St. Peter’s Health Partners has opened a food pantry for colleagues who might be in need of some extra help. The Colleague Food Pantry, located on the second floor of Samaritan Hospital, is confidential and open to all SPHP staff members, regardless of employment location. [...]
St. Peter’s Health Partners Community Health & Well-Being has partnered with Interfaith Partnership for the Homeless in Albany, Joseph’s House Shelter in Troy, the Joseph Street Outreach Van, and the Homeless and Travelers Aid Society, to distribute COVID care kits for the homeless populations in Albany and Rensselaer counties. [...]
St. Peter's Health Partners celebrates the opening of a new food closet at the Hildegard Medicus Cancer Care Center at Samaritan Hospital – St. Mary’s Campus in Troy. The food closet, located within the Cancer Care Center and operated by staff, is stocked with healthy, medically appropriate, shelf-stable food. It is available to patients identified as having food insecurities. [...]
A huge "thank you" to Pastor Charlie Muller of Victory Church in Albany, who donated more than 400 of what he called "quarantine bags" for the children of front-line health care workers at St. Peter's Hospital. The bags were filled with gifts, crafts, sports equipment, games, and snacks. [...]
On February 18, St. Peter's Health Partners, along with several community partners, gave away 12,000 pounds of fresh food to more than 230 individuals and families in Albany's South End. [...]