“Waking up was like being caught in a bad dream; only it wasn’t a dream,” Rick recalls today. Rick doesn’t remember October 10, 2007, and he’s thankful for that today. On the way home from work on that fateful Wednesday afternoon, Rick’s vehicle was hit by a 110-car train, which forced his [...]
Clergy from around the Mid-South region come together for the Regional Clergy Spiritual Health and Wellness Conference On April 11, 2014, the Foundation funded the first annual Regional Clergy Spiritual Health and Wellness Conference. This inaugural event brought together nearly 200 area clergy members to focus on the importance of identifying and reducing the [...]
Former Foundation board member and long-time philanthropist is advancing healthcare in the Mid-South It was an invitation from then-foundation Executive Director and close friend, John T. Fisher II that initially got Anne Stokes involved with Regional One Health Foundation. Their conversation and subsequent tour of Regional Medical Center, Regional One Health’s acute care hospital, in 2007 was [...]
ALISON BARTON Personal Alison Barton is originally from Selmer, Tennessee. She graduated from the University of Memphis with a degree in Business. Barton currently lives in Memphis with her husband and their three children. She enjoys spending time with her family whether at home, traveling or attending Grizzlies games. She spends much of her [...]
Exploring the role of philanthropy in overcoming a nationwide nurse shortage Regional One Health Foundation is paving the way for the next generation of nurses by establishing a Nurse Residency Program in conjunction with the University of Memphis. The program was made possible through a generous $40,000 gift from Anne and John Stokes and [...]
Giving Through an Estate Plan Is a Simple Way to Provide Future Support Founded with a commitment to public health in 1829, the hospital, now called Regional Medical Center, has conquered many medical challenges over the years from cholera, yellow-fever epidemics, and widespread influenza, to HIV/AIDS. Today, the three-hospital system of Regional One Health [...]
ONE COMMUNITY. ONE PULSE. These smiling cyclists were just a few of the many supporters who participated in the annual “Ride for Your Mind” event on October 12 . The event raised over $6,000 to benefit Regional One Health’s traumatic brain injury services. Elvis Presley fans from all over the world feel close to [...]
We often speak about lives saved and medical advances made inside the halls of Regional Medical Center, but the philanthropic impact of Regional One Health Foundation expands beyond the hospital walls. Backed by a recent grant from the Helena Health Foundation, Regional One Health will provide specialized training that is designed to improve outcomes [...]
Starr is one of the tiniest patients to be born in Regional One Health's NICU at 14 ounces. One of the tiniest babies ever born at Regional One Health is truly a star of the hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Starr Farris weighed an astonishing 14 ounces, or roughly the weight [...]
While Cal’s weekend trip with friends from college had ended, his journey had just begun. In April of 2007, Cal Trout was invited to attend a two-day music festival with a friend from college, his friend’s pregnant wife and their three-year-old daughter. After spending an amazing weekend together, the group decided to have a [...]
