LHS Foundation's Annual Giving Fellowship
The Helen Panning Fellowship was founded to recognize the dedication of a very special group of individual, congregational, corporate, and foundation donors who have made charitable gifts to the unrestricted LHS Annual Fund or to other areas of on-going support of Lutheran Homes Society. They all share a desire and commitment to see LHS strengthen its mission and ministries throughout northwestern Ohio and southeastern Michigan.
Named in honor of Sister Helen Panning, the Lutheran deaconess who served the Home for the Aged in Toledo from 1916 through 1955–her entire thirty-nine year career–this Fellowship is meant to thank those members of the LHS community who make annual charitable gifts in support of daily operations and special ministries of Lutheran Homes Society. By becoming a member of the Helen Panning Fellowship, you set an important example that will encourage giving by other prospective individual donors, as well as companies and foundations.
You are invited to join the growing number of donors who actively support the vital mission and caring ministries of Lutheran Homes Society. Gifts to the unrestricted LHS Annual Fund are especially needed and warmly welcomed as they help underwrite daily operations and fund essential programs and services. These include: nursing care equipment, independent living assistance, staff salaries, building maintenance; special Family and Youth programs (such as the Asperger's program at the Maumee Youth Center for Asperger's Disorder, the five group home settings for children aged 6 to 18+, and the specialized care and treatment of severely emotionally disturbed (SED) children and youth); and vital community services to seniors through the Lutheran Interfaith Network of Caring Services (LINCS). If you choose to give to another area of LHS, we encourage you to consider giving at least a portion of your gift to the unrestricted LHS Annual Fund.
Annual Fund gifts may also be designated in support of the general endowment or a specific program or ministry. Several special funds exist that allow you to help underwrite critical areas of need throughout LHS. These include the Vision Investment Fund, the Capital Improvement Fund, the Ministry Development Fund, the Mission Integration Fund, the Debt Retirement Fund, the Resident Assistance Fund, and the Operational Reserve Fund.
Members of the Helen Panning Fellowship receive the LHS Friend newsletter, are invited to attend the annual Celebration of God's Gifts Luncheon, and are listed in the annual Donor Celebration List.
Circles of Commitment include:
- Circle of Faithfulness Those who give annually for five or more consecutive years, regardless of amount.
- Pastor Labuhn Circle $1,000 and more
- Anna Lutz Circle $500 to $999
- Care Givers' Circle $250 to $499
- Teachers' Circle $50 to $249
- Good Samaritans' Circle $5 to $49
Membership is extended on an annual basis for gifts received between January 1 and December 31, including matching gifts. Pledges are payable through December 31. Your charitable gifts can be in the form of checks, credit cards, securities, or other assets and should be made payable to: LHS Foundation.
Please call Karen Pease, Director of Annual and Memorial Giving, at LHS Foundation, today at 419-861-5514 or dweiss@LHSOH.org for more information about how you can join the Helen Panning Fellowship or enhance your current membership.
Thank you for remembering Lutheran Homes Society.