Randall Speck Pediatric Endowment Fund (MHG)

02/01/2023

We received the 2022 Foundation Report from Memorial Hospital on the number of families that were helped and the items that were purchased for Memorial. Click on the picture and you can see what was purchased for the NICU using the Randall Speck Pediatric Endowment Fund. Dick, Allison & Jason Walker and I are so pleased we could furnish this much needed equipment for the babies as well as meds and travel cards that were purchased when babies had to be sent out of town for treatment. We are blessed we can help needy families while keeping our son/brother’s memory alive.

11/25/2020

The Randall Speck Pediatric Special Needs Fund is used to assist Memorial pediatric patients with medicine and equipment.

11/25/2020

Thank you to the Memorial Hospital Foundation for remembering my Randall on 11/23, the anniversary of his death. That means so much to our family.

The Randall Speck Pediatric Special Needs Fund is used to assist Memorial pediatric patients with medicine and equipment.

11/23/2020

Carol Trehern Speck

The Randall Speck Pediatric Special Needs Fund is used to assist Memorial pediatric patients with medicine and equipment.

03/19/2020

I received several copies of this brochure in the mail today. This is the new brochure used by the Memorial Hospital of Gulfport Foundation to spread the word about the wonderful funds that provide much needed care to the people on the coast. My Randall’s fund is featured on the back of the brochure. I’ll post the numbers of all of the kids & families his fund helped in 2019 soon. We’re so proud to be a part of the MHG Foundation and see how much they help our community and help to keep Randall’s memory alive.

05/01/2019

We are so blessed the Randall Speck Pediatric Endowment Fund was able to help the babies in the NICU with the purchase of this piece of equipment.

The Speck and Walker families donated a Sentec Digital Transcutaneous CO2 monitor (TcPCO2) to the NICU on April 22, in memory of their son and brother, Randall Speck.
At age 16, Randall was diagnosed with Stage IV Rhabdomyosarcoma. It was rare in children and because of the advanced stage of the cancer, the survival rate was virtually non-existent.
The TcPCO2 allows a clinician to noninvasively monitor carbon dioxide levels. This technology uses a digital sensor that attaches to the skin. The sensor displays the patient’s real time carbon dioxide level within the blood on the screen of the Sentec monitor. The use of this equipment is of extreme benefit when caring for a micro-preemie that is already in a compromised state. This equipment will be a useful tool and a great addition for the care of neonates in the NICU.
The Randall Speck Pediatric Special Needs Fund was established by Randall’s parents, Richard and Carol Speck and his sister, Allison Walker and her husband, Jason.
The NICU, clinicians, and patients, thank the Speck Family for their generous donation.

(L-R) Allison Speck Walker, Atley Randall Walker, Azlyn Elisabeth Walker, Carol and Richard Speck

12/28/2018

Our family is so excited with the news that 53 children have received assistance from Randall's fund at MHG's Foundation since last November. This included prescription medications, transportation and other special needs. We love getting this type of meaningful report at Christmas time.

Even families of children with active Medicaid coverage occasionally need assistance if a child is on a regular recurring prescription and then needs an additional medication. Randall's fund also provided assistance to families who have recently relocated to MS for work, but their insurance had not been activated yet.

One of the cases that was so special for us was the assistance provided to a child who required transport to an out-of-state hospital for more intensive treatment. The Mother was wheelchair-bound and did not have the means to travel with her daughter. Randall's fund provided accessible transportation and allowed this family to spend the Easter weekend together.

We are also in the process of purchasing a CO2 monitor for the NICU. We'll keep you posted as this purchase comes to fruition.

We're so proud of the work the Foundation does and truly blessed Randall's fund can assist the children on the Coast. Please consider a tax deductible donation to further the work his fund does by going to MemorialHospitalFoundation.com and choose Funds. The Randall Speck Pediatric Endowment Fund is listed there.

12/27/2018

The Randall Speck Pediatric Endowment Fund is with The Memorial Hospital Foundation. If you are looking to make an end of the year gift, please consider this fund. It helps so many children on the Mississippi Gulf Coast! Thank you for your time!!

http://www.memorialhospitalfoundation.com/funds/

07/23/2018

I received an email this morning from Dana Lamey at the MHG Foundation. Randall's fund helped a preemie get the nutritional needs she needed. I'm sharing part of her email.

"I wanted to let you know about a (very) tiny patient that we were able to help today through Randall’s fund. We have a premature infant discharging from NICU today. Due to complications as a result of her early birth, she is only tolerating one very specific type of formula, which is not carried by WIC or sold at the local retailers. I was able to order 2 cases of the formula directly from Enfamil, to be shipped to the parents’ home (the hospital had some samples to send home with them until the shipment arrives)".

Dana went on to say my Randall's fund helps families in our community who find themselves with unique needs and that Randall’s memory lives on every day at Memorial! That made my day!!

07/18/2018

We are so excited to announce the Coast Ladies Investment Club made a generous donation to Randall’s fund!! Their donation will help us provide much needed medical & financial assistance for children and their families along the coast. THANK YOU Catherine Mount, Nita Thomas Press and all of the other CLIC ladies for your donation!!!

07/06/2018

Since January, the MHG Foundation using Randall’s fund has assisted 21 children and their families with medications and transportation.
* His fund provides gas cards to be used to take their kids to another hospital that specializes when a child requires specific treatment protocols not offered at Memorial such as kids being treated for cancer.
* Several children required medications that Medicaid would not cover at all.
* At least 3 of the children had used up their Medicaid “slots” for the month, meaning that Medicaid had already paid to fill the maximum number of prescriptions. (This happens often for children with chronic conditions requiring long-term medications, such as epilepsy, asthma, ADD/ADHD, etc.)
* Most of the other children were not covered by Medicaid, usually because of a relocation from another state or recent placement with another family member. The MHG social workers take action to make sure that Medicaid has been applied for and is pending, so that coverage can begin as soon as possible.
We are so blessed to be able to assist these families and keep our Randall’s memory alive. We hope to make a new purchase for Memorial Hospital soon. We’ll let you know when that happens!