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JoAnn and Bob Glick donating $42 million to MetroHealth System, largest gift in its history, to help
JoAnn and Bob Glick donating $42 million to MetroHealth System, largest gift in its history, to help underserved, women and childrenCLEVELAND, Ohio — Northeast Ohio natives JoAnn and Bob Glick have pledged $42 million to MetroHealth System, the largest gift in the hospital system’s 183-year history.
The couple chose MetroHealth to receive the gift because of the hospital system’s commitment to community health and its goal of reducing health disparities, passions that the Glicks share. The gift was announced today.
The gift enables MetroHealth to address social determinants of health so that everyone has equal access to health care and preventative medicine, especially underserved women and children.
“We hope that zip codes don’t matter anymore,” said JoAnn Glick, who trained as a registered nurse with an emphasis on community health.
Read more: https://www.cleveland.com/healthfit/2020/12/joann-and-bob-glick-donating-42-million-to-metrohealth-system-largest-gift-in-its-history-to-help-underserved-women-and-children.html