Tag Archives: Cookeville Regional Charitable Foundation

The Cookeville Regional Medical Center Charitable Foundation is celebrating 20 years of serving the Upper Cumberland community. Foundation Director John Bell said healthcare has become much more challenging over those 20 years. Those challenges have made the issues faced by local families even more difficult in many cases. Bell said the ticket to 20 years of helping families through these ... Read More »

The Cookeville Regional Charitable Foundation is partnering with the Cookeville Police Department to raise awareness and funds for the Pink Ribbon Program throughout October. The police department and Foundation offices are accepting donations for the program, with donations of $20 or more earning donors a pink Cookeville police patch for breast cancer awareness. Foundation Executive Director John Bell said that ... Read More »

Cookeville Regional Charitable Foundation is changing lives using donations of gently-used medical equipment. “Project Procure” is a program that collects things like wheelchairs, walkers, and other medical equipment. Executive Director John Bell said they then give them to patients who might not be able to afford them otherwise. “The impact this has is amazing, particularly on things like wheelchairs,” Bell ... Read More »

The Cookeville Regional Charitable Foundation is doubling your donations Tuesday to help low-income and under-insured patients. Director John Bell said financial requests from patients have grown while the organization’s funds have declined from lack of fundraising this year. “We have not had that typical fund raising revenue coming in for specific patient assistance funds or programs,” Bell said. “So, several ... Read More »

Two new faith-based groups will provide long term relief for victims of the March tornadoes. Cookeville Regional Charitable Foundation Director John Bell said the United Methodist Council on Relief and Inspiritus will be surveying survivors and gathering info for the Benevolence Committees. These two groups specialize in long term relief. Which Bell said, is part of the recovery effort’s relief ... Read More »

Although the annual Pink Gala is cancelled this year, you can still help women across the Upper Cumberland who need a mammogram. Cookeville Regional Charitable Foundation is offering an online Pink Auction through July to raise funds for the Pink Ribbon Free Mammogram Program. Director John Bell said he expects a third of what the foundation would normally raise during ... Read More »