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A message from our director: Please allow me to kick off 2023 with an enormous thank you to you—our friends and donors—for your generosity. Because of your support, UCHealth is a leader in helping patients recover, thrive, and live extraordinary lives.

We are grateful to the American Cancer Society for grants that enable us to help cancer patients facing transportation barriers get to and from cancer-related treatment appointments.

We appreciate the generosity and community spirit of The Human Bean of Northern Colorado and the Colorado Eagles. The two are partnering to raise funds for our Oncology Patient Assistance Fund, which helps patients in need pay for basic expenses health insurance does not cover, from rent or mortgage to groceries and gas, and more.

On March 29, the WISH giving circle is hosting a gathering to celebrate its 10 years of giving, announce the 2023 awards, and recruit new members. WISH, a program of UCHealth Northern Colorado Foundation, was formed by a group of local women to support the health needs of our community through UCHealth programs, projects, and services provided in Larimer and Weld counties. More than a half million dollars in WISH awards have been distributed since the program’s founding in 2013.

UCHealth Northern Colorado Foundation created the Circle of Caring to honor donors who have made a legacy commitment to the foundation. Circle of Caring donors leave their imprint through thoughtful, planned gifts from their estate. The foundation recently welcomed Elizabeth and Michael Hogan into the Circle of Caring.

No birth ever goes as planned, but an extended stay in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit can further complicate life. At the UCHealth Poudre Valley Hospital NICU, when families can’t be with their babies, cameras, which were purchased with philanthropic dollars, strengthen bonds.

We are deeply thankful for the support of the Ptarmigan Ladies Golf Association and Houska Automotive. Because of their generosity and the fundraisers they foster, hundreds of patients and their families experiencing a cancer diagnosis or food insecurity can breathe a little easier.

“Spinning babies” might sound like a video game, but in reality it’s an inventive, proactive approach to creating an easier birth. Thanks to donor generosity, the Spinning Babies program, along with some new technology and items that enhance care for babies in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), are available at our northern Colorado hospitals.

The generosity of private donors and community business partners, as well as many of our employees, contributed to a total of $69,000 in awards to 50 employees. Congratulations to these individuals.