About St. John's Health Foundation
We are all about health. Yours and our hospital’s. We help advance the efforts of St. John’s Health by raising the financial resources to help keep facilities and technology first-rate and to fund programs and assistance for thousands of patients each year. We are honored by your donations. A healthy hospital is truly the foundation of a healthy community.
History & Mission
Our History
St. John’s Health Foundation was founded in 1999 by long-time Jackson community members Addie Donnan, James Eden, David Stokes, John Valiante, Shirley Cheramy, and Gloria Newton. Their collective goal was to increase awareness of services available at St. John’s Health and provide financial support to ensure the hospital’s long-term independence. Since its inception, Foundation supporters have made hospital growth possible and continue to bring the founders’ vision to life.
Our Mission
To secure philanthropic support to advance the mission and strategic objectives of St. John's Health, an independent hospital providing our unique community and visitors with exceptional and ever-advancing individualized care.
Why Give?
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Joanna HerreraNow a Labor & Delivery nurse at St. John’s Health, Joanna Herrera’s journey to her career milestone has been supported by St. John’s Health Foundation in a diversity of ways. Joanna’s connection with St. John’s Health is lengthy; her mother served as the hospital’s lead housekeeper from 1995 until ...
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Services Provided By St. John’s Health Foundation"St. John’s offers an incredible benefit to their staff: we can go to therapy for free with the counselor of our choice. Using this benefit has helped me manage this stress and I plan to stay at St. John’s until I retire. It helped me figure out the changes I need to make to continue in my nursing ca ..."
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Ted StarykTed StarykServing on St. John's Health Foundation board for over seven years, Ted Staryk is a fierce supporter of the ways in which St. John’s Health serves members of the community — as well as visitors — with a unique combination of big-city quality and small-town warmth. “We have a world class hospital, ...
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Donna & Michael ColesDonna & Michael Coles"The staff is amazing, and the award-winning team deserves all we can do."
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