Your contribution to Gettysburg Hospital helps us make advancements and maintain high standards in several core areas of community healthcare.
Clinical excellence and patient-focused care. We maintain leadership in clinical excellence by implementing programs to provide exceptional patient- and family-centered care.
Community benefit. We support identified health and wellness needs of children, neighbors and patients in our communities.
Education and innovation. We’re committed to advancing innovations in medical care and fueling the ideas, expertise and passions of our teams.
Gifts to WellSpan help our patients and their families
Expanding cardiovascular services close to home
WellSpan Gettysburg Hospital has advanced its cardiovascular services for the people of Adams County and Northern Maryland.
In September 2018, we started offering interventional cardiology services, which includes stenting and advanced electrophysiology procedures. By offering these services in Gettysburg, we can reduce the time needed to restore a heart attack victim’s blood flow with the added value of having family and friends nearby.
Giving opportunities exist to support our cardiovascular work. Please contact Kristin Vought at kvought@wellspan.org to learn how you can help!
Learn more about the Catheterization Lab
Helping families with food insecurity access healthy food
Not having the funds to purchase fresh, nutritious food, many families end up eating a diet of highly processed, unhealthy food. This can lead to health issues like obesity, diabetes and malnutrition.
Healthy Options, managed by Healthy Adams County, is funded by your gifts to the Gettysburg Hospital Foundation to help individuals and families gain access to nutritious food.
Through Healthy Options, participants receive vouchers for fresh fruits, vegetables and more at the Adams County Farmers Market and Kennie’s Market.
"Healthy Options has changed my life. My diet has improved. I can make good choices, so I eat better now. I couldn't afford to buy fresh, good food and my health was suffering…. I love this program!" – Sharon, Healthy Options participant
Inspiring and advancing nursing
Committed to developing our nursing leaders at WellSpan Gettysburg Hospital, the Alan Carroll Lectureship provides a day-long series of continuing education opportunities that meet the needs of our community’s nurses.
Formed in honor of Dr. Alan Carroll, an Emmitsburg physician, the lectureship is a natural extension of Dr. Carroll’s belief in the value of well-educated and dedicated nurses. The annual lecture provides a forum for clinical education, personal motivation and the discussion of topics relevant to today’s nursing profession.
In addition to the annual lectureship series, the foundation supports several nurses through annual scholarship programs such as the Esther G. Little Nursing Scholarship and the Twila Charles Scholarship.
You can make a difference by supporting these funds
- Where needed most: Be a part of responding to emerging needs. Giving to this fund enables us to address the areas of greatest need for WellSpan Health.
- Cancer Patient Help Fund: Lend a hand to patients facing the financial burdens that often result from dealing with the impact of cancer. This fund helps with basic living expenses, such as rent, utilities, groceries and transportation to and from medical appointments. Funds are available to patients who meet specific financial aid guidelines.
- WellSpan Adams County Patient Support Fund: Help patients who have needs that affect their treatment or health outcomes. This fund helps at-risk patients with food, transportation, durable medical equipment, transitional housing and life-saving medications.
- Linda’s Fund: Help provide in-home care to patients who need assistance with daily activities while undergoing treatment for cancer. Funds are available to patients who meet specific financial aid guidelines.
- Esther Little Nursing Scholarship: Support those pursuing an education in nursing with the intent to serve the local community. The Esther Little Nursing Scholarship was established in 2007 by local philanthropist Esther Little.
- Twila Charles Memorial Scholarship: Help provide vital scholarships to Harrisburg Area Community College (HACC) nursing students. Money is raised by the Gettysburg Hospital Foundation and the scholarship is administered by the nursing department at HACC.
- Future Physician Scholarship Program: Help provide funding to this unique WellSpan initiative to sponsor medical school scholarships. Scholarships help young people with a connection to a local WellSpan community and require them to return to work within the WellSpan footprint following their graduation.
- Spotlight on Children’s Health: Invest in children’s early development to eliminate health and achievement inequities later in life by providing literacy and early childhood education services and meeting special healthcare needs. This fund supports the opportunity for all children in our regions of care to develop in safe, stable, nurturing relationships and environments.
- Other: This fund selection is available for donors to designate their gift to a specific need not listed.
