MetroHealth Employee Care Fund Receives Boost from PNC, Trustees and Foundation Boards
CLEVELAND – Thanks to the community’s overwhelming desire to provide direct support to front-line caregivers and other essential staff at The MetroHealth System during the COVID-19 crisis, The MetroHealth Foundation has raised more than $111,000 for its Employee Care Fund.
This money is being used to provide needed services such as day care, counseling and food delivery to MetroHealth employees, as well as safe respite for caregivers in direct contact with COVID-19 patients.
Expanding the number of musicians performing in the corridor near the cafeteria at MetroHealth’s main campus and providing employees with art supplies as a way to help relieve stress are among the efforts the Employee Care Fund supports throughout MetroHealth that focus on caregiver well-being, connection and recognition.
The fund has received several notable donations.
- The PNC Foundation has given $50,000 in support of MetroHealth employees. Part of the gift was used to underwrite the cost of a meal for 4,000 employees at MetroHealth’s main campus and Old Brooklyn Campus in May. The remainder will be used for a similar event later this month.
“The team at MetroHealth is on the front lines every day taking care of our loved ones,” said Pat Pastore, PNC regional president for Cleveland. “Greater Clevelanders have a long history of taking care of one another in times of need. It’s important now, more than ever, for all of us to support our friends and neighbors to ensure Northeast Ohio emerges stronger and healthier.”
- Members of The MetroHealth System Board of Trustees and The MetroHealth Foundation Board of Directors have collectively given nearly $20,000.
- The Stephen J. McHale Family Foundation Fund has provided $15,000 in support.
- A $10,000 donation from new Cleveland Browns player Austin Hooper provided 1,000 employees with chicken sandwiches from Sauce the City Cleveland, a restaurant located down the street from MetroHealth in the Galley Building on West 25th Street.
“We are so thankful for the donations that are lessening the financial burden of our employees on the front lines of this health crisis,” said Kate Brown, president of The MetroHealth Foundation. “It’s so heartening to see the outpouring of support from the community.”
For additional information, including how to donate to the Employee Care Fund, visit https://www.metrohealth.org/foundation/covid-19/employee-care-fund.
About PNC Foundation
The PNC Foundation, which receives its principal funding from The PNC Financial Services Group (www.pnc.com), actively supports organizations that provide services for the benefit of communities in which it has a significant presence. The foundation focuses its philanthropic mission on early childhood education and community and economic development, which includes the arts and culture. Through Grow Up Great, its signature cause that began in 2004, PNC has created a bilingual $500 million, multi-year initiative to help prepare children from birth to age 5 for success in school and life.
Founded in 1837, MetroHealth is leading the way to a healthier you and a healthier community through service, teaching, discovery, and teamwork. Cuyahoga County’s public, safety-net hospital system, MetroHealth meets people where they are, providing care through five hospitals, four emergency departments and more than 20 health centers. Each day, our nearly 9,000 employees focus on providing our community with equitable healthcare — through patient-focused research, access to care, and support services — that seeks to eradicate health disparities rooted in systematic barriers. For more information, visit metrohealth.org.
