DCMS Feature - Winter 06-07

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DCMS Public Health Fund – 2007

As many of our members may remember, the Delaware County Medical Society Public Health Fund was founded by the DCMS in 1964, following a county-wide polio immunization program.

The fund incorporated using cash which was raised and not used for the immunization program. Under the leadership of Dr. Harry V. Armitage, Howard F. Reed, Esq. and Dr. Arthur D. Reynolds, the fund began to provide initial “seed money” to public health groups in Delaware County that could not otherwise have funds available for special projects.

For the past twenty-five years the fund has been very well-managed by Mr. Graham Andrews and Mr. John Rosecky of Merrill Lynch. Mr. Rosecky presently serves as President of the Fund; David M. Smilk, Esq. serves as Secretary and Robert F. Plotkin, MD, an original board member of the fund serves as Chairman of the Grant Committee.

Other DCMS Public Health Fund Board members include: Richard C. Nelson, DDS; David Kramer, CPA; Donna P. Scott, MD; Fredric N. Hellman, MD; Joan C. Waller, MD; Rehka Yagnik, MD and DCMS Executive Director David A. McKeighan.

This year the Grants Committee approved gifts to the following organizations:

American Red Cross
Center for Advancement in Cancer Research
ChesPenn Health Services
Community Action Agency of Delaware County
Community Health & Education Outreach
Crozer Chester Foundation
Delaware County Medical Society
Domestic Abuse Project of Delaware County
Family Support Line
Gateway Employment Resources
Marple Dental Clinic
Meals on Wheels
Pathways
Philabundance
Planned Life Time Assistance Network
Planned Parenthood
Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic
Senior Community Services
SILOAM Ministries, Inc.
Surrey Services for Seniors
The Salvation Army
Thresholds
Volunteers in Action
Wayne Senior Center
Women's Resource Center

For more information on the Delaware County Medical Society Public Health Fund, please call us at the DCMS (610) 892-7750. Requests for grants should be sent directly to:

Mr. Rosecky, President DCMS PUBLIC HEALTH FUND, 724 W. Lancaster Ave. Wayne, PA 19087.

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