Celebrating the past, present, and future

Donors have pledged $2 million in support of a new chapel at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center. The generous donors to the project planned for Tower 1 on the McNair Campus included the Scanlan Foundation – a longtime supporter of the hospital.

“We are so grateful for these new gifts in support of our chapel project,” said hospital president Bradley Lembcke, MD. “Our philanthropic partners are helping build a beautiful, spiritual space in which patients and their families can pray and reflect, and I look forward to seeing it take shape over the next year.”

The gifts were announced at a donor reception hosted by St. Luke’s Foundation on May 6 at the O’Quinn Medical Tower, where a donor wall recognizing supporters of the hospital’s previous Health, Hope, and Human Spirit Campaign, was unveiled. Ken Carlson, director of mission for Baylor St. Luke’s, offered a blessing as the wall was revealed.

“Each name etched on this wall represents a profound act of kindness and a belief in our mission to provide exceptional care to our community,” he said. “These are the individuals and organizations who stepped forward with vision and generosity, understanding that their contributions would have a lasting impact on countless lives.”

Lembcke joined with Donna Budak, vice president of philanthropy, to announce the new gifts to the crowd of approximately 50 donors and stakeholders. Lembcke pointed out the presence of the foundation’s first, current, and future board chairs – Howard Tellepsen, Stan Marek, and Will Cravens, noting they “represent the continuity and strength of St. Luke’s Health.”