May 16, 2025 —As the state’s leading healthcare network, HCA Florida Healthcare regularly answers the call to care for others. In 2024, the system cared for more than 12 million patient encounters across its 650 facilities. But last month, nearly 1,500 colleagues provided care in a different way during HCA Florida Healthcare’s annual statewide We Show Up for Our Communities days of service.
Clinical and non-clinical teams from across the state volunteered at more than 115 events with partner organizations to meet the needs of the communities where they live and work. For two dedicated weeks in April, HCA Florida Healthcare colleagues recorded 4,300 hours of volunteer time to charitable projects supporting high-priority community needs and creating healthier tomorrows. These efforts represent $144,000 in contributions based on the current value of a volunteer hour in Florida.
Across the state, the health system’s staff helped with construction projects to build homes for families, sorted food at food banks and delivered meals to seniors, hosted career development programs for teens, and cleaned up Florida’s shorelines, among other charitable activities. Projects were selected by each hospital to align with the organization’s community engagement areas of focus, including heart health, mental wellness, healthy starts for young families, access to healthcare careers and fighting food insecurity.
“Every day, hundreds of thousands of our neighbors face hunger. It takes a caring and committed community to ensure families have the nourishment they need while working to regain stability,” said Dan Samuels, director of philanthropy, Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida. “We’re deeply grateful for HCA Florida Healthcare’s longstanding partnership in this fight. They exemplify what it means to show up and support those who need us most.”
In Florida, We Show Up for Our Communities is part of HCA Healthcare’s enterprise-wide focus on volunteering in April during National Volunteer Month. In total, more than 4,000 HCA Healthcare colleagues logged more than 11,000 hours of community service throughout the month-long volunteerism campaign.
“The lifeblood of Habitat is really volunteerism,” said Mike Sutton, CFRE, president & chief executive officer of Habitat for Humanity Tampa Bay Gulfside. “Without organizations like HCA Florida Healthcare partnering with Habitat, we would not be able to provide families the opportunity to own their own home.”
In 2024, HCA Healthcare provided more than $48.5 million in enterprise giving to community organizations. Of that, more than $3.7 million in community contributions stayed in Florida. Last year, the health system gave $1 million to the Consortium of Florida Education Foundations to support health care career development and $750,000 to community organizations dedicated to meeting the needs of Floridians impacted by Hurricanes Helene and Milton. In March, the HCA Healthcare Foundation’s Healthier Tomorrow Fund gifted $1.84 million to Mile High United Way to launch United for Healthy Starts, a national collaboration between four United Ways—including United Way of Miami—to help increase access to social, economic and educational support services for families.
About HCA Florida Healthcare
HCA Florida Healthcare, a part of HCA Healthcare, is a family of more than 650 affiliated sites of care, including hospitals, physician practices, freestanding emergency rooms and urgent care centers. As one of the state’s leading healthcare networks, HCA Florida Healthcare’s 11,100 experienced doctors and more than 84,000 colleagues work together to deliver equitable, evidence-based collaborative care through more than 12 million patient encounters annually. HCA Florida Healthcare is committed to improving more lives in more ways and giving back to the communities it serves. In 2024, the network provided more than $1 billion in uncompensated care and contributed more than $3.7 million to community organizations across the state. In addition, HCA Florida Healthcare offers patients access to highly trained specialists, including the state’s most comprehensive cardiovascular network. A strong advocate for the next generation of healthcare professionals, HCA Florida Healthcare is a leader in in training future healthcare professionals, offering 151 Graduate Medical Education (GME) programs at 27 different hospitals with more than 2,400 residents. For more information, please visit HCAFloridaHealthcare.com.
