Blessing Health System Honor Card offers way to deliver on holiday wish of good health

QUINCY — It’s common for people during the holiday season to wish others “good health.” The Blessing Foundation offers a way to deliver on that wish with the Blessing Health System Honor Card.

The purchaser of an Honor Card donates an amount of their choosing to any Blessing healthcare service of their choosing in the name of a loved one or friend. The honoree receives a card in the mail telling them of the donation made in their honor, and the money donated goes to support someone in need who is receiving care from the designated service.

The Blessing Foundation manages the Honor Card program. The foundation raises, manages and disperses charitable donations on behalf of Blessing healthcare services to assist patients with medical needs but face financial challenges.

Ann Awerkamp Dickson, administrative director of the Blessing Foundation, says an Honor Card donation can change lives.

“Donations recently helped a couple raising two children with autism – and facing a breast cancer diagnosis – manage their finances which took a hit when the woman had to be off of work for treatment,” Dickson said in a press release. “Blessing Foundation donor support of the Cancer Center fund covered five of the family’s house payments, giving them much-needed financial relief during this difficult time.

“An Honor Card, in the name of a close friend or relative sent on behalf of the Cancer Center fund, could assist people — just like this family — who may be struggling financially during treatment. The Honor Card ends up gifting the honoree and the recipient. It’s an exceptional value for an exceptional cause, improving the health of our communities.”

A list of funds to which donations can be made is available by contacting the Blessing Foundation. For more information call 217-223-8400, ext. 4800 or email BlessingFoundation@blessinghealth.org.