Each year, Penn Medicine awards physicians, staff, and medical students small grants
to expand their community service efforts. Since January 2012, the Penn Medicine
CAREs grants have provided 183 programs with support totaling nearly $225,000. The
projects range from initiatives to increase services in community-based health clinics
such as Puentes de Salud and the University City Hospitality Coalition Clinic, to
summer camps, like Camp Kesem for children with a parent fighting cancer, to nutrition
services and health education in food banks, community centers, and neighborhood
churches. These initiatives, which support neighborhoods throughout the region, are
brought forward by members of the Penn Medicine community whose call to serve
does not end at the doors of our institutions.