Author: HCHD Foundation

Creating public-private partnerships takes many shapes and forms.  A couple of years ago, Ellen Martin, Harris Health System Sr. Patient Liaison, approached the HCHD Foundation with the idea of building a Horticultural Therapy Garden at the Harris Health System Quentin Mease (QM) Community Hospital.  With funding procured by the HCHD Foundation, the Horticultural Therapy Garden was officially opened last fall. Michael Segal, another Sr. Patient Liaison who attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the QM garden,…

The HCHD Foundation donated a new van to the Troubleshooting for Health Program. This is the Harris Health System immunization outreach program.  In 2012 Troubleshooting for Health administered 21,364 immunizations free of charge to 7,000 low-income children. The Harris Health System immunization outreach program concentrates its efforts in critically undeserved areas in Harris County. These vaccines are encapsulated miracles.By reaching out to the most impoverished sectors in Harris County, our staff become nothing short than…

Ruth Ransom is celebrating her one-year anniversary with HCHD Foundation in September, and we are thrilled to have her as part of our team. Prior to arriving at the Foundation, Ruth served in a variety of professional and volunteer roles in Houston for over thirty years. These roles included, CFO of MetroCorp Bancshares and Vice President of JPMorgan Chase Bank, Treasurer and Trustee of the Board of Trustees of the Awty International School, volunteer-Alley Theatre, Boy Scouts, and the Houston Live Stock Show….

Members of the Houston Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure® board of trustees and grants committee visited the Harris Health System in April. The HCHD Foundation has been receiving grants from Komen for almost 20 years. This funding has been instrumental in enhancing the mammography screening and diagnostic services in the Harris Health System. The graphic below shows the volume of mammography services provided by the Harris Health System in the last 10 years.  …

Kevin Rafferty, together with his bank colleagues, Community Banking Director –  Rudy Beeching, and Public Relations Director Lori Chase, presented a golf cart to Casa de Amigos Director Clarita Oliver, RN, who was joined by the HCHD Foundation’s Executive Director Ruth Ransom and Board Co-President, Denis DeBakey. Follow and like us!

Marcy and Tom Wessel generously opened their lovely home to host the Harris County Hospital District Foundation’s Eleventh Annual Silver Tea on May 10th. The Silver Tea raises funds in support of the Harris County Hospital District’s nursing staff. Proceeds from the event benefit the Nursing Leadership Fund, which provides assistance for nursing continuing education as well as for nursing research initiatives conducted and coordinated by the Hospital District’s professional nurses. Follow and like us!