FOUNDATION NEWS
Baylor Scott & White employees gave more than $5.3 million of their personal
resources to create positive change in the communities we serve.
t Baylor Scott & White, we are
12,000
driving change to make health
care better and communities
healthier. Each year, thousands of staff
1,300
Employees made gifts
members come together to support
Employees gave an
hour or more of pay
each pay period
priority programs and financial needs
within the Baylor Scott & White system.
Employees also participate in an annual
$5,320,955
campaign to raise funds for United Way
and its partner organizations.
This year we kicked off the inaugural
Raised by Baylor Scott & White employees and vendor employees
Give to Change employee giving
campaign in collaboration with United Way,
designed to unify these efforts and expand
$4,500,796 designated to
Baylor Scott & White initiatives
our collective impact in the communities
we serve. Our employees responded with
great enthusiasm, raising 25% more than
Other
both campaigns combined in 2018.
Employees had the opportunity to give
to any existing fund within Baylor Scott &
White or United Way, including the area
of greatest need within their region, our
$820,159 designated to
United Way initiatives
Regional Area of
Greatest Need
Other
Income
Research
Health
Medical
Education
Education
Faith in Action Initiatives program, or a fund
Faith in
Action
Initiatives
that helps fellow employees during times
of acute financial hardship. This figure
summarizes our campaign results:
Employees 1st
Emergency
Assistance
Area of
Greatest Need
Why United Way?
We know that our patients’ health
to invest in our community.
CEO of Baylor Scott & White Health. “In
starts long before they step foot in our United Way is a like-minded my case, my father was diagnosed with
doors. There are many factors that can organization dedicated to making a Alzheimer’s. There was nowhere for him
affect a person’s health, from having real difference in people’s lives. The to go except to an adult daycare center
access to healthy food, to affording organization provides essential support that was 100% funded by United Way. If
prescription drugs, to living in a safe for a network of community service it weren’t for United Way, I don’t know
environment. Education plays a critical providers and initiatives in three areas: what we would have done.”
role in a child’s future health and income, education, and health.
wellbeing by giving him skills to succeed
“I believe that at some point in every
in the workforce and breaking the cycle person’s life, they will benefit from a
of poverty. That’s why it’s so important United Way agency,” says Jim Hinton,
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THE COMPASS / BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CENTRAL TEXAS FOUNDATION NEWS / FALL 2019