Crittenden Regional Hospital Foundation Receives Grant from Esperanza Bonanza

January 14, 2010

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT: Rebecca Winter, Marketing Services
Crittenden Regional Hospital
870.735.1500

The Crittenden Regional Hospital Foundation today announced it has received a grant for $2,000 from Esperanza Bonanza, a not-for-profit charitable organization in Marion, Ark.
Grant dollars will support Crittenden Regional Hospital’s Patient Assistance Fund, which provides limited short-term financial assistance to hospital patients. Through the fund, the hospital has been able to approve 14 requests for more than $1,600 in assistance to patients in need in 2009.
Esperanza Bonanza plans and organizes the yearly Esperanza Bonanza Festival, which is a three-day barbecue competition with a golf tournament, a rodeo, live music, a carnival and other activities. Money raised from the 15,000+ people in attendance, is distributed to qualifying not-for-profit organizations throughout Crittenden County.
“Esperanza Bonanza has long been providing incredible support to our community, and we’re thrilled they chose the Foundation to be a grant recipient in this year’s group,” said Chris Chastain, executive director of the Crittenden Regional Hospital Foundation. “The grant will go toward our Patient Assistance Fund, which already has provided help to numerous Crittenden Regional Hospital patients. These funds will help us to further support the needs of patients in our community.”
Founded in 1992, Esperanza Bonanza first started as a small group of local businesses getting together to cook barbecue. Paying tribute to Marion’s heritage as the site of Fort Esperanza, the first European settlement in what is now Crittenden County, the Esperanza Bonanza Festival includes a barbecue festival, rodeo, live music, a golf tournament, carnival and games for children and adults. For more information, visit www.esperanzabonanza.org.
The Crittenden Regional Hospital Foundation exists as an inspiration to the people of Crittenden County in sustaining the hospital’s mission. It also provides an array of giving and volunteer opportunities by which individuals and corporations can play an active role in the betterment of the hospital. Anyone can support the Crittenden Regional Hospital Foundation by mailing a donation to the Crittenden Regional Hospital Foundation, 200 Tyler Avenue, West Memphis, Ark., 72301, or via the Web at http://foundation.crittendenregional.org.
Crittenden Regional Hospital has been a leading provider of quality health care services in Eastern Arkansas since 1951. Located in West Memphis, Ark., Crittenden Regional Hospital strives to provide excellence in patient-centered health care for the Mid-South. For more information, visit www.crittendenregional.org.