Your Generosity Goes a Long Way
Gifts made to our AdventHealth Porter hospital in Denver, allow us to continue Extending the Healing Ministry of Christ to those in need. Together, we can all make a difference. With your generosity, we can foster greater physical, mental and spiritual healing in our Denver community.
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You can support a specific area, an initiative you’re passionate about or let us put your gift toward our patients’ most pressing needs. Thank you for helping us heal patients in body, mind and spirit.
Programs Supported by Our Hospital Foundation
Every gift goes toward helping someone on their journey to wellness, and your donation will be used as you designate. You can earmark your support for emergencies, meals, financial assistance or for specialties like transplant care. If you aren’t sure, we can direct your support toward our hospital’s greatest need.
- Breast Care
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Support our nationally accredited breast care center, where every new patient receives a dedicated day to become acquainted with their entire cancer team.
- Healing Angels Program
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You can show your gratitude for one of our AdventHealth Porter caregivers by giving to our Healing Angels program. Together we have the power to touch lives.
Your gift will help:
- Elevate patient care through leading-edge technology
- Enable us to advance the health issues that are important to you
- Improve detection rates
- Provide care to those who can’t afford it
- Hospice Care
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For more than 25 years, our hospice care team has supported thousands of Denver residents. With a commitment to providing quality care to those nearing the end of their life journey, we ensure that every patient receives the dignity, comfort and compassion they deserve, regardless of their ability to pay. Our center for hospice care is provided in private homes, nursing homes and at our 17-bed residential facility.
- Hospitality House
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Thanks to our generous donors, we can provide lodging for out-of-town patients and their families. Our hospitality house is located near our Denver hospital and offers comfort and convenience during stressful times.
- Kids Alive!
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Kids Alive! is one of the few organizations in Denver that supports the children of parents with cancer.
Our goal is to provide a safe, inviting and helpful environment for children of parents with cancer. Kids Alive! specially aims to:
- Create a place for children to be children – to experience fun, support and continuity of life apart from catastrophic illness
- Create a safe space for children to express their feelings related to their parent’s cancer diagnosis
- Facilitate a better relationship between cancer patients and their children
- Help parents interpret their children’s behavior as responses to the family’s trauma and improve overall family communication
Kids Alive! is a free program for children ages six to 16.
For more information, please call Call303-765-3883.
- The Nora Ernest Scholarship Fund
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Through the support of our program and partners, scholarships are available for families affected by cancer to spend seven days together in the Colorado mountains. The Nora Ernest scholarship fund covers lodging, food, travel and entertainment costs during their holiday time away from treatment.
- Operation Walk Denver
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Generous investments from donors allow our skilled health professionals to travel to developing countries like Panama and the Dominican Republic, where they help hundreds of people who use wheelchairs or crutches regain their ability to walk.
You Can Support Our Global Health Initiatives
Our AdventHealth Global Health Initiatives provide quality health care in locations where it can be difficult to access. We partner with local groups that connect us with patients and their communities to provide compassionate care in a sustainable, culturally aware way. Volunteer for a trip or donate to help us continue this important work.
Join Our Mission by Volunteering With Us
Whether welcoming people at our front desk, walking someone to a test or making rounds with our angel cart, your help is good medicine. At our Denver medical center, volunteers over 18 years old must:
- Be available for one, three- to four-hour shift per week (varies by assignment)
- Commit to a minimum of six months of volunteer time
- Complete an application, interview, orientation and specific training for your volunteer position
- Pass a background check
- Provide records for required immunizations
- Take a tuberculosis test (free of charge)
Volunteers between 15 and 18 years old may participate in our junior volunteer program, a nine-week summer commitment. Junior volunteers must take a tuberculosis test and provide immunization records. Applications and two letters of recommendation must be submitted by April 30, and interviews are conducted in May.
To learn more about volunteering at AdventHealth Porter, call 303-778-5693.