{"id":22903,"date":"2014-02-27T14:54:57","date_gmt":"2014-02-28T00:54:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=22903"},"modified":"2021-11-04T11:08:58","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T21:08:58","slug":"walmart-funds-new-van-for-medical-schools-homeless-outreach-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2014\/02\/27\/walmart-funds-new-van-for-medical-schools-homeless-outreach-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Walmart funds new van for medical school\u2019s homeless outreach project"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
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Jill Omori, JABSOM<\/abbr> students Lauryn Ando and Ellyse Tom with Ray Griego<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A $51,813 grant from the Walmart Foundation’s Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> State Giving Council<\/a> funded the purchase of a new mobile health van. John A. Burns School of Medicine<\/a> (JABSOM<\/abbr>) faculty and students use the van to provide free medical clinics and outreach services weekly for the homeless in Kakaʻako<\/span>, Honolulu, Waiʻanae<\/span> and Kalaeloa.<\/p>\n

Ray Griego, store manager for the downtown Honolulu Walmart<\/a> (scheduled to open in summer 2014), joined Jill Omori<\/strong>, associate professor of JABSOM<\/abbr>’s Family Medicine and Community Health department<\/a>, and medical students in Kakaʻako<\/span> to see the Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Homeless Outreach and Medical Education (H.O.M.E.<\/abbr>) project in action.<\/p>\n

JABSOM<\/abbr> Dean Jerris Hedges<\/strong> said, “We are very grateful to the Walmart Foundation for the H.O.M.E<\/abbr>. project’s new mobile health van. This program is truly a win-win for our community.” Hedges continued, “Our unsheltered homeless receive much needed medical assistance while our faculty and medical students learn valuable skills in working with an under-served population.”<\/p>\n

—A UH<\/abbr> Mānoa news release<\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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