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Stories of remarkable care

At Novant Health Foundation, we're on a mission to engage and connect donors to Novant Health programs and initiatives that save lives and improve the health of the communities we serve. Read our stories below to learn more about how remarkable care is transforming Novant Health communities, and please don't hesitate to reach out and share your story.

A lifelong advocate for health

November 6, 2020

For 39 years, Rick Parker has dedicated his career to improving healthcare for others and connecting generous donors to Novant Health’s mission to deliver remarkable care throughout the communities it serves.

‘This is a human push’

November 4, 2020

From as early as she can remember, Ophelia Garmon-Brown, MD, has wanted to be a doctor. Her inspiration stemmed from personal tragedy: She lost her father to encephalitis at the age of 2.

In pursuit of excellence

October 12, 2020

For as long as Bernie Washington can remember, she has had a standing weekly dinner date with her mother. The ritual is as important for Washington now as it was when she was a child.

Power of philanthropy

Novant Health Foundation's philanthropic efforts inspire giving that supports programs and initiatives having direct patient impact. Through the generous support of individuals, families, companies and grant-making institutions, we aid Novant Health in its mission to improve the health of our communities, one person at a time.

Connect with us to learn more, or donate now to help save lives, leave a legacy and make a difference.

$13,877,346
invested

supporting
649 locations,
including

15 medical centers
across the Novant Health footprint

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New harness for Neuroscience Center makes patient recovery faster and safer

November 30, 2020

The Neuroscience Center of Excellence is home for our rehabilitation team members, who work with patients recovering from strokes, brain injuries, spinal cord injuries and amputations.

Celebrating the transformation of Novant Health Cancer Institute and the generosity that made it possible

November 30, 2020

Your donations have helped us transform the Novant Health Cancer Institute, located at Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center.

Nurse navigators make a difference for our patients because of you

November 30, 2020

Nurse navigators support cancer patients and their caregivers through every stage of their journey, starting after a diagnosis. They answer questions, translate the doctor’s instructions and serve as their advocate before, during and after treatment.

2019 annual report

Your gifts demonstrate a real, lasting dedication to the health and well-being of our patients, their families and our communities. Donors across Novant Health support breast screenings, oncology initiatives, updated equipment and technology, improved access to behavioral health and other programs, as well as new buildings and facility upgrades.

Read our annual reports online to see how contributions raised were put to use in 2019.

$3,338,173
grant funding received

$6,803,732
total gifts

$12,616,125
total new commitments

Campaign & partner highlights

Located across the southeast, each of our regional foundations focus on the critical needs in five areas: Infants & children, Cancer, Heart & vascular, Stroke & neurosciences and Research & education.

Our generous partners include private, corporate and family foundations, as well as companies and government agencies.

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Give care. Give hope. Give now.

Our healthcare professionals are suiting up every day ready for battle, rising up as heroes to serve our communities in their time of greatest need. Your support will help us continue to provide lifesaving care.

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Brunswick Sheriff’s Charitable Foundation

Novant Health Brunswick Medical Center Foundation received a grant from the Brunswick Sheriff’s Charitable Foundation to fund the “A Path Forward” program for behavioral health care and addiction treatment.

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During #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth, 30 local Thomasville businesses joined together to paper the town with pink ribbons in their windows as part of the Paint the Town Pink fundraiser. Because of your generous donations, we raised more than $300 to provide breast health services to women in our community.

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It’s hard to believe, but we’ve once again arrived at the time of year when the collective consciousness shifts toward giving thanks. And, even in a year as challenging as 2020, we have much to be grateful for.

Our gratitude must begin with recognition of our team members in their response to the coronavirus pandemic. Then there was the outpouring of love from the communities we serve. Our restaurants, themselves hit hard by the pandemic, sent meals every day for our team members. Individuals and organizations sent letters of support and encouragement, which kept our morale and energy high.

Throughout the year, our team members have never lost sight of the future, a time when the coronavirus no longer monopolizes global healthcare communities. And throughout this year, we’ve continued advancing new initiatives that will bring even more remarkable care to our community.

It’s important to note, none of it would be possible without your generosity and commitment to Novant Health. In this unprecedented and challenging time, your gifts allowed us to stay focused on the important work of saving lives across our community. Our work must go on, and your continued support will be more important than ever.

From our family to yours, here’s to health and happiness through the rest of 2020 and beyond. And once again, thank you for all you do.

To read more of the gratitude message from Saad Ehtisham, president Novant Health Greater Charlotte Market and Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center, visit SupportNovantHealth.org/PMCFQ4Saad.

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At Novant Health Foundation, we are humbled by the outpouring of support during these challenging times. The coronavirus pandemic forced us into a fierce fight. Our healthcare professionals across Novant Health have suited up every day ready for battle, rising up as heroes to serve our communities in a time of great need.

We want to say thank you to everyone who has sent messages of hope, donations of food, masks and medical equipment.

To every individual, family and business who has given so generously to our Hope for Remarkable Team Aubergine Fund to support our front-line heroes, THANK YOU! Through generous donations from you, our donors, we were able to care for our remarkable team members serving on the front lines every day.

#Thanksgiving #ThankYou #Gratitude

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Thank you to the Hearst Foundations for the $125,000 grant to support Family Connects, a postpartum nurse home visit program in Forsyth and Davidson counties.

The program provides free home visit services to all Forsyth County and Davidson County mothers and newborns who deliver at Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center or Novant Health Thomasville Medical Center. Since 2016, the program has provided support for thousands of mothers and babies and connected families to nurturing community resources.

“Partnership with the Hearst Foundations will result in higher quality postpartum medical care, more positive parenting, reduced anxiety for families and less infant emergency medical care,” said Ann Caulkins, senior vice president of Novant Health and president of Novant Health Foundations. “We are grateful for the Hearst Foundations’ commitment to Forsyth and Davidson County families, and to a great start in life for newborns.”

To learn more about the grant and the Family Connects program, visit SupportNovantHealth.org/HearstFoundations2020Grant.

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Please join us in celebrating Joe Ely for his Spirit of Philanthropy Award from the Triad Chapter of the Association of Philanthropy Professionals. Joe is a Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center Foundation board member and chair of the Development Committee. He was instrumental in generating funding for our coronavirus relief efforts this spring. Congratulations, Joe!
#nationalphilanthropyday

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“It is a great feeling to work for an organization you know will support you during tough times. And it’s an even better feeling to know the organization you work for prepares and trains for crises and can flip a switch to make this new way of working possible,” said Bernie Washington, senior director and deputy chief of staff at Novant Health. “We didn’t skip a beat. We rallied together, adjusted our focus and became better, faster and stronger, which speaks to the dynamic leadership at Novant Health.”

“Throughout the pandemic, the health and safety of our patients and team members has been our No. 1 priority,” Bernie said.

The community’s generous donations provided support and resources, from childcare to short-term lodging and financial assistance, to all Novant Health team members. This support allowed our team members to take care of themselves and families during the pandemic.

“I deeply enjoy working for Novant Health under the leadership of Kim Henderson, senior vice president and system chief of staff,” she said. “We believe in and model Novant Health’s culture and mission. Being able to contribute to both in meaningful ways and support our vision and strategy for healthier and stronger communities is important to me.”

To read more of Bernie’s story and leadership, visit SupportNovantHealth.org/BernieWashington.

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The coronavirus pandemic has taken many things away, but what Rayvon Mitchell misses the most is a hug.

Rayvon, a certified nursing assistant, works as a curbside assistant at Novant Health Derrick L. Davis Cancer Institute. He’s there to greet cancer patients as they arrive, spreading love and kindness to those in need. But these days, his megawatt smile is hidden behind a protective mask, and his trademark hug has been put on hold.

“I can’t hug my patients, and it’s killing me,” Rayvon said. “When you use your heart to do things, it becomes so contagious for other people. That’s my goal right now: to love everyone and to make my cancer patients feel loved and cared for when they get here. I always tell my patients, ‘You cross the line in the parking lot, and you belong to me.’ They’re all my babies.”

Cancer is personal for Rayvon, as it is for so many. “I put myself directly in their place. I very rarely use, ‘I understand,’ when I talk to them’” Rayvon said. “I try to show them, to use something more powerful than, ‘I understand what you’re going through,’ because a lot of people would say, ‘No, you don’t.’ I’ve been there. I know the feeling. I know the sting. I know the tears that have been shared. I know the heartache. But I try not to tell patients because I can show you better than I can tell you.”

His approach works. Stacy Sawyers, a cancer services support specialist at the Derrick L. Davis Cancer Institute, has seen it firsthand.
“Rayvon delights our patients with his kind spirit and genuine caring attitude. If he is not at the door, you may find him meeting a patient at their car with a wheelchair or pushing patients to the correct waiting room,” Stacy said. “His tenderness shows as he greets and assists those who need physical help. Even with a mask, he is the smile at the front door that becomes a big part of their cancer journey.”
To read more of Rayvon’s story of remarkable care, visit SupportNovantHealth.org/RayvonMitchell.

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Novant Health, Caroline’s Corner and Ronald McDonald House of Charlotte have come together to create a private area on the pediatric floor of Novant Health Hemby Children’s Hospital where families can find a warm, peaceful place to rest, regroup and find hope.

After their infant daughter Caroline passed away, John and Ginny Comly decided to build a place to provide families with everything they need while their children are fighting for their lives. When it opens early in 2021, it will be called The Ronald McDonald Family Room at Caroline’s Corner. Its mission is to provide care, comfort and hope.

“That’s what we view as the ultimate goal because having a child in the PICU is a life experience where there is little, if any, comfort and hope,” John said. “When Caroline died, it became more of a mission that we wanted to do this and to do it in her name.”

“The Family Room will be more than just a space; more than bricks and mortar,” stated Ronald McDonald House of Charlotte CEO Denise Cubbedge. “The Family Room program will provide a quiet place for families to take time for themselves so they can better prepare for the emotional and mental demands of having a child in the hospital."

We are incredibly grateful to the Comly family, Ronald McDonald House and all of the donors who made this space possible.

Donate today to honor Caroline and her legacy to bring care, comfort and hope to families with a hospitalized child.

To learn more about the partnership, visit SupportNovantHealth.org/CarolineComly.

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Today, on Veterans Day, we stand with our team members and community members who have served and continue to serve in the U.S. military. At Novant Health, we are proud of every veteran and reservist in our workforce, and we recognize the great perspective, integrity, compassion and discipline you bring to our mission.

Craig Borst, a veteran and team member at Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center, served four years in the Navy, where he had an MRI after suffering an injury. The experience led him to his civilian career as an MRI tech, where he enjoys being a calm, reassuring voice to patients.

“Here at Novant Health, we are who we say we are,” Craig said. I’ve come across so many members of the organization that are just genuine, down to earth and real people who care. I’m forever part of a great team known as being a veteran, but I’m proud to be a part of Team Aubergine as well! It means a lot me.”

Thank you, Craig, and all of our nation’s veterans for your service! We appreciate you not only today, but every day for your sacrifice, care and invaluable work.

#VeteransDay #RemarkableCare #NovantHealth

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We are thrilled to celebrate the first patient, Diana Faison, of the Novant Health Sherry Strong Integrative Medicine Oncology Clinic, part of the new Novant Health Claudia W. and John M. Belk Heart & Vascular Institute and Agnes B. and Edward I. Weisiger Cancer Institute in Charlotte.

The new clinic will enhance the current Novant Health Integrative Medicine program, which takes a whole person approach to addressing all factors that influence health and well-being, body, mind and spirit, as well as how each is affected during cancer treatment, recovery and survivorship.

“My hope is that when patients come in, there’s this healing energy and peacefulness that comes over them,” Sherry Pollex said. “This isn’t a hospital. This is a place to come to get well and feel well. This is a place of hope.”

A huge thank you to @sherrystrongoc and the @mtjfoundation for everything they have done to make this clinic possible.

To learn more about Sherry Pollex’s journey which led her to partner with Novant Health to open this clinic, visit SupportNovantHealth.org/SherryPollex.

Find your regional foundation

Novant Health’s network consists of more than 1,500 physicians and over 26,000 team members who provide care at over 470 locations, including 14 medical centers and hundreds of outpatient facilities and physician clinics. Headquartered in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, the health system cares for more than 4.4 million patients annually in North Carolina, Virginia, South Carolina and Georgia.

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A lifelong advocate for health

November 6, 2020

Give care. Give hope. Give now.

Our healthcare professionals are suiting up every day ready for battle, rising up as heroes to serve our communities in their time of greatest need. Your support on Giving Tuesday Now, May 5, 2020, will help us continue to provide lifesaving care.

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A Path Forward: Leading Brunswick communities toward better behavioral health

We are committed to providing the treatment, outreach programs and community education necessary to meet this dangerous crisis head-on.

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Power of philanthropy

$13,877,346
invested

supporting 649 locations,
including

15 medical centers across the Novant Health footprint

* 2018 data

Our foundations engage and connect donors to Novant Health programs and initiatives that save lives and improve the health of the communities we serve.

Located across the southeast, each of our regional foundations focus on the critical needs in five areas: Infants & children, Cancer, Heart & vascular, Stroke & neurosciences and Research & education.

Donate now

Find your foundation

Novant Health Brunswick
Medical Center Foundation
Novant Health Forsyth
Medical Center Foundation
Novant Health Presbyterian
Medical Center Foundation
Novant Health UVA Health System
Prince William Medical Center Foundation
Novant Health Rowan
Medical Center Foundation
Novant Health Thomasville
Medical Center Foundation

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Help us improve access to lifesaving healthcare in the fight against the coronavirus

CARES Act and how it may impact your 2020 giving

A thank you from Ann Caulkins for supporting our healthcare heroes

Stories of remarkable care

Power of philanthropy

$13,877,346 invested

supporting 649 locations, including

15 medical centers across the Novant Health footprint

News & events

2019 annual report

$3,338,173 grant funding received

$6,803,732 total gifts

$12,616,125 total new commitments

Campaign & partner highlights

Campaign highlight

Partner highlight

Stay connected

Find your regional foundation

In the news

A lifelong advocate for health

Campaign highlight

Give care. Give hope. Give now.

Campaign highlight

A Path Forward: Leading Brunswick communities toward better behavioral health

Power of philanthropy

$13,877,346 invested

supporting 649 locations, including

15 medical centers across the Novant Health footprint

Our foundations engage and connect donors to Novant Health programs and initiatives that save lives and improve the health of the communities we serve.

Find your foundation

$13,877,346
invested

supporting
649 locations,
including

15 medical centers
across the Novant Health footprint

$3,338,173
grant funding received

$6,803,732
total gifts

$12,616,125
total new commitments

$13,877,346
invested

supporting 649 locations,
including