Philanthropy News

Rush University Medical Center
‘We must never give up hope’
Ellen Bintz Meuch signed up for the Swim Across America, or SAA, Chicago Open Water Swim in 2013 for the health benefits, to reconnect with a friend and to support her aunt, who was battling myeloma. When her husband, Lee, was diagnosed with stage IVB pancreatic cancer four days before the event, the swim became a lifeline for Bintz Meuch.

Rush University Medical Center
Bequest to RUSH Will Support Cardiovascular and Breast Cancer Research
Decades of care at Rush University Medical Center led one woman to leave a $100,000 bequest in honor of her family.

Rush Copley Medical Center
Kari's Story
A follow-up screening with ABUS found what turned out to be breast cancer.
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Rush University Medical Center
Chicago Foundation Launches Scholarship to Promote Community-based Clinical Mental Health Care Project at Rush
The Herrendorf Family Foundation has launched a five-year partnership with Rush University Medical Center to support mental health in Chicago’s communities.

Rush Copley Medical Center
Geralyn O’Brien Wins for Waterford Place
As a licensed, oncology-focused esthetician, Geralyn O’Brien has provided participants at Waterford Place Cancer Resource Center with skin care classes, personal consultations and oncology-focused facials. And now she has won $10,000 for Waterford Place by entering – and winning – the Compassion category of the Skin Games 2020, an international competition for estheticians.
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