COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. 8, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Huntington Bank
(NASDAQ: HBAN) announced a 10-year, $2
million grant to Nationwide Children's Hospital in support
of innovative programs to improve overall health and wellness in
the community. The gift, which is one of the largest ever to a
single nonprofit in Huntington's
151-year history, will aid in the delivery of high-quality,
community-based healthcare, with an emphasis on advancing the
hospital's ability to diagnose and treat behavioral health
conditions.
"With the leadership and support of organizations like
Huntington, we continue to make
profound advancements in the delivery of healthcare across central
Ohio," says Steve Allen, MD, CEO of Nationwide Children's
Hospital. "Huntington understands
the inherent link between community health and wellness and
individual and regional prosperity. Their leadership in presenting
this generous gift is a tremendous example of their continued work
as a caring partner and citizen."
"The strongest communities flourish as a result of a strong
commitment to high-quality healthcare," says Steve Steinour, Chairman, President and CEO of
Huntington Bank. "Nationwide Children's Hospital's community-based
programs bring leading-edge outreach to those most vulnerable when
and where they need it. We're proud to support their commitment to
helping children, their families and our communities thrive."
Huntington's grant supports the
Partners for Kids program which, for 23 years, has consistently
increased the quality of healthcare provided to more than 330,000
at-risk and underserved children and adolescents across 34
Ohio counties. This includes the
opportunity to connect children with the behavioral health
resources they need, as one in every five children lives with a
behavioral health diagnosis, while only 50 percent who need it
actively receive care.
Among these resources will soon be the Big Lots Behavioral
Health Pavilion, the largest behavioral health treatment and
research center of its kind dedicated to children and adolescents
on a pediatric medical campus in the U.S. Slated to open in 2020,
the 386,000-square foot treatment and research pavilion will house
behavioral health researchers and foster collaboration between
community partners caring for children and teens with mental
illness and behavioral health challenges.
Huntington Bank's commitment to making people's lives better and
communities stronger is inclusive of strategic business and
philanthropic investment in economic development, financial
education and social services activities and programs that foster
economic self-sufficiency. Learn more at
https://www.huntington.com/Community/corporate-giving
About Nationwide Children's Hospital
Named to the Top
10 Honor Roll on U.S. News & World Report's 2017-18 list of
"America's Best Children's Hospitals," Nationwide Children's
Hospital is America's largest not-for-profit freestanding pediatric
healthcare system providing wellness, preventive, diagnostic,
treatment and rehabilitative care for infants, children and
adolescents, as well as adult patients with congenital disease.
Nationwide Children's has a staff of nearly 13,000 providing
state-of-the-art pediatric care during more than 1.4 million
patient visits annually. As home to the Department of Pediatrics of
The Ohio State University College of
Medicine, Nationwide Children's physicians train the next
generation of pediatricians and pediatric specialists. The Research
Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital is one of the Top 10
National Institutes of Health-funded freestanding pediatric
research facilities. More information is available at
NationwideChildrens.org.
About Huntington Bank
Huntington Bancshares
Incorporated is a regional bank holding company headquartered in
Columbus, Ohio, with $102 billion of assets and a network of 958
branches and 1,860 ATMs across eight Midwestern states. Founded in
1866, The Huntington National Bank and its affiliates provide
consumer, small business, commercial, treasury management, wealth
management, brokerage, trust, and insurance services. Huntington also provides auto dealer,
equipment finance, national settlement and capital market services
that extend beyond its core states. Visit huntington.com for more
information.
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