Lakeland Health Care Auxiliary

“There shall be the following types of membership in this organization: active, life or honorary. A. Active membership - active members are those who regularly participate in active service programs of lakeland health auxiliary, which include in-service assignments, fundraising activities and/or special projects. B. Life or honorary members - life or honorary members are those who have accumulated twenty or more years of service to lakeland health. All active, life and honorary members in good standing have the right to vote, participate in meetings and hold office in the lakeland health auxiliary subject to certain limitations.”

“The members of the organization shall have the right to nominate qualified individuals to the nominations committee. All active, life and honorary members of the auxiliary are eligible for nomination to an elected position, except to the office of president, after having been in good standing for at least one year immediately preceding the election. The nominations committee presents nominated candidates to the board of directors for approval. Nominations for office are accepted from the general memberhsip provided the proposed candidate is qualified for the position and his/her consent has been secured prior to the election.”

“All actions of the auxiliary board are subject to the approval of the lakeland board of directors as liaison through the manager of volunteers of lakeland health.”

“The 990 was completed by the organization's independent accountants and a copy given to the board for review. Upon the board's review and approval, the return is filed electronically.”

“Lakeland health authority has adopted the conflict of interest policy of corewell health south. The corporate compliance department, in accordance with the conflict of interest policy, annually distributes the conflict of interest disclosures survey to all corporate and subsidiary organization board members, executives, and other leadership employees. The corporate compliance department, through the governance committee, compiles and analyzes survey data by organization, investigates, and reviews potential conflicts with the organization's ceo and board chair, and when necessary, recommends actions to be taken to resolve identified conflicts. A complete report of all corporate and subsidiary board member and executive disclosures, conflicts identified, and actions taken is reviewed by the governance committee, and each subsidiary ceo and board chair receives a report specific to their organization's board members and executives. Board members failing to complete a disclosure survey or intentionally failing to report a known conflict of interest are asked to resign.”

“The organizations governing documents and financial statements are made available to the public on an as requested basis. The 990 can also be found on third-party websites.”

“Contract services: program service expenses 177,358. Management and general expenses 19,835. Fundraising expenses 9,617. Total expenses 206,810.”