For a more detailed look at Baptist's level of community involvement, please read our 2010 Community Report.
From left to right, Key Onna, Tasha, Roderick and Khanya Allen enjoy their new kitchen, stocked with gifts from Baptist colleagues.
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Baptist colleagues completed 2nd Habitat Home
For the second consecutive year, Baptist contributed the entire $60,000 sponsorship for a local Habitat for Humanity home. Baptist volunteers worked all 480 shifts to complete the five-bedroom, two-bathroom house over a two-month period, and on June 23, the Allen family received the keys to their new home.
“I had the opportunity to meet Roderick and Tasha Allen before we started the build, and they are a sweet, loving and gracious family,” said Carolyn Hicks Fry, Baptist’s volunteer coordinator for the build. “They are very thankful for all the work that has been put into this house to make it a home.”
The Allens have six children and attend El-Shaddai Christian Church, where Roderick is a youth pastor, Tasha is training to be a minister, and the children sing in the choir.
In addition to all the volunteer hours, Baptist colleagues contributed housewarming gifts to make the Allen family feel right at home — towels and linens, rugs, cleaning supplies, toiletries, a vacuum, and a kitchen equipped with coffee pot, microwave, and a fully stocked pantry. Baptist’s Information Systems department also completely restored the family’s computer, which had been broken.
One of Baptist’s most important missions is to strengthen our community through initiatives that support the underserved. Our partnership with Habitat for Humanity has been so successful, we built a third project in DeSoto County.
Habitat still needs donations to help the Allens fully furnish their house. If you would like to help, please contact the Baptist Community Relations department at 901-227-3531.
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Baptist Memorial Health Care is committed to serving the Mid-South community. Baptist employees and physicians, through their donations of time, money, and resources, help to make the Mid-South a better community for everyone.
In fiscal year 2010, Baptist provided $204 million in community benefit, which includes charity care, patient accounts that weren’t paid, free community health fairs and educational events, community contributions and other activities.
All of the hospitals in the Baptist Memorial Health Care system offer health education and screening programs in their respective communities. These screenings include free blood pressure, glucose and cholesterol checks.
The hospitals also work with local chambers of commerce and support charitable organizations such as United Way, March of Dimes, adopt-a-school programs and many other worthwhile organizations.
Here are recent examples of community care throughout the Baptist system:
- The Operation Outreach mobile health care clinic began a partnership with Davis Vision to provide free eyeglasses for its homeless patients. At the event to announce the partnership, Baptist offered free health care screenings, including blood pressure, body mass index, glucose, cholesterol and breast cancer screenings, to more than 280 patients. Davis Vision also provided free vision screenings, and the Bellevue Baptist Christian Mobile Dental Clinic provided dental check-ups.
- Baptist colleagues donated holiday gifts and necessities through the Tree of Faith, Hope and Love event. Baptist served lunch to approximately 250 Baptist Operation Outreach patients while they shopped for clothes and other items donated by Baptist colleagues.
- Approximately 200 colleagues from both Baptist Memphis and Baptist Restorative Care Hospital participated in community-wide awareness events, such as the ALS Walk, American Heart Association Heart Walk and the Komen Memphis-MidSouth Race for the Cure, in addition to raising $47,000.
- Baptist Rehabilitation-Germantown, along with the Baptist Memorial Health Care Foundation and the City of Germantown, provided funding for the Riverdale Park Playground, which will allow all family members, including disabled children, to be able to play together in nature. More than 200 volunteers helped build the first phase of the project.
- Baptist hosted its Pink Tie Event fashion show to honor breast cancer survivors, who modeled the latest fashions at the Avenue Carriage Crossing shopping center. Baptist Women’s Hospital brought its mobile mammography unit for mammogram screenings and appointments. The hospital also provided educational modules and materials.
- Baptist Collierville participated in the annual American Cancer Society Collierville Relay for Life, raising more than $4,500 for the organization. The hospital also supported more than 40 other community organizations, serving more than 100,000 people at a net cost of more than $236,000.
- Baptist DeSoto administered more than 200 free H1N1 vaccinations to community residents in January 2010. An additional 200 shots were administered to Southaven High School students.
- Baptist Trinity Home Care & Hospice provided blood pressure screenings at community centers and assisted living facilities throughout the year. Colleagues volunteered more than 35 hours and donated nearly $3,500 in services and health care for 1,242 patients.
- Baptist College of Health Sciences colleagues filled 200 shoeboxes with toys, art supplies, candy and other items for Operation Christmas Child, a program that distributes gifts for underprivileged children around the world.
- Baptist Booneville hosted such events as the annual breast cancer luncheon, which had more than 130 attendees, and the Back to School Health Fair, which offered free health screenings like blood pressure; vision; dental; ear, nose and throat; and scoliosis evaluations. More than 150 children attended the event and learned poison control tips, hand washing instructions and safety awareness.
- Baptist Golden Triangle raised more than $10,000 for the Relay for Life in Lowndes County. In addition, the Baptist Centers for Cancer Care served as a Gold sponsor for the relays in Lowndes and Oktibbeha counties and sponsored the luminaria candlelight memorial for Lowndes County.
- Baptist North Mississippi hosted a Wild West Wellness Fair and Bike Rodeo for children ages 4-10, who received free health screenings from volunteer physicians, dentists, nurses and other health professionals. Police officers, firefighters and safety experts demonstrated such things as fire safety and hand washing.
- Baptist Union County also hosted a free women’s health luncheon where a Baptist Women’s Health Center physician spoke to 90 attendees about the signs and symptoms of ovarian, uterine, cervical and breast cancers. The attendees also received educational information.
- Baptist Tipton hosted a chili cooking contest to raise money for the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life. Nine teams from the hospital competed in the contest, raising more than $400
- NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital hosted a free nurse camp for high school students during the summer of 2010. Participants received certification in CPR and performed skills labs, where they learned to take blood pressure and pulse.
- Baptist Union City held a free community health fair during its celebration of National Hospital Week. The hospital offered a variety of services, including blood chemistry, balance screening, bone density scan, medication review, body mass index and blood pressure.
- Baptist Huntingdon raised more than $3,200 for its angel tree program in 2010 through a variety of fundraising efforts.
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