The Skip Cline Young Leadership Society is a group of local professionals who share a common interest in health care and our community.  Organized by friends of Harry Sykes “Skip” Cline, Jr. eighteen years after his untimely death, these emerging leaders are investing in the future of Morton Plant Mease Health Care with other philanthropically inclined young leaders.

To them, Skip embodied the ideals of a young leader – charisma, enthusiasm, and energy.  He was raised in the shadows of Morton Plant Hospital, in a family long devoted to charitable ideals; contributing time, treasure and talent to our community and to this hospital in particular.  Members, ages 45 and younger, will offer an active voice and energetic support for the work of Morton Plant Mease Health Care and provide the board of directors with perspective and guidance regarding their health-related concerns.

The founding members of this Society recognized a desire of younger adults in the community to become better informed about and more involved with their hospitals. They concluded that by naming the Society after Skip, the group could build on his family’s tradition of community involvement and philanthropy.  Skip’s grandfather, J. Tweed McMullen, was the hospital’s legal counsel for more than 40 years and served many of the hospital’s other significant benefactors, including Donald Roebling.  He and his wife, Millie, were chairmen of the 1975 Charity Ball and have generously contributed to the hospital for decades.  Skip’s parents, Harry and Janie Cline, members of the Donald Roebling Society, chaired the 2004 Charity Ball which raised over $250,000.  In this tradition, the Society will provide ongoing support for the Foundation through its endeavors.  

The achievements of Morton Plant Mease Health Care are attributable to the generations of local family support of Morton Plant Mease Foundation.  This Society, established in memory of Skip Cline, will provide yet another avenue for other generations to support the Foundation and the hospital organization it serves.

 

Members enjoy social and educational events such as:
*The Lobster Bake held every summer at the Carlouel Yacht Club
*Happy Hours every 6-8 weeks
*Annual Member Celebration dinner in January at the Belleair Country Club
*The Morton Plant Mease Triathlon presented by the Skip Cline Young Leadership Society


Winners from the Skip Cline division at the Triathlon pose with their medals after the race.







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