Sunshine Community Services of Tulsa

09/08/2025

What’s better than fries? Bottomless fries at Red Robin! 🍟✨ Join Sunshine at Red Robin (9801 Riverside Drive) on September 25, 2025, for our Outreach Fundraiser. Because nothing beats a full belly and helping Tulsa shine brighter!

09/04/2025

Real photo of Angela trying to keep up! Thank you all for your continued support ❤️

09/04/2025

Message to Patients - PLEASE READ!

Robert Norman, Executive Director

To our patients at Sunshine Community Services of Tulsa I want to start with an apology. Many of you have shared frustration about not being able to reach us, or not getting calls returned. This troubles me deeply. We’ve always prided ourselves on communication and continuity of care, and lately we’ve fallen short.

Over the past couple of months, our organization has faced major challenges. We lost a financial sponsor that supported much of our staff. Some team members were laid off, and others had to move on to support their families. On top of that, we made the decision to relocate our clinic—suddenly and with more difficulty than we expected.

Part of that move meant we could not keep our old phone system. The number did not belong to us, and the process to transfer it proved to be too difficult and time-consuming, so we made the decision to switch to what was our administrative line. At the same time, demand for services, especially through Raven Arnold’s practice, has grown faster than we anticipated. Our phone system simply hasn’t kept up.

I’ve worked long hours trying to fix this, and while I can’t promise someone will always answer right away, I have added technology to better handle calls and voicemails. My hope is that this will bring improvement while we continue to build stronger systems, policies, and staff support.

I also want to be honest with you all. Running a clinic with four providers, operations, and staff is overwhelming at times. I knew this job would be tough, but I wasn’t prepared for the weight of responsibility. Still, I will not back down, and neither will the team. Our mission is to bridge gaps in healthcare for vulnerable people and even though we’ve created new gaps with our communication, we are learning, growing, and committed to doing better.

Please don’t give up on us. Take care of yourselves and get the attention you need wherever you can, but know that we’re not going anywhere. We love you, and we’re going to keep fighting to serve you.

Shine on,
Rob

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09/03/2025

🌼 NICU Awareness Month 🌼

At Sunshine Community Services of Tulsa, we honor the strength of NICU babies, parents, caretakers, nurses, doctors, therapists, and every staff member who has ever stepped into the NICU.

Whether your journey lasted minutes, days, months—or continues still—our hearts are with you. 💛

💚 This month, we also want to share that we offer perinatal and postpartum depression support with our Nurse Practitioner, Katarina, who brings her expertise not only as a provider but also as a former NICU mom. You are not alone.

08/29/2025

08/29/2025

Today (8/29/25), we joined forces with OKHRA to provide first aid, wound care, and compassionate support. We were honored to serve and triage 16 patients in our community. 💛

Here’s the impact we made together:

🩺 Medical Support & First Aid
• 7 HIV tests provided
• 3 wound care treatments (skin tears, dog bite, thumb injury)
• 2 advanced wound care treatments with antibiotics & dressings
• 1 lung auscultation screening
• 1 patient mental health med management for chronic care (returning patient)

💊 Medication & Symptom Relief
• 4 patients received pain relief (ibuprofen / Motrin)

🧦 Basic Needs & Harm Reduction
• Dozen nutrition boosts distributed
• Condoms provided
• 4 bags of clothing donated
• Socks given out to those in need

🤝 Community Partnership
A huge thank you to our friends at Oklahoma Harm Reduction Alliance (OkHRA) who provided harm reduction supplies, safe s*x kits, clean needle exchange, and safe disposal services for numerous clients. We are grateful to be part of their mission and honored to join their efforts to keep the community safe, healthy, and supported.

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Every bandage, test, and bag of clothes is a reminder that community care saves lives. 💙

08/28/2025

Tomorrow is our monthly syringe clean-up event! If you would like to participate please message us here or give us a call 918-641-4236. We will convene at 9am at Sunshine Community Services of Tulsa. See you there!

08/25/2025

💭 Have you been considering Spravato but feel limited by your work or school schedule? 💭

✨ New Evening Spravato Slots! ✨
Starting in October, we will offer evening Spravato treatment appointments on Monday–Wednesday at 5:30 pm.

➡️ Scheduling made easy:

Patients on twice-weekly dosing → Monday & Wednesday evenings

Patients on weekly dosing → Tuesday evenings

➡️ Evening sessions are reserved for individuals with full-time in-person employment or school enrollment (proof required) so we can prioritize those who can’t attend during the day.

➡️ Jessica Stadler, FNP will be providing monitoring for these evening Spravato sessions, while prescriptions and medication management will remain with Katarina Norman.

📅 Intakes for evening spots begin mid-September.
🪑 If these fill up quickly, we’ll look at adding more chairs for after-hours treatments.

📩 Contact us today at 918-550-2294 to learn more or schedule your intake appointment — spots will go fast!

08/25/2025

🌞✨ Love Sunshine? Love Five Below? ✨🌞

Join Sunshine Community Services next weekend at Five Below (41st & Yale) for a special fundraising event! 🎉
We’re so excited to kick off our outreach programs again—but we can’t do it without YOU.
Your support at this fundraiser helps us continue making a positive impact in our community. 💛
Come shop, connect, and be part of something meaningful. Together, we can bring sunshine back to our programs! 🌟

A physical flyer does have to be presented at check out, we have all the flyers you need at the clinic!!

08/22/2025

08/13/2025

☀️ Sunshine Update!

Just to clear up any confusion — we offer both 🧠 mental health medication management and 🩺 primary care services!

Thank you so much for your patience during our phone system transition 📞💛 We’re working hard to return all missed calls and get back to everyone as quickly as possible.