MHHC Foundation Draws Hundreds to Gala Honoring Healthcare Trailblazers
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BRONX, N.Y., June 15, 2017 – The Morris Heights Health Center Foundation honored three community leaders and awarded dozens of scholarships to area students totaling more than $100,000 at its annual MHHC Foundation IMPACT Awards Gala held at the beautiful Marina Del Rey in the Bronx, N.Y.
The flagship fundraising event of the year for the foundation, the gala drew some 400 attendees from across the Bronx and the Tristate area. At the event, the foundation feted Carl E. Heastie, Speaker of the New York State Assembly, and Manual Chinea, Chief Operations Officer at Popular Community Bank, and presentedLindenwood RX Pharmacy with the Community Partnership Award. In addition, the foundation honored the late Joseph Orlando, a former member of the Morris Heights Health Center Board of Directors, with a posthumous award in recognition of his longtime service and dedication to MHHC and theBronx.
Every year, the IMPACT Awards Gala allows the partners, colleagues, and supporters of the MHHC Foundation to gather and celebrate those at the vanguard of healthcare in the Bronx. Moreover, it gives the MHHC Foundation the opportunity to recognize and empower college-bound young people. Since 2011, the foundation has awarded IMPACT scholarships to distinguished high school graduates in order to ease the financial burden that college presents.
This year, the foundation awarded 27 IMPACT scholarships totaling $110,000. Not only were eighteen IMPACT scholarships awarded to college-bound high school seniors—the most the foundation has ever given—but also for the first time, the foundation awarded scholarships to past awardees. In addition, the foundation awarded a special scholarship to the Talented Unlimited High School to support its academic mission.
The Master of Ceremonies for the event was BronxNews 12 Anchor Eric Stelzter, and entertainment was provided by violinist Briana Perez-Lora along with other musicians from Talented Unlimited High School, as well as a by a band ensemble.
The MHHC Foundation is the philanthropic arm of MHHC. The foundation provides an array of programs and services critical to the holistic wellbeing and development of the Bronx community. Located in America’s poorest congressional district in the southwest Bronx, the MHHC Foundation has mobilized more than $50 million in the fight against poverty and inequality since its inception. Past initiatives include the development of the Harrison Circle mixed use facility and support of community-based organizations.
About Morris Heights Health Center: MHHC is a federally qualified health center (FQHC) that has served the Bronx community since 1981. Providing primary care, specialty care, dental services, behavioral health services, insurance enrollment, supportive services and school-based health services to more than 52,000 patients annually, MHHC has long-been a healthcare safety net
for many of the Bronx’s medically underserved and disadvantaged residents.For more information, please visit our website at, or connect with us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram (@mhhc_inc).