Door to Door with Mr. R

Mr. R is one of Lantern Community Services’ most hard-working Vaccine Ambassadors in New York City, and a shining example of how the best community change comes from within. As a resident of one of Lantern’s supportive housing buildings, Mr. R has enthusiastically participated in the organization’s tenant peer outreach program called “On Point” since it launched in 2021 to promote the importance of COVID and flu vaccines in its resident communities. Mr. R has demonstrated a unique skill and persistence in engaging with his neighbors about vaccines. When a particularly vaccine-resistant neighbor contracted COVID, Mr. R went out of his way to help care for her, delivering food and other necessities to her apartment. Thanks to Mr. R’s efforts, once the neighbor was back on her feet, she agreed to get her first series of COVID shots at the residence’s on-site clinic. As word has spread of Mr. R’s power of persuasion, more residents have turned to him for trustworthy information about vaccines.