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Missouri Baptist Healthcare Foundation

At the Missouri Baptist Healthcare Foundation, our mission is to secure philanthropic support to enable Missouri Baptist Medical Center to continue to be innovative and compassionate in accomplishing its mission of providing extraordinary care. 

Every donation, no matter the size, plays a vital role in supporting initiatives and helping fulfill essential needs at MoBap. It’s the generosity of people like you that makes our work possible, ensuring MoBap can continue to provide exceptional healthcare close to home.

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Key Fundraising Initiatives for 2024-2025

Thanks to the support of our donor community, we continue to advance our mission. The following are some of our key initiatives through 2025:

  • NICU Expansion and Renovation: The newborn intensive care unit (NICU) is being transformed with plans to create a family-centric, modernized and expanded unit with an enhanced clinical environment. Learn More
  • New Residency Program: MoBap was chosen as the site for a new internal medicine residency program. Donations will be used to create a new residency clinic, as well as fund technology, curriculum development, research and teaching.  Learn More

Fully Funded Initiatives 

With the support of our donor community, several key projects have been completed that enhance patient care and experience:

  • Cardiovascular Hybrid Operating Suite: This suite allows cardiothoracic surgeons and cardiologists to collaborate on complex procedures in one place instead of scheduling separate interventions on separate occasions.
  • Renovation of Suite B112: Suite 112 in Building B is a shared space for patients receiving imaging services, dietary counseling and laboratory services. Updates include new flooring, LED lights, registration desks and modern furniture in the waiting room, and more.
  • New Recovery Recliners: Champions for Care raised money to purchase new patient recovery recliners for the orthopedic department.
  • Wound Center Expansion: To better accommodate patients, the wound center added more exam rooms and a larger waiting room.
  • Moneta Conference Room Renovation: This conference room is essential to the cardiac care team, providing a space for critical education for those who deliver care.

Together, we are extrodinary 

Through your gift, the Missouri Baptist Healthcare Foundation enhances patient care, offers clinical education to all caregivers and allows us to create improved ways to care for you. There are many ways to get involved:

  • Make a Monetary Gift: Your donations directly impact MoBap’s ability to provide extraordinary care. You can choose to make a one-time, monthly or annual donation. We also offer planned giving options and the opportunity for memorials and tributes.
  • Become a Champion for Care:  Each year, the Champions collectively designate their giving to one fundraising project to improve patient care and enhance the patient experience. “Champions” are donors who give $500 or more.
  • Establish an Endowment: Create a lasting impact, ensuring programs and services continue into the future. Contact Foundation Director Deborah Kersting at 314-996-5054 to learn more.
  • Volunteer: Share your time and talents to support our patients and caregivers. Take the first step by filling out our volunteer form.

Please contact us if you would like to donate to a specific cause you don’t see here. We will work with you to ensure your donation meets your goals.  

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Contact information

We invite you to join the Missouri Baptist Medical Center community and help us make a difference.


Deborah Kersting
Foundation Director
Missouri Baptist Healthcare Foundation

Phone
314-996-5054
Fax
314-996-4516
Email
[email protected] 
Address
3015 North Ballas Road
St. Louis, MO 63131

2024 Foundation Board
Ann Abad
Subash Alias
Andrew Arnold
Mark Conrad
Christopher Dennis
Cory Elliot
John M. Ferris
Cardina Johnson
Dr. Nicholas T. Kouchoukos, Secretary
Roy Kramer
Dr. Derek Larson, Physician Liason
Rod McCann
Joe Moro
Daniel Pook
Dr. Hashim Raza, Physician Liason
Kurtis B. Reeg, Chair
Renita Rhodes
Dr. David Sewall, Physician Liason
Lesley Shekelton
Jill Shewmake
Tony Thompson
Lisa Walden, Treasurer
Gretchen Werremeyer
Ted Wight

 


Make a gift of any size and join the thousands who have come before you — and set a noble example for generations to come.

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Help Transform the MoBap NICU

Although it might be mini, the MoBap NICU is mighty, delivering the extraordinary care associated with a large academic medical center to our tiniest patients.

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Welcome to the Ballas Boutique

Located on the first floor of the main tower, the Ballas Boutique delivers gifts and flowers to patients and employees Missouri Baptist Medical Center. All proceeds from the gift shop benefit the Missouri Baptist Healthcare Foundation.

Monday – 9 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Tuesday – 9 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Wednesday – 9 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Thursday – 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Friday –  9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Saturday – 12 p.m. – 3 p,m.
​Sunday – 1p.m. – 4 p.m.

Closed on Holidays

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Helping Your Community

We all share a responsibility for the future of our community. At Missouri Baptist, our mission is to improve the health — and quality of life — for every neighbor we serve.

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Construction Supports Innovation on Campus

MoBap donors have funded a new Cardiovascular Hybrid Operating Suite that will allow multiple interventions to be performed in one operating suite.

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Helping Our Tiniest Patients Grow

Our vision is to distinguish MoBap as the premier provider of women, infant and pediatric services by offering exceptional, seamless, integrated, multidisciplinary programs to childbearing families and their children across the continuum from pre-conception through postpartum and into the pediatric lifespan.

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An Infusion of Comfort and Cheer

Howard and Phyllis Loiterstein and Margie Imo stepped forward to support some key patient experience improvements in the Cancer Center at Missouri Baptist Medical Center.

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Champions of Enhanced Patient Recovery

Each year, Champions for Care (CFC) make a collective major gift to MoBap through designated gifts to a fundraising project focused on improving care for our patients. A “Champion” is a donor who directs a gift of $500 or more to this special project.

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Investing in Caregivers for Our Future

Donors to Missouri Baptist Healthcare Foundation play an active role in improving patient care by improving patient care by supporting multiple educational opportunities for health care professionals.

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The Gift of Giving Back

For several years, neighbors and best friends Jean and Joyce have volunteered at the Missouri Baptist Medical Center (MoBap) gift shop. “We’ve met amazing people. Sometimes, it’s a grandparent who is over the moon about a new baby or someone who is going home after an extended stay. Other times, it might be a family member whose loved one is struggling,” Joyce says.

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Patient and Visitor Information

Being with your loved ones while they are in the hospital is important to their healing and overall wellbeing, and we are happy to welcome you to Missouri Baptist Medical Center.

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Dr. Stein Uses Molecular Testing to Inform His Patients' Cancer Treatment

In 2021, Russell (Russ) Horne and William Sibert were diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). They both benefited from molecular profiling of their cancer, known as precision oncology, which identified different and effective treatment approaches.

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Heart Valve Surgery Gives New Lease on Life

Looking forward to resuming their active lifestyle in 2022, Connie and Arlin have two trips planned early in the year. Connie said that her heart surgery has given her a new lease on life. "Every time I'm at Missouri Baptist, I feel cared for, listened to and taken seriously. I always tell people that if you have heart problems, go to MoBap."

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New Technology for Treating Cardiac Arrhythmias

The new technology at MoBap — robotic magnetic navigation (RMN) — introduces the benefits of robotic precision and safety to cardiac ablation, a common, minimally invasive procedure used to treat arrhythmias

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Lung Cancer Screening Results in Early Detection

Michael, a 51-year-old business owner, was a one-pack-a-day cigarette smoker for 30 years who quit in 2017. As someone who enjoyed good health, Michael never worried about his lungs. However, chronic shoulder pain that he attributed to over-exercising and weightlifting began to bother him. On a whim, Michael Googled "causes of shoulder pain" and was surprised when lung cancer came up in the search result.

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Champions for Care Program Strengthens Lung Cancer Screening in 2020

Each year, a special group of MoBap donors called Champions for Care designate their giving to a group fund-raising project that will elevate the quality of patient care. In 2020, that project was MoBap’s lung cancer screening program.

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Tax Benefits of the CARES Act

The new CARES (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security) Act provided a few key provisions for your charitable goals.

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Protecting the Front Line

Carrie Rao realized early in the pandemic that masks were in high demand. As a quilter, Rao had a significant stash of fabric that she sewed into masks and generously donated more than 200 of them to the community, including Missouri Baptist Medical Center.

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Providing Nourishment and Comfort

Food was a welcome sight at the height of the COVID-19 outbreak, especially since the hospital cafeteria was at limited capacity.

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Champions For Care

The Champions For Care program allows individual donors to collectively fund a project to directly improve patient care at MoBap. By pooling their resources, the Champions accomplish more than they could individually. 

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Planned and Estate Giving

Our Planned Giving Center is a valuable resource for your charitable gift planning. Wills and bequests provide a means for members of the Missouri Baptist Medical Center community to support programs of their choice well into the future.

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