NEKSHCC donates equipment to CHCS
August 17, 2022
Categories: News
The Northeast Kansas Healthcare Coalition, or NEKSHCC, recently donated three pieces of equipment to Community HealthCare System. The equipment was worth more than $1,000 and included one each of the following:
Microsoft Surface Laptop Go 3M Littmann CORE Stethoscope ChoiceMMed Oxywatch Fingertip Pulse OximeterThe stethoscope is a specialized instrument with features such as sound amplification, noise cancellation, and connection to software that helps detect...
CHCS receives $106,300 donation from Bob Williamson estate
August 9, 2022
Categories: News
Community HealthCare System recently received a donation of just over $106,300 from the estate of Robert “Bob” L. Williamson. Williamson, who was living in Holton and was formerly from Netawaka, passed away June 30 at the age of 94. Williamson’s daughters, Nanette Williamson and Patty Sorensen, delivered the donation.
Williamson was a General Superintendent for Eldridge Construction in Kansas City as well as a farmer and stockman. His daughters said...
CHCS receives $50,000 donation from Benedict Heideman estate
June 21, 2022
Categories: News
Community HealthCare System recently received a donation of $50,000 from the estate of Benedict Patrick Heideman. Heideman, a native of Corning, passed away in November of 2021. Gary Heideman, Ben’s nephew and co-executor of his estate, delivered the donation.
Gary said his uncle had been a successful farmer, stockman, and dairyman his whole life. As someone who “loved to see stuff grow,” Ben was a good steward of the land, and he wanted to extend the...
CHCS purchases ventilator thanks to Caring Community Foundation donations
June 25, 2020
Categories: News
As COVID-19 swept into the U.S., then the Midwest, it upended everyone’s plans for 2020. Difficulties have abounded, but bright spots have also emerged. One example is the charitable efforts of area citizens.
The Caring Community Foundation, or CCF, recently donated $4,000 to Community HealthCare System, or CHCS, as part of a larger effort to provide local COVID-19 relief. CHCS is allocating those funds to the purchase of a new transport ventilator, raising the total to two.
Ventilators...
