HCR Home Care Employees Help Children and Families in Need This Holiday Season

Dec. 22, 2020 — Continuing their tradition of giving back to the communities they serve, HCR Home Care employees came together during the holiday season to donate clothing, food and toys to children and families in need.

 HCR employees’ generosity across the company’s New York state service footprint included:

- Catskill region – made monetary donations to purchase gift baskets for nine

local families.

- Central N.Y. region

   - Liverpool – donated hats, gloves and socks for adults and children to We Rise Above the Streets, which helps people break out of homelessness.

   - Watertown – collected such items as shampoo, toothpaste, toothbrushes, socks, underwear, deodorant, laundry soap, hats, mittens and gloves. Items were donated to Anchor Recovery, which helps serve HCR Care Management's families facing homelessness, addiction and recovery.

 - Finger Lakes region – collected household items, clothing, toys and gift cards to benefit four families in need.

- North Country region

   - Clinton County – donated toys and gift items to the Clinton County Christmas Bureau for children and youth up to age 16.

   - Warren/Washington counties – collected baby, hygiene, food and household items for The WAIT (Welcoming Adolescents in Transition) House, which provides emergency shelter, transitional living, street outreach and other services to homeless youth.

“All of us at HCR are pleased to be able to help so many families in need this holiday season,” said Suzanne Turchetti, HCR’s chief administrative officer. “Our employees’ annual tradition of holiday giving is even more rewarding this year, which has been so challenging for so many people. We are proud of our employees for coming together for such a great cause.”

About HCR Home Care

 Founded in 1978, HCR Home Care (hcrhealth.com) is a leading provider of home health services to individuals, physicians and other healthcare professionals across New York state. The company’s quality and services are routinely recognized nationally and statewide, including being named in the top 25 percent of agencies by HomeCare Elite™ and receiving the Rochester Business Ethics Award. HCR is certified and approved for Medicare, Medicaid and most commercial insurance plans. Recognized as a top workplace three years in a row and as a top-ranked woman-owned business, the company is headquartered in Rochester, N.Y. and operates in 25 counties across the Catskill, Central New York, Finger Lakes and North Country regions.