Numerous healthcare organizations recently received donations to fund research, advance treatments, improve patient care and start renovations.
Here are six recent donations, grants or gifts given to healthcare organizations by various entities in the past week, beginning with the most recent.
1. Idaho credit union bake sale a boon for babies at St. Luke's Nampa hospital
Employees of the Idaho Central Credit Union in Nampa raised $700 for the new St. Luke's Nampa hospital through a bake sale, reports Idaho Business Review.
2. Mercy Hospital receives $1M pledge for renovations
Ada, Okla.-based Mercy Hospital received a $1 million pledge from the Valley View Foundation to remodel its front entrance and gallery, according to The ADA News.
3. University of Alabama cancer researchers receive $262k from St. Baldrick's Foundation
Two pediatric cancer researchers at University of Alabama at Birmingham received a total of $262,824 from the St. Baldrick's Foundation to advance research and treatments for childhood cancer.
4. NIH awards KSU researchers $10.6M to establish brain center
Researchers at Kansas State University received a $10.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to establish the Cognitive and Neurobiological Approaches to Plasticity Center, according to KSAL.
5. HRSA awards WSU College of Nursing $1.3M to expand NP program
The Health Resources and Services Administration awarded Spokane-based Washington State University College of Nursing a $1.3 million federal grant to expand its nurse practitioners program to help fight the shortage of primary care in the state, according to The Spokesman Review.
6. Hyundai Hope On Wheels selects Arnold Palmer Hospital as $50k award winner
Orlando, Fla.-based Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children will receive a $50,000 Hyundai Impact Award for its excellence in the fight against pediatric cancer from the Hyundai Hope on Wheels Organization.