Polk Medical Center Receives $50,000 From Colony Bank

CEDARTOWN — Colony Bank has donated $50,000 to Atrium Health Floyd Polk Medical Center through the Georgia HEART Hospital Program.

Polk Medical Center is one of 55 hospitals in Georgia that qualify to receive funds through the program, which allows individual donors to receive a Georgia income tax credit. Hospitals must use the contributions for health care-related purposes, including capital expenditures.

Qualifying hospitals must provide services in rural counties and treat indigent patients.

“We are thankful for Colony Bank’s support,” said Tifani Kinard, administrator of Polk Medical Center and vice president of Rural Health for Atrium Health Floyd. “The funds will play a big role in our effort to enhance the health care of own community.”

Previous donations to the hospital have bee used for:

• 3D Mammography – Now women in Polk County have access to the same diagnostic care as those at The Breast Center at Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center.
• Walking Trail – The trail is open to those who would like to spend part of their day outside getting some exercise and enjoying the Polk Medical Center campus
• Rockmart Farmers Market – As the primary sponsor for the Rockmart Farmers Market, Polk Medical Center helps provide access to locally grown fresh fruit, produce and meats for citizens in Polk County. SNAP recipients receive a two-for-one discount on food they purchase at the market.

“We take pride the fact that the money will be used to benefit our patients and staff,” said Matt G​orman, Vice President of Corporate and Network Services​ for Atrium Health Floyd.

Colony Bank is headquartered in Fitzgerald and has branches in Cedartown and Rockmart. Nine other rural hospitals have received money from the bank through the Georgia HEART Hospital Program.

“It is gratifying for us to donate these funds,” said Robin Wilkinson, regional retail coordinator for Colony Bank. “It’s rewarding to know we are helping hospitals support their communities.”

About Atrium Health

Atrium Health is a nationally recognized leader in shaping health outcomes through innovative research, education and compassionate patient care. Based in Charlotte, North Carolina, Atrium Health is an integrated, nonprofit health system with more than 70,000 teammates serving patients at 40 hospitals and more than 1,400 care locations. Atrium Health is part of Advocate Health, the fifth-largest nonprofit health system in the United States, which was created from the combination with Advocate Aurora Health. It provides care under the Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist name in the Winston-Salem, North Carolina, region, as well as Atrium Health Navicent and Atrium Health Floyd in Georgia and Alabama.

Atrium Health is renowned for its top-ranked pediatric, cancer and heart care, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. A recognized leader in experiential medical education and groundbreaking research, Wake Forest University School of Medicine is the academic core of the enterprise, including Wake Forest Innovations, which is advancing new medical technologies and biomedical discoveries. Atrium Health is also a leading-edge innovator in virtual care and mobile medicine, providing care close to home and in the home.

Ranked nationally among U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals in eight pediatric specialties and for rehabilitation, Atrium Health has also received the American Hospital Association’s Quest for Quality Prize and its 2021 Carolyn Boone Lewis Equity of Care Award, as well as the 2020 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Health Equity Award for its efforts to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in care. 

With a commitment to every community it serves, Atrium Health seeks to improve health, elevate hope and advance healing – for all, providing $2.46 billion last year in free and uncompensated care and other community benefits.