Lutheran Health Network Celebrates Doctors' Day with over a Dozen Donations to Local Charities in Honor of its Medical Staff
3/30/2026
As a continued tradition, Lutheran Health Network has a unique way to commemorate National Doctors’ Day and honor the providers who serve on our team. Instead of personal gifts, Lutheran Health Network teams presented checks to area non-profits as a meaningful way to recognize its medical staff. These charitable organizations help provide safe housing, neighborhoods, access to nutritious food, physical activity and so much more.
“We offer these gifts as a humble expression of our thanks to our medical teams,” says Nicole Rexroth, CEO of Lutheran Health Physicians. “The expertise and dedication our staff demonstrates daily is truly remarkable. It is a privilege to witness the life-changing, compassionate care they offer every patient who enters Lutheran Health Network.”
Area donations include:
Bluffton Regional Medical Center
Recipient: The Closet $1,000
Recipient: The Resilient House $1,000
Dukes Memorial Hospital
Recipient: Miami County 4H $500
Recipient: Dukes Auxiliary Scholarship Foundation $500
Dupont Hospital
Recipient: Hope’s Harbor $6,000
Lutheran Downtown Hospital
Recipient: Wellspring Social Services $2,000
Lutheran Hospital
Recipient: A Mother’s Hope - $2,000
Recipient: Super Shots - $2,000
Recipient: Forgotten Stones - $2,000
Lutheran Kosciusko Hospital
Recipient: Combined Community Services $3,000
Recipient: Joe’s Kids - $3,000
The Orthopedic Hospital
Recipient: Wellspring $3,500
Lutheran Health Physicians
Recipient: Gigi’s Playhouse $2,000
The first-ever Doctors’ Day was celebrated on March 30, 1933, in Winder, Georgia. Eudora Brown Almond, wife of Dr. Charles B. Almond, decided to set aside a day to honor physicians. March 30 was selected because that day in 1842 marked the introduction of general anesthesia in surgery. On March 30, 1958, a resolution commemorating Doctors' Day was adopted by the United States House of Representatives. In 1990, legislation was introduced in the House and Senate to establish a national Doctors’ Day. Following overwhelming approval by the United States Senate and the House of Representatives on October 30, 1990, a joint resolution was signed into law by President George Bush, designating March 30th as National Doctors’ Day.
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