(l-r) Mark Larkin, President of the BRRH Foundation; Bo Boulenger, President and CEO of Baptist Health South Florida; Christine E. Lynn, Chair of the BRRH Board of Directors and Co-Chair of Keeping the Promise…The Campaign for Boca Raton Regional Hospital; Elaine J. Wold; Lincoln Mendez, CEO of Boca Raton Regional Hospital; Warren Orlando, Vice Chairman, Boca Raton Regional Hospital
Boca Raton Regional Hospital (BRRH) officially broke ground for the new Gloria Drummond Patient Tower, the facility that is the cornerstone for the hospital’s campus transformation and the $250 million Keeping the Promise capital campaign.
Elaine J. Wold and the Bay Branch Foundation made a $25 million gift to Keeping the Promise and the tower was named in memory of Boca Regional’s founder, Gloria Drummond, her close and life-long friend.
“I believe we all have a responsibility to improve the level of health care in our area, to forge new directions, and bring new medicine to our families here,” said Mrs. Wold. “It is also important to remember and honor our origins, which is really the foundation of everything this hospital has become. Gloria Drummond’s name is synonymous with Boca Raton Regional Hospital. Her legacy and spirit remain deeply ingrained in everything we do and whatever future we create.”
Wold’s gift joins a generous Boca Raton philanthropic community that has already provided more than $225 million in commitments towards the Keeping the Promise goal of $250 million.
Wold is one of the nation’s leading philanthropists and a long-time BRRH supporter. She previously donated $10 million to construct the Hospital’s 37,500 square foot, state-of-the-art Gloria
Drummond Physical Rehabilitation Institute, also named in memory of her friend. Prior to then,
Mrs. Wold donated the funds to expand and modernize the Hospital’s Emergency Department, creating the Wold Family Center for Emergency Medicine, which treats more than 50,000 patients annually.
She has supported various other patient care initiatives at Boca Regional and has donated to a number of community and national organizations.
