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St. Joseph Medical Center is a valuable community resource. You, your family and
friends benefit from services provided. Supporting the St. Joseph Medical Center
Foundation is an investment in our community and a demonstrated commitment to
preserving the dignity of life for all.
The foundation is dedicated to raising funds and encouraging community involvement
in support of our mission. St. Joseph Medical Center and the foundation are
faith-based, non-profit institutions. Charitable gifts from our donors provide
financial resources that allow us to provide high quality care to our patients
and save lives every day. Through an annual gift, you will join those who are
enhancing the mission of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet.
Donors to the foundation provide gifts for:
- Annual Fund - Community Partners support programs that provide healthcare
for those in need, continuing education for nurses and clinical staff as well
as current equipment and technology needs of St. Joseph Medical Center.
- Friends of Nursing - Donors who celebrate nursing excellence help fund
recruitment and retention of nurses, continuing education opportunities and
programs and projects that affect patients.
- Memorial and Tribute Gifts - Donations made in honor or memory of a special
friend or loved one.
- Capital Campaigns - Donations help expand facilities and purchase new
equipment. Past capital campaigns have included expansion of the ICU and construction
of the community center. The foundation is currently seeking capital funds for
the expansion of the Carondelet Heart Institute.
Gifts to the Foundation provide support for programs that include:
- Quality Healthcare - The latest advances in medical technology to provide
the highest quality care
- Mission Fund - Provides financial assistance to patients without medical
insurance or means to pay
- Good Neighbor Program - Funds medications for the poor
- Nursing Education - Helps nurses and clinical staff with continuing education
needs
- Spiritual Care - Sustains the medical center's Spiritual Care Department
- Well Life - Community health and wellness programs
- High-Risk Obstetric Care Program -Provides counseling and pre/post-natal
care for socially at-risk women
All donors play a significant role in ensuring future growth of St. Joseph
Medical Center and are recognized annually in the foundation's donor report
publication at the following levels:
Friend $0-$99
Donor $100-$499
Contributor $500-$999
Associate $1,000-$4,999
Sponsor $5,000-$9,999
Investor $10,000-$24,000
Guardian $25,000
Carondelet Society
Donors are honored for cumulative giving of $5,000 or more over the lifetime
of their giving with membership in the Carondelet Society.
Heritage Society
The St. Joseph Heritage Society was established to recognize donors who have
remembered St. Joseph Medical Center Foundation in their wills, trusts, charitable
gift annuities or insurance policies.
For more information about the St. Joseph Medical Center Foundation, please
call us at
816- 943-2671 or email us at foundation@carondelet.com.
Your gift to the St. Joseph Medical Center Foundation can touch lives for a
lifetime. Donors to the foundation become partners in furthering the medical
center's mission of the healing ministry of Jesus Christ.
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