MEMBER NEWS
2019 Outreach Award Honorees
Downtown
Scranton Recycling
Requirements
Outreach — Center for Community Resources recently honored The Greater Scranton
Chamber of Commerce with the 2019 Outreach Award. Other honorees included
Bob Adcroft with the 2019 Outreach Media Award, and Mary Belin Rhodes with the
2019 Outreach Spirit Award. Fidelity Bank president and chief executive officer Dan
Santaniello continues to serve as community chair of the 2019 Outreach Challenge.
Fresh Food Farmacy Opens
To address food insecurity and
higher rates of Type 2 diabetes
in the community, Geisinger
has opened its second Fresh
Food Farmacy in Scranton at 3
W. Olive St.
The Farmacy enrolls those
who have uncontrolled Type
2 diabetes and who are
food insecure, meaning their
household experiences hunger
on a regular basis. Fresh Food Farmacy participants are referred to this program that
focuses on providing education and food to create better health outcomes and lower
medical costs. At no cost to the patient, the Farmacy provides food for patients and their
households to make 10 meals per week. Patients select from fresh fruits, vegetables,
whole grains lean meats and other staple items.
At capacity, the Scranton location will serve 500 patients per week and more than 2,000
community members through the provided food. In addition to providing food, all
patients have access to food preparation and meal planning advice, nutritional guidance,
health education classes and healthy recipes.
Community Bank, N.A. Supports
“Go Joe”
Community Bank, N.A. recently donated
$4,000 to Joe Snedeker of WNEP’s “Go
Joe” campaign, which benefits St. Joseph’s
Center in Scranton. The bank was also
able to support St. Joseph’s Center with
an additional donation resulting from an
employee dress down day.
Feel Good Charities Supports
Greater Scranton YMCA
Feel Good Charities recently presented
the Greater Scranton YMCA with a $1,600
check to support its 2019 Annual Support
Campaign. Funds raised for the campaign
support the Y’s financial assistance program.
The City of Scranton would like
to assist downtown businesses,
apartments and offices in expanding
or beginning a recycling program.
The city requires all commercial
establishments located in the city
to recycle and report their recycling
tonnage to the city’s Recycling
Office annually. Reporting forms are
mailed to each business in January
explaining the city’s ordinance as
well as Pennsylvania’s recycling
requirements.
According to City of Scranton
Ordinance #45 of 2016; and the
Pennsylvania Municipal Waste
Planning, Recycling and Waste
Reduction Act of 1988 (Act
101), it is required by law that
all businesses, institutions and
commercial establishments must
recycle (at a minimum) the following
items and report their weights
to their municipalities each year.
It is required that commercial
establishments recycle:
• Cardboard
• Office paper
• Aluminum cans
• Leaf waste
Please include on the reporting
forms any other items your business
recycles, including items such as
plastic and glass bottles and jars,
metals, tin/steel cans, mixed paper,
motor oil, fluorescent bulbs, food
renderings, batteries, and many
other materials.
Contact Tom Lynch, recycling
coordinator for the City of Scranton,
at (570) 348-4165, for more
information or for assistance with
setting up or expanding a recycling
program.
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