This past fall, the Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health Foundation debuted “LG Helps” – the newly-expanded employee giving campaign which financially supports our LG Health patients, colleagues and our Lancaster County community. With the expanded campaign, LG Health employees graciously gave to a giving opportunity that was the most meaningful to them.
By the end of the campaign in November, 1,780 LG Health employees contributed to the giving campaign and raised $145,519 for campaign beneficiaries.
The LG Helps giving campaign benefits the following LG Health and community organizations:
Supporting Our Colleagues
The Employee Assistance Fund provides assistance to our LG Health colleagues who are faced with financial challenges due to an emergency or unexpected disaster. Over the last decade, more than 500 LG Health employees have been helped by the Employee Assistance Fund.
Shannon, a phlebotomist at the Ann B. Barshinger Cancer Institute, benefited from the Employee Assistance Fund when a sinkhole jeopardized her house and she lost her home and all personal belongings.
“I am very grateful for the financial and emotional support I received through one of the most challenging situations in my life,” said Shannon.
Supporting Our Community
The Lancaster Medical Heritage Museum preserves and makes accessible our rich medical heritage through exhibitions, educational scholarships and research. Gifts help support new educational opportunities, preserve and protect the Museum's 14,000 artifact collection and create a one-of-a-kind healing arts experience for the community.
Employees could also support our community by donating to the United Way of Lancaster County, which brings resources together to help solve Lancaster County’s most difficult social issues. They work to advance the education, economic mobility and health of our community by establishing resources, people and organizations.
Supporting Our Patients
LG Health offers multiple patient assistance funds across service lines, including programs that assist chronically ill patients with household bills, support parents through the heartbreaking loss of a baby and fund professional development opportunities for LG Health nursing teams.
“With this being the first year of the LG Helps employee giving campaign, we are humbled and so incredibly thankful for the ongoing generosity of our LG Health employees,” said Jennifer Groff, vice president of the LG Health Foundation. “Each one of our employees brings their best every day and goes above and beyond to benefit each other, our patients and our broader community.