The Superior Health Foundation will comply with Executive Orders coming out of Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s office. With this new mandate as of tomorrow morning, March 24, our team will work primarily from home. Like most, our hope is to reopen on or before April 14, 2020. During this unprecedented time, Read more…
Author: Amanda Boundy
To immediately help address the many emergent equipment and programming needs of health-centered, non-profits in the Upper Peninsula, the Superior Health Foundation has developed the “Covid-19 Pandemic Fund and Fundraiser.” Over the weekend, the Superior Health Foundation Grants Committee and SHF Board of Directors unanimously agreed to dedicate $25,000 in Read more…
In rapid response to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic and its effects on school-age children in the Upper Peninsula, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan is committing philanthropic dollars to the Upper Peninsula to provide funding to public schools to ensure lunches are available. Blue Cross is committing $12,500 in its Read more…
During this time of uncertainty and stress with the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, the Superior Health Foundation is committed to providing help, guidance and solutions to the region. The Superior Health Foundation is a health-centered, non-profit in the Upper Peninsula whose mission is to “assist with unmet healthcare needs, with health Read more…
As the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic evolves, Michigan Public Transit Association (MPTA) and Michigan Transportation Connection (MTC) feel it is important to acknowledge the fluidity of the situation and maintain a reasoned and measured response. This message is to update you on our position regarding workplace safety and our efforts to Read more…
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Providing an opportunity for a better future was on the minds of many people as they came together to make the new Ripple Recovery Residence in L’Anse a reality, and soon the new facility will be welcoming its first residents. “This project is a culminating effort of concerned citizens trying Read more…
Rides to Wellness is a comprehensive non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT) program. Michigan Transportation Connection (MTC) received a two-year, $800,000 grant from the Superior Health Foundation to build a service in all 15 counties in the Upper Peninsula to provide transportation for NEMT. This process involves finding transportation providers to provide Read more…
Following an incredibly successful Painting the Peninsula Pink in October 2019, the Superior Health Foundation proudly awarded $22,368 to the Marquette County Health Department on Wednesday to be used for the SHF Breast Health Fund. This past fall, SHF partnered with West Iron County schools in Iron River on the Read more…
Jamie has lived in Iron River her entire life. She and her husband have been married for more than 38 years. Like a number of women, Jamie has a yearly mammogram. This past summer, however, her mammogram detected a spot. She followed up with her physician to schedule a second Read more…