McQuowns Provide $150,000 Challenge Grant To Push Sonoma Valley Hospital Capital Campaign Over The Top

October 25, 2013

Sonoma residents Mac and Leslie McQuown have pledged a $150,000 matching challenge grant to help The Capital Campaign for Emergency Care at Sonoma Valley Hospital complete its fundraising for the hospital’s new Emergency Center and Surgery Center. The pledge will match, dollar for dollar, new gifts to the campaign up to $150,000, potentially raising an additional $300,000.

“This is a very timely pledge because we are just several hundred thousand dollars away from our goal,” said Hospital CEO Kelly Mather. “If the community will match the $150,000 offered by Mac and Leslie, we should have the new wing paid for when we open the doors.”

According to Harmony Plenty, campaign director, community donations have already matched the $250,000 challenge grant provided in September by Arline and Buddy Pepp. This, along with other gifts, brought the campaign total to more than $10.6 million of the $11 million needed to complete expansion of the new hospital and state-of-the-art Emergency Care Center.

Sonoma Valley Hospital will complete construction of the new Emergency Center and Surgery Center in November, and has planned a day-long event on Saturday, November 16, to introduce the wing to the community with tours and a street party featuring food and music.

The Sonoma Valley Hospital Capital Campaign for Emergency Care is raising funds to close the gap between the $35 million general obligation bond (GOB) approved by Sonoma voters in 2008, to meet the State of California seismic standards and the cost of the new construction and equipment. New seismic standards require most California hospitals to retrofit, rebuild or close by 2013. Thanks to the GOB obligation plus $11 million in philanthropic support from the community, Sonoma Valley Hospital will meet this deadline.

For more information about the campaign, contact Harmony Plenty at 707.935.5070 or hplenty@sonomavalleyhospital.org.