Foundation News

Community Paramedicine is an innovative new healthcare model that seeks to provide underserved patients with improved access to public health and preventative healthcare services.  Read More: Avery Community Paramedicine Program established with $290,000 grant from The Duke Endowment

Help support Breast Cancer Services in the High Country! Seby B. Jones Regional Cancer Center invites local businesses, and community organizations to design and create a themed bra that celebrates the stories of the survivors and the spirit of those working to promote breast health! Read More: Bras for a Cause: A seriously uplifting fundraiser

In captivating detail, Covington goes on to reveal the innermost thoughts, dreams and struggles of the High Country’s most influential healthcare visionaries. Thanks to people like Isaac “Ike” Garfield Greer, Richard Sparks, Dougherty, Tufts, and countless others, patients no longer need to leave the mountain for their healthcare needs. These brave men and women laid the foundation for what is today the Appalachian Regional Healthcare System. Read More: Howard E. Covington Jr.’s new book brings to life ‘The People and Hospitals that Became Appalachian Regional Healthcare System’

Co-sponsored by the 18 Hole and 9 Hole Ladies Golf Associations, this year’s tournament generated more than $18,000 in donations for the Appalachian Regional Healthcare Foundation’s Avery County Cancer Patient Emergency Fund. Read More: “Wish Upon a Cure” Tournament Benefits Cancer Patient Emergency Fund

What makes Christmas, Christmas? Depending on whom you ask, you are bound to get a sleigh full of different answers. Most kids will shout Santa, while parents will say a few days off work to travel and then stand in long return lines. It’s true, right? Read More: Local girl gives a special gift to cancer patients this Christmas

What would you say if we told you that cancer patients may not have to lose their hair during chemotherapy? With your help, Appalachian Regional Healthcare System would like to bring the technology for the Paxman Scalp Cooling System to the Seby B. jones Regional Cancer Center. Help bring hope, privacy, and control back to cancer patients of the High Country. Read More: #GivingTuesday: Help prevent chemo-induced hair loss

Most of us do not like to think about end-of-life planning. We view the act of writing a will to be a burdensome acknowledgement of our own mortality; a conversation we would prefer to put off for another day, if not indefinitely. Read More: Time Capsule for Good: Cannon Memorial Hospital receives Major Gift from the Morrison Charitable Trust