Report to the Community
February 2008
We continue to thank and appreciate the on-going support of the residents and businesses of Adams County and surrounding communities. It is through your generosity that the Memorial Healthcare Foundation experienced another successful year.
The primary fund raising events continue to grow in both participants and dollars earned.
• Casino Night held on the last Saturday in January 2008 netted over $2900, an increase over 2007.
• Golf Outing held in June 2007 at Lake Arrowhead Lake Course for the 4th year netted over $6300 with over 60 golfers participating in the 18-hole event. This year’s outing will again be held at Lake Arrowhead on June 22, 2008.
• The Annual Dinner/Auction was held in October at Cedar Shack. There will not be a dinner/auction this year but will change to April in 2009. Watch for new date
• The Tree of Life remains a popular visual opportunity to memorialize loved family members and friends.
• The Endowment Fund is now at over $26,000. Undesignated donations, all Tree of Life donations, 10% of the proceeds from all events plus MMH&C employee payroll deductions have contributed to establishing and adding to its growth. A special donation was received from Richard & Verla Lysy in 2007.
As part of meeting the Foundation’s vision and mission the Foundation supports the community with the following:
- Education
o Adams-Friendship High School Scholarship for a student entering the healthcare field
o Adams County Sheriff’s Dept. National Child Safety Council initiative
- Sponsorships
o Kids Day Sponsorship, co-sponsored with Moundview Memorial Hospital & Clinics and A-F Area Schools
o Rural Youth Safety Day Sponsorship presented for area 4th graders to learn safety practices and skills
- Donations made to MMH&C to meet requested needs in 2007
o The initial panel of historic wall was unveiled as part of the Village of Friendship Sesquicentennial celebration in July 2007. The Recognition Committee has begun work on the subsequent panel – please stop & see this work of art in the hospital lobby.
New in 2008
Donation to MMH&C for CR equipment in medical imaging
Donation to MMH&C for 12-lead EKG for STEMI protocol allowing for incident to cath lab times of 55 minutes or less