40 teams of more than 600 staff Show Up for 22 Jacksonville community organizations
JACKSONVILLE, FL – More than 600 staff volunteers in 40 teams from HCA Florida Memorial Hospital donated their time and resources to 22 local communities, direly impacting where our colleagues live and work as part of HCA Florida Healthcare’s third annual We Show Up for Our Communities Week (April 15-26). Last year, HCA Florida Healthcare volunteered 29,000 hours and committed over $1.6 million to groups throughout the state and right here in Jacksonville.
We show up for our patients, and we show up for our community, speaks to HCA’s mission - above all else, we are committed to the care and improvement of human life.
This year at HCA Florida Memorial Hospital, had 40 teams working with (in alphabetical order):
- Angelwood
- Believers House of Worship Homeless Shelter
- Clothes Closet
- Daniel Kids (4 teams)
- Diaper Bank of Northeast Florida
- Feeding Northeast Florida
- Giving Closet
- Goodwill Donation Drive
- Hubbard House for Abused Women (3 teams)
- Humane Society (4 teams)
- Isaiah 117
- Lutheran Social Services
- Mandarin Food Bank (2 teams)
- PACE Center for Girls
- Presbyterian Clothing Donations
- Ronald Mcdonald
- St. Francis Mission Homeless Shelter
- Trinity Rescue Mission women and children's shelter (2 teams)
- Veterans Clinic (2 teams)
- Vivo Wound Care Clinic
- Volunteers in Medicine
- Youth Crisis Center
Please see downloadable b-roll videos/photos of a few We Show Up events this year: https://vimeo.com/939352844
About HCA Florida Memorial Hospital – HCA Florida Memorial Hospital is part of Florida’s largest healthcare system, HCA Florida Healthcare, comprising of 48 hospitals, 77,000 employees and 11,000 physicians operating from more than 570 care sites. HCA Florida Memorial Hospital in Jacksonville is a full service, acute care, Level II Trauma hospital with 454 inpatient beds, three freestanding emergency rooms and a dedicated Women’s Center. Fully accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), HCA Florida Memorial Hospital is ranked as one of the top hospitals in the country for heart, lung and surgical care. It was named America’s 250 Best Hospitals 2024 by Healthgrades, putting it the top 5% nationwide for overall clinical performance, and named America’s 100 Best Orthopedic Surgery Hospitals 2024 also by Healthgrades. The hospital is A ranked in patient safety from Leapfrog 2024 and earned its Patient Safety Excellence Award 2024 from Healthgrades for a seventh year in a row. For more information about us, visit: HCAFloridahealthcare.com.
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