b'22 CONCORD HOSPITAL TRUSTPayson EndowmentsEVOLUTIONIn its 20 years of existence, the PaysonEstablished by Dana Keiser in honorThus, in 2019, Pedaling for Payson Center for Cancer Care has providedof her father(PICTURED INSET BELOW)inbegan raising funds for the Pedaling comfort to thousands of patients2006, the Genefor HOPE Fund, which largely and their families, not only throughGillis Fund wasunderwrites the Nurse Navigation treatment but by offering a variety ofset up to helpprogram at the Payson Center and resources to support them on theircancer patientsensures that patients have permanent health journeys. and theiraccess to these professional family As part of that support, the Paysoncaregivers withmembers, who provide a personal endowments offer a flow of steadyout-of-pocketpoint of contact during treatment and financial assistance that patients canexpenses duringbeyond. The Pedaling for HOPE Fund is count on. They include the Gene Gillistreatment. A grateful Keiser recognizedadministered by the Concord Hospital Endowment, the Pedaling for HOPEthe relief of such support as her fatherTrust and overseen by its Board and Endowment, and the Joan K. Farrelwas receiving cancer care and wantedStewardship Committee.In 2022 alone, Endowment. These enduring fundsto make the little things available tomore than $160,000 was raised for give relief from the financialothers. To date, the Gene Gillis FundPedaling for HOPE, directly impacting uncertainty that can accompany ahas aided more than 2,100 patientsmore than 150 patients.cancer diagnosis of a challengingwith care-related items such as gas, healthcare economic environment. transportation, medicine, groceries, and other necessities that enhance the The endowments provide fundingquality of life for people with cancer.in perpetuity, Concord Hospital TrustFor many years, the Gene Gillis Fund Philanthropy Officer Moriah Billupswas the beneficiary of the annual explains, and they ensure that patientsPedaling for Payson cycling event, are able to access our resources fromwhich raised more than $1 million year to year.dollars for the endowment. Between the money raised for the Gillis FundThrough a legacy gift by the donor and the Lend Me A Hand Fund, whichwho named the library, the Trust was also helps cancer patients with out-of- able to endow the Joan K. Farrel Cancer pocket expenses, the Trust Board wasResource Library(PICTURED INSET ABOVE)on able to transition fundraising to thethe ground floor of the Payson Center. new endowment to meetThe lending library includes books evolving needs. and digital resources that offer patients, their families, and the community at large access to cancer education materials.'