Lakes Regional Healthcare Foundation
ENHANCING MRI CARE WITH PATIENT-FOCUSED TECHNOLOGY
As Lakes Regional Healthcare prepares to install a new MRI this fall, an opportunity exists to further improve patient comfort. The Foundation is seeking support to fund an innovative in-bore viewing system designed to reduce anxiety and help patients successfully complete their exams.
This system projects calming video directly inside the MRI, helping patients relax, remain still, and avoid sedation, especially for those with claustrophobia or pediatric patients. A built-in camera also allows care teams to monitor patients in real time.
SUPPORT THE MISSION OF OUR FOUNDATION
To support the MRI Viewing System or learn more, contact Director of Philanthropy Katy Carey at 712-339-6710 or Kathleen.carey@lakeshealth.org.
SUPPORT LOCAL CARECURRENT NEEDS
Lakes Regional Healthcare Foundation offers opportunities for friends and supporters to help bring health and wellness to the Iowa Great Lakes through charitable gifts. Current funding priorities include:
DECREASE DIABETES FUND
Why This Fund Matters
Most of us either struggle with or know someone dealing with cancer or heart disease. But did you know diabetes is common too? In fact, statistically, there are roughly 1,800 people in Dickinson County who have diabetes. Of those, nearly 95% have type 2 diabetes. And of the remaining 17,000 Dickinson County residents who haven’t been diagnosed with diabetes, over 5,000 of them have pre-diabetes, and most of them don’t even know it.
How the Foundation Is Helping
We would love to change the incidence of diabetes and pre-diabetes in Dickinson County and believe education is a key component to making this change. Lakes Regional Healthcare (LRH) Foundation is helping by raising funds for various educational projects in the community, including:
- A diabetes prevention program for students within our community schools.
- The program is called Mileage Club and will help our county’s youth develop healthy habits to prevent type 2 diabetes.
- Gifts made to the LRH Foundation will provide grants and educational tools to support the schools in this effort.
How Your Gift Helps
Your contribution to Lakes Regional Healthcare Foundation’s Decrease Diabetes Fund will go a long way in ensuring residents and visitors in this area receive the education they need for better health. Whether you give $10, $100, $1,000, or $10,000, your gift is greatly appreciated.
How to Give
Make a gift online now by clicking here and typing “Lakes Regional Healthcare” and “Decrease Diabetes Fund” in the notes. Or call Sonja Hamm at 712-336-8791.
Thank you for your help in improving the health of people in the Iowa Great Lakes!
Scholarship Endowment Fund
Why This Fund Exists
The United States is experiencing a shortage of healthcare professionals – physicians, nurses, and technologists – because a greater percentage of them are nearing retirement and fewer people are entering the health industry as a career.
Lakes Regional Healthcare is working on increasing the supply of healthcare professionals in northwest Iowa by focusing on people who have grown up in the area, in anticipation that they will come back in time and provide care to patients at Lakes Regional Healthcare and directly benefit people in Dickinson County.
How the Foundation is Helping
Lakes Regional Healthcare is helping those interested in pursuing careers in healthcare by removing as many obstacles as possible. Lakes Regional Healthcare Foundation’s Scholarship Endowment Fund provides three types of annual scholarships:
- One for Dickinson County high school seniors.
- One for Dickinson County residents in an undergraduate program.
- One for Lakes Regional Healthcare employees.
The desire is to grow the fund to be able to increase both the number of scholarships awarded and the dollar amounts of those scholarships.
How Your Gift Helps
Your gift of $1,000, $500, $100 or whatever amount is right for you, will help ensure people continue to receive quality, accessible healthcare in the future. You may also use your gift to honor or pay tribute to a dear friend or loved one.
Hospice Fund
This fund is utilized to support a service that cares for people who have a terminal illness. Hospice works with patients and their families to maintain quality of life and support the patient’s loved ones during a difficult time.
Emergency Response Services Fund
You never know when you’re going to be in a medical emergency. Lakes Regional Healthcare’s emergency medical team consists of experienced and knowledgeable staff specially trained in Advanced Trauma Life Support. Your contribution to this fund will support services and equipment that help ensure residents and visitors in this area receive the emergency care they need.
Caring for Life Fund
This fund is utilized to provide just-in-time support for Lakes Regional Healthcare patients and their families. It is our “area of greatest need” fund and supports programs, services, and equipment across all areas of Lakes Regional Healthcare.
East Side Patio Memorial Gifts
Pavers and seat walls at Lakes Regional Healthcare’s East Side Patio, engraved with your loved one’s name, are meaningful ways to support Lakes Regional Healthcare Foundation while memorializing someone special.
EASY WAYS TO GIVE
Online
Donate online by clicking the “Donate” box below. Once there, select “Other” for the Avera facility, type “Lakes Regional Healthcare” in the “Other Avera Facility” box, and make your donation in just a couple of minutes!
In Person
Call Lakes Regional Healthcare Foundation Executive Director Sonja Hamm at 712-336-8791 or email sonja.hamm@lakeshealth.org to schedule a personal meeting.
Send a check made out to “Lakes Regional Healthcare Foundation” to:
- Lakes Regional Healthcare
- Attn: Sonja Hamm
- PO Box AB
- Spirit Lake, IA 51360
Be sure to write in the memo section which fund or area you want your gift to support. Please also include a note with your name, mailing address, email address, and phone number so we can follow up if needed.
LAKES REGIONAL HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS
