Esperanza in the News
12/5/2011
Esperanza Health Center celebrated the Grand Opening of its new Hunting Park Health and Wellness Center on Thursday, December 1, 2011. The event, which was attended by an estimated 500 people, included tours of the facility, opportunities for individuals to enroll as a new patient, and the main ribbon-cutting ceremony.
As Susan Post, Esperanza's executive director, shared in her remarks: "With this new building, Esperanza continues to commit ourselves to the overall health of those in North Philadelphia in need of a medical home. Our hope, our esperanza, is that everyone in North Philadelphia will have access to adequate, affordable medical care. This building will help us to make our hope a reality." Also participating in the main program were: Dr. Ronald Sider, Professor ofTheology, Holistic Ministry & Public Policy at Palmer Theological Seminary; Dr. John Perkins, founder of the John M. Perkins Foundation for Reconciliation & Development; Councilwoman Maria D. Quiñones-Sánchez; and, Mayor Michael A. Nutter.
Praise God for his goodness and faithfulness to Esperanza Health Center in providing this new facility, and throughout Esperanza's more than two decades of ministry in North Philadelphia!
To view additional photos from the event, click here.
Article from the Philadelphia Business Journal website, "Esperanza center created construction jobs, creating health-care jobs" (posted 12/1/2011)
2/22/2011
On Tuesday, February 22, 2011, Esperanza Health Center celebrated the Groundbreaking for its new Hunting Park Health and Wellness Center, to be built at 4417 N. 6th Street in the city's Hunting Park community.
Among those who participated in the ceremony were Mayor Michael A. Nutter, Health Commissioner Donald F. Schwarz, MD, MPH, and Councilwoman Maria D. Quiñones-Sánchez, as well as over two dozen representatives from community organizations, churches, businesses and community groups located in Hunting Park and neighboring North Philadelphia communities.
Photos from the groundbreaking ceremony are posted here.
Click on the links below for news and media coverage of the groundbreaking ceremony:
Article from the Philadelphia Business Journal, February 25 - March 3, 2011 edition, "Esperanza breaks ground on Hunting Park center" (p. 3)
Article from the Philadelphia Tribune, February 25, 2011, "Esperanza Health Center breaks ground at N. Sixth St."
Video from WPVI Philadelphia Channel 6 website, evening news coverage of the groundbreaking ceremony, 2/22/11.
News story from KYW Philadelphia Channel 3/1060 AM website, "Groundbreaking Held For Hunting Park Health & Wellness Center"
2/2/2010
Esperanza Health Center was featured on NPR's Marketplace Morning Edition national radio broadcast on February 2, 2010, "Community clinics benefit uninsured" (website includes link to audio of broadcast and full transcript).
12/10/2009
Temple University's Multimedia Urban Reporting Lab produced the following story featuring Esperanza Health Center, Kensington: A Different Approach to Health Care
12/9/09
Philadelphia Inquirer, December 9, 2009, Phila. clinics getting boost from stimulus funds
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