Foundation Update - Fall 2009

A Message From Cherlyn L. Spencer

Executive Director, Alameda County Health Care Foundation

As we enter into the holidays, I know many of us are thankful for our family, friends, employment, and, most of all, our health. This is why the Alameda County Health Care Foundation exists: to support our Alameda County residents who need the services of Alameda County Medical Center (ACMC) in time of need. As you know, we provide acute care at our Highland Hospital Campus, which also is the designated trauma center for the northern Alameda County; Fairmont provides skilled nursing and rehabilitation services; mental health services are provided at John George Psychiatric Pavilion; and outpatient services are provided on our Highland Campus and in our free-standing clinics at Eastmont, Winton, and Newark.

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The Foundation is Turning 20 Years Old!

That’s right! The Alameda County Health Care Foundation will be celebrating 20 years of service to the Alameda County Medical Center and Alameda County residents. We will also have a new home at 2001 Broadway in downtown Oakland. Please keep your eyes open for updates and announcements about various events around the coming year's celebration, including information about the 20th Anniversary Gala, to be held in June 2010. 

ACMC Prosthetic Clinic Benefits from Foundation Support

Support provided by the San Francisco Foundation to the Alameda County Health Care Foundation in the amount of $30,000 has helped to meet an increasing demand for prosthetic services for our patient population. 

The Prosthetic Clinic at ACMC has been in existence since the late 1970s on the Fairmont Campus. The Clinic is interdisciplinary and offers a full range of services for amputees. Patients are referred to the Prosthetic Clinic because of amputation either from traumatic injury, peripheral vascular disease, and/or diabetes with severe ischemia. The clinic has expertise with lower extremity loss, with upper extremity loss more uncommon.

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Donor Spotlight  - Robb Crowder

Robb Crowder began working in the accounting department at Highland Hospital in August of 1984. He transferred to Fairmont Hospital’s Accounting Department in 1989, where he performed volunteer work for the Fairmont Hospital Foundation which later merged with the Highland Hospital Foundation to become the Alameda County Health Care Foundation. When the two hospitals merged, Robb returned to the Highland Campus.

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ACMC Combined Charities Employee Campaign

This year’s Combined Charities Employee Campaign is underway!

The Combined Charities Campaign is our annual appeal for your financial support of health, human services, arts, and advocacy non-profit organizations.

Each year, the Alameda County Medical Center employees are afforded the opportunity to participate in the Combined Charities Campaign in Alameda County.

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