The Perrysburg Rotary Club has contributed $50,000 to establish a new Perrysburg Rotary Club Endowed Patient Assistance Fund, which will assist patients receiving care at Mercy Health - Perrysburg Hospital. The $50,000 will be paid to Mercy Health in two $25,000 installments over a two-year period beginning this November.
According to Lorena Gloden, President of the Perrysburg Rotary Club Board, “The fund was precipitated by a grant request to the club from Mercy Health - Toledo. In July, Rotarian Sandy Snyder submitted a grant request on behalf of the Mercy Health Foundation. The Perrysburg Rotary Board spent many hours reviewing the request and documentation for creating the endowment before the grant submission was submitted for final board review and a vote in September. After careful consideration, the Perrysburg Rotary Club Board voted to approve the grant request and passed along their recommendation that the grant be approved by the Perrysburg Rotary Service Foundation.”
“This is the largest contribution in the history of our club to a 501(c)(3) organization,” said Jack Sculfort, Perrysburg Rotary Service Foundation Chair. “Our club’s foundation board received the grant request from Mercy Health and did our due diligence to determine if it was something we should act on. Based on the information that was provided to us in the grant request, along with Mercy Health’s excellent long-standing reputation for health care, our foundation’s board voted to proceed.”
In the grant request, Mercy Health wrote: ‘Mercy Health - Perrysburg Hospital opened in 2019, and shortly thereafter we went through the COVID pandemic. Now, as things are getting back to normal, we are seeing more patients and with that comes more patients who need financial assistance. This fund would financially assist patients with things like transportation to/from the hospital, certain procedures, prescription drugs, and some medical equipment. This is not just for patients who are non-insured or underinsured. Our team does an amazing job working with insurance companies and other providers to exhaust every option before using the patient assistance fund.’
“The initial gift of $50,000 from Perrysburg Rotary Club and its Foundation will yield approximately $2,500 annually for patients, giving the patients at Mercy Health - Perrysburg Hospital a much-needed resource,” said Sandy Snyder, a Perrysburg Rotarian, and Director of the Mercy Health – Toledo Foundation. She noted that similar funds exist at Mercy Health’s other hospital locations. “This endowment will help patients when they are at their most vulnerable.”
“Our Perrysburg Rotary Club and Perrysburg Rotary Service Foundation have a long history of contributing to local and international projects,” said Sculfort. “Our club’s Foundation abides by strict Internal Revenue Service rules, which limits us to making contributions only to 501(c)(3) organizations, charitable organizations, or the government. “Mercy Health – Perrysburg Hospital’s grant request fit those parameters.”
The Perrysburg Rotary Club is incredibly excited and proud to establish this new community partnership. We look forward to supporting our friends and neighbors for years to come!
This week (Friday, October 22nd) we will welcome Celeste Felix from the Toledo Lucas County Public Library. Ms. Fleix will be giving us an overview of Hispanic Heritage Month.
To attend this meeting,please click hereto log into your Rotary Account. Then click on "My Account Balance" to pay for your lunch. Lunch is $16.00. We are no longer requiring registrations for meetings.
We will be taking cash lunch payments at the door as well.
A buffet meal will be hosted at the Carranor starting at 11:45am.
If you are in need of assistance with logging into your online account, please contact Ashley Lopez.
A Zoom link for this hybrid meeting will be sent out to membership on Friday, October 22nd at 9:30 am.
The Perrysburg Rotary Club is getting ready to amplify our message about eradicating polio to protect the world’s children from this devastating disease.
Pints for Polio, on October 21st 5:30 pm. - 8:00 pm at Inside the Five Brewing.
Get your $5 raffle tickets for chance to win a Brewery tour or Brewery 101 class.
Contact Mitchel Skotynsky to get your tickets and support our polio plus fund. Flyer attached to this email for more details.
All money collected at the Rotary meetings for fines will go to our Polio plus fund and all proceeds will benefit Perrysburg Rotary Polio Fund.
Randy Drewyor, Treasurer/CFO at Perrysburg Schools, has been proposed for membership by Tom Hosler and approved by the Board of Directors. Barring an objection in writing from a member submitted to the club secretary (Wayne Koskinen) by Friday, October 29th, Mr. Drewyor will be inducted into membership upon payment of dues and attendance at a new member orientation session.
Shaun Graham, Senior Corporate Counsel at Cooper Tire & Rubber Company, has been proposed for membership by Lidia Ebersole and approved by the Board of Directors. Barring an objection in writing from a member submitted to the club secretary (Wayne Koskinen) by Friday, October 29th, Mr. Graham will be inducted into membership upon payment of dues and attendance at a new member orientation session.
Andrea Gwyn, Administrator at Mercy Health Perrysburg Hospital, has been proposed for membership by Sandy Snyder and approved by the Board of Directors. Barring an objection in writing from a member submitted to the club secretary (Wayne Koskinen) by Friday, October 29th, Ms. Gwyn will be inducted into membership upon payment of dues and attendance at a new member orientation session.