Williamsport — In celebration of National Doctors’ Day, held annually on March 30, Susquehanna region’s UPMC branch made a $5,000 donation to the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank. The funds will be used for the food bank’s Health Innovations Program, which connects its emergency food network and those who use it to members of the medical community to promote health, wellness, and nutrition education.
“The closure of schools and many businesses has created an even greater need to help nourish our community,” said Don Owrey, Chief Operating Officer for UPMC in the Susquehanna region. “Now more than ever, we want to supply vital services to keep people as healthy as possible and to ensure no one goes hungry in these unprecedented times.”
In a letter to providers, Owrey thanked the organizations’ medical professionals for their dedication and commitment to meeting the diverse health care needs of their communities.
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