Oconee Memorial Hospital Foundation

03/30/2026

In recognition of National Doctors' Day, OMH Foundation salutes all of our medical providers who provide exceptional care to patients and families every day. Thank you for making a difference through patient care, medical research, innovation and the continuous improvement of healthcare practices!

Additionally, OMH Foundation received $20,000 in support of Doctors’ Day! These contributions will stay here to enhance patient care in and around our Oconee Medical Campus. OMH Foundation received these gifts in honor of the following providers:

Dr. Natallia Abramovich
Dr. Mahabuba Akhter
Dr. Robert Allen
Dr. Kati Beben
Dr. William Bedingfield
Ms. Dimetra Brewer, FNP
Dr. Scott Brown
Dr. Bill Chiles
Dr. Wendy Cornett
Dr. Greg Cromer
Dr. Jeremy Davis
Dr. Weldon Deas
Dr. Karyn Dyehouse
Dr. Gregory Enders
Dr. T. Ed Evans
Dr. Gabriel Fiscus
Ms. Leigh Godbee-Stephens, NP
Mr. Kody Hanvey, NP
Dr. Kam Ho
Dr. Terese Howes
Ms. Jacqueline Hudak, ACNP
Dr. James G. Johnson
Dr. Charles Kanos
Dr. Wendy Manzon
Dr. Eric D. Marler
Dr. Caroline Clary Molter
Dr. Brett Murphy
Dr. Javier Otero
Dr. Dhruval Patel
Dr. Frank C. Papik, III
Dr. Tommaso Raimondi
Dr. Brian J. Redmond
Dr. Nathaniel Richards
Dr. William Sandifer
Dr. Andrew Schneider
Ms. Jody Schultz, NP
Dr. Jerry Sherrill
Dr. Conrad Shuler
Ms. Gracie Simon, NP
Dr. Vijendra Singh
Dr. Nardine Smoak
Dr. Allan Soy
Dr. Marcus Stanbro
Ms. Carolyn Strain, NP
Dr. Ted Swann
Dr. Alicia Tolbert
Ms. Meredith Waldrop, NP
Dr. Stephanie Waldrop
Dr. Jifeng Wang
Mr. Ben Williamson, FNP

Thank you to our community for honoring these providers with a gift to impact local healthcare!

03/30/2026

Pass the Purse tix are on sale TODAY! Buy yours while they last! www.bidpal.net/passthepurse2026 Rallying together to support local cancer care!

03/19/2026

Don’t miss the ladies’ event of the year! Join us for OMH Foundation’s Pass the Purse, a designer purse auction and dinner on April 22 at The Madren Center.

Step into the Roaring ’20s with a night full of fun, festive fashion, and meaningful fundraising as we come together to support our local Cancer Institute.

TICKETS ($125 pp / tables seat 10) on sale online beginning March 30! They will go fast. Call your friends and make plans to join us!
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02/09/2026

THANK YOU to our wonderful community for supporting Prisma Health Hospice of the Foothills through OMH Foundation's Annual Christmas Tree Festival! Festival sponsors and decorators were treated to a breakfast last week, sponsored by Blue Ridge Bank. There, OMH Foundation announced proceeds from the 2025 Christmas tree Festival - a net profit of $326,643. This event generated the highest net profit of any fundraising event in our history! Funds raised benefit 1) Hospice of the Foothills Crippen Endowment to provide vital sustainable operational support and charity care for hospice patients across the upstate and 2) Cottingham House Expansion to support an additional 10-bed wing to increase capacity at our inpatient hospice facility.

Congrats to festival decorators who received Blue Ribbons for their creations: Lake and Hills Garden Club, Debbie and Steve Daniell & Designer's Touch Florist, Allie Thomson and Waterford Pointe Women.
Congrats to the 2025 Best in Show Winner: Allie Thomson

The festival has taken place for 22 years and raised a total of $3.2 million. Plans are underway for OMH Foundation's 2026 Christmas Tree Festival to be held the week following Thanksgiving. If you are interested in being a part of this community event to support Prisma Health Hospice of the Foothills, call OMH Foundation.

02/06/2026

Gathered together with our Women in Philanthropy members this week to learn more about Behavioral Health and the many resources Prisma Health is providing across the state. We are blessed to have a Behavioral Health Emergency Care Unit right here at OMH - a service to help stabilize patients in crisis so they can safely return to our community or to a more intensive service.

Additionally, did you know Prisma Health is building a new inpatient Behavioral Health Hospital? The new 112-bed hospital will quadruple the number of beds available for adolescents and children to help meet the critical community need. It will also provide expanded care for adults, including older adults. Located in Easley, the hospital is expected to open in the spring of 2027.

Many thanks to Dr. Bill Chiles, Dr. Karen Lommel and Lb Turpin for sharing this important information with our group! If you would like to learn more about these initiatives and how you can support them or to learn more about our Women in Philanthropy Group, Call OMH Foundation at 864-885-7912.

01/30/2026

SAVE THE DATE! OMH Foundation's Pass the Purse event is Wednesday, April 22 at The Madren Center! Ladies, you don't want to miss this fun-filled filled evening set in the 1920s with a delicious dinner and lively designer purse auction! Most importantly, your presence is needed as we support cancer care and survivorship programs here at our Cancer Institute in Seneca. Mark your calendars! Tickets will go on sale March 30 and we will post the link soon!

12/31/2025

Celebrating a wonderful year of impacting lives through philanthropy! THANK YOU to our community who cares deeply about ensuring we have the healthcare resources and technology right here when needed most. Your gifts this year impacted thousands of lives from our NICU to surgical care to cancer care and hospice. OMH Foundation is grateful for each of you and wishes you a Happy, healthy 2026!

12/30/2025

Prisma Health's Hospice of the Foothills Cottingham House is expanding! Help us finish our house with your tax-deductible donation today. Call us at 864-885-7912 or visit Oconee Memorial Hospital Foundation online.

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12/27/2025

Consider giving the gift of hope and healing this year with a tax-deductible donation to OMH Foundation. Your gifts whether to support pediatrics, robotic technology, cancer care, hospice care and more greatly impact the patients we serve! Thank you for supporting the cause that affects us all...our health! Call OMH Foundation to make your 2025 donation at 864-885-7912 or visit

Your support of Prisma Health’s Oconee Medical Campus and surrounding services (Hospice, Cancer Institute, EMS and more) will help further our mission to heal compassionately.

12/24/2025

OMH Foundation wishes you and yours a happy, healthy holiday! We are thankful for your continued support.

12/22/2025

So thankful for the gift of quality hospice care that all started in Seneca, SC 36 years ago! Today, Dr. Crippen's vision spans across the entire upstate of South Carolina as Prisma Health Hospice of the Foothills provides care to families in their homes, in our Prisma Health hospitals or in our home - The Cottingham House, our inpatient hospice facility. Listen to what this service means to the families we serve:
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If you would like to help us "finish our house" - The Cottingham House, please call OMH Foundation 864-885-7912 to make a tax-deductible donation. Thank you for supporting the gift of hospice care!

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12/17/2025

What a wonderful finale to our Christmas Tree Festival! Our Gala attracted a sold-out crowd of hospice supporters who enjoyed a delicious meal at Keowee Key, Live Auction, and Dancing with DJ Kickx!
The biggest news of the evening came just before our Fund-Our- Mission Paddle Raise...
Our beloved Cottingham House is expanding to add 10 more patient rooms! Our inpatient hospice facility will be the only 25-bed hospice house within Oconee and Pickens Counties! This house was built by our community 18 years ago and thanks to generous supporters, we will continue to sustain it. If you would like to help us finish our house, please call OMH Foundation at 864-885-7912.