About Ridgeview Foundation

Founded in 1978, Ridgeview Foundation has made an indelible impact by helping Ridgeview deliver on its mission to enhance the health of people it serves by creating a culture that nurtures the whole person: mind, body and spirit. The Foundation, an independent, nonprofit organization, is guided by a volunteer board of directors whose members are representative of communities within Ridgeview’s service area. Together, staff and the boards of directors of the Foundation and Ridgeview collaborate to identify funding priorities. View the list below of projects philanthropy has funded at Ridgeview.

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Projects at Ridgeview funded through philanthropy

  • 2 Medical/Surgical Renovation
  • Academy on Violence and Abuse
  • Alpha Stim
  • Ambulance Bikes
  • Ambulance/Emergency Services
  • App Development
  • Auditorium
  • Birthing Center Bracelets
  • Blood Pressure Cuffs for all Critical Access Hospitals
  • Cafeteria Renovation
  • Cancer Care
  • Cardiac Intensive Care Unit/Telemetry
  • Cardiac Rehab
    • Water Bottles for Patients, Heart Rate Monitor, Monark Rehab Trainer, Scott Care Telemetry System & Laptop
  • Cafeteria Reopen (Arlington Campus)
  • Care Cart (Waconia Campus)
  • Center for Women & Children
  • Chapel
  • Charity Care
  • Comfort Care Program Items
  • Communications Center
  • daVinci Surgical System
  • Defibrillators
  • Diabetes Screenings and Education
  • Dietician (Oncology Throat Cancer Patients)
  • Education
  • Emergency Crisis Relief Fund for Ridgeview Employees
  • Emergency Room Expansion
  • Employee Wellness
  • Fascia lliaca Black Trainer
  • Glidescopes for Surgery and Emergency Department
  • Healing Garden
  • Heart Center
  • Hospice Services and Volunteer
  • Imaging Waiting Room and Equipment
  • iPads and Accessories
  • IV Poles (Arlington Campus)
  • KI Hancock Bench
  • LUCAS Devices (Le Sueur Campus)
  • Marie Steiner Kelting Hospice Home
  • Memory Kits (Hospice)
  • Mental Health Service Line
  • Metronome
  • Milk Deposit Freezer
  • Neonatal Care Unit
  • New Carpet (Arlington Campus)
  • NicVIEW (Women & Children)
  • Nurse Residency Program
  • Patient Lift
  • Pay It Forward Fund
  • Pediatric Cart (Waconia Campus)
  • Pediatric Integrative Medicine
  • Pediatric Limited-Stay Unit (Waconia Campus)
  • Pediatric Treatment Room
  • Peer Support for Ambulance
  • Pet Therapy
  • Photo Therapy (NICU)
  • Physician Education on Group Therapy
  • Piano (Waconia Campus)
  • Point-of-care Ultrasound (Arlington Campus)
  • Prayer Shawls
  • Reach Out & Read Books (Clinics)
  • Registered Dietician Consultation for Head and Neck Center Patients
  • Rehab Program (Le Sueur Campus)
  • Rooftop Garden (Waconia Campus)
  • Scholarships for Graduating High School Seniors
  • SciFit Equipment (Cardiac Rehab)
  • Shuttle Cart for Parking lot
  • Simulation Training
  • Sleep Center
  • Stable Training
  • Stretchers (Arlington Campus)
  • Super Tory (Women & Children)
  • Surgery
  • Telemetry TV and DVD Player
  • Translation Services
  • Volunteer Education
  • Volunteer Uniforms
  • Wheel Chairs (Waconia Campus)
  • White Boards (Arlington Campus)