UCHealth Northern Colorado Foundation

Courage, persistence, determination. These are qualities that define humankind and that will see us through the pandemic. Patients are recovering. Progress in treating COVID-19 is being made. Focusing on the positive helps create the reality we all want to live in. Thus we share these stories.

With school closures and a record number of unemployment claims filed, many people are worrying how they will feed their families. Our community has rallied to support the UCHealth Family Medicine Center (FMC) Food Pantry, which partners with Food Bank for Larimer County to provide fresh food to those suffering from food insecurity.

We asked, and northern Colorado residents answered. Garth Englund Blood Center (GEBC) has had an amazing response to its requests for blood donations during the pandemic. Read about the impact these blood donations have had, and learn about a new opportunity for donating "convalescent plasma."

As the world faces a pandemic, our community is coming together to address an unprecedented challenge unlike anything most of us have ever seen. Neighbors are helping neighbors. Pharmacies and grocery stores are staying open to serve the public, and their employees are working tirelessly to stock and deliver essentials. On social media, messages of gratitude and hope abound. People are sharing ways to cope, through virtual fitness and meditation classes, video church services, and more. On the front lines, we have our health care workers.

UCHealth is grateful for community support of our staff during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read this to find out how to donate medical supplies and food for workers. We also provide a list of links to reliable information about how to care for yourself and your family during the pandemic.

We welcome our community’s partnership in fighting this pandemic. You can make a difference for our health care heroes by donating to COVID-19 Emergency Relief and by donating blood. Learn about these opportunities and more ways you can help.

UCHealth is grateful for the outpouring of community support for our staff during the pandemic. Across Colorado, people are recognizing and thanking health care workers with videos and messages.

Through your donations during our cancer patient assistance campaign last fall/winter, we grew our assistance funds to over $195,000.

Poudre Valley Prenatal (PVP) provides pregnancy care for low-income women. The PVP was established with the help of philanthropic dollars, including an endowment that helps support the PVP to this day.

UCHealth Northern Colorado Foundation honored Markley Motors and Beryl “Brownie” McGraw for their dedication to improving health in northern Colorado at the annual Celebration of Caring event Sept. 26 at the Drake Centre in Fort Collins. At the event, the foundation also announced the recipients of its 2019–2020 Employee Scholarship Program.