Your Gifts at Work

Over the years, donors have given generously of their time and resources, enabling St. Jude to expand services and augment patient care, including:

• Creating the Virginia K. Crosson Cancer Center
• Enhancing spiritual healing by building the St. Jude Chapel
• Establishing the area's first self-standing Endoscopy Center
• Purchasing the new linear accelerator and other state-of-the-art technology for diagnosing and treating cancer and other major diseases
• Funding outreach programs to serve the disadvantaged in our communities.
• Providing more than 55,000 hours of volunteer service annually to assist hospital patients, visitors and staff.

Thank you to our donors. Every gift of time, treasure or talent makes a meaningful difference in the life of St. Jude and the lives of its patients.

A Generous Community: Bringing state-of-the-art technology to St. Jude Medical Center

Carlos and Haydee Mollura have been faithful donors to St. Jude Medical Center—and recently, this generous couple once again stepped forward to help. The cause? Purchasing the $2 million, state-of-the-art da Vinci® Robotic Surgical System.

“This amazing technology belongs at St. Jude, but with a multi-million dollar price tag, the hospital can’t do it without the community’s help,” says Carlos, who just completed his second term on the St. Jude Memorial Foundation Board. “It’s about putting the best technology in the hands of very talented doctors.”

The Molluras decided to donate the first $100,000 and hope to encourage others. When their challenge grant was announced, Janis Jordan—one of the hospital’s long-time donors—quickly matched it. “Robotic surgery allows St. Jude to create the next level of care for this community,” Janis explains. “It ensures St. Jude remains a leader in making surgeries less invasive while creating better outcomes.”

John Hoskins also believed in the importance of St. Jude offering the newest advances and became the fifth donor to join the challenge grant. John, who passed away in November, was inspired by the outstanding care he had received at St. Jude—and was committed to seeing St. Jude’s doctors have access to today’s most sophisticated technology. Others to step forward include Marvin Blaski and Jeanette and John Svet.

Carlos says the decision was an easy one for him and Haydee. “We have so many blessings in our life, one of which is the care we’ve received at St. Jude. You might say we’re ‘repeat customers’,” he explains with a laugh. “We want to see St. Jude continue to offer the very best care and are happy to help in any way we can.”

Lee Penrose, President and CEO, SJMC, is grateful for the progress toward purchasing this vital piece of technology. “The da Vinci® makes possible the most advanced, minimally invasive treatment available for prostate cancer as well as gynecological conditions,” says Lee, “and our surgeons are using it to create remarkable new benefits for patients.”

If you would like to support the funding of the da Vinci® Robotic Surgical System with a gift or a multi-year pledge, please call the St. Jude Memorial Foundation at (714) 992-3033. 

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