COVID-19

COVID-19 One year later.

When COVID-19 hit our community last year, we faced the unprecedented challenge of addressing the needs of those with the virus, while also safely providing necessary medical care for all other patients. Thanks to the outpouring of support from our generous donor family, we were able to keep our community as safe and healthy as possible.

We raised a record-breaking $40 million in 2020. Donations to our COVID-19 Response Fund and other areas helped us weather the storm of the pandemic. Local friends showed their support in other ways, too, including providing urgently needed masks, gloves, face shields and other personal protective equipment to help us prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Today, we are continuing to fight this virus, and to provide our friends and neighbors with the high-quality medical care they need. Thank you for helping us meet this challenge.

COVID-19 by the numbers

*Data as of June 16, 2021.

44,903

Number of patients who have been tested for COVID-19.

6,117

Number of patients who have tested positive for COVID-19.

2,685

Number of patients who have been hospitalized here with COVID-19.

Supporting our healthcare heroes.

At the onset of the pandemic, our top priority for our frontline caregivers and other staff was ensuring they had the personal protective equipment they needed to stay safe. During a difficult year of coming face-to-face with the realities of COVID-19 every day, we also took initial steps to address the emotional and mental fatigue of our caregivers. We began offering group counseling sessions, creating respite rooms and more.

Building off of these efforts, we are now launching a comprehensive Caregiver Wellness Initiative, which will feature a variety of additional support and resources to help our healthcare heroes process psychological and emotional trauma. This includes, for example, a structured forum where staff will be able to come together regularly to discuss the emotional and social aspects of working in health care. Community philanthropy is helping us carry out the work of this important initiative. Together, we will ensure our physicians, nurses and staff receive the support they need so that they can continue to provide the highest-quality care to the patients we serve.

Shots in arms.

In December 2020, in close partnership with the Pasadena Public Health Department (PPHD), we began administering doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to our frontline caregivers and staff. In January 2021, we also began vaccinating eligible community members under the direction of PPHD.

Philanthropic support has helped us to reach this next stage of fighting COVID-19, and allowed us to make special efforts to ensure that low-income and underserved members of our community have equitable access to the vaccine. We have worked with a variety of community partners — including the City of Pasadena’s Jackie Robinson Community Center and Harambee Ministries — to host COVID-19 vaccination pop-up clinics for populations that may have otherwise faced barriers to accessing the vaccine. Several of these popup clinics were generously funded by the Pasadena Community Foundation.

We are proud to have provided more than 39,000 vaccine doses for members of our community so far and look forward to protecting even more people in the months ahead.

39,000+

Number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered.

300

Number of additional beds made available to respond to COVID-19.

1,000+

Number of supporters who have contributed to our special COVID-19 Response Fund.

300+

Number of individuals and community partners who have donated personal protective equipment and other essential items.