Guest Author: Jennifer “JJ” Jones is a writer and communicator for CHG Healthcare. This article was originally published on CHG News Have you ever had to choose between buying groceries and going to the doctor? Thousands of families face that dilemma. Many of them are right in our own backyards….
New Video
This past year we put together a little video that helps to explain who we are and the work we hope to accomplish while we fulfill our mission of igniting and supporting the volunteer passions of CHG employees and medical providers in their communities and around the world. We also…
2022 Annual Report
Dear Friends of the Making a Difference Foundation, Our annual report theme this year is passion and is best summed up by this quote from Georg Hegel, “Nothing great in this world is ever accomplished without passion.” Hopefully, 2022 allowed each of you to create your new normal after two…
Sustainable Healthcare Grants: What are they?
What does it look like for a family in Utah when they don’t have insurance or access to medical care? In January, the Making a Difference Foundation staff, officers, and board members got to see firsthand not only what it looks like, but what it feels like when touring the…
My Trip To Argentina
Guest Blogger: Greg McLeod, MADF Board of Directors Have you ever seen what it’s like when people don’t have access to but need medical care? I was fortunate enough to have had the opportunity to serve on a medical mission trip in Mendoza Argentina this past September and while the…
Your Donations Make a Difference!
Guest Blogger: Ronnie Williams My name is Ronnie Williams and I have been the treasurer and financial officer of the Making a Difference Foundation (MADF) since its inception in December 2016. My most important responsibility as financial officer is to make sure your donations are used efficiently and effectively to…
2021 Annual Report
2021 marked the Making a Difference Foundation’s 5-year anniversary as an organization. It’s incredible to think about how much we have grown and changed since our humble beginnings in late 2016. In our annual report we hope you will celebrate with us in all that we’ve accomplished in developing into…
New Year, New Ways to Travel
Covid has changed so many plans over the past 2+ years. I think almost everyone has experienced some sort of event or trip being postponed, rearranged, or just canceled all together. It still seems like every month our plans for medical mission’s change. It’s hard to plan when the world…
Local Grant Video: The Mundi Project
Lexi Graham, from our CHG Healthcare Salt Lake City office, talks about her experience volunteering with the Mundi Project and applying for a Local Grant in this video!
A New Approach to Medical Missions
In 2021, with medical mission trips still on hold, and travel only resuming slightly, the Making a Difference Foundation looked at their medical mission trips to figure out a way to still help providers get to communities that needed help. Out of that, the foundation decided to use our grant…