Emergency Funds - Help Patients in Crisis

UNC Health Appalachian is dedicated to serving our patients regardless of ability to pay. The Patient Emergency Fund and Cancer Patient Emergency Fund care for our patients and their families by providing funds for medication, transportation, housing, and other critical needs when they are receiving treatment from UNC Health Appalachian. To help support those receiving care here in our community, please consider contributing to these funds. Your gift makes a difference.

Patient Emergency Fund

The Patient Emergency Fund made available at UNC Health Appalachian allows the system to truly meet the needs of our patient population. Medication provisions for those without insurance, coverage of electricity and heating assistance for those who are so ill they cannot return home without support, and grocery cards to allow individuals to have healthy meals available are just a few of the ways this fund is utilized on a regular basis to meet the needs of our residents in a medical crisis.

Cancer Patient Emergency Fund

The Cancer Patient Emergency Fund provides financial assistance to Seby B. Jones Regional Cancer Center patients for items such as gasoline for transportation to treatments, utility bills, medications, and grocery expenses. Originally started and maintained by The Park Foundation, the fund has donated thousands of dollars since its inception in 2007.