The Marilyn Lichtman Foundation Supports Geneva General X-Ray Project with $15,000 Grant

(Geneva, NY) The Finger Lakes Health Foundation received $15,000 from The Marilyn Lichtman Foundation to support the purchase and installation of a new X-ray machine at Geneva General Hospital. 

“Our goal is to provide the best possible care to our patients, and offering the most current, state-of-the-art equipment possible helps us do that,” says Jeff Murad, MBA, CRA, CNMT, Director of Diagnostics, UR Medicine Finger Lakes Health. “Our thanks to the Board of The Marilyn Lichtman Foundation for their generosity and partnership in promoting the health and well-being of our community, our mission here at Finger Lakes Health.” 

“The Board of The Marilyn Lichtman Foundation is happy to present grant funding to Finger Lakes Health Foundation to help with the purchase and installation of a new digital x-ray machine at Geneva General Hospital,” says Richard Yarmel, Board Secretary. “We understand the importance of this equipment in diagnosing and treating a range of diseases and injuries, and are gratified to support an initiative that increases access for residents of Ontario and the surrounding counties to the highest level of care.”

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The Marilyn Lichtman Foundation awarded the Finger Lakes Health Foundation a $15,000 grant to support the purchase and installation of a new X-ray machine at Geneva General Hospital.  Pictured (L-R) Kim Ilacqua, MS, Executive Director of Finger Lakes Health Foundation; Rich Yarmel, Secretary, The Marilyn Lichtman Foundation; Jose Acevedo, MD, President & CEO of UR Medicine Finger Lakes Health; Jeff Murad, MBA, CRA, CNMT, Director of Diagnostics, UR Medicine Finger Lakes Health.

The Marilyn Lichtman Foundation is the legacy of Marilyn Lichtman, a successful business owner in the health and human services field. According to the Foundation’s website, “She believed that human comfort rests in the body and the soul, and both should be nourished.” The Foundation currently supports a broad range of community services providers including veterans’ services, emergency housing and homeless shelters, food banks, first responders’ organizations, as well as other medical and human services providers. The Foundation also provides support for conservation and forestry. 

The Finger Lakes Health Foundation cultivates, secures and stewards philanthropic gifts to support the capital, programmatic and endowment needs of UR Medicine Finger Lakes Health. Gifts to the Foundation support programs and special projects of Finger Lakes Health and its affiliated entities across a four-county region in central and western New York: Geneva General Hospital, Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hospital in Penn Yan, Living Centers at Geneva North and South, Huntington Living Center in Waterloo, The Homestead in Penn Yan and a variety of physician practices.