ONLINE: Zoom Meeting: Thurs Apr 2

Lavita Payton, MSN-p, BSN, RN has over 25 years’ experience, including 14 years in the Emergency Department and working 9-11 at the closest hospital to the WTC. She is currently a recovery room nurse.

Recently redeployed to ED for COVID- crisis. Lavita is actively pursuing her Master’s in Nursing Education. She is the CWA union delegate for the nurses and a member of the political advocacy group. A strong advocate for healthcare in U.S. and globally. Lavita enjoys dancing, biking, reading, plays, cheer-leading for family, and spending time with family and friends.

You can see Lavita's interview of MSNBC from March, 28, 2020 at link below .We are truly appreciative of the time she will be offering us. CLICK

                   

We will once again have a split program with the Head of AFYA Foundation Danielle Butin (pertaining to our raised funds for Health Workers). https://afyafoundation.org/. We as the Rotary Club of New York have collaborated with them on prior disaster relief work.

Danielle Butin, the founder of Afya Foundation, will be the guest speaker at the Rotary Club of NY’s Zoom video meeting.  Many of you know Danielle and Afya for their work rescuing surplus medical supplies and delivering them to underserved communities around the world.  Danielle partnered with our District to provide medical supplies to Rotary Clubs in Puerto Rico after hurricane Maria, and Afya has provided essential supplies during the refugee crisis in Lesvos, Greece and sent 3 million pounds of emergency supplies to Haiti, Japan, Pakistan, Greece, Syria, and Puerto Rico after severe natural disasters. 

After years of supporting underserved communities and providing disaster relief throughout the world, Afya is mobilizing to deliver vital supplies to hospitals and federally qualified health centers in New York supporting healthcare workers on the front line during the current crisis. They have delivered personal protective equipment (PPE) and vitally needed supplies to:

Hospitals                                                                                                                                         
• New York Presbyterian                                                                                                                                                            
• New York University Langone Brooklyn                                                                              

• Westchester County Medical Center                                               

• Mount Sinai West                                                                                                          

Federally Qualified Health Centers

• Harlem United

• Hudson River Health Center   

• Settlement Health Institute for Family Health

Community Agencies

• United Cerebral Palsy Queens

• Jewish Association of Services-Aged

• Jawonio (provides lifespan services for 10,000 people with special needs in the lower Hudson Valley)

Danielle also joined us at Rotary Day at the UN in November and she has been a speaker at Clubs throughout our District.  Please join us for this Zoom meeting and learn how we can partner with Afya to support healthcare workers in NY by providing them with the personal protective equipment they need to be safe as they care for our families and our communities during this crisis.

ZOOM MEETING LINK TO JOIN: URL: https://zoom.us/j/535304347

GoFundMe donation link benefitting Health Care Workers #hcwshoutout

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