November 28, 2022

For more than eight decades, the Ruth Lyons Children’s Fund has been taking care of children around the tri-state. On November 17, which is also World Prematurity Day, WLWT covered the Good Samaritan Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), talking about the tiniest of lives that have been touched by the gift of the fund. Every child born in the NICU gets a hand-made quilt made by GSH volunteers and a Ruth Lyons embroidered sleep sack, and mothers receive books and a journal to document the early days of their newborn. The Fund also supports gifts and comfort items for celebrating holidays year round, including Christmas, Easter, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, and more.

A check was presented to the NICU totaling $40,000. The NICU has received annual support from the Ruth Lyons Children’s Fund for more than 30 years.

View the full story on WLWT here.

Ruth Lyons Children’s Fund is a Lifetime Giving partner of Good Samaritan Foundation, contributing more than $410,000 to Good Samaritan Hospital’s NICU.

Pictured left to right: Branden Frantz, President & General Manager, WLWT; Ashley Kirklen, Anchor, WLWT; Jeremiah Kirkland, MSHA, FACHE, Executive for Women’s Services, TriHealth; Carolyn Slone, MSOL, BSN, RNC-EFM, NE-BC, Senior Nurse Director, Perinatal Services & NICU, GSH; Barbara Shappie, NICU Family Resource Specialist, GSH; Christa Black, MSN, RNC-NIC, Neonatal ICU Nurse Manager; Kelvin Hanger, President and COO, Good Samaritan Hospital; Lindsey Jarvis, Specialty Foundation Officer, Good Samaritan Foundation