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HOW TO HELP People can make nancial donations to the Texas Health Resources Foundation via its website. Several types of nancial donation options are available, including:
Honor and memorial gifts
Grateful hearts
Corporate giving
Special projects
The foundation also o ers several ways for people to get more involved by:
Joining one of Texas Health’s giving societies
Planning a fundraiser in support of the foundation
From right, foundation President Laura McWhorter and Vice President Sarah Higdon Humphrey pose by a Texas Health Allen hospital sign. The hospital recently achieved primary stroke certi cation. (Colby Farr/Community Impact)
Texas Health Resources Foundation 612 E. Lamar Blvd., Ste. 300 Arlington, Texas 682-236-5200 www.texashealth.org/Foundation “WE KNOW THAT GIVING IS LOCAL, PEOPLE SUPPORT THEIR COMMUNITY, ... SO IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO EMBED A TEAM HERE AT THE COMMUNITY.” LAURA MCWHORTER , FOUNDATION PRESIDENT Becoming a Birthday Buddy in support of Texas Health’s neonatal intensive-care units For more information about making nancial donations or volunteering, please visit Texas Health Resources Foundation’s website.
Texas Health Resources Foundation Nonpro t works to build community relationships in DFW T he Texas Health Resources Foundation was founded in 2012 to support hospitals in the Texas Health Resources system. north region. When looking at the growth hap- pening in Collin and Denton counties a couple of years ago, McWhorter said they needed to start a dedicated team for that area. BY COLBY FARR
The foundation raises funds for clinical, edu- cational and research programs across the health system, according to its website. It supports all of the Texas Health Resources hospitals, including 14 major hospitals in the North Texas area, foundation President Laura McWhorter said. Texas Health Resources is a not-for-pro t health care system that belongs to the community, McWhorter said. The system has served the North Texas area for about 25 years across 16 counties. “Everything that we do, we reinvest into our hospitals, into making sure that we have the best care teams and sta ,” she said. The foundation is made up of three teams that operate in Dallas, Fort Worth and the metroplex’s
“We know that giving is local,” McWhorter said. “People support their community, their hospital, so it was really important for us to embed a team here at the community.” Since the foundation’s founding, donations have funded the Jane and John Justin Tower expansion in Fort Worth, Texas Health Allen’s primary stroke center certi cation and enhancements to the Texas Health Plano NICU Family Resource Center. They often have representatives and advocates out in the communities as the foundation works to address needs inside the hospitals, Vice President Sarah Higdon Humphrey said. “The true impact is measured in lives that have been changed [and] improved,” McWhorter said.
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