Care for tomorrow

ASCENSION ST. VINCENT FOUNDATION LEADS SUCCESSFUL FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN TO IMPROVE CARE FOR INDIANA’S MOMS AND BABIES

Early last year, Ascension St. Vincent Foundation began planning a fundraising campaign to help Ascension St. Vincent offer an even higher level of multidisciplinary care for women and children in Indiana through a new, combined facility that will allow families to be together as they receive treatment and heal. This combined facility, the Women and Children’s Tower at Ascension St. Vincent, will relocate Ascension St. Vincent Women’s Hospital so it physically connects to Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital at Ascension St. Vincent in Indianapolis.

The foundation team, led by Ann Haupt, Vice President, Ascension St. Vincent Foundation, recruited a campaign advisory committee to help lead the effort. The committee consists of foundation board members and donor volunteers who are also community leaders.

“Every member of this incredible committee provided strategic input, as well as access to strong resource connections across the Indiana market,” Ann said. “It is because of their active leadership that we’ve been so successful, so quickly. We launched the quiet phase of the Care for Tomorrow campaign in spring 2022 and by December had already raised $20 million.”

The committee is focused on raising funds to relocate the state’s largest pediatric emergency department, create an integrated neonatal and pediatric intensive care unit, and start a pediatric nurse navigation program.

“Donors have been inspired to support the Care for Tomorrow campaign because they see how these projects are vital to our Mission of providing the best care for all children and families we serve,” Ann said. “These units and programs are only happening because of their generosity.”

“Providing world-class, compassionate care for women, infants and children in a single location will further enhance the position of Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital as a leading destination for quality healthcare in Indiana and beyond. We are excited to see how this wonderful new facility will help so many families in the years to come,” said former NFL great Peyton Manning, Campaign Chair.

“This is the largest campaign our foundation has undertaken to date, and it has been incredibly rewarding for our team and everyone involved to see how much excitement it has generated,” Ann said. “Families with several generations born at our hospital heard about our campaign and immediately stepped forward to help. They, more than anyone, know how important making this level of care available to our community is, especially given Indiana has the country’s third highest maternal mortality rate.”

Fundraising efforts for Care for Tomorrow will continue until the Women and Children’s Tower opens in 2024.

Foundations across Ascension markets regularly conduct campaigns like Care for Tomorrow to support their ministries.