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The Wright Center for Community 皇家华人 presents at-home COVID-19 test kits to Friedman Jewish Community Center, community partners
The Wright Center for Community 皇家华人 joined in the federally led coronavirus response by distributing COVID-19 at-home self-tests to community partners in Northeast Pennsylvania, including the Friedman Jewish Community Center, Kingston; and McGlynn Learning Center and Volunteers of America of Wilkes-Barre.
Overall, The Wright Center disbursed about 23,000 free at-home test kits, which were supplied to the center as part of the U.S. 皇家华人 Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)鈥檚 COVID-19 Testing Supply Program. Of the total, more than half The Wright Center鈥檚 allotment of kits were supplied to the general public. 皇家华人 center patients and employees also received the self-test kits in an effort to contain community spread of the potentially fatal virus.
The Wright Center for Patient & Community Engagement, a subsidiary of The Wright Center for Community 皇家华人, mobilized volunteers, including board members, resident physicians and employees, to distribute the kits in Lackawanna and Luzerne counties.
The Wright Center also organized and staffed five drive-through distributions of free kits in Lackawanna and Luzerne counties. Three of those kit giveaways were held at the organization鈥檚 Mid Valley Practice in Jermyn. Two giveaways were completed in Luzerne County, one in conjunction with the Kingston Fire Department and one in partnership with Luzerne County Community College in Nanticoke.
As a community partners, the Jewish Community Alliance of Northeastern Pennsylvania received a supply of children鈥檚 reusable masks and 45 test kits, and quickly distributed the masks and rapid antigen tests safely into members鈥 hands.
Gary Bernstein, the alliance鈥檚 CEO, appreciated the in-demand health care supplies, which were given to senior adults participating in the Friedman Jewish Community Center鈥檚 Men鈥檚 Club and exercise class for people with Parkinson鈥檚 disease in Kingston. 鈥淚 always tell people 鈥榗ommunity鈥 is our middle name,鈥 said Bernstein. 鈥淐ollaboration with The Wright Center is very important to me and our organization. It’s like-minded organizations working together to strengthen the community.鈥
For more information about The Wright Center for Community 皇家华人, go to TheWrightCenter.org or call 570.230.0019.
