Rebecca Smith is the Executive Director for the Lawrence Memorial Hospital (LMH) Health Foundation and Vice President for Strategy and Communications. Many remember her weekly health and information missives during the pandemic. Rebecca spoke about the work of the Foundation whose goal is to inspire community and philanthropic support to make LMH a partner for life long health. Gifts fund patient care, including charitable care, wellness and more. The Foundation is a community owned 501(C)3 and receives no tax funding and all gifts stay local. The Foundation has 15 million dollars in assets which generates 3.8 million dollars annually in support for the hospital. Some 18 million dollars is spent each year on charitable care. The Foundation played a huge role in the LMH Cancer Center which serves about 19,000 patients a year. Rebecca noted that a substantial number of donations to the Foundation are in the 100 dollar range. The work of the Foundation is truly impressive.
