Dosher Foundation Receives $40,000 Grant to Help "Fill the Gap"

The Dosher Hospital Foundation has received a $40,000 grant through the North Carolina Healthcare Foundation's COVID-19 Fill the Gap Response Fund. The funding will be allocated to three different areas:

$10,000 for Dosher's Employee Assistance Fund
$10,000 for employee engagement with an emphasis on programs about diversity and inclusion
$20,000 will be managed by the Brunswick Wellness Coalition in order to fund wellness kits for local churches, which will include necessary technology for members to connect to healthcare providers for telemedicine visits

"The grant from North Carolina Healthcare Foundation will provide us with the opportunity to make a collective impact, by working with the Brunswick Wellness Coalition to meet the needs of the community as well as providing support for our staff," says Dosher Memorial Hospital and Foundation President Lynda Stanley.

Established in 1961, the North Carolina Healthcare Foundation is the 501(c)(3) affiliate of the North Carolina Healthcare Association. Its mission is to foster and accelerate the collective impact of hospitals, health systems and community partners to improve the health of North
Carolinians. The Fill the Gap Response Fund, which in total has distributed nearly $3.5 million to organizations across North Carolina, has assisted communities disproportionally impacted by COVID-19, including people of color, frontline essential workers, and rural communities.