MHN Foundations: a Family of Healthcare Foundations
Committed to improving the health and well-being of more than one million children and adults in 23 counties in West Virginia, southern Ohio and eastern Kentucky.
Proudly serving Marshall Health Network through:
Cabell Huntington Hospital Foundation, FaithHealth Appalachia, Huntington’s Kitchen, Project Hope for Women & Children, Rivers Health Foundation, Rivers Health Scholarship Foundation, and St. Mary’s Medical Center Foundation.
Advancing Health. Inspiring Hope. Serving You.
Hoops Ambassador Program
Hoops Ambassadors are a group of pediatric patients from Hoops Family Children’s Hospital who have been nominated by their caregivers in recognition of their incredible courage and resilience when faced with medical challenges.
Path to the Cure
Edwards Cancer Institute and MHN Foundations are proud to host the 2025 Path to the Cure, a 5k and family fun day benefitting Tri-State cancer patients.
Huntington Area Hymn Sing
Join us Saturday, July 18 at 6 p.m. at St. Mary’s Highlawn Center for the Third Annual Huntington Area Hymn Sing, featuring Chosen Road. Doors open at 5:30 p.m.
iCare
iCare is our monthly giving program created for people who believe that caring for one another is a shared responsibility. With a simple gift of $20 per month, you become part of a community that ensures our hospitals are ready—today,...
Children’s Classic
This golf event is like no other! Come and spend the day golfing with us at Guyan Country Club to help kids at Hoops Family Children’s Hospital.
For now, Audrey Earl has no interest in becoming a professional chef. That doesn’t deter her interest in attending Huntington’s Kitchen Cooking Camps. She simply loves to cook. That’s why she’s been to multiple cooking camps and hopes to return....
Ashley Payne is not so much changing lives as she is helping people step into who they were created to be. She’s helping people achieve a brighter future. “I try to give people the ability to see themselves as who...
Generosity isn’t something the members of the Roush Family think about. It’s just who they are. For decades, the family has been offering its Riverside Golf Club for use by Rivers Health Foundation for its annual Golf Classic. Gary Roush...
With plans to obtain her GED as the first step towards a college degree, Katie Ridenour’s future looks considerably brighter than when she arrived at Project Hope in March of 2023. A native of West Virginia’s Eastern Panhandle, at age...
Daniel Rodgers is a full circle example of why the Rivers Health Scholarship Foundation exists. It’s never far from his mind when he goes to work at Rivers Health and cares for people he knows. Rodgers, a physician with Radiology,...
In God’s kingdom, fruit is produced when we follow the leading of the Holy Spirit. To see how that plays out in real life, look no further than Faith Community Nurses Shatika Jones and Keri Workman. The women, both registered...
With an unwavering faith and resolute belief in God’s promises, Sean Hammack wanted to know what good God would bring from the rare cancer that eventually took his life. It would be nearly impossible to quantify the ripples of good...
In a sterile intensive care room surrounded by little more than the people and equipment that saved her life, Christie Kinsey couldn’t imagine that 26 years later she would watch her granddaughter, and a table of friends help carry on...
Some people might argue that hope is not tangible. Chris Payne is not one of those people. Payne, who owns MIRC Construction and Cimco Incorporated, has made an entire career out of building hope. On the surface, it looks like...
Siblings Eddie Fisher and Kay Martin are so close you could call them a modern-day “Dynamic Duo.” And though it was Kay who persuaded Eddie to join the Rivers Health Auxiliary in 2019, it’s her brother who has taken the...
Stories of Changed Lives
Changed lives are what our Foundations are all about!
We exist to help people get the medical care they need and to empower people like you to do things in their community that make a difference for people in need of help.
Now you can read about our friends, patients, and co-workers who are thriving and making a difference in the world around them.
MHN Foundations News
Every Little Bit Counts: The Quiet Impact of Karen Meadows
There’s no real way to quantify the impact that Karen Meadows has had in her community. How can you accurately measure a life spent meeting the needs of others? It’s safe to say that it is a lot. Meadows, who...
Giving Back What Life Gave: John and Linda Williams’ Journey
John Williams knows what it’s like to struggle. He knows the heaviness of generational curses. He knows the value of hard work. He knows the importance of taking advantage when opportunities arise. He knows how to not be defined or...
Helping Patients in Need: Brandy Wilson and the Good Samaritan Program at Rivers Health
The Bible’s parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37) tells of a man who goes out of his way to help an injured man by providing funds for his recovery when he couldn’t care for himself and no one else...
Not Just a Gaming Club: How Students Are Turning Play into Purpose
Philanthropy and community are probably not the words that come to mind when you read college gaming club. The Community Through Gaming club at Marshall University might change that. Founded by filmmaking student Michael Croff, a senior from Warren, Ohio,...
Small Yeses, Big Impact: Building a Better Point Pleasant
Jay Parrack is a yes man. Oh, not the kind that agrees with everything. The kind that says “yes” when opportunities come his way; “yes” I’ll try; “yes” let’s see what’s possible. The kind that says “yes” we can make...
Serving the Community Through Faith and Partnership
If you browse the website for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, http://www.churchofjesuschrist.org, you’ll find details about the church’s emphasis on and approach to serving others. If you look a little deeper, you’ll even find some statistics about...
Ayden Watts: Leading With Courage at Just 11 Years Old
Funny. Smart. Curious. Son. Big brother. Football fan. Spinal muscular atrophy patient. Those are all ways that you can describe Ayden Watts. You can also call him Ambassador. He is one of a handful of kids nominated and chosen to...
Faith in Action: A Life of Service in Huntington
In the New Testament book of James, it says we should put our faith into action and be “doers of the word.” In essence, it says faith isn’t complete until there is action to go with it. Monty Fulton is...
A Recipe for Success
For now, Audrey Earl has no interest in becoming a professional chef. That doesn’t deter her interest in attending Huntington’s Kitchen Cooking Camps. She simply loves to cook. That’s why she’s been to multiple cooking camps and hopes to return....
Every Story Matters
Ashley Payne is not so much changing lives as she is helping people step into who they were created to be. She’s helping people achieve a brighter future. “I try to give people the ability to see themselves as who...
Generosity: One Family’s Legacy
Generosity isn’t something the members of the Roush Family think about. It’s just who they are. For decades, the family has been offering its Riverside Golf Club for use by Rivers Health Foundation for its annual Golf Classic. Gary Roush...
Brighter Days Ahead
With plans to obtain her GED as the first step towards a college degree, Katie Ridenour’s future looks considerably brighter than when she arrived at Project Hope in March of 2023. A native of West Virginia’s Eastern Panhandle, at age...