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Northeast Health Foundation is now Samaritan Hospital & The Eddy Foundation
The Northeast Health Foundation is now doing business as Samaritan Hospital & The Eddy Foundation. […]
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WRGB: “Socktober” Donations Collected by SPHP Staff to Benefit Six Area Shelters
Kevin Little, director of Environmental Services at Samaritan Hospital, appeared on WRGB to talk about SPHP’s ‘Socktober’ campaign and how its success highlights SPHP’s mission to serve as a transforming healing presence in our communities. […]
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SPHP Staff Donate More Than 4,000 Pairs of Socks to Six Local Shelters on GivingTuesday
SPHP’s Environmental Services department spearheads “Socktober” effort, collecting more than 4,000 new pairs of socks for area shelters. […]
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The Business Review: Why St. Peter’s Health Partners increased its minimum wage 20%
The Albany Business Review published an article featuring an interview with Dr. James K. Reed, president and CEO, and Katy Hoffman, chief human resources officer, on St. Peter’s Health Partners decision to increase its minimum wage to $15 an hour. […]
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Times Union: St. Peter’s says $15 Minimum Wage Fits ‘Moral Obligations’
The Times Union recently reported in two separate stories on St. Peter’s Health Partners’ move to increase its minimum wage to $15 an hour, more than the federal or upstate New York minimum wage. […]
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WRGB: St. Peter’s Health Partners Increases Starting Hourly Wages to $15
WRGB/CBS 6 News recently reported in two separate stories on St. Peter’s Health Partners’ move to increase its minimum wage to $15 an hour. […]
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SPHP and the Regional Food Bank Launch Senior Food Farmacy Program
St. Peter’s Health Partners and the Regional Food Bank have teamed up to launch the Senior Food Farmacy Program. The pilot program will run for 12 weeks and will provide an extra delivery of a variety of fresh, nutritious food twice a month to participants at the Ohav Shalom Apartments in Albany. […]
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SPHP Distributes COVID-19 Care Kits for the Homeless
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. […]
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Food Closet Now Open for Patients of the Hildegard Medicus Cancer Care Center
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. […]
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Colleagues Helping Colleagues in Samaritan Hospital ICU
Chris LaBarre, a patient care technician at Samaritan Hospital, along with help from his friends, extended his compassion to his colleagues. He loaded a wheelchair with boxes of snacks and drinks to help fuel his colleagues in the ICU. […]