Items Tagged ‘donation’
February 12, 2013
Teenager Raises Thousands For Fellow Heart Patients
Ten thousand dollars is a generous donation to the medical field no matter who it comes from. The doctors at the Mayo Clinic say it meant a little more, however, when they found out the donor was a 14-year-old boy about to go through open heart surgery. Despite Jack Long’s heart defect, he’s grown up […]
Tags: congenital heart defects, donation, heart valve repair, WCCO
September 6, 2012
Weavers Donate $7 Million to Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville
Saying they were motivated by their commitment to better the Jacksonville community and improve the lives of its citizens, Wayne and Delores Barr Weaver have donated $7 million to the new multidisciplinary simulation center at the Mayo Clinic… “The age of simulation training is here, and studies show its enormous potential for improving the quality […]
Tags: Delores Weaver, donation, Dr. William Rupp, Mayo Clinic Multidisciplinary Simulation Center, Philanthropy, Wayne Weaver, WJXT News 4 Jax
June 18, 2012
Donations Help Stroke Treatment in La Paz County
La Paz County is benefiting from a donation from a Mayo Clinic benefactor who’s contributing to enhanced evaluation and treatment of patients exhibiting symptoms of a stroke – especially patients in rural settings where there may be limited access to stroke neurologists. The benefactor, Wesley Remington, of St. Joseph, Mo., has donated to the Telestroke […]
Tags: donation, La Paz County, Parker Pioneer, stroke, Telemedicine, Telestroke program, Wesley Remington
June 12, 2012
Moline Couple Bequests $10M to Mayo Clinic
Three years ago, Lawrence Matteson of Moline received a prostate cancer diagnosis for which he was successfully treated at the Mayo Clinic. Now, he and his wife, Marilyn, have shown their gratitude by donating $10 million to make the experience for the institution’s cancer patients even better. The Mattesons decided to grant the money to […]
Tags: donation, Lawrence Matteson, Proton Beam Therapy Program, Quad-City Times
December 4, 2009
Jakes gives $2M to Mayo Clinic Florida
Florida novelist John Jakes and his wife, Rachel, this week donated $2 million to Mayo Clinic Florida. Jakes, a Sarasota resident and author of 18 New York Times best-sellers, credits Mayo Clinic doctors with saving his life. The Jakeses are longtime patients of Mayo Clinic Florida. “Mayo Clinic has become a vital part of our […]
Tags: donation