 Kapi`olani Medical Center for Women & Children is Hawaii’s only Children’s Hospital and High Risk Maternity Center.
A History of Community Support
Since its inception, Kapi`olani Medical Center has relied on the support of community members who value quality medical care close to home.
In the late 1800s, Queen Kapi`olani held bazaars and luaus to raise the $8,000 that was needed to open the original Kapi`olani Maternity Home. In 1909, Albert and Emma Wilcox contributed $50,000 toward a Children’s Hospital in Hawaii. Community leaders came together to match the Wilcox donation and on November 25, 1909 Kauikeolani Children’s Hospital opened.
The two hospitals came together in the 1970s to form Kapi`olani Medical Center for Women & Children. Without any large land holdings or significant endowment, the hospital still relies on the generosity of the community to fulfill its mission of caring for Hawaii’s women, children, and adolescents.
Exceptional Medical Care Close to Home for Hawaii’s Women & Children
A pregnant woman in pre-term labor. An adolescent in diabetic shock. A toddler with an asthmatic attack. In these cases, when every second counts, lives are saved because Kapi`olani Medical Center exists here in Hawaii.
In other cases, such as when a child is diagnosed with cancer or requires life-saving heart surgery, being treated close to home is simply better. Families avoid lengthy, disrupting stays on the mainland and children and mothers are surrounded by their loved ones while being treated. And in Hawaii, that seems to matter even more.
In each of these cases, families can be assured their children and mothers are being treated by some of the finest physicians and nurses in the country. Exceptional medical care close to home. Hawaii deserves the best. Kapi`olani Medical Center provides it.
Donations to the Kapi`olani Health Foundation Fund Family-Centered, Quality Care
The compassionate and quality care provided by the physicians, nurses and staff at Kapi`olani Medical Center is supported in numerous ways by the Kapi`olani Health Foundation.
- PATIENT SERVICES & PROGRAMS: Your support helps provide comprehensive patient services and programs. Our family-centered approach to healthcare creates an environment in which women, children and their families can heal together.
- CAPITAL: Keeping our hospital and its medical equipment up to date is critical to providing quality care in the 21st century. Kapi`olani Medical Center was built in the 1970s but since then, the science and technology of medicine has improved at warp speed. There is an urgent need to renovate and expand our hospital. Philanthropic support of capital improvements at Kapi`olani Medical Center will remain a focal effort for the Kapi`olani Health Foundation in the coming years. Hawaii deserves to have a state-of-the-art regional health facility for its women and children.
- RESEARCH & EDUCATION: Your support helps fund vital health education and community outreach programs. It also supports critical research in the areas of prenatal, neonatal and children’s medicine so outcomes are improved and new treatments are discovered.
- UNCOMPENSATED CARE: As a mission-driven hospital, Kapi`olani Medical Center provides quality care to all who need it, regardless of their ability to pay. Community support helps us carry out our important mission.
Ways You Can Give
For generations, people in Hawaii just like you have supported Kapi`olani Medical Center with gifts of time, talent and financial support. This generosity has helped us become a regional specialty medical center with a reputation for exceptional family-centered patient care close to home. By making a contribution to the Kapi`olani Health Foundation, you can support Kapi`olani Medical Center for Women & Children continue to provide exceptional care close to home.
Outright Gifts
An outright gift will have an immediate impact on hospital programs. You can make a gift today in several ways:
- Make an online gift. After your credit card is authorized, we will send you an e-mail receipt acknowledging the transaction for tax purposes.
- Send a check to: Kapi'olani Health Foundation, 55 Merchant Street, 26th Floor, Honolulu, HI 96813.
- Make a gift of stock. For information about transferring stock electronically, or for other information about making a gift of stock, please call (808) 535-7100.
- Make a gift of real estate or other items, which can be beneficial to both the donor and Kapi'olani Health. Please call (808) 535-7100.
Kapi`olani Children’s Miracle Network
Support Kapi`olani Children’s Miracle Network fundraising campaigns, including the signature Miracle Balloon sales from April to June, the Radiothon for Kids sponsored by Clear Channel Radio, and other special events throughout the year.
Planned Gifts
Many people choose to include Kapi`olani Medical Center for Women & Children in their estate plans by making a Planned Gift through the Kapi`olani Health Foundation. By doing so, they provide support for their hospital, while also enjoying multiple financial and tax benefits.
Consider making one of the following types of Planned Gifts and you’ll become a member of the Legacy Society, receiving recognition on Kapi`olani’s Donor Wall.
A bequest is a gift through your will or trust and is one of the simplest and most popular ways to leave your legacy. Your attorney can include the necessary language in your will. For suggested bequest language click here.
A Life Income Plan benefits both the donor and Kapi`olani. In return for a gift of cash or property, you receive an income for life while you help Kapi`olani fulfill its mission. Additionally, you may receive significant tax benefits such as:
- An income for life to the donor and their spouse
- A charitable income tax deduction
- A reduction or avoidance of capital gains taxes
- Savings on estate and gift taxes
Charitable Remainder Trusts and Charitable Gift Annuities are two such life income plans. For more information on Charitable Gift Annuities, click here.
The right type of Planned Gift will depend greatly on a donor's personal situation, needs and objectives. For more information on including Kapi`olani Medical Center in your will or trust, contact Jeff Pederson, Director of Planned Giving at the Kapi`olani Health Foundation at (808) 535-7134 or jeff.pederson@kapiolani.org. He can assist you by providing a personalized illustration that describes the income and tax benefits you could receive. All inquiries are strictly confidential.
Lynne Wooddell
Director of Philanthropy
Kapi`olani Health Foundation
808-983-8247
lynne.wooddell@kapiolani.org
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