Community Health Action of Staten Island

09/29/2025

Living with HIV doesn’t mean putting life on hold. 🌱

It means showing up every day—for your kids, your love, your friends, and yourself. It means making memories that matter because HIV is only ONE part of your full life. 💜

Call at 718-808-1333 for info on free HIV tests and getting connected to medical care.

09/27/2025

✨Treatment = Freedom.

It’s National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. Remember, with effective meds, HIV is manageable, and people can dream big, stay healthy, and achieve anything. 🥇

Want to get tested and/or connected to meds? Call at 718-808-1333 for info. 💜

09/24/2025

Join with CHASI and a network of community partners to celebrate HealthFest this Friday! Keep your blood pressure in check with an easy, accessible, and free family event.
The event will offer free health screenings, resources, activities, and appearances by NFL legends at SIUH Community Park on Friday, Sept. 26, from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m.

HealthFest 2025 will include free blood pressure, health and mental health screenings; a Health Passport for attendees who complete screenings with chances to win raffles; free merchandise and signed memorabilia; more than 30 vendors; education on concussion injuries and injury prevention offered by experts from Northwell/SIUH orthopedic and surgical teams; healthy food tastings; games, and opportunities to win free haircuts from participating barbershop partners.

There will also be free EKG, Narcan, Stop the Bleed and CPR training.
Attendees will have the chance to meet NFL greats, take photos, join Q&A sessions, and receive signed memorabilia from the following:
Roman Obenorme: Former offensive tackle (Buccaneers), Super Bowl ###VII Champion and current NFL Vice President of Football Development
Eric Olsen: Former NFL offensive lineman (Broncos, Washington, Saints)
Kyle Richardson: Former Ravens punter and Super Bowl ###V Champion
Jay Alford: Former Giants defensive tackle and Super Bowl XLII Champion

Borough President Vito Fossella invites Staten Islanders to HealthFest 2025, which will offer free health screenings, resources, activities, and appearances by NFL legends at SIUH Community Park on Friday, Sept. 26, from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m.

HealthFest 2025 will include free blood pressure, health and mental health screenings; a Health Passport for attendees who complete screenings with chances to win raffles; free merchandise and signed memorabilia; more than 30 vendors; education on concussion injuries and injury prevention offered by experts from Northwell/SIUH orthopedic and surgical teams; healthy food tastings; games, and opportunities to win free haircuts from participating barbershop partners.

There will also be free EKG, Narcan, Stop the Bleed and CPR training.

Attendees will have the chance to meet NFL greats, take photos, join Q&A sessions, and receive signed memorabilia from the following:

Roman Obenorme: Former offensive tackle (Buccaneers), Super Bowl ###VII Champion and current NFL Vice President of Football Development
Eric Olsen: Former NFL offensive lineman (Broncos, Washington, Saints)
Kyle Richardson: Former Ravens punter and Super Bowl ###V Champion
Jay Alford: Former Giants defensive tackle and Super Bowl XLII Champion.

09/18/2025

People living with HIV deserve long, healthy, and fulfilling lives. Call CHASI at 718-808-1333 to ask how you can get tested and access HIV treatment near you! 💙✊🏽

09/12/2025

From your pantry to the neighborhood pantry -- join CHASI for fun and community at the SI Museum Fence Show this Saturday! Bring a food item to help keep pantry shelves stocked for all our neighbors in need. Non-perishable OR garden-fresh is great, as long as the items will keep until Tuesday's pantry distribution (10 am - 2 pm at 2134 Richmond Terrace). 🫐🍅🥒🧄🥜🫘🫛

It’s Hunger Action Month so the Staten Island Museum is partnering with CHASI (Community Health Action of Staten Island) to collect non-perishable food donations at the 75th Annual Fence Show.

Please help us help Staten Islanders facing food insecurity this fall.

The 75th Annual Fence Show is this Saturday, September 13, from 11am - 5pm.

08/31/2025

Lean into self-care. 🌱 can help. Call us at 718-808-1333 for more info. 💚

08/31/2025

Overdose losses are deeper than one person, one family, or one neighborhood. They ripple out into the spaces we all share.

When people are searching for connection and safety, the impacts of overdose also reminds us that our lives are deeply intertwined. We are drawn to protect our own. Some of us believe in second chances for our own loved ones but find comfort blaming others for their bad choices. Some struggle to find compassion for strangers.

Community can step in and remind us how much we share, and that we are all works in progress. No one is immune from the impacts of drugs and alcohol, and many of us are struggling today.

This August 31, we are reminded of our connections and bonds. We raise awareness and we organize. No one has to carry this grief alone. We invite you to share your story and help us all get a step closer to a future free from overdose.

08/29/2025

Hi Staten Island! Join us today to honor the lives of loved ones lost to overdose. Hope to see you there. 💜
56 Bay Street, 1st floor 1pm-3pm

08/28/2025

HIV is not the same as AIDS! ☝🏽Here is the difference.

Call at 718-808-1333 if you want a FREE test and to get connected to medical care. 🤘🏽

08/12/2025

🔥 PrEP can reduce your risk of getting from s*x by about 99% when taken as prescribed.
Learn more about how to start today!
📲 Call the CHASI team at 718-808-1333 for details.

08/05/2025

Stop by the CHASI table tonight and say hello! We'll be there to make sure Staten Islanders have access to all the care you need (without all the hassle!)
🗓 Tuesday, August 5, 2025
🕓 4 PM – 8 PM
📍 Midland Beach Boardwalk – Turtle Circle
(Fr. Capodanno Blvd, Parking Lot #8 between Jefferson Ave & Hunter Ave)

🚨 TODAY - National Night Out Against Crime – Staten Island! 🚨
Come together with neighbors, community leaders, and NYPD for an evening of fun, safety, and unity!

🗓 Tuesday, August 5, 2025
🕓 4 PM – 8 PM
📍 Midland Beach Boardwalk – Turtle Circle
(Fr. Capodanno Blvd, Parking Lot #8 between Jefferson Ave & Hunter Ave)

🎉 Enjoy FREE:
👧 Children’s Activities
🎨 Arts & Crafts
🧗 NYPD Rock Wall
🚓 Police & Fire Vehicles
🎮 Game Truck
🏰 Bounce Houses & Slide
🌭 Hot Dogs, Ice Cream & Refreshments (while supplies last)
🎶 Music by DJ PO Galluccio

Let’s build a stronger, safer Staten Island—together! 💙

📞 For info or disability accommodations, contact PO Marra at 917-545-6146 or angeline.marra@nypd.org, or Det. George Aguilar at 718-667-2219 or george.aguilar@nypd.org (72 hrs notice preferred).

07/31/2025

Hands Off Housing!
CHASI stands with and to demand full funding for critical housing programs in the FY26 federal budget.
The administration’s proposal slashes HUD by 44%, eliminates the Housing Opportunities for People with Aids (HOPWA) program, and guts the Continuum of Care (CoC) — putting and lives at risk.
These cuts would be catastrophic. Congress must act NOW: Protect housing, HOPWA and CoC in the FY26 budget.