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Greater Lee's Summit Healthcare Foundation

The mission of the Greater Lee’s Summit Healthcare Foundation is to Enhance the Health and Well-Being of the Community.

The Foundation will manage the funds entrusted to it to ensure perpetuity of the funds and achieve our mission.

02/23/2026

💡 Grant Spotlight - ReDiscover 💡

ReDiscover has been a wonderful community mental health resource for decades in Lee’s Summit and around Jackson County. This year, the GLSHF awarded ReDiscover $10,000 to expand and enhance wellness services, upgrading fitness and nutrition equipment, improving the community garden, providing smoking cessation resources and other health-related initiatives.

02/20/2026

💡 2026 Grant Spotlight 💡 The teens in our community get tremendous support from ! We were thrilled to grant them $5,000 recently for a sensory wall at their new building, opening this fall in Lee’s Summit! 🩵💙 Thank YOU, Pro Deo for all the ways you take care of and support our teens!

02/19/2026

Applications for our 2026 scholarships close Monday, March 2! 🧑‍🎓 Visit the link to apply!

02/17/2026

2026 Grant Spotlight! 💡 Coldwater of Lee's Summit received a grant for $7,200 recently to enhance their fresh produce program. Coldwater “rescues” produce items from several retailers around Lee’s Summit so their clients can enjoy fresh veggies & fruits! 🍎 We’re proud to partner with Coldwater and several area nonprofits to award more than $60,000 in grants this year!

02/12/2026

💡 Grant highlight!! 💡 University Health KC received $8,715 from the GLSHF to provide a new scale for their tiniest patients - newborns! (Did you know? UHLMC delivered 1,651 babies last year!)

The GLSHF awarded more than $61,000 to eight nonprofits recently - and we’ve given out $2.5M in grants and scholarships since 2003!

02/04/2026

Help us welcome our newest member of the GLSHF Board of Directors, Brian Franciskato!

Brian, a partner at Nash and Franciskato Law Firm, is a litigator representing plaintiffs throughout the country in wrongful death and serious personal injury cases.

Brian earned his undergraduate degree from William Jewell College and his law degree from the Mizzou School of Law.

Brian is active in a number of professional organizations, including the American Association for Justice, the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys, the Kansas Bar Association, the Missouri Bar Association, the Minnesota Bar Association and the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association. He is also a member of Missouri Trial Lawyers Care, an organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for Missouri residents.

Brian and his wife Stacey are lifelong residents of Lee’s Summit, where they raised their four children: Emily, Caroline, Claire and Scott. They are active in the community and are members of The Summit Church

02/03/2026

Eight local nonprofits joined us today for our 2026 Grant Award Ceremony! Watch our page this week for more details!

Pro Deo Youth Center Meals on Wheels of Lee's Summit, MO ReDiscover Lee's Summit Social Services Coldwater of Lee's Summit John Knox Village - Lee's Summit University Health KC Hope House

01/30/2026

Thanks Link 2 Lee's Summit for your coverage of our upcoming Grant Award Ceremony!

Monday, Feb. 2 at 4 p.m., we will announce our 2026 grants to 8 Lee’s Summit nonprofit organizations!

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01/29/2026

Attention Lee’s Summit students seeking degrees in healthcare - scholarship applications are now OPEN!

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01/21/2026

Attention Lee’s Summit students seeking careers in healthcare - our scholarship applications are now OPEN! 💵 Here’s more from our board chair, Dr. Laurel Hogue! University of Central Missouri

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Lees Summit, MO
64081

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http://www.HealthyLeesSummit.org/

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