Ridge Healthcare Foundation Makes Gift in Support of 3-D Mobile Mammography

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(Edgefield, SC, November 4, 2024) – The Ridge Healthcare Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Edgefield County Healthcare, has donated $5,000 to support the Self Regional Healthcare Foundation’s initiative to fund a new, state-of-the-art 3-D mobile mammography vehicle. This vehicle will bring advanced breast cancer screening capabilities directly to communities in Greenwood, Edgefield, Abbeville, Saluda, McCormick, Newberry, and Laurens counties.

From left to right: Ellen Courtney, President, Ridge Healthcare Foundation, Tom Herlong, Ridge Healthcare Foundation Board member, Peggy Ann Ross, Vice Pres., Ridge Healthcare Foundation, Glenda Corley, Vice Chair, Self Regional Healthcare Foundation Board of Trustees, Will Gordon, V.P. & Chief Administrative Officer, Abbeville Area Medical Center & Edgefield County Healthcare, Dr. Matt Logan, Pres. & CEO, Self Regional Healthcare

“We are delighted to contribute to the Self Regional Healthcare Foundation’s initiative. The 3-D mobile mammography vehicle will give thousands of women access to technology proven to enhance early breast cancer detection,” said Ellen Courtney, President of the Ridge Healthcare Foundation.

The total cost of the new mobile mammography vehicle is estimated at $1 million. The Dabo Swinney All In Team Foundation has already provided a lead gift of $250,000, with nearly $600,000 raised so far toward the goal.

“We are deeply grateful to the Ridge Healthcare Foundation for its generous support of this vital project,” said Ken Coffey, Executive Director of the Self Regional Healthcare Foundation. “This new vehicle will undoubtedly save lives across the Lakelands region.”

For more information, please contact the Self Regional Healthcare Foundation at (864) 725-4256 or visit www.selfregionalfoundation.org.

About Self Regional Healthcare Foundation:

Self Regional Healthcare Foundation is a 501 c (3), not for profit organization (http://www.selfregionalfoundation.org/) that funds health-related programs and projects at Self Regional Healthcare (http://www.selfregional.org/), a not-for-profit, regional referral hospital that provides care to residents of Greenwood, Abbeville, Laurens, Saluda, McCormick, Edgefield and Newberry counties. Services include prevention and wellness, acute care and tertiary care services including cancer care, neurosurgery, heart and vascular surgery, NICU, orthopedics and genetics.