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On November 12, Virtua brought 22 students from the U.S. Wiggins Family School to the Philadelphia 76ers practice facility in Camden.
There, the students—boys and girls from the school basketball teams—toured the building, participated in a nutrition class, and each received a free turkey and fresh produce from the Virtua Mobile Farmers Market.
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This event is part of the larger community health partnership between Virtua and the 76ers. The aim is to improve nutrition education and physical fitness among young people in Camden City.
Photo Gallery:
Students from the U.S. Wiggins Family School in Camden on the Philadelphia 76ers practice court. 
Virtua dietitian Kelsey DiVirgilio demonstrates how to make kid-friendly healthy holiday meals. 
Each child received a green bag of fresh produce and recipe cards, as well as a turkey, courtesy of the Virtua Mobile Farmers Market. 
Franklin, mascot for the 76ers, greets his special guests. 
A group photo with Franklin. 
A face-to-face with Franklin. 
A student from the U.S. Wiggins Family School hefts her big bag of produce.
About Virtua:
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As one of New Jersey’s largest, non-profit health systems, Virtua provides comprehensive health care services to achieve its mission to help people be well, get well and stay well. Virtua provides services through Virtua Medical Group with 500 physicians and other clinicians, and at its urgent care centers, hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, health and wellness centers, fitness centers, home health services, long-term care and rehabilitation centers, and paramedic program.
A leader in maternal and child health services, Virtua delivers nearly 8,000 babies a year. It provides health services to 1,500 businesses, and participates in Virtua Physician Partners, a clinically integrated network of 1,000 physicians and other clinicians.
Virtua is affiliated with Penn Medicine for cancer and neuroscience and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) for pediatrics. It employs over 9,000 and has been honored as the #1 Best Place to Work in the Delaware Valley many times since 2007.
It is the recipient of a 4-star rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for quality of care. U.S. News and World Report ranked Virtua’s Mount Holly and Voorhees hospitals as High Performing Hospitals and Voorhees as a Best Regional Hospital.
Virtua is a Magnet-recognized organization and the recipient of the Consumer Choice Award from the National Research Corporation.
For more information, visit www.virtua.org.
(Photos provided)