Category: Community

Close-up of pair of rainbow-colored socks hanging from clothesline.

Show support of LGBTQ employees and patients on National Coming Out Day, Oct. 11

Oct 4, 2021

The Penn State Health Office for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion encourages employees to show support for sexual and gender minority patients and colleagues by wearing rainbow socks for National Coming Out Day on Monday, Oct. 11.

A man kneels close to a rough patch of ground. Behind him, rows of saplings reach toward the crest of a hill where two others can been seen crouching and walking. The man wears a baseball cap, jacket, jeans, boots and gloves. He’s also wearing a surgical mask.

Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center named one of 24 Tree Campus Healthcare facilities nationwide

Sep 27, 2021

For the second straight year, the Arbor Day Foundation has recognized Hershey Medical Center as a Tree Campus Healthcare Institution.

A group of 14 women stand in front of a school bus holding “Stuff the Bus” signs, pom-poms and foam fingers. Ten of them are wearing United Way T-shirts. Behind them is a Penn State Health pop-up tent.

United Way Stuff the Bus campaign yields record results

Sep 20, 2021

Penn State Health and Penn State College of Medicine employees stuffed not one, but two buses with school and health supplies, and St. Joseph Medical Center employees stuffed 51 backpacks.

Four men and one woman stand in a courtyard and smile at the camera. From left are Steve Massini, Penn State Health CEO; Jim George, Penn State Health director of community relations; Michelle Phillips, United Way of the Capital Region (UWCR) campaign manager; Anthony Worrall, Reynolds Restoration Services president and UWCR campaign vice chair; and Tim Fatzinger, UWCR president and CEO, celebrate the Outstanding Campaign Team Award. Jim George and Michelle Phillips are holding a Plexiglas trophy engraved with a United Way award won by Penn State Health and Penn State College of Medicine.

United Way of Capital Region honors Penn State Health, College of Medicine with Outstanding Campaign Team Award

Jul 6, 2021

United Way of the Capital Region presented Penn State Health and Penn State College of Medicine with the Outstanding Campaign Team Award in the large company category.

Man wearing a grey hoodie, black pants, face mask and gloves uses a shovel to dig a hole for a tree while another man, wearing a flannel shirt, jeans and a face mask, looks on.

Volunteers plant 100 new trees on Hershey campus during Earth Day ceremony

Apr 27, 2021

Nine Penn State College of Medicine volunteers celebrated Earth Day on Thursday, April 22 by planting 100 native seedlings on the west side of the Hershey Medical Center campus.

Rachel Frometa, who is seated and wears a mask and sunglasses on the top of her head, holds the hand of her mother, Betty Frometa, who stands beside her, as a vaccine is pressed into her arm by the hands of a health care worker.

Feeling relieved: Pop-up vaccination clinics reach underserved populations

Mar 30, 2021

Penn State Health is partnering with community organizations and local governments to help Phase 1A-eligible individuals in underserved communities have access to COVID-19 vaccinations.

A woman in a mask stands in a clinic hallway with stained-wood floors holding a basket of feminine hygiene products.

‘Go with the flo’: Nurse spearheads project to combat period poverty

Mar 8, 2021

Megan Swope, a perianesthesia nurse at Hershey Medical Center, created The Period Project Harrisburg to address the need for hygiene packs for low-income and homeless individuals who menstruate.

A woman in a mask stands next to a sports utility vehicle and shows someone else in a mask the contents of a bag, which includes the photo of a woman.

Family who lost mom to COVID-19 donates iPads

Jan 26, 2021

Karen Pearson and her brother, Michael Books, are on a mission to raise funds to supply hospitals across the nation with iPads for every COVID-19 patient upon arrival.

First-year College of Medicine medical student Marc Levine stands in front of a window at night wearing a Penn State T-shirt and Santa cap. He is giving the thumbs up and smiling. He has a face mask hanging from his neck and is holding a large bag with many face masks inside.

Pawsitivity: College of Medicine student uses 3D printers to create masks for homeless people

Jan 21, 2021

A medical student at Penn State College of Medicine teamed up with his brothers to produce 1,000 face masks for homeless people using 3D printers.

The silhouettes of a few children with arms outstretched, holding pinwheels in the air.

Penn State PRO Wellness partners with Kohl’s Cares to enhance school wellness program

Dec 28, 2020

Kohl’s Cares has awarded $100,000 to Penn State PRO Wellness to support Healthy Champion school wellness initiatives through the Circle of Wellness program.

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