Children's Healthcare Services
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Foundation first partnered with Children's Miracle Network Hospitals in 1991. Since then, millions of dollars have been raised for children's healthcare services at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital. Children's Miracle Network Hospitals generates funds and raises awareness for children's services at more than 170 hospitals in the United States and Canada. One hundred percent of funds raised by the BMH Foundation stay local. BMH is proud to be your Children's Miracle Network Hospitals partner! Thank you for helping us make miracles happen for sick kids in Kern County!
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To make an online donation directly to Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Foundation, please click the "Donate Now" button at the top of this page.
Donations made by check may be sent directly to BMH Foundation at:
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Foundation
PO Box 2401
Bakersfield, CA 93303-2401
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization established in 1981 to raise funds for equipment and services at Memorial Hospital. Since then, BMH Foundation has grown and established many worthy projects and raised more than $29 million, all to assist the hospital, its employees and ultimately and most importantly - the patients.
Since 1991, Bakersfield Memorial Hospital has been the only Children's Miracle Network Hospitals (CMNH) member serving Kern County and the southern San Joaquin Valley. All of the Foundation's fundraising efforts in conjunction with CMNH support pediatric services at Memorial Hospital. As with all of our philanthropic activities, all funds raised here, stay here to help serve our community.
In the early 1950's, the people of Bakersfield and Kern County found themselves in desperate need of a new hospital. A fundraising campaign was formed by civic leaders and healthcare professionals to raise money to build a true community hospital -- one owned and governed by the people. That drive led to the opening of the original 112-bed Greater Bakersfield Memorial Hospital in 1956.
Thanks to the continuing support of many donors, volunteers and local leaders, Memorial Hospital has continued to grow and meet the needs of this community. Numerous construction projects completed throughout the years have made Memorial the largest regional medical center in the Southern Valley. The facility now includes 385 general acute beds, 48 licensed critical care beds, 13 state-of-the-art surgical suites, and a full-service Emergency Department with an Accredited Chest Pain Center and Nationally Certified Stroke Center. In addition, it offers a beautiful Family Care and Birthing Center, the Lauren Small Children's Center including the area's only Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Family Care Center, a Level II NICU, the Sarvanand Heart and Brain Center with Kern County's first Bi-Plane Interventional Suite and Hybrid Catheterization Lab, the Center for Wound Care and Hyperbarics, and many more services.
In September 2017, Memorial opened the Robert A. Grimm Children's Pavilion for Emergency Services. Designed specifically for pediatric patients, the Pavilion features a separate waiting area and specialized treatment area just for children.
State licensing approval of the Grossman Burn Center's S.A. Camp Companies Burn Unit at Memorial Hospital took place in May 2019. This unit now offers world-class burn care to burn survivors in our community.