BCCHF News

2024 BCMH Cares Total Donations

Thanks to the collective efforts of the Miami Eagles, Butler Bears, and our staff, a total of $3,008 has been raised to help provide mammograms to women who are uninsured or underinsured in our community.

Miami Eagles Donate Pink Funds to BCMH Cares

Miami R-I School District donated $712.36 to Bates County Community Health Foundation, designated for the BCMH Cares Mammogram fund. Miami Eagles have dedicated proceeds from their October breast cancer awareness month fundraising projects to this fund for many years. Our thanks to Miami students, teachers and parents for dedicating their...

BCCHF Memory Tree 2023

BCCHF Memory Tree 2023 Bates County Community Health Foundation would like to thank the following individuals who made a contribution to the Memory Tree located in the upstairs lobby of Bates County Memorial Hospital: In memory of: - Jim Hacker, by Larry & Loretta Hacker - Willis D. Wainwright, by...

BCMH Cares Mammogram Fundraiser

Help Local Women Get Breast Cancer Screenings The 2023 BCMH Cares Fundraiser was a collaborative effort for a group of our employees: (from left) Cassie Irick, Patient Access; Andrea Jackson, Marketing/PR Coordinator; Angelia Cumpton, LPN, Chronic Care Nurse, and Kristi Gaylord, RHIT, Assistant HIM Director. This t-shirt fundraiser has completed,...

BCCHF Scholarship Recipients

Bates County Community Health Foundation Awards 2023 Scholarships Bates County Community Health Foundation (BCCHF) is pleased to announce the scholarship recipients for 2023: Steevie Rae Kooker, Makenna Hummel, Lauren Shipley, Paige Switzer and Ida Jolliff. Steevie Rae Kooker from Adrian who is studying Radiography at the University of Missouri –...

Smokin’ in the Electric City

Smokin' in the Electric City Smokin' in the Electric City: KMAM-KMOE Interview with Emily Gilkey, BBQ Coordinator Event Updates for BCCHF / Bates County Fair BBQ Competition This year at the Bates County Fair, on July 13-16, the Bates County Community Health Foundation (BCCHF) and the Bates County Fair Board...