CHHSM-Member Ministry Contribution

Back Bay Mission Receives Grant to Help Women and Families on Gulf Coast

By CHHSM-Member Ministry Contribution | January 13, 2026

Back Bay Mission’s (BBM) Health & Wellness Program was honored to receive a generous $20,000 grant from the GivHer Circle, an initiative of the Mississippi Gulf Coast Community Foundation (MGCCF)! This funding will touch women and families on the Gulf Coast who need feminine care, diapers and formula, children’s educational supplies, and much more. After learning BBM had been named one…

Deaconess Nurse Ministry Accessible Care is Life Changing for Clients

By CHHSM-Member Ministry Contribution | January 13, 2026

Each day, Deaconess Nurse Ministry in St. Louis, provides clients with someone they can trust, compassion, and the life-changing power of accessible nursing care. G.W., a 72-year-old resident in one of Deaconess Nurse Ministry’s partner communities, stops by the Wellness Office every week. Living with COPD and relying on oxygen at night, his greatest hope…

IFM Community Medicine’s Why We Do What We Do: Sexual Health Promotion

By CHHSM-Member Ministry Contribution | January 13, 2026

IFM Community Medicine, based in St. Louis, has a patient population that skews young. In 2025, 58 percent of its patients were 18 or younger and of those, 40 percent were in their teenage years. Overall, 80 percent of its patient population is less than 40 years old. Because the majority are in the height…

Cedar Community’s Spiritual Care Team Nurtures the Spirit through Support, Connection, and Forest Bathing

By CHHSM-Member Ministry Contribution | January 13, 2026

Cedar Community’s spiritual care team fosters a welcoming and inclusive environment that nurtures the well being of mind, body and spirit—regardless of one’s faith traditions. Its chaplains offer compassionate support that honors and respects each individual’s unique spiritual journey.  Among Cedar Community’s spiritual care opportunities are such activities as group spiritual conversation, Bible studies, grief…

Deaconess Foundation Invests $450,000 in Innovative Community-Stewarded Funds

By CHHSM-Member Ministry Contribution | January 13, 2026

As part of Deaconess Foundation’s strategic approach to advancing liberation in seven generations, it recently invested $450,000 in two innovative community-stewarded funds: NextGen Grantmakers and the Seniors Community Revitalization and Development Fund (Seniors Community Fund). Both initiatives put funding decisions into the hands of the people—in this case, young people and older adults—who are part…

Plymouth Place Wins National Gold Award for Senior Living Design and Innovation

By CHHSM-Member Ministry Contribution | January 13, 2026

Plymouth Place in LaGrange Park, Ill., is proud to announce that its recent development, The Arboretum Villas, has received a Gold Award for Best Development & Design: Senior Living at the Multi-Housing News 2025 Excellence Awards, presented on Dec. 4, 2025, in New York City. This year’s event honored 101 winners across 33 categories, recognizing…

Advocate Health Names New Chief Marketing, Brand and Consumer Experience Officer

By CHHSM-Member Ministry Contribution | January 13, 2026

Advocate Health has named Nicole Phillips as a senior vice president and the new chief marketing, brand and consumer officer for the nation’s third-largest nonprofit health care provider. Phillips will take charge of building stronger connections with consumers for a preeminent health care delivery system that is on the leading-edge of innovation, quality and academic…

United Church Homes Announces 2026 Leadership Changes

By CHHSM-Member Ministry Contribution | January 13, 2026

United Church Homes (UCH), CHHSM member and one of the nation’s largest faith-inspired nonprofit providers of senior living and affordable housing, recently announced a series of three executive leadership appointments. All three were effective as of Jan. 1, 2026. These changes reinforce UCH’s organizational strength, operational excellence and long-term commitment to creating “Abundant Life in Community” for…

Embrace Living Communities Announces Key Leadership Promotions

By CHHSM-Member Ministry Contribution | December 11, 2025

Embrace Living Communities, based in Oak Brook, Ill., recently announced significant leadership changes. Embrace Living serves nearly 2,500 older adults and persons with disabilities across 29 communities in Illinois, Missouri, and Florida. Wayne Foley has been appointed chief operating officer (COO). In his time at Embrace Living, Foley has demonstrated exemplary leadership, integrity, and innovative…

Cedar Community Announces Acquisition of Older Adult Communities, Creates Management Subsidiary

By CHHSM-Member Ministry Contribution | December 11, 2025

Cedar Community, based in West Bend, Wis., announced in late October the upcoming acquisition of Spero Gardens, assisted living, located in Hartford, Wis., and Spero Heritage independent living, assisted living, and memory care, located in Watertown, Wis. The acquisition of the two campuses follows a thoughtful and deliberate period of realignment around and reinvestment in…

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