You can support the best care experiences, close to home.
This past year, you made receiving care faster and easier for people like Norm Wright, a self-proclaimed “all-too-frequent” patient, who comes to St. Joe’s because “it’s like a second home,” always there for him when he needs it.
Norm regularly relies on St. Joe’s Ambulatory Care Clinic (ACC), recently for the treatment and removal of skin cancer—seeing Dr. Jeanne Zeller at our Dermatology Clinic and Dr. Erin Dahlke at our Mohs Surgery Clinic. This Spring, you helped transform the ACC, creating a space that can accommodate our community’s growing need for fast, easy to access care—and make life better for people like Norm.
The timely care you make possible means coming to the clinic with cancer and leaving without it. It also means less waiting time, and it’s why Norm also chooses to give back to his local hospital.
I come here because I’ve always received great care. St. Joe’s is here for me when I need it, so I am happy to help the cause.
-Norm Wright
Grateful patient & donor
Thanks to you, thousands of patients like Norm are already receiving faster, more efficient care as a result of the 100% donor-funded Ambulatory Care Centre renovation that added 30% more space, among other improvements. You helped bring together 26 of St. Joe’s Specialty Outpatient Clinics—including Dermatology, Mohs Micrographic Surgery, Chest/Respiratory, and Plastics—making care more accessible, coordinated, and comfortable for more than 55,000+ patient visits each year.
Tennile Rapley, Clinical Manager of the ACC, has seen firsthand how transformative the ACC’s new space has been for both patients and staff. “Our previous clinic space was outdated and no longer supported the growing needs of our patients or care teams,” Tennile explains. “The exam rooms were small, inefficient, and not designed for the way ambulatory care is delivered.”
“Now, we have purpose-built clinical spaces equipped with advanced technology that improves patient flow, streamlines operations, and allows us to see patients more efficiently and sooner. We’ve doubled our patient seating capacity, expanded our clinic footprint, and created an environment that is functional, welcoming, and designed around patient care. It’s incredible to see the impact a thoughtfully designed space can have on both the patient experience and the care we’re able to provide every day.”
