Kenmure Fights Cancer Donates Record Amount to AdventHealth Hendersonville and Pardee Hospital Foundations

N.C., November 11, 2019 — Kenmure Fights Cancer Donates Record Amount to AdventHealth Hendersonville and Pardee Hospital Foundations

Hendersonville, NC, November 11, 2019 -The Kenmure Fights Cancer Community raised $118,000.36 this year and has donated $59,000.18 each to AdventHealth Hendersonville Foundation and Pardee Hospital Foundation- the largest gift ever given by the group.

Since 2008, Kenmure Fights Cancer has raised more than $456,000 dedicated to the cancer programs at AdventHealth Hendersonville and Pardee UNC Health. The group’s mission is to “remember those we have lost to cancer, honor those who have survived the battle and support those who are struggling today against the terrible disease.” Throughout the year, Kenmure Fights Cancer hosts various fundraising events to raise money to support its mission. The monies raised by these events are divided and donated equally among the AdventHealth Hendersonville Foundation and Pardee Hospital Foundation to advance care at each hospital.

This year’s donation to the AdventHealth Foundation will go towards a 3-D Upright Breast Biopsy Unit. Being a more comfortable option for biopsy patients, this unit allows the patient to stand during their procedure, lowers the dose of radiation used, and allows technicians to see more with the 3-D capability. Adding this technology will continue the AdventHealth Cancer Services initiative to provide the safest, most effective care cancer diagnostic and therapeutic care to patients across Western North Carolina.

The donation to the Pardee Hospital Foundation will go towards the purchase and funding of the Mobile Mammography Program at Pardee Hospital. This program will allow underserved and underinsured women the opportunity to receive their yearly mammogram. The Mobile Mammography Program will serve women across Henderson, Buncombe, Polk and Transylvania counties, providing a more accessible healthcare environment for women who cannot take off work for a screening mammogram. Additionally, the Mobile Mammography Program will utilize Women Helping Women funds to provide mammograms to underinsured women in these areas. Taking this program on the road further enforces Pardee’s mission to bring advanced care closer to home, wherever your home may be.

Susan Bush, President of the Board of Kenmure Fights Cancer, presented the $59,000.18 check on Friday, October 4 to the AdventHealth team of Jimm Bunch, CEO, Sherri Holbert, Foundation Director and Megan Dorn, Major Gifts Office. The check was also presented to the Pardee team of Kim Hinkelman, Foundation Executive Director, Karen Yagerhofer, Annual Fund Officer and Jim Brewer, Major Gifts Officer.

About AdventHealth Hendersonville Foundation: Founded in 1910, AdventHealth Hendersonville, formerly Park Ridge Health, is dedicated to meeting the health care needs of our growing communities, providing high-quality, compassionate care in a not-for-profit, Christian environment.

In 1985, AdventHealth Hendersonville Foundation was founded to support the health system’s mission of Extending the Healing Ministry of Christ by building community relationships to expand whole-person care across our region. These relationships come in the form of financial and volunteer contributions to the foundation to meet AdventHealth Hendersonville’s growing opportunities to provide technology, equipment and training to meet the health needs of our communities.

To learn more visit AdventHealthNC.com/Foundation.

About Pardee Hospital Foundation: Pardee Hospital Foundation was founded to educate and inspire support for Pardee Hospital. With nearly $41 million raised since 1996, it continues to do so, while focused on the highest quality in compassionate care. See pardeehospitalfoundation.org for more info.