Better Outcomes. Better Health. Better Futures
Give the Gift of Better
Each year, your donations help us give the Gift of a Better Life to countless members of our community. With your continued support, we can help even more people in 2021. Your donation helps us deliver leading-edge treatment, conduct breakthrough research, and bring hope and healing to people across Chicagoland. Please consider making a gift today.
Chuck Drungelo’s Story
“I got a second chance at Northwestern Medicine. We have more years as a family. Thank you doesn’t seem like enough.”Chuck Drungelo, Northwestern Medicine patient
This year, donations to Northwestern Medicine helped make a better future possible for Chuck Drungelo. When he and his family contracted COVID-19, they all ended up in the Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Intensive Care Unit. Chuck was so sick, his physicians placed him on an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) machine. Because this advanced technology was available, Chuck got better. He, his wife and son also benefited from comprehensive therapy at Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital, part of Northwestern Medicine.
Thanks to the generosity of donors just like you, the Drungelos are healthier, stronger and looking forward to a brighter 2021.
How Does Your Gift Help?
Better Outcomes
Lisa’s Gift of a Better Outcome
Your financial support gave the Gift of Better Outcomes to Lisa Johnson McFarland. Lisa was treated at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital for three hemorrhagic strokes as a result of multiple ruptured brain aneurysms. She was discharged from the hospital 20 days later and has since fully recovered.
Better Holidays
Lanette’s Gift of Better Holidays
Shortly after giving birth in 2019, Lanette Lewis was diagnosed with postpartum cardiomyopathy and required a heart transplant. A two-time cancer survivor, Lanette faced the uncertainty of her future and a holiday season away from her newborn daughter.
Northwestern Medicine nurses, therapists and clinical staff helped Lanette with her recovery, making sure that even though she was apart from her family, she felt cared for and connected. This year, Lanette is happy, healthy and home for the holidays thanks to the outstanding care she received — care that is supported by generous donors like you.
Better Access
The Gift of Better Access
Through the Northwestern Memorial Foundation, donors and volunteers support our patient-centered mission and strategic goals through fundraising and gifts to the foundation. What makes our communities better makes us all better. Your generosity will help our hospitals and clinics to continue to provide the highest quality health care, regardless of a person’s ability to pay. We have an enduring commitment to a healthier Chicagoland with locations including:
Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital
Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital
Northwestern Medicine Huntley Hospital
Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital
Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital
Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital, part of Northwestern Medicine
Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Northwestern Medicine Valley West Hospital
Northwestern Medicine Woodstock Hospital
Give the Gift of Better
Your generosity can help us continue to make patients, families and communities better.
