charitable efforts: current grantees
Advocacy Resource Center (ARC)ARC is using this grant to assist in providing medical needs for intellectually disabled consumers with no insurance coverage for various healthcare needs. The funds cover outpatient care, prescription drugs, dental and eye care, as well as transportation to and from medical appointments.
Hospice of Central Georgia
Hospice of Central Georgia, Bibb County’s only not-for-profit hospice facility, has received funds to benefit their sitter service, which provides in-house respite staff to families of terminally ill patients.
The Mentors’ Project of Bibb County
Teen pregnancy is an ongoing issue in Bibb County. The Mentors’ Project has received support from Medcen for “Baby, Think it Over,” an initiative to educate at-risk youth on the realities of teen parenthood.
Ronald McDonald House of Central Georgia
This grant has provided orientation and welcome materials to first-time
families using the Ronald McDonald House of Central Georgia.
Past Grantees
The Medcen Community Health Foundation supports a variety of community health endeavors through grant-making. If you are a grant-seeking organization, we invite you to review our Grants pages for information on eligibility and criteria.Cancer Well-Fit Program
This program addresses the mental, physical, and emotional impact of cancer
on a patient. Cancer Well-Fit promotes fitness in all of these aspects and
illustrates the link between well mind and body. A H.E.A.T. Trust Fund grant
was awarded to this program so it may continue to assist Central Georgians,
regardless of their ability to pay for the service.
Multiple Sclerosis Society--Central Georgia Chapter
Central Georgia Project Independence was established to provide assistance
for medical equipment and home/auto modifications for individuals with Multiple
Sclerosis. With their H.E.A.T. grant, the center established a loan closet
for medical equipment in the Macon area. Equipment can be borrowed from the
loan closet on a short-term or long-term basis.
Interpreter Pilot Program at The Medical Center
Providing quality healthcare to all patients can be difficult when healthcare workers are unable to communicate with patients and/or their families. Though The Medical Center has volunteer interpreters, the past five years there have seen a substantial increase in the number of Spanish-speaking patients. Between 1997-1999, Spanish-speaking patients increased by more than 20 percent, and this number does not include the family members with whom healthcare workers must be able to communicate. With this urgent need, but faced with budget constraints, The Diversity Team at The Medical Center turned to Medcen to help fund a two-year pilot program of providing a full-time Spanish interpreter.
Magnolia Manor of Macon Supportive Housing Project
Magnolia Manor has been providing housing and care for very low- and low-income residents of Macon since 1983. Due to population growth and need, they received a Medcen grant to help build an additional 48 housing units. These units were built for low-income elderly persons who need supportive housing and assistance with the activities of daily living.
Bibb County Department of Family and Children Services - Food and Nutrition
at Neighborhood Outreach Sites
Hunger, the lack of proper, nutritious food, as well as, the lack of knowledge
about eating properly, continue to be problems at the Bibb County of Family
and Children Services' four outreach centers. Although those served by DFACS
receive food stamps, there is never enough food at the end of the month. Additionally,
donations to the agency's grocery pantries have dropped and two other trust
funds have turned them down. Now, thanks to a recently awarded Medcen grant,
these four programs will now be able to provide their families with the nutritious
food they need.