A thriving healthcare system is truly the foundation of a healthy community. Without our health, we have nothing. 

For 40 years, Memorial Health Foundation, a not-for-profit organization, has been dedicated to building a healthier community through education, special patient assistance funds, charity care, state-of-the-art medical equipment, and funding to areas where the need is greatest throughout the Memorial Health System and our community.

But we can't do this alone. We are so grateful for our generous benefactors. With your help, we can continue to provide world-class healthcare close to home. Please consider making a gift today. 

Every year, Memorial Health Foundation sponsors and hosts several events to benefit a designated cause within Memorial Health System. These events bring together our community to raise awareness and support for our Strecker Cancer Center Patient Fund, Selby General Hospital, home and hospice, as well as our other funds we have to assist our patients' needs.

Fashion Show

Our annual fashion show brings together local businesses', Strecker Cancer Center survivors, and a fun filled evening for our community. Proceeds from this event go directly towards our Strecker Cancer Center Patient Fund. This fund provides patients with prescription drug assistance, medical supplies, gas cards, and helps with any other needs a patient might have during their treatment at Strecker Cancer Center.

Selby Golf Outing

Our Selby Golf Outing is a fun filled day full of golf benefiting the greatest area of need at Selby General Hospital. Your fee for the tournament includes green fees, golf cart, boxed lunch, reception, and dinner. Each year, prizes are awarded to the first, second, and third place teams. Skill prizes are awarded on every hole. Individuals or companies can also sponsor individual holes at the event to further support Selby General Hospital.

Love Lights

Since 1991, Love Lights has provided an opportunity for people in our community to honor friends and loved ones with beautifully glowing holiday lights. Dedicating a Light of Love is a brilliant way to commemorate a very special person or celebrate how much someone means to you. Love Lights is an opportunity for our community to honor their loved ones while supporting heart and hospice needs.

5K Fund Run Our annual Memorial Health System Fund Run 5K is an awareness and fundraising event held every fall that benefits the health of our community. Proceeds from the race directly support three funds housed within Memorial Health Foundation: Stroke Support (Bridges Forward), Diabetes Education, and Bariatric Exercise Program. Included below is additional information on each:

• Stroke Support (Bridges Forward) provides community-based exercise programs for stroke or neurologically injured individuals.
• Diabetes Education provides educational support at low or no cost to patients needing support and living with diabetes.
• Bariatric Exercise Program provides exercise program opportunities to patients wanting to improve their health and lose weight.

Board of Trustees 2021 Slate

David Haas - Chairperson
Donn Schafer - Vice Chairperson
Kim Poole, DDS - Secretary
Scott Silvestri - Treasurer
Dan Breece, DO
Pam Cannon
Robert Chase, PhD
Nicole Coil, JD
Colleen Cook, JD
Amy Elliott, PhD
Tyler Hill, DO
Shannon Stevens-McLain, DDS
Amy Taylor
Shawn Taylor
Usha Vasan, MD

We all know our physicians have made an impact on so many of our community members’ lives!  Louray Fincher wrote this about the lifesaving care her son received from his doctors: 

“My family and I owe our world to the work of Drs. Adhikari and Caslow! My first son was born four weeks early at Marietta Memorial Hospital. When he was born, he had difficulty with his breathing. Drs. Adhikari and Caslow were in the nursery that day and found a pneumothorax (a hole) in his left lung. Drs. Adhikari and Caslow performed a procedure to put in a makeshift chest tube to pull off the air building up in the space where his lung should be. They used this chest tube to pull off air for hours until an ambulance from Nationwide Children’s Hospital arrived to take him. When the ambulance arrived, the tube our doctors had placed was so effective that the team left it in until my son arrived at Nationwide. Because of the procedure and care Drs. Adhikari and Caslow gave to my son, he is on the verge of his third birthday and has no issues resulting from the pneumothorax! We could not possibly thank these doctors enough and would recommend them both to anyone!”

How to Give

Online

Make a gift online today.

Mail

Memorial Health Foundation
P.O. Box 97
Marietta, OH 45750

Annual Fund

Every gift to Memorial Health Foundation is important, no matter how large or small. For 40 years, Memorial Health Foundation has depended on private philanthropy from our Annual Fund to support new equipment, programs, capital upgrades, education, and professional development. 

Gifts to Memorial Health Foundation ensure that Memorial Health System can make world-class services available to all members of our community.

Honor and Memorial Giving

By making a gift to honor someone important to you or to pay tribute to the memory of a loved one who has passed away, you are showing the unique mark that they have left on your heart. And you will be making a difference in the lives of our patients. 

Your gift will benefit the program or initiative of your choice. In addition, when you make a gift to honor or in memory of someone, we will notify the family or person you specify (your contribution amount remains confidential). 

Please indicate with your gift the person or family that should be notified along with their mailing address. 

In lieu of flowers, please consider a contribution in memory of (deceased name) to Memorial Health Foundation. Gifts can be made online or ?by mail.

Gift Planning

We can help you create your legacy. Memorial Health Foundation supporters are able to express their personal values along with their charitable, family and financial goals when they plan their giving. Planned gifts enable Memorial Health Foundation to continue the legacy of world-class care for future generations.

In addition to writing a check, transferring securities or signing a multiyear pledge, you can choose a life-income gift that pays you and/or a loved one an income for life or a testamentary gift that occurs after your lifetime.

We can help you find a charitable plan that fits your goals. Memorial Health Foundation's gift planning professionals can work with you to personalize a plan most beneficial to you and your family. If you or your financial advisor would like more information, please contact:

Jarrett S. Stull, CFRE
Executive Director
Phone: (740) 374-4914
Email: jarrett.stull@mhsystem.org

Thinking about including Memorial Health Foundation in your estate plan?

You may consider including this simple bequest language in your will or trust:

"I give and bequeath to Memorial Health Foundation, Marietta, Ohio (the sum of $_____ or _____%) to support its greatest needs (or insert name of program or project)."

If you have already included Memorial Health Foundation in your estate plan, thank you. Please let us know about your plan to allow us an opportunity to properly express our gratitude and to discuss how you want your gift to make an impact. ?

Gifts of Stock or Wire Transfer

Thank you for your interest in making a stock or wire transfer gift to Memorial Health Foundation. Please contact Jarrett Stull, Executive Director (jarrett.stull@mhsystem.org or (740) 374-4914) for information your broker or banker will need to transfer stock or wire fund us.

Jarrett S. Stull, CFRE
Executive Director
Office: (740) 374-4914
jarrett.stull@mhsystem.org

Susie Warman
Development Specialist
Office: (740) 374-4913
suswarman@mhsystem.org

Memorial Health Foundation
P.O. Box 97
Marietta, OH 45750