Inspiring Stories

Borgess Foundation is grateful for the generous support of our donors and community. Our donors have their own stories to tell, complete with emotional and powerful reasons for giving back. Read one such story below:

Patty Murphy

Cancer survivor’s gift helps cancer patients keep their cool—and hair

For many cancer patients, maintaining a sense of normalcy while undergoing treatment can be a struggle. And hair loss after chemotherapy treatments doesn’t help.
Kay and Don Pierce

Kay Pierce

Kay Pierce, a donor with a deep love and appreciation for her community, left her entire estate worth more than two million dollars to the Ascension Michigan Foundation to be used exclusively for providing improvements and acquiring new equipment at Ascension Borgess-Pipp Hospital.

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