Giving Stories

Patty Sacks, MBA, LMSW (left) is a practicing social worker, a member of the Board of Trustees of the JED Foundation—an organization addressing suicide prevention and emotional health issues for college and high school students—and a member of the Geisel School of Medicine Board of Advisors. Her husband, Doug Sacks, is a Dartmouth College graduate (D’80), and the eldest of their three daughters, Olivia Sacks, attended Dartmouth College and Geisel (D’11, MED’20). Holly Andersen, MD, D’85 (right) is a practic

Q&A with Patty Sacks & Holly Andersen

Giving in Action
December 5th, 2022
Channing Connor doesn’t let Bloom syndrome keep him on the bench.

Stopping Cancer Before It Starts

Giving in Action
October 3rd, 2022
Mental health stock image

Healing the Hurt

Giving in Action
October 3rd, 2022
Molly H., an LNA on the pediatric inpatient unit at CHaD, works with an adolescent patient on mental health interventions developed as part of the I*CARE project.

A Bold New Approach to Helping Kids in Distress

Giving in Action
October 3rd, 2022
The Boyle Program turns 25

A Quarter Century of Connection and Compassion

Giving in Action
October 3rd, 2022
Mental Health

Students Embrace Geisel’s Groundbreaking Mental Health Program

Giving in Action
May 5th, 2022
Early in 2004, James Savarese D’88 and his family were flourishing. He was growing a fledgling business into a multimillion dollar company and his wife, Eileen Savarese, had given birth to their first child, Charlie. Charlie Savarese and his grandfather Chuck Ripp, napping together after one of Charlie’s chemotherapy treatments. Photo courtesy James and Eileen Savarese.

Dartmouth Cancer Center’s Approach to Research Inspires Hope

Giving in Action
April 28th, 2022
Audrey Calderwood, MD, MS, director of Dartmouth-Hitchcock’s (D-H) Comprehensive Gastroenterology Center

$32.7 Million Grant for Cancer Prevention

Giving in Action
December 6th, 2021
Tyler Hartman, MD, and Kathryn Richards, MSN, APRN, envisioned a better way to care for stable preterm infants.

Philanthropy Powers Innovation: The Susan and Richard Levy Health Care Delivery Incubator

Giving in Action
November 18th, 2021
From left to right: Ellesse-Roselee L. Akré, MA, PhD; Alka Dev, MHS, DrPH; Terri Lewinson, MSW, PhD; Christine Marie Gunn, MA, PhD

New Faculty Advance Health Equity

Giving in Action
November 17th, 2021
Amber Barnato, MD, MPH, MS

Q&A with Amber Barnato: A New Dartmouth Atlas for a More Equitable World

Giving in Action
November 17th, 2021
Through the Accelerator, Bernice Leung (left) and Yolanda Sanchez, PhD (right), learned the steps involved in getting a drug to human trials and then into the market, and met people who can help them move their project forward.

Philanthropy Powers Innovation: The Dartmouth Innovations Accelerator for Cancer

Giving in Action
November 17th, 2021
HVC CARES nurses like Leane Matchem, BSN, RN, travel to farmers’ markets, athletic games, health fairs, and other public events offering free heart health screenings to the community.

CARES Hits the Road for Heart Health

Giving in Action
November 17th, 2021

Stories of giving back and changing lives

Larry Morgan, an avid cyclist and pacemaker patient, stands next to his bike and a sign that says, "elevation here 6,578 feet."

A Pacemaker Fit for a Cyclist

Patient Stories
February 26th, 2024
Brock Christensen, PhD (right) and Christine Gunn, MA, PhD (left)

A Personalized Healthcare Revolution

Giving in Action
December 7th, 2023
Volunteers tend the Farmacy Garden at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, an initiative to improve access to nutritious food among patients.

Where the Clinic and the Dinner Table Meet

Giving in Action
December 7th, 2023