Buttonwood Healthcare

Since the onset of the covid-19 pandemic in Massachusetts, Buttonwood Healthcare, Inc. has worked in conjunction with the commonwealth of Massachusetts, the city of new bedford, and area nonprofit hospitals and medical group practices to open two previously closed nursing facilities as dedicated covid-19 facilities and to provide nursing home care and services to individuals recovering from covid-19 at the facilities. It is the goal of the company to admit any such individuals regardless of ability to pay and to provide nursing care and services for the duration of the pandemic and until the last covid-19 resident is safely discharged from its facilities. The first of the two facilities opened on april 17,2020, in response to the first wave of the pandemic. The second facility opened pursuant to the december 24, 2020 request of hhs in order to handle the resurgence of cases during and following the holidays. Based on notice from the commonwealth of Massachusetts (the "state") Buttonwood suspended its covid operations as of march 8, 2021, the date of discharge of the last resident but remained prepared to reopen at the request of the state and in response to another surge in the pandemic. Company intends to expand its charitable purpose to skilled nursing, adult day health, enhanced housing, assisted living, homecare, and related transportation services to communities in need throughout Massachusetts.