Perry

Together we can touch more lives. Save more lives.
And improve more lives.

Perry

Together we can touch more lives. Save more lives.
And improve more lives.

FEATURED

Mercy Health Foundation Perry

Click below to discover more about upcoming initiatives that will positively impact your community.

We are always creating ways to help better the lives of people in the community. Check back soon for upcoming events.

Who We Are

If you have any questions or would like more information about how your donations will be utilized in your community, don’t hesitate to get in touch with Glenda Gremaud at glenda.gremaud@mercy.net or call 573.902.2753.

Mercy Health Foundation Perry is a nonprofit, charitable organization that provides philanthropic support for Mercy Hospital Perry, formerly Perry County Health System. The Foundation not only helps Mercy Hospital Perry to provide exceptional health care to the residents in Perryville, MO, but also ensures compassionate care is accessible to all residents of Perry County.

The health care needs of our community will always outpace our resources. Your support remains local and will help ensure Mercy Health Foundation Perry continues to touch the lives of families, friends and neighbors in our community. When you choose to invest in Mercy Health Foundation, you make a lasting impact by enhancing patient programs, funding life-saving equipment and providing support for those who need it most.

Our Focus

Children’s Health Care

Mercy Health Foundation Perry understands that a family can be faced with many challenges when their child is battling an illness or coping with a disability. The Children’s Health Care Fund benefits local children with extensive healthcare needs.

Educational Advancement

The educational advancement fund has supported local high school seniors as they embark on a career in health care. The recently expanded program now includes support for Mercy co-workers and students enrolled in the local Mineral Area College Nursing Program.

Behavioral Health

Mercy Health Foundation Perry realizes that mental wellness is part of good health. The behavioral health fund provides awareness opportunities and various resources and programs to help adults and adolescents struggling with mental, behavioral, or substance abuse problems receive the care they need.

Geriatric Services

By spreading joy and light to our community, we can help fight the darkness of dementia and Alzheimer’s. The geriatric services fund supports our Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST) program, an evidence-based nonmedicinal treatment approach for persons with mild to moderate dementia.

Our Funds

Your contribution to the Area of Greatest Need Fund supports the unique health care needs of our community whenever they arise. This fund enables Mercy to respond swiftly to emerging needs. Whether it’s funding vital medical equipment, supporting patient assistance programs, or advancing health care initiatives, your contribution makes a tangible difference where it’s needed most.

The Children’s Health Care Fund helps provide treatments and services for children who are battling an illness or coping with a disability, specifically treatments and services that may not be covered by insurance. This fund also supports the Reach Out & Read program at Mercy Perry Primary Care locations. The program provides books at no cost to patients ages six months to five years old during their annual well-child visit, encouraging families to read together.

A gift to our Educational Advancement Fund will provide scholarships to local high school seniors pursuing a career in health care. The fund also provides financial aid for Mercy co-workers and other students enrolled in the local Mineral Area College Nursing Program.

 

Your contribution to this fund will support technology and equipment updates for the Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation department at Mercy Hospital Perry. Funds also aid in the purchase of AEDs for public spaces in our community.

 

Your contribution provides support to uninsured or underinsured patients in need of mental health care. Thanks to our donors, we are removing barriers to care for adolescents and adults with a financial need, including assistance with transportation, medications and educational materials.

 

Thanks to donors like you:

was raised in support of our community in FY25
$ 0
was allocated in support of our community in FY25
$ 0

Because of your generosity, our Foundation continues to make a lasting difference for Mercy’s patients, programs and services. In FY25, you helped us raise more than $730,000 — and together, we allocated over $240,000 to improve the health of our community. This impact was made possible not only through this year’s gifts, but also through the strength of prior-year reserves and investment income. Thanks to you, we were ready to meet urgent needs with care and compassion.

Your Impact

Every year, lives are changed because donors like you stepped forward to give. This snapshot illustrates some of Mercy’s most critical fundraising initiatives that will benefit not only our patients and their families, but also our caregivers and our community.

Patient Assistance | $000,000,000
Capital Improvements |$000,000,000
Program/Service Enhancements | $000,000,000

Community Highlights

$ 0 K

$10,000 funded vital equipment for patients utilizing Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Therapy services in our community

$ 0 K

Over $30,000 raised to support behavioral health services.

$ 0 K

Over $25,000 raised to support educational advancement for those who have dedicated their lives to the field of health care.

Laurice's Story

Laurice Hachem Roberts, a dedicated member of Mercy Health Foundation’s Board of Directors, brings both passion and purpose to her work — especially when it comes to health care. Her commitment to neurosurgery is personal and profound, shaped by the loss of her beloved husband Sam to Lewy body dementia. Laurice and her daughter, Mechelle Meredith-Ehardt, are long-standing members of Women with a Mission. 

Recently, Laurice’s mother, Nouha Ellis, experienced a concerning episode. Given her mother’s advanced age, Laurice wanted to avoid the stress of a long emergency room wait. She reached out to her Mercy primary care provider’s office for help.

The care team at Dr. Johnson’s office quickly gathered the necessary details and arranged for an appointment with a nurse practitioner at a nearby Mercy Clinic. Thanks to their responsiveness and compassion, Laurice’s mother was able to avoid the ER, and received prompt care when she needed it most.

“The entire staff was welcoming, attentive and truly thoughtful with my mom,” Laurice shared. “They immediately recognized her hearing challenges and made sure to speak directly to her, clearly and respectfully. It meant the world to us.”

Nouha recently celebrated her 100th birthday and Laurice is grateful to Mercy for providing access to high quality care so close to home. “I’m incredibly thankful for this clinic and the outstanding medical providers who serve our community with such dedication and heart.”

Upcoming Events

Join us for our 3rd Annual Festival of Trees event. 

Learn more

2nd Annual Paint the Town Red – February 6, 2026

Learn more

13th Annual Skeet Shoot – April 10, 2026

Details coming soon!

Stay tuned for upcoming events and opportunities to support Mercy Health Foundation Perry!

Annual Reports

Thank you for your generous support and partnership as we continue to carry out Mercy’s mission in the communities we serve.

Contact Mercy Health Foundation Perry

Mercy Health Foundation Perry
434 North West Street
Perryville, MO 63775

Perry

Together we can touch more lives. Save more lives.
And improve more lives.

FEATURED

Mercy Health Foundation Perry

Click below to discover more about upcoming initiatives that will positively impact your community.

We are always creating ways to help better the lives of people in the community. Check back soon for upcoming events.

FEATURED

Mercy Health Foundation Perry

We are always creating ways to help better the lives of people in the community. Check back soon for upcoming events.

Click below to discover more about upcoming initiatives that will positively impact your community.

See what we've accomplished

$ 0 K

Over $64,000 was pledged to local families to assist with health care for children in need

$ 0 K

$83,000 has been awarded to high school seniors as they embark on a career in the medical field 

$ 0 K

$10,000 raised to support adolescent behavioral health awareness

$ 0

Over $3,500 funded the Cognitive Stimulation Therapy program for community members suffering from dementia or Alzheimer’s

Who We Are

If you have any questions or would like more information about how your donations will be utilized in your community, don’t hesitate to get in touch with Glenda Gremaud at glenda.gremaud@mercy.net or call 573.902.2753.

Mercy Health Foundation Perry is a nonprofit, charitable organization that provides philanthropic support for Mercy Hospital Perry, formerly Perry County Health System. The Foundation not only helps Mercy Hospital Perry to provide exceptional health care to the residents in Perryville, MO, but also ensures compassionate care is accessible to all residents of Perry County.

The health care needs of our community will always outpace our resources. Your support remains local and will help ensure Mercy Health Foundation Perry continues to touch the lives of families, friends and neighbors in our community. When you choose to invest in Mercy Health Foundation, you make a lasting impact by enhancing patient programs, funding life-saving equipment and providing support for those who need it most.

Our Focus

Children’s Health Care

Mercy Health Foundation Perry understands that a family can be faced with many challenges when their child is battling an illness or coping with a disability. The Children’s Health Care Fund benefits local children with extensive healthcare needs.

Educational Advancement

The educational advancement fund has supported local high school seniors as they embark on a career in health care. The recently expanded program now includes support for Mercy co-workers and students enrolled in the local Mineral Area College Nursing Program.

Behavioral Health

Mercy Health Foundation Perry realizes that mental wellness is part of good health. The behavioral health fund provides awareness opportunities and various resources and programs to help adults and adolescents struggling with mental, behavioral, or substance abuse problems receive the care they need.

Geriatric Services

By spreading joy and light to our community, we can help fight the darkness of dementia and Alzheimer’s. The geriatric services fund supports our Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST) program, an evidence-based nonmedicinal treatment approach for persons with mild to moderate dementia.

Our Funds

Your contribution to the Area of Greatest Need Fund supports the unique health care needs of our community whenever they arise. This fund enables Mercy to respond swiftly to emerging needs. Whether it’s funding vital medical equipment, supporting patient assistance programs, or advancing health care initiatives, your contribution makes a tangible difference where it’s needed most.

The Children’s Health Care Fund helps provide treatments and services for children who are battling an illness or coping with a disability, specifically treatments and services that may not be covered by insurance. This fund also supports the Reach Out & Read program at Mercy Perry Primary Care locations. The program provides books at no cost to patients ages six months to five years old during their annual well-child visit, encouraging families to read together.

A gift to our Educational Advancement Fund will provide scholarships to local high school seniors pursuing a career in health care. The fund also provides financial aid for Mercy co-workers and other students enrolled in the local Mineral Area College Nursing Program.

 

Your contribution to this fund will support technology and equipment updates for the Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation department at Mercy Hospital Perry. Funds also aid in the purchase of AEDs for public spaces in our community.

 

Your contribution provides support to uninsured or underinsured patients in need of mental health care. Thanks to our donors, we are removing barriers to care for adolescents and adults with a financial need, including assistance with transportation, medications and educational materials.

 

Upcoming Events

Join us for our 3rd Annual Festival of Trees event. 

Learn more

2nd Annual Paint the Town Red – February 6, 2026

Details coming soon!

13th Annual Skeet Shoot – April 10, 2026

Details coming soon!

Stay tuned for upcoming events and opportunities to support Mercy Health Foundation Perry!

Annual Reports

Thank you for your generous support and partnership as we continue to carry out Mercy’s mission in the communities we serve.

Check back soon for more information

Check back soon for more information

Contact Mercy Health Foundation Perry

Mercy Health Foundation Perry
434 North West Street
Perryville, MO 63775
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