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Interested individuals can become involved with the Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital Foundation by supporting the foundation and it mission in the following ways:
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Simply by making a cash gift |
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By participating in Foundation projects |
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By gifts of securities, land, buildings or personal property, existing or new life insurance policies |
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By naming Hugh Chatham Memorial Foundation in your will or in a codicil to your existing will |
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By creating a charitable gift annuity |
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By creating a charitable remainder trust |
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By making memorial or remembrance gifts |
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By making gifts to the annual giving campaign |
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By giving gifts-in-kind to the Foundation |
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By giving to the Endowment |
Please mail checks payable to:
Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital Foundation
180 Parkwood Drive
Elkin, NC 28621
• Approximately 60-70% of clinical decision–makingis based on laboratory tests.
• Clinical laboratory services are the most cost effective least invasive source of objective information used in clinical decision-making.
• Clinical laboratory services have a direct impact on many aspects of patient care including, but not limited to, length of stay, patient safety, resource utilization, and customer service.
• Laboratory information has a profound impact on patient diagnosis. Tests, whether classified as screening or diagnostic are essential elements of protocols used to diagnose and manage specific diseases and conditions.
• Laboratory professionals produce accurate, sensitive and specific information using new age technologies to guide clinical decision-making. It is the role of laboratory professionals to inform physicians about which tests have the highest effectiveness in given clinical conditions. Through this partnership, the overall cost of testing and patient care is controlled and the quality of care is improved.
• Clinical laboratory services provide the information required by a physician to start, adjust and also to stop a course of treatment. This allows for the most appropriate, cost effective use of expensive drugs and other therapies, and allows the patient to be treated at the most appropriate level of care for the most appropriated period of time. Without laboratory information, these decisions would not be possible.
• Clinical laboratory services are a vital component of ensuring optimal outcomes for all patients accessing health care, whether for simple situation or for complicated, potentially life-threatening situations.
• Laboratory professionals impact patient safety by providing pre-surgical or pre-procedural testing that determines the current ability of the patient to undergo those treatments.
• The Laboratory at Hugh Chatham has experienced a 25% increase in procedures in 2007 and there has not been any space added to the laboratory since the hospital was built in 1972. Newer technology requires more space and also generates a great deal of heat, which requires more cooling devices.
• The Laboratory is in need of updated information technology that will allow the department to produce quicker turn around times, become more automated, and more flexible in results reporting.
A gift to the Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital Foundation is a meaningful way to remember your loved ones while also helping advance quality health care in our community. Your remembrance gift can touch the lives of many people right here in our community in a variety of ways.
With a special interest in community wellness activities to achieve disease and injury prevention, the Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital Foundation supports a variety of hospital-related and hospital-coordinated programs.
Through your remembrance, you can be part of efforts to enhance the health and wellness of your friends and neighbors.
Your gift may honor a loved one, celebrate the birth of a child, memorialize a death or simply show your appreciation to the many men and women who are part of our outstanding health care community.
A gift that will continue to make a difference for years to come, your contribution to the Foundation is tax-deductible, and will be properly acknowledged.
If you have questions regarding ways to provide a remembrance or wish to receive more information on the activities of the Foundation, please call (336) 527-7457.
Your remembrance gift will mean so much to the health and wellness of the people in our community.
Honor and Memorial Gifts Form (pdf)
One of the easiest ways to support the Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital Foundation is to include it in your will. If you already have a will, adding the Foundation is as simple as contacting your attorney.
 The following are suggested donations in your will:
-Securities (stocks, bonds, mutual funds)
-Life Insurance Policies
-Real Estate (land, buildings)
-Personal Property (vehicles, collections)
Family and friends are usually the first to be remembered in a will. After all the distrubitons have been made to loved ones, a provision can be made that the remainder of the estate be given to the Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital Foundation. If you prefer, your will can stipulate that either a percentage of the estate or a fixed dollar amount be given to the Foundation.
A charitable tax donation to Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital Foundation may solve certain tax concerns encountered by those who have large estates.
Below you will find recommended clauses for making an outright unrestricted bequest to the Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital Foundation. The clauses, of course, are only examples. Be sure to consult your attorney for proper legal advice.
"To the Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital Foundation, the sum of ______ dollars ($_______). This bequest is unrestricted and the Board of Directors of the Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital Foundation may use and expend the same for the benefit of Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital in any manner deemed appropriate."
"To the Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital Foundation, _________ percent (_______%) of my net residuary estate after the payment of all my debts and taxes. This bequest is unrestricted and the Board of Directors of the Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital may use and expend the same for the benefit of Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital in any manner deemed appropriate."
Should you wish to restrict your bequest to the Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital Foundation for a special purpose, contact us for examples of recommended wording.
At the Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital Birthplace, we're privileged to celebrate the miracle of life each and every day, always with a welcome of tender, loving care. Now, we'd like to honor your loved one by adding his or her name to our garden of miracles, a beautiful new painting located in The Birthplace. When you contribute $100 to the Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital Foundation, the name and date of birth will be artfully painted among the mural's cascade of flowers. Your gift will not only honor that individual, it will also help to keep our hospital strong and growing.
Miracle of Life (pdf)
At the Regional Cancer Center at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital, we are privileged to celebrate the lives that are challenged daily by cancer. We offer you the opportunity to honor any life that has been touched with the challenge. When you contribute to the Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital Foundation, the name of a patient, friend, physician, nurse, caregiver, etc. will be placed on theTree of Life wall.
Leaves
Green Leaf |
$25 |
Yellow Leaf |
$50 |
Orange Leaf |
$75 |
Gold Leaf |
$100 |
Tree of Life (pdf)
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| Charles Colman (Cole) Baron, recipient of 2007 Elizabeth Orr Nursing Scholarship is a graduate of Starmount High School and has been accepted as a student in the nursing program at Surry Community College. The Foundation supports a wide range of hospital and community health projects and programs. |
Chairman - Jim Harrell, Sr., D.D.S.,
Vice Chairman - Elizabeth Callaway
Secretary/Treasurer - Ron Jester
R. Lewis Alexander
Frank Beals
Bill Boles
Jerre Boren
Carole Bruce
Chris Chatham
Pat Cosby
Dr. Bill Davis, Jr.
Paul Gulley, M.D.
Phyllis Harris
Virginia Hart
Tim Hodges
Dr. Bill Johnson
Edna Martin
Ann Merlo
Robert Peterson, M.D.
Jerome Schaufenbuel
Dr. Curtis Sidden
Garry Steele
Dr. Hal Stuart
Amy Tayloe
Michael Wilson
Honorary Director
Barbara Chatham
Peggy Dadley
Fred Norman
Molly Smith
Executive Directors
Jeannette Hendrick
Executive Director
Trustee Representative
Alan Payne
Chief Executive Officer
Stephen Pennington
Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital Foundation Brochure (pdf)
If you have questions regarding additional information on the activities of the Foundation, please contact our office.
Your contribution to the Foundation is tax-deductible, and will be properly acknowledged.
For more information call: (336) 527-7457
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