With the help of our donors, staff, patients, and partner agencies, ChesPenn has developed a new logo. The design reflects the interdependence of these four members of the ChesPenn community.

And now we’re excited to unveil our beautiful new website! The website offers resources to all the members of our community – patients can find the information they need to receive care, partner agencies can refer their clients to our services, and donors can learn how we are leveraging their investments to improve community health. Patient and employee portals are also in the works.

We’ve also moved the site, so that our address reflects our nonprofit status. Visit us at chespenn.org. And take a look at our redesigned Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/chespenn/. While you’re there, don’t forget to sign up for our e-newsletter!

We’re very grateful to our friends at Proforma Vindee for their partnership in creating this beautiful site, and to The Philadelphia Foundation for funding our entire rebranding project.

Change is happening at ChesPenn! As Community Hospital began the process of closing in January, the staff at our Center for Family Health at Community moved to our Eastside location. In May, we began renovations at Eastside to make space for the larger staff and increased number of patients.

Our plan is to create more examination rooms, more private spaces in reception for discussions of insurance and payment options, and to freshen the look of the entire center. When renovations are complete, we look forward to welcoming patients to a beautiful facility that will enhance their health and well-being.

We expect to complete renovations in August and invite the community for an unveiling in October. Many thanks to our great staff and wonderful patients for their flexibility as spaces shift.  Stay tuned for more updates on our progress!

Meanwhile, the administrative staff have also relocated to the beautiful Baldwin Tower in Eddystone. The new offices provide plenty of meeting space and a beautiful reception area to welcome guests and staff. We’re easy to find and there is plenty of parking, so stop by and say hello!

Dr. Rekha Yagnik, ChesPenn’s founding Medical Director, was a passionate supporter of healthy development in children. She advocated strongly for early childhood literacy, initiating the Reach Out and Read Program, which provides a new book for every child from infancy through age 5. As part of the program, pediatricians not only provide the books – they model reading to children and prescribe family reading as part of a plan for healthy cognitive development in their patients.

When she noticed older siblings looking with longing at the books, Dr. Yagnik also created a plan to provide them with books. Dr. Yagnik knew that research has shown the importance of reading to children from infancy in supporting healthy brain development, and that as children grow, supporting a love of reading continues to support healthy development and lifelong learning. Put simply, children who read are more likely to be healthier and more successful throughout their lives.

When Dr. Yagnik passed away, her family requested that gifts be made in her memory to a new fund that would continue to support the purchase of books for ChesPenn’s pediatric patients. Generous family members and friends responded by creating a seed fund of $3,000. ChesPenn’s pediatricians continue Dr. Yagnik’s dedication to encouraging family literacy. If you would like to partner with us to ensure that every child in our community grows up reading and learning, consider making a gift to the Dr. Rekha Yagnik Memorial Fund. You can designate the gift by making it in Dr. Yagnik’s memory: https://tinyurl.com/yagnikfund.

Thank you to everyone who has honored Dr. Yagnik’s memory by supporting children’s literacy!