Memorial Hospital Foundation has launched a new fundraising effort to provide local students with essential mental health resources. Memorial Hospital Foundation’s Strengthening Minds, Building Futures campaign will support Memorial Hospital’s Behavioral Health team, as they work to open a new mobile unit: Memorial Medical Clinic Mobile.
This mobile clinic will allow mental health counselors to provide students with needed support, therapy, and resources, directly on their school’s campus. This mobile unit is licensed to serve children ages 4 through 18 throughout Hancock County and beyond. This added service will allow the team to address common challenges such as anxiety, depression, social/emotional difficulties, ADHD, emotional dysregulation, and much more. The team will also be licensed to assist schools with Individualized Education Program (IEP) education. In the future, the counselors plan to offer Autism screenings at the mobile clinic.
Memorial Hospital Foundation’s monetary goal to launch this unit is $30,000. Donations to the Strengthening Minds, Building Futures campaign will be used to directly fund and renovate the transportation unit that will become Memorial Medical Clinic Mobile. Memorial’s Behavioral Health team hopes to begin serving children in Fall 2024.
Contributions to the Strengthening Minds, Building Futures campaign can be mailed to Memorial Hospital Foundation at P.O. Box 160, Carthage, IL, 62321. For more information, please contact Greta Wetzel, Memorial Hospital Foundation Executive Director, at gwetzel@mhtlc.org or (309) 221-7286. Memorial Hospital Foundation is incredibly thankful for the community’s continued support and dedication to the betterment of our communities.
