Thanks to a $2.5 million gift from DuPont, a global company based in Wilmington, Delaware, and operating in 90 countries, Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children has received a tremendous boost for its plans to expand into a new five-story patient care building. The gift was announced at a “Sky Breaking” event that marks the start of construction which will have all single-rooms for children and accommodations for families.
DuPont Company Donates Gift for Hospital Expansion
Roy Proujansky, MD, Executive Vice President, Health Operations & COO; Hinton Lucas, SVP DuPont and Nemours Board of Managers; Dick Christopher and Jack Porter, Nemours Board of Directors; and Tom Ferry, Retired CEO of N/AIDHC.
DuPont CEO, Ellen Kullman, comments, “Nemours/Alfred I. du Pont Hospital for Children is an internationally renowned institution and an important resource for children and families from around the world. We are proud to help the hospital increase its efforts to provide its patients with the best possible care and service. Nemours strives to achieve the principles that Alfred I. duPont instilled — to do all that is in your power to alleviate human suffering."
“We are incredibly grateful to DuPont for its generosity and vision in providing this transformational philanthropic gift,” says Kevin B. Churchwell, MD, CEO of Nemours/ Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children and Nemours Senior Vice President.
About Nemours
Nemours is an internationally recognized children’s health system that owns and operates the Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, DE, along with major pediatric specialty clinics in Delaware, Florida, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. In 2012, it will open the full-service Nemours Children’s Hospital in Orlando, Florida.
Established as The Nemours Foundation through the legacy and philanthropy of
Alfred I. du Pont, Nemours offers pediatric clinical care, research, education, advocacy, and prevention programs to all families in the communities it serves.