What We Do
The Auxiliary creates opportunities to work together to raise money in support of Health Center activities and programs that benefit staff, patients, faculty, students and visitors.
Auxiliary volunteers keep the Connucopia Gift Shop and our thrift shop in West Hartford running. We are proud of our two shops, which serve as the primary source of revenue for the
Auxiliary. We have scholarships for medical, dental, nursing, master of public health and master of dental science students. We oversee the Health Center’s art collection, which
includes more than 1,500 pieces. One of our greatest accomplishments was to endow a chair in bioethics to honor the late Dr. Jay Healey. We raised $900,000 and it was matched to make
the $1.5 million chair, which was filled in 2006. Many of the services at John Dempsey Hospital started as Auxiliary programs, including patient television rental, baby photo service, and the Fuzzy Bear and
Memory Box projects. The Creative Child Care Center originally was an Auxiliary program.
Our fundraising projects include the Holiday Bazaar, May Market, raffles and bus trips. |