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St. John’s Episcopal Hospital staff donates meals to patients
BY JACOB KAYE
jkaye@schnepsmedia.com
@QNS
Th e staff at St. John’s
Episcopal Hospital came
together to donate more
than 90 meals to patients
and their families this holiday
season.
Th e hospitals staff prepared
and decorated baskets,
which included turkey,
chicken, ham, potatoes,
rice, vegetables, stuff -
ing mix, gravy, macaroni
and cheese, dinner rolls,
cranberry sauce and desserts
for each patient. Th e
meals were distributed at
a tent outside the hospital.
“It brings us great joy
to know that we were able
to help make this year’s
Th anksgiving both enjoyable
and nourishing for
more than 90 families,” said
Sharika Gordon, the hospital’s
vice president and
chief human resources offi -
cer. “We care deeply about
our patients and community
members, and the hospital’s
staff wanted to do all
that they could to make
sure that no person is left
hungry this Th anksgiving.”
Th e COVID-19 pandemic,
which has hit the hospital’s
home neighborhood
of Far Rockaway hard,
has caused an alarming
increase of food insecurity
across the country.
In 2020, more than 50
million people will experience
food insecurity at
some point during the
year, a nearly 50 percent
increase when compared to
2019, according to Feeding
America.
“For us, it is not only
about providing excellent
health care strictly within
the confi nes of our hospital
and community medical
practices. We take great
pride in providing needed
resources within the
community itself, which
is what this food initiative
is all about,” said Renee
Hastick-Motes, the hospital’s
vice president of external
aff airs. Photo courtesy of St. John’s Episcopal Hospital
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