Funding Excellence In Local Healthcare
UPMC Northwest patient Gloria Hoover, of Franklin, receives flowers from Theresa Edder, executive director of the Northwest Hospital Foundation on Easter Sunday. Hoover was one of many patients to whom the Foundation delivered flowers to help make their holiday …
Sometimes the best way to say thank you is with a small gesture. For Jim Oliphant and his wife Barbara, of Kennerdell, PA, their thank-you gesture was delivered to the staff at the UPMC Cardiac Rehabilitation Department in the form …
Barry and Lynn Cressman A grant to purchase a hightech medical apparatus has given relief to a local man whose mobility has been limited. The Northwest Hospital Foundation, a nonprofit charitable organization that supports UPMC Northwest, provided a $22,900 grant to …
The Northwest Hospital Foundation and the United Way of Venango County have partnered to ensure all babies born at UPMC Northwest have the opportunity to register for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library if they live in Venango, Clarion, and Forest counties. …
Ivy Kuberry, Environmental Education Specialist from Oil Creek State Park, shows off a piece of gill-over-the-ground ivy during a one-mile nature walk that was hosted by the Northwest Hospital Foundation. The walk was held last week at the UPMC …
UPMC Northwest Hospital has established an in-hospital room that is aimed at providing respite for health care workers. “Imagine you enter a room that offers a glowing beach sunset, peaceful music, soft lighting, snacks, and the gentle hum of a …
The popular walking trail is getting an upgrade to provide better access to the walkway. The one-mile-long trail that loops around the hospital began as a mulch-covered path in 2005. It was later converted to a gravel walk and in …
UPMC Northwest is a little brighter this holiday season because of the generosity of a local couple. A quartet of 20-foot-high, lighted Christmas trees have been erected on the hospital grounds. The towering trees were funded by a donation to …
Franklin VFW Post #1835 recently provided a gift to the Northwest Hospital Foundation to improve the quality of life for disabled patients. “Sometimes it’s not simply a question of what’s for dinner. It’s how dinner will be eaten,” said …
A program called “Look Good Feel Better” (LGFB), which is designed to help cancer patients improve their self-confidence by regaining control of their appearance, is underway through the Northwest Hospital Foundation. Pandemic-related directives have changed the way the program is …