MISSION STATEMENT:
The Bon Secours DePaul Foundation maintains the mission statement of the Bon Secours Health System.

Bon Secours DePaul Health Foundation is dedicated to the philanthropic support of the programs, people and mission of Bon Secours DePaul Medical Center. Our joint mission is to provide health care services to those in need, especially to the poor and dying, for the purpose of alleviating human suffering and affirming human meaning in the midst of pain and loss.

Recognizing the dignity of all persons, we provide compassionate health care services contributing to the physical, social, emotional and spiritual well being of the community we serve. We commit ourselves to help bring people to wholeness by:

• Understanding and responding to health care needs (especially unmet needs)
• Developing the potential of those who serve with us
• Advocating a just and equitable public health policy
• Modeling justice in the workplace"

HISTORY:
Bon Secours DePaul Medical Center has been a part of the Norfolk Community for more than 140 years, founded by a charitable contribution of a private home that later became the first hospital in the City of Norfolk. Ann Plume Behan Herron opened her home to the needy victims of the yellow fever epidemic and donated the mansion to the Sisters of Charity after her death from yellow fever in 1856. In 1944, that home burned down and the Medical Center was relocated to its current location.

The DePaul Health Foundation was established in 1986 under the Daughters of Charity of DePaul Medical Center to manage the charitable donations made to the Medical Center.

The DePaul Medical Center was transferred from the Daughters of Charity to the Sisters of Bon Secours in 1996. Bon Secours DePaul Health Foundation was established to raise and manage donated funds to support the Medical Center.

The Foundation provides stewardship for all gifts, grants and endowment funds, and manages special events for the hospital, including the Annual Golf Tournament; A holiday event; and the Medical Center Gala. As a not-for-profit organization, the DePaul Health Foundation reinvests its net income in new equipment and programs for better healthcare. Gifts to the DePaul Health Foundation go directly to strengthen programs, add new services, acquire new medical equipment, or build new healthcare facilities. The goal of all projects and programs is to improve the health and lives of members of our community.

Every gift to the DePaul Health Foundation is an important building block for a stronger hospital. There are many ways to give: gifts of cash, stock and securities, gift annuities, real estate, memorial and honoring gifts, life insurance, trusts and bequest provisions.

Through the generosity of people like you, DePaul Health Foundation is able to meet our community's healthcare needs. Your support of the DePaul Health Foundation makes a difference - every day - in the lives of thousands of people throughout our community. For more information, call (757) 889-5900 or email DePaul Health Foundation.

FUNDING:
Each year, more than 2,000 of our friends and neighbors share the gift of good health by making contributions to the Bon Secours DePaul Health Foundation. Some support a particular program such as our Clinic or the Cancer Center at DePaul, while others make unrestricted gifts that are used for the most urgently needed equipment, programs and services.

As a non profit, 501 (c) 3 organization, all gifts to the DePaul Health Foundation have a direct impact on the communities we serve, improving the health and well being of the thousands of patients and families we touch each year. As a donor to the DePaul Health Foundation, you have the knowledge that your gift makes a difference

In 1997, The Board of Directors established the Sister Agatha Cadogan Memorial Endowment; this campaign was launched to raise one million dollars for care of the poor at DePaul Medical Center. This fund specifically assists the indigent patient seen at the Medical Center.