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How Our Community Cares for Us
Community support is, and has always been, an important part of VNA’s continued success. In 2021, VNA continued to receive tremendous support from the local community.
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The Ethel and Raymond F. Rice Foundation continues to support VNA’s most vulnerable population of patients. VNA received an $80,000 grant to support charity care in 2021.
Florine O’Rourke sews and donates adorable teddy bears for VNA’s Healing Kits to help bring comfort to grieving children. She received the Kansas Home Care and Hospice Association’s Home Care Hero award for her generosity. Cans for the Community, a local non-profit that raises money through the recycling of aluminum cans, continued to support VNA with another $1,000 donation in January 2021.
The Midco Foundation awarded VNA $2,000 for physical therapy software to help VNA’s therapy staff provide clear, easy-to-follow exercise programs to patients to aid in their recovery.
The Douglas County Community Foundation awarded VNA a $4,214 grant for therapy equipment to help patients rehabilitate more safely and efficiently. For some added fun, VNA’s Business Development team wrapped the new therapy equipment so the therapy staff could enjoy a holiday unwrapping party and assemble the equipment together.
