Melissa Zapotocki

Mother Cabrini Health Foundation Awards St. Peter’s Health Partners $150K Grant

February 16, 2023

St. Peter’s Health Partners has been awarded a $150,000 grant from the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation to continue its work addressing food insecurity through the Food Farmacy program. [...]

HealthyWomen.Org: A Mammogram Saved My Life

October 28, 2021

Melissa Zapotocki, director of Community Health & Well-Being, was featured in an article on the website HealthyWomen.org. Melissa shared her breast cancer story in hopes of encouraging other women to get screened. [...]

SPHP Distributes COVID-19 Care Kits for the Homeless

May 10, 2021

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. [...]

Catholic Health World: Catholic Health Care Works to Reverse Worrisome Dip in Children’s Health Insurance Coverage

March 23, 2021

Catholic Health World published a story examining the number of children who have lost health insurance coverage in the last few years. Although the number of uninsured children has been steadily growing nationwide, in New York state the number of uninsured children has dropped. [...]

MVP Donates Coats to SPHP

January 19, 2021

MVP Health Care has donated 200 brand new winter coats to St. Peter’s Health Partners through their Coats for Kids program. The coats were distributed to SPHPMA practices, as well as to programs in SPHP's addiction and behavioral health services. [...]

SPHP Sponsors Drive-up Food Pantry to Help Capital Region Families

July 15, 2020

St. Peter’s Health Partners is proud to have sponsored a drive-up food pantry to help address the growing issue of food insecurity in the Capital Region. The event, spearheaded by Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Albany and the Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York, served approximately 500 families. [...]