Contributed GRANT — Discussing their charitable work were, from left, Desiree' Sii, president and CEO of SagePoint Financial; Kristen Kimmell, executive vice president of business development for Osaic; Greg Cornick, president of advice and wealth management for Osaic; Mindy Zatta, private wealth adviser for IronBridge Wealth Counsel; and Sara Schumacher, executive director of the Washington Health System Foundation.

WASHINGTON, Pa. — Mindy Zatta is among five Osaic financial advisers who are being recognized for making a difference through charitable work across the country and the world. Zatta has chosen to designate the Washington Health System Foundation as her charity of choice to receive a $2,000 grant.

“Thank you to the Invest in Others Charitable Foundation for celebrating and amplifying the charitable efforts of financial professionals, to Osaic for supporting such a wonderful organization and the charitable work of their advisers, and to IronBridge Wealth Counsel LLC for holding ourselves to a higher community standard by investing our collective time and financial resources back into our communities,” said Zatta. “I chose WHSF to be my charity of choice because I know the impact that is made on our patients through many initiatives, such as the patient assistance fund.”

The donation will be used for the health system’s greatest needs. Among those needs is the patient assistance fund, which offsets the cost of transportation, medication and clothing for patients in need.

“Mindy is a hands-on community member who volunteers to support many organizations. We are fortunate to have her as the vice chair of the WHSF board, chair of the investment committee and serving on the 1897 Society major giving committee. She is extremely generous as well. Mindy is always there when we need her and her expertise. We are grateful she chose WHSF to be her charity of choice,” said Sara Schumacher, executive director of the foundation.

Zatta and Schumacher attended the 17th-annual Invest in Others Awards Gala on Sept. 19 in Boston, where more than 600 attendees were present and more than $700,000 was awarded to charities across the nation and internationally.

“It was a very inspirational and emotional evening. The collective impact financial professionals have on the charitable community is just astounding and has so much potential to grow. There will always be needs in our communities and with that, more work to be done. It’s organizations like Invest in Others and their support of the charitable work of financial professionals that will help meet those needs,” Schumacher explained.

“We will definitely be exploring opportunities with Invest in Others to bring more funding into our local Washington County community,” Zatta added.