Thank you for supporting our Emory Healthcare Heroes during this extended period of uncertainty, unprecedented stress, and sacrifice. As the fight against COVID-19 continues, Emory is developing new ways to recognize our health care employees such as encouraging the community to virtually send our health care heroes a word of thanks and a nod of encouragement.

Click here to “Thank an Emory Health Hero.” 

A sample note to lift their spirits is below.

Thank you for your kindness and generosity. You are helping make a difference for all Emory Healthcare employees!

Thanks to you—Emory’s #GivingTuesdayNow campaign was a great success. The homepage will continue to tell the story! Check momentum.emory.edu to see the total number of donors, which shows the ever-increasing strength and generosity of our community.

Thanks to you—Emory will continue to help members of our community and advance life-saving research. By standing together with thousands of other donors, you are helping fight this pandemic.  

Thanks to you—Emory continues to deliver more than 9,000 meals a week to keep frontline health care heroes energized and fed. We’ve delivered more than 40,000 meals in Atlanta to date.

Thanks to you—Emory is making progress in the fight to end COVID-19. This recent news about Emory’s remdesivir trial—has been hailed by Anthony Fauci, MD, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) as a gamechanger in the quest for new treatment.

Your gift is helping fund the way forward.

Emory thanks you.

You are part of Emory’s efforts in leading the fight against COVID-19. #GivingTuesdayNow is a new global day of giving and unity that will take place on May 5 as an emergency response to the unprecedented need caused by the novel coronavirus.

You have already contributed to the Healthcare Employee Hardship Fund (THANK YOU!) so now we ask you to take the next step of amplifying your impact. Energize your family, friends, and colleagues via email, text, or social media—or give them a call—inviting them to join you in taking an active step to fight the pandemic.

Two ways you can help:

1. Use the GivingTuesdayNow social toolkit for messaging suggestions and images.

2. Sign up as a volunteer fundraising ambassador. You will have a personalized link to track who makes a gift as a result of your efforts. Your ambassador dashboard also gives you access to additional peer-to-peer messaging ideas and images.

Use the links below to sign up as a fundraising ambassador for the causes you care about:

Healthcare Employee Hardship Fund- providing financial assistance for Emory Healthcare employees

Feed the Frontline- providing meals to our frontline health care workers in Atlanta

Emory COVID-19 Impact Fund- supporting Emory’s health care research and patient needs

DRIVE to end COVID-19- supporting Drug Innovation Ventures at Emory’s research for a coronavirus cure

Public Health Preparedness and Research Fund- supporting research for pandemic preparedness

Emory Together Fund- supporting emergency relief for Emory University students, faculty, and staff

By promoting #GivingTuesdayNow and #EmoryTogether, you are helping to fight the pandemic. Thank you!

Thank you for helping Emory Healthcare employees with your gift.

The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly disrupted daily life—but few people have been affected more than health care workers.

Fortunately, you were there to help with your gift to the Emory Healthcare Employee Hardship Fund.

The employees who have benefitted from this fund are sharing how much it means to them. Below are just a few examples:

 “When I got approved to cover childcare expenses, it was as if a weight had been lifted off my shoulders. I am so grateful. I appreciate that I was given help to provide care for my daughter so that I can care for patients during these unprecedented times.”

—Medical assistant, Emory Clinic

"I owe so many people a debt of gratitude. I thank everyone who made a gift of support to the EHC Employee Hardship Program for your kindness and generosity."

—Nurse clinician, Emory University Hospital Midtown

The Emory Healthcare Employee Hardship Fund was there to help during their time of need.

As the situation continues to develop, the needs of our employees continue to change. Your generosity has made all the difference in the world to our frontline heroes, and we look forward to telling you more about the Emory Healthcare employees you are helping in our next status report.

To increase your impact, please share why you donated to the Emory Healthcare Employee Hardship Fund with the tag #EmoryTogether via Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

Thanks to your generosity, we have raised over $2,500 for the Emory Healthcare Employee Hardship Fund in the past two days. Just as Emory Healthcare employees are rapidly responding to the emergent needs caused by the outbreak of COVID-19, you have stepped up to rapidly respond to their needs. 

For Emory Healthcare employees who are now unable to provide care for their children because of their increased hours at work, your gift could cover the unforeseen cost of childcare. Your generosity could also provide financial assistance for the hourly employees no longer working regular hours because regularly scheduled procedures have been postponed.   

In this rapidly changing environment, additional news and needs arise every day. Emory has provided a wide array of information and resources on COVID-19, including an online risk assessment, news on clinical trials, and expert guidance for the community. Emory continues to be on the front line of fighting this disease.

To amplify your impact, we encourage you to share with your network why you donated to the Emory Healthcare Employee Hardship Fund via Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

As members of the Emory community, we’re all in this together. Before we can even begin to measure the toll COVID-19 will take on our lives, you have already stepped in to help, and we are inspired by your kindness.

Your generosity and care are what truly define and unite the Emory community.