On Sunday, August 21, 2022, PCOM’s President’s Community Wellness Initiative (CWI) hosted its first annual Community Day at PCOM Healthcare Centers - Lancaster Avenue Division. The event welcomed community members for a day focused on health, wellness and back-to-school
readiness.
“We are so grateful and thankful to our vendors, to our sponsors, to our staff and to the community for being a part of today’s event,” shared Flo Byarms, director of PCOM’s Community Wellness Initiatives via Instagram.
Over two hundred participants attended the five-hour event, including parents and children from the local community. In anticipation of the upcoming school year, back-to-school haircuts were offered by neighborhood barber Leroy’s Barbershop, and backpacks, filled with school supplies, were handed out to over eighty students. The day also included a variety of health screenings and a cooking demo. Participants also enjoyed free food, face painting, a DJ and the opportunity to engage with PCOM physicians, staff members and students.
The President’s Community Wellness Initiative plans to host similar events at the PCOM Healthcare Centers and other locations throughout Philadelphia.
With a strong commitment to student volunteer efforts and community wellness, PCOM President and CEO Jay S. Feldstein, DO ‘81, established the Community Wellness Initiative (CWI) to enhance the culture of holistic health and well-being on PCOM’s campuses and in the communities they serve. The CWI aims to promote cross-campus collaboration in educational and health services programming and resources to support the physical, mental, nutritional and environmental wellness of the College’s communities in Philadelphia and in Suwanee and Moultrie, Georgia. Focus areas include direct patient care, health and wellness education, and clinical and community-based research.
For the past 125 years, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM) has trained thousands of highly competent, caring physicians, health practitioners and behavioral scientists who practice a “whole person” approach to care—treating people, not just symptoms. PCOM, a private, not-for-profit accredited institution of higher education, operates three campuses (PCOM, PCOM Georgia and PCOM South Georgia) and offers doctoral degrees in clinical psychology, educational psychology, osteopathic medicine, pharmacy, physical therapy, and school psychology. The college also offers graduate degrees in applied behavior analysis, applied positive psychology, biomedical sciences, forensic medicine, medical laboratory science, mental health counseling, physician assistant studies, and school psychology. PCOM students learn the importance of health promotion, research, education and service to the community. Through its community-based Healthcare Centers, PCOM provides care to medically underserved populations. For more information, visit pcom.edu or call 215-871-6100.
Brandon Lausch
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