The LifeCare Health Care Fund recently awarded $11,000 in grants to area health care related projects and organizations. Included in this year’s grant awards were:

• General Endowment Fund
• $1,000 to Warroad Senior Living Center for the purchase of an AED
• $600 to LifeCare Public Health for the purchase of SHIP education material
• $1,000 to the Warroad School District to start a concussion management program
• $400 to LifeCare Public Health for the purchase of a recliner for foot care clinics

• Think Pink Breast Cancer Fund
• $2,000 to Warroad Eagles Auxiliary for the gas card fund which helps families traveling for cancer treatment.
• $2,000 to Roseau Eagles Auxiliary for their newly established gas card fund which helps patients traveling for cancer treatment.

• Hospice Fund
• $4,000 for the for the purchase of patient medication, supplies and equipment.

LifeCare Health Care Fund is a component fund of the Northwest Minnesota Foundation. Founded in 2004 out of the generosity of Maggi Adams, the LifeCare Health Care Fund has grown from a Medical Equipment Fund to a group of 7 individual funds under the LifeCare Health Care Fund umbrella.
These individual funds include the General Endowment, Hospice, LifeCare Roseau Manor, LifeCare Greenbush Manor, Eagles Auxiliary Diabetes & Dialysis Fund, Think Pink Breast Cancer Fund and the Parish Nursing Fund.

The LifeCare Health Care Advisory Board announced grant opportunities in August and grants were awarded in October. This is the 4th year of grant awards from the LifeCare Health Care Fund. Since their inception, the LifeCare Health Care Funds have provided over $50,000 to support local health care and health care related activities.

For more information about grant opportunities or ways to support the LifeCare Health Care Fund please contact Sue Grafstrom, Development Coordinator at LifeCare Medical Center at (218) 463-4742 or email at sgrafstrom@lifecaremc.com.

Download a copy of the LifeCare Health Care Grant Application.