Community members looking to leave their mark permanently outside of St. Mary’s Medical Center now have an opportunity to do so. St. Mary’s Health Foundation has started a brick campaign for the new Daughters of Charity Prayer Garden, which is currently under construction next to St. Mary’s Chapel and St. Mary’s Center for Advanced Medicine.
A gift of $100 will purchase a brick. The prayer garden is being built to recognize the legacy of the Daughters of Charity, who founded Evansville’s first hospital in 1872. The commemorative bricks will be installed and displayed in the garden. Bricks may be purchased in honor of a loved one or friend. Each individual brick size is 8.25 inches x 5.5 inches and can be inscribed with up to three lines of text with 14 characters per line, including spaces.
“A brick campaign provides a creative way for donors to honor the spirt of the Daughters of Charity. It was through their vision and foresight that our health system became a reality. Thanks to the Daughters, we look forward to our next 140 years of person-centered care to the community,” said Rick Peltier, Director of St. Mary’s Health Foundation.
To purchase your brick, please contact Debbie Boyer, St. Mary’s Health Foundation Administrative Assistant, at 812.485.4986 or dboyer@stmarys.org. You may also download a brick campaign flyer at www.stmarys.org/foundation.