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Trinity Health Pledges $100,000 to Tsunami Relief;
Offers up to $100,000 Employee Donation Match

Novi, Michigan – Trinity Health is contributing $100,000 to relief efforts connected to the Dec. 26 earthquake and tsunami that ravaged parts of Indonesia, India, Thailand and Sri Lanka.

In addition, Trinity Health will match – up to an additional $100,000 – any employee contributions that have been or will be made through Trinity Health International (THI), a subsidiary of Trinity Health.

THI will administer the funds with special attention to the needs of children, particularly those served by the Mercy Home and Grace Care Center orphanage in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka.

"The rending of families, homes and towns evoked an outpouring of compassion and aid for those who suffer in the aftermath,” said Gretchen Elliott, RSM, Senior Vice President, Mission Integration, Trinity Health. “We know that many across our health system contributed early to that outpouring of support in one way or another. Now that we have a clearer understanding of the needs, Trinity Health is directing its focus to an orphanage in Sri Lanka – and a commitment to match employee donations.”

Trinity Health has supported the orphanage and medical center since 2001 with equipment, medicine and other supplies. In the days immediately following disaster, scores of primary caregivers and skilled trades people from Saint Joseph Mercy Health System, Ann Arbor, Mich., organized trips to Sri Lanka to provide much needed medical care and to help rebuild the orphanage.