The Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation’s Anchor and Heart Endowment has awarded a $110,325 grant to Munson Healthcare Paul Oliver Memorial Hospital, supporting the Paul Oliver Living and Rehabilitation Center (POLAR).
As a long-term care community located within the hospital, POLAR aims to promote a sense of peace and healing and cultivates independence and social, emotional, and mental well-being of its long-term residents. The Anchor and Heart Endowment grant will be used to support POLAR’s mission, allowing for the purchase of a long-term care resident transport van, long-term care mattresses, and parallel bars for therapy.
“We are deeply grateful for the continued generosity of the Anchor and Heart Endowment. The support has been invaluable to POMH for many years; and this year, Endowment supporters have enabled us to purchase a much-needed van for our long-term residents, ensuring they can travel to appointments and participate in activities,” said Kelly Tomaszewski, President and CEO of Paul Oliver Memorial Hospital and Manistee Hospital. “Additionally, the Endowment is helping us procure new mattresses for our residents and parallel bars for our therapy department. The Endowment’s going support truly makes a meaningful difference in the lives of our residents and patients.”
Over the last 17 years, the Community Foundation’s Anchor and Heart Endowment has awarded more than $1.3 million in grants to Paul Oliver Memorial Hospital. Grant decisions are made by the endowment’s fund advisory committee, which is currently made up of Courtney Morris, Bill Parris, Roger Perry, and Suzy Voltz.
“With more than $2.9 million in assets, the Anchor and Heart Endowment is an important source of annual funding for Paul Oliver Memorial Hospital, ensuring that the hospital can be supported now and for future generations,” said Steve Wade, Vice President of Community Impact at the Community Foundation. “We’re proud to steward this Endowment and support the health needs of Benzie County."
The Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation stewards community assets for lasting impact by investing in the people and places of Antrim, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, and Leelanau Counties as well as the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, a federally recognized tribe. Established in 1992, the Community Foundation is striving for healthy, resilient, thriving communities for across the region and supports this vision by serving donor partners, awarding meaningful grants and scholarships, and participating in collaborative leadership efforts on important community issues. For more information, please visit GTRCF.org.