Regional Medical Center | Thrive for Life | Spring 2018

FOUNDATION You’re invited! Third annual RMC Foundation Garden Jubilee Benefiting the Martha Vandervoort Memorial Scholarship Fund FRIDAY, MAY 18 · Longleaf Botanical Gardens The Jubilee is a time to come together and celebrate our future leaders and what they bring to our community, supporting them with a four- year scholarship. The Martha Vandervoort Memorial Scholarship awards a renewable $6,000 scholarship each year to a Calhoun County high school student to assist with college education costs. Recipients must have financial need and demonstrate leadership, academic promise, strong character and community involvement. EARLY DETECTION RMC Foundation helps host numerous Early Detection Connection events throughout the year. ●   ● HEART DAY in February is an opportunity to receive heart screenings—including an EKG, lipid profile, blood pressure screening and basic metabolic profile. ●   ● GET YOUR REAR IN GEAR , RMC’s Colorectal Cancer Awareness event in March, provides free take-home screening kits for participants. ●   ● BAN THE TAN , a skin cancer awareness event, offers free skin cancer screenings in May. (For more information, visit rmccares.org/classes-events . ) ●   ● BRAKE FOR BREAKFAST , RMC’s Breast Cancer Awareness event, offered $99 mammograms throughout October and culminated with a drive-through breakfast, serving food and information about prevention and early detection. Mark your calendars 2018 RMC Foundation Charity Golf Classic WEDNESDAY, OCT. 3 The 22nd annual RMC Foundation Charity Golf Classic provides a great opportunity for area businesses to support the health care needs of our community. Last year, with more than 180 players, over $116,000 was raised for these important causes. Proceeds benefit hospital services and new equipment purchases that enable the delivery of high-quality health care. Your dollars hard at work Thanks to you, the power of philanthropy is making a difference at RMC. Your donation can benefit a specific hospital service or program, or we will apply your gift to the general Foundation funds for important and pressing health care service needs for the community. Past donations have supported the purchase of equipment for diagnostic imaging and physical therapy/rehabilitation, as well as items for our Transition of Care program to help keep patients healthy and avoid readmissions. Foundation funds purchased the trophon® EPR high level disinfection system for ultrasound probes to eliminate microorganisms, including the HPV virus. In addition, the recent $50,000 purchase of ICU beds for Stringfellow Memorial Hospital was made possible by donated funds. Regional Medical Center is a 501(c)(3) organization, gifts to which may be deductible as charitable contributions for federal income tax purposes. “Giving is not just about making a donation. It’s about making a difference.” —Kathy Calvin (CEO & President, United Nations Foundation) Regional Medical Center 14 jubilee garden RMC Foundation V andervoort Martha For more information on Foundation events or making a donation: • Visit rmccares.org/ foundation . • Email foundation@ rmccares.org . • Call 256-741-6359 .