Golden Valley Memorial Healthcare | Health Scene Fall 2016

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GVMHHalloween Hustle
Runners and walkers of all ages are set
to lace up their shoes for the fifth annual
Halloween Hustle 5K on Saturday, Oct. 22.
Sponsored by Golden Valley Memorial
Healthcare (GVMH) and hosted by the
GVMH Foundation, the event raises
money to help cancer patients struggling
with side effects of the illness.
The morning includes costume con-
tests for children, adults and teams, plus
children’s games, a kids’ Monster Dash
and door prizes. The run/walk is held at
the Missouri Department of Conservation
trails on Second Street in Clinton, with
plenty of frights along the 5K route. Med-
als are awarded in several race categories,
and the top male and top female runners
are recognized.
Registration forms can be found
at , the GVMH
Rehabilitation Center on Ohio Street, the
Clinton Chamber of Commerce and the
Clinton Community Center. Participants
also can register at .
For more information, call
660-890-7108.
hen the call goes out, the staff at Golden
Valley Memorial Healthcare responds.
For the GVMH Foundation, that re-
sponse can mean supporting a scholar-
ship program for co-workers, purchasing
tickets for a special event or donating
through payroll deduction to help where
most needed, according to Deanna
Hendrich, Director of Development and
Communications.
“Our employees carry the day,” Hendrich
says. “They give regularly, consistently and
generously, and I never hesitate to point
that out when an individual or business
asks about contributing to the foundation.
If we believe what we’re doing helps our
patients, then others can feel confident
giving, too.”
She said the last quarter of the year is
the busiest because of the annual fall gala,
which raises more than $50,000, and be-
cause gifts to the foundation, a 501(c)3 or-
ganization, are tax-deductible. Individuals
interested in supporting quality healthcare
in the community frequently do so with
annual year-end gifts.
Donors can give in a variety of ways,
Hendrich says, such as cash or in-kind
donations, memorials, bequests through
wills or trusts, or even gifts of stock. Do-
nors can ask that their gifts be used where
most needed or for a particular area or
Giving fromwithin encourages gifts from community
An Evening to
Remember
A benefit for the GVMH Foundation
Saturday, Nov. 19, Benson Center, Clinton
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For more information, contact 660-890-7108 or foundation@gvmh.org.
project, and the foundation will honor
their wishes, she says.
“At GVMH we are committed to provid-
ing quality, compassionate care,” Hendrich
says. “The foundation supports that mis-
sion, and when donors give, so do they.”
Gifts to the foundation can
be made any time, whether in
person, through the mail or online. To
learn how to make a tax-deductible
gift or include GVMH in an estate
plan, please call the foundation of-
fice at 660-890-7108, send an email to
foundation@gvmh.org or visit the foun-
dation’s pages at —click
on “Giving” or “Donate Now.”
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