Ways to Give
The Whitfield Healthcare Foundation has many opportunities for giving that benefit both the donor and Hamilton Medical Center.
Some of the giving opportunities include:
ANNUAL GIFT CLUBS
Westcott Fellowship
Westcott Associate
Hamilton Club
Hamilton Business Alliance
Hamilton Ambassadors
SPECIAL FUND-RAISING EVENTS AND OTHER
GIVING PROGRAMS
Hamilton Heritage Circle
Gifts of Remembrance
Speedy Recovery
Precious Additions
Golf Invitational
Love Lights
ANNUAL GIFT CLUBS
The Whitfield Healthcare Foundation has established gift clubs to encourage and recognize annual gifts from you, your friends and neighbors.
Westcott Fellowship
Individuals who contribute $10,000 or more over a 10-year period are honored as Westcott Fellows. The Fellowship honors the memory of G. Lamar Westcott, a founding member of The Dalton-Whitfield County Hospital Authority, who for many years served as Chairman and Chairman-Emeritus, and today his name symbolizes generosity and support. Individuals who contribute beyond the Fellowship, $25,000 or more, are recognized as Westcott Fellows of Distinction. Every other year, the Westcott Fellowship is honored at a dinner at Hamilton Medical Center. All Westcott Fellows will be honored at the next special recognition dinner in May 2012.
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Westcott Associate
Individuals who contribute a $5,000 gift payable at $500 per year for ten years are recognized as Westcott Associates.
Hamilton Club
Individuals who contribute $100 or more annually to the Whitfield Healthcare Foundation are honored as members of the Hamilton Club. Memberships are renewed annually.
Hamilton Business Alliance
Local
business and industry leaders are invited to financially support the
advancement of health care by becoming a member of the Hamilton Business
Alliance by pledging a minimum $2,500 payable over a five-year period to
the Whitfield Healthcare Foundation. As a Hamilton Business Alliance
member, your company will become partners with the Whitfield Healthcare
Foundation and Hamilton Medical Center to better serve the health care
needs of the community and to help maintain Hamilton as the health care
facility best suited to meet the needs of your employees.
Click here to READ MORE about the Hamilton Business Alliance levels of support.
Hamilton
Ambassadors 
Hamilton Ambassadors are Hamilton employees who show their support to the Foundation and the Medical Center by contributing to new and exciting projects through pledged payroll deductions to ensure that Hamilton continues to provide high quality, cost-efficient health care services for citizens of our community.
SPECIAL FUND-RAISING EVENTS AND OTHER GIVING PROGRAMS
Hamilton Heritage Circle
Long-range estate and financial planning can enable you to make a
substantial contribution to benefit Hamilton Medical Center or a project
of your choice, and at the same time fulfill your personal financial
goals. The Hamilton Heritage Circle program is a planned or deferred
giving program for those who wish to make a gift to Hamilton through:
Bequests in a will or codicil
Gifts of appreciated securities or real estate
Assignment of life insurance benefits
Creation of a charitable remainder trust or charitable gift annuity
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Hamilton Heritage Circle program or if you have included Hamilton
Medical Center in your estate plan.
Gifts of Remembrance
A gift in memory or in honor of a loved one has become an expression of
thoughtfulness to many. These types of gifts, in any amount, are
appropriate ways to recognize someone's life, a relative or friend's
birthday, or other special occasion and can be specifically designated
to support such areas as:
Greatest Need
Capital Campaign
Hamilton Hospice
Hamilton Home Health Care
Diabetes Treatment Center
Royal Oaks
Speedy Recovery
When someone you care about is sick or hospitalized, show them you care by sending them a Speedy Recovery Wish from the Whitfield Healthcare Foundation. For a minimum contribution of $15, this giving program allows you to recognize a friend, relative or co-worker who is who is hospitalized at Hamilton while at the same time, enables you to make a tax-deductible contribution which helps to improve and strengthen patient care programs at Hamilton Medical Center.
Precious Additions
The
arrival of a new baby is a special time for parents, grandparents,
family members and friends. At Hamilton Medical Center, we share your
delight and know what a caring celebration this happy moment brings. For
a minimum gift of $50, the child's name is permanently placed on the
Precious Additions wall plaque in the Turner Maternal & Infant Care
Center.
Golf Invitational
In
October of each year, the Foundation hosts a Golf Invitational at The
Farm, a prestigious golfing community located in Rocky Face, Georgia.
This annual fund-raiser attracts approximately 140 area golfers to help
support the mission of the Foundation.
20th Annual 2012 Golf Invitational
Date: Monday, October 15, 2012
Place: The Farm Golf Course, 187 S. Goose Hill Road, Rocky Face,
GA 30740
For more information, call 706.272.6128
Love Lights
In
December of each year, the Love Light Trees located atop Hamilton
Medical Center offers a unique way to honor and remember a special loved
one during the holiday season. For a minimum gift of $10, a light is
added to the trees and a minimum gift of $100 illuminates a light in the
star that tops the trees. All contributions are listed each Sunday in
The Daily Citizen. All gifts are tax deductible as provided by law.
The 2011 Love Light Trees Lighting Celebration will take place at Hamilton Medical Center on Monday, November 28, 2011 at 6:00 p.m. in the Bandy Parking Plaza at the corner of Memorial and Broadrick drives.
