Beacon's mission is to enhance the physical, mental, emotional & spiritual well-being of the communities we serve as the community's provider of outstanding quality, superior values and comprehensive health care services.

Health

On november 23, 2011, beacon health system, inc. (the "corporation") was established as the parent corporation of memorial hospital of south bend, inc. ("mhsb") and elkhart general hospital, inc. ("egh") to develop a full spectrum of health-related services for north central indiana and southwestern michigan. The corporation is community-owned and not-for-profit. Along with its subsidiaries, the corporation serves the greater community throughout the continuum of care from health promotion and sickness prevention to diagnosis, inpatient, outpatient and home health services. The corporation controls mhsb, egh, beacon medical group, inc. ("bmg"), memorial health foundation, inc. ("mhf") and beacon health ventures, inc. ("bhv"), collectively referred to as the "system". Memorial health foundation, inc. Is a tax-exempt, non-private foundation. It was established in 1982 to provide philanthropic support to mhsb, and continues to provide this support to the newly created corporation through contributions and management of endowment funds. Memorial health foundation's mission is to support the work of beacon health system by inspiring generosity and commitment to our cause. Mhf exists to allow people to generously support beacon in a way that connects them with the impact they are having on our work in the community. Memorial health foundation works to support beacon health system in three key ways: " creating relationships " inspiring investment " stewarding resources creating relationships every day, the associates of beacon health system care for those most in need of high quality, specialized medical care. From infants born four months early, to children with cancer, to mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers and friends who have faced a serious injury, we are always here for every member of our community. Memorial health foundation raises funds for beacon health system. Our job is to ensure that charitable support for beacon is used to create the most significant impact possible at beacon in a way that is most meaningful to each donor. We build relationships with those who want to make a difference and connect them with a cause within our system that inspires them. Our health system is reliant on the support of our community to ensure that we are always able to provide the highest quality services for every patient. At memorial health foundation, every gift matters and is an investment into our mission and our community. We treat that investment with the same level of care and concern that beacon health system shows each one of its patients. Inspiring investment: in 2014, fund raising at memorial health foundation focused upon the following areas: " corporate fundraising " grant writing, focusing on private, corporate, and family foundations " online giving " major gift fundraising, focusing on: " memorial children's hospital " the memorial neighborhood health centers " memorial healthworks! Kids' museum " spiritual care services " staff education " direct mail fundraising funds available at mhf to support memorial's mission as of december 31, 2014: memorial hospital & health system $1,198,415 memorial children's hospital $6,341,165 stewarding resources: in 2014, funds from memorial health foundation went to support the following areas at beacon: memorial hospital & health system: memorial brainworks $ 73,642 memorial regional cancer center $ 12,063 pfeil innovation center $ 14,885 reach out club $ 26,882 staff education $ 62,380 areas of greatest need at memorial $ 11,736 memorial children's hospital: memorial children's hospital $ 289,399 pediatric emotional support child life, social services, etc. $ 18,342 healthworks! Kids' museum $ 96,364 newborn intensive care unit $ 107,918 pediatric cancer and blood disorders clinic $ 876