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Mercy Community Health Foundation COVID-19 Response
Our nation’s healthcare system was challenged at unprecedented levels during the pandemic. Our doctors, nurses and other frontline healthcare workers are performing heroic feats. More than ever before, it became obvious the importance of our local full-service hospital being well-equipped and staffed to save lives. Caring for Covid-19 patients required a huge allocation of personnel and financial resources. In response, Mercy Community Health Foundation designated more than $300,000 in pandemic relief funds for new equipment, PPE, training and community outreach. Funds were used to purchase masks for hospital staff and community members plus vital equipment including ventilators, Airvo High Flow Nasal Cannulas devices and BiPAP machines for Ascension Via Christi Hospital Manhattan.
"The outpouring of philanthropic support from our community was incredibly encouraging during this time of uncertainty,” said Tina Rockhold, Mercy Community Health Foundation development director. “Our generous benefactors, community members, and business owners helped provide the much needed support to our hospital and healthcare workers so they were able to provide more care to more people. Thank you!”
How to donate to Ascension Via Christi Hospital in Manhattan during the pandemic
We are thankful for the community's outreach asking how to support our healthcare ministry during this unprecedented time. Right now, your gifts are more important than ever.
Monetary Donations: Our healthcare team continuously strives to provide the most skilled and compassionate care possible. We are extremely grateful for their expertise and sacrifices during the COVID-19 crisis. Our bedside caregivers are caring for patients in increasingly difficult situations. Today, more than ever, this means taking on stressful medical challenges, working long days and hours, sacrificing personal time with friends and family, and keeping patients, patient family members and coworkers their top priority. Now is the time you can choose to give back to the incredible caregivers at Ascension Via Christi Manhattan.
Monetary Donations will be used to support:
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Our new Associate Hardship Support Benefit program designed especially to aid our associates who have incurred COVID-19 related expenses.
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Meals for essential associates working onsite at the hospital. The intent is to continue the program during the pandemic.
Make a difference today. Donate online using “Area of Greatest Need” in the drop down tab.
Other Ways to Give:
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Cash Gifts
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Pledges
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Annual Giving
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Planned Gifts
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Gifts of Securities, Life Insurance, Annuities
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Gifts of Real Property
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Matching Gifts
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Memorial Gifts
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Tribute Gifts
Please contact Tina Rockhold at 785-587-5462 for more information.
Meal Donations: If you are a food business or vendor and want to donate meals, please consider a donation to the Feeding our Healthcare Heroes program. It is important all meal donations be scheduled and coordinated. Your business will be recognized for the generous contribution. Contact the foundation office to make arrangements by email or call 785-587-5462.
Messages of Support to our Healthcare Heroes: Thank you to members of the community who continue to reach out in a show of support for our healthcare heroes at Ascension Via Christi Hospital in Manhattan. Send messages of support to our caregivers at https://www.mercyfdn.org/contact.
A Message of Thanks
John Zhang
Juan Du
Judy Duryee
Jun Li
Kansas Territory Brewing Co.
Kathy Meziere
Keleigh Schettler
KinderCare
KSU Physician Assistance Program
KSU Vet School
Lacinda Heller
Larry Klecan
Leilei Shen
Legacy at Herington
Libin Yao
Liquid Art Winery
Lishan Shen
Longhorn Steakhouse
LuAnn Hoover
Lynn Kinney
Manhattan Area Technical College
Manhattan Chinese Christian Fellowship
Manhattan First Assembly of God and Chi Alpha
Manny Corona, Jr.
Marilyn Blevins
Martha Seaton
Mary Kay Cosmetics - Jana Strunk
McCormick's Distillery
Melinda Wilson
Meng Zhang
Michelle McNulty
Midwest Concrete Materials
Missy Wilson
Morgan Lewis-Smith, DDS
Mr. K's
Nancy Riemann
Ning Zhang
Nu Image
Panda Express
Paul and Jan Barkey
Pediatric Associates
Dr. Casey Poell
Qdoba
Richard Chen
Rock Hills Church
Ruth Gurgel
Rufus Bandy, DDS
Ryan and Ashley Benteman
Sajatha Prakash
Sandy Stevenson
Sanzhen Liu
Select Specialty Hospital
Sherwin Williams, Manhattan
Shing-I Chang
Smoothie King
Sodexo at KSU
St. George Elementary
Staci Smock
Steve Land
Steve's Floral
Sue Harding
Susan Rustrum
Taco Bell of Manhattan
Tallgrass Taphouse
Tammy Lierz
Texas Roadhouse
The Craig Family
The Dough Bro
The Fridge Wholesale Liquor
The Pointe on College Ave.
Thrivent Financial
Tian Xia
Tiffany Wehmeyer
Traci Brimhall
Trey Springer
Velma Osborn
Vera Gear
Vivian Ruckert
Wabaunsee School District
Wei Geng
Weixing Song
Wine Dive and Kitchen
World's Finest Chocolate
Xiaolong Guo
Xianghong Li
Xiangrong Shi
Xianxu Song
Xiaojie Tian
Xiuqin Bai
Xiuzhi Susan Sun
Xuming Liu
Yi Zheng
Yifen Li
Yingying Wu
Yonghui Li
Yulan Xiong
Yushi He
Zhilong Yang
Zhiwei Zhang
Zhongzhu Lin
During the coronavirus crisis, a community of heroes has surfaced. These heroes are people who want to share their time, talent, resources and energy to reduce the impact of the pandemic.
Through the kindness and generosity of individuals, businesses, churches, the medical community, and civic and social organization, Ascension Via Christi Manhattan and our healthcare workers have received loads and loads of essential PPE and cleaning supplies, encouraging notes, hand-sewn masks, meals to sustain our teams during long shifts, and clothing for patients recovered from COVID-19 to wear home after discharge.
Although our healthcare team members are highly skilled and trained to care for these patients, it's our community's willingness to help that encourages us as we tackle new challenges.
We want to offer special thanks to the following businesses or individuals for their exceptional contributions to the foundation, and therefore ultimately the hospital:
Accord Hospice
Alpha of Clovia 4 H Group
Angel Care Home Health
Angela Weixelman
Anne Eberhardt
April Swartz
Aquam Vinos
Battelle
Betty Frank
Bockers II Catering
Bourbon and Baker
Carl Reed
Chelsea Sharack
Chih-Ching Ma
Colbert Hills Restaurant
Community First National Bank
Corteva
Crown Distributors
Deb and Patrick Schaub
Debbie Ackerman
Della Voce
Denise Boggs
Design X Salon
Dong Lin
Donghai Wang
Donna Goehring
Dr. Charlie Gillham
Dr. Eric Purdom
Edward Swan, DDS
El Patron
Evan Ruder
Feng Pan
First United Methodist Church
Flint Hills Christian School
Flint Hills Community Clinic
Gary Blaski
George Busch
Gigi Cohen
Girl Scout Troop 467
Guhua Bai
Guixiang Lu
Hanes Brand
Harbor Freight
Heart to Heart International
Highland Community College
Hongyu Wu
Hy Vee
Insomnia Cookies
Janet Seemattie
Jianfa Bai
Jianzhong Yu
Joan Pierce
John Howe
We appreciate you. Thank you for thinking of us as we care for our community’s health and wellness.
Participating pharmacies:
Candlewood Pharmacy
Barry’s Drug Center
Dunne’s Pharmacy
Kellstrom Pharmacy
As a non-profit Catholic hospital founded on the principle to serve the poor and
vulnerable, Ascension Via Christi Manhattan cares for all patients regardless of
their ability to pay.
Occasionally patients are discharged from the hospital or emergency department who need prescriptions but have no prescription coverage. In this case, the hospital social workers work diligently with the patients to secure long-term prescriptions coverage and/or apply for Medicaid or receive follow-up visits at the Konza Clinic.
As a temporary solution while applications are being processed, the Mercy Community Health Foundation works with the hospital social work department to pay for drugs through a voucher program. The voucher is good for a one-time fill per drug (30-day max), per patient prescription for non-controlled drugs.
In 2020, Mercy Community Health Foundation funded more than $5,000 in prescription drug costs for Ascension Via Christi Manhattan hospital patients without prescription drug coverage. The funds are provided by the generosity of Ascension Via Christi Manhattan employees and partner organizations through the One Community campaign.
Local pharmacies partner with the foundation to maximize the financial resources available to allow more patients to be served.
We are extremely grateful to the following participating pharmacies which participate in the patient prescription assistance program. With their partnership we are able to bring patients back to optimum health, reduce readmissions, provide a greater number of patients with prescription assistance, and be better stewards of funds for long-term sustainability of the program.
Patient Prescription Assistance
