Fundraising Events

The OSF St. Francis Hospital Foundation hosts three major fundraisers each year: a golf scramble, a gourmet dinner and a hospice mail campaign. Proceeds from the golf outing and dinner are used to purchase needed equipment and support new programs and services for OSF St. Francis Hospital patients. The hospice mail campaign benefits OSF Bay de Noc Hospice patients.

   Gourmet Dinner

Each year in October the OSF Foundation hosts its “Heart of Gold: A Culinary Experience” dinner, which has grown to become one of the most popular events in our communities. Guests enjoy an exquisite seven-course dinner prepared by chefs from the Upper Michigan Chapter of the American Culinary Federation. The menu, which is unveiled to guests at the dinner, features tantalizing dishes that could not otherwise be experienced in the Upper Peninsula and often in larger cities, as well. Past courses have included: grilled maple leaf duck; ostrich Wellington; flambé of brandied shrimp; autumn bisque of roasted squash; an endive salad with garlic, wild mushrooms, white pepper pecans and a warm bacon vinaigrette; wild rice stuffed quail; molten chocolate cake;
white and dark chocolate mousse; and an elk and venison pate.

This mouth-watering event is a sell-out every year. For information or reservations, call the OSF St. Francis Hospital Foundation at 906-786-5707, ext. 5513.

   Golf Outing

The OSF St. Francis Hospital “Going for the Green” golf outing is held each year in June, with 144 golfers participating in the four-person scramble. The event includes 18 holes of golf, dinner, door prizes, raffle items and a silent auction.

   Mail Campaign

The annual OSF Bay de Noc Hospice “Evergreen” mail campaign is held each spring, with monies benefiting OSF hospice patients. OSF Bay de Noc Hospice is the oldest rural hospice in Michigan – and the first in the Upper Peninsula – and has been a model for providing care in patients’ homes.

Employee Giving

OSF St. Francis Hospital employees also give generously to the OSF Foundation, helping to purchase needed equipment and support new services and programs. An employee campaign is held each year in February and March, organized and promoted by the Foundation Director and a committee of volunteer employees. In 2000, OSF employees from here in Delta County and the OSF corporate office in Peoria, Illinois, donated over $100,000 to help build the dialysis center.