We partner with nonprofit organizations, community residents with lived experiences, and BJC HealthCare's Community Health Improvement team to convene, support, and lead efforts that address individual health needs and systemic barriers to health equity. Your gift funds community programs designed to eliminate health disparities in under-resourced communities in the City of St. Louis, North St. Louis County, and rural areas. Together, we can give all people the opportunity to live their healthiest possible lives.

School Health and Wellness

With support from our donors, BJC Community Health Improvement partners with more than 50 schools and five community organizations to advance equitable health and educational outcomes through BJC's Community Wellness Hub program. The hubs offer families, adults, and children a trusted a safe place for respite, mental wellness programming, and resource connection year-round. Your philanthropic support will empower thousands of families with coping methods to improve their mental wellness each year.

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Food as Medicine

Thousands of St. Louis neighbors face food insecurity and are diagnosed with type 2 diabetes each year. Through BJC's Food as Medicine initiative, we partner with local growers and organizations to reduce racial disparities in type 2 diabetes by increasing healthy food and physical activity. Philanthropic support advances critical BJC programs that provide food, nutrition education, and social support to patients and their families to create long-term healthy habits, reduce A1c levels, and ensure access to healthy food at patient discharge.

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Improving Black Infant and Maternal Health Outcomes

Missouri has the seventh highest maternal mortality rate in the nation, with Black women 3.5 times as likely to die during pregnancy or from complications arising during childbirth compared to white women. With support from donors like you, BJC HealthCare is working to eliminate racial disparities by collaborating with community-based doulas and building clinical care teams that reflect the community it serves to help improve equity in maternal health outcomes.

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Equitable Vaccinations and Screenings

Vaccines and screenings play a pivotal role in saving lives, yet vaccination rates continue to fall below targets set by Healthy People 2030. Generous donors make it possible for BJC HealthCare to provide free flu vaccinations, year-round screening events, and other preventative services in under-resourced communities.

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New Responsive Initiatives 

Health equity is about everyone having an equal opportunity to be as healthy as possible. That means addressing the systems and structures that stand in the way of optimal health. Your support will enable us to address emerging community needs (e.g., housing security, gun safety and violence reduction, digital divide, etc.).

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BJC Classic Drives Change

Monday, October 16, 2023

In the quest for health equity, The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital and BJC Community Health Improvement are strongly committed to looking outside the hospital walls to remove barriers for neighbors most impacted by health disparities in the urban and rural communities BJC serves. 

In collaboration with BJC Information Technology, the shared goal of building a healthier region brought 140 participants to the Norman K. Probstein Golf Course at Forest Park on Friday, October 6, for the 2023 BJC Golf Classic.

The event included a breakfast, drinks, 18 holes, and a celebration reception that included speakers and recognition of the three winning teams: Covenant team on the Hawthorne course (Nathan Arnhart, Steve Thomas, Robert Welker, and Anthony Houska), Optiv team on the Dogwood course (Blake Berry, Doug Hudnall, Jason Johnson, and David Stefanik), and Teladoc Health team on the Redbud course (Dawn Bossaller, Amanda Cunningham, Jabarri Quarles, and Dominique McLin). 

With the help of over 39 partners, including lead sponsors AHEAD, Cisco, and Dell Technologies, the event raised more than $155,000 to advance critical programs that address and eliminate health disparities in the City of St. Louis and North St. Louis County.

The Foundation works in partnership with BJC Community Health Improvement, nonprofit organizations, and community residents with lived  experiences to advance health equity in under-resourced communities through four priority areas: anchor strategy (financial well-being), diabetes and healthy food access, infant and maternal health, and school health and wellness. Contributions support efforts like BJC's Community Wellness Hubs, Food as Medicine initiative, Community Doula program, and more.

The remarkable generosity of our partners and participants makes the BJC Classic a success. To all those who participated, thank you for believing in a healthier, more equitable region where families can live their healthiest possible lives. Your support makes it possible.

Together, we can help give all people the opportunity for healthy, productive lives. To see the generous partners who contributed to this important effort, visit our BJC Classic page. To further support the efforts of Community Health Improvement, make a gift today or contact Derek May at 314-273-6233 or Derek.May@bjc.org.

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