Baystate Health Foundation

Thank you to our donors, participants, sponsors, and volunteers for your support of healthcare at Baystate Health. We are so grateful to each of you for the important role you play in creating healthier tomorrows for our community. Wishing you and yours a happy Thanksgiving!

"We've developed that improvement plan to enable us, when executed, to invest $1.2 billion over a five- to six-year period, reinvest in our people, reinvest in services and programs that our community needs, investing in technology, including digital, engaging partnerships with other healthcare organizations where we've got a truly remarkable community health center plan for Springfield. We've got a lot of opportunities to reinvest, and that's our goal: to take the headwinds head-on and be there for our community over the next 140 years," Peter Banko, President and CEO, Baystate Health. Recently Peter shared with Becker's Healthcare future plans to stabilize Baystate Health and continue our work of advancing care and enhancing lives. Read More: https://bit.ly/3YXUku1

Maximize your gift: Learn how donating non-cash assets benefits you and local healthcare. https://bit.ly/4esGu8t

Thank you to the Bulkley Richardson team for its generous gift, which will purchase three new infusion chairs at the D'Amour Center for Cancer Care! Read more: https://bit.ly/4fWeqLQ Thank you for your generosity and for your longtime partnership!

Share your Baystate Children's Hospital story! 🗣️ Is your child a current or former patient of Baystate Children's Hospital? We’d love to hear your story! There are many ways we could share your story — on social media, in a print or email publication, or live on-air during the 94.7 WMAS Radiothon! All Patient Ambassadors must complete a short intake form, a media release form, and submit one to two photos. Interested? Please contact Heather Clark at Heather.Clark2@baystatehealth.org

A big thank you to Meadow Place Dental and its team for the amazing donation to support kids at Baystate Children's Hospital! Thank you for helping make miracles for our youngest patients! 🎉 🎉

Ready for Rays of Hope Walk & Run Toward the Cure of Breast Cancer, presented by Hyundai Hope On Wheels, on Sunday, October 27? 🎗️ Here's your one-stop-shop for info about the event! ➡️ Details (Schedule, Parking): https://bit.ly/3YrHg0Z ➡️ Register: https://bit.ly/3vMbSOT ➡️ Donate: https://bit.ly/3UkicGC

The future of family medicine at Baystate Franklin Medical Center continues to look bright, as it brings in its newest class of medical residents, including Dr. Kassandra Jean-Marie, one of two recipients of the 2024 Anthony P. Lovell, MD Memorial Endowed Award for Excellence. Read more: https://bit.ly/4f1KiOG

Rays of Hope Walk & Run Toward the Cure of Breast Cancer is coming up this Sunday, Oct. 27! We have all of the details for you to prepare for an amazing day: https://bit.ly/3YrHg0Z

Looking for some Halloween fun tomorrow? Join us on Oct. 19 from 1-4 pm for our Extra Life Takeover: Halloween Edition at Enfield Square! Family-friendly games, fun prizes, candy at select retailers and a FREE trick-or-treat bag when you sign up to learn more about Extra Life to support Baystate Children's Hospital or Connecticut Children's, local Children's Miracle Network Hospitals partners! Donations are welcome and costumes are encouraged! No full-face masks, please.