Plano South | June 2023

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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 oers 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 certication. (Colby Farr/Community Impact)

Texas Health Resources Foundation 612 E. Lamar Blvd., Arlington, Texas 877-847-9355 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 Nonprot works to build community relationships in DFW T he Texas Health Resources Foundation was founded in 2012 with the goal of helping support hospitals in the Texas Health operate in Dallas, Fort Worth and the metroplex’s 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

Resources system. The foundation raises funds to support clinical, educational and research programs across the health system, according to its website. It supports all of the Texas Health Resources hospitals, includ- ing 14 major hospitals in the North Texas area, foundation President Laura McWhorter said. Texas Health Resources is a not-for-prot 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

“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.” The team is led by Humphrey and is fully staed. The team’s mission is to build awareness in the community while building and strengthening collaborative partnerships through its health initiatives, Humphrey said. They often have representatives and advocates out in the communities as the foundation works to address needs inside the hospitals, Humphrey said. “The true impact is measured in lives that have been changed [and] improved,” McWhorter said.

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