On September 22, 2023, the Self Regional Healthcare Foundation’s Annual Support Committee hosted its second annual Western Jamboree to recognize Self Regional Healthcare team and community members of the 1951 Club and Madame Curie Society.
The Jamboree II was held at the Lander Equestrian Arena. The evening featured BBQ with all the fixings from Marion Moore and his team at Stumps BBQ. Howard’s on Main provided the adult beverages, and the crowd was treated to live music by Ryan Pitts and the Southern Gentlemen.
The Foundation gives special thanks its sponsors for the event: Robins Morton, Cultured Cowboy, Harley Funeral Home, Satterfield Construction, O’Dell, TICI, American Termapest, Bonitz. Eaton, and Sharon Mulkey.
Funds raised from the Jamboree go towards the Foundation’s Equation For Progress Campaign in support of Self Regional’s DaVinci Robotic Surgery program and the creation of a comprehensive Breast Center for women.
During 2021, we lost one of our beloved friends and members of our Legacy Circle, Lynn Gilbreath Bornemann.
On August 31st, family, friends, and clinical staff gathered for the unveiling of the Lynn Gilbreath Bornemann wall which reads “Peace, Love, Courage”. These words were carefully chosen by her family and placed in the Cancer Center to encourage and inspire patients, their family members, and the staff as they enter and exit the building.
Never in all the proud years of our future will her name be forgotten.
On August 30th, the Foundation held its annual scholarship breakfast and awarded six recipients.
The Mary Ella Ruff Scholarship started in honor of one of Self Regional Healthcare’s finest and most beloved nurses, Mary Ella Ruff. Mary Ella started at the old Greenwood Hospital in March 1947 and made her transition to the new building when it opened in 1951. Miss Ruff retired in 1975 after working for Self Regional for 35 years.
The Foundation has a Mary Ella Ruff Scholarship Committee consisting of: Dr. Travis Stevenson, Anne Magruder, Dr. John Eichelberger, Ellen Rhodes, and Faye Reighley.
The Committee awarded $1,000 scholarships to Laila Jones, LeeAnna Fingerlin, Erin Allen, Madison Teague, and Brennley Furness.
The Charlotte Blackwell Memorial Nursing Scholarship is in memory of Charlotte, a young and much loved ICU nurse who was taken from us in 2005.
The Foundation has a Charlotte Blackwell Memorial Scholarship Committee consisting of: Kaye Brock, Retired Director of Nursing, Jackie Thornton, Retired Director of ICU/CCU, and John Paguntalan, Nurse Practitioner.
The Committee awarded $1,000 scholarships to Laila Jones, LeeAnna Fingerlin, and Autumn Hill.
Foundation held a Summer Social on Wednesday, August 23rd to show appreciation to all Self Regional Healthcare employee donors who show their generosity through giving back to their organization. The Summer Social included music, fellowship and free desserts from Kona Ice and Vampire Penguin of Greenwood.
During the Social, a drawing was held to give away a FREE one week stay at an oceanfront condo in Murrell’s Inlet. The Foundation staff also awarded team member, Courtlyn Sargent, for recruiting the largest number of team member donors during the hospital’s Team Member Campaign Committee contest.
Throughout their campaigns, the Foundation acts as a steward to the hospital’s employees who would like to give back and become a part of the mission to be the best place to give care and the best place to get care. The Foundation comes alongside these generous employees and talks to them about whatever size gift they are able to give, and then aids in funneling that gift into a place that will make the greatest impact for future healthcare in the Lakelands.
Currently, the Foundation is raising funds for the Equation for Progress campaign which focuses on the two leading forms of cancer for men and women: prostate cancer and breast cancer. Money raised through the community’s giving will fund the hospital’s daVinci Robotic Surgery Technology, as well as the completion of a Comprehensive Breast Center of Excellence for women.
If you are interested in giving to this campaign, please see the “Ways to Give” tab on our website or call the Foundation office at 864-725-4256.
Self Regional Healthcare Foundation For Immediate Release August 29, 2023 Contact: Jessica Garcia, Development Officer: (864) 725-5625
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.
https://selfregionalfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/23_srhf_summer_social.jpg6831024David Windhamhttps://selfregionalfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/srhf-logo-newb-552.pngDavid Windham2023-08-29 14:20:002023-08-29 14:36:15Self Regional Healthcare Foundation Holds Summer Social for Generous Team Members
From Left to Right: Ken Coffey, Executive Director, Self Regional Healthcare Foundation, Ivey Shingler, VELUX Greenwood Finance Director, Sonya Ridge, VELUX Greenwood People and Organization Manager, Chuck Rimsky, President, VELUX Greenwood, Dr. Matt Logan, Pres. & CEO, Self Regional Healthcare, John Cooper, Vice Chair, Self Regional Healthcare Foundation Board of Trustees, Keith Polatty, VELUX Senior Director of People and Organization, and Tim Hodges, Chair, Self Regional Healthcare Foundation Board of Trustees
(Greenwood, S.C., August 10, 2023) VELUX North America recently announced that the company will be making $125,000 pledge over the next five years to the Self Regional Healthcare Foundation’s Equation for Progress Campaign. “As one of the largest employers in Greenwood County and the region, VELUX is proud to support the Self Regional Healthcare Foundation. We know that our team members have benefitted from the outstanding healthcare services provided by Self Regional Healthcare,” said Chuck Rimsky, President, VELUX Greenwood LLC.
The Foundation’s Equation for Progress Campaign is focused on the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer and prostate cancer. Gifts generated for the campaign will fund the purchase of daVinci Robotic surgery technology and the creation of a comprehensive breast center of excellence for women. Thus far, the Foundation has generated over $2 million in new gift income for the campaign. “Self Regional Healthcare is our hospital. We know how important it is to have a premier healthcare provider right here in our community for our employees and our families. That’s why our company has made this significant gift. What’s more, thanks to our partnership with Self Regional’s Occupational Health Medicine program, our Light & Life Wellness Center has been a big plus in terms of providing worksite healthcare to our team members,” said Rimsky.
In accepting this generous pledge, Self Regional Healthcare Foundation Chairman Tim Hodges said, “We are so very grateful to VELUX Greenwood for their leadership gift to our campaign. I dare say that all of us have had a family member, or a friend, or a co-worker that has been touched with either breast or prostate cancer. Thanks to VELUX and many others that have and that will give to our cause, we are certain that we can make a difference in the lives of those stricken with either of these two forms of cancer. We look forward to the continued support of VELUX in the future. It is our hope that by their example of leadership, other major employers in the community will join this campaign.”
For more information about the Equation for Progress Campaign, please contact the Foundation office at 864-725-4256 or visit www.selfregionalfoundation.org.
Self Regional Healthcare Foundation For Immediate Release August 10, 2023 Contact: Jessica Garcia, Development Officer: (864) 725-5625
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.
https://selfregionalfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/23_velux_gift_foundation.jpg7341920David Windhamhttps://selfregionalfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/srhf-logo-newb-552.pngDavid Windham2023-08-22 15:46:132023-08-22 15:52:51Velux Greenwood LLC Makes Lead Gift to Self Regional Healthcare Foundation’s Equation for Progress Campaign
SELF REGIONAL HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES 2023 MEDICALLY SPEAKING SERIES
The Self Regional Healthcare Foundation Business & Industry Committee is pleased to announce its 2023 Medically Speaking series. This initiative launched in 2022 to inform Greenwood Chamber of Commerce members and the community on timely healthcare information featuring expert speakers from the Self Regional Healthcare medical staff.
“We are thrilled that Lander University and the Chamber of Commerce have collaborated with us again this year. We look at this series as an important way to provide the community about information on Self Regional Healthcare and how it benefits the quality of life in Greenwood and the Lakelands. Additionally, Medically Speaking provides great learning opportunities for nursing and other health science students at Lander University, Piedmont Technical College and our local high schools,” said Ken Coffey, Executive Director of the Self Regional Healthcare Foundation.
The following programs have been scheduled:
September 26, 5:30 P.M. – Dr. Brian Goodman will speak on “Living A Longer Life…Really”
October 24, 5:30 P.M. – Dr. Beau Fowler and Dr. Wes Culpepper will present “Taking Plastic, Cosmetic, and Reconstructive Surgery to The Next Level”
November 14, 5:30 P.M. – Dr. Amy Forrest will speak on “Empowering Women’s Health: Taking Charge of Your Well Being”
All programs will take place in the Abney Cultural Center Auditorium on the campus of Lander University.
These programs are all free to the public, but registration is required.
“The Greenwood Chamber of Commerce is happy to be part of this series. Medically Speaking gives us an opportunity to showcase our healthcare system. We know how important Self Regional Healthcare and healthcare is to our membership,” said Trentsie Williams, Pres. & CEO of the Chamber of Commerce.
To register for each program, visit www.greenwoodscchamber.org or call the Chamber at 864-223-8431. A reception with light refreshments is hosted by Lander University. For questions, you can call the Self Regional Healthcare Foundation at 864-725-5625.
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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.
https://selfregionalfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Foundation_Medically_Speaking_Event_Flyer.jpg792612David Windhamhttps://selfregionalfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/srhf-logo-newb-552.pngDavid Windham2023-08-03 18:28:292023-08-22 15:41:48Self Regional Healthcare Foundation Announces 2023 Medically Speaking Series
Western Jamboree II
/in AnnouncementsOn September 22, 2023, the Self Regional Healthcare Foundation’s Annual Support Committee hosted its second annual Western Jamboree to recognize Self Regional Healthcare team and community members of the 1951 Club and Madame Curie Society.
The Jamboree II was held at the Lander Equestrian Arena. The evening featured BBQ with all the fixings from Marion Moore and his team at Stumps BBQ. Howard’s on Main provided the adult beverages, and the crowd was treated to live music by Ryan Pitts and the Southern Gentlemen.
The Foundation gives special thanks its sponsors for the event: Robins Morton, Cultured Cowboy, Harley Funeral Home, Satterfield Construction, O’Dell, TICI, American Termapest, Bonitz. Eaton, and Sharon Mulkey.
Funds raised from the Jamboree go towards the Foundation’s Equation For Progress Campaign in support of Self Regional’s DaVinci Robotic Surgery program and the creation of a comprehensive Breast Center for women.
To view the full gallery, click here:
https://www.rachaelhughesphoto.com/Commercial/Self-Western-Jamboree-2023/
Bornemann Wall Unveiling
/in AnnouncementsDuring 2021, we lost one of our beloved friends and members of our Legacy Circle, Lynn Gilbreath Bornemann.
On August 31st, family, friends, and clinical staff gathered for the unveiling of the Lynn Gilbreath Bornemann wall which reads “Peace, Love, Courage”. These words were carefully chosen by her family and placed in the Cancer Center to encourage and inspire patients, their family members, and the staff as they enter and exit the building.
Never in all the proud years of our future will her name be forgotten.
2023 Scholarship Awards Breakfast
/in AnnouncementsOn August 30th, the Foundation held its annual scholarship breakfast and awarded six recipients.
The Mary Ella Ruff Scholarship started in honor of one of Self Regional Healthcare’s finest and most beloved nurses, Mary Ella Ruff. Mary Ella started at the old Greenwood Hospital in March 1947 and made her transition to the new building when it opened in 1951. Miss Ruff retired in 1975 after working for Self Regional for 35 years.
The Foundation has a Mary Ella Ruff Scholarship Committee consisting of: Dr. Travis Stevenson, Anne Magruder, Dr. John Eichelberger, Ellen Rhodes, and Faye Reighley.
The Committee awarded $1,000 scholarships to Laila Jones, LeeAnna Fingerlin, Erin Allen, Madison Teague, and Brennley Furness.
The Charlotte Blackwell Memorial Nursing Scholarship is in memory of Charlotte, a young and much loved ICU nurse who was taken from us in 2005.
The Foundation has a Charlotte Blackwell Memorial Scholarship Committee consisting of: Kaye Brock, Retired Director of Nursing, Jackie Thornton, Retired Director of ICU/CCU, and John Paguntalan, Nurse Practitioner.
The Committee awarded $1,000 scholarships to Laila Jones, LeeAnna Fingerlin, and Autumn Hill.
Self Regional Healthcare Foundation Holds Summer Social for Generous Team Members
/in AnnouncementsFoundation held a Summer Social on Wednesday, August 23rd to show appreciation to all Self Regional Healthcare employee donors who show their generosity through giving back to their organization. The Summer Social included music, fellowship and free desserts from Kona Ice and Vampire Penguin of Greenwood.
During the Social, a drawing was held to give away a FREE one week stay at an oceanfront condo in Murrell’s Inlet. The Foundation staff also awarded team member, Courtlyn Sargent, for recruiting the largest number of team member donors during the hospital’s Team Member Campaign Committee contest.
Throughout their campaigns, the Foundation acts as a steward to the hospital’s employees who would like to give back and become a part of the mission to be the best place to give care and the best place to get care. The Foundation comes alongside these generous employees and talks to them about whatever size gift they are able to give, and then aids in funneling that gift into a place that will make the greatest impact for future healthcare in the Lakelands.
Currently, the Foundation is raising funds for the Equation for Progress campaign which focuses on the two leading forms of cancer for men and women: prostate cancer and breast cancer. Money raised through the community’s giving will fund the hospital’s daVinci Robotic Surgery Technology, as well as the completion of a Comprehensive Breast Center of Excellence for women.
If you are interested in giving to this campaign, please see the “Ways to Give” tab on our website or call the Foundation office at 864-725-4256.
Self Regional Healthcare Foundation
For Immediate Release
August 29, 2023
Contact: Jessica Garcia, Development Officer: (864) 725-5625
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.
Velux Greenwood LLC Makes Lead Gift to Self Regional Healthcare Foundation’s Equation for Progress Campaign
/in Announcements(Greenwood, S.C., August 10, 2023) VELUX North America recently announced that the company will be making $125,000 pledge over the next five years to the Self Regional Healthcare Foundation’s Equation for Progress Campaign. “As one of the largest employers in Greenwood County and the region, VELUX is proud to support the Self Regional Healthcare Foundation. We know that our team members have benefitted from the outstanding healthcare services provided by Self Regional Healthcare,” said Chuck Rimsky, President, VELUX Greenwood LLC.
The Foundation’s Equation for Progress Campaign is focused on the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer and prostate cancer. Gifts generated for the campaign will fund the purchase of daVinci Robotic surgery technology and the creation of a comprehensive breast center of excellence for women. Thus far, the Foundation has generated over $2 million in new gift income for the campaign. “Self Regional Healthcare is our hospital. We know how important it is to have a premier healthcare provider right here in our community for our employees and our families. That’s why our company has made this significant gift. What’s more, thanks to our partnership with Self Regional’s Occupational Health Medicine program, our Light & Life Wellness Center has been a big plus in terms of providing worksite healthcare to our team members,” said Rimsky.
In accepting this generous pledge, Self Regional Healthcare Foundation Chairman Tim Hodges said, “We are so very grateful to VELUX Greenwood for their leadership gift to our campaign. I dare say that all of us have had a family member, or a friend, or a co-worker that has been touched with either breast or prostate cancer. Thanks to VELUX and many others that have and that will give to our cause, we are certain that we can make a difference in the lives of those stricken with either of these two forms of cancer. We look forward to the continued support of VELUX in the future. It is our hope that by their example of leadership, other major employers in the community will join this campaign.”
For more information about the Equation for Progress Campaign, please contact the Foundation office at 864-725-4256 or visit www.selfregionalfoundation.org.
Self Regional Healthcare Foundation
For Immediate Release
August 10, 2023
Contact: Jessica Garcia, Development Officer: (864) 725-5625
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.
Self Regional Healthcare Foundation Announces 2023 Medically Speaking Series
/in AnnouncementsSelf Regional Healthcare Foundation
For Immediate Release
August 2, 2023
Contact: Jessica Garcia, Development Officer, 864-725-5625
jessica.garcia@selfregionalfoundation.org
Greenwood Chamber of Commerce
Contact: Trentsie Williams, Pres. & CEO, 864-223-8431
twilliams@greenwoodscchamber.org
SELF REGIONAL HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES 2023 MEDICALLY SPEAKING SERIES
The Self Regional Healthcare Foundation Business & Industry Committee is pleased to announce its 2023 Medically Speaking series. This initiative launched in 2022 to inform Greenwood Chamber of Commerce members and the community on timely healthcare information featuring expert speakers from the Self Regional Healthcare medical staff.
“We are thrilled that Lander University and the Chamber of Commerce have collaborated with us again this year. We look at this series as an important way to provide the community about information on Self Regional Healthcare and how it benefits the quality of life in Greenwood and the Lakelands. Additionally, Medically Speaking provides great learning opportunities for nursing and other health science students at Lander University, Piedmont Technical College and our local high schools,” said Ken Coffey, Executive Director of the Self Regional Healthcare Foundation.
The following programs have been scheduled:
September 26, 5:30 P.M. – Dr. Brian Goodman will speak on “Living A Longer Life…Really”
October 24, 5:30 P.M. – Dr. Beau Fowler and Dr. Wes Culpepper will present “Taking Plastic, Cosmetic, and Reconstructive Surgery to The Next Level”
November 14, 5:30 P.M. – Dr. Amy Forrest will speak on “Empowering Women’s Health: Taking Charge of Your Well Being”
All programs will take place in the Abney Cultural Center Auditorium on the campus of Lander University.
These programs are all free to the public, but registration is required.
“The Greenwood Chamber of Commerce is happy to be part of this series. Medically Speaking gives us an opportunity to showcase our healthcare system. We know how important Self Regional Healthcare and healthcare is to our membership,” said Trentsie Williams, Pres. & CEO of the Chamber of Commerce.
To register for each program, visit www.greenwoodscchamber.org or call the Chamber at 864-223-8431. A reception with light refreshments is hosted by Lander University. For questions, you can call the Self Regional Healthcare Foundation at 864-725-5625.
# # # # #
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.