St. David’s HealthCare launches HeroCare to recognize healthcare workers during COVID-19 pandemic
AUSTIN, Texas —Today, St. David’s HealthCare launched a community-wide appreciation campaign called HeroCare, which honors, thanks and highlights healthcare workers who are on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic. The campaign provides ideas for supportive gestures that can be made from homes or businesses to recognize healthcare workers.
“Many in our community have asked what they can do to help or show support to the selfless women and men in our hospitals who are caring for patients every day during this pandemic,” David Huffstutler, president and chief executive officer of St. David’s HealthCare, said. “Through this HeroCare campaign, we have identified ways for the people of Central Texas to salute these healthcare heroes from our homes, yards, cars and businesses. They protect us with healthcare, and we’ll thank them with HeroCare.”
St. David’s HealthCare has created posters—in English and Spanish—available for people to download and post on their windows. The healthcare system is also encouraging people to string lights in the shape of a heart on their homes and/or businesses as an additional way to show appreciation.
“As we dutifully wash our hands and work from our dining tables and living rooms—enduring social distancing and new grocery habits—these women and men suit up every single day and put themselves on the frontlines of the biggest public health emergency of our lifetimes,” Huffstutler said. “HeroCare is a small way for us to say thank you.”
To participate in the campaign, people can visit stdavids.com/covid-19/herocare.dot to download a HeroCare poster or learn more about other ways they can show their support for healthcare workers.
St. David’s HealthCare
St. David’s HealthCare includes seven of the area’s leading hospitals and is one of the largest health systems in Texas. The organization has been recognized with a Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award—the nation’s highest presidential honor for performance excellence. St. David’s HealthCare is the third-largest private employer in the Austin area, with more than 10,600 colleagues across 132 sites of care.
St. David’s HealthCare is a unique partnership between a hospital management company and two local non-profits—St. David’s Foundation and Georgetown Health Foundation. The proceeds from the operations of the hospitals fund the foundations, which, in turn, invest those dollars back into the community. Since the inception of St. David’s HealthCare in 1996, more than $535 million has been given back to the community to improve the health and healthcare of Central Texans.
Details
April 8, 2020
St. David's HealthCare
Name: Erin Ochoa or Kristin Marcum
Phone: 512.788.1616 or 512.773.2680