QMG Foundation: Driven to Make a Difference

As far back as Amy Hast­ing, Behav­ioral Health Ther­a­pist at Quin­cy Med­ical Group (QMG) and Vice Pres­i­dent of the QMG Foun­da­tion Board of Direc­tors, can remem­ber, she has always want­ed to help peo­ple. She con­sid­ered being a doc­tor or a teacher before choos­ing to be a ther­a­pist. Amy shared, ​“I feel that I’m at my best when I can help some­one work towards achiev­ing their goals in life.” 

Amy’s pas­sion for help­ing oth­ers is what led her to join the Foun­da­tion Board. Amy shared, ​“Through the Foun­da­tion, I’m able to be part of help­ing some­one over­come huge hur­dles in their life at times when they are most vul­ner­a­ble.” Amy con­tin­ued, ​“Peo­ple don’t real­ize that it does­n’t take some­thing mon­u­men­tal to make a dif­fer­ence.” Amy has seen that through vol­un­teer­ing her time and donat­ing to the Foun­da­tion, you can make a huge impact in some­one’s life.” 

Amy is grate­ful to wit­ness the Foun­da­tion’s work in action in the com­mu­ni­ty and feels hon­ored to work along­side ​“some of the most benev­o­lent and self­less peo­ple I know.” She believes the Foun­da­tion excels at uphold­ing its mis­sion, and the Board makes deci­sions that ben­e­fit the great­est num­ber of peo­ple. ​“Stay­ing true to the mis­sion is very impor­tant to every board mem­ber,” said Amy. ​“Some­times, this requires mak­ing very tough decisions.” 

One of the Foun­da­tion ini­tia­tives she is most proud of is Can­cer Crush. ​“While all the Foun­da­tion events serve a pur­pose, Can­cer Crush is on anoth­er lev­el. We have so many amaz­ing vol­un­teers, spon­sors, and donors who pull togeth­er to make this event hap­pen and grow every year.” Amy loves see­ing the com­mu­ni­ty come togeth­er for a cause that near­ly every­one can relate to. ​“To see peo­ple show up to sup­port the cause is a sight to behold. It’s a roller coast­er of emo­tions, but it’s so worth it!”