Parents With Hope

Saint Francis Healthcare System Foundation's end-of-year fundraising appeal was hugely successful and an incredible experience for all of us, including The Friends of Saint Francis. 
  • In the last weeks of 2016, Saint Francis employees, Friends and Foundation Board members, and people in the community gave generously - raising $84,300 via text, over the phone, in the mail and online.
  • Plus this year, we participated in #GivingTuesday on November 29, a global day dedicated to giving to others. All funds raised will go directly to the Parents With Hope fund.
About the Parents With Hope Fund

This special fund, created by Jason and Leigh Ann Siener a decade ago, gives financial assistance to moms and dads with premature or critically ill infants cared for at Saint Francis. This includes transportation, lodging and meals during worrying, stressful times.



Find out how the Foundation is enhancing patient care at Saint Francis in a variety of valuable ways today!


Get Ready for This Year's Friends Gala!



Saturday, March 4 
5:30 pm-11:30 pm 
Isle Casino Event Center in Cape Girardeau  

The 2017 Friends Gala will feature live entertainment by Hello Weekend, dancing, a plated dinner and open bar, a fabulous live auction and other exciting event enhancers. All proceeds will benefit Saint Francis Healthcare System's CancerCare and CardiacCare patient funds.
  • The CancerCare fund helps cancer patients in need with nutritional supplements, medicine, transportation and lodging.
  • The CardiacCare fund provides assistance with cardiac rehabilitation and other necessary services and equipment for patients unable to afford them.
If you would like to contribute to the CancerCare or CardiacCare funds, please click here.

Few tickets remain for this event. If you are interested in purchasing tickets, please call the Foundation office at 573-331-5133.

Thank you to our sponsors for their generosity!

Diamond Sponsors - $10,000
  • Isle Casino
  • Siemens Healthineers
Platinum Sponsor - $7,500
  • Merrill Lynch Wealth Management - Bart & Garrett Ozbun
Gold Sponsor - $5,000
  • My Daddy's Cheesecake Bakery & Cafe
Silver Sponsors - $2,500
  • The Printing Co.
  • El Sol Mexican Restaurant
Bronze Sponsors - $1,500
  • The Bank of Missouri
  • First Choice Insurance Agency 
  • Marathon Benefits Group/Voya Financial
  • Room Mates Pool and Spa
     
Goodbye to Old Friends, Hello to New
 
In December, The Friends celebrated three of its retiring Board members. These included community member Mike Jones and employee members Candice O'Hare and Julie Woodruff.

Julie Woodruff
A ll three received a crystal recognition award as a token of our appreciation for their years of dedicated volunteer service on the board. During their six-year tenure, these board members helped raise  more than $1 million for the NICU Transpor t Team, Parents With Hope, Fit Kids, NICU Family Room, My Daddy's Café, the Statue and Water feature, Saint Francis' valet services, CancerCare and CardiacCare funds.
 
Mike, who served as The Friends Board President in 2014, also served on the Executive Committee, Ken Hayden Golf Committee and Benefit Golf Committee.
 
Candice serviced on the Executive Committee, Development Committee, Gala Committee and most recently served as Friends Historian in 2016. Julie served on the Executive Committee, Benefit Golf Committee and most recently served as the Ken Hayden Golf Chair in 2016.
Mike Jones and Candice O'Hare
 
Thank you all for your service!
 
We are happy to introduce four new Friends of Saint Francis Board members. Christy Parrish works as an account manager with GFI Digital, Inc. and Susan Layton Tomlin works as an attorney with Layton & Southard, LLC. They join the Board as new community members.
 
Emily Blattel works as a communications specialist in Saint Francis' marketing department and Christy Farrow works as an inpatient rehabilitation external admissions liaison at the Medical Center.
 
We welcome them to the Board as new employee members!

Here's What's Ahead in 2017!
 
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8
The Friends Travel Show
6 pm
Saint Agatha Conference Room, located at Saint Francis Medical Center
We will be hosting The Friends Travel Show for the Peru trip on Wednesday, February 8 at 6  pm.

For more information on the event or trip to Peru, click here.

If you are interested in attending, please RSVP by February 6 to Laura Propst via email, or call 573-331-5133.

SATURDAY, MARCH 4
The Friends Gala
5:30 pm-11:30 pm
Isle Casino Event Center in Cape Girardeau
 
 
FRIDAY, MAY 12 (rain date: Friday, June 2)
Ken Hayden Golf Outing
Bent Creek Golf Course in Jackson
The Friends of Saint Francis is hosting its 14th Annual Ken Hayden Memorial Golf Tournament. Since its inception, this four-person mixed scramble, named in memory of Ken Hayden, has raised nearly $700,000 to benefit Saint Francis patients throughout the region.
 
 
FRIDAY, AUGUST 18 (rain date: Friday, Aug. 25)
Benefit Golf Outing
Bent Creek Golf Course in Jackson
  • Morning Scramble - shotgun start at 7:30 am
  • Afternoon Scramble - shotgun start at 1:30 pm
The Benefit Golf Tournament, the most successful fundraising event hosted each year by The Friends, is a fun four-person scramble. This prestigious outing averages more than 200 golfers and is held every August. The golfing event includes 18 holes of golf, green fees, golf cart, tournament-quality golf apparel, prizes, lunch and more. Prizes are awarded immediately following both scrambles.
 

                     
Philosophy
  • Support the Healthcare System, its patients and their families
  • Give back to the community through service
  • Transform lives for the better
Friends of Saint Francis

Saint Francis Healthcare System Foundation
211 Saint Francis Drive  ·  Cape Girardeau, MO 63703
573-331-5790  ·  foundation.sfmc.net