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Authorize the County's contribution of $1,000 from the General Fund contribution allocated to District 3 to benefit the NorthBay Healthcare Foundation
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
Supervisor Williams requests that the Board of Supervisors authorize the County's contribution of $1,000 from the General Fund contribution allocated to District 3 to benefit the NorthBay Healthcare Foundation.
SUMMARY/ DISCUSSION:
District 3 has identified the following local non-profit organization for which to contribute its non-county contribution allocation:
NorthBay Healthcare Foundation, $1,000
NorthBay Health was born in Solano County and remains committed to delivering advanced medicine here to the community they serve. NorthBay continues to invest in modernizing and expanding their facilities, purchasing cutting-edge equipment and pushing the limits of technology alongside other health care pioneers, such as the Mayo Clinic. Their competence, capabilities and practice of collaborating with some of the nation's most advanced clinical institutions enables them to manage extremely complex cases right here in Solano County.
NorthBay Health provides sophisticated health care services rarely seen in counties of this size, not only in their two hospitals - NorthBay Medical Center in Fairfield and NorthBay VacaValley Hospital in Vacaville - but also in their primary care and specialty care practices. From oncology to open heart surgery, and from birth through the end of life, NorthBay Health has teams of medical experts ready to assist in care.
NorthBay Healthcare Foundation's Board of Directors has kicked off "Start with Heart," a $12 million multiyear campaign to fund a critically needed update and expansion of the Fairfield hospital's two catheterization labs, so that their highly skilled Heart & Vascular team...
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