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The hospital received multiple donations as the Jupiter Medical Center prepared well in advance of the About Jupiter Medical Center Foundation
community rallied to support Jupiter Medical Center pandemic’s onslaught and stayed in constant contact with Since its founding in 1989, Jupiter Medical Center
Foundation’s COVID-19 Relief Fund. Through ClubsHELP, state and local officials. Planning for the coronavirus began Foundation has empowered Jupiter Medical Center
an organization that connects golf organizations with local more than a month before the first patient received a positive with the financial resources to reimagine the delivery of
communities to provide critical resources in times of need, diagnosis, allowing time for advancements in testing and health and wellness to the region. Jupiter Medical Center
Jupiter Medical Center was “adopted” by the Seminole the implementation of state-of-the-art methodologies. Foundation, together with Jupiter Medical Center, is
Golf Club. Members stepped up collectively, raising more “The health, well-being and safety of our patients, committed to transforming regional healthcare through
than $250,000 for Jupiter Medical Center Foundation’s physicians and team members are of the utmost importance,” leading-edge technology, patient-centered care and
COVID-19 Relief Fund. The foundation also received said Dr. Amit Rastogi, president and CEO of Jupiter Medical enhanced facilities. The foundation has funded a number
an interfaith donation from JupiterFIRST Church, St. Center. “The protective measures we executed, including of major projects at Jupiter Medical Center, including the
Peter Catholic Church and Temple Beth Am of more than advanced sterilization safeguards, enabled us to serve two, De George Pediatric Unit in partnership with Nicklaus
$45,000. Additional generous donors contributed funds distinct patient populations in separate areas of our medical Children’s Hospital, the Margaret W. Niedland Breast
through #GivingTuesdayNow and through other efforts, facility to prevent the likelihood of spread. We are extremely Center, The Anderson Family Orthopedic & Spine Center,
which enabled the medical center to purchase equipment grateful to the community for their support.” the Frank E. and Mary D. Walsh Robotic Surgery Program,
needed for FDA-approved rapid molecular testing. Jupiter The COVID-19 Relief Fund is part of Jupiter Medical and the Florence A. De George Pavilion.
Medical Center was also able to acquire a telehealth cart Center Foundation’s $300 million Vision. Innovation. As a leading, not-for-profit medical provider in the
for intensive care unit physicians to communicate with Impact. Campaign, which is guided by a vision to bring region, Jupiter Medical Center relies on philanthropic
isolated patients, which reduced their exposure to the virus. world-class clinical programs to the community, while gifts to maintain patients’ well-being and quality of care
Other donated funds were used to purchase two additional providing the highest standards of quality, safety and patient and Jupiter Medical Center Foundation is dedicated to
Tru-D light disinfecting robots. The hospital also received experience. To show support, the executive members of the securing this financial support in order to fulfill the mission
thousands of dollars in restaurant gift cards and meal foundation team have also committed nearly $50,000 in of the organization. For more information, please visit
donations for front-line workers, and an anonymous donor payroll deductions toward the COVID-19 Relief Fund. To jmcfoundation.org.
made a $500,000 cash donation that was directed toward date, more than $210 million has been raised as part of the Photos by Andrew Ray
the hospital’s greatest need to care for coronavirus patients. campaign.

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The center’s current water system cannot properly About Loggerhead
screen these toxins out of the hospital water, harming Marinelife Center
their patients’ chances for recovery. With its world-class Loggerhead Marinelife
mission of sea turtle and ocean conservation, the center Ce nt e r (LM C) i s a
has worked with global water quality experts to blueprint, nonprofit s ea turtle
design, and install the world’s most advanced sea water research, rehabilitation and
filtration system ensuring its mission will move forward educational institution that
uninterrupted. promotes conservation of
In addition to providing state-of-the-art patient ocean ecosystems with a
protection and redundancy, the system will provide guests, focus on threatened and
students and collaborators with an exciting immersive endangered sea turtles.
opportunity to see water filtration and hydrology in action. The center features an
The center’s new water quality “bunker” will offer an on-site hospital, research
exhibit-quality learning experience for students interested laboratory, educational
in water quality, technology and engineering. The center’s exhibits and aquariums,
educators will use the water quality system as a “show and operates the Juno
site” to its 90-plus global collaborators should other Beach Pier, which hosts
organizations want to replicate the system internationally. world-class angling and
“Sea turtles are the ocean’s canary in the coal mine. sightseeing. Situated on
The health of our oceans and beaches go hand-in-hand one of the world’s most LMC Aerial Rendering Photo courtesy of LMC
with the health of our sea turtles,” said Jack E. Lighton, important sea turtle nesting
LMC President and CEO. “Our center’s mantra is, ‘The beaches, Loggerhead Marinelife Center is open daily ground on its Waves of Progress capital expansion
sea turtle tells us the health of the ocean and the ocean and hosts over 350,000 guests free-of-charge each year. campaign, designed to accelerate and amplify LMC’s
tells us the health of our planet.’ This extraordinarily The center’s conservation team works with 90 local conservation and education impact. When complete, the
generous two-million-dollar matching gift will transform and international organizations across six continents facility will offer one of the world’s most advanced and
our center’s lifesaving mission, expand our educational to form partnerships and share conservation initiatives unique experiences for guests and scientific partners.
offerings, and help us put the keystone of fundraising in and best practices that are core to its mission of ocean For more information, visit marinelife.org or call (561)
place for our expansion campaign. We are honored to conservation. The center is expanding and has broken 627-8280.
work with the Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation to amplify
our impact together and invite the community to join us
in this dollar-for-dollar matching gift opportunity.”
The Expansion Will Enable The Center To:
- Double the sea turtle patient capacity
- Deploy a cutting-edge clean water filtration system
- Add in more than six times the amount of educational
programming spaces
- Double the size of its research laboratory
- Debut a new marine life gallery, interactive exhibits
and a new auditorium
- Offer large-scale event and symposium venues for
up to 400 guests
- Open a large outdoor ocean-view café
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