Rockin’ on the Avenue 2025

Back of house shot of musicians playing at Rockin' on the Avenue

Play Video The Reinhart Guest House serves as home away from home The Reinhart Guest House provided Veronica Jordan the opportunity to be close to her mother for 15 days while she underwent treatment for pancreatic cancer at Bon Secours St. Mary’s Hospital. Learn More Attending Individual tickets: $80 Friends of the House package: $300 Includes…

Read More

Mary Kay Rotert’s Story

A senior woman with short, brown hair sits on a cream-colored sofa in her home. She's wearing an alpine sweater and smiling.

Mary Kay Rotert uses planned gifts to the Bon Secours Foundation to help others pursue nursing careers Mary Kay Rotert has always valued health care. It’s one of the reasons why she wanted to become a nurse practitioner. Becoming one, however, took some help. “I come from a middle-class background. I had four little brothers,…

Read More

Meet Yasmin Garcia

A young woman in dark blue scrubs stands outside the Bon Secours Richmond Care-A-Van mobile health coach.

Thanks to your support, Yasmin journeyed from being a Care-A-Van patient to a Care-A-Van nurse The first time Yasmin Garcia stepped onto the Bon Secours Richmond Care-A-Van, she was a nervous six-year-old who spoke no English. Yet, she was treated with kindness and compassion in that space thanks to your gift. “We were very new…

Read More

Donors and students meet at Scholarship Reception

Cheerful coworkers give a round of applause.

The 2024 Bon Secours Memorial College of Nursing Scholarship Reception was an evening of fellowship Both staff and students gave testament to the profound impact of the scholarships On Monday, September 30, about 200 attendees arrived at the Country Club of Virginia. They were there for the Bon Secours Memorial College of Nursing Scholarship Reception,…

Read More

Meet Art Collins

An elderly gentleman with glasses smiles while standing in his sunlit dining room.

A Qualified Charitable Distribution is a win-win for Art and the Foundation Art Collins and his wife believe in giving back. The tax savings of a planned gift using a QCD mean they have more to give. Art Collins and his wife donate regularly to the Foundation because they know that quality health care is…

Read More

Children’s Hope Gala 2025

The exterior of Richmond's Main Street Station.

Schedule 6:00PM – 7:00PM Registration Open bar & hors d’oeuvres Silent auction 7:00PM – 9:30PM Seated dinner Programming Live auction 9:30PM – 11:00PM Live music & dancing Late-night snacks Tables & Tickets $200 Individual Ticket One (1) gala ticket $600 Champion of the Children Two (2) gala tickets $200 tax-deductible donation One (1) Champions-only raffle…

Read More

Violence Response Team suite opens in Petersburg

A line of women stand ready to cut a big, blue, ceremonial ribbon with a giant pair of scissors.

The new Violence Response Team suite is now open at Bon Secours Southside Medical Center Attendees gathered to celebrate its opening, made possible by donors like you On September 24, Bon Secours held a ceremony for the new Violence Response Team (VRT) suite at Southside Medical Center (SMC). Around 100 community leaders, donors and VRT…

Read More

Meet Bob Pyndell

A happy, older man smiles at the camera. He's standing inside his home in front of a window.

You helped provide the meditation sessions that gave Bob peace of mind during his cancer battle After 18 months of treatment for advanced non-small cell lung cancer, Bob Pyndell was spent. A combination of chemotherapy, radiation and immunotherapy left him physically, emotionally, and spiritually depleted. Your gift gave him strength. “There was so much pain…

Read More