SHC and the City of Plainfield have joined forces to host a free Health & Wellness Fair on Saturday, April 23 at City Hall (515 Watchung Avenue, Plainfield) from 11 am to 3 pm. The free Health & Wellness Fair will offer COVID-19 vaccines, access to health screenings, diaper & menstrual hygiene products, colorectal cancer education and colorectal screenings, supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP), free sunscreen, and more!
SMGF In The News
SHC Accepting Scholarship Applications for a Career in Health Care
Summit Health Cares (SHC) is excited to announce the availability of two scholarships for students who are passionate about helping others and are pursuing a career in health care. Applications are now available for the 2022 Next Generation Scholarship and the Dr. Marcia Sherman Scholarship – programs designed to ease the financial burden for tomorrow’s health care leaders. Applications are due June 30, 2022. To learn more, visit www.sh-cares.org/our-impact/give-back/scholarships/.
SHC and Liquid Technology Team Up to Give NJ Students a Boost to Start the School Year
For the past five years, SHC has filled backpacks with donated supplies, distributing them to local children in need at the start of each school year. Working together with the Boys & Girls Clubs and local food banks, the backpacks include essential items like pens and pencils, notebooks, folders and glue sticks. But this year, more than 100 of those backpacks will include an exciting surprise – a laptop! The gently used laptops, donated by Summit Health, were collected and securely wiped by Liquid Technology.
Summit Health Announces Changes To Charitable Foundation
Summit Health announced Monday that Summit Medical Group Foundation and CityMD Cares have merged to form Summit Health Cares, an organization that, like its predecessors, is designed to improve access to healthcare for underserved communities.
Summit Health Cares bolsters charitable mission
Former Summit Medical Group Foundation unveils new name
Under its new name, Summit Health Cares, the former Summit Medical Group Foundation will expand its geographic reach to include the greater New York metropolitan area and Central Oregon, in the surrounding areas where it provides health care.
SMGF Partners with Boys & Girls Clubs in New Jersey and L’Oréal for Launch of Enright Sun Safety Course
It’s never too early—or too late—to learn about the potential damage that the sun can do, and what you can do to prevent it. That’s the impetus behind the Enright Sun Safety Course™ introduced this week by Summit Medical Group Foundation (SMGF). This engaging, informative online program for ages five and over emphasizes that proper skin care and protection from the sun should start early, and that it should be top-of-mind for everyone, not only as a “summer thing,” but every day, every season, all year long.
