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Press release Apr 16, 2024
Centra Elevates Surgical Program at Southside Community Hospital with New Robotic System

Centra recently expanded its surgical program at Centra Southside Community Hospital (SCH) with the addition of a new state-of-the-art da Vinci Xi…

Newsletter Apr 03, 2024
Prevent. Educate. Collaborate.

As April Rasmussen and her team began to observe cases of human trafficking as part of their role as forensic nurses at Lynchburg General Hospital,…

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Newsletter Apr 03, 2024
Generations of Nursing

By Melissa Carrico, RN This year, we're celebrating the centennial of Virginia Baptist Hospital and sharing stories from throughout its history of…

Newsletter Apr 03, 2024
Green with Gratitude

This month, many of Centra’s facilities will be lit up green to commemorate DonateLife Month.

Newsletter Apr 03, 2024
An Advocate for Access

By Amy Johnson, NP As a child growing up on my family’s farm in Highland County, one of the more rural parts of Virginia, I had dreams of becoming a…

Centra news Mar 29, 2024
A Message to Our Community: Looking Ahead Together

Dear Community Members, There is no doubt that in any organization's history there will be moments of joy, hardship, gratitude and frustration.

Newsletter Mar 25, 2024
A compassionate renaissance man: Honoring Dr. Peter W. Houck's enduring legacy

Virginia Baptist Hospital Centennial Centra’s Intensive Care Nursery (ICN) opened in November of 1972 at Virginia Baptist Hospital, and Dr.

Houck
Foundation story Mar 18, 2024
Your generosity helped Alex and provided hope

EmPATH Our community joined together to bring a new way of caring for behavioral health patients in crisis to central Virginia and made Lynchburg part…

The Reitz family
Foundation story Mar 18, 2024
Impacting local health now and in the future

Planned Giving: Lucy and Robert Cook When the Centra Foundation partnered with a nationally recognized firm to offer confidential and complimentary…

Lucy and Robert Cook
Foundation story Mar 15, 2024
Giving the gifts of hope and healing

Meet a few donors and families who made a gift to the Greatest Need Fund last year and learn more about why they give through the Centra Foundation.

Donors