We Are Tri-City

Harry Singh Jr., his wife Mercedes, and the Singh family have generously contributed a gift of $125,000 to establish a fund in honor of Harry’s parents, Harry Singh, Sr. and Oclides Singh. The fund will provide support for nursing and allied health students while they complete their clinical training and education in Tri-City Medical Center. [read more]

In each city and town, there seem to be those special few people who are committed to making their community a better place to live. In Vista, two of those people are Bob and Sandee Carter. Because the Carters believe that every community deserves a world-class medical center, Bob Carter has dedicated the last 20 years and Sandee Carter the last 10 years to the Tri-City Hospital Foundation board. Both have worked diligently while on the board to raise money and awareness for Tri-City Medical Center. [read more]

Giving back to the community is something that seems to come naturally to Bill and Mary Wright. The Wrights are annual donors to the Tri-City Hospital Foundation and also contribute their personal time every week volunteering for the hospital auxiliary. [read more]

At first glance, DJO might appear to be a company that caters solely to elite athletes. And why not? Its list of satisfied clients includes Superbowl MVP Peyton Manning as well as the U.S. Ski and Volleyball Teams. But after further examination, you realize the true face of DJO more closely resembles your next door neighbor with chronic knee problems; it is the face of North County San Diego residents suffering from everyday knee and back pain. [read more]

Tri-City Hospital Foundation is honored to welcome Frank Mercardante back to the Board of Trustees. Frank served on the Board in the late 1980s and is a founding member of the Diamond Society. A Deacon at St. Mark’s Catholic Church in San Marcos, Frank was previously President of Southwest Bank and founded Southwest Community Bank three years ago. [read more]

TaylorMade-adidas Golf Company became the title sponsor of the Tri-City Hospital Foundation Golf ‘Fore’ Your Heart Pro-Am Golf Tournament eight years ago. Since that time, the tournament — held at Shadowridge Country Club in Vista — has raised more than $1.2 million to support cardiovascular services and programs at Tri-City Medical Center. [read more]

Bill Mazzarella, a long-time Diamond Society member, Tri-City Hospital Auxilian, and frequent donor to the NICU, praises the grant from the Foundation and appeals to others to consider supporting the NICU through gits to the Tri-City Hospital Foundation. [read more]

Dr. Steven L. Guber, a former staff surgeon at Tri-City Medical Center, has recently donated a significant gift to Tri-City Hospital Foundation to begin a scholarship fund for Operating Room Nursing and Staff Education. [read more]

Virginia Rapp, a resident of the San Francisco area and Director of Development for the Department of Physics at University of California, Berkeley, is a loyal friend and committed donor of Tri-City Hospice and Tri-City Hospital Foundation. [read more]

Archived Donor Profiles:

Dr. Ted Folkerth

Jay Patterson