Cherokee Regional Medical Center recently issued the following announcement.
Since being established in 2007, the Cherokee Regional Medical Center Foundation has raised thousands of dollars to help support the mission and service offerings of Cherokee Regional.
The brain child of past CEO, John Comstock, the original Cherokee Regional Foundation Board consisted of several retired Cherokee Regional Board of Directors and community business leaders.
These individuals laid the groundwork for the Foundation and developed it into a for mal non-profit mechanism to receive charitable donations in support of Cherokee Regional Medical Center.
To keep the vison of the original foundation board alive, a new Cherokee Regional Foundation board was recruited and formally put into action earlier this year. “We are very fortunate that past Cherokee Regional leadership and board members had the foresight to establish the Foundation back in 2007,” says Kent Lundquist VP of Development & Support Services/ Foundation Director at Cherokee Regional. “We are very excited to have a revitalized and highly engaged new board in place to begin the next chapter of the Foundation.”
A few of the many projects the Foundation has supported over the years include… Purchasing new equipment for the Cardio/Pulmonary Rehab Department; the development of the current hospice garden on the Cherokee Regional campus; the purchase of new furniture in the OB Department; and enhancements to the oncology services at Cherokee Regional.
“The Foundation has supported many great projects in the past to the benefit of our patients, visitors, and staff,” explains Lundquist. “The new board is driven to strategically support Cherokee Regional through increased awareness of the Foundation and enhanced fundraising efforts.”
Lundquist encourages everyone to consider supporting their local area hospital through a tax deductible contribution to the Cherokee Regional Foundation in one of the following ways…
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