Health Partners Foundation and Health Partners Plans delivered food baskets on Nov. 17 to 25 community organizations, including One Day at a Time (ODAAT), for distribution to those in need. Staci Scott,HPF executive director, and Mark Cary, HPF president, deliver baskets to ODAAT (l); while HPP employees meet with Mel Wells, ODAAT president(r).
For the eighth year in a row, Health Partners Foundation (HPF) and Health Partners Plans (HPP) addressed food insecurity for underserved families and individuals in the Greater Philadelphia region. On Friday, November 17, HPF and HPP teamed up to donate 300 baskets brimming with non-perishable foods, pantry staples and a Shop Rite gift card to 25 community organizations, including One Day at a Time (ODAAT), a local nonprofit program that provides recovery, HIV/AIDS and homeless shelter services to thousands of residential clients each year.
ODAAT received 60 gift baskets for community members along with16 sets of sheets, blankets and pillows; several coffee makers and 2,000 disposable plates and cutlery sets for ODAAT’s newest 16-bed women’s shelter. “Many organizations talk about helping the community, but Health Partners Plans and the foundation actually came to the hood to help us today. We are so grateful for the love, the baskets, gift cards and for just being willing to come out to us and support us,” said Mel Wells, president of ODAAT.
“There is a great need for help in the communities we serve,” said Staci Scott, HPF executive director, “and I’m happy to know that Health Partners Foundation is playing a significant part in transforming communities, one neighborhood at a time.”
About Health Partners Foundation
The Health Partners Foundation supports low-income communities in Philadelphia and surrounding counties with health information, educational programs, scholarships, emergency assistance and more. A 501c3 nonprofit organization, the Foundation is funded by employees, as well as vendors and friends of Health Partners Plans who share our commitment to offering a helping hand in disadvantaged communities.
About Health Partners Plans
Health Partners Plans, an innovative not-for-profit managed care organization, is the only Medicaid plan in Pennsylvania and is among just 11 Medicaid plans nationwide with an accreditation status of Excellent as of September 26, 2017. This is the highest status bestowed by the National Committee for Quality Assurance. Health Partners Plans serves more than 282,000 members in Southeastern Pennsylvania and the Lehigh/Capital region. It provides a broad range of health coverage options through Health Partners Medicare, Health Partners (Medicaid) and KidzPartners (Children’s Health Insurance Program) plans. Founded more than 30 years ago, Health Partners Plans is one of the few hospital-owned health plans in the country. Learn more about how Health Partners Plans is doing it right at HealthPartnersPlans.com, twitter.com/HPPlans and facebook.com/
