Penn Highlands Healthcare Hospitals Receive PA Donate Life Recognition
The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP) has recognized five Penn Highlands Healthcare hospitals for achieving Center for Organ Recovery & Education (CORE) Platinum designation in the 2025 Donate Life Pennsylvania Hospital Challenge. The hospitals honored include:
- Penn Highlands Brookville
- Penn Highlands Clearfield
- Penn Highlands DuBois
- Penn Highlands Elk
- Penn Highlands Huntingdon
Throughout April, which is National Donate Life Month, representatives from the Penn Highlands Healthcare hospitals coordinated activities to increase awareness of organ, eye and tissue donation among their co-workers and throughout their communities. Activities ranged from participating in Blue and Green Day to flag raising ceremonies.
The annual Donate Life Pennsylvania Hospital Challenge encourages hospitals throughout the Commonwealth to increase donation awareness. HAP partners with the Pennsylvania Department of Health and the two organ procurement organizations serving Pennsylvania — CORE and Gift of Life Donor Program — to support the challenge.
More than 6,500 Pennsylvanians need a life-saving organ transplant. One donor can save up to eight lives and enhance up to 75 others.
“Hospital teams rely on organ, eye and tissue donors to save lives and give patients a chance for a bright future,” said Nicole Stallings, HAP President and CEO. “Pennsylvania hospitals and our partners have done an outstanding job of supporting and raising awareness about donation. We applaud the hospital teams who participated in our annual challenge and demonstrated their strong commitment to improving the health of their communities.”
The Penn Highlands Healthcare team attended the 2025 HAP Donate Life PA Hospital Challenge Awards Ceremony August 22, 2025. Pictured with the awards are (l. to r.) Melissa Peterman, Executive Assistant, Penn Highlands Clearfield; Miranda Flanagan, RN, Director of Patient Services for Penn Highlands Clearfield; Angela Guyer, MSN, RN, ASC-BC, Director of Nursing, Penn Highlands Huntingdon; Heather Franci, MBHA, BSN, RN, Chief Nursing Officer, Service Line Director, Heart Center, Lung Center, Brain & Spine, Oncology Services for Penn Highlands Healthcare; Alexandria Watkins, RN, ER Nursing Director for Penn Highlands Huntingdon; Danielle Skinner, BSN RN CMSRN, Chief Nursing Officer for Penn Highlands Brookville and Penn Highlands Elk and Student Co-Op Coordinator Penn Highlands Brookville, Penn Highlands Clearfield, Penn Highlands DuBois and Penn Highlands Elk; Will Chinn, FACHE, President, Penn Highlands DuBois and Penn Highlands Clearfield; and Josh LaFleur, MBA, CNMT, Regional Market President – Southwest Region.