Patient programs

Hamon Charitable Foundation gift supports health of community

June 1, 2021
With peer-to-peer communication, Baylor Scott & White community health workers are reaching across the community to increase COVID-19 vaccinations for people in Dallas. When Siquem Amador, a bilingual community health worker at Baylor Scott & White Health and Wellness Center, called Mrs. J to offer assistance registering online for the COVID-19 vaccine, her call was […]

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Driven to give: How one planned gift is helping children cope with loss

December 15, 2020
Diane and Kent Fannon committed a $2 million planned gift to support and expand the Child Life program.

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Having a heart for Hispanic culture

March 1, 2020
To address the opportunity for a strengthened connection with the growing Latino population in North Texas, a new Hispanic Heart Group program within Baylor Scott & White Heart and Vascular Hospital was created to provide care with a special understanding of the Hispanic culture.

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Hope Lodge

June 6, 2019
May 7 marked the groundbreaking for the American Cancer Society Gene and Jerry Jones Family Hope Lodge. On May 7, Baylor Scott & White Health and the American Cancer Society held a groundbreaking ceremony and major gift announcement for a Hope Lodge facility in Dallas. “The American Cancer Society is committed to removing the emotional, […]

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Mission to serve

June 1, 2019
Shapard Family Gift Supports Hope Lodge Serving others is important to Bob and Susan Shapard. This may be by way of sharing a cup of coffee or even by lending a sympathetic ear. But through a generous gift from the Shapard Family, they are serving untold numbers of people in many important ways. That support […]

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Innovative Child Life Program supports the children of seriously ill adults

March 1, 2019
When important people in a child’s life face life-threatening illness or trauma, many families either don’t know how or are not comfortable talking about the situation with children. How kids process distressing events like these can have a major impact on their lives.

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Philanthropic leadership award dinner honors Dodee Crockett

March 29, 2018
Baylor Health Care System Foundation received a transformational grant of more than $1 million from the Paula S. Walker Donor Advised Fund at The Dallas Foundation to support the Center for Arts in Medicine at Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas.

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Boone Powell Sr. Luncheon highlights Arts in Medicine program

January 21, 2018
Throughout history, pictures, stories, dances, music and drama have been central to healing. Research indicates that music can decrease pain, nausea and anxiety; lowers blood pressure; and stabilizes heart rates. According to JaeJeung So, art therapist at Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas, art therapy also has a healing effect, stating, “With serious illnesses, patients […]

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Child life specialists ease concerns of children whose parents or guardians are ill

March 20, 2017
Child life specialists help parents openly and honestly explain a serious diagnosis to their kids.

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