A brighter future for Dallas
Each year, Sept. 11 is a day for remembering the heroism of first responders
who were willing to give their all to save lives. Because of Methodist Dallas
Medical Center’s commitment to ensuring that the highest-quality medical care
is available when needed most, the hospital chose that date to break ground on
a new trauma and critical care tower dedicated to the same purpose.
The Methodist Dallas emergency department staff treats more than
60,000
patients within a 150-mile radius annually, including 1,500 trauma
patients. As one of only three adult trauma centers in Dallas County — and the
only one in southern Dallas — it plays an essential role in caring for the county’s
2.5
million residents.
To help support the construction of the Charles A. Sammons Trauma and
Critical Care Tower, the Methodist Health System Foundation publicly launched
a $20 million capital campaign, titled “BrightER — Saving Lives. Serving
Dallas.” The Sammons Dallas Foundation committed a $5 million lead gift to
successfully kick off the campaign.
Set to open in 2014, the $108 million, 248,000-square-foot tower will be able to
accommodate more than 90,000 emergency and critical care patients a year.
METHODIST HEALTH
SYSTEM ENVISIONS
A BRIGHTER
FUTURE FOR
DALLAS AND ALL
OF NORTH TEXAS.
TO LEARN MORE
ABOUT BECOMING
A PART OF THAT
FUTURE, VISIT
Foundation.Methodist
HealthSystem.org
.
Chris Kleinert, BrightER capital campaign chair; April Box Chamberlain, CFRE, Methodist Foundation president and CEO; Ray
and Nancy Ann Hunt, BrightER capital campaign honorary chairs; and R. Stephen Folsom, Methodist Foundation board chairman
2012
Crossroads Annual Report
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