How retail funds support UI Health Care initiatives
Proceeds from volunteer supported 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