Parrish Healthcare Employee Giving Campaign Raises $65,000

TITUSVILLE, FLA. (July 7, 2025)-Parrish Healthcare and the Jess Parrish Medical Foundation (JPMF) are proud to announce that its 2025 annual employee-giving program, called Circle of Giving, raised $65,000, exceeding the goal by $10,000.

Annually since 2006, Parrish Healthcare Care Partners (employees, providers and volunteers) have not only organized the two-week fundraising campaign but have personally contributed their own money to support the Circle of Giving and the advancement of the health system's mission to provide Healing Experiences for Everyone All the Time®.

This year's Wizard of Oz-inspired campaign, There's No Place Like Parrish, kicked off on April 11 and ended on May 12, with the closing ceremony held on June 6.

Since its inception, Circle of Giving has inspired generous giving from Parrish Healthcare Care Partners who have pledged more than $1,300,000 for lifesaving and life-changing programs and services throughout the community and within Parrish Healthcare, helping to make North Brevard a healthier, more vibrant place to live, work and receive healthcare.

Circle of Giving proceeds directly benefit patients, families and the community at-large having funded such programs and services as:

• Digital Stereotactic Breast Biopsy Technology: Advancing early diagnosis of breast cancer;
• Tourniquet Kits and Training (Stop the Bleed) for Titusville Police Department Officers: To provide officers with critical rescue training and resources until help arrives, with a total of twenty-three lives saved since 2015;
• Healing in Motion Vans: Medical transportation program for patients in need;
• The Children's Center Playground Renovation and Expansion: Providing a safe and healthy early childhood development environment accessible to all children, regardless of physical ability;
• Facility Improvements: New equipment and renovations to patient waiting rooms, individual televisions for dialysis patient beds, telehealth monitoring system, lift equipment, fitness equipment and various safety, health and wellness improvements;
• Care Partner Hardship Fund: A confidential program available to assist eligible employees who are experiencing a personal financial emergency.

"The generosity shown by Parrish Care Partners is truly uplifting," said Melissa Lugo, Board Chair of the Jess Parrish Medical Foundation. "Thanks to their generous contributions, Parrish Healthcare continues to make meaningful differences in the lives of those we serve each day. Congratulations to all Parrish Care Partners, the Circle of Giving planning committee, and our campaign co-chairs, Director, People Development Kristina Crabtree and Director, Communications Samantha Decker, for their exceptional leadership and for making this year's campaign such an incredible success."

For more information about Circle of Giving, please contact the Jess Parrish Medical Foundation at 321-269-4066 or visit parrishmedfoundation.com.