Support Cancer Care
Thank you for your support of Appalachian Regional Healthcare Foundation. Your gift to the Radiation Oncology Capital Project will help to enhance our technology, reduce treatment time, and improve outcomes for our patients.
Help improve cancer care in the High Country
The Seby B. Jones Regional Cancer Center, consisting of medical oncology and radiation oncology is an important part of the Appalachian Regional Healthcare System. In an effort to provide the best care possible, we are excited to announce new technology enhancements to Seby B. Jones Regional Cancer Center that are already improving outcomes and providing state-of-the-art cancer care to our community.
1.5 Million
to fund the new CT machine and Linear Accelerator upgrade for high clarity images, radiation exposure reduction, and faster treatments
300 patients per year
receive cancer treatment at Seby B. Jones Regional Cancer Center
Additional local therapies
to accommodate more patients and ease anxiety when scheduling treatments
Reduced treatment time
The new Linear Accelerator Head Unit (LINAC) reduces treatment table time from 40 minutes to 10 minutes
The number of new cancer diagnoses at Watauga Medical Center between January 1, 2016 and May 31, 2017, based on patients’ county of residence
From top: New CT machine, new Linear Accelerator Head Unit (LINAC)
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Thank you for your support of Appalachian Regional Healthcare Foundation. To learn about all the ways you can give, visit apprhs.org/ways-to-give/ or contact us.
Make a one-time gift
Thank you for your support of Appalachian Regional Healthcare Foundation. To learn about all the ways you can give, visit apprhs.org/ways-to-give/ or contact us.
The Pinnacle Society
The Appalachian Regional Healthcare Foundation invites interested contributors to join us in helping advance healthcare in the High Country. The generous gifts of our donors bring caring and hope into the lives of thousands of families each year in the high country.
Without the financial support of our donors, we could not have built improved facilities, enhanced patient care services, acquired advanced medical technology and retained the excellent caregivers that we have at Cannon Memorial Hospital and Watauga Medical Center. The Appalachian Regional Healthcare Foundation truly understands the invaluable gifts our donors provide, and see it has an honor to recognize them in any and every way possible.
Pinnacle describes those individuals who understand the importance of having access to superior health care and who illustrate the true spirit of philanthropy through their leadership gifts.
Members may elect to make their gifts unrestricted, allowing their philanthropic support to be used where the need is greatest. Or, they may designate that their support be restricted for use by a specific Appalachian Regional Healthcare System hospital or program for which they have a special affinity.
As the cumulative gifts of Pinnacles rise above $10,000, other levels of membership are recognized. The Foundation’s highest honor, the Summit recognizes individuals whose cumulative giving has reached 1,000,000 or more.
The Pinnacle Society gratefully acknowledges members who have made a commitment to the Foundation of $10,000 or more, payable over 10 years or less. The Pinnacle Society Recognition Dinner is held annually to welcome new members and to report on the achievements made possible by their generosity.
We appreciate each and every gift and are grateful for the support of all of our donors who give annually, frequently, or make a one-time donation to the Foundation. We look forward to your participation as a partner in the Pinnacle Society.
Giving Levels:
- Summit: $1,000,000 +
- Apex: $500,000 – $999,999
- Peak: $250,000 – $499,999
- Ridge: $100,000 – $249,999
- Cliff: $25,000 – $99,999
- Range: $10,000 – $24,999
For more information, call (828) 262-4391.
Impact Women’s Health
Appalachian Regional Healthcare System (ARHS) pursues the best possible care for women here in the High Country. Harmony Center for Women and the Wilma Redmond Breast Center both provide top-of-the-line services for women in all stages of life.
Wilma Redmond Fund
The Wilma Redmond Mammography Fund is dedicated to the memory of Wilma Redmond who for more than twenty years managed Watauga Medical Center’s Imaging Department and fought courageously to overcome her own breast cancer. When she died in 2002, a fund was established by Watauga Medical Center Foundation for contributions received by her family and friends.
The Fund provides free mammograms for uninsured women thirty-five years and older who have never had a mammogram. The goal of the program is to have all women undergo annual mammograms for early detection and diagnosis so that the proper timely treatment of breast cancer can take place.
Wilma Redmond Breast Center
This center allow patients to stay in one facility for diagnostic procedures, and significantly reduces diagnostic time.