Gundersen St. Joseph's Memorial Foundation
Because of generous people like you, Gundersen St. Joseph’s Memorial Foundation provides funds to improve access to quality rural healthcare.
Who we are
St. Joseph's Memorial Foundation was established in 1984 for the sole purpose of supporting the programs and services of Gundersen St. Joseph's Hospital and Clinics. To this day, we continue to raise funds to support the purchase of new equipment at St. Joseph’s and to bring the best medicine and future healthcare providers to our rural communities.
Upcoming events
St. Joseph's Memorial Foundation Golf Outing
Ways to give
Memorial garden
Honor the memory of a family member or friend through a donation to St. Joseph’s memorial garden program. Purchase a sculptural flower, engraved and crafted to be as unique as the person you knew and loved.
General fund
Donating to our general fund means your gift will be used to support the area of greatest need. You can request that your gift be used in a specific area, such as emergency or cancer care, by stating this in the gift memo section of the online form. Gifts may also be made in honor or memory of loved ones.
Scholarship fund
Join us in growing our future healthcare workforce by making a gift to the scholarship fund. We provide 6 scholarships each academic year to graduating students within our service area who are pursuing a career in healthcare.
From our director
Hello and thank you for your interest in supporting St. Joseph’s Memorial Foundation.
Our foundation supports Gundersen St. Joseph’s Hospital and Clinics in advancing access to quality care for our rural communities.
We’re passionate about bringing the very best medicine to our medically underserved area by supporting the great work done by the staff at St. Joe’s through the purchase of equipment and providing scholarships to grow our own healthcare workforce.
In recent years, St. Joseph’s Memorial Foundation has funded:
- $150,000 to purchase new surgical equipment to bring robotic-assisted general surgery to Hillsboro Hospital
- $45,000 to purchase a new Waveform ABI machine to support vascular, cardiology and wound care services at Hillsboro Hospital
- $70,000 to replace patient beds in the Hillsboro emergency department
- $8,000 to purchase a traction table for Hillsboro's rehabilitation department
- $20,000 for bigger ovens in Hillsboro's dietary department
- $25,000 for state-of-the-art chiropractic tables in the Elroy Clinic
- $54,000 for new cystoscopes to bring urology services to Hillsboro
- $3,000 for new scales in our medical clinics
- More than $2 million to build a new hospital, which opened in 2020
Our work is possible thanks to the support of people like you.
If you share our passion for rural healthcare, and want to support the work we do, please consider a donation to our cause.
Take care,
Dan Howard
Our team
Leadership
- Executive director - Dan Howard
- Chair - Kirby Wong
- Vice chair - Wendy Manser
- Treasurer - Diana Marshall
Members
- Connie Dorow
- Ellen Gardner
- Joe Havlik
- Marta McDonald
- Barb Potter
- Shirley Richardson
- Dory Stahlkopf
- Lori Stanek
- Doris Skemp
- Karen Theis
- Ann Wong
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St. Joseph’s Memorial Foundation, Inc.
400 Water Ave, PO Box 527
Hillsboro, WI 54634
St. Joseph’s Memorial Foundation, Inc. is a 501(C)3 charitable organization and contributions are tax exempt where provided by law.