Stories

Art Collins and his wife donate regularly to the Foundation because they know that quality health care is important for their community. When they heard about an easy and convenient option to support the hospital with a planned gift, the couple jumped at the opportunity.

An unexpected stock buyback left Tara and Billy Miller potentially facing a significant capital gains tax bill. After consulting their financial advisor and Brad Blandin, Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation’s Vice President of Charitable Estate & Gift Planning, they chose to donate the stock to the Foundation to fund a charitable gift annuity (CGA).

Carol Penson is a Southern gal who rides motorcycles and tells it like it is. When her husband Dan was struck by lightning in 2006, they had never been to a doctor before - which means they didn’t have insurance.

Cathy started volunteering at Mercy Health about 15 years ago after retiring from teaching. She started in the gift shop then added more hours at the front information desk. She’s also very involved in the hospital’s Auxiliary which raises money through functions and events.

When it came to estate planning, it was an easy decision for Linda Burns to make Bon Secours her beneficiary.

​​​​​​​LeeLee Cummings is grateful for the education she received in 1958 at the Bon Secours Baltimore School of Nursing, and she’s happy to see new nurses receive the same level of training. 

As a two-time breast cancer survivor, Patricia Calder is grateful for donors who support the hospital so she could get cancer treatments that saved her life. Now she is intent on paying it forward for others.