Mercyhealth Volunteer Association presents donations for Mercyhealth cancer patients

News Release
Contact: Therese Michels
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Specialist
(815) 971-5421

November 9, 2026

ROCKFORD and CRYSTAL LAKE, Illinois—The Mercyhealth Volunteer Association presented donations to support Mercyhealth cancer patients in northern Illinois.

The following items were donated to the Mercyhealth Cancer Institute at Javon Bea Hospital–Riverside in Rockford:
 95 assorted beanie caps, turbans and headscarves for men and women
 80 digital thermometers

The following items were donated to the Mercyhealth Cancer Center–Crystal Lake, located inside the Mercyhealth Hospital and Physician Clinic–Crystal Lake:
 57 assorted beanie caps, turbans and headscarves for men and women
 20 digital thermometers
The value of the donations is $3,000. The volunteer association also provides the Wigs for Patients program, providing eligible patients with a $200 stipend toward the purchase of a wig from one of Mercyhealth’s approved salons.