Meritus Medical Center Auxiliary

After expenses, the excess revenue from the largest fundraising programs, with exception of the tree of lights project, is deposited into the mmc Auxiliary's general fund. General fund monies are budgeted for distribution to benefit and support mmc and patient care in the following ways: sleepsack swaddle gift to each newborn, daily newspaper for each patient, one annual donation to the nursing scholarship fund, up to thirty annual scholarships for health care students, one annual donation to the Meritus healthcare foundation for a mutual hospital project, and funding of capital equipment requests. The money raised by the tree of lights goes toward a special project selected by the tree of lights committee each year, usually to fund a piece of Medical equipment or a patient program for mmc.