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Partners in Caring

St. Mary's Medical Center is a valuable community resource. You, your family and friends benefit from services provided. Supporting the St. Mary's Medical Center Foundation is an investment in our community and a demonstrated commitment to preserving the dignity of life for all.

Click here for specific information on our events for 2007/2008 – Butterfly Ball, Golf Classic, and our Friends of St. Mary’s group.

The foundation is dedicated to raising funds and encouraging community involvement in support of our mission. St. Mary's Medical Center and the foundation are faith-based, non-profit institutions. Charitable gifts from our donors provide financial resources so that we may 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. Mary's 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 impact patients.
  • Memorial and Tribute Gifts - Donations are made in honor or memory of a special friend or loved one.
  • Capital Campaigns - Funds help expand facilities and purchase new equipment. Past capital campaigns have included expansion of the Emergency Room and construction of the medical mall.
  • Friends of St. Mary's - This membership organization for community members is dedicated to supporting the mission of the medical center through advocacy and financial support.

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
  • Nursing Education - Helps nurses and clinical staff with continuing education needs
  • Spiritual Care - Sustains the medical center's Spiritual Care Department
  • 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. Mary's Medical Center. All donors 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

St. Mary's Society
Donors are honored for cumulative gifts of $5,000 or more over the lifetime of their giving with membership in the St. Mary's Society.

Heritage Society
The St. Mary's Heritage Society was established to recognize donors who have remembered St. Mary's Medical Center Foundation in their wills, trusts, charitable gift annuities or insurance policies.

For more information about the St. Mary's Medical Center Foundation, please call us at 816-655-5363 or email us at foundation@carondelet.com.

Your gift to the St. Mary's 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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