Baptist Healing Trust
BrightStone received a $48,600 grant from The Baptist Healing Trust, which recently awarded funds totaling over $1.8 million to 57 local nonprofits for a variety of health related projects, according to President & CEO Cathy Self. The Baptist Healing Trust’s mission is to be a caring ministry devoted to healing with love in the Christian tradition.
BrightStone’s grant will be used for its Health and Wellness Program, which gives BrightStone’s adult students with developmental disabilities opportunities to engage in physical therapy, exercise programs, and recreational therapy, as well as ensuring superior day to day health care and instruction in healthful living by an on-site nurse.
Recipients of contributions from The Baptist Healing Trust include nonprofit organizations from all over Middle Tennessee working to help create access to quality, compassionate health services for the community’s most vulnerable. This year’s grants bring the collective grant-making of the Baptist Healing Trust to over $55 million since 2002. The Baptist Healing Trust was created when Baptist Hospital in Nashville was sold to St. Thomas Health Services, a ministry of Ascension Health in St. Louis, Missouri.
BrightStone is a resource in the community providing job training and employment opportunities for adults who are developmentally disabled. If you are interested in learning more or scheduling a tour, please contact Elizebeth Tucker, Associate Director of Development, by phone at 790-4888 or by email at elizebeth.tucker@brightstone.org. To learn more about BrightStone, visit www.brightstone.org.
