Little Company of Mary Community Health Foundation is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) charitable organization, which was incorporated in 1975 as the hospital's fund-raising corporation. Since then, the Foundation has raised more than $36 million to assist the organization in meeting the medical needs of the community.

Governed by a 50-member Board of Trustees composed of local volunteers, the Foundation assists the hospital in securing the necessary funds for such projects as:

• Heart Center
• Emergency Services
• Community Education
• Mother/Baby Home Follow-Up Program
• Sexual Assault Response Team (SART)Center
• Mary Potter Program For Human Dignity
  (Charitable Care Program)
• Senior Services
• Partners for Healthy Kids
  (Mobile pediatric clinic)
• Women's Care Center
• HealthCareConnections
  (Patient information and education system)
• Case Management Program
• Patient Care Representatives

Foundation fund-raising programs include:

Annual Fund Appeals

Annual appeals are made to individuals, corporations and foundations for gifts that support general hospital and community outreach programs, such as Partners for Healthy Kids, Emergency Services, Mother/Baby Home Follow-up Program, the Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) Center and Patient Care Representatives.

Capital Campaigns

A capital campaign is designed to raise a specified sum of money within a defined time frame to meet the varied capital needs of the hospital. The recently completed capital drive, Campaign 2000, was a five-year, $7.6 million project to meet the community's women's health, critical care and emergency medical needs well into the next millennium via the construction of a new, five-story patient care tower at Little Company of Mary Hospital.  The Campaign for Health is a 3-year, $6 million project to meet the Community's emergency medical needs at Little Company of Mary-San Pedro Hospital.

Special Events

The Foundation holds four major fund-raising events each year. Sellabration is an elegant, black tie dinner-dance and auction, held each year in early November. Since 1975, this classic event has raised funds for the hospital's many charity care, patient care and community outreach programs.  "Simple Abundance, a Day of Women's Wellness" raises funds for our Sexual Assault Response Team (SART).  This year's event featured Key Note Speaker Tipper Gore.  For Our Children, held annually in the spring, is a collaborative event sponsored by Little Company of Mary Hospital, the Sandpipers and Melange, Inc. This sumptuous food and wine-tasting extravaganza raises funds to support the Partners for Healthy Kids mobile pediatric clinic.  The annual Little Company of Mary Community Health Foundation Golf Classic, celebrating its 22^nd year in May 2002, has expanded to a two-course event unlike any other in the South Bay. 

Grants

Private, public and corporate foundations are solicited to help provide support for the many innovative patient care and outreach programs that address the diverse need of the greater South Bay communities.

Planned Giving

Little Company of Mary Community Health Foundation offers a service to assist donors and their professional advisors with the design, implementation and management of charitable gift arrangements. Working with your advisors, we can help to meet your planning needs, while making a significant contribution to the hospital and community. Gift planning optimizes income, minimizes taxes and preserves wealth for loved ones. Gift Planning Professionals:
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Board of Trustees

We recognize with gratitude the members of our Board of Trustees who so generously volunteer their time to help our hospital achieve greater success. They are:

Contact Us

The following information is directory information for the foundation staff at Little Company of Mary Community Health Foundation: