Stater Bros. Charities and Inland Women Fighting Cancer recently presented a $100,000 check to the St. Bernardine Medical Center Foundation to support the renovation and refurbishment of 17 patient recovery rooms in the oncology unit. The upgrades will include in-room patient monitors, pain management identification boards and sleeper chairs for the overnight stay of a spouse or family member.
“Our gratitude is immeasurable. Stater Bros. Charities and Inland Women Fighting Cancer have once again shown their generosity to St. Bernardine Medical Center with support for our growing oncology program and services,” said Dr. Osvaldo Garcia, chairman, St. Bernardine Medical Center Foundation Board of Trustees. “They share in our passion to provide enhanced treatment and care for our patients in a comforting environment and this gift will help us further our mission and achieve our goals,” Garcia added.
The generous $100,000 donation was made possible by the 6th Annual Believe Walk, hosted by Stater Bros. Charities and Inland Women Fighting Cancer. The annual event, held the first Sunday of October, benefits local organizations who work with men and women on cancer related health issues. St. Bernardine Medical Center Foundation has been a proud participant in the Believe Walk for four years, with a St. Bernardine Medical Center team and numerous volunteers providing services to walkers and spectators.
“Inland Women Fighting Cancer is thrilled to support oncology services at St. Bernardine Medical Center,” said Nancy Varner, Co-Founder of the Inland Women Fighting Cancer. “The legacy of the Believe Walk is that the funds raised locally will stay local to benefit families in our Inland Empire communities that are fighting cancer,” Varner continued.
The 7th Annual Believe Walk takes place in downtown Redlands on Sunday, October 5. To find out more about this event, or to register as a walker, team or volunteer, logon to the website at www.BelieveIE.org.
For further information about St. Bernardine Medical Center Foundation, please contact the Foundation at 909.881.4516 or go online at supportstbernardine.org.
Above picture: Representatives from Stater Bros. Charities, Inland Women Fighting Cancer and St. Bernardine Medical Center Foundation gathered to celebrate the $100,000 donation that will provide renovations to patient recovery rooms in the hospital’s oncology unit. Pictured in the back row, left-right: Mike Salazar, St. Bernardine Medical Center Foundation Board Member, Gloria Moreland, Inland Women Fighting Cancer, Tracy Marquez, Vicky Armstrong, Stater Bros. Charities, Bobbi Cummings, Inland Women Fighting Cancer, Michelle Rainer, executive director, St. Bernardine Medical Center Foundation, Kevin Mackey, Brian Plein, Stater Bros. Charities, Regina Webster, major gifts officer, St. Bernardine Medical Center Foundation, and Nathaniel Malcolm, vice president of Ancillary Services, Dignity Health Inland Empire. Front row, left-right: Susan Atkinson, Stater Bros. Charities, Cathy Stockton, Annie Sellas and Nancy Varner, Inland Women Fighting Cancer, Maribel Brown, St. Bernardine Medical Center Foundation Board Member, and Nancy Negrette, Stater Bros. Charities.