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“Keep your eyes peeled for the big, purple bus – it’s like a big, purple hug.”
That’s advice from Elizabeth Forte, the transcultural health manager at Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center, on how to spot Wilmington’s first Community Care Cruiser. The cruiser is a 38-foot mobile health unit that will help to bring health care to community members right where they are, creating a new avenue of care for those who need it.
Read moreNight after night, 12-year-old Jessica Thornton watched the nurses in action. She spent a lot of time at her friend’s side as he recovered from surgery after surgery to address genetic complications.
Read moreNovant Health is taking big steps to help close the disparity gap in maternal and infant health for minorities – and Kimberly Cifuentes is helping to pave the way. Working as a health educator in Charlotte since August, she’s striving to get pregnant women the early and adequate prenatal care they need. And deserve.
Read moreAt 77, Nick Rizos was a local legend in Kernersville. The patriarch of a close-knit Greek family had immigrated to the U.S in his 20s seeking greater opportunities. He opened his first Olympic Family Restaurant in Kernersville in 1979. Rizos cooked, managed the business and loved talking with customers, especially about sports. He was an inspiration to his daughter Zoe, who worked in his diners growing up and now owns two restaurants of her own.
Read moreWhen the Novant Health pediatrics emergency room in Charlotte opened on July 27, 2003, Dr. Sara Steelman, a Midwesterner who’d moved to the South for this job, was there to work the very first shift in Charlotte’s first pediatric ER.
Read moreFamily foundation pays it forward with a $500,000 gift to Hemby Children’s Hospital.
Read moreAfter COVID nearly killed her, freshman switched career plans to study respiratory therapy
Read moreAt the Novant Health Wallace Cancer Institute in Salisbury, patients using virtual reality headsets have a new way to help them through infusion treatments and diagnostic imaging.
Read moreToday, she’s helping the Novant Health Foundation help others.
Read more‘You’re going to be OK.’
Read moreFunding Highlights
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$8,445,825
Presbyterian Medical Center Foundation
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$138,504
Brunswick Medical Center Foundation
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$485,602
Thomasville Medical Center Foundation
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$2,879,483
Forsyth Medical Center Foundation
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$3,011,275
Rowan Medical Center Foundation
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$3,326,336
New Hanover Regional Medical Center Foundation
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$7,877,791
Grants
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$26,940,041
Total Giving
- * 2022 Data