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SPHP and the Regional Food Bank Launch Senior Food Farmacy Program

May 26, 2021

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. [...]

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. [...]

Food Closet Now Open for Patients of the Hildegard Medicus Cancer Care Center

December 4, 2020

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. [...]

Colleagues Helping Colleagues in Samaritan Hospital ICU

April 6, 2020

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. [...]
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