Impact Stories
Shields Scholarship Program Provides Growth Opportunities for New Nurses and Current Colleagues at SJHS
The Kathryn L. and William S. Shields Endowment for the Education of Professionals in the Health Care Field was established with the Community Foundation of St. Joseph County in 1994 to create an e...
April 23, 2025
Foundation Funds Equipment for Safe Patient Movement and Handling Program
Saint Joseph Health System is excited to continue our journey toward improving patient mobility in the hospital by utilizing safe patient movement equipment at both our Mishawaka and Plymouth locat...
April 23, 2025
Robotic-Assisted Bronchoscopy: Advancing Lung Cancer Detection and Care in Michiana
Saint Joseph Health System is proud to offer robotic-assisted bronchoscopy, a state-of-the-art, minimally-invasive procedure used to diagnose lung conditions, including lung cancer, with unpreceden...
April 23, 2025
Local family supports parents in grief with gift of Cuddle Cots
Joy turned to grief in August of 2020 as Patrick and Claire Slebonick’s first child, Sloane Lisbeth Slebonick, was stillborn. They processed the tragedy with the support of SJHS’s caring doctor...
October 14, 2024
Margot Ann Witous
Our Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) is an integral part of providing care to all our patients. Because of donations to the Foundation, we are able to directly support families who hav...
October 14, 2024
Nurse Charles Shumba - COVID-19 Saint Joe Superstars
Saint Joseph Health System is called to care for our entire community, but our dedicated staff colleagues couldn’t do it without your help. One of those colleagues is Charles Shumba, a registered...
October 14, 2024