Are you a non-profit with a health-centered mission? If so, the Superior Health Foundation invites you to submit a funding partnering request, with hopes you’ll be part of the SHF’s 2020 annual gala celebration.
The Superior Health Foundation annual gala will be held on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020, in the new Ball Room on the campus of Northern Michigan University in Marquette. Proceeds from the gala will benefit SHF. In addition, the SHF Gala Planning Committee will select two, health-centered projects ($10,000 or less) in the U.P. and award those monies at the gala. SHF will ask the agencies receiving funding to invite employees and guests to the gala.
For 2020, the SHF Gala Committee chose to focus on healthcare initiatives or projects to address mental health and/or substance use initiatives in the region. The project must align with SHF’s mission, which is “to assist with unmet healthcare needs, with health education, and with programs and research on preventing illness and promoting health.”
“In talking to a number of health-centered, non-profit organizations across the Upper Peninsula, it has become abundantly clear there are numerous behavioral health needs,” said Jim LaJoie, executive director of the Superior Health Foundation. “We’re looking forward to reviewing projects that address either mental health or substance use.”
The Superior Health Foundation will accept applications through Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019, and will select two, non-profit projects by late December. These projects will then be forwarded to the SHF Board of Directors for approval in January.
An on-line application form is available on the home page of the Superior Health Foundation website (www.superiorhealthfoundation.org). In 2019, SHF awarded $10,000 in funding to both Little Brothers – Friends of the Elderly and Hospice of the Eastern U.P. for projects that addressed senior needs.
Those with questions are asked to call the Superior Health Foundation at 906-225-6914 or email shf@superiorhealthfoundation.org.
