Dignity Health-Northridge Hospital Medical Center joined with the American Heart Association to host a monthly, drive-through event on Thursday, Oct. 24, at which it gave out healthy food to 250 to 300 families. Because Halloween is coming the first 100 families received a pumpkin to take home.
Dignity Health Northridge Hospital Medical Center partnered with the American Heart Association to hold a drive-thru free food distribution, with the first 100 families receiving a pumpkin to take home at the hospital in Northridge on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2024. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Dignity Health Northridge Hospital Medical Center partnered with the American Heart Association to hold a drive-thru free food distribution, with the first 100 families receiving a pumpkin to take home at the hospital in Northridge on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2024. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Hospital employees Dilian Guardado and Victoria Chua load a car with groceries. Dignity Health Northridge Hospital Medical Center partnered with the American Heart Association to hold a drive-thru free food distribution, with the first 100 families receiving a pumpkin to take home at the hospital in Northridge on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2024. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Workers prepare bags of food. Dignity Health Northridge Hospital Medical Center partnered with the American Heart Association to hold a drive-thru free food distribution, with the first 100 families receiving a pumpkin to take home at the hospital in Northridge on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2024. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
People wait in line for free groceries. Dignity Health Northridge Hospital Medical Center partnered with the American Heart Association to hold a drive-thru free food distribution, with the first 100 families receiving a pumpkin to take home at the hospital in Northridge on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2024. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Dignity Health Northridge Hospital Medical Center partnered with the American Heart Association to hold a drive-thru free food distribution, with the first 100 families receiving a pumpkin to take home at the hospital in Northridge on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2024. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Hospital employee Letty Hernandez puts food in the trunk of a car. Dignity Health Northridge Hospital Medical Center partnered with the American Heart Association to hold a drive-thru free food distribution, with the first 100 families receiving a pumpkin to take home at the hospital in Northridge on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2024. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Dignity Health Northridge Hospital Medical Center partnered with the American Heart Association to hold a drive-thru free food distribution, with the first 100 families receiving a pumpkin to take home at the hospital in Northridge on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2024. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
People prepare bags of food for distribution. Dignity Health Northridge Hospital Medical Center partnered with the American Heart Association to hold a drive-thru free food distribution, with the first 100 families receiving a pumpkin to take home at the hospital in Northridge on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2024. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
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Dignity Health Northridge Hospital Medical Center partnered with the American Heart Association to hold a drive-thru free food distribution, with the first 100 families receiving a pumpkin to take home at the hospital in Northridge on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2024. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
According to officials at Dignity Health-Northridge, the hospital partnered with the American Heart Association to be the first fresh free produce distribution center in the San Fernando Valley. The primary goal iis to help improve access to healthy foods, while improving the health of residents in local communities.
The American Heart Association says that Los Angeles has the biggest population of food-insecurepeople and households in U.S. and that almost 2 million residents in the area don’t know how they are going to get their next meal.
