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All contributions to the Bridgeport Hospital Foundation provide funds for advanced medical technology and groundbreaking programs that improve the health of all in the Hospital’s care.
Your generosity continues to inspire our caregivers each and every day. Thank You!
If you prefer to donate to one of the other funds listed on the left, click on that fund to take you to another form.
Contact us at foundation@bpthosp.org or 203-384-3522 if we may be of assistance. If you wish to mail a check, please send it to us along with this form.
Bridgeport Hospital is more than a building – it is a collection of people providing excellent care and their stories.
These stories are about dedicated physicians, nurses, physical therapists and other caregivers that provide high-quality and compassionate care. They are about the support staff that makes the patient experience more comfortable. And they are about the many families and individuals that benefit from such kindness.
There is no time like the present to say thank you to the caregivers who made a difference in your stay.
As a not-for-profit community hospital, Bridgeport Hospital depends on charitable giving to maintain and enhance the safe, high-quality services we deliver. Charitable giving does not require great wealth. Please consider a gift within your means to the Bridgeport Hospital Foundation in honor of your doctor, nurse or another caregiver.
Thank you for your support; you are ensuring the future of quality care at Bridgeport Hospital.
If you prefer to mail in your donation, please use this form.
Established in 1973, The Connecticut Burn Center at Bridgeport Hospital is Connecticut's only dedicated burn care facility in the state. It is one of only 66 burn centers in the United States verified by the American Burn Association and American College of Surgeons, and is recognized by the American College of Surgeons and the American Burn Association for meeting the most demanding national standards of burn care.
The Connecticut Burn Center is one of our region’s signature medical services with staff and facilities dedicated solely to the treatment of burns. The Burn Center treats more than 200 burn-injured patients in-hospital and receives over 1000 outpatient visits each year. The facility underwent extensive modernization in 2012, including patient rooms and treatment areas and, thanks largely to philanthropic gifts from the community, the addition of an overnight Hospitality Suite for families of patients.
The Burn Center’s multidisciplinary staff includes fellowship-trained burn surgeons, nurses with specialized training in burn care, physical and occupational therapists, dietitians, social workers and other healthcare professionals and staff dedicated to the care of burn patients in the hospital and beyond. The burn center also offers support for burn survivors and families through affiliations with the Phoenix Society and the Arthur C Luf Children's Burn Camp.
If you prefer to mail in your donation, please use this form.
The Norma Pfriem Breast Center has been helping women in the community, regardless of their ability to pay, fight breast cancer for over two decades. With locations in Bridgeport, Fairfield and Trumbull, the Center provides patients with world class treatment close to home. We offer a comprehensive breast health program by providing coordinated care through an integrated approach with a focus on medical excellence and compassionate care. Our model ensures unprecedented access to screening and diagnostic services, and the latest therapies and procedures, while delivering care in a sensitive and expeditious manner.
Prefer to mail your donation? Please click here for a mail-in form
In Trumbull and Fairfield, Smilow Cancer Hospital provides a wide range of services to support the needs of our patients, their family members and caregivers.
We offer support groups for patients and families, individual counseling, and complementary and alternative therapies, such as yoga, massage, naturopathic medicine, nutrition counseling, Pilates, acupuncture and more.
Thank you for your gift to Oncology Supportive Services at Bridgeport Hospital.
Your generosity continues to inspire what we do each and every day. Thank You!
If you have any questions, please contact Donna Twist at (203) 255-5300 or email donna.twist@bpthosp.org.
If you prefer to mail a check, please send it to us along with this form.
Donate to Bridgeport Hospital's Reach Program
Changing the Face of Mental Illness in our Community for Children, Adolescents and Adults Struggling with Emotional, Behavioral and Psychiatric Issues
THE REACH PROGRAM offers intensive outpatient psychiatric and behavioral health programs for children, adolescents and adults. The program, open to all in the communities of greater Bridgeport, teaches clients how to identify and implement positive approaches to coping with intense moods and emotions that inhibit them from making the most of their capabilities.
Located at 1558 Barnum Avenue, Bridgeport, REACH serves over 1,000 children, adolescents and adults each year, from Bridgeport and the surrounding communities including Fairfield, Easton, Trumbull, Milford and Stratford. It is the only program of its kind in our area.
The failure of insurers and managed care organizations to reimburse providers of mental health services for the costs of care has led to a crisis in access to these services.
Please help by making a donation today.
Prefer to mail your donation? Please click here for a mail-in form
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PCC Care Coordination
The Primary Care Center (PCC) is a vital safety net for underserved patients in the Bridgeport community. The PCC offers extraordinary high-quality holistic care to patients impacted by Social Determinants of Health.Personalized assistance, strategic case management, and if needed, complex disease management help patients control their health and improve wellbeing, reducing hospitalizations and episodic emergency room trips. Access to more than 18 multi-specialty services, that may not otherwise be available in the community, is available and barriers to completion of care plans are identified through screenings for Social Determinants of Health. Connections to additional resources in the community help lift barriers. The expert Primary Care Center team ensures that every patient has a clear path to wellbeing.
The Coronavirus crisis is creating unprecedented challenges for the underserved community. Because of robust proactive outreach to vulnerable patients by our dedicated Care Coordinators, patients receive access to telehealth visits; screening and education on COVID safety measures; and COVID supplies like masks and sanitizers. COVID positive and COVID suspected patients are monitored closely so they receive a higher level of care and treatment if needed.
Help our vulnerable underserved patients improve their wellbeing by donating here to give to the Care Coordination team at the Primary Care Center.
All contributions to the Bridgeport Hospital Milford Campus Fund provide funds for advanced medical technology and groundbreaking programs that improve the health of all in the Hospital’s care.
Your generosity continues to inspire our caregivers each and every day. Thank You!
Contact us at foundation@bpthosp.org or 203-384-3522 if we may be of assistance. If you wish to mail a check, please send it to us along with this form.
When it comes to innovative care for the patient with heart disease, the Joel E. Smilow Heart Institute at Bridgeport Hospital, an important partner of the Heart and Vascular Center of Yale New Haven Health, continues to be a leader in providing 21st century care to communities in Fairfield County.
Our dedicated team of nurses, cardiologists and cardiac surgeons delivers personalized care to thousands of people. This has resulted in Bridgeport Hospital, part of Yale New Haven Health, being recognized nationally as a center for leading edge cardiac care.
Your generosity continues to inspire what we do each and every day. Thank You!
The Dr. Tom Kennedy Toy Closet provides age-appropriate and educational toys for pediatric patients receiving care at The Yale New Haven Children's Hospital at Bridgeport.
In this year of the pandemic, there are two reasons we need you to be more generous than usual. First, our strict infection control procedures – put into place as a results of COVID-19-mean that we are unable to accept the hundreds of generous toy donations typically hand delivered to the hospital each year.
And second, our patients and their families need the comfort of the toys and books. Any hospital stay can be scary and lonely for a child. A few moments of fun and distraction make a world of difference.
This year the Toy Closet Program supplied more than 15,000 toys to the smallest patients in our hospital. Your donations help make that possible.
Please complete the information below to make a gift to the Dr. Tom Kennedy Toy Closet online to purchase toys for our patients today.
Consider creating your own fundraiser to raise funds for the Toy Closet. Click on the red “Click to become a Toy Closet Fundraiser” above link to get started. You and all of your friends can participate!
Click here to purchase a toy from the Dr. Tom Kennedy Toy Closet's Amazon's Wish List Here . Items purchased will be shipped directly to the Dr. Tom Kennedy Toy Closet.
The Toy Closet is managed by volunteers of the Bridgeport Hospital Auxiliary.
The Bridgeport Hospital Employee Emergency Assistance Fund (EEAF) provides financial support for Bridgeport Hospital employees who experience an unexpected personal emergency which results in an immediate, severe and temporary financial hardship. Examples of emergency situations which may be considered for assistance from EEAF include:
- Damage or loss of essential personal property due to fire, flood or other natural disasters, theft, etc.
- Family crisis, such as serious illness, injury or death; job loss
- Safety issue requiring immediate action (e.g., domestic violence)
Human Resources manages the process. To date over 325 employees have been helped by this resource.
Your generosity continues to inspire what we do each and every day. Thank You!
The Allison Family Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Bridgeport Hospital provides the highest level of neonatal care in Fairfield County and has outcomes that are among the best in the nation.
The unit was renovated in 2018 and now provides the best family-centered medicine and best possible outcomes for the premature babies that have been entrusted to our care.
The Fay Fund (Support for our Patients) provides non-medical support of patients or a patient's family when they do not have the economic ability to meet basic needs. Such support may include rent, utilities, funeral expenses, transportation expenses and gift cards for groceries.
Your generosity continues to inspire what we do each and every day. Thank You!
Recurring gifts can assist with expenses such as:
- $10.00 per month provides rolling walkers to four patients to walk safely
- $25.00 per month provides transportation assistance to eight patients to be sure they can get to their medical appointments
- $50.00 per month provides utility assistance to four patients to keep the lights on
- $75.00 per month provides utility assistance to six patients to keep the lights and heat on
- $100.00 per month provides auto repair or rental assistance to four patients so they can heal at home
Jessica and Tim Keane founded the Joseph Keane Fund, which provides emotional and financial support and services to families and hospital staff members who experience the unexpected and life-changing loss of a baby.
On February 27, 2012, after a full-term pregnancy, Joseph Keane was delivered stillborn at Yale-New Haven Hospital. The couple was devastated. Thankfully, Jessica and Tim had a strong support network of family and friends and faith that saw them through their grief. Jessica knew that there were other grieving mothers and families that did not have the same level of emotional and financial support. Jessica approached Yale New Haven Health's Bridgeport Hospital, where her other two children were born, to explore the hospital's needs in supporting other families as they endure similar heart-breaking losses. The couple worked with a team at the hospital to design a program to fit their needs. Since its inception, the Fund has supported more than 200 grieving families.
In addition to carrying on their son's name, the Fund has been a wonderful addition to Bridgeport Hospital, as none of the below services existed prior to the creation of the Joseph Keane Fund.