Unrestricted
To be used for purposes deemed most important by the Foundation Board of Directors.

Seacoast Cancer Center
We are committed to a $9.3 million project to bring state-of-the-art image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) and stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) to Wentworth-Douglass Hospital.  An IGRT Stereotactic Linear Accelerator utilizes CT imaging to precisely locate the tumor each time a patient comes in for treatment.  Current conventional radiation therapy uses a film taken once per week to verify tumor location and beam set-up.  This cutting-edge technology will allow for more precise tumor treatment.  For certain diagnoses, SRS can deliver the full course of treatment (typically 4-6 weeks of daily visits) in only one to three visits.

Heart Care Center
Over the last seven years, more than 3,335 patients have been treated in our cardiac catheterization laboratory.  To keep pace with new technology and equipment advances in heart care, we need to sustain our investment in this center of diagnostic and interventional excellence.

Diabetes
The Hospital provides financial support to diabetic patients who cannot afford to purchase the materials they need to keep their diabetes in control. By helping these individuals, we reduce the need for their costly Emergency Department visits.

Pete’s Place
Pete’s Place provides safe, trusting and accepting support to children, teens and their families when they are coping with the serious illness, or the death of someone close to them.  Pete’s Place also extends supportive services to the community through education, information about grief and loss, outreach, consultation and resource referral.  Critical incident stress management services are also available.

Dental Center
The Dental Center provides dental care to low income, uninsured and underserved patients in our community. The Hospital expects to subsidize the Center with over $500,000 annually.

Care Vans
The vans drove over 112,000 miles last year, providing complimentary transportation to and from the hospital to more than 13,000 patients for a cost of over $270,000.

Children’s Care Projects
From the busiest Birth Center in the Seacoast and the Child Life Specialists that help children and their families understand the tests, treatments and procedures used to help them heal, to the special camps like Camp Meridian for kids with heart disease and Diabetes Camp for Kids, WDH is committed to the excellent care of the children on the Seacoast.

Endowment
A fund of money, the principal of which is held in perpetuity and invested and from which the Hospital may use only the return on investment for approved projects and programs. An endowment ensures the future of the organization.

Palliative Care
Palliative care refers to patient and family centered care that optimizes quality of life by anticipating, preventing and treating suffering.  Palliative care throughout the continuum of illness involves addressing physical, intellectual, emotional, social and spiritual needs and facilitating patient autonomy, access to information and choice.  Palliative care is offered simultaneously with other modalities of treatment.