Sharing Hearts Fund Awards Grants to Stark County Families

CANTON, Ohio, July 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Sharing Hearts Fund for Pediatric Wellness, a charitable arm of Liberty HealthShare^®, established in collaboration with the Canton Repository, has announced its first grants to five Stark County families.

The Sharing Hearts Fund provides support to Stark County families with medical needs related to pediatric wellness. These important wellness procedures include physical exams, dental exams and teeth cleaning, vision exams and eyeglasses, and hearing tests.

The grants, which totaled more than $17,000, will assist families needing financial support for physical, dental, and vision exams as well as dental care and cancer treatments.

"Liberty HealthShare is blessed to have the ability to support these children with important medical needs that they otherwise would have had to forego due to cost," said Dorsey Morrow, Liberty HealthShare chief executive officer. "This is our way to be a force for good in our hometown."

All dollars awarded are generated through donations and grants that are separate and distinct from the operational funding of the Liberty HealthShare ministry.

To help evaluate grant requests, Liberty HealthShare formed an Application Review Committee made up of Stark County leaders who work in fields related to the well-being of residents, including representatives from social service agencies and churches. In addition to Morrow and Amy Hagan, Liberty HealthShare vice president of medical services, committee members include Jenn Warner, executive director, Legacy Project of Stark County; Scott Schnyders, chief executive officer, Refuge of Hope; Amanda Anschutz, president, Compassion Delivered, and Rev. Walter Moss, retired senior pastor, Canton Foursquare Church.

A second round of grants will be awarded later this year with applications accepted beginning in September. Application forms will be available on the Sharing Hearts Fund website, Liberty HealthShare's offices at 4455 Hills & Dales Rd. NW, and at many area schools and social service agencies. A full list will be posted on the website.

Persons and organizations wishing to support the Sharing Hearts Fund can make tax deductible donations on Liberty HealthShare's website.

For more information about the Sharing Hearts Fund, contact Diana Willey at (330) 942-0268 or [email protected].

Established in 1995, Liberty HealthShare provides a cost-effective, faith-based alternative to health insurance. Members enjoy the freedom to choose their own providers while participating in a compassionate, Christian community. Transparency and stewardship are central, with programs tailored for families, seniors, and individuals.

Liberty HealthShare is a non-profit 501(c) (3) charitable Christian medical cost-sharing ministry focused on members helping each other in times of need. The faith-based program, which facilitates healthsharing for its members, is a caring community of health-conscious individuals and families who choose to support one another and agree to the Christian values of stewardship to make healthcare affordable for all. It is the only healthsharing ministry to have earned both a 4-Star rating from Charity Navigator and a 2025 GuideStar Gold Seal from Candid, the nation's leading non-profit evaluators, for its operational excellence, transparency, and accountability.

Liberty HealthShare is not an insurance company nor is it offered through an insurance company. Liberty HealthShare's Sharing Programs do not guarantee or promise that a member's medical bills will be paid or assigned to others for payment. Whether anyone chooses to pay a member's medical bills will be totally voluntary. As such, Liberty HealthShare's Sharing Programs should never be considered as a substitute for an insurance policy. Whether a member receives any payments for medical expenses and whether or not Liberty HealthShare continues to operate, the member is always liable for any unpaid bills.

SOURCE Liberty HealthShare