Changing with the times to keep the meaning of mission

In the fall of 1987, the Franciscan Sisters of the Poor Health System, Inc. (HSI), took over Madison Square Garden's Felt Forum to hold a fund-raiser. Called the Franciscan Health Care Games, the weekend-long event pitted employees from 14 HSI facilities against one another in basketball and volleyball tournaments; featured 40 stars of film, television, and the sports world in competition; and ended with a gala dinner for 950 people. The event, a first for the Franciscans, raised $800,000. Some of the programs the money will benefit include: The Young Fathers Project, a program in Cincinnati that helps fathers between the ages of 16 and 21 adjust to being a parent. Eldercare, which provides health services to some 5,000 elderly patients at 13 congregate housing sites throughout the Columbus, OH, area. The St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Dayton, OH, which helps support services at a hotel for the homeless sponsored by St. Vincent de Paul Society.