Make Your Gift Go Twice as Far

Giving Opportunity Make Your Gift Go Twice as Far Give Once. Help Twice. Help strengthen health care for everyone in our community. Donate Matching funds are available to DOUBLE your holiday donation! Your donation will go twice as far to heal, to comfort, and to save lives Gifts to Mercy Health Foundation Lorain help meet…

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Mercy Health Lorain, OH

Mercy Health Foundation Lorain   Lorain, OH COMPASSIONATE CAREFOR LORAINAND BEYOND. Mercy Health — Lorain, OH As a supporter of Mercy Health Foundation Lorain, you offer the gift of good health for those living across northeast Ohio. Donors like you help enhance the quality medical care Mercy Health provides and build healthier communities for everyone, including…

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Year-end charitable giving tips

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GIFT PLANNING Year-end charitable giving tips Give wisely, leave a legacy Discover how gift planning can maximize your impact today and after your lifetime One Big Beautiful Bill Act Why charitable giving matters more than ever The recently passed One Big Beautiful Bill Act brings sweeping changes to tax and estate planning—making charitable giving more…

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Meet Buddy Wilton

Meet Buddy Wilton | Bon Secours - Baltimore, MD

A legacy of gratitude — Buddy Wilton’s vision for giving more by giving wisely Gratitude inspires E. Carlton “Buddy” Wilton, Jr. to give to the Foundation. And over the years he has learned a few tricks to maximize his generosity to have the greatest impact. That’s why he has made “blended” gifts to the Foundation…

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Taste remains fan-favorite charity event in 2025

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More than 350 guests came out to enjoy Taste 2025 The beloved Mercy Health Foundation Lorain fundraiser celebrated its 18th year Mercy Health Foundation Lorain hosted it’s annual fundraiser, “Taste”, on Thursday, September 18th at the Emerald Event Center in Avon, Ohio, hosting over 350 attendees. This was the 18th year for this annual fundraiser,…

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Meet Kathy Koepp

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Nurse navigators, funded by donors, make a difference for cancer patients like Kathy When she was first told she had breast cancer, Kathy Koepp went to her car and cried. She felt completely overwhelmed. But because of donors, Kathy was able to connect with Cathy Fior, a nurse navigator with Mercy Health – Lorain Hospital.…

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Meet Art Collins

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A Qualified Charitable Distribution is a win-win for Art and the Foundation Art Collins and his wife believe in giving back. The tax savings of a planned gift using a QCD mean they have more to give. Art Collins and his wife donate regularly to the Foundation because they know that quality health care is…

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Ethelia Bryant’s Story

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Thanks to donors, music therapy was available to Ethelia and her family after her medical crisis It was a frightening time for the Bryant family when their mother Ethelia was rushed to Mercy Health – Lorain Hospital unable to breath. “They decided that she needed to have a pacemaker,” remembers her daughter, Latrice. “We had…

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Meet John Rinaldi

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John gives to Mercy Health Foundation Lorain because it fits his goals as a donor John Rinaldi made the greater Cleveland area laugh for more than 50 years as part of the comedy duo Big Chuck and Lil John. Today, John is a member of a new team, the Mercy Health Foundation Lorain board of…

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Annual Golf Classic raises record-breaking $150,000

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On June 24, Mercy Health Foundation Lorain hosted its sold-out annual Golf Classic Supporters raised more than $150,000 to benefit Mercy Health programs and services in Lorain—a new record! For the thirty-third year in a row, the Mercy Health Foundation Lorain Golf Classic sold out! 125 golfers came out to play on a gorgeous, sunny…

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