Lexington Medical Center Awards $1,500,000 to Community Organizations

October 21, 2024

West Columbia, S.C. – Lexington Medical Center has awarded $1,500,000 to 27 organizations in the Midlands. These organizations enhance the health and wellness of community members.

Lexington Medical Center’s Community Outreach Committee and the Lexington Medical Center Foundation award the grants annually. The 2025 grantees are:
 

• Brookland Lakeview Empowerment Center
• Burn Foundation of America
• Camp Cole
• Children's Cancer Partners of the Carolinas
• Communities in Schools of SC
• Dickerson Children's Advocacy Center
• Feonix Mobility Rising
• Good Samaritan Clinic
• Harvest Hope Food Bank
• Healthy Learners
• Homeless No More
• Lions Vision Services
• LRADAC Foundation
• MedNeed of SC
• Midlands Housing Alliance - Transitions
• Mental Illness Recovery Center
• Nancy K. Perry Children's Shelter
• Palmetto Place
• Pathways to Healing
• Senior Resources Inc.
• Sistercare
• The Courage Center
• The Free Medical Clinic
• The Hive Community Circle
• The Therapy Place
• United Way of the Midlands: WellPartners Dental & Eye Clinic
• Welvista

“Lexington Medical Center is proud to provide financial support to these partner organizations who provide key health services to our community,” said Thomas Tafel, Lexington Medical Center Director of Community Health. “These organizations address health care needs and by supporting them, we can help them continue to bridge the health care gaps within our service area.”

Giving criteria for Lexington Medical Center prioritizes organizations serving the local community’s health needs, increasing access to health care services for underserved populations, improving education about and prevention of health problems resulting from social and environmental issues, demonstrating collaboration with existing health care initiatives, improving access to health care and support services for vulnerable and at-risk populations, and improving the capacity of safety net services and providers.

About Lexington Medical Center

Lexington Medical Center is a 607-bed teaching hospital in West Columbia, South Carolina. It anchors a health care network that includes five community medical centers and employs a staff of more than 8,000 health care professionals. The hospital is ranked best hospital in the Columbia Metro and #2 hospital in South Carolina by U.S. News & World Report and was named one of the “Best Places to Work in South Carolina” by SC Biz News, in partnership with the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce and Best Companies Group. Lexington Medical Cancer Center is an accredited Cancer Center of Excellence and has a clinical research and education affiliation with MUSC Hollings Cancer Center. The network includes a cardiovascular program recognized by the American College of Cardiology as South Carolina's first HeartCARE Center. The network also has an occupational health center, the largest skilled nursing facility in the Carolinas, an Alzheimer's care center and more than 70 physician practices. Lexington Medical Center operates one of the busiest Emergency departments in South Carolina, treating nearly 100,000 patients each year. The hospital delivers more than 4,000 babies each year and performs more than 25,000 surgeries. Its postgraduate medical education programs include family medicine and transitional year residencies.