Philanthropist and Ladies Professional Golf Association champion Morgan Pressel has made a $1.2 million gift to Boca Raton Regional Hospital, part of Baptist Health, with funds collected through the Morgan Pressel Foundation, Inc.

For more than 13 years, the Morgan Pressel Foundation has generously funded various research and education efforts as well as the mobile mammography vans at Christine E. Lynn Women’s Health & Wellness Institute, part of Baptist Health, at Boca Raton Regional Hospital. The mobile unit has been traveling throughout South Florida for more than a decade, providing early breast cancer detection services and breast health education. This recent gift from Ms. Pressel and her foundation brings the total giving to nearly $5.5 million for breast cancer efforts at Boca Raton Regional Hospital.

The initial gift launched the Kathryn Krickstein Pressel MammoVan, honoring Ms. Pressel’s mom who died of breast cancer when Morgan was 15 years old. More than 200 sites are visited each year, ranging from corporate locations to communities of the underserved and uninsured that are without access to this type of care. It is the only hospital-based mammography van service from Port St. Lucie to the Florida Keys. The impact has been significant.

“I’ve been fortunate in my life to be able to direct this extraordinary assistance to women, and honor my mother at the same time,” said Ms. Pressel. “My hope is people will see the benefit of testing, consider it a necessity, and routinely visit mammography testing sites proactively. I appreciate the work Boca Regional is doing in this area, and together we can make a difference.”