Christus HEALTH FOUNDATION OF Southeast Texas

CHRISTUS Health Foundation of Southeast Texas is a Texas non-profit organization serving the philanthropic needs of CHRISTUS Health Southeast Texas (the "Health System"). It is the Foundation's responsibility to encourage and receive contributions from individuals, corporations, associations, and foundations. These contributions are distributed to the Health System and its subsidiary non-profit hospitals, in accordance with the intentions of the donors and within the confines of the Foundation's goals and objectives. All contributions assist the Health System in providing continuing high quality health care in areas such as modernization and construction of needed hospital facilities, acquisition of hospital equipment, and other special health care needs of the Health System. The Foundation also sponsors the Children's Miracle Network (CMN) for children's health services in the community. Funds raised for the CMN are restricted to provide needed equipment and improvements to the Pediatric and Obstetrical Care Units of the supported hospitals. The CMN Grant Assistance Program focuses on children with healthcare needs who may require financial assistance. Grants are awarded when specific criteria and guidelines are met. The Foundation sponsors other local events to provide support for coronary care, oncology and hyperbaric treatment. The Foundation's sole corporate member is CHRISTUS HEALTH SOUTHEAST TEXAS; CHRISTUS HEALTH SOUTHEAST TEXAS' sole corporate member is CHRISTUS Health.CHRISTUS Health Southeast Texas includes all of the hospitals, clinics, services and other ministries of CHRISTUS Health located in the Beaumont, Port Arthur, and Jasper areas of Texas. A myriad of other health services, such as physician offices, clinics, outpatient services and programs are located throughout the eight-county area served by CHRISTUS Health Southeast Texas. CHRISTUS Health was formed in 1999 to strengthen the 153-year-old, faith-based health care ministries of the Congregations of the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word of Houston and San Antonio. Founded on the mission "to extend the healing ministry of Jesus Christ," CHRISTUS is challenged to reach out to, and beyond, the more than 60 communities we serve to help those in need. CHRISTUS Health responds to the health care needs of its communities through services provided at more than 60 hospitals and long-term care facilities, 175 clinics and outpatient centers, and other community health ministries and community development ventures. CHRISTUS services can be found in Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Texas, six provinces of Mexico, Colombia and Chile. Although programs may differ from facility to facility, each of our health care entities has the same objective -- which is to lead the way to a healthier community.