Generosity Heals

Baptist Health Foundation held an unveiling ceremony on May 6 for the naming of the Patrick and Linda McEnany Admitting area on the main floor of Baptist Health Doctors Hospital. The naming honors a $1 million gift made by the McEnanys in 2024, which will support surgical services at the hospital. Speakers at the event included Alex Villoch, CEO of Baptist Health Foundation; Lourdes Boue, CEO of Doctors Hospital and West Kendall Baptist Hospital; Sid Perkins, Foundation Council chair and Doctors Hospital Operating Board member and donors Patrick and Linda McEnany.

On Thursday, May 1, Baptist Health Foundation hosted a ceremony and dinner at The Ritz-Carlton Coconut Grove, Miami in celebration of the Michael J. Zinner, M.D. Endowed Chair in Cancer Care. The chair will support the work of Michael J. Zinner, M.D., CEO and executive medical director of Baptist Health Miami Cancer Institute and Baptist Health Cancer Care.

Nearly 200 guests attended An Evening of Gratitude benefiting Baptist Health Fishermen’s Community Hospital, which was held on April 4, 2025 at Oceanfront Park in Marathon, Florida. The event raised over $300,000 as the Foundation celebrated its Giving Society members and other donors to Fishermen’s Community Hospital. All proceeds from the evening will support the hospital’s most critical needs.

More than 1,750 people participated in Bounce Back from Cancer^TM, a partnership between Baptist Health Foundation and The Miami HEAT, on Saturday, March 15. The grassroots annual fundraiser, now in its sixth year, brought the community together to dribble basketballs through the streets of Miami while raising money to fund groundbreaking cancer research and clinical trials at Baptist Health Miami Cancer Institute.

Over 200 guests attended the Evening of Gratitude benefiting Bethesda Hospital, part of Baptist Health, which was held on Friday, February 21, 2025 at the OPAL Grand Resort & Spa in Delray Beach. Presented by Team Health and hosted by Baptist Health Foundation, the event honored members of its Giving Society and other donors to Bethesda Hospital.

More than 200 guests attended An Evening of Gratitude benefiting Baptist Health Mariners Hospital, which was held on February 1, 2025 at the Cheeca Lodge & Spa in Islamorada, Florida. The event, presented by Kathy and Steve Holmes, raised over $300,000 as the Foundation celebrated its Giving Society members and other donors to Mariners Hospital in Tavernier.