Doylestown Health Gets $2.5M Gift From Clark Family Foundation

DOYLESTOWN, PA — The Women's Diagnostic Center at Doylestown Hospital will be named the Clark Center for Breast Imaging following a $2.5 million from the family foundation of Angela and Dick Clark and their daughters.

Plans to expand and relocate the center were announced in January when Doylestown Health was awarded a $1 million grant from the Pennsylvania Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP).

Slated to open next spring, the Clark Center for Breast Imaging will offer improved space and more room for new technologies and help meet the rising demand for breast imaging and diagnostic services for both men and women in the community, hospital officials said.

The Clark family was recently recognized in April during the dedication of the Clark Center for Critical Care Medicine at Doylestown Hospital. They were also honored in December for the opening of the Clark Outpatient Rehabilitation Center, located in the new ambulatory center on the hospital campus.

The latest gift from the Clarks brings the hospital's "One Vision" campaign for Doylestown Health to the original goal of $75 million, which has since been increased to $100 million. The campaign includes plans to rebuild the Children's Village on the Doylestown Hospital campus, which was damaged in an August tornado.

Children's Village has received the support of another signature gift from Jeanne and John Hubbard of Doylestown, who have pledged a $1 million gift in addition to earlier support.

All told, the campaign has generated an unprecedented $75.4 million in donations—achieved through more than 20,000 individual gifts from nearly 7,000 donors. More than 40 percent of campaign contributors are new donors who never made a gift to Doylestown Health before the campaign’s silent launch in 2016.

“The success of the campaign is a testament not only to the quality of healthcare delivered by Doylestown Health, but to the enthusiastic partnership of our community,” says Laura Wortman, vice president and chief development officer at Doylestown Health. “Their belief in our vision is a constant source of pride and inspiration as we press onward in this last leg of a marathon campaign.”

Ongoing priorities of the One Vision campaign have evolved with the campaign’s progress, and now include:

• A conference suite and learning center to promote community education and events as well as medical education and continued training for Associates of Doylestown Health
• Renovations and campus enhancements at Pine Run Retirement Community with new amenities and programs designed to enrich active senior living
• Plans to renovate and expand to enable the transition to an all-private bed hospital
• The growth of the Doylestown Health Legacy Endowment Fund, securing a permanent source of funding and safeguarding the independence and future of Doylestown Health

The campaign is scheduled to conclude in 2023 with the centennial of the hospital's founding.

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