Each year, we see the outpouring of kindness and generosity from Penn’s faculty and staff in supporting the many worthy causes represented by the Penn’s Way campaign. Our partner organizations (United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey, Philadelphia Alliance for Change, and Penn Medicine) work closely with us to ensure that the Penn community’s contributions are used to address needs across our region.

During this time of unprecedented need, families, nonprofits, and local businesses are struggling to stay afloat. Community organizations and foundations are being called upon to help people who have lost jobs, health care, homes, etc., and the charitable organizations that work to assist people, are themselves struggling. The Penn community has demonstrated year after year that we can, and will, rise to meet the challenge. 

We encourage the Penn community to bring home the message of caring by contributing to organizations that support the three “Pillars of Need” identified by the Penn’s Way Campaign:  

• Health care disparity
• Food insecurity
• Social justice

This week we are highlighting organizations that focus on Health Care Disparity:

• Philadelphia Black Women’s Health Alliance–https://www.pbwha.org/—Penn’s Way organization number: C1104
• Maternity Care Coalition—https://maternitycarecoalition.org/about-us/—Penn’s Way organization number: 06427
• Mazzoni Center—https://www.mazzonicenter.org/—Penn’s Way organization number: 02304
• Puentes de Salud—https://www.puentesdesalud.org/—Penn’s Way organization number: 48347

If you have an organization within the campaign that you would like to support, whatever their mission, you can be sure that they need your contribution this year more than ever. You can see more organizations that support our Pillars of Need on the website. Log in at www.pennsway.upenn.edu to help.

—Penn’s Way Leadership