Piedmont Athens Regional Foundation

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The Foundation

The Piedmont Athens Regional Foundation is committed to increasing our community’s awareness of the quality of healthcare provided by Piedmont Athens Regional, providing opportunities for the community to invest in their healthcare, and providing meaningful volunteer opportunities. Donate Online.

Meet Our Team

Steven L. Dasher
Executive Director
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Elaine Cook
Director of Major Gifts
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Sierra Hammock
Sr. Donor Relations Specialist
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Nicole Papst
Manager, Sustained Giving
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Laura Lowery
Manager, Major Gift Programs
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Meet our Board of Directors

2023 Annual Donor Report

If you are visiting this page, you are likely a supporter of Piedmont Athens Regional. Without your deep compassion for the Athens area and beyond, we would not be able to expand our services or enhance experiences for our patients. Thank you for supporting Piedmont Athens Regional and your community!

View Our FY2023 Annual Donor Report

Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center

Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center is a 427-bed non-profit hospital and regional referral center serving 17 counties in Athens and northeast Georgia. We offer a Level 2 Trauma Center and Level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, urgent care centers, and an extensive network of respected physicians, surgeons and specialists.

History

On February 20, 1919, Drs. Goss, Holliday, Hunnicutt and Reynolds met to discuss the need for a community hospital in Athens-Clarke County. After securing the necessary funding in 1921, a 100-bed facility was opened, featuring three medical floors, two operating rooms, a delivery room and a 24-member medical staff. Over the past 100 years, Piedmont Athens Regional has grown to serve 17 counties in northeast Georgia and provides jobs for more than 3,300 employees. What started as a small local hospital has changed, but our original mission to serve our community and make a positive difference has stayed the same.

Piedmont Foundations

Piedmont Healthcare is a federally certified 501(c)3 nonprofit community hospital system. As a nonprofit, gifts are a vital part of supporting our mission, and directly benefit the health and wellness of patients in our community. Along with Athens, Piedmont has foundations in Atlanta and Columbus.

Campaign

Piedmont Athens Regional Foundation’s Board of Directors has identified the Community Care Clinic, Magill-Miller Advanced Heart Failure Clinic, and the Loran Smith Center for Cancer Support as the priority areas in our current campaign. A donation to these key programs supports our patients, employees, and community in many ways. Philanthropy expands and improves the services and programs we provide to the community.

Key Programs

Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center’s $194 million renovation and expansion project kicked off in October 2018 and was completed in the Summer of 2022. The renovation included updating the 262,400+ square feet of existing space and replacing the 228,600+ square feet of space. The new tower has improved wayfinding for our visitors and includes inpatient and outpatient departments designed to enhance the patient experience.

Space Naming Rights Commitments
Large Courtyard $500,000 University Vascular
Main Lobby $500,000 Elizabeth & Tony Townley
Patient Pavilion – 3rd Floor $500,000
Patient Pavilion – 4th Floor $500,000
Pavers & Walkways $250,000 Employee & Community Brick Campaign
Jewel Box Garden $250,000 Jack Tarver Family Foundation
Sacred Space $250,000 Kathryn & Carl Nichols
South Wing – 3rd Floor $200,000
South Wing – 4th Floor $200,000
Visitor Resource Room $150,000
Northeast Wing – 3rd Floor $150,000
Northeast Wing – 4th Floor $150,000
Garden #1 $125,000 Charles & Cathy Peck Garden
Garden #2 $125,000 Dr. & Mrs. Robert Sinyard in memory of Alice & Robert Sinyard
Pink Posy Gift Shop $100,000 Piedmont Athens Regional Auxiliary
Plaza on Talmadge Drive $100,000 Julie and Michael Jenkins in memory of Juliette and Henry Massey
Café $100,000 Athens Radiology Associates
Wellness Porch $100,000 PAR Employee GIFT Members
Community Room $50,000 Synovus Bank
Main Lobby Information Desk $25,000 Len Sapera in memory of Eileen W. Sapera
Visitor Lounge Areas $25,000
NE Visitor Lounge – 3rd Floor $25,000 Piedmont Athens Regional Auxiliary
NE Visitor Lounge – 4th Floor $25,000 Runell and Mike Cheek
S Visitor Lounge – 5th Floor $25,000 Amy & Michael Burnett
S Visitor Lounge – 4th Floor $25,000 Barbara Bankston & Mel Garber
S Visitor Lounge – 3rd Floor $25,000 Barb and Carl Parks
Patient Rooms $10,000 The Fred and Sharon Loef Family, Carole and Sidney Kirschner, Greer and Ken Wells, Steve and Tami Jackson, Elizabeth and Steven Scott, Sekhar & Srilakshmi Rebala, Elaine & Jon Cook, Dr. & Mrs. A. Fred Young, Dr. & Mrs. Cullen Morris, Dr. and Mrs. Hugh F. Jenkins, Tammy and Geof Gilland, Runell and Michael Cheek, Susan and John Barrett, Beth & Scott Collins, Camilla Bracewell and The Hoyt Family
Garden Pod #1 $5,000 Erin & Scott Beaver
Garden Pod #2 $5,000 Georgia Power
Garden Pod #3 $5,000 The Henderson Family in memory of Stan Henderson
Garden Pod #4 $5,000 Heritage Garden Club
Garden Pod #5 $5,000 Doris Adams Ramsey

The Magill-Miller Advanced Heart Failure Clinic at Piedmont Heart Institute—Athens is committed to helping people at all stages of heart failure feel better, live longer and stay out of the hospital. Gifts and donations will be used for patient education, staff and specialized training, and clinic updates and renovations.

As a primary care option for the community regardless of a patient’s ability to pay, PAR’s Community Care Clinic (CCC) has seen tremendous growth since inception. CCC provides on-site social work to assist with Medicaid or charity care coordination, and provides high-quality, compassionate care by addressing social barriers to health care and improving health outcomes. CCC’s services include regular check-up visits, sick visits, immunizations/vaccinations and management of chronic diseases. In addition to these primary care services, CCC also provides endocrinology, pulmonology, nephrology, infectious disease, ophthalmology, hematology-oncology and geriatric care. By working closely with each patient, CCC’s staff identifies any unique barriers to improving health, and creates strategies to address their needs, producing long-term improved health (for the patient) and significant community benefits.

Learn more about the Community Care Clinic

At the Loran Smith Center for Cancer Support, we recognize the need to support and treat the patient and family – not just the disease. Because cancer treatment involves more than medical care, free services and programs such as yoga, tai chi, nutrition classes, expressive art classes, complementary therapies (oncology massage, Healing Touch, and Reiki), and counseling are also available to anyone affected by cancer at any phase in his or her journey, regardless of whether or not they are a Piedmont patient.

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Ways to Give

This is the easiest way to make a gift. Bring the cash to our office, mail a check payable to Piedmont Athens Regional Foundation, or make an online gift. Donate.
You can direct IRA distributions to Piedmont Athens Regional and avoid income taxes on the distribution. This giving opportunity has recently been made a permanent part of the tax code and there are limitations, so please contact the Piedmont Athens Regional Foundation prior to directing a distribution to us.
Consider a gift to Piedmont Athens Regional Foundation as part of your estate planning. Sample Bequest Language.
A life insurance policy (particularly a paid up one) that has outlasted its original purpose is a wonderful gift. Piedmont Athens Regional needs to be the owner and beneficiary for you to get a deduction for the gift but naming us as the beneficiary is still a great option if you chose not to make us the owner and beneficiary.
Through Piedmont’s employee giving program, CMI|GIFT, PAR employee contributions make a positive difference in every life we touch.
Making the Piedmont Athens Regional Foundation the remainder beneficiary of your retirement plan(s) (IRA, 401(k), 403(b) pension or other tax-deferred plan) is a very tax-wise method to benefit the hospital.
You transfer assets (typically cash, stocks or bonds) to a Community Foundation or similar organization that issues Charitable Gift Annuities. The annuity will pay a fixed amount for the rest of your life and possibly another and the remaining balance will go to the Piedmont Athens Regional Foundation after the last income beneficiary(ies) pass away. You will get a charitable income tax deduction for the remainder interest of the annuity when the annuity is established as well as avoiding or deferring taxes on capital gains on the assets after they are sold.
You establish a charitable trust and then transfer assets (typically cash, stocks or bonds) to the trust. The trust will then pay a variable amount (CRUT) or a fixed amount (CRAT) for the rest of your life and possibly another and the remaining balance will go to the Piedmont Athens Regional Foundation after the trust terminates (usually after the income beneficiary(ies) pass away). You will get a charitable income tax deduction for the remainder interest of the trust when the trust is funded as well as avoiding taxes on any capital gains on the assets.
The Piedmont Athens Regional Foundation has comprehensive and individual event sponsorship packages that will recognize your company while benefiting our community’s healthcare.

  • If you’d like to help through a comprehensive sponsorship package or a corporate donation, please contact our Foundation at 706-475-9007 or athensfoundation@piedmont.org.

Tribute Gifts: donate in honor or memory of a loved one restricted to a beloved program or initiative: Loran Smith Center for Cancer Support, Cradle Roll, Grateful Patient, Doctors’ Day or Piedmont Athens Regional Auxiliary Healing Garden.

For more information or questions, contact Steven Dasher, Executive Director, at 706-475-3428 or Steven.Dasher@piedmont.org.

Donor Recognition

Donors leave their mark on the community by helping provide better care, new facilities, and expanded programs. Our Donor Recognition programs are designed to acknowledge the generosity and impact of gifts to Piedmont Athens Regional. Donor recognition exists on many levels, and there is a wide range of Piedmont Athens Regional Giving Clubs where donors can leave their mark.

Getting Involved for Tomorrow is Piedmont Athens Regional’s employee giving program. Nearly 40% of Piedmont Athens Regional employees support the Foundation through donations made through payroll deduction.

View the complete Count Me In | GIFT donor list

Established to support Women’s & Children’s Services at Piedmont Athens Regional, the Cradle Roll provides an opportunity to honor special arrivals at our hospital with a gift to Piedmont Athens Regional Foundation.

Make a gift to honor your newest arrival

Recognizes donors who have given or committed a gift of at least $10,000 to benefit Piedmont Athens Regional Foundation.

Learn more about The Cornerstone Society

Cornerstone Society donors are recognized each fall at Piedmont Athens Regional Foundation’s Honoring Philanthropy event.

Recognizes the Foundation’s corporate partners who have given cumulative donations of $25,000 or more.

View the Corporate Honor Roll list

Membership in the Founders Society is based on the donor’s cumulative lifetime giving to Piedmont Athens Regional. This society recognizes those generous donors who assist Piedmont Athens Regional in fulfilling its mission of providing the highest level of medical care. There are five levels within the Founders Society:

•$1 million +
•$750,000-$999,999
•$500,000-$749,999
•$250,000-$499,999
•$100,000-$249,999
•$50,000-$99,999

View the Founders Society list

Recognizes and honors generous supporters who have made provisions in their estate plans to benefit Piedmont Athens Regional.

View the Heritage Circle list

The Helene M. Schwartz Foundation Champion Award honors an individual, family, or organization for their service to the Piedmont Athens Regional Foundation.

2023 Honoree: Patti and Rob Hoyt

We value our donors right to be informed of our mission and impact and to be assured gifts are used for the purposes in which the gifts were given. Please view our Donor Bill of Rights.

Contact Us

We look forward to hearing from you. Contact our main office at the number and email below or call a member of our team.

Phone: 706-475-9007
Email: athensfoundation@piedmont.org
Address: 1199 Prince Avenue, Athens, Ga 30606