Lincoln Memorial Foundation

Abraham Lincoln hospital Foundation d/b/a Lincoln Memorial Foundation's (lmf) community health collaborative houses all community health initiatives that extend outside the walls of Lincoln Memorial hospital (lmh). Its vision is to create the healthiest community in the nation. Current initiatives include the lmh market providing access to fresh produce and free health screenings to all in our community; the coordinated aproach to child health (catch) program promotes healthy eating and physical activity impacting over 5 schools with 3,200 local students; supporting the trailblazers and collaborative meetings; and a grant for the ymca.

Health education and outreach program is a major tenet of lmf funding. In order to ensure a supply of talented Healthcare workers down the road, alhf has established a program that provides educational grants to local students with commitments to return to the hospital upon graduation. In fy2023, lmf awarded 9 educational grants to local students and colleagues. Lmf also has a fund for lmh colleagues to have an opportunity to further their professional careers by obtaining certifications. Lmf funded 10 certifications. Lmf also provided colleague emergency assistance to 1 colleague.

Lmf uses charitable gifts to purchase medical equipment and patient care items for lmh, which in the past year included a purchase of upgrades to the fitness court, upgrades to the bike path, main campus landscaping and neck wraps for patients. The auxiliary grants included a cover for the golf cart that's used to valet patients, white boards in patient rooms, fidget blankets for dementia patients and safe sitter supplies.

Lmf provides services to colleagues and visitors through the hospital's gift shop, lmf funds the life line service for seniors, and funds the farmers market to provide access to fresh food to the community.