Important Note:

100% of your gift will support:

Mercy Hospital Southwest Patient Care Tower -  ❏ ICU ❏ NICU ❏ Med/Surg/Tele

The New Patient Care Tower at Mercy Southwest Hospital will be expanding its ICU from 8 to 24 rooms, its NICU from a 9 bed nursey to 18 private family suites and it's Med/Surg/Tele rooms from 35 to 116 rooms.

Sister Judy Morasci Endowment for Women & Children

On January 1, 2021, Sister Judy Morasci, RSM, officially retired as Vice President of Mission Integration after 26 years of dedicated service to Mercy Hospitals and the Bakersfield Community. To honor her legacy, the Friends of Mercy Foundation established the Sister Judy Morasci Endowment for Women and Children. This endowment will live in perpetuity, benefitting local organizations that serve women and children with the most critical need.

Community Outreach - "Feeding the Soul"

The Learning and Outreach Centers, located in the heart of southeast Bakersfield, respond to requests for assistance with basic needs, including food insecurity from people living in poverty or in crisis.  Through the hot meal, Pack-A-Sack Lunch and food box programs we are able to provide nutritious food to the most vulnerable populations. Providing assistance to those less fortunate in the community is our mission in action.

Art and mental health are united to create a person's ideas, emotions, memory, thought and language. Painting activities with the purpose of educating individuals about the importance of self-care and overall mental well-being will give individuals the opportunity to connect with themselves creatively and disconnect from their daily routine. The Community Health Initiative program will target the underserved Latino/Spanish-speaking community as mental health is a stigmatized topic and individuals may not seek treatment out of fear of being labeled or bringing shame to their families.