Methodist Medical Center (MMC) kicked off its annual Holiday of Lights for Health yesterday. The annual holiday campaign raises money for the Hospitality Houses, which provide temporary lodging for patients and families who travel to Oak Ridge for extended medical treatment. By relieving the financial burden of hotel stays, the houses help guests focus on physical and emotional healing. UCOR is a long-time sponsor of the hospitality house initiative.
The houses primarily serve patients of Thompson Cancer Survival Center at Methodist, Thompson Oncology Group, and their caregivers. The houses have been used by patients and their families from 36 states.
This campaign is a unique opportunity to help MMC’s patients and their families when they need it most. Interested in supporting Holiday of Lights and the Hospitality Houses? Please visit mmcoakridge.com/lights to make an online donation. A list of donation options can be found below. Any amount helps.
$10 – provides snack for guests
$25 – pays for taxi rides to radiation treatments
$50 – provides clean linens for a week
$100 – pays one month of utilities for an apartment
$250 – provides nutritional supplements for guests in treatment
$500 – houses a cancer patient for the course of treatment
$1,000 – stocks pantries for a year
$1,500 – sponsors four families for a month
Photo: Pictured at the kickoff event are, from left, Covenant Health Foundation Development Managers Jen Sheehan and Gina Williams, UCOR’s Sonya Johnson and Shannon Potter, and Methodist Medical Center President and CAO Jeremy Biggs
