McLeod Children's Hospital patient, Cimyiah Brown, meets John Schneider, Co-Founder of the Children's Miracle Network during his recent visit to the hospital.

The McLeod Health Foundation is celebrating its 22nd year as an independent, non-profit, charitable foundation governed by a regional volunteer Board of Trustees. The Mission of the McLeod Health Foundation is to generate philanthropic and community support to perpetuate medical excellence at McLeod Health and is accomplished by an organized program of fund development and opportunities for volunteer involvement. The Vision of the McLeod Health Foundation is to help provide the very best healthcare resources for our children, ourselves, and our community.

Foundation Donations
Individual donations comprise the Foundation's largest source of funding. You can donate through one of our special events, by calling the Foundation Office at 843-777-2694, by mailing your contribution to our office at McLeod Foundation, PO Box 100551, Florence, SC 29502-0551, or by making a secured online donation through the website.

Planned Giving
Supporting the McLeod Foundation through a planned gift helps continue excellent healthcare in our community! There are also benefits for those who make a planned gift. Besides a potential charitable gift tax deduction on your current taxes, you can also reduce estate taxes, create income for you and a beneficiary for life, reduce or eliminate capital gain taxes, as well as other benefits depending on the type of gift structure and your circumstances. For more information, visit our planned giving pages.

Foundation Funding
The McLeod Health Foundation encourages unrestricted giving, which enables the Board to respond to the most critical needs of the region in a given year. Grants are made through a formal proposal review process. Gifts can also be designated to the following:

• McLeod Children's Hospital to provide equipment and services for the region's foremost Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit; to support children's health education and pediatric rehabilitation services.
• The Guest House at McLeod to provide a "home away from home" for families of patients from outside the Florence area.
• McLeod Hospice to enable volunteers and professionals to minister to the spiritual, physical, and emotional needs of terminally ill persons and their families in their homes and at the McLeod Hospice House.
• McLeod Cancer Center for Treatment and Research to support the Medical Center's program of cancer research, education and prevention including services for the region's only Cancer Clinic, scholarships for mammograms, and funding to make possible the Annual Cancer Survivor's Day Celebration.
• McLeod Diabetes Center to offer support, instruction and education for adults and children living with diabetes.
• McLeod Heart Institute to provide funding for new technology and for patients who need assistance enabling them to remain in Phases III and IV of the Cardiac Rehabilitation program.
• Continuing Education & Scholarships to allow health care professionals opportunities for training and continuing education.
• The McLeod Health Foundation Endowment Fund to assure the accomplishment of the mission of the Foundation in perpetuity and to allow for the growth of the Foundation to better serve the people of our region.