Giving to Lakeview Health Foundation

However you’d like to get involved, we appreciate your support of better health and well-being here in the St. Croix Valley.

Donors like you empower us to achieve our mission and realize our vision. The work we do and the lives we touch are made possible only through your partnership. Thank you.

Healing Through Gratitude turns the power of “thank you” into a way for us to continue providing outstanding care for our neighbors and communities. You can show your thanks for the care you or a loved one received by telling your story, giving a gift or sharing your time.

The Lakeview Healing Garden is a place for reflection, peace and solitude. A dedicated space on the Lakeview Hospital campus, it promotes health and well-being for our patients, staff and community. The stress relieving, peaceful qualities of nature have a positive impact on healing.

If you’d like to donate by mail, please send a check to:

Lakeview Health Foundation
927 Churchill Street West
Stillwater, MN 55082

Please enclose a note with your contribution if there are any specific programs you’d like to designate your gift toward. If your gift is in honor or memory of someone, please include their name and the contact information of anyone you’d like us to notify of your generosity (your gift amount will remain confidential).

Checks should be made out to Lakeview Health Foundation.

Monthly gifts are a great way to provide recurring support for Lakeview Health Foundation. Donations are made every month through preauthorized payments from your checking account or credit card. You can change your gift amount or cancel anytime.

To set up a monthly gift, call our office at 651-430-8732 or email foundation@lakeview.org.

Gifts-in-kind – like craft supplies, books, blankets, silent auction items or personal protective equipment (PPE) – help support various Lakeview Health Foundation programs and events. You’ll be eligible for a tax deduction, too.

Please note that we cannot accept used toys due to health code reasons. We can, however, accept donations of new toys.

A gift of stock or mutual fund shares can yield great benefits for Lakeview Health Foundation. You’ll also receive a charitable tax deduction.

For more information on making a transfer, call our office at 651-430-8732 or email foundation@lakeview.org.

Matching gifts offered by many employers can multiply your generosity, making your gift go further. We’re eligible for many matching gift programs sponsored by corporations, foundations and other organizations. Check with your employer to see if they’ll match your gift.

We have several events taking place throughout the year. Whether you’d like to donate, help organize, volunteer or sponsor, there are many ways to get involved.

Lakeview Health Foundation is profoundly grateful to donors who have demonstrated outstanding philanthropic leadership with gifts of $100,000 or more throughout Lakeview Health's history. These Lakeview Legacy Society members have helped forge our reputation and character. We are indebted to them for their generosity.

The Cedar Bend Society honors donors who have demonstrated a commitment to the future of the St. Croix Valley by including Lakeview Health Foundation in their will or estate plans. The name Cedar Bend comes from a cedar tree-lined curve along the St. Croix River – this curve was a significant marker for early settlers of the valley.

People who donate to the Lakeview Health Foundation have been moved by many different life experiences. These patients, families and providers all see the value in giving back to their community.

We welcome Beverley Lloyd as our newest member to Lakeview Health Foundation’s Cedar Bend Society. Beverley grew up in Lakeland, Minnesota and attended Stillwater High School and Coe College in Iowa. She worked for many years as an executive secretary at 3M. She was also a member of the Methodist church, sang in the choir, and was an active hospice volunteer at Lakeview for many years.

She was a sweet, special lady whose compassion and kindness made her an extraordinary hospice volunteer.

We are grateful to Beverley for the generous gift in her estate plan to support the work of Lakeview Health Foundation’s hospice program.

The Lakeview Health Foundation’s Cedar Bend Society honors donors who have demonstrated a commitment to the future of the St. Croix Valley by including Lakeview Health Foundation in their will or estate plans. The name Cedar Bend comes from a cedar tree-lined curve along the St. Croix River – this curve was a significant marker for early settlers of the valley. These charitable legacies help support our mission for generations to come.

People who donate to the Lakeview Health Foundation have been moved by many different life experiences. These volunteers, patients, families and providers all see the value in giving back to their community.

Donors empower us to achieve our mission and realize our vision. The work we do and the lives we touch are made possible only through the thoughtful generosity of people like our friend, Beverley Lloyd.

We are grateful.

Mary Gillespie is an advocate and a champion for several causes in our community. She has been blessed with the resources to aid those less fortunate and feels we all have an obligation as members of this community to ensure and sustain a good quality of living in the St. Croix Valley.

When Mary was invited to support Lakeview’s request for the purchase of a new ambulance, she answered the call.

Her late husband (and former board member) Jim was a “car guy” and providing a gift to help purchase a vehicle was something that he would have enthusiastically supported. For Mary it was an easy decision – a gift from them both.

“A strong well-maintained emergency medicine service is an asset in our community and one that impacts us all. Everyone benefits.”

And when asked how giving makes her feel, Mary said, “It gives me pleasure – I am happy to help. I am fortunate to live in the St. Croix Valley. There are needs in our community and how we respond reflects on us as a community. Hopefully each of us in our own way, can do something to help maintain a good quality of life for everyone here for years to come.”

Through her giving she hopes Lakeview will continue to deliver competent, comprehensive care rooted in its commitment to our community.

With the generosity of donors like Mary, we have every confidence Lakeview will be there now for those that need us most. We’re grateful and blessed to have her as a member in our community.

Thank you, Mary, and to each of our donors, staff and supporters, for your partnership.

As a nurse manager of Critical Care Services, Nichole Lunde has seen firsthand how patients who desperately need medications sometimes cannot afford them, and how services like music therapy, massage and aromatherapy can have positive effects on patients’ lives.

Nichole gains peace of mind in knowing that her donation through our Employee Giving campaign goes directly to help patients. By giving locally, she has the opportunity to see just how much giving back can help the care team at Lakeview go the extra mile for patients – caring for the whole person in mind, body and spirit.

Bill and Tina Emison always found ways to give back to their community. When the community faced a global pandemic, the couple donated $275,000 to hospitals across the St. Croix Valley, with $123,000 directed toward Lakeview Hospital. The money was used to purchase ventilators and other life-sustaining equipment.

Donors who support Lakeview Health Foundation's annual giving campaign provide valuable support for our health and well-being programs as well as our community initiatives. All donations are recognized on public display at both Lakeview Hospital and HealthPartners Clinic Stillwater.

• View 2023 donors (PDF)
• View 2022 donors (PDF)
• View 2023 honor and memorial gifts (PDF)
• View 2022 honor and memorial gifts (PDF)

To find information about an older gift, please contact us at 651-430-8732 or email foundation@lakeview.org.