Monson Savings Bank makes donation to cancer centerDate: 4/17/2015 SPRINGFIELD – Mercy Medical Center has announced that Monson Savings Bank has pledged a gift of $25,000 to Transforming Cancer Care – The Capital Campaign for the Sister Caritas Cancer Center.
“We’re very pleased to support such an important project,” Steve Lowell, president and chief executive officer for Monson Savings Bank, said. “Unfortunately the need for cancer care services is growing exponentially, but fortunately the Sister Caritas Cancer Center will be there to meet this need.”
Mercy Medical Center’s Capital Campaign was launched to support the $15 million expansion of the Sister Caritas Cancer Center at Mercy Medical Center. Specifically, the funds will be used to consolidate all cancer services into a single unified space and meet the increased demand for outpatient cancer services.
In the past two years, the number of patients receiving chemotherapy at the Sister Caritas Cancer Center has increased by more than 200 percent. By 2022, the need for outpatient cancer services is expected to grow by 26 percent.
“Monson Saving Bank is a longtime supporter of the Sisters of Providence Health System and our efforts to bring hope and healing to the local community. We are grateful for such ongoing generosity because it is crucial to our ability to fulfill our mission of service to the thousands of people who turn to us for care each year,” Diane Dukette, vice president of Fund Development for Sisters of Providence Health System, said.
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