“Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of employees who volunteer in our Employee Health garden has tripled,” says Jill Scibilia, Vice President, Development, Phelps Hospital. “The food they harvest from the garden goes to serve people [patients] in the hospital who are food insecure.”
As things slowly regain a sense of normalcy from COVID-19, Eileen Egan says, “To be recognized [and] acknowledged by the community really serves to, I think, encourage and motivate the staff. The community has always been supportive, even before the pandemic, [so] to have that constant support, it means so much to all of us.”
Proceeds will support our FARMacy program, our campus-wide gardening initiative. Phelps FARMacy is a hospital-wide gardening initiative to promote wellness and community-building through education and access to healthy foods and healing spaces. Phelps is proud to foster wellness and improve health through this program and its growing series of gardens. Your participation will be a tribute to the Phelps Hospital team and their tireless dedication to our mission of improving the health of the community we serve.
More information and to make reservations please visit phelpsgiving.org/food-wine-and-beer-fest.