The Frist Foundation Gives $1 Million to the HCA Healthcare Hope Fund in Support of HCA Healthcare Colleagues Impacted by Hurricanes Helene and Milton
Employee-run, employee-supported charity helps more than 3,400 in the wake of recent hurricanes
Hurricane Helene made landfall as a powerful category 4 hurricane on Thursday, September 26, leaving more than four million people without power and causing major damage as it traveled throughout the Southeast. Less than two weeks later, Hurricane Milton hit the west coast of
“We are grateful for The Frist Foundation’s compassionate support of our colleagues in the wake of the recent hurricanes,” said Jen Berres, senior vice president and chief human resources officer at HCA Healthcare and chair of the HCA Healthcare Hope Fund. “The HCA Healthcare Hope Fund is proud to support HCA Healthcare colleagues when devastation strikes, and we are committed to helping our communities rebuild and recover.”
The Frist Foundation was established in 1982, by two of HCA Healthcare’s founders – Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr. and Dr. Thomas Frist, Jr. The Frist Foundation invests in promising organizations with high ambitions of improving communities across
“We are honored to support the HCA Healthcare Hope Fund and the HCA Healthcare family through the immediate and near term needs as a result of the recent hurricanes and flooding in
The HCA Healthcare Hope Fund is governed by an independent Board of Directors comprised of employees from across the country. Since inception, it has helped HCA Healthcare colleagues by providing over
About HCA Healthcare Hope Fund
The HCA Healthcare Hope Fund is an employee-run, employee-supported 501(c)3 public charity with the goal of helping HCA Healthcare employees and their immediate families who are affected by financial hardship. This includes disaster, extended illness/injury, domestic violence, death of a loved one, and other special situations. HCA Healthcare employees, vendors, affiliated physicians, patients and the general public can make a tax-deductible donation to the fund where
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Source: HCA Healthcare