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The Penn State Health front porch is a wooden stage with a porch with shingles rising behind it, lined by a railing.

Beefing up Penn State Health at Farm Show

Jan 3, 2020

Penn State Health will have a bigger presence than in previous years at the 2020 Pennsylvania Farm Show Jan. 4 to 11. Included with the annual flu shots is information from providers and more.

A man stands behind a table talking with three children who are standing on the other side of it. Various cups and beakers are part of a display on the table. Other people and tables are in the background.

Penn State PRO Wellness goes Full STEM Ahead with vaccine study in Lancaster School District

Dec 18, 2019

Penn State PRO Wellness welcomed nearly 100 people to the Full STEM Ahead event for families of middle school students in the School District of Lancaster.

A man holds a piece of vision screening equipment, pointing to it, as a young girl looks on. A woman stands on the other side of the girl, holding and looking at a clipboard.

Hershey Medical Center personnel provide free health screenings for Lebanon students

Oct 7, 2019

Nurses, physicians and medical students from Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center visited Northwest Elementary School in Lebanon to provide health screenings for students.

Dr. Kevin Black smiles as a hoists a pitchfork loaded with mulch to a wheel barrow. Nearby, Debora Berini plunges another pitchfork into a pile of mulch. Both wear United Way Days of Service T-shirts.

Penn State Health, College of Medicine employees show they care

Sep 9, 2019

Fifty-three volunteers from Penn State Health and Penn State College of Medicine participated in the United Way’s 27th Annual Day of Caring on Friday, Sept. 6 in the Harrisburg area.

Dr. Aaron Harsch, an optometrist with Vision to Learn’s mobile eye clinic, sits next to 89-year-old Paris Gentry as she holds an eye occluder to her eye. She has curly hair and is wearing a short-sleeved top. Behind them Dr. Seuss characters are on the wall. Eye testing equipment is to the upper-right.

Penn State Health teams up with Vision to Learn mobile eye clinic

Aug 29, 2019

Penn State Health teamed up with the Vision to Learn mobile eye clinic to bring free vision testing and glasses to students at Steelton-Highspire Elementary School.

Three children stand in a row and wear stethoscopes. Two of the children hold stuffed animals .

Penn State Health celebrates National Night Out

Aug 8, 2019

Penn State Health joined 11 communities across the region Tuesday for National Night Out, the annual neighborhood-building campaign that promotes police-resident partnerships and camaraderie.

Joe Connors in a button-up shirt holding a Mountain Dew bottle and a pompom in his right hand, high fives a man in a T shirt and a helmet with a pompom attached to the top.

Team pits ride against ride in United Way of Capital Region Trike Race

Jul 25, 2019

The Penn State Health trike team took on 17 other teams in the United Way of the Capital Region’s 23rd Annual Trike Race on July 19 in Harrisburg.

Three adults and eight young children pose for a photo, standing in a school classroom. In the near background is a “Smart board,” dry erase board and bulletin boards.

Children’s Hospital donates 60 bike helmets to Lebanon school students

Jul 10, 2019

Dozens of children in the Lebanon School District will benefit from a donation of 60 bike helmets from Penn State Health Children's Hospital. The helmets were given to children in need at each of the district’s five elementary schools.

Meghan Culpepper, wearing sunglasses and a Penn State Health T-shirt, joins a group of women all in the same workout position staring at something to the left of the frame.

‘The best me I can be’: Thrive Fit Fest reaches hundreds, helps Culpepper on road to fitness

Jun 27, 2019

On June 22, fitness and wellness companies demonstrated fitness technology and the latest workout routines on three different stages at the Capital City Airport in New Cumberland, Pa., and offered free health and wellness screenings.

Fourteen people – 10 children and 4 adults – stand in a row to pose for a photo, all of them smiling. Each child holds an award certificate.

Children’s Hospital and American Heart Association honor school contest winners

May 29, 2019

The American Heart Association and Penn State Health Children's Hospital honored 12 students from Dauphin, Lancaster and York county schools for their winning essays and artwork that presented their visions of a healthier community and heart heroes.

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