Events
2020 Events
July 25
Frontier Supply Co. "Golf Fun Round"
Sadly, the annual Frontier Supply Company's Children's Charity Golf Outing has been curtailed due to COVID-19. However, a Golf Fun Round fundraiser is still on and Frontier Supply Company is matching the first $5,000 in sponsorships / donations!!! 100% of the proceeds go to local children's causes.
May 23
Hospice Plant Sale
The FMH Hospice Services plant sale will be held this year, but in a different way. We will be following the current state mandates and ask that all visitors please wear a mask. The sale will held from 9:00 am - 11:00 am for the elderly and immune compromised. From 11:00 am - 3:00 pm the sale will be open to the general public.
Gardeners have looked forward to this event for years as a sign that it is time to plant. The plant sale is operated and staffed entirely by volunteers, and many of the plants are even donated!
Money generated from the fundraiser are placed in a designated fund for Hospice patients. Donations of plants for the event, as well as volunteers are always welcome.
The 2020 plant sale will take place on:
Date: Saturday, May 23, 2019
Time: 9:00 am to 11:00 am for the elderly and immune compromised. 11:00 am to 3:00 pm open to the general public
Location: 2000 Turner Street (the Hospice Greenhouse)
May 19th
The Hospital Foundation 2020 Annual Meeting
We hope you will join us virtually via Zoom for our annual meeting on Tuesday, May 19, 2020 from 6 - 8 pm. This is a great opportunity to hear what is going on with your community hospital.
LINK TO THE ZOOM MEETING
https://zoom.us/j/94282738121?pwd=RVllMHJOQVVQQ3BnUCtJSi9GQkMzZz09
Nowthru April 30th
EXTENDED: 15 Days to Slow the Spread Drive
Sunrise is holding a "15 Days to Slow the Spread" drive originally thru April 15th now extended thru April 30th! In an effort to support the community in flattening the curve they have donation jars set outside their windows where you can make a personal contribution that will be donated to the Hospital Foundation. Half of the proceeds with to our had working health care workers and the other half will go to our community's most vulnerable population, our seniors. Sunrise will be matching the first $1,000 in donations to each group! Thank you Sunrise, for helping to keep our community safe and healthy!
Jan 30, 31 & Feb 1
Stick it to Cancer
2020 marks the 9th year the Fairbanks Hospital Foundation is partnering with the Fairbanks Ice dogs Hockey Team to Stick it to Cancer.
This always thrilling 3 game series is a fundraiser for the Circle of Hope campaign that provides support to cancer patients and those that care for them in our community. Cancer patients, survivors and their families are celebrated all weekend long. There are ceremonial puck droppers and commemorative jerseys that are auctioned off at each game.
Stick it to Cancer is great hockey and great support for the Circle of Hope. The Hospital Foundation looks forward to this event each year and appreciates this partnership with our home town, Fairbanks Ice Dogs.
2019 Events
Hospice Plant Sale
The largest fundraiser of the year for Fairbanks Memorial Hospital Hospice Services has always been the Annual Hospice Plant Sale.
Gardeners have looked forward to this event for years as a sign that it is time to plant. The plant sale is operated and staffed entirely by volunteers, and many of the plants are even donated!
Money generated from the fundraiser are placed in a designated fund for Hospice patients. Donations of plants for the event, as well as volunteers are always welcome.
The 2019 plant sale will take place on:
Date: Saturday, May 25, 2019
Time: 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Location: 2000 Turner Street (the Hospice Greenhouse)
Sept 12-19
Far North Fiddle Fest
Each September musicians from around the world gather in Fairbanks, Alaska to delight an audience of many with the infections sounds of Irish, folk and bluegrass music and dancing.
The brainchild of Dr. Andrew Cox, the Far North Fiddle Fest (FNFF) is a benefit for Fairbanks Memorial Hospital Hospice Services and a salute to the organizations volunteers. The festival that spans several days offers small group workshops on dancing and various instruments to the community, performs at many of the local schools and culminates in a wonderful performance.
This year’s FNFF is scheduled for September 12-15, 2019 and will include artists Molsky’s Mountain Drifters, Duo Duo Quartet and Alasdair Fraser. The event is perfect for all ages. We hope you will be able to attend!
Oct 26
Taking Off the Mask
On October 26, 2019 we will kick off a new fundraising campaign for Behavioral Health Care in Fairbanks.
Taking Off the Mask, a Gala for Behavioral Health will be the start of a $1 million effort to re-build outpatient behavioral health services in Fairbanks.
There will be a 4 course, wine paired dinner, silent and outcry auction along with special entertainment and guest speakers. The Gala will be an evening of fun mingling, a great auction, and learning about an important cause.
Dec
Perinatal Bereavement Bake Sale and Auction
Each December the nurses from the Women’s and Infant Center at FMH hold a bake sale and silent auction for the benefit of the Perinatal Bereavement program at FMH.
This program is very near and dear to the hearts of all of the nurses involved and funding for the program comes only from donations and activities like this bake sale. We welcome baked goods and auction items from the community!
We invite the community to attend. Watch for this year’s date!
8th Annual
Stick it to Cancer
2019 marked the 8th year the Fairbanks Hospital Foundation partnered with the Fairbanks Ice dogs Hockey Team to Stick it to Cancer.
This always thrilling 3 game series is a fundraiser for the Circle of Hope campaign that provides support to cancer patients and those that care for them in our community. Cancer patients, survivors and their families are celebrated all weekend long. There are ceremonial puck droppers and commemorative jerseys that are auctioned off at each game.
Stick it to Cancer is great hockey and great support for the Circle of Hope. The Hospital Foundation looks forward to this event each year and appreciates this partnership with our home town, Fairbanks Ice Dogs.