Foundation grants benefit St. Elizabeth Hospital, community
01 / 25 / 2008
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Lisa Cruz, Media Relations
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APPLETON, Wis. – Nearly $360,000 in grants has been awarded by the St. Elizabeth Hospital Community Foundation.
Of that, more than $250,000 was given to promote the programs and services offered at
“The foundation plays an important role in helping to fund programs, services and capital needs that would otherwise be unavailable to our patients,” said Barbara Stack, executive director of the St. Elizabeth Hospital Community Foundation. “We’re proud to be able to help St. Elizabeth, Calumet Medical Center and Affinity’s Fox Cities clinics thrive.”
A total of 24 grants were awarded, including:
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Funding for radiation oncology equipment that provides direct radiation therapy to women with cervical cancer. The equipment, known as Fletcher-Suit Tandem Ovoid Applicator, can provide precise radiation to a tumor without damaging healthy tissue;
- Infant care warmers to be used in St. Elizabeth Hospital BirthPlace birthing rooms;
- Sleeper chairs for the Palliative Care/Hospice rooms in
- Toiletries and basic personal supplies to patients in the inpatient behavioral health unit at
- A hearing screening machine that will be used in the St. Elizabeth Hospital BirthPlace and the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit to screen newborns;
- An adjustable height exam table for the outpatient clinic at Calumet Medical Center;
- Funding for NuStep exercise equipment for the rehabilitation program at the St. Elizabeth Hospital Surgery Center, located at Midway Road in Menasha;
- The “How Does Your Engine Run?” program for children in the adolescent/pediatric behavioral health unit at
- Training funds that will help Calumet Medical Center establish a certified Wound Care Clinic.
The foundation, through the Wallace Funds, awarded $2,000 in grants to Affinity Health System employees participating in medical mission trips that help the needy in other parts of the world and $5,000 to help underwrite a Physician’s Wellness Symposium.
“Additionally, through the foundation’s separate community endowment fund, we are able to help area nonprofit organizations that assist many of our patients,” Stack said.
Among the 21 Community Endowment grants awarded:
- ARC Fox Cities, Inc. to fund its Healthy Lifestyles education program;
- The Epilepsy Foundation of Central & Northeast Wisconsin to support a program for women with epilepsy and their relatives;
- Reach Counseling Services to help fund a child therapist, Hispanic advocate and Native American advocate;
- Thompson Community Center to help fund its Nurse Advocate/Health Clinic;
- Tri-County Community Dental Clinic to fund its operations in providing dental care to underserved patients;
- CAP Services’ Skills Enhancement Program;
- Rebuilding Together Fox Valley to assist in its year-round building/improvement program;
- NAMI Fox Valley for education and support programs.
The St. Elizabeth Hospital Community Foundation is dedicated to living out the healing ministry of Christ with a special emphasis on those in need, by generating, stewarding and distributing funds to enhance the quality of Affinity Health System’s services and programs, and other community health care initiatives in Outagamie and Calumet counties, and northern Winnebago County.
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For the Editor:
Affinity Health System, a Catholic mission-oriented regional health care network, is a partnership of Ministry Health Care and Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare. Affinity Health System is the Fox Valley’s third largest employer, according to the Fox Cities Chamber of Commerce & Industry, and is ranked 24 among the top 100 integrated health care networks nationwide (Verispan 2008). Both St. Elizabeth Hospital in Appleton and Mercy Medical Center in Oshkosh rank among the top 1 percent among hospitals nationwide in terms of quality and efficiency, as determined by the 2007 Premier | CareScience Select practice National Quality Award. Network Health Plan has achieved Excellent accreditation status from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), the highest possible level. It is ranked 37th among the 250 rated health plans in the nation in terms of customer satisfaction and clinical performance, according to the U.S. News and World Report/NCQA Best Health Plans in America listing. Members of Affinity include Mercy Medical Center and Mercy Health Foundation, Oshkosh; St. Elizabeth Hospital and the St. Elizabeth Hospital Community Foundation, Appleton; Affinity Medical Group, a regional network of 23 family practice and specialty clinics in 13 communities; Calumet Medical Center, Chilton; Network Health Plan, Menasha; and Affinity Occupational Health.