https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZ4ek2QSQnU The street medicine team Wound Walk has to be on wheels to take the care it provides to the homeless where they are. A funding grant coordinated by State Senators Josh Newman and Janet Nguyen led to the purchase of two brand new vehicles and one of those goes to facilitate an expansion of services to the IE. Homelessness…
Click for Video SANTA ANA, Calif. — On a Wednesday night in Orange County, the Wound Walk street medicine team is set up in Santa Ana. Moses Kamrul is being treated for some abscesses in his arm. BY ARIEL WESLER SANTA ANA - NOV. 13, 2023 Wound Walk started a little more than six years ago to take pressure off emergency medical services and roomsThe…
ABC 7 Los AngelesMarch 4, 2023 Canvas ice fishing tents known as igloos are popping up throughout Orange County to help save the lives of members of the unhoused community during record-breaking cold weather. CLICK for VIDEO Michael Sean Wright, the chief of field operations with the nonprofit Wound Walk, said the streak of record-breaking low temperatures blanketing Southern California's…
BY VICKY NGUYEN BUENA PARKPUBLISHED 5:15 AM PT FEB. 08, 2022 https://spectrumnews1.com/ca/la-west/news/2022/02/08/healing-wounds-of-homelessness-one-interaction-at-a-time BUENA PARK, Calif. — There are about 7,000 people sleeping on the streets on any given day in Orange County.They literally keep Michael Sean Wright up at night. Wright and about four other people, including a nurse and social worker, meet six days a week to give first aid to…
By THERESA WALKER - OC Register - August 5, 2021 Chaos. Hardship. Stubbornness. Details of lives lived on the streets in O.C.'s Second District are revealing. Getting people to talk about it takes kindness. Kat White of Wound Walk OC attempts to survey the homeless street population in parts of Supervisor Katrina Foley’s Second District on Friday, July 30, 2021. (Photo by…
2nd District Supervisor Katrina Foley commits discretionary funds to get better picture of street population and spending on services. Big picture, Foley hopes to identify the most pressing needs of homeless people, and the gaps and inadequacies — along with successes — in providing services to them. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG) By THERESA WALKER | thwalker@scng.com | Orange County Register -…
Good Samaritan Hero: Michael Sean Wright, Wound Walk OC (Anaheim) When Michael Sean Wright moved to Santa Ana four years ago, he immediately noticed the homeless, who were unsheltered, and in many instances, in need of medical care. Michael started Wound Walk OC to help those living outdoors who don’t have a primary care physician. The organization consists of a…
Thomas Fielder BY THOMAS FIELDER Apr. 1, 2021Voice of OC The prevalence of people who lack a home and live on the streets of Orange County is nearly impossible to ignore and now consistently ranks as the number one concern of its residents. This is a story about some of the individuals and organizations who are volunteering their time and efforts…
SANTA ANA, Calif. (KABC) -- A small team of volunteers is stepping up to find a solution to help the homeless in Santa Ana. By Jovana LaraTuesday, September 8, 2020 Every week, the group suits up with personal protective equipment and loads their wagons with care packages, food and drinks, and medical supplies. And while those supplies are always welcome, it…