Wheeler's Values In Action | | Melanie Hills, LMSW, named a Hartford Business Journal 2025 Healthcare Hero | | |
Melanie Hills, LMSW, has been named a 2025 Healthcare Hero for her ongoing commitment to keeping patient care at the center of her work. Honorees represent a wide range of professionals across the healthcare industry, including physicians, nurses, volunteers, and more.
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| | Wheeler Welcomes Second Class of Residents | | |
Coming to Wheeler from as close as North Main Street in Bristol, to around the globe in Guyana and Pakistan, the four new residents in Wheeler’s second annual class bring a wide and impressive set of backgrounds and perspectives in community health care.
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| | Sabrina Trocchi, PhD, MPA, Honored at Our Piece of the Pie | | Our President and CEO Sabrina Trocchi, PhD, MPA, was honored for her work at Our Piece of the Pie, where she got her start in human services as a teenager and worked until her early 20s. Sabrina unfortunately couldn't make the event, but was represented by three amazing employees from our Hartford health center: Melissa Alvarado, LMFT, Senior Director of Behavioral Health Services, BHAT/Triage; Marisha Pearson, LCSW, Senior Director of Behavioral Health Services, Hartford; and Katie Taylor, LCSW, Senior Director of Health Center Operations, Hartford. | | Welcome to Our Newest Volunteer Trustee, Kaitlin Librizzi, CPA | | | | |
Kaitlin Librizzi, CPA, brings deep financial and insurance expertise, and a heartfelt commitment to community, to Wheeler’s volunteer Board of Trustees.
As a senior manager within the insurance practice at EY, Kaitlin played a key role on the audit team working on the landmark $69-billion acquisition of Aetna by CVS Health. She also served as an EY point of contact during Aetna’s state examinations, collaborating directly with regulators to discuss complex accounting and auditing topics.
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| | 100 Women of Color 2025 Wheeler Honorees | | | | |
Huge congratulations to Senior Director, Community Outreach, Keturah Kinch, MPA; Chief Human Resources Officer Shaunna Monts, MBA, SPHR, SHRM-SCP; and Integrated Care Supervisor Whitney Wilfred, LCSW, for being honored in the 100 Women of Color for 2025!
Keturah, Shaunna, and Whitney joined the other amazing honorees earlier this month at The Bushnell in Hartford for the 10th anniversary of this historic event.
| | Bristol's 2025 Mum Festival Parade | | |
Last month, some of our amazing staff and a Health Ambassador volunteer from Mott Corporation marched in Bristol's Mum Festival Parade.
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| | Connecticut Foodshare Mobile Pantry in New Britain | | |
Big thank you to our Health Ambassadors from Mott, for all their hard work making the October 17th mobile pantry distribution in New Britain a huge success. We served over 150 people! Below is our next event happening in New Britain:
Connecticut Foodshare Mobile Pantry
Friday, October 31st
10:45am-11:30am
40 Hart Street, New Britain
While supplies last
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| | Our Second Mobile Medical Unit, Now Available in Hartford | | |
We’re now offering healthcare services from our second Mobile Medical Unit in the New Britain and now Hartford communities! Patients can stop by for a physical, sick visit, checkup, or other services.
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| | Wheeler's Employee Interns Shape the Future of Care | | Strengthening Communities Through Prevention, Wellness, and Recovery | | |
Through a combination of outreach, education, and evidence-based training, Wheeler helps people of all ages access the tools and resources they need to live well: physically, mentally, and emotionally.
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| | Hope Begins with You This Season | | As the seasons change, so can someone's future — with your help. A gift to the Basic Needs Fund today ensures that individuals and families have access to food, shelter, and vital support as we head into the colder months. Together, we can offer stability, dignity, and hope. | | | | |
