KEEP MERCY NEAR C E L E B R AT E P H I L A N T H R O P Y
In these uncommon times, Merion Mercy Academy set out to be a point of connection and a source of optimism. We have created a platform, “Keep Mercy Near,” where community members were able to share information to promote their businesses, submit a story about a health care provider, and/or spread the word about ways to help others.
SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY
MERION MERCY STORIES THAT INSPIRE
COMPASSION AND SERVICE
Marian Hickey McNaughton ’72
Dr. Katie Stroup ’98 and
At the start of the stay-at-home order,
suspended her business to make
Dr. Courtney Dominic ’05 reported
Barbara Colantuono Harrison ’82,
face masks to donate to a local
from St. Christopher’s Hospital in
Alumnae Relations Coordinator,
hospital in Lewes, DE.
North Philadelphia, “We are
helped to prepare and deliver
Ammascottage.com halted all
fortunate to work with each other
lunches for Saint John’s Hospice. In
embroidery and bag making
and with wonderful colleagues to
just a few weeks, the team had
efforts and moved into making
support the North Philadelphia
provided lunch for more than 500
face masks. Her sister Bebe
community. Our hospital also has a
people. They continued this outreach
Hickey ’68 and Bebe’s partner cut
Medical-Legal Partnership with the
initiative into the summer months.
the patterns, and son Charlie
Legal Clinic for the Disabled, and the
McNaughton donated the head
Attorney Director is Merion alumna
straps he made on his 3D printer.
Theresa Brabson ’05.”
Learn more about this initiative, read more of these compelling MMA stories, and/or submit your own updates by visiting
www.merion-mercy.com/keepmercynear. 6
