO Global CEO Dai Tsukagoshi (middle) to chat about their work and the impact
ens our ability to reach people experiencing home- of UNIQLO’s donation for New Yorkers in need.
lessness with compassion, urgency, and dignity,” said
Deborah Brown, NYC Health + Hospitals Senior restore our patients’ dignity, they often have renewed quirements, and no cost to the patient. Patients
Vice President and Chief External Affairs Officer. interest in improving their health and trust in our pro- are assessed for urgently needed care, including
“Their generosity — and the generosity of so many viders, creating new relationships for many people wound care and vaccinations, and offered physical
who stand with us — provides our SHOW teams long disconnected from care. I sincerely appreciate and mental health screenings, harm reduction edu-
with essential resources to protect patients from the UNIQLO’s donation, which has helped forge trust cation, and social services. SHOW teams — which
cold and to build the trust that is the foundation of with our patients, and protected thousands from ex- include a medical provider, social worker, addiction
lasting care. We are deeply grateful for UNIQLO’s cessive cold weather exposure, allowing us to spend counselor, peer counselor, registered nurse, patient
continued commitment to this work, and for every more time addressing their other health concerns.” care associate, community health worker, and clerk
partner who helps ensure that all New Yorkers are “Our mission at UNIQLO is to make everyday — provide services onboard the SHOW unit and
connected to high-quality health care.” life better through clothing,” said Jean Shein, Glob- walk block-by-block to offer services to those living
“For our patients, many of whom spend their al Director of Sustainability at UNIQLO. “We are on the street, often in locations only accessible on
days and nights outside, staying warm isn’t just about grateful to work with partners like NYC Health + foot like parks and subways.
comfort — it’s about their safety and survival,” said Hospitals who are dedicated to improving the lives SHOW teams work in concert with the pub-
Andy Cook, SHOW Program Director. “These HE- of their patients. In addition to the incredible health lic hospital system’s four Primary Care Safety Net
ATTECH items have become an essential part of services provided by the SHOW program, we hope (PCSN) at NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue, Elm-
our hygienical toolkits, allowing our teams to offer our warm winter essentials will help New Yorkers hurst, Lincoln, and Woodhull to provide longitudi-
patients protection from the cold and to build trust stay warm and healthy this winter season.” nal, multidisciplinary care to patients experiencing
in ways that open doors to more intensive medical Street Health Outreach + Wellness (SHOW) Program homelessness and patients with complex medical,
and behavioral health care. We are deeply grateful behavioral health, and social needs. By coordinat-
for UNIQLO’s continued support of our program The Street Health Outreach + Wellness ing care between teams with SHOW and PCSN,
and the meaningful impact their clothing donation (SHOW) program deploys a fleet of six mobile clinicians are able to meet patients where they are,
has had for New Yorkers in need.” health units across New York City to meet un- address medical issues before they result in emer-
“Offering clothing and other material goods is a housed and street homeless New Yorkers where gency room visits and hospital admissions, build
meaningful intervention that has changed the course they are, and build engagement and trust through relationships of trust with historically stigmatized
of many of our patients’ lives,” said Dr. Yinan Lan, care and services. Access is provided in real-time, populations, and establish longitudinal care to drive
Medical Director of the SHOW Program. “When we with no appointments needed, no insurance re- positive outcomes in both health and housing.

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