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The Wright Center and American College of Physicians team up for pop-up event at Weston Field
The Wright Center for Patient & Community Engagement is collaborating with the American College of Physicians’ Pennsylvania Eastern Chapter and community partners to address food insecurity in the region by holding the third annual ‘Spring into a Day of Giving Pop-Up Food Pantry’ on Friday, March 20, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Weston Field in Scranton.
The Wright Center for Patient & Community Engagement is teaming up with the American College of Physicians’ Pennsylvania (PA-ACP) Eastern Chapter and the City of Scranton to address food insecurity in the region during the third-annual “Spring into a Day of Giving Pop-Up Food Pantry.” The event will be held on Friday, March 20, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Weston Field in Scranton.
The free program at 982 Providence Road in Scranton is open to the public. Prepackaged bags of nonperishable food from the Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Northeast Regional Food Bank will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.
The event will also feature a clothing closet, including a limited number of children’s coats, as well as information about the whole-person primary and preventive health services available at The Wright Center for Community Health. Attendees can also pick up doses of Naloxone, a life-saving medication that rapidly reverses an opioid overdose. Employees from Scranton City government and other community partners from around the region will provide information about available resources.
The American College of Physicians is the largest medical specialty organization in the world, with 162,000 members in more than 172 countries. Dr. Linda Thomas-Hemak, the president and CEO of The Wright Center, serves as governor of the PA-ACP’s Eastern Chapter.
The Wright Center for Patient & Community Engagement advances The Wright Centers for Community Health and Graduate Medical Education’s mission to improve the health and welfare of communities through responsive health services for all and the sustainable renewal of an inspired, competent workforce that is privileged to serve by involving patients and communities in transforming primary health care, fostering workforce development, and addressing public health challenges. Focused on education and advocacy, the nonprofit organization assists the region’s most vulnerable populations, including those experiencing poverty, homelessness, food and housing insecurity, limited access to education and job opportunities, lack of transportation, social isolation, and other challenges.
