{"id":107601,"date":"2015-12-22T13:10:38","date_gmt":"2015-12-22T18:10:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?post_type=school-college-post&p=107601"},"modified":"2019-01-28T17:00:48","modified_gmt":"2019-01-28T22:00:48","slug":"uconn-medical-dental-students-collect-winter-clothing-for-patients-in-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2015\/12\/uconn-medical-dental-students-collect-winter-clothing-for-patients-in-need\/","title":{"rendered":"UConn Medical, Dental Students Collect Winter Clothing for Patients in Need"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Students collected 45 bags of items donated from the UConn Health community. (Photo by Elise Mester)
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If you\u2019ve been on the UConn Health campus this month, chances are you\u2019ve seen those festively decorated boxes for donations of gently used winter clothing, footwear and toiletries.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what happened with them:<\/p>\n

\u201cThis year the magnitude of items, so generously donated by the UConn community, required 14 students, three full cars, and nearly 45 trash bags to contain,\u201d says Christina Klecker, who helped organize this year\u2019s student-run winter clothing drive at UConn Health.<\/p>\n

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From left: Project leaders Karen Xiao, Elise Mester and Christina Klecker delivered enough donations to fill an entire storage cage at the Institute of Living in Hartford, which will distribute the items to patients throughout the winter. (Photo by Jamie Santaniello)
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Klecker, along with classmates Elise Mester and Karen Xiao, led the group that took part in this year\u2019s clothing drive, a joint effort of the UConn chapters of the American Medical Association and the Christian Medical and Dental Associations. The students spent last Friday sorting, packaging and delivering the collected goods to John Dempsey Hospital and the Institute of Living. The intended recipients are patients of inpatient and outpatient psychiatric services.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe majority of patients who benefit from these services are also homeless, so the warm clothing, provided to them at no cost, makes a huge difference in their health and well-being,\u201d says Klecker, a second-year student at the UConn School of Medicine. \u201cWe hope all those who donated know what a tremendous contribution they have made for the greater Hartford community.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fourth-year medical student Ela Banerjee started this effort at UConn Health as a first-year medical student in 2012.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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