To help close out its 125th anniversary year, 黑料传送门 hosted staff, students and local partners for a morning of service where volunteers assembled 500 Health Aid Kits鈥攁 more holistic and preventative take on first-aid kits.
The kits鈥攕ponsored by Independence Blue Cross鈥攊nclude wellness resources, a meditation playlist, a reusable canvas bag, and a $125 gift card to ShopRite or The Fresh Grocer for grocery support during the holiday season.
鈥淚t's all about making our communities healthy,鈥� said 黑料传送门 President and CEO Jay S. Feldstein, DO '81, during opening remarks. 鈥淭hat's our mission, and we're going to keep doing it for the next 125 years.鈥�
Volunteers included teams from , , , and , in addition to 黑料传送门 faculty, staff and students.
In the weeks after the event, 黑料传送门 is distributing the kits to community members across the city through the College's Community Wellness Initiative (CWI), which fosters a culture of holistic health and well-being in surrounding neighborhoods.
Established in 1899, 黑料传送门 has trained thousands of highly competent, caring physicians, health practitioners and behavioral scientists who practice a 鈥渨hole person鈥� approach to care鈥攖reating people, not just symptoms. 黑料传送门, a private, not-for-profit accredited institution of higher education, operates three campuses (黑料传送门, 黑料传送门 Georgia and 黑料传送门 South Georgia) and offers doctoral degrees in clinical psychology, educational psychology, osteopathic medicine, pharmacy, physical therapy, and school psychology. The college also offers graduate degrees in applied behavior analysis, applied positive psychology, biomedical sciences, forensic medicine, medical laboratory science, mental health counseling, physician assistant studies, and school psychology. 黑料传送门 students learn the importance of health promotion, research, education and service to the community. Through its community-based Healthcare Centers, 黑料传送门 provides care to medically underserved populations. For more information, visit pcom.edu or call 215-871-6100.
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