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CoxHealth Foundation
3525 S. National, Suite 204 Springfield, MO 65807
(417) 269-7150
www.coxhealthfoundation.comFacebook account: CoxHealth Foundation
Total number of employees (FTE): 4
Annual revenues: $3 million annually
President: Lisa Alexander
Board Chairman: Dr. José Dominguez, Colorectal Surgeon, Ferrell-Duncan Clinic
Board of Directors: Dr. Charles Woodall, III, Surgeon, Ferrell-Duncan Clinic; Dr. Wm. Russell Detten, Family Practice, CoxHealth Steeplechase Family Medicine; Tyler Watskey, Vice President, Hawthorn Bank; Jeanette Hutcheson, Community Volunteer; Andy Dalton, Retired; Bill Foster, President, Foster Hospitality Group; Ken Meyer, President, Meyer Communications; Ken Teague, Owner, Ken Teague Farmers Insurance; Mary Beth Hartman, President, Hunter-Chase and Associates; Bill Darr, Founder, ADF and IDF; Cindy Waites, Special Projects Coordinator, CoxHealth; Chris Nattinger, President, Skyline Investments; Sam Clifton, owner, Millstone Homes; Chuck Bailey, Managing Partner, CLB Real Estate
Mission:
The mission of the CoxHealth Foundation is to facilitate through philanthropy the quality health care, education and research provided by CoxHealth.
Service Area:
The CoxHealth Foundation does not have a specific service area. Our programs and services are available to anyone who is cared for at any CoxHealth hospital or clinic.
Funding:
The CoxHealth Foundation receives its funding from a variety of sources including grateful patients, corporations and foundations, individual donors, granting organizations and from special events, special programs like the Cars for Charity, honorariums to physicians and caregivers, and from estate and bequest gifts.
12 Month Goals:
Our goals over the next 12 months include: 1.To seek additional donor support to provide assistance to a greater number of patients for those resources not provided to them through insurance, federal and state programs that will enhance their lives and improve their health. 2. Create more educational opportunities within the programs at the CoxHealth Foundation to address key community health issues like childhood obesity, child abuse and neglect, community wellness through exercise amongst others. 3. Support CoxHealth in raising funds for the expansion of the Cox South tower to ensure we can meet the needs of a growing community. 4. To grow the scholarship funds available for health professions to encourage and support the pursuit of nursing and health education in our region to meet the expected demand our community is facing.
Annual Events: Dining for Diabetes benefits the Diabetes Education Fund and is held each January at the Pierce City Armory. It is a dinner and auction event. Food for A Woman's Heart benefits the Women and Heart Fund for educational support for women with heart disease and is held at Touch each February. It is a luncheon with speakers, fashion show and bag raffle. CRAP- Colo-Rectal Awareness Party to benefit the Colorectal Cancer Prevention Fund is a dinner, casino night and auction held each March. Girls Just Wanna Run is the largest women's only 5k Run Walk and Expo to benefit the Rehabilitation Fund for wellness scholarships. The Julian Golf Tourney to benefit the ALS Fund is September 8-9 at Ledgestone in Branson. Boys Against Breast Cancer and Ozarks Women's Links is September 23rd. Boys tee off in the morning, ladies in the afternoon. It is a 4-person scramble to benefit the Breast Cancer Fund. Rundie is a 5k run/walk to benefit the Colorectal Cancer Prevention Fund. Come run in your "undies" on October 26th at CoxHealth Meyer Center.
How People and Businesses Can Help:People and businesses can help by donating online at www.coxhealthfoundation.com, supporting a special event, and making a bequest gift to support community health and the individual needs the CoxHealth Foundation helps to meet for the uninsured and underinsured.
Volunteer Opportunities: Call 269-7150 to learn more.
