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48th Annual Meeting & Community Awards Luncheon Featured Image
48th Annual Meeting & Community Awards Luncheon
September 30, 2019

The MFHS 48th Annual Meeting of the Board of Directors and Community Awards Luncheon will take place on Wednesday, October 16th, 2019, 12 noon at The Westmoreland Club, Wilkes-Barre. Our agency . . .

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MFHS Announces Launch of Electronic WIC
September 9, 2019

Pennsylvania’s Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC), is offering its families a new way to shop for WIC food benefits using an Electronic Benefits Transfer (eWIC) . . .

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MFHS Seeking Nominations for the 2019 Rose Allan Tucker Award Featured Image
MFHS Seeking Nominations for the 2019 Rose Allan Tucker Award
July 24, 2019

Maternal and Family Health Services is seeking nominations for the Rose Allan Tucker Award, which will be presented at the agency’s 48th Annual Meeting of the Board of Directors and . . .

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eWIC is Coming Soon to MFHS!
July 9, 2019

The Pennsylvania Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Nutrition Program will be offering families a new way to shop for WIC food benefits using an Electronic Benefits Transfer (eWIC) card later . . .

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WIC Nutrition Program Expands Income Guidelines Featured Image
WIC Nutrition Program Expands Income Guidelines
July 1, 2019

The Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Nutrition Program has expanded income guidelines allowing more families to participate in the free nutrition education program. According to the new income guidelines for . . .

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WIC Smartphone Application
June 18, 2019

Are you a WIC participant? Welcome to WICShopper! The app that lets you access your food list, recipes, benefits and so much more, all in one place. We integrate your Food . . .

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MFHS Annual Golf Tournament to be held June 13th Featured Image
MFHS Annual Golf Tournament to be held June 13th
May 15, 2019

Maternal & Family Health Services’ 26th Annual Golf Tournament will be held on Thursday, June 13th at Blue Ridge Trail Golf Club in Mountain Top. This annual golf tournament is . . .

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Collaborating to Combat the Opioid Epidemic – Scranton Times Editorial Featured Image
Collaborating to Combat the Opioid Epidemic – Scranton Times Editorial
May 6, 2019

This exclusive op-ed from MFHS President & CEO Bette Cox Saxton ran in the Scranton Times Tribune on Sunday, May 5th. Last year, Maternal & Family Health Services celebrated 45 . . .

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Governor Wolf Declares May WIC Month Featured Image
Governor Wolf Declares May WIC Month
May 1, 2019

May is WIC Month in Pennsylvania! May 2019 is the 45th year of WIC working to improving nutrition-related health and birth outcomes for women, infants and children throughout the commonwealth. . . .

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Berks County WIC Open House Featured Image
Berks County WIC Open House
May 1, 2019

Maternal and Family Health Services is partnering with Berks Community Health Center to hold a Mother’s Day open house at our new co-located Berks County WIC Nutrition Center. We will . . .

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