Ashland Community Hospital Foundation

Asante Ashland Community Hospital exists to provide quality healthcare services in a compassionate manner valued by the communities we serve. Our values are: Excellence in everything we do; Respect for all; Honesty in all our relationships; Service to the community, physicians, and each other; Teamwork always. Asante Ashland’s services include: Emergency Care, Family Birth Center, General Medicine, Lab and Imaging Services, Obstetrics, School Nurse Program, and Wound Care. The Ashland Community Hospital Foundation exists to support the work of Asante Ashland so that our friends, family, neighbors, and visitors to our community have quick access to care in a comfortable and caring environment.

Ashland Community Hospital Foundation has three professional staff with more than 38 years of combined fundraising experience. The Foundation is governed by a Board of Directors comprised of community members with diverse business experience and community connections. Together, we work with hospital leadership to achieve our shared goal of generating charitable support for Asante Ashland Community Hospital.

Ashland Community Hospital Foundation has a strategic plan that is reviewed regularly by staff and the Board of Directors. In addition, we set financial and operational goals for our various fundraising programs each year. Our progress is tracked by staff and through the work of our Board committees: Asset Management, Development, and Executive.

We recently completed a fundraising effort to bring innovative ultraviolet technology to Asante Ashland Community Hospital to be used to sterilize patient rooms. In this time of COVID-19 this technology is particularly critical and will help create the safest possible environment for patients to heal. Our Williams G. & Ruth T. Evans Endowed Nursing Scholarship sets new records each year for scholarship awards. Since it's inception in 2002 over $600,000 in scholarships have been awarded to local nursing students who intend to work in the Rogue Valley after graduation. Furthermore, recent initiatives to upgrade hospital facilities include the renovation of the hospital conference room, which is used by both staff and community groups alike. A refresh of the hospital cafeteria will create an inviting and relaxing atmosphere where staff and visitors can congregate and rejuvenate. Last, but not least, a renovation of the Intensive Care Unit is being planned and will be funded by donations to the Resiliency Program. Our foundation continues to look for ways to support innovation in healthcare as we shift towards population health.