Profile: Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Foundation

Visit: http://www.supportsierranevada.org

Mission:
To nurture the spirit of generosity and volunteerism of the community, we focus our philanthropic efforts in fostering quality healthcare of the highest standards for Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital.

Founded: 1984

Purpose:
Effectively serving as a bridge between our hospital and community, we create an environment in which philanthropy flourishes for healthcare needs ensuring exceptional services are available at Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital today and for future generations.

Funding:
We have a diverse funding base of individual support, business partnerships, grants, events and more.

Clients Served:
Anyone that needs Hospital services in our service area.

How CNL has helped our Organization:
CNL workshops offer cost effective, high quality training for our board and staff that would not be possible otherwise. We have put many best practices into place and have learned many new processes and techniques. However, that reflects only one area of CNL’s impact. Our involvement has also provided many opportunities for networking and collaborating that has been very beneficial. And now through the website we will have access to information on many important topics without having to search on our own.

Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Success Story:
One nice thing about the work we do is that it is very tangible. Each day we talk with people whose lives have been touched and/or saved because of the lifesaving equipment, compassionate care, programs and services made possible by the generous donors that support Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Foundation. While none of us want to go to the Hospital, if we do, we want to be assured the very best care is waiting for us.

Last year our Hospital successfully sought national certification as a Primary Stroke Center. This effort was quite costly. But our community understood national certification would take us to the next level of stroke care and generously supported our Stroke of Luck Campaign.

Recently, because of our grass roots Project Pink campaign, we were able to purchase an ultrasound for our Breast Imaging Center that will serve over 1,000 patients each year. Foundation funds also paid for a new ambulance, C-Arm for our Surgery Center and provided critical funds for our community wide electronic health record program.

Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Foundation continues to work closely with our Hospital to identify the most critical needs that will ensure our community has the high level of quality healthcare possible for our community. Many thanks to all of our supporters. While to you it may simply be a contribution to a worthy cause, always remember to someone else it is very often the gift of life.