Springfield, Pa. – Thanks to the generosity and kindness of staff, physicians, volunteers and visitors, Crozer-Keystone Health System’s Summer Food Drive has been a great success over the last couple of weeks. The food drive will continue through the end of July, so keep the donations coming! Local food pantries will distribute everything we collect to the people of Delaware County who need it most: Community Action Agency/Chester Food Shelters; Life Center at 69th Street, Upper Darby; Kevin Parish, Springfield; and Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry, Prospect Park.

As a reminder, we are collecting non-perishable food packaged in cans, boxes, or plastic bottles/jars (no glass, please). Some examples include canned fruits/vegetables, macaroni and cheese, tuna fish or canned meats, cereals, bottled water, peanut butter/jelly (in plastic jars), soups, and pork and beans. If every person donated just one item, our food pantries would overflow!

Donation bins are located in the Main Lobby of four of Crozer-Keystone’s hospitals (Community Hospital in Chester, Delaware County Memorial Hospital in Drexel Hill, Springfield Hospital in Springfield, and Taylor Hospital in Ridley Park). Crozer-Chester Medical Center in Upland will place a collection bin in the Lobby of the Professional Office Building. For security purposes, all lobbies will be under video surveillance.

So whether you are a patient, visitor, live nearby or just feel like making a donation to a very worthy cause, stop by your nearest Crozer-Keystone hospital and place your donation in the marked bins. In the words of poet Maya Angelou, “I’ve learned that you shouldn’t go through life with a catcher’s mitt on both hands. You need to be able to throw something back.”

For more information about the Crozer-Keystone Summer Food Drive, call 1-800-CK-HEALTH (1-800-254-3258).

We’re 5 hospitals, 2,600 doctors and nurses, and 7,100 caring people with 1 vision. Crozer-Keystone. Something to feel good about.