Mercy Medical Center Foundation & Fairfax State Savings Bank announce Giving Tuesday match challenge
The Mercy Medical Center Foundation is pleased to share that, once again, Fairfax State Savings Bank will be matching financial donations in observance of Giving Tuesday, which is Dec. 3.
The Mercy Foundation is marking the kickoff of the hospital’s year-long 125th anniversary celebration by creating a matching gift challenge for Giving Tuesday. All donations received through Dec. 3 on the Mercy Foundation’s Giving Tuesday web page will be matched dollar for dollar by Fairfax State Savings Bank and the Mercy Medical Center Foundation Board up to $62,500 total.
Giving Tuesday is a global philanthropic effort the Tuesday after Thanksgiving. Several members of the Mercy Foundation Board have joined forces to match community donations to the Foundation, up to $62,500 in total. Their generosity has the potential to raise $125,000 or more for Mercy.
“We were so excited about the good results we saw from Giving Tuesday last year at Mercy that we were inspired to increase our match again this year in hopes that it will garner more support,” said Patrick Slater, president and CEO of Fairfax State Savings Bank.
After undergoing quadruple bypass heart surgery, Slater has experienced The Mercy Touch® in lifechanging ways. The Giving Tuesday matching gift challenge is aimed at encouraging members of the community to join Fairfax State Savings Bank in supporting Mercy and its exceptional patient care.
Slater, his family, and Fairfax State Savings Bank have a long-standing legacy of supporting Mercy, including financial gifts to Hospice of Mercy, HallMar Village, the Family Caregivers Center, the Especially for You® Race Against Breast Cancer, cardiac services and more. It’s a tradition that began with Slater’s father and community philanthropist, David Neuhaus, who Slater succeeded in leadership at Fairfax State Savings Bank. Neuhaus was also a long-time board member at Mercy, including serving as chair of the Board of Trustees from 2000 to 2008. Slater then joined the Mercy Foundation Board of Directors in 2023, carrying on the family’s commitment to service at Mercy.
Giving Tuesday donations can be made at www.mercycare.org/giving/tuesday or by check with “Giving Tuesday” included on the memo line. Donations received by 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 3, will qualify for the Fairfax State Savings Bank match. Giving Tuesday gifts may also be designated to specific funds. Visit www.mercycare.org/giving/tuesday, email mmcf@mercycare.org or call (319) 398-6206 for more information.
