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(l-r) BHF Board Chair Bob Birdsong; Broward Health President & CEO Frank Nask; Salah Foundation Executive Director and Honorary Campaign Chair Noreen Salah Burpee; Salah Foundation Director, BHF Board Member and Campaign Chair, George J Taylor, Esq.; and BHF President & CEO Dennis Stefanacci. |
On September 18, Broward Health Foundation (BHF) revealed the Salah Foundation has committed $10 million in the form of a dollar-for-dollar challenge grant to the upcoming renovation of Chris Evert Children’s Hospital. The $10 million matching gift, one of the largest charitable contributions ever made in Broward County, is part of BHF’s new $20.6 million, two-year capital campaign – It’s All About KIDS: A Special Campaign for Broward Health – that will raise funds for the $52 million children’s hospital expansion.
The announcement was made by Salah Foundation Executive Director Noreen Salah Burpee at a special program at the Hyatt Regency Pier Sixty-Six. “This challenge grant is about the power of one gift – each and every gift regardless of size – and I am confident that this will empower others in our community to meet the challenge and help to build for our future patients and their families a truly one-of-a-kind healthcare facility,”
says Burpee.
The growing needs of the community demanded a plan to renovate and expand the 125-bed acute care children’s hospital at Broward Health Medical Center. Renovations will include the creation of private neonatal and pediatric intensive care units (NICU and PICU), as well as 22 private oncology/hematology suites. The Salah Foundation gift and the capital campaign will help that goal be realized.
