Your dollars at work
Examples of grants made to St. Francis and St. Gertrude’s in 2010 and 2011 are listed below.
St. Francis
- Free cervical cancer screenings to uninsured and underinsured.
- Breast Cancer Awareness tools for teaching purpose.
- Healing environment upgrade to the Legacy Café.
- Pedometers for patients with diabetes.
- Equipment to enhance service quality in the Sleep Diagnostic Center.
- Waiting room expansion in the St. Francis Cancer Center.
- Picnic for cardiac rehabilitation support group patients.
- Equipment to enhance cardiac rehabilitation and employee wellness services.
- Upgrade furnishings and comfort care carts for hospice patients.
- Weight scales for heart failure patients without access at home.
- Therapeutic massage for cancer patients.
- Complimentary lunch program for caregivers of cancer patients.
- Free diabetes education for patients unable to afford services.
St. Gertrude's
- Rehabilitation expansion.
- In-stride cycle and weights for wellness program.
- Food steam table.
- Equipment to read patients’ vital signs.
- Memorial rock to further beautify The Garden’s.