Members of the Layton Hospital Medical Executive Committee pack pantry packs for children in need.
When the Layton Hospital Medical Executive Committee meets, it usually discusses business and solves problems. When the leaders met recently, they temporarily solved a hunger problem for about 200 children in need.
The leadership team wanted to better connect with the community so they opted to assemble about 200 “pantry packets” that have since been sent home with students who usually get free or reduced-price lunches during the week but not over the weekends, says Glen Morrell, MD, Layton Hospital’s medical director.
Maresha Bosgieter, the executive director of the Bountiful Community Food Pantry, says the organization relies on volunteers contributing and assembling the pantry packets it distributes to about 11,000 students a month in Davis County.
Dr. Morrell says the idea was sparked by Dave Hasleton, MD, Intermountain's senior medical director for ED and trauma, who suggested the leaders undertake some type of community outreach. When the opportunity to create the pantry packets was presented, it was welcomed.
“I think, across the board, each of our committee members were happy to have the opportunity to help,” Dr. Morrell says.
The Medical Executive Committee purchased the contents for the packets, which included things such as a mac and cheese pouch, shelf-stable milk, pudding cup, and a granola bar. Caregivers from Facilities delivered the packets to the pantry, he says.
The need for such volunteer help is greater now because COVID-19 has made it so fewer groups are gathering to take on such projects, Maresha says. Those interested in helping out can phone 801-299-8464 or email service@bountifulfoodpantry.org.
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