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UCHealth is grateful for the outpouring of community support for our staff during the pandemic. Across Colorado, people are recognizing and thanking health care workers with videos and messages.

Donors who contribute to Longs Peak Hospital Foundation’s Patient Assistance Fund provide the wind beneath staff members’ wings to make amazing things possible for patients in need.

New equipment purchased through donor generosity is helping Longs Peak Hospital’s pathology laboratory meet the rising demand for its services.

Through funds made available by our donors’ generosity, purchases were made to help the Longs Peak Hospital lymphedema clinic continue to bring patients the highest level of care. First, a table that makes lymphedema therapy easier to perform and more comfortable for patients was acquired. Next, dollars from the foundation’s Patient Assistance Fund were used to purchase compression sleeves for low-income patients.

In the two years since Longs Peak Hospital Foundation was established, the generosity of private donors and community business partners has contributed to a total of $44,525 in awards to 32 dedicated and top-performing hospital employees.

Learning the importance of giving starts young. Parker and Naya, children of Longs Peak Hospital’s Dr. Devin Rickett, set up a lemonade stand outside their home and raised $100, which they donated to the foundation's patient assistance fund.

Longs Peak Hospital’s rehabilitation clinic began offering a lymphedema clinic in May. The service is the result of a collaboration between lymphedema experts from UCHealth rehabilitation clinics in Denver and Fort Collins and Lauren Brown, Longs Peak Hospital’s certified lymphedema therapist.

"Our community is a giving community. This hasn't changed over time. As our community grows, we simply open our arms wider to encompass those working diligently to meet the needs of others."

A youngster donated stuffed toys to the hospital to give other kids the same comfort she received while hospitalized.