RENO — Staff members from the Gentiva Home Health office will be blanketing the Reno/Sparks and Carson Valley areas during the month of August, distributing food collection bags and gathering donations for the Food Bank of Northern Nevada as part of the company’s sixth annual food drive.

Gentiva employees at the Reno and Carson City office and their counterparts around the country are placing the food collection bags at various health care facilities in their respective communities and will collect their “harvest” during the month of August. They are focused on surpassing last year’s national record when the company’s fifth annual food drive yielded more than 94,000 pounds of goods for donation to charitable organizations across the country.

“As active members of the community, we know that food banks, pantries and other charitable organizations face rising demand and a chronic lack of necessary supplies due to the economy and global food shortages,” said Sherilyn Elliot, Gentiva’s Reno/Carson branch director. “We also know that proper nutrition is important for the well-being of the people that we serve. In these especiallåy hard economic times, more people are at risk for poor nutrition and hunger. We look forward to working with many area health organizations and we encourage local health care providers to contact us for more information on how they and their employees can participate in this community effort.”

Gentiva Home Health provides skilled nursing, physical and occupational therapies and related services to residents of the Truckee Meadows and Carson Valleys.    

To learn more about Gentiva’s home care services, call Elliot at 858-1900 or visit www.gentiva.com. The Gentiva office is located at 5435 Louie Lane, Suite B in Reno.