SCRANTON, PA — The Wright Center for Patient & Community Engagement (PCE) received 10,000 pairs of warm socks from Bombas to distribute to people experiencing homelessness and hardship throughout the region.
PCE, a subsidiary of The Wright Center for Community Health, focuses on improving access to health care while addressing the negative social and economic determinants of health that affect patients and community members, including food insecurity, homelessness, poverty and access to education.
Throughout the year, PCE hosts clothing giveaways at Wright Center for Community Health locations and community events. Additionally, it hosts regular food distributions, backpack and school supply giveaways, and provides transportation vouchers to patients who have difficulty getting to and from doctors’ appointments.
The socks will be distributed to people experiencing homelessness, as well as residents who are experiencing financial hardship or emergency situations, according to Holly Przasnyski, director of The Wright Center for Patient & Community Engagement.
Bombas was originally founded in 2013 because socks are the number-one most requested clothing item at homeless shelters. For every item purchased, a specially designed item is donated to someone at risk of or currently experiencing homelessness. To date, Bombas has donated over 100 million items.
For more information about PCE, call 570/343-2383, ext. 1444, or visit TheWrightCenter.org/ patient-and-community-engagement.