Your Gifts At Work

Through philanthropic funding and community partnerships, The MetroHealth Foundation supports programs and priorities of The MetroHealth System.

These stories of success would not be possible without your support. To learn more about giving to MetroHealth, visit our Ways to Give.

 

Building new opportunities for high schoolers: The Walter B. Jones, Jr. Scholars Endowment

The transformative legacy of architect, visionary and esteemed colleague Walter Jones will now be honored long into the future thanks to The MetroHealth System's new Walter B. Jones, Jr., Scholars Endowment, announced Thursday, June 13th at the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) of Cleveland's annual luncheon.

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Walter B. Jones, Jr.
More Gifts At Work
joggers-in-park
$2.4 Million in Federal Funding to MetroHealth, Partners to Study Neighborhood Resilience

A grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health will support Western Reserve Land Conservancy, MetroHealth and Cleveland Clinic in studying the health effects of re-greening vacant land in Cleveland neighborhoods.

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Rafael Cruz
Collecting Data for Collaborative Change: The Impact of I4HOPE

Since its creation in 2019, the MetroHealth Institute for H.O.P.E.™ (I4HOPE) has fostered greater understanding of the many factors that can affect individuals’ ability to live a healthy life.

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Mike Cantu at the MetroHealth Rehabilitation Institute
Revolutionary Technology Enables Young Professional With Spinal Cord Injury to Find Independence

This spring, 28-year-old Mike Cantu’s hand moved for the first time since he was 15.

“It was surreal,” he said. “To see my hand move after 13 years – it was euphoric.”

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People gathering in the Future Ink Graphics makerspace
Creative Expression as a Treatment for Loneliness

Knowing the powerful impact engaging with the arts has on mental health and loneliness, The MetroHealth System’s Center for the Arts in Health launched ArtsRx, a pilot project that allows providers to “prescribe” arts activities and experiences for their patients.

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Student getting height measured
School Health Program

In 2023, MetroHealth’s School Health Program commemorated 10 years since it launched as a single clinic at Cleveland Metropolitan School District Mound STEM Elementary School in the Slavic Village neighborhood.

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Michaela Roby and the Harris-Little family
I4HOPE Community Worker helps family feel at home

Many extraordinarily kind, caring people work as MetroHealth Community Health Workers (CHWs).

Micheala Roby, a CHW in the Institute for H.O.P.E.™ School Health Program, is one of those people.

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Child and Parent with Doctor
Institute for H.O.P.E.™

MetroHealth’s Institute for H.O.P.E.™ (Health, Opportunity, Partnership, Empowerment) was created in 2019 to address the social drivers of health – those factors outside of medical care that adversely affect a patient’s quality of life and well-being.

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Benjamin Gerson
20 Years of The Gerson Legacy at MetroHealth

During his lifetime, Benjamin S. Gerson developed a passion for improving the lives of people who were disenfranchised as a result of economic, physical, educational, racial and cultural barriers.

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Child playing with building blocks
A Commitment to 'Whole Person' Autism Care

A collaborative effort to improve the outcomes for youth with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) transitioning to adulthood.

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joggers-in-park
$2.4 Million in Federal Funding to MetroHealth, Partners to Study Neighborhood Resilience

A grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health will support Western Reserve Land Conservancy, MetroHealth and Cleveland Clinic in studying the health effects of re-greening vacant land in Cleveland neighborhoods.

Read More
Rafael Cruz
Collecting Data for Collaborative Change: The Impact of I4HOPE

Since its creation in 2019, the MetroHealth Institute for H.O.P.E.™ (I4HOPE) has fostered greater understanding of the many factors that can affect individuals’ ability to live a healthy life.

Read More
Mike Cantu at the MetroHealth Rehabilitation Institute
Revolutionary Technology Enables Young Professional With Spinal Cord Injury to Find Independence

This spring, 28-year-old Mike Cantu’s hand moved for the first time since he was 15.

“It was surreal,” he said. “To see my hand move after 13 years – it was euphoric.”

Read More
People gathering in the Future Ink Graphics makerspace
Creative Expression as a Treatment for Loneliness

Knowing the powerful impact engaging with the arts has on mental health and loneliness, The MetroHealth System’s Center for the Arts in Health launched ArtsRx, a pilot project that allows providers to “prescribe” arts activities and experiences for their patients.

Read More
Student getting height measured
School Health Program

In 2023, MetroHealth’s School Health Program commemorated 10 years since it launched as a single clinic at Cleveland Metropolitan School District Mound STEM Elementary School in the Slavic Village neighborhood.

Read More
Michaela Roby and the Harris-Little family
I4HOPE Community Worker helps family feel at home

Many extraordinarily kind, caring people work as MetroHealth Community Health Workers (CHWs).

Micheala Roby, a CHW in the Institute for H.O.P.E.™ School Health Program, is one of those people.

Read More
Child and Parent with Doctor
Institute for H.O.P.E.™

MetroHealth’s Institute for H.O.P.E.™ (Health, Opportunity, Partnership, Empowerment) was created in 2019 to address the social drivers of health – those factors outside of medical care that adversely affect a patient’s quality of life and well-being.

Read More
Benjamin Gerson
20 Years of The Gerson Legacy at MetroHealth

During his lifetime, Benjamin S. Gerson developed a passion for improving the lives of people who were disenfranchised as a result of economic, physical, educational, racial and cultural barriers.

Read More
Child playing with building blocks
A Commitment to 'Whole Person' Autism Care

A collaborative effort to improve the outcomes for youth with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) transitioning to adulthood.

Read More