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Catholic Healthcare West's Bay Area hospitals distribute more than $267,000 in community grants

Issue: March 2010

Saint Francis Memorial Hospital, Sequoia Hospital and St. Mary’s Medical Center announced the distribution of $267,704 in community grants to 17 local agencies in San Francisco and San Mateo Counties. The selected agencies have a common mission of identifying health priorities in target populations and creating programs to address those needs.

Hospital presidents/CEOs Glenna Vaskelis (Sequoia), Anna Cheung (St. Mary’s) and Thomas Hennessy (Saint Francis) say the support of community nonprofits will help to create healthy, thriving communities. The grants of $5,000 to $25,000, will affect health issues ranging from mental illness to chronic disease management and support community-based programs that provide services from birth to end-of-life. This year’s recipient’s organizations reach out to local ethnic communities and provide services to multiple generations from infants to the elderly.

San Francisco County agencies awarded grants include: Curry Senior Center, Glide Health Center, San Francisco Health Plan, San Francisco Senior Center, Self Help for the Elderly, Black Coalition on AIDS, Most Holy Redeemer AIDS Support Group, St. Paul of the Shipwreck After School, St. Vincent de Paul Riley Center, Southeast Health Center, Sunset Youth Services.

San Mateo County grant recipients include: Family Service Agency, Human Investment Project, Peninsula Volunteers, Inc., Rebuilding Together Peninsula, Samaritan House, Second Harvest Food Bank.

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