Dignity Health Northridge Hospital Medical Center, in collaboration with the American Heart Association, hosted its monthly drive-thru event on Thursday, Oct. 24, distributing healthy food to 250 to 300 families. With Halloween just around the corner, the first 100 families took home a pumpkin.
Dignity Health Northridge Hospital Medical Center partners with the American Heart Association to conduct free drive-thru food distribution and give take-home pumpkins to the first 100 families at the Northridge hospital on Wednesday, October 24, 2024 It was done. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Dignity Health Northridge Hospital Medical Center has partnered with the American Heart Association to host a drive-thru free food distribution, with the first 100 families at the Northridge hospital receiving pumpkins to take home on Wednesday, October 24, 2024. I did. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Hospital workers Dillian Guardado and Victoria Chua load groceries into a car. Dignity Health Northridge Hospital Medical Center has partnered with the American Heart Association to host a drive-thru free food distribution, with the first 100 families at the Northridge hospital receiving pumpkins to take home on Wednesday, October 24, 2024. I did. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Workers prepare bags of food. Dignity Health Northridge Hospital Medical Center has partnered with the American Heart Association to host a drive-thru free food distribution, with the first 100 families at the Northridge hospital receiving pumpkins to take home on Wednesday, October 24, 2024. I did. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
People are standing in line for free groceries. Dignity Health Northridge Hospital Medical Center partners with the American Heart Association to conduct free drive-thru food distribution and give take-home pumpkins to the first 100 families at the Northridge hospital on Wednesday, October 24, 2024 It was done. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Dignity Health Northridge Hospital Medical Center has partnered with the American Heart Association to host a drive-thru free food distribution, with the first 100 families at the Northridge hospital receiving pumpkins to take home on Wednesday, October 24, 2024. I did. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Hospital worker Letty Hernandez puts food in the trunk of her car. Dignity Health Northridge Hospital Medical Center has partnered with the American Heart Association to host a drive-thru free food distribution, with the first 100 families at the Northridge hospital receiving pumpkins to take home on Wednesday, October 24, 2024. I did. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Dignity Health Northridge Hospital Medical Center has partnered with the American Heart Association to host a drive-thru free food distribution, with the first 100 families at the Northridge hospital receiving pumpkins to take home on Wednesday, October 24, 2024. I did. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
People prepare bags of food for distribution. Dignity Health Northridge Hospital Medical Center partners with the American Heart Association to conduct free drive-thru food distribution and give take-home pumpkins to the first 100 families at the Northridge hospital on Wednesday, October 24, 2024 It was done. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
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Dignity Health Northridge Hospital Medical Center has partnered with the American Heart Association to host a drive-thru free food distribution, with the first 100 families at the Northridge hospital receiving pumpkins to take home on Wednesday, October 24, 2024. I did. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
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Dignity Health Northridge officials say the hospital has partnered with the American Heart Association to become the San Fernando Valley’s first free fresh food distribution center. The main goal is to improve access to healthy food while improving the health of residents in local communities.
According to the American Heart Association, Los Angeles has the highest number of food insecure people and households in the United States, with nearly 2 million residents unsure of how to get their next meal.
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