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Help a Local NICU Family
Union Hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit provides care for approximately 300 babies each year. When a baby is hospitalized, the cost for families traveling back and forth each day can quickly add up. In many cases, the added financial hardship of daily transportation often burdens parents and prevents them from spending valuable time at their child’s bedside.
That’s why Union Health Foundation created the NICU Fuel Assistance Fund. Current NICU families who are experiencing financial difficulties receive $25 gas gift cards to help offset the cost of travel. Donate Now!
Future Leaders in Philanthropy
The Foundation’s Future Leaders in Philanthropy group (FLiP) raised over $9,500 for the Maternal & Child Services Fund during their Trivia Night event. Thank you to everyone who helped make their first fundraising an event a success!
FLiP is new group for young adults, 21-35 years old, who are interested in networking, professional development, and supporting the improvement of health & wellness in the Wabash Valley through fundraising, volunteerism and advocacy.
Union Health Foundation, United Way of the Wabash Valley, and the Wabash Valley Community Foundation are partnering with Terre Haute Police Department to launch an innovative pilot program incorporating an embedded social worker into the department.
The program aims to reduce the number of repeat calls and welfare checks the department receives while connecting individuals in need with services in the community. The public-private partnership involving all four entities funds the program for three years.
B. Curtis Wilkinson Scholarship Fund for Continuing Education in Healthcare
Established in memory of B. Curtis Wilkinson recognizing his dedication to education as a lifelong learner and his years of service and advocacy for healthcare in the Wabash Valley. The scholarship will be awarded to qualified members of the Union Health community who wish to advance their education and further their careers.
Curt practiced law in Terre Haute for 50 years and served on numerous civic and non-profit boards. He lived his life and pursued his vocation with great personal integrity and an intense work ethic. He was a passionate advocate for his clients, especially for Union Hospital, and he drew satisfaction from being a part of Union’s enormous growth and success over more than three decades in its service. Donate to the Wilkinson Scholarship Fund
Employee Giving Campaign
Record Amount Raised
We had a record-breaking turn out and raised the largest amount ever during this year’s Employee Giving Campaign! Thank you to our 794 employee donors for giving a total of $127,601.83!
Even though the official campaign is over, you can still give! Click the button below for more information.
Thanks to generous donations from the community, Union Health Foundation awarded $2,384,392.45 to improve health and wellness in the Wabash Valley in 2022.
Dr. Stevens devoted his remarkable 40-year-career to improving the health and well-being of his patients. His first role in the medical field was serving as a medic in Vietnam, seeing first hand the struggle veterans had with heroin addiction. During his tenure, Dr. Stevens helped thousands of people escape the grips of addiction. Dr. Stevens also spent much of his career advocating for rural health care. Under his leadership, the Family Practice residency program expanded and received national acclaim for its rural health focus.
This scholarship fund recognizes his unparalleled service and leadership to healthcare and education in the Wabash Valley and will aid qualified students pursuing a doctorate in medicine at Indiana University School of Medicine – Terre Haute.
Union Health Foundation hosted the Vern W. Fellows family during a dedication ceremony to celebrate the expansion and renovation of Union Health’s Cardiac Rehab Center. The Center was named in honor of Vern W. Fellows, for his generous philanthropy and more than 30 years of services to the Foundation and Union Hospital. Vern was also a patient and advocate of the Cardiac Rehab Program.
Construction was recently completed on the 540-square-foot expansion of the center. The renovations increase capacity for equipment and patient utilization. The center serves approximately 300 patients annually and provides patients with a 12-week customized exercise program to help achieve their heart health goal. According to Union Health’s 2021 Community Health Needs Assessment, four of the six Indiana Wabash Valley counties fall in the bottom quartile of the state (worst 25%) for age-adjusted death rate due to coronary heart disease.
Get Involved with FLiP
Union Health Foundation’s FLiP is a new group for young adults, 21-35 years old, who are interested in networking, professional development, and supporting the improvement of health & wellness in the Wabash Valley through fundraising, volunteerism and advocacy.
Examples of your impact are all around us – from providing reduced cost therapy services to children in need, to educating future healthcare providers and to advancing medical care through new programs and services. Thanks to your continued commitment and dedicated support, the care provided across Union Health is changing lives and pushing the boundaries of discovery.
We hope this report illustrates the tangible impact charitable support has on the patients and community we serve.
In February 2022, Union Health Foundation launched an innovative program to help improve the living environments of Wabash Valley families, thanks to a recent federal grant.
The Foundation was awarded a $46,362 grant by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to create the Healthy Homes Initiative. Through a collaborative effort with the Lugar Center for Rural Health and other community partners, this program will expand the existing services provided by the All Babies Initiative, founded in 2016 to address the community’s high infant mortality rate.
For the past two years, Ravyn and Alec Enstrom have organized a softball tournament to raise money for Union Health Foundation’s Bereavement Services Fund. The tournament, “Batting for Barrett” is in honor of their son Barrett Richard Antone Enstrom who was stillborn on December 7, 2018.
At the end of the day, Union Health is about people. Learn about people whose lives have been changed by the experiences at Union, both patients and volunteers.
The Foundation’s Future Leaders in Philanthropy group (FLiP) raised over $9,500 for the Maternal & Child Services Fund during their Trivia Night event. Thank you to everyone who helped make their first fundraising an event a success!
Established in memory of B. Curtis Wilkinson recognizing his dedication to education as a lifelong learner and his years of service and advocacy for healthcare in the Wabash Valley. The scholarship will be awarded to qualified members of the Union Health community who wish to advance their education and further their careers.
We had a record-breaking turn out and raised the largest amount ever during this year’s Employee Giving Campaign! Thank you to our 794 employee donors for giving a total of $127,601.83!
Thanks to generous donations from the community, Union Health Foundation awarded $2,384,392.45 to improve health and wellness in the Wabash Valley in 2022.
Dr. Stevens devoted his remarkable 40-year-career to improving the health and well-being of his patients. His first role in the medical field was serving as a medic in Vietnam, seeing first hand the struggle veterans had with heroin addiction. During his tenure, Dr. Stevens helped thousands of people escape the grips of addiction. Dr. Stevens also spent much of his career advocating for rural health care. Under his leadership, the Family Practice residency program expanded and received national acclaim for its rural health focus.
