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Amy T. Selkirk Fund for Breast Cancer Immunotherapy

In honor and memory of Amy Selkirk, a fund for advancing breast cancer research with a focus on breast cancer immuno-oncology has been established at Baylor Foundation with the goal of raising $5 million: the Amy T. Selkirk Fund for Breast Cancer Immunotherapy.

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Baylor Health Care System Foundation announces first-ever comprehensive campaign

This unprecedented campaign, dubbed “Campaign 2015: Baylor Makes Us All Better,” will raise $250 million to invest in patient-focused programs, research, medical education and capital improvements.

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T. Boone Pickens invests $10 million in Baylor

Legendary oil and gas entrepreneur and philanthropist T. Boone Pickens has pledged $10 million in support of Baylor initiatives. In recognition of this gift, and in a move that links the innovative business leader with a leading cancer program, Baylor has honored Pickens by naming its new cancer hospital the Baylor T. Boone Pickens Cancer Hospital.

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Baylor receives $12 million pledge from Deerbrook Charitable Trust to benefit geriatric patients

Baylor Health Care System Foundation is proud to announce that the Deerbrook Charitable Trust has pledged more than $12.4 million over the next three years to improve care for geriatric patients. The Trust approached the Baylor Health Care System Foundation to strategically plan, develop and execute programs that advance the field of geriatric care.

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Annette C. and Harold C. Simmons have pledged $20 million to benefit transplant institute

Annette C. and Harold C. Simmons have pledged $20 million to benefit transplantation initiatives within Baylor Health Care System. In recognition of this transformational gift, Baylor will rename the institute the Annette C. and Harold C. Simmons Transplant Institute.

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Sammons Support for Baylor Health Care System Foundation Tops $20 Million

The Baylor Health Care System Foundation announced gifts exceeding $20 million for North Texas’ largest outpatient cancer center and first dedicated hospital focusing on cancer patients. This donation is made possible through the generosity of the men and women of Sammons Enterprises, Inc. and the estate of founder Charles A. Sammons, who quietly provided significant philanthropic support to Baylor University Medical Center for more than 50 years.

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Good Morning Texas
Campaign 2015 featured on “Good Morning Texas”

Foundation president, Rowland K. Robinson sat down with WFAA’s “Good Morning Texas” to discuss the public launch of Campaign 2015: Baylor Makes Us All Better.

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The Dallas Morning News
Baylor Health Care sets $250 million campaign goal

Campaign 2015: Baylor Makes Us All Better featured in Robert Miller’s column in The Dallas Morning News.

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Dallas Business Journal
Baylor raising $250M for patient programs, research

Campaign 2015: Baylor Makes Us All Better featured in the Dallas Business Journal.

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D Magazine
Baylor Foundation Begins Unprecedented $250 Million Campaign

Campaign 2015: Baylor Makes Us All Better featured in D Healthcare Daily.

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Culture Map Dallas
Baylor Foundation puts on a grand performance to kick off $250 million campaign

Campaign 2015: Baylor Makes Us All Better featured in CultureMap Dallas.

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My Sweet Charity
“Campaign 2015: Baylor Makes Us All Better” Officially Launched Last Night With A Goal Of $250M

Campaign 2015: Baylor Makes Us All Better featured in My Sweet Charity.

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Hillcrest Foundation grant supports Baylor’s smallest patients

Baylor’s smallest patients and their mothers have a new reason to hope thanks to an innovative new procedure for correcting heart defects in unborn children, and the generous support of the Hillcrest Foundation. The Fetal Care Center at Baylor Dallas will benefit from a significant gift of more than $590,000 to purchase an essential monitoring system.

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Baylor Waxahachie grows to better serve southern region

Baylor Medical Center at Waxahachie will bring new and expanded services to Waxahachie and the surrounding communities thanks to a $175.5 million campus planned for a 52-acre site at the intersection of Interstate 35E and U.S. Highway 287.

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