ALMH Woods Café will recognize $200,000 gift

[July 20, 2010]  Community support continues to pour out for the construction of the Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital replacement campus. The Abraham Lincoln Healthcare Foundation's Preserve the Mission campaign has received a $200,000 grant from the Woods Foundation, a charitable foundation created by Robert and Joan Woods.

The gift will create the Woods Café, a place where patients, their family, staff and the public can go to enjoy a meal and the view from the café's two full walls of windows. The Woods Café will look out onto the surrounding wooded areas.

The Woods Foundation was created in 1998 to continue the philanthropic endeavors of Robert and Joan Woods. It supports numerous local causes through grants made in the memory of Mr. and Mrs. Woods. The $200,000 Woods Foundation grant to the Preserve the Mission campaign helps to ensure that the healing presence of ALMH will be felt in the community for many years to come -- a cause that the Woods couple advocated for throughout their lifetimes. Both were strong supporters of Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital through volunteer membership on the board of directors and participation in earlier fundraising campaigns.

"The Woods Foundation is very excited to continue their legacy and their specific vision by helping to make the new Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital a reality," said Woods Foundation board member Dave Golwitzer. "The Woods were lifetime supporters of Lincoln and Logan County and specifically ALMH."

Preserve the Mission campaign co-chair John Guzzardo says that Robert and Joan Woods were truly a "blessing to Lincoln," and he adds: "The Woods Foundation has touched many organizations and people in Lincoln, and we are so happy that they have supported our campaign."

The new ALMH campus will replace the 56-year-old current building and is anticipated to open in the first half of 2011. The ongoing $5.5 million Preserve the Mission capital campaign will aid in the costs associated with the transition to this new facility, one better suited to meet the needs of modern health care. Designed around patient safety, quality and convenience, the replacement hospital will accommodate future technological growth and ease the daily access of patients.

[Text from file from Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital]