You care about saving lives. We help save lives through clinical excellence and patient-focused care.
You care about our community. We provide our community with expanded access to medical care, financial assistance and wellness opportunities.
You care about quality healthcare. We are constantly improving the quality of healthcare by investing in innovation, education and advanced technology.
You care. We respond. Your donations make it possible.
Thank you for your support of the WellSpan York Health Foundation.
Gifts to WellSpan help our patients and their families.
Providing help and hope
Cancer patients face more than their diagnosis. Patients often deal with:
- loss of a job or insurance
- difficulty covering high co-pays and expensive medications
- missed paychecks due to sickness
- reduced job hours for their caregiver
Gifts to the Cancer Patient Help Fund make a direct impact on patients who are struggling with basic needs as they undergo cancer treatments.
- A $50 donation provides gift cards to help our patients and their families buy groceries.
- A gift of $75 provides financial assistance for monthly utility bills to ensure a safe, stable environment for our patients.
- A contribution of $100 ensures 25 bus rides or four $25 gas cards to help patients travel to and from doctor appointments.
In 2022, the Cancer Patient Help Fund provided $135,155 to help 300 patients and their families in our community relieve their financial burdens so they could focus on fighting cancer.
For more information about the Cancer Patient Help Fund and other vital community programs, please contact the WellSpan York Health Foundation at philanthropy@wellspan.org or 717-851-3595.
Endowment helps medical simulation
Dr. David Eitel, a long-time emergency medicine physician at WellSpan York Hospital, passed away in 2012 at the age of 63. To honor Dr. Eitel’s memory, his wife and three children created the David R. Eitel, MD, MBA, Celebration of Education Endowment to purchase new equipment for the WellSpan York Hospital Medical Simulation Center. Opened in 2008, the center allows doctors, residents, nurses and other staff members to practice their skills in a controlled setting on a variety of state-of-the-art medical simulators.
“David was always interested in learning new things,” said his wife Lynne, who described her husband of 38 years as “a gadget lover, obsessive index card carrier and passionate educator. He loved the Simulation Center and recognized the great value it had as a teaching tool.”
To learn more about supporting the Simulation Center or to create an endowment, please contact WellSpan York Health Foundation at philanthropy@wellspan.org or 717-851-3595.
Spotlight on children’s health
WellSpan Health has more than 1 million encounters with children from ages 0 to 6 each year. We see the challenges our young patients face firsthand, including delays in early care that can have a negative impact for years to come. Spotlight on Children’s Health is a multi-faceted approach designed to eliminate barriers and inequities for children in their earliest stages of life to help them grow, learn, and thrive into adulthood. Key pillars include:
Safety
- Developing best practices and providing standardized screening tools for caregivers.
- Education for parents about critical safety standards for car seat installation and use.
- Education for parents about lead-poisoning prevention.
- Education about sleep safety for young children.
Literacy
- Reading in early childhood is critical for speech and language development.
- Many of our youngest patients lack the vital resources and support they need.
- WellSpan is acting with the reach out and read program in pediatric and family medicine practices distributing more than 26,000 books to young patients and families, in several different languages each year.
Special healthcare needs
- WellSpan aims to expand services for young children with unique healthcare needs through this initiative.
- Increased access to screenings for behavioral health, developmental delays and differences in our youngest patients.
- Providing invaluable information, expertise, resources, services, and support caregivers to help transform lives and overall well-being of both patients and families in York County.
You can make a difference by supporting these funds
Greatest Need: Help respond to emerging needs. This fund allows us to address areas of greatest need for WellSpan Health.
Heart and Vascular Research Fund: Assist advances in medical innovation. WellSpan clinicians are identifying the newest and most effective treatment methods for cardiovascular disease through carefully designed and conducted clinical trials.
Medical Simulation Center Fund: Support an innovative and interactive high-tech learning environment that ensures a safe transition from the classroom to the patient room for trainees. The center uses high-fidelity mannequins, develops staff and applies knowledge and skills in a realistic clinical situation for a variety of health care issues.
WellSpan VNA Home Care: Provide patients with vital services so they can recover in the comfort of their own homes.
Cancer Patient Help Fund: Lend a hand to patients facing the financial burdens that often result from dealing with cancer. This fund helps with basic living expenses, such as rent, utilities, groceries and transportation to and from medical appointments for patients who meet specific financial aid guidelines.
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Fund: Assist the expansion and upgrade of the NICU, purchase of specific supplies and equipment, support for parent activities or special needs and clinical programs.
Sexual Assault Forensic Examiner (SAFE) Nurse Program: Provide compassionate care for victims of sexual assault. SAFE provides local access to comprehensive and compassionate medical treatment, program equipment and supplies. It also offers nurses opportunities for continuing education and specialized training.
Kids First Fund: Donate to programs and interventions for children at risk, focusing on primary care, preventive care, outreach and education.
Future Physician Scholarship Program: Help provide funding to this unique WellSpan initiative to sponsor medical school scholarships for young people in our community. Following graduation, the students will work at a WellSpan facility.
Valerie Hardy-Sprenkle Nursing Leadership Education Scholarship: Support this scholarship program for WellSpan York Hospital nurses demonstrating leadership and growth.
Wellness Center at the WellSpan York Cancer Institute: Aid the expansion of supportive care services at WellSpan York Cancer Center, such as massage therapies, pastoral care, yoga and meditation, holistic treatments, patient navigators, family conversation areas and an appearance center and boutique.
Other: Designate your gift to a specific need not listed.
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