Your gift will spread acts of kindness to patients & families
Dear Friend, Every day Bryan Medical Center staff and volunteers welcome patients and their families from all over Nebraska and the surrounding region. Often times they’re entering the hospital for the first time, facing health challenges with worry and stress. While caring for these patients and families, we also want to help ease their anxiety and create comfort through small, yet impactful ways. This brochure highlights many acts of kindness coordinated through Bryan’s Volunteer and Customer Care department. These compassionate efforts are supported through community contributions and are given by staff and volunteers. This holiday season we invite you to join us in providing comfort for patients and families. Your generosity will help with items like Santa visits in our Neonatal Intensive Care Unit or clothing for a patient in need. Consider making your gift in honor of a loved one as a holiday present that also helps others at the same time. On behalf of the patients and families we serve at Bryan Medical Center, thank you for your generosity. We extend our wishes to you and your family for a blessed holiday season. Sincerely,
Bob Ravenscroft Vice President of Advancement and Chief Development Officer
Gifts of Compassion Your gift of compassion can comfort those experiencing the loss of a loved one during their time at the Bryan Medical Center. Keepsake boxes, prayer booklets or handprint molds are some of the items given to families. For families experiencing a stillbirth or infant death there are special items like burial gowns and wraps, devices to record the baby’s heartbeat, or stuffed animals. $25 provides bereavement items for a family
Gifts of Dignity Your gift of dignity will help patients in need of a clean set of clothes to wear at discharge. Clothing sets include new sweatpants, shirts, socks, and underwear and are available in adult and pediatric sizes. Traumatic accidents, sexual assaults, homelessness, or having no family members are some of the many reasons our patients need clothing. $70 provides clothing sets to 10 patients in need (the average daily demand)
Gifts of Holiday Cheer Your gift of holiday cheer provides Santa visits for our pediatric and NICU patients and holiday joy for adult patients. It also helps with other holiday items we provide on Valentine’s Day, Easter, July 4th and Halloween. $100 funds a Santa visit and pictures for our NICU families
Gifts of Happiness Your gift of happiness can provide books, coloring books, crayons, pinwheels and bubbles for our pediatric patients or child visitors. These items help make their time at Bryan Medical Center more enjoyable and pleasant. $250 provides 50 Kid Kits for pediatric patients and child visitors
Gifts of Healing Environments Your gift of healing environments will enhance patient spaces with artwork, flowers on information desks, music and art therapy programs. $600 funds two art therapy sessions for rehabilitation inpatients
Gifts of Love Your gift of love will be stitched into handmade items for Bryan Medical Center patients and families. Our volunteers sew heart pillows, bone pillows, NICU baby bundles, head wraps and port covers for oncology patients, and quilts/ blankets. $1,000 provides handmade comfort items for more than 200 patients
Gifts of Comfort Your gift of comfort helps supply the activity closets located on each Bryan Medical Center campus. These closets store playing cards or puzzles; fidget/busy tools for dementia patients; or relief items for waiting family members such as blankets and pillows. $2,500 provides supplies for the Activity Closets for 5 months
Donation Form Name__________________________________________________________ Address_________________________________________________________ City________________________________ State______ Zip______________ Email_______________________________ Phone______________________ Gift Designation
Suggested Gift
Quantity
Your Gift
Bereavement Sets for 1 family
$
25
$
Special Needs Clothing (10 sets)
$
70
$
Santa Claus (1 visit)
$ 100
$
Kid Kits (50 kits)
$ 250
$
Art Therapy (2 sessions)
$ 600
$
$1,000
$
$2,500
$
Handmade Items (200 items) Activity Closet Supplies (5 months)
Gift Total $
Holiday Presents for Family and Friends Give a present that honors a loved one while helping those in need. Please send me ________ holiday cards (limit 1 card per gift item). We will send you cards you can personalize and deliver to your loved one.
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Card Number:_____________________________________________ Expiration date: __________________CVV_____________________ Signature_________________________________________________ n Please send me information on the WJ Bryan Society (Estate Planning)
1600 S. 48th St. • Lincoln, NE 68506 • 402-481-8605 bryanfoundation@bryanhealth.org