The Health Foundation, Inc.

Contributing to a healthier community in Wilkes County, North Carolina

Our mission is to improve the health and well being of the citizens of our area.

Vision Statement

The Health Foundation is an assembly of compassionate, dedicated, volunteer leaders engaged in inspiring a community-wide effort to improve health care through the faithful stewardship of philanthropic pursuits. Our vision includes, without limitation, the following:

Community Partnership

We match donor resources of those who share a common desire to achieve and maintain good health with community needs. We are dedicated to working with all who care to strive for excellence. We believe that everyone deserves quality, available health care.

Education

The Health Foundation, Inc. supports health and wellness educational opportunities for those in our community. We enthusiastically promote programs that develop a compassionate work force possessing the education and training necessary to provide vital, professional services.

Donor Rights

The Health Foundation recognizes that stewardship means to manage, protect, and serve on behalf of another’s trust. We seek, in all ways, to inspire the donor’s full confidence in our actions. Further, we encourage our membership to take an active volunteer role in our programs and services. 


Wilkes Public Health Dental Clinic
The Wilkes Public Health Dental Clinic serves adults and children regardless of their ability to pay. Foundation supporters helped make it happen!
West Park
West Park
Gene Faile, CEO of WRMC
Gene Faile is the Chief Executive Officer of Wilkes Regional Medical Center.

Vision Statement

The Health Foundation is an assembly of compassionate, dedicated, volunteer leaders engaged in inspiring a community-wide effort to improve health care through the faithful stewardship of philanthropic pursuits. Our vision includes, without limitation, the following:

Community Partnership

We match donor resources of those who share a common desire to achieve and maintain good health with community needs. We are dedicated to working with all who care to strive for excellence. We believe that everyone deserves quality, available health care.

Education

The Health Foundation, Inc. supports health and wellness educational opportunities for those in our community. We enthusiastically promote programs that develop a compassionate work force possessing the education and training necessary to provide vital, professional services.

Donor Rights

The Health Foundation recognizes that stewardship means to manage, protect, and serve on behalf of another’s trust. We seek, in all ways, to inspire the donor’s full confidence in our actions. Further, we encourage our membership to take an active volunteer role in our programs and services.

 


Board of

Patricia Bumgarner
George B. Collins
James W. Cook
William Dunn
Cam Finley
Leonard G. Herring
Arnold N. Lakey
Beth Lovette
J. Richard Marlow


Directors

Thomas K. McMahan, MD
Penny Musson
Dwight Pardue
Dariel Rathmell, MD
Brad Shinaman, DDS
David Shelton
William Warden
Carl G. Yale

PRESIDENT
James N. Smoak

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Heather Murphy, CFRE

EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS
WRMC CEO
Gene Faile
WRMC CHIEF OF STAFF
Jack McLarney, MD
WRMC AUXILIARY PRESIDENT
Deborah Sullivan


PROPERTY DIRECTOR/FINANCE DIRECTOR
Chris Smith

EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT
Holly Minton


Heather Murphy
Executive Director Heather Murphy
The Health Foundation, Inc.
a non profit 501(c) (3) organization
231 Jefferson Street
PO Box 667
North Wilkesboro, North Carolina 28659
336.838.1949 phone
336.838.9214 fax
Your contributions are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law

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