Gifts to the first hospital in the early 1900s often came in the form of linens and canned goods. In 1993, a group of area citizens formed the Spencer Regional Healthcare Foundation to facilitate gift-giving to the hospital and help enhance healthcare services locally.
Gifts come in all forms.
Although most contributions come in the form of cash donations, an increasing number of gifts come in other forms such as stocks or bonds, bequests, life insurance policies, real estate, and grain. Often these options provide greater tax advantages than remembering a charitable organization in your will, plus they can eliminate or reduce capital gains taxes on appreciated investments. Whatever the form of the gift, the entire community benefits. Gifts to the Foundation help secure a stronger local healthcare system for all of us now and in the future. The volunteers of the Foundation appreciate the generosity of the citizens of our region.