Ascension Texas Foundations

Ascension Seton Foundation hosted the Grant Professionals Association Austin chapter for their annual funders forum. Executive Director, Joel Rice, gave opening remarks and welcomed local grant professionals, nonprofits, and funders. Director of Grants, Victoria Rae Threadgould, GPC, CFRE, spoke on a panel on the impact of foundations and social needs. The day concluded with nonprofits and funders connecting to discuss grants, giving and social change.

Ascension Seton Foundation is thrilled to receive a Blue Impact Grant from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas to support our Food is the Best Medicine Program. Together with community partners, FBM's goal is to alleviate food insecurity, improve health outcomes, and promote equitable access to nutrient-rich food for parents and their newborn children. Learn more about FBM on our website. https://lnkd.in/eqe6wxgZ

Celebrating a milestone! Our topping out ceremony earlier this July marked a major step forward in our journey to bring a new Women's Hospital to Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin. Thank you to everyone who joined us. Here’s to delivering the highest level of care to our community! Photo Credit: Jerry Larson

A great article in the Austin American-Statesman featuring The Food is the Best Medicine program at ASMCA! Thanks to grants and donations to the Ascension Seton Foundation, we're able to provide nutritious food to mothers and their newborns. We're incredibly grateful for our partnership with The Cook's Nook, Farmshare Austin and Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living at UTHealth for helping to make this program a success.

Earlier this month, former and current patients and their families joined donors, members of the Dell Children’s Foundation, members of the Ascension Seton Williamson Foundation Board of Trustees, and the Dell Children’s North Advisory Council to celebrate the first anniversary of Dell Children’s Medical Center North. In just one year, the hospital has performed more than 1,100 surgeries and served more than 15,500 patients in need of emergency care. And this is just the beginning!

A new "Tree of Life" installation at Ascension Seton Medical Center honors all those who have given the gift of life to others through organ donation. The official unveiling ceremony will take place in two weeks. Joel Rice, our Ascension Seton Foundation Executive Director and Shay Rogillio (LCSW), social worker at the Ascension Heart Specialty Care & Transplant Center, were able to get a sneak preview during the installation yesterday. This meaningful tribute to organ donors was funded by the Ascension Seton Foundation thanks to the generosity of our community of donors.

The Food is the Best Medicine program, in partnership with The Cook's Nook, Farmshare Austin and Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living, was created directly from dollars donated to the Ascension Seton Foundation. Watch this update on KXAN News this week:

In celebration of National Doctors' Day, taking place on March 30th, we invite you to learn more about our own Dr. Amir Mian, Division Chief Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, as he paves the way for Dell Children’s to launch robust clinical Stem Cell therapies and a Transplant program (SCT) that treats children and adolescents with various types of cancers and blood disorders. #doctorsday #hematology #oncology

March is National Social Work Month! Ascension Texas has over 270 social workers in multiple roles all over the network providing care, compassion, interventions and resources to patients, families and caregivers. Two social workers, Shay Rogillio (L) and Leslie Goldstein (R), both care for patients at the Ascension Seton Heart Specialty Care & Transplant Center at ASMCA. Shay has worked at Ascension Seton for 12 years and Leslie 24 years. They utilize funds from the Ascension Seton Foundation on a daily basis to help our patients in need. Thanks for all you do! The theme for March 2024 Social Work Month is “Empowering Social Workers: Inspiring Action, Leading Change!”

Amplify Austin Day launches at 6pm today! Dell Children's Foundation and Ascension Seton Foundation are excited to, once again, be participating in the biggest day of giving in Central Texas. You can help provide life-saving care to our community with your gift. Make a gift to Dell Children's Foundation here: https://lnkd.in/gh-Fd3FC Make a gift to Ascension Seton Foundation here: https://lnkd.in/ggC4zQep