Windham Hospital received a donation of $250,000 from the Foster Foundation during a charitable gifting ceremony that was part of the Michael Finnigan Memorial Shaboo Concert Satuday at the Shaboo Stage in Willimantic. Several other donations were announced during the event which benefited the Covenant Soup Kitchen in Willimantic.
Hartford HealthCare East Region President Donna Handley, second from right, and Windham Foundation Director Shawn Maynard, right, received the gift on behalf of the hospital. Donna expressed her thanks to David and Marilyn Foster for the generous gift from the Foster Family Foundation saying that it will support the Windham Hospital expansion and renovation of the Cardiopulmonary Rehab program.
“We are extremely grateful for the Foster Family Family Foundation and their generous support of Windham Hospital,” Handley said. “This gift will help present and future generations get the care they need right here in their community.”