How retail funds support UI Health Care initiatives
Proceeds from Volunteer Services-sponsored businesses such as Wild Rose Gifts, Kaleidoscope Gift Shop, Fourth Floor Salon, and the Rooftop Café help support programs and projects that benefit our patients and their families.
Take a look below at all the great programs that have been funded in recent years. Do you have an idea to improve the patient/family experience here but need funds to make it happen? You can request money from Volunteer Services.
Please check back for 2025 Request for Funds updates.
- Adam Summers, Rehabilitation Therapies, $2,238 for upgraded technology (iPads, Apple Pencil, Privacy Screens, Keyboard Cases) to support music therapy.
- Cassie Drees-Duncan, BHS-3 Boyd Tower, $4,650.72 to launder clothing for extended stay patients with limited external support.
- Emma Englehart, 3RC Unit and Department of Nursing, $20,000 for cosmetic upgrades for the 3RC family waiting area.
- Supportive & Palliative Care, $2,550 to offer grief support materials, hand-held fans to patients with serious illness experiencing breathlessness and freshly baked warm cookies for families as a source of comfort and kindness.
- Jana Grienke, Radiation Oncology, $1,128.98 for a Keurig and a rocking chair for patient/visitor waiting area.
- Jess McDaniel, Department of Nursing, $2,530 to pilot sleep support items such as tea, aromatherapy, sleep masks, and earplugs to adult inpatients.
- Julie Tjarks and Austin Bell, Rehabilitation Therapies, $16,378.71 for a multifunctional positioning aide for the early mobilization of complex patients.
- Julie Wiebold, Rehabilitation Therapies-Pulmonary Rehab, $3,525 for non-essential pulmonary care devices to optimize patient outcomes.
- Kelly Poch, Nursing Quality, $1,253.08 for booklets to support the children visiting adult patients.
- Lisa Dunnwald, PET Imaging Center, $39,000 for clinic enhancements to improve patient comfort and experience.
- Maria Perez, 6JC Neuroscience, $50 for magnifying glasses to assist geriatric patients with reading materials.
- Michelle Greve, Department of Nursing – Diabetes Education, $2,068.75 for materials and tools to help individuals with diabetes manage their condition effectively.
- Rachel Krueger, 6 JCP Neuroscience Inpatient Unit, $11,938 to provide artwork for 47 inpatient beds.
- Sara Nguyen, Radiation Oncology, $500 to provide medals on the last day of radiation treatment as part of the bell ringing tradition.
- Savannah Santos, Rehabilitation Therapy, $4,420.69 for skill development materials to foster success for neurobehavioral patients.
- Shanel Slater, Children’s and Patients’ Libraries, $18,352.58 for materials for education, entertainment, and patient distraction.
- Taylor Bentler, SNICU, $1,000 for teddy bears for children saying goodbye to loved ones. Total funds appro