HARRISBURG, Ill. (KFVS) – A southern Illinois nonprofit inpatient health facility recently received a $125,000 pledge.
According to SIH, Legence Bank pledged $75,000 to its foundation supporting the SIH Mulberry Center project, along with $25,000 each from Kevin and Jeannie Beckemeyer of Marion and Martin and Angie Rowe of Harrisburg.
“There are moments when leadership requires more than words — it requires action,” Legence Bank President and CEO Kevin Beckemeyer said in a news release. “As a community bank, we understand the health of our region directly impacts its economic stability. Access to behavioral and mental health services is foundational. When individuals and families have access to quality care close to home, it strengthens our workforce, supports employers and enhances long-term community resilience.”
Back in May 2025, the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board unanimously approved to expand and modernize the SIH Mulberry Center, an inpatient mental health facility on the campus of SIH Harrisburg Medical Center.
According to SIH, the $20 million project would create a new 12-bed medical-psychiatric inpatient unit and upgrade existing spaces, increasing the SIH Mulberry Center’s acute mental illness bed capacity from 30 to 42.
A groundbreaking for the SIH Mulberry Center was held in June.
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