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A Tradition of Giving
Since
1951, Hitchcock Healthcare has provided physical rehabilitation and
therapy services to meet the needs of the children and adults living
in Aiken County. As the needs of our community have changed,
Hitchcock continues a caring mission of supportive and
restorative services for people of all ages.
Early
on, the Aiken County Society for Crippled Children was formed as an
Easter Seals affiliate. The first therapy services were provided in
the Parsonage of St. John’s Methodist Church in 1954. The same year
Hitchcock was accepted as a United Fund, now United Way agency. Our
first facility on Richland Avenue was completed and dedicated in
1964. This was the vision of Board volunteers and a committed Aiken
Community, as well as a generous gift from the Hitchcock Foundation.
In 1970 the Society was renamed Hitchcock Rehabilitation Center.
Hitchcock volunteers inspired to help overcome limitations for
families and individuals constructed a state of the art facility
which opened in 1992 at our current location at 690 Medical Park
Drive. It is due to our many generous supporters and committed
staff that Hitchcock Healthcare owes its beginning and
sustainability.
In
order to preserve and continue an essential part of Hitchcock
Healthcare’s historical mission, we continue to depend on the
generous support of our community. Annually, Hitchcock is committed
to providing physical, occupational and speech therapy services to
children and adults with special needs who reside in Aiken and
surrounding areas. Many of these patients have limited financial
resources. The generosity of numerous individuals, businesses as
well as the United Way of Aiken County enable us to continue our
charitable mission.
Your Gift
Your gift
is used to support therapy services for children and adults with
limited resources. This includes a large percentage of our children
with special needs who are covered by SC Medicaid. In our State,
Medicaid reimburses less than a half of our cost of delivering
therapy services to children. SC Medicaid does not reimburse for
any therapy services for adults. Yet Aiken County ranks eighth in
South Carolina in the number of Medicaid eligible citizens.
Financial contributions help us serve outpatients who are
underinsured or have no insurance.
Outright Gift
Individuals who wish to support Hitchcock Healthcare may give
a gift in any amount which will be available to Hitchcock
for their designed purpose. Your gift can be made with cash,
security
or real estate and provide the Center with immediate impact.
A Gift Pledge
A gift pledge permits individuals to provide a gift in installments
of up to five years, for your personal planning. Pledge
payments are deductible in the year in which they are made.
Deferred Gifts
Deferred gifts create future support for Hitchcock Healthcare
while allowing you to accomplish your personal financial
objectives. Deferred Gifts can be in the form of retirement
funds, life
insurance or bequests.
Memorial Program
Donations can be made to Hitchcock Healthcare in memory
of a loved one. A donation can
be
made in memory
of a loved one at anytime and to any of Hitchcock’s programs.
Fundraising
Fundraising for Hitchcock Healthcare depends on annual
fundraising events and programs in order to successfully
meet the Center’s
mission. Since,
2006 Hitchcock Healthcare's fundraising efforts have focused on
directly benefit the children who
receive therapy services in the Children’s Therapy Services program
at Hitchcock Healthcare. This program struggles substantially due to
poor reimbursements. Based on SC medicaid standards our facility is
only reimbursed less than 40% of our cost to provide therapy
services to our children. With our original mission of providing
therapy to children in mind, we help to offset the
cost of this with our other programs of service, however we need the
help of our donors to continue our mission of providing service to
our children. Hitchcock Healthcare is the only comprehensive
outpatient provider of children's therapy services in Aiken County.
Without the help of our community children with special needs in
Aiken and surrounding counties would be forced to travel several
times a week to Augusta and the Columbia area for their
rehabilitative services. Last year our deficit for the
Children's Therapy Services program was $282,794.18. The United Way of Aiken
County provides a generous donation to the center to offset
the loss. Yet as
a non-profit, community-owned organization, Hitchcock is obligated
to continually seek other funding sources to help compensate
for this loss. Through your participation in our major fundraising
events and annual giving program, we are able to provide healthcare
and wellness services across the life span to the citizens
of our community. Opportunities to support our mission are
as follows:
Hitchcock Auction
This year Hitchcock will celebrate our 22nd annual Auction
and Dinner Party at the Hitchcock
Healthcare Center.
The event provides
a memorable evening of cocktails, dinner, and a silent
and live auction. As our longest established fundraising
event,
Hitchcock
depends on the generous and continuous support of numerous
individuals and our local business community.
Hitchcock
Fall Classic Golf Tournament
The Hitchcock Fall Classic has become a favorite golf
fundraiser for our Hitchcock supporters and employees.
Golfers enjoy
a captain’s
choice tournament played at one of Aiken’s
favorite golf clubs, Houndslake Country Club. Opportunities
to financially
support the event include team entry, corporate sponsorship,
awards dinner sponsorship and hole sponsorship.
Summer Dinner and Dance
Hitchcock’s newest fundraising event is developing into
one of Aiken’s premier events. Houndslake
Country Club hosts this end of the summer bash with a decadent menu
and a night filled with dancing. Opportunities to financially
support the event include individual table reservations and
corporate sponsorship.
If you are interested in
giving opportunities as an individual or a business please contact
the Development Office at 803.293.4375 or email:
sgriffis@hitchcockhealthcare.org |
