MFA Oil Awards Grant to TCMH Healthcare Foundation

Posted on November 28, 2014December 1, 2014 by admin

Joe Case, district sales manager for MFA Oil, presented a $20,000 grant to the TCMH Healthcare Foundation Care for Your Future campaign. Shown here with the check are Wes Murray, TCMH chief executive officer; Case, and Jay Gentry, Healthcare Foundation director.

The MFA Oil Foundation has awarded a $20,000 grant to the Texas County Memorial Hospital Healthcare Foundation’s Care for Your Future Capital Campaign.

Joe Case, district sales manager for MFA Oil, presented the check to the Healthcare Foundation and expressed appreciation on behalf of MFA Oil for the investments made by TCMH in healthcare infrastructure in the county.

“We are glad to see the progress at TCMH with the new construction,” Case said.

The MFA Oil Foundation seeks to provide support to nonprofit organizations to improve communities where MFA Oil has a significant concentration of members and employees. Since its inception, the MFA Oil Foundation has awarded more than one million dollars in grants.

“Rural communities are the foundation of our business,” Mark Fenner, president and chief executive officer of MFA Oil, said. “Our Foundation awards help support organizations that are solving community problems and improving the quality of life.”

The MFA Oil Foundation was able to take advantage of tax credits available from the Missouri Development Finance Board (MDFB) to benefit the Care for Your Future campaign.

The Healthcare Foundation has been working to raise an additional $500,000 for the new FEMA tornado safe room and community meeting room with the assistance of the fifty-percent state tax credits awarded by the MDFB.

The Healthcare Foundation has until December 2015 to allocate all of the tax credits. Donors may use the tax credits in combination with the standard federal and state charitable gift deductions to further reduce their potential tax liability. The tax credit opportunity allows a donor to invest their tax dollars in a local community project.

“The tax credit program is another way for the Healthcare Foundation to provide a tax deduction for area businesses and individuals while adding to the healthcare infrastructure in our county,” Gentry explained. “We are happy that the MFA Oil Foundation was able to benefit from this program.”

The tax credits give donors the opportunity to receive the traditional federal income tax benefit as well as a Missouri tax credit.

Wes Murray, chief executive officer at TCMH, thanked MFA Oil on behalf of everyone at TCMH. “This is a great gesture on behalf of MFA Oil,” Murray said.

Murray noted that many hospital employees utilize MFA Oil in the communities throughout Texas County and the surrounding area. Additionally, MFA Oil has provided propane to TCMH by proving the lowest bid for propane in the past.

“We are excited and proud to have MFA Oil participating in our vision for the future of healthcare in Texas County,” Murray said.

MFA Oil Company was founded in 1929 as a farmer-owned cooperative with more than 40,000 members. MFA Oil is one of the top ten propane companies in the United States. A subsidiary of MFA Oil also operates Break Time convenience stores and Jiffy Lube and Big O franchises in Missouri and Arkansas.

For additional information about the TCMH Healthcare Foundation and the Care for Your Future campaign or tax credits, contact Jay Gentry, Healthcare Foundation director, at (417) 967-1377 or jgentry@tcmh.org.

TCMH Healthcare Foundation To Award $2000 In Scholarships

Posted on November 7, 2014November 19, 2014 by admin

The Texas County Memorial Hospital Healthcare Foundation plans to award $2,000 in educational scholarships for the spring 2015 academic year. The organization is currently accepting applications for the scholarships.

The TCMH Healthcare Foundation Educational Scholarship Program is designed to assist students that are pursuing or planning to pursue education in a healthcare related field or students currently working in healthcare that are pursuing additional education for their current career.

The Healthcare Foundation is in its eighth (started in 2007) year of awarding scholarships in the fall and the spring, and the Foundation’s board has awarded scholarships totaling $56,000 in that time. Students from towns across the county have received the scholarships.

“Educational scholarships are a major focus area of the Healthcare Foundation,” Jay Gentry, TCMH Healthcare Foundation director, stated. “The board of directors of the Foundation recognizes the need to assist areas students in their educational endeavors with hopes that the student will return to or stay in the Texas County area to provide healthcare services to area residents after receiving additional education.”

Endowed scholarships provide some of the educational funds, and the Healthcare Foundation hosts an annual golf tournament to raise money for the scholarship program. The annual golf tournament is scheduled for June 13, 2015.

Eligible students for the scholarships must be accepted to or currently enrolled in an accredited university, college or post-secondary training program. Residents of the TCMH service area—all of Texas County and Mountain Grove—and students that are graduates of Texas County and Mountain Grove schools are eligible to apply. Applicants already pursuing a career in a healthcare organization, or applicants planning to pursue a career in a health field with direct patient care are eligible to apply for the scholarships.

The scholarship application asks for information about the student and requires a short essay about the student’s career and educational goals. Applicants are also asked to list community involvement activities on their application, and they may be asked to meet with Foundation board members for a short personal interview.

The deadline for the spring scholarship application is January 15, 2015. Awards for the scholarship will be announced by February 1, 2015.

For more information about the scholarship program or to receive an application, contact Gentry by phone at (417) 967-1377 or 1-866-967-3311, ext. 377 or by e-mail at jgentry@tcmh.org. The scholarship application and complete details are also available at www.tcmhfoundation.org.

TCMH Healthcare Foundation Awards Fall Scholarships

Posted on August 9, 2014August 11, 2014 by admin

Fall 2014 Scholarship Recipients (pictured from left to right; Wes Murray, CEO; John Sawyer; Kalli Pruett; Cameron Kuhn; Emily Smith; Andrea Turner; Shelby Brown; Haley Kelley; Josh Kane; and Jay Gentry, Foundation Director)

The Texas County Memorial Hospital Healthcare Foundation has awarded $8,000 in scholarships to area students to assist with their educational costs for the 2014 fall school semester.

Receiving $1,000 scholarships from the TCMH Healthcare Foundation were Joshua Kane and Kalli Pruett of Houston; Cameron Kuhn of Salem and Emily Smith of Licking.

Kane is in the paramedic training program at South Howell County Ambulance District in West Plains, MO. Kane is employed as an emergency medical technician in the emergency medical services department at TCMH.

Pruett is in the licensed practical nursing program at Texas County Technical College in Houston. She is also an aide for TCMH Home Health of the Ozarks.

Kuhn graduated from Salem High School in May 2014. She is attending Ozarks Technical Community College in Springfield where she plans to pursue training as a physical therapy assistant.

Smith graduated from Licking High School in May 2014. She is attending College of the Ozarks in Point Lookout, MO where she plans to pursue a Bachelor’s degree in nursing.

The endowed Dr. Joe L. and Judith T. Spears Memorial Scholarship Fund awarded three $1,000 scholarships area residents, two of whom are from Cabool–Shelby Brown and Haley Kelly. John Sawyer of Houston also received a Spears Memorial Scholarship.

Brown is pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in nursing through Drury University/Cox College of Nursing in Cabool. Brown works as a certified nurse assistant in the obstetrics and home health departments at TCMH.

Kelly is a student in the radiologic technologist program at Rolla Technical Center. She works as a student technologist in the TCMH radiology department.

Sawyer is attending Cox College of Nursing in Springfield where he is pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in nursing. Sawyer is a registered nurse and night supervisor at TCMH.

Andrea Turner of Success received the $1,000 Dr. Eugene Charles Honeywell Memorial Scholarship, chosen by the Healthcare Foundation directors and Carol Honeywell, the widow of Dr. Eugene Honeywell.

Turner is pursuing an accelerated licensed practical nurse to registered nurse degree at Texas County Technical College. She works as a nurse at TCMH Hospice of Care.

“Educational scholarships are one of the focus areas of the TCMH Healthcare Foundation,” Jay Gentry, Healthcare Foundation director, said. The Healthcare Foundation holds an annual golf tournament to raise funds for educational scholarships for area students. The Healthcare Foundation also received $2,500 in matching funds from Healthcare Services Group Foundation (HSGCF) that was added to the funds awarded by the Foundation for the fall 2014. The HSGCF program provides matching financial assistance to students awarded financial assistance by hospitals that are members of the Healthcare Services Association and insured by the Missouri Hospital Plan. Specifically, HSGCF matches scholarships or healthcare related tuition reimbursement provided by non-profit member hospitals throughout Missouri. This scholarship program is designed to facilitate, attract, and retain healthcare providers in Missouri. “The matching funds from HSGCF enabled us to boost the amount of our fall scholarship,” Gentry said. “Every dollar helps these area students with their educational costs, and we’re grateful for the additional funds to award.”

The Healthcare Foundation awards educational scholarships for students pursuing additional higher education each spring and fall. With the recent scholarship awards, the Foundation has awarded $56,000 in scholarships to area students since the program began in 2007. “The Healthcare Foundation administers the scholarships for the endowed funds, and the scholarships also go to employees working in healthcare-related fields in Texas County and surrounding areas,” Gentry said. Members of both families provided input to the Healthcare Foundation in choosing the scholarship recipients.

Gentry explained that 25 area students applied for the Healthcare Foundation scholarship for fall 2014. “We had a lot of great applicants, and we hope that those that did not receive a scholarship this time will apply for a scholarship in the future,” Gentry said. According to Gentry, the Healthcare Foundation intends to award two more $1,000 scholarships prior to the spring school semester in 2015. Applications for the scholarships are available through the Foundation or on the TCMH website.

“The Foundation board of directors recognizes the growing need for healthcare providers in rural America,” Gentry stated. “It is the hope of the Foundation that these scholarships will assist in attracting and retaining qualified residents to work in the local healthcare fields.”