Current projects and programs

New Birth Center

One example community support is in full swing right now. Buffalo Hospital is currently building a new Birth Center that will double the size of our current center and provide a more comfortable, healing environment for families.

The current Birth Center was built in 1980 and is now undersized to meet the community's growing needs and expectations. The new Birth Center is a $7.1 million investment in our community. Allina Hospitals & Clinics committed $6.1 million and Buffalo Hospital Foundation is raising the remaining $1 million. As of January 2010, we are just baby steps from reach our goal, with less than $300,000 to raise. Learn more about the project on our Birth Center construction web page.

Breast Cancer Screenings

One in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer. Buffalo Hospital Foundation is dedicated to helping women receive a relaxing mammogram. With fund-raising events such as Tough Enough to Wear Pink and Pink Street Party, funds are raised to host Mammo Parties for women in our community who do not have insurance or are under-insured. Check our events page to find out when the next Mammo Party is planned and dates for Tough Enough to Wear Pink.

Project Lifesaver

Families in Wright County now have access to technology to save the lives of those with special needs who may wander away, thanks to the fund-raising efforts of Buffalo Hospital Foundation. Project Lifesaver uses state-of-the-art technology and specially trained teams to rapidly locate lost children and adults with autism, Alzheimer's disease and related disorders. Learn more about Project Lifesaver.

Heart Safe Communities

Heart Safe Communities is improving survival from sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) – one of our nation’s leading killers -- by speeding time to defibrillation. To help the nearly 1,000 people struck by SCA everyday in this country, the foundation raised funds and placed over 160 Automatic External Defibrillators (AED) in community gathering places in 19 communities stretching from Delano to Cokato and from Watertown to Big Lake.

Thanks to our donors, when someone collapses from SCA, help is now closer than ever. More than 2,400 community members were also trained to use AEDs through the foundation’s partnership with Community Health Foundation and Allina Medical Transportation. Trainees had the opportunity to participate in free screenings to assess their risk of heart disease as experts from Buffalo Hospital’s Cardiac Center. If you share our commitment to raising awareness of SCA, training citizens to use AEDs to save lives, and screening community members to prevent America’s number one killer – heart disease, please make a donation to the Heart Safe Fund.

DAAN™

With the launch of Buffalo Hospital's Sister Kenny Sports & Physical Therapy Center at Gold’s Gym in Buffalo, the foundation embraced a role of fostering health and fitness in an effort to prevent chronic diseases, such as heart disease, stroke or diabetes. Thanks to an inspirational gift by Delano entrepreneur Barb King, the foundation recently introducing DAAN (dā on), a transformative initiative designed to help all ages make regular exercise, healthy eating and reduced stress the norm everyday. DAAN (Native American word meaning to live a healthy, balanced life) offers hands-on elementary curriculum, adult wellness education and new wellness services to help us all take control of our health today and in years to come.

If you share our commitment to the long-term health of our community, please consider donating to the King Wellness Fund and DAAN to help community members make real changes and adopt healthy habits.

You can help

To make a tax-deductible contribution to the Buffalo Hospital Foundation, mail your gift with the donation form, or phone 763-684-6800.

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Buffalo, Minnesota 55313
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