The Camden Clark Foundation

About The Foundation

The Camden Clark Foundation is a not-for-profit organization established in 1987 to support Camden Clark Medical Center and assist the hospital in accomplishing its mission of improving the health and wellness of communities in the Mid-Ohio Valley by identifying and eliminating barriers to care. We rely on philanthropic support to provide the cutting-edge equipment and invaluable programs that ultimately benefit our patients.

The Foundation accepts gifts on Camden Clark Medical Center’s behalf and works to fund both present and future equipment and program needs. Contributions of any amount are gratefully accepted and may be unrestricted gifts or designated for a specific hospital unit or program. Contributions to the foundation are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law, with 100 percent of gifts benefiting the hospital program or department designated by its donors.

Sustained Monthly Donations Support:

  • $25 monthly provides a gas card to assist a cancer patient struggling with treatment transportation.
  • $50 monthly provides a digital blood pressure cuff to a cardiac patient who needs daily monitoring.
  • $75 monthly provides testing kits and other diabetic supplies for uninsured diabetic patients.
  • $100 monthly provides a mammogram screening to an uninsured patient.

Additionally, your generous donation supports a variety of initiatives including lullaby pacifiers, car seats, aspiring nurse scholarships, music therapy, and much more.

Annual Foundation Fundraising Events

Through its fundraising programs, special events and outreach activities, The Camden Clark Foundation fosters community awareness of investment in the hospital’s facilities, programs and services.  Some of our events in 2024 include:

Luminaries

Sponsor a luminary in honor or memory of your loved one to be displayed at WVU Medicine Camden Clark throughout December.

Annual Campaign

Our goal is to raise just over $90,000 for the purchase a state-of-the-art Ford Interceptor Utility Response Vehicle. For patients experiencing significant blood loss from trauma, every second matters.

Annual Heart Ball

The Queen of Hearts Ball is on Saturday February 8. 2025. Tickets will be $100 each or $1,500 total for a reserved table of 10 (limited availability).

2025 Heart Lunch

The 2025 Women’s Healthy Heart Luncheon is held on Friday, February 28, 2025. You will enjoy a heart healthy lunch, hear the latest from our own cardiology team, and register for door prizes.

Nursing Scholarships

The Camden Clark Nursing Alumnae will award two $2,000 scholarships in memory of Ella Bloomheart and Barbara Fonte. The scholarships are presented in May.

Charity Golf Classic

This Scramble event is limited to 144 players and is always the 1st Monday in August at the Parkersburg Country Club. Funds from this event benefit a variety of departments and services at WVU Medicine Camden Clark.

Pink by Poolside

The Pink by Poolside annual event takes place the first Friday after Labor Day. 100% of proceeds will go towards providing mammograms to our area’s uninsured and underinsured patients.

Pink Mammogram

Pink Mammogram Fund has provided free screening mammograms, diagnostics, and biopsies when indicated to our area’s uninsured and underinsured patients.

Pink Cupcake Run

The Pink Cupcake Run is the first Sunday in October and Kicks off “Breast Cancer Awareness”. All proceeds benefit the Pink Mammogram Fund.

Bleeding is often an early cause of death when it comes to trauma patients, but it doesn’t have to be.

With your help Camden Clark’s EMS team will be a national leader in emergency paramedicine by giving them the means to deliver whole blood transfusions to trauma patients in the field …

… before they get to the hospital

Our Ambulance and Trauma Service needs to expand EMS services and Community Paramedicine with the $90,000 purchase of a 2025 Ford Interceptor Utility Response Vehicle.

The lifesaving technology built into this vehicle—the key component of this vehicle that benefits the community, is that it enables the transport and administering of blood products in the field to trauma and medically unstable patients. Being able to treat the patient in the field removes delays in patient care and increases survival rates.

West Virginia is the first state in the country to provide statewide protocols for the administration of whole blood on ambulances.

Currently, only two West Virginia counties offer this lifesaving treatment in the field. With this purchase, Camden Clark Ambulance Services will respond to needs in the surrounding counties as well as Wood and Washington. The additional cost of providing blood in the field is about $15,000 which will be paid for by Camden Clark Foundation.

CCMC Ambulance Service is responding to about 25,000 patient calls annually.

YOUR GIFT WILL HELP SAVE LIVES.
Our goal is to raise just over $90,000 for the purchase of this state-of-the-art vehicle. For patients experiencing significant blood loss from trauma, every second matters.

The mission of the Camden Clark Foundation is to help elevate patient care, strengthen community partnerships, eliminate barriers to access, and through fundraising, support the needs of those we serve. This includes the solicitation and administration of gifts, contributions, and grants, which support the healthcare treatment and education mission of Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital, Corp.

The Camden Clark Foundation’s Pink Mammogram Fund was established as a service to uninsured or underinsured residents of the Mid-Ohio Valley to provide access to free mammograms and associated diagnostics for qualifying patients.

Since its establishment, the Pink Mammogram Fund has provided more than 3,000 free procedures for local patients.

For more information, call the Foundation at 304-424-2200.

Community Supporting Community

All your funds stay local to help the members of the Mid-Ohio Valley. Your generous gift can help fulfill patients’ dire medical needs.
To make your giving easy we have four ways you may donate to the Camden Clark Foundation.

When you become a donor, you are making a difference in the lives of our patients and families.

  1. Donate Securely online
  2. Call 304-424-2200 to make your donation over the phone with a trusted staff member.
  3. Mail a check made payable to Camden Clark Foundation. Mail to Camden Clark Foundation, PO Box 1834, Parkersburg, WV 26102
  4. Leave a Lasting Legacy:
    Sample Language for Your Will
    “I give to the Camden Clark Foundation, Inc., a non-profit, charitable corporation which exists to provide emergency, inpatient, and outpatient health services in Parkersburg, West Virginia the sum of $_____________ or, ______ percent of my estate, or all the rest, remainder and residue of my estate.”

The Foundation accepts gifts on Camden Clark Medical Center’s behalf and works to fund both present and future equipment and program needs. Contributions of any amount are gratefully accepted and may be unrestricted gifts or designated for a specific hospital unit or program. Contributions to the foundation are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law, with 100 percent of gifts benefiting the hospital program or department designated by its donors.

Ways to Give

Contact Us:  304-424-2200
Camden Clark Foundation
PO Box 1834
Parkersburg, WV 26102

 

Camden Clark Foundation is a 501(c)(3). All gifts to the foundation are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law. Please consult with your tax advisor for information regarding your tax deduction. Tax ID: 55-0667789