2025 ANNUAL APPEAL FUNDS

Ambulance Replacement Project: The Good Samaritan Emergency Services Department needs to continue to replace five of the aging ambulances within the fleet.  The units cover 911 calls and long distance transports within the coverage area.

Cancer Assistance: Funds provide assistance with food, hotel, transportation, and other needs for patients.

Evelyn Watts Endowed Healthcare Scholarship: Funds provide annual healthcare career scholarships to applicants enrolled in healthcare programs.

Good Sam: The purpose of the Good Sam fund is to provide emergency financial assistance to your fellow workers during times of need. This fund is administered by the CHI Health Good Samaritan Foundation and is available for current employees who meet the criteria.

Hospital & Staff Support: Funds will be used to enhance patient care, enrich staff well-being, support program needs, and purchase or upgrade equipment and other items for the hospital and its patients.

Laboratory: Funds are used to support the greatest needs of the Good Samaritan Laboratory Department.

Respiratory Therapy: In 2022, the Good Samaritan Respiratory Therapy Department established a scholarship for future respiratory therapists. This scholarship is awarded to a local respiratory therapy student entering their final year of respiratory therapy school. Funds also support the needs of the Respiratory Therapy Department.

Richard Young Hospital
Funds provide support for patient assistance (medications, transportation, and other health related needs), to enrich staff well-being, support program needs, and purchase or upgrade equipment and other items for the hospital and its patients.