Catskill Regional Medical Center Foundation

Gifts For Life

For families, friends, neighbors, associates, and people you will never know.

The Catskill Regional Medical Center Foundation, Inc.
P.O. Box 800
68 Harris - Bushville Road
Harris, NY 12742
845.794.3300, extension 2173

"Giving expresses virtues of the heart and wisdom of the mind."
~anonymous

The Catskill Regional Medical Center Foundation, Inc.

The Catskill Regional Medical Center Foundation, Inc. is a voluntary, not-for-profit organization whose purpose is to render assistance to and raise funds for CRMC; to underwrite the costs of equipment for lifesaving, diagnosis, therapy, care and cure; to help support the delivery of health care to the needy, ill and infirm; to help support health screenings for health maintenance and disease prevention; and to help support community health care services.

The Catskill Regional Medical Center Foundation, Inc. is governed by a Board of Trustees, volunteers who contribute their time and talents to further the purposes of the organization. If you have an interest in serving on the Foundation Board please call 845.794.3300, ext. 2173.

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CRMC Foundation Board of Trustees:
Joan Farrow - President
Lewis Klugman - 1st Vice President
Robert Ernst - 2nd Vice President & Treasurer
Debbie Berman
Ira Gold
Phyllis Kaufman - Secretary
Dr. Joseph Lauterstein
Robert Norris
Alex Rey
William Reynolds
William Tochterman
Chris Williams

You do something great when you give for life.

Memorial and Tribute Gifts

There is no more fitting way to honor someone than by a gift to life in his or her name. The Foundation sends an appropriate card to the individual or family (without mention of the amount) and acknowledges your contribution. Gifts are recorded on the Century Club Roster.

The Catskill Regional Medical Center Century Club

The CRMC Century Club conducts an annual campaign for donor members. Gifts are recognized in the following categories: Life Member: $10,000; Guardian Member: $5,000; Benefactor Member: $2,000; Patron Member: $1,000; Leader Member: $500; Booster Member: $300; Sustaining Member: $200; Century Club Plus: $150; Member: $100; Friend, under $100.

The Endowment for Excellence

The Endowment for Excellence is a permanent fund established to provide income in perpetuity to underwrite the equipment needs of the hospital, to maintain state-of-the-art technology, and to attract and retain needed medical specialists.

Gifts to endowment may be made on a one-time basis or by pledge over a three to five year term. Gifts to the Endowment for Excellence may also be made by bequest. Gifts to the fund may be made in securities or other assets.

Bequests

A bequest to the Catskill Regional Medical Center Foundation, Inc. will perpetuate the name of the donor in good works undertaken in his or her name. Bequests may be made for general or for specific services or projects. For special suggestions or to discuss areas of interest for specific bequest restrictions, donors or their attorneys should call the Foundation Office at 845.794.3300, extension 2173.

Gifts of Insurance

You may contribute paid up insurance policies you no longer need to protect your family or you may name the hospital as owner of a new policy and make annual tax deductible contributions to cover the premium.

Tax Advantaged Gifts

All gifts to the Catskill Regional Medical Center Foundation, Inc. are tax deductible to the extent prescribed by law. Your attorney, accountant or financial planner can discuss the special tax benefits of donation appreciated securities, real estate, art, and other assets to the Catskill Regional Medical Center Foundation, Inc. Your advisors can also discuss the tax benefits of charitable trusts.

CRMC Auxiliary

The CRMC Auxiliary performs several fundraising events throughout the year in an effort to improve patient care and services. Currently, the CRMC Auxiliary has set a fundraising goal to assist the hospital in purchasing new equipment for the Telemetry Unit.

The CRMC Auxiliary fundraising events include the very popular Antique Show at Monticello High School each August, an honorary journal, and a Home Tour.

In total, the Auxiliary has contributed $1.5 million to Catskill Regional Medical Center since its inception. In the past, the Auxiliary has been partially responsible for the purchase of the CRMC Health Mobile - the hospital's on-the-go diagnostic center, a 3-D electro-cardiograph, an ultrasound machine and several other medical machines currently being used at CRMC's Women's Health Center.

The CRMC Auxiliary Executive Committee:
Ellen Cutler - Chair
Mary Williams-Witthohn - Treasurer
Gloria Garfield - Immediate Past President
Eileen Ernst - Special Projects Coordinator
Evelyn Haas - Journal
Rachel Klugman - Membership
Eva Korzelius - Fundraising
Elain Lipkowitz - Program and Education
Marion Windt - Good and Welfare

To join the CRMC Auxiliary, please call 845.794.3300 Extension 2186.

(Front Row, left to right) Sharon Rider, Evelyn Haas and Ellen Cutler of the Catskill Regional Medical Center Auxiliary presented a donation in the amount of $40,000 to Catskill Regional Medical Center. CRMC CEO Steven Ruwoldt (back row right) and CRMC Administrative Director of Radiology George Osmun (back row left) said the funds were used toward the purchase of a new ultrasound machine.