Anchoring the Regional Safety Net -- $25 million

In a community that has no public hospital system, BJC plays a large role in ensuring the health care safety net in the region through direct services and by working with other community organizations to fill gaps in the network. The most visible support from BJC is apparent in hospital emergency department visits. But BJC also works behind the scenes in partnership with city, county and state governments, other health care providers and the business community to make substantial investments that improve access to health care in the community. Read more >

Subsidized Services -- $21.1 million

James Musgrave remembers going to bed the night of April 25 with plans to report, as usual, the following morning to his Metro East employer. The next thing he can recall is waking up in the trauma intensive care unit at Barnes-Jewish Hospital four days later. A work-related electrical accident left him with severe electrical burns and no memory of the intervening days. Read more >

Emergency Response Planning -- $1.3 million

When severe thunderstorms struck the St. Louis region, thousands of businesses, residences, hospitals and long-term care facilities lost power. While hospitals functioned on generators, emergency plans at long-term care facilities called for the evacuation of residents to hospitals -- with no prior planning, transportation arrangements or contingencies. Read more >

Donations -- $2.9 million

Every June, downtown St. Louis is engulfed in a sea of pink as the annual Komen Race for the Cure sweeps into town. With 65,285 participants, the 2007 Race set new attendance records and raised more than $2.5 million for breast cancer research. The Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine served as a platinum sponsor and its nearly 3,100 participants raised $67,650. Missouri Baptist Medical Center also supported the Race as a silver-level sponsor, and employees from across BJC raced or walked to support the cause.  Read more >