Your Gifts at Work
Because of your generous donations in 2021, the Foundation was able to provide funding for:
- Vital Care stimulation machine used to help patients that have had a stroke, traumatic brain injury, Bell’s Palsy, Parkinson’s, and other neuromuscular conditions
- Rhinolarynzed scope for head and neck exams for throat cancer
- Pero System that produces a highly accurate measurement of extremities for breast cancer related lymphedema or leg edema in cardiac patients
- (2) Echocardiography beds for cardiology patients
- Transportation gas cards for the under-served cancer patients to pay for travel to and from treatment
- (300) Cancer care bags given to all patients receiving chemo and radiation treatment
- Therapeutic painting sessions for breast cancer patients and survivors
- (125) Care packs for breast cancer patients at the time of diagnosis
- New tools for Independence Walk and inpatient rehab
- Treatment chair for venipuncture procedures
- Two-step weight bearing platform for orthopedics
- Combination bike and upper body ergometer for outpatient rehab
- Formation of the Nursing Excellence Fund for expanded professional development
- Professional development for nursing staff: Emergency Nurses Association National Conference and CCRN specialty certification course for twenty nurses in critical care units.
- Scholarship for a McNeese nursing student
- Enhanced technology and equipment for the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
