PATRON DRIVE
Note that all funds raised in this drive go directly to program costs and no portion is used for administration costs of the Guild.
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This year, help us fund important projects and equipment to make Providence Saint John's even stronger in our community: Since inception, our Annual Patron Drive has raised over $1,800,000 to fund and maintain many exceptional projects and upgraded equipment at Saint John's. In 2024, Patron Drive raised $79,760 for programs and equipment donated to the health center.
The drive is a letter-writing campaign from Guild members to their friends, family and associates in the community requesting donations. |
Funding Programs/Patron Drive
GIFT OF EQUIPMENT, PROGRAMS & PROJECTS
Each year, we review requests from various departments in the Health Center to determine grants for programs and equipment which will have the greatest impact for patients and caregivers. Our goal is to use all donated funds each year to help Saint John's provide leading edge medicine and unwavering compassionate and personalized care. Scroll down to learn more.
Ongoing Programs funded by our Patron Drive
Angels of the ER
A nationally recognized program unique to Saint John's
Treats for Caregivers
Snacks distributed to hospital staff in recognition of their efforts and delivery of compassionate care.
Patient Library
Books, DVDs and CDs for patient use and waiting room magazines throughout the hospital.
Toys for the ER
Guild members purchase a number of toys and activity kits for distribution to children accompanying loved ones in the ER.
Programs funded by the Patron Drive in 2024
In 2024, through the generous donations to the Annual Patron Drive, the Irene Dunne Guild funded the following programs and equipment:
Cancer Center - 3 beds and 22 blood pressure cuffs.
Medical Procedures Unit - 1 Vein Finder and 1 Bladder Scanner.
Beauty Bus for the Patients with Cancer in the Infusion Center - hand massages and facials 2 times a week for a year.
Labor and Delivery Operating Room - Curvilear Probe to fit on the S11 Ultrasound System - Facilitates use on heavy women.
Laboratory - 16 Staff Lockers
Volunteer Services - Funds for a simple get-together for the NODA (no one dies alone) program volunteers, Nifty Needlers supplies, and snacks for the surgery waiting room.
Vascular Access (Hospital Wide) - re-stock for PICC line home kits and supplies for port placement kits.
Emergency Room - 1 Vein Finder
Programs funded by the Patron Drive in 2023
In 2023, through the generous donations to the Annual Patron Drive, the Irene Dunne Guild funded the following programs and equipment:
Massages for Caregivers: Saint John's Health Center ($33,600): Surveys show that burnout is common for hospital staff members. The IDG program provides massages to caregivers on a monthly basis, with the goal to addresses burnout among hospital staff.
Acute Care: Diagnostic Radiology Department ($10,000): Every year, 500 patients leave Saint John's with a PICC line, to be used for home intravenous infusions, and they need to know how to keep the line dry when taking a shower. Patient kits will provide a brochure with care instructions, shower covers, Curos caps and fabric arm sleeves.
Brain Health Boosters for Healthy Aging, Virtual Fit-Brain: Pacific Neuroscience Institute ($10,000): "Brain Health Boosters” is a 90min presentation. It includes cognitive training exercises for healthy aging of the brain. The presentation is intended for senior centers and other similar organizations such as the Wallis Annenberg GenSpace. "Virtual Fit-Brain" is gaming software designed to improve cognitive functioning. IDG will provide $5,000 in funding to each.
RQI Station for ASC Port "Body in a Box": Clinical Education Department ($3,424): The RQI Station device assists in real time feedback and adaptive learning. For $2,500, students are provided feedback through a laptop. Body in a Box is a low cost ($924) compact training model for the teaching of IVAD.
Bladder Scanners (2) OR and PACU: Prepoerative Services ($22,474): Scanners are an integral part of medical practice. They reduce the need for urinary catheters in preventing post-urinary retention.
AccuVein: Preoperative Services ($6,505): "AccuVein" assists nurses to find veins in patients with difficult veins who need IV's placed or blood drawn. Decreases the number of sticks for the patient.
Accuvein AV500: Oncology & Caritas Suites ($6,505): This device digitally displays a visual map of the vasculature on the surface of the skin in real time, allowing clinicians to verify vein patency and avoid valves or bifurcations.
Each year, we review requests from various departments in the Health Center to determine grants for programs and equipment which will have the greatest impact for patients and caregivers. Our goal is to use all donated funds each year to help Saint John's provide leading edge medicine and unwavering compassionate and personalized care. Scroll down to learn more.
Ongoing Programs funded by our Patron Drive
Angels of the ER
A nationally recognized program unique to Saint John's
Treats for Caregivers
Snacks distributed to hospital staff in recognition of their efforts and delivery of compassionate care.
Patient Library
Books, DVDs and CDs for patient use and waiting room magazines throughout the hospital.
Toys for the ER
Guild members purchase a number of toys and activity kits for distribution to children accompanying loved ones in the ER.
Programs funded by the Patron Drive in 2024
In 2024, through the generous donations to the Annual Patron Drive, the Irene Dunne Guild funded the following programs and equipment:
Cancer Center - 3 beds and 22 blood pressure cuffs.
Medical Procedures Unit - 1 Vein Finder and 1 Bladder Scanner.
Beauty Bus for the Patients with Cancer in the Infusion Center - hand massages and facials 2 times a week for a year.
Labor and Delivery Operating Room - Curvilear Probe to fit on the S11 Ultrasound System - Facilitates use on heavy women.
Laboratory - 16 Staff Lockers
Volunteer Services - Funds for a simple get-together for the NODA (no one dies alone) program volunteers, Nifty Needlers supplies, and snacks for the surgery waiting room.
Vascular Access (Hospital Wide) - re-stock for PICC line home kits and supplies for port placement kits.
Emergency Room - 1 Vein Finder
Programs funded by the Patron Drive in 2023
In 2023, through the generous donations to the Annual Patron Drive, the Irene Dunne Guild funded the following programs and equipment:
Massages for Caregivers: Saint John's Health Center ($33,600): Surveys show that burnout is common for hospital staff members. The IDG program provides massages to caregivers on a monthly basis, with the goal to addresses burnout among hospital staff.
Acute Care: Diagnostic Radiology Department ($10,000): Every year, 500 patients leave Saint John's with a PICC line, to be used for home intravenous infusions, and they need to know how to keep the line dry when taking a shower. Patient kits will provide a brochure with care instructions, shower covers, Curos caps and fabric arm sleeves.
Brain Health Boosters for Healthy Aging, Virtual Fit-Brain: Pacific Neuroscience Institute ($10,000): "Brain Health Boosters” is a 90min presentation. It includes cognitive training exercises for healthy aging of the brain. The presentation is intended for senior centers and other similar organizations such as the Wallis Annenberg GenSpace. "Virtual Fit-Brain" is gaming software designed to improve cognitive functioning. IDG will provide $5,000 in funding to each.
RQI Station for ASC Port "Body in a Box": Clinical Education Department ($3,424): The RQI Station device assists in real time feedback and adaptive learning. For $2,500, students are provided feedback through a laptop. Body in a Box is a low cost ($924) compact training model for the teaching of IVAD.
Bladder Scanners (2) OR and PACU: Prepoerative Services ($22,474): Scanners are an integral part of medical practice. They reduce the need for urinary catheters in preventing post-urinary retention.
AccuVein: Preoperative Services ($6,505): "AccuVein" assists nurses to find veins in patients with difficult veins who need IV's placed or blood drawn. Decreases the number of sticks for the patient.
Accuvein AV500: Oncology & Caritas Suites ($6,505): This device digitally displays a visual map of the vasculature on the surface of the skin in real time, allowing clinicians to verify vein patency and avoid valves or bifurcations.
Help us fund important projects and equipment to make Providence Saint John's even stronger in our community!