Priorities

The foundation’s top priority is to facilitate the relationship between donors and Goshen Health, enabling the community to give joyfully while participating in our mission of improving the health of the communities we serve.

Because Goshen Hospital has begun a capital expansion project to demolish the dated 1950s-era facility and to replace it with private inpatient rooms, Goshen Health Foundation is inviting individuals and business owners to learn more about the scope of the health system’s work. Understanding more about the range of health care provided offers opportunities for donors to give either to the capital campaign – or to other areas in health care, prevention, treatment and patient support that may have personal significance to the donor.

Our commitment to our community

Goshen Health Foundation helps meet the healthcare needs of our community through its support of Goshen Hospital. Each year, the generosity of people like you provides funding that directly impacts the health and wellness of our families, neighbors and friends throughout Elkhart, Kosciusko and St. Joseph Counties.

Funding secured by the foundation helps continue the innovative care and services our community has come to trust and rely on for more than 100 years. Established in 2013, Goshen Health Foundation has been dedicated to revitalizing and enhancing our community by building partnerships, supporting new programs, and working together to creating a healthier tomorrow and revitalize and enhance our community.

Through our work on the Goshen Health Foundation Board, we're helping to ensure Goshen Health is able to serve patients in our community with the same leading edge technology we have all depended on for more than 100 years.
- Gordon Lord, Board Chairman, Goshen Health Foundation

Board of Directors

Goshen Health Foundation Board of Directors is a team of compassionate community leaders who are committed to good stewardship, supporting the mission of Goshen Health and responding to the needs of our community. They work together to share their expertise in business, law, finance and health care.

Derald Bontrager
Chief Executive Officer, Jayco

Randy Christophel
President and Chief Executive Officer, Goshen Health

Eric Essig (Vice Chairman)
Vice President Sales & Marketing, Maple Leaf Farms

Wes Herschberger
Owner, MapleTronics

John Leavitt (Chairman)
President, Salem Insurance

Gordon Lord (Immediate Past Chairman)
Partner, Yoder, Ainlay, Ulmer & Buckingham, LLP

Angela McKee
Clerk-Treasurer, City of Goshen

Max Mertz, MD
Primary Care Physician, Goshen Physicians

Lisa Orn, DO
Primary Care Physician, Goshen Physicians Family Medicine Nappanee

Jeff Showalter
Vice President Business Development, First State Bank

Amy Sink (Secretary/Treasurer)
President and Chief Executive Officer, Interra Credit Union

Bob Steury
President, Veada Industries, Inc.

A decision to give to Goshen Health Foundation means you want to make a difference in the lives of our community. Whether you choose to give a one-time gift or invest in the future of our community by making a planned gift, every donation of every size has lasting impact.

We can help you consider your choices for making a charitable donation.

• Planned giving

Connect your passion with a need

Whether you volunteer your time or fund a program, your generosity makes a difference in the lives of our patients and their families.

To learn more about ways to give to Goshen Health Foundation, call (574) 364-2701.

You can make your gift online through our safe and secure web page.

Meeting future healthcare needs

After studying and exploring how to better meet the current and future needs of our community, Goshen Health’s board of directors decided it was time to demolish the dated 1950s-era north tower of the hospital and replace it with private inpatient rooms.

The tower’s heating, air conditioning, electrical, water and sanitation systems were designed for another era and – despite numerous renovations, the tower is past the span of its useful life.

In addition, a vast number of extraordinary life-changing advances in medical treatment and technology have taken place. These advances require increasingly sophisticated medical service areas, including expanded patient spaces. The new individual patient rooms will:

• be spacious enough to accommodate the latest medical technology, the needs of multidisciplinary medical personnel and the close support of family and friends
• minimize exposure to infection
• increase privacy and confidentiality
• give patients more control over their environment, allowing them to rest

This campaign is necessary to support Goshen Health’s mission of providing innovative and outstanding care and services to our community.

Having a good hospital in the community is as important as having good schools and recreation facilities. A hospital is part of the culture that enhances the community. Goshen Health is strong in delivering health care because the community not only demands it, but supports it!
– Gordon Lord, Co-chair of the Campaign Cabinet