Arizona’s Healthcare Fights Hunger 2006

Arizona’s healthcare community and the state’s food banks will join forces to launch a statewide food drive during June. Healthcare Fights Hunger 2006—a month-long project to combat hunger in Arizona—is co-sponsored by the Arizona Hospital & Healthcare Association (AzHHA), Arizona Medical Association & the Association of Arizona Food Banks (AAFB). The dual goals of the project are to inform Arizonans that almost 800,000 people in this state don’t get enough to eat & to help community food banks feed the hungry.

Healthcare Fights Hunger will kick off on June 6th, National Hunger Awareness Day & continue throughout the month. The food drive is a natural link with the healthcare community as nutrition is a key component of good health.

Participating hospitals & physician offices will have food bank bins posted in their facilities for their staffs as well as the public and visitors. Employees, physicians & volunteers are encouraged to fill the bins with peanut butter, fruit juice, tuna, cereal & canned fruit.

The public is invited to participate in Healthcare Fights Hunger by dropping off non-perishables - particularly canned fruit, cereal, fruit juice, peanut butter or tuna - at the following locations:

Apache Junction
Practice of Ruth Letizia, MD
1075 S. Idaho Rd., #206

Casa Grande
Practice of Michael Ridge, MD
560 N. Camino Mercado, #7

Florence
Main Street Family Practice
660 S. Main St.

Mesa
Mesa General Hospital
515 N. Mesa Drive

Digestive Disease Consultants
6020 E. Arbor Ave., #101

East Valley Endoscopy
6020 E. Arbor Ave., #105

Phoenix
Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association
2901 N. Central Ave., #900

Arizona Medical Association
810 W. Bethany Home Road

Safford
Mt. Graham Regional Medical Center
1600 S. 20th Ave.

Willcox
Northern Cochise Community Hospital
901 West Rex Allen Drive