Giving Opportunities
The work of the Aspirus Health Foundation depends on the generosity of a wide number of partners. You are invited to share our commitment to advance the health and well-being of our region through your charitable gifts. Below is a selection of opportunities for financial involvement based on your giving needs and wishes.
Click to learn more about each giving option:
- Light Brigade Annual Fund
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When you give to the Light Brigade Annual fund, 100% of your contribution is directed to the needs of people, programs and services that foster the growth of health services in the region.
- Scholarships to expand the health care workforce
- Regional health education and screening programs
- Nutrition services for the elderly and home bound
- Education programs on suicide prevention, alcohol and drug abuse, tobacco cessation, and prenatal care education
- Rainbow’s End Summer camp for special needs children
- Health and safety programs for children
- Health education outreach for children and parents
By joining the Light Brigade, you are making an investment in the health and well being of our community. We encourage you to give at one of the following levels, although gifts of every size are gratefully accepted and receipted.
- Beacon $1,000 or more
- Torchlight $500 - $999
- Candlelight $250 - $499
- Starlight $100 - $249
- Luminary Gifts to $99
Gifts can be made by mail, phone, fax or online using Master Card, Visa or Discover.
- Circle of Care Annual Fund
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Our Circle of Care Annual Fund for Aspirus Comfort Care and Hospice Services revolves around patients and family members—providing compassionate palliative, hospice, and grief services that focus on the needs of everyone involved in the serious illness of a loved one.
Aspirus Comfort Care and Hospice Services’ staff members are experts in managing pain and other symptoms so that people can experience the best quality of life possible when faced with a life-limiting illness. We assist them and their family members to be safe, to be comfortable, and to have the ability to spend quality time with each other while being supported in making choices and decisions for their future.
As community members, you are partners in the Circle of Care for our patients and family members. You support grieving family members as they learn to live with the changes that serious illness brings. Your partnership may involve the sharing of your time and talent as a hospice volunteer. Your support may also include financial contributions to Aspirus Comfort Care and Hospice Services to ensure access to hospice and palliative care for everyone.
Together we can continue to add life to people’s days, even as they live with a terminal or life-limiting illness.
Circle of Care Annual Fund Giving Levels:
- Care Guardian $2,500 and up
- Care Companion $1,000 - $2,499
- Care Partner $500 - $999
- Care Giver $250 - $499
- Care Circle Up to $99
Memorial Tile at Aspirus Hospice House
With a gift of $1,000 or more to Aspirus Comfort Care and Hospice Services, you may request an engraved tile in memory of your loved one be placed at the front door of Aspirus Hospice House. Please contact the Aspirus Health Foundation at 715-847-2470.
- Memorial Tile at Aspirus Hospice House
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With a gift of $1,000 or more to Aspirus Comfort Care and Hospice Services, you may request an engraved tile in memory of your loved one be placed at the front door of Aspirus Hospice House. Please contact the Aspirus Health Foundation at 715-847-2470.
- Memorial Pathway at Aspirus Hospice House
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The Aspirus Comfort Care and Hospice Services' Memorial Pathway forms the entrance to the beautiful respite garden outside of Aspirus Hospice House. This walkway offers patients, family members and other visitors a quiet reminder of those who have left an indelible imprint on their lives.
Purchasing a memorial brick is a way that people can leave a lasting legacy and say "thank you" for the compassionate care and support they received. It is also a way to remember or honor someone who has made a difference in your life.
To order a memorial pathway brick, your donation of $250 or more can be made by calling the Aspirus Health Foundation at 715-847-2470.
- Rainbow’s End Day Camp for Special Needs Children
- The Rainbow’s End Day Camp provides disabled children ages 5 through 21 the opportunity to experience the thrills and fun of day camp on their own terms. The camp staff strives to have each child experience day camp and outdoor activities in a safe environment tailored to meet their abilities. All contributions are used to offset the cost of the program and to provide camper scholarships for families with financial need. The Aspirus Health Foundation provides administrative and fiscal support for charitable gifts directed to the camp. The cost to send one special needs child to day camp is estimated at $150.
- Safe Kids Wausau Area
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Safe Kids Wausau Area offers car seats, bicycle helmets, gun locks, and life vests to local families in need. Donations are used to help purchase these items for families that are financially burdened.
