Your Gifts at Work

Jul 12, 2025

Year-round greenhouse farm serving fresh produce on the UPMC Memorial Hospital campus

Lettuce, radishes and other vegetables are growing in three, temperature-controlled greenhouses, technically called high tunnels, that sit near Loucks Road on the campus of UPMC Memorial in West Manchester Township. It marks the first planting for the Farm to Hospital program aimed at offering fresh food to help fight the root causes of illnesses, such as heart and renal diseases, and to support healthy women and babies. It's paired with fitness, mindfulness and spiritual healing. The project is led by Dr. KimberLee Mudge of Leader Surgical Associates-UPMC. The breast surgeon who dabbles in hobby farming had been reading about the failure to address wellness amid the high-tech advances and rising costs in healthcare. In addition, many people no longer eat for nourishment as they did a century ago − nowadays it's for entertainment.

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May 23, 2025

Cumberland Valley High School's Varsity Baseball Fight Against Cancer Game

We are absolutely thrilled to celebrate Cumberland Valley High School's Varsity Baseball team for their amazing Fight Against Cancer Game! The team raised an incredible $6,000 for cancer care and research—triple the amount from previous years.

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Mar 17, 2025

Beyond Medicine: How UPMC's Child Life Team Transforms Young Patients' Journeys

Every child's medical journey is more than a series of tests and treatments. It's a story of courage, and of professionals who see beyond the diagnosis. In honor of Child Life Month, we celebrate the stories that unfold because of three women who comprise the UPMC in Central Pa. Child Life team - Sandy, Liz, and Tara - whose daily work transforms children's clinical experiences. The Child Life Team isn't just a department. Each day, they step into a world where children face medical challenges that would overwhelm most adults, armed with compassion, creativity, and an extraordinary capacity to see beyond the procedure.

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Feb 10, 2025

Patients R Waiting initiative to hold free Black maternal health event

The event also celebrates five years of Diversifying Doulas, a program of the local nonprofit Patients R Waiting that aims to use doula care to decrease maternal death and complications among people of color, according to co-founder Dr. Sharee Livingston. The initiative focuses on increasing the number of Black and brown doulas, and on providing fully subsidized doula care to people of color, she said. A doula is a trained, non-medical professional who provides support during pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum.

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Nov 29, 2024

The SaveStation now allows the community to access the AED when seconds count.

A new lifesaving tool is now available on City Island in Harrisburg and one resident used it to save a life. The Peyton Walker Foundation and UPMC Pinnacle Foundation helped install a new “Save Station” at FNB Field, home of the Harrisburg Senators. The Save Station is a weatherproof cabinet designed to protect an AED that can restore a person to a normal heart rhythm during a heart attack. Having an AED in the stadium has already saved someone’s life during the Prostate Cancer Walk.

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Oct 14, 2024

UPMC Pinnacle Foundation Supports Reunion for NICU Babies and their Families

Former Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) patients reunited with the UPMC nurses and staff at the NICU Reunion Pajama Party. The event was organized by UPMC Magee-Womens and UPMC Children’s in Central Pa. with support from the UPMC Pinnacle Foundation. This is the first UPMC in Central Pa. NICU reunion since the COVID-19 pandemic.

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