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The beginnings of the McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital Foundation start in 1937 when Elizabeth McCullough Heath created a charitable trust with the purpose of erecting, maintaining and operating a hospital devoted to the alleviation of human suffering without distinction or race, color or creed. In 1940, Daisy McCullough created an identical charitable trust, thus creating the McCullough Memorial Trust.

In 1950, the Hyde Family of Indiana expanded the charitable trust with estate gifts from Benjamin and Katheryn Hyde and Edward Hyde. The renamed McCullough-Hyde Memorial Trust retained its purpose to build a hospital in Oxford that would support both Ohio and Indiana communities.

The influence of the McCullough sisters and the Hyde family linked the region of Butler County and Preble County in Ohio and Franklin County and Union County in Indiana, with Oxford as its core. The McCullough-Hyde Memorial Trust, led by a group of trustees appointed by the Mayor of Oxford, opened the McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital in 1957 on the site of the original McCullough family home in uptown Oxford.

Throughout the subsequent six decades, the McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital Trust owned, operated and supported the McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital. The hospital met the need for quality healthcare in the region, while remaining in the forefront of advanced technology and provided an atmosphere of friendly, personal and individualized patient care.

In 2015, McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital affiliated with TriHealth, a unified health system based in Cincinnati. This affiliation resulted in the shared ownership of the hospital by TriHealth and the McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital Trust. After a successful affiliation, the McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital Trust transferred its remaining membership in the hospital to TriHealth in 2019.

Today, the McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital Foundation is an independent 501(c)3 charitable organization aimed to support the McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital/TriHealth and the greater Oxford community.

The Foundation provides a variety of grants to the hospital on an annual basis. The Foundation focuses on providing financial support for departments and specialties, education, employees, healthcare programs, patients and general infrastructure. Throughout the past year, more than $750,000 has been granted to fund projects ranging from the Obstetrics floor renovation to free diabetic supplies for patients.

Team member appreciation historically has been a foundational element for the Foundation. However, the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated these appreciation efforts. Over the last two years, hospital team members (clinical and non-clinical) managed each surge with predictable professionalism and success. The work these professions do every day to ensure our community and our region continues to be prepared to meet the ever-changing needs is commendable. Through celebrations, gifts, receptions and other appreciation efforts, the Foundation ensures our neighbors and friends who work as nurses, physicians, technicians and those who work behind to scenes to provide a quality healthcare experiences knows the community appreciates their ongoing efforts.

In addition to showing appreciations, the Foundation provides emergency grants to team members for personal or family emergencies and provides scholarships and educational grants for team members to participate in continuing education, advances degrees or specialized training.

The Foundation continues its history role in representing the interests of the communities served by McCullough-Hyde and serves as a conduit between community members and the hospital as it relates to engagement and philanthropy. Through presentations, sponsorships and the Community Roundtable program, the Foundation ensures community members stay connected to McCullough-Hyde.

McCullough-Hyde has been supported by generations of loyal community members. The majority of the Foundation’s annual funding is made up of donations from community members, grateful patients, physicians, team members, McCullough-Hyde Auxiliary, hospital volunteers and local businesses. The philanthropic legacy started by the McCullough sisters and the Hyde family continues today through the ongoing generosity of the community.

Throughout the past 70 years, the Foundation has been known as the McCullough Memorial Trust, McCullough-Hyde Memorial Trust, McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital Trust, McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital Endowment Fund and McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital Foundation. Regardless of the name, the overarching purpose has remained focused on the alleviation of human suffering without distinction or race, color or creed.

If you are interested in learning more about the McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital Foundation or to make a donation to support McCullough-Hyde, visit www.TriHealth.com/MHMHFoundation. To learn more about McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital and its wide-range of services, visit www.TriHealth.com/MHMH.

Board of Trustees:

The Board of Trustees for the McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital Foundation constitutes an outstanding volunteer team of community leaders with a diverse range of experiences, perspectives and professional skills. The Board of Trustees meets monthly and has the responsibility to champion philanthropic giving, develop policies, establish strategic direction and monitor the financial health of the Foundation. The Board of Trustees members include Tim McGowan (Chair), Mary Butterfield (Vice Chair), Karen Baker (Secretary/Treasurer), Lisa Ciampa, Deloris Rome Hudson, Amy Longcamp, Sibyl Miller, Pat Sidley, Steve Snyder and Travis Robinson.

Professional Staff:

The McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital Foundation has a three-person professional staff headquartered at the hospital and is responsible for the day-to-day fundraising, granting and business operations. The professional staff includes Tyler Wash (Executive Director), Mary Bennett (Chief Development Officer) and Janet Shirley (Development Officer).