MISSION:
“Raising Money to Keep Our Community Healthy.”
Since 1988, generous donors in the community have ensured Baxter Health Foundation’s success in providing ongoing funding for Baxter Health. With financial support of the latest medical technology and equipment, facility upgrades, health care scholarships, community health education and the support houses, Baxter Health Foundation is devoted to the health care needs of the communities they love and serve.
Baxter Health strives to provide all patients with effective, compassionate and personalized medical services. The moment patients step through Baxter Health’s doors, they will notice that there is something that sets Baxter Health apart from typical hospitals and health care centers. The many employees, medical experts and volunteers firmly believe that patient care begins in the welcome lobby and continues all the way back into patients’ homes, after their stays. Baxter Health works day and night to ensure patients have access to the high-quality medical services they deserve.
To learn more about the good work that Baxter Health Foundation is doing and how you can make an impact in the community’s hospital, visit baxterhealth.org/foundation.
FUNDRAISERS AND EVENTS:
- Heroes with Halos: Baxter Health’s grateful patient program that supports the foundation’s annual fund.
- Women in Philanthropy: October 10, 2024
- Giving Tuesday: Dec. 3, 2024, benefitting all of the community support houses that provide services, host support groups and offer supplies 100% free of charge
- Mardi Gras Ball: Feb. 22, 2025
GIVING OPPORTUNITIES:
- Make a heartfelt gift: Choose where your donation makes a difference and inspires others.
- Leave a legacy: Bequeathed gifts leave a positive impact on the health care needs of others.
- Rural hospitals are vital: Share your generosity with others in the state we all love.
- Advance the work of Baxter Health: Participate in a capital campaign through a major gift.
- Sponsor a Baxter Health Foundation event or fundraiser!
- Honor your loved one with an honorarium or memorial.
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES:
454 Baxter Health Auxiliary volunteers contributed 62,221 hours and $601,596 in 2023. Baxter Health can’t thank them enough! There are many volunteer opportunities at Baxter Health, from helping patients and guests in the Main Entrance Lobby to the Surgery Desk, in the Bargain Box Thrift Shop or Pink-A-Dilly Gift Shop, even helping patients in the community support houses. To learn more about the volunteer opportunities at Baxter Health, visit baxterhealth.org/volunteers.
OUR IMPACT:
$2.5 million
Over $2.5 million dollars raised by Baxter Health Foundation in 2023
$550,000
Gave more than $550,000 in scholarships to 173 area students
$425,000
Raised $425,000 to purchase three new ultrasound machines for the hospital
$189,000
Baxter Health employees pledged more than $189,000 in the annual fund drive
435,573
Total patient visits to Baxter Health in 2023
FUNDING SOURCES:
- Major Gifts: 48%
- Deferred Gifts: 27%
- Annual Gifts: 25%
624 Hospital Drive
Mountain Home, AR 72653
870.508.1770 | baxterhealth.org/foundation | Facebook | Instagram
Established: 1988
Service Area: North Central Arkansas and South Central Missouri
Leadership
Executive Director: Sarah Edwards
Board of Directors
Judy Loving, Chair
Steve Litty, Vice Chair
Travis Doshier, Secretary
Jodie Elizabeth Jeffrey, Treasurer
Billy Thompson, Annual Gifts Chair
John Dyes, Major Gifts Chair
Randall Drake, Planned Giving Chair
Grace Crownover
Sandy Irby
Heather Loftis
April Rosa
Matt Taylor
Robert Clarke
John Neis, M.D.
Katie King Risk
Tim Paden, M.D.
Cynthia Dover
Eric Lunnen
Jason Lindsay, M.D.
Jackson Rhoades
Debbie Hess
The 2024/2025 Arkansas Giving Guide is presented by Wright Lindsey Jennings. Click here to read a letter from our sponsors.