Foundation – Leesburg

For more than 45 years, the UF Health Leesburg Hospital Foundation has helped raise the necessary funds to purchase equipment and technology, complete construction projects, provide additional programs and services, and reach out into the community in a variety of ways. The Foundation funds scholarships for men and women pursuing health care careers and those looking to further their education in health-related fields.

Donors come from all walks of life and give for many different reasons. Each gift is important, no matter how large or small. Charitable contributions to the UF Health Leesburg Hospital Foundation are tax deductible.

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Royal Palm Society

Our members are passionate about health care and this community. They use their power as philanthropists to move medicine forward.

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Employee Giving

The employee giving campaign provides UF Health Leesburg team members the opportunity to engage in our culture of philanthropy.

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Spiritual Care

The pastoral services staff at UF Health seeks to provide spiritual support for patients and their family members by providing spiritual counseling, participation in consultations, sharing sacraments and other rituals of faith and being available as supportive personas who can listen objectively to the concerns voiced to them.

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Scholarship Program

UF Health Leesburg Hospital Foundation is honored to award thousands of dollars in scholarships annually to students graduating from Leesburg High School, hospital teen volunteers and hospital employees who wish to pursue or advance their career in the healthcare field.

Leesburg student award recipients

Foundation development team

Foundation board members

  • Andrew LoFaro, chair
  • Josh Gonzales, Immediate past chair
  • Lori Davis, vice chair
  • Dolores Geverink
  • Heath Nailos, JD
  • Amanda Patten
  • Deneal Sullivan
  • Dan Tatro
  • Gerry Tucker
  • David van de Velde
  • Lynne Winker, UF Health Central Florida advisory board rep.
  • Blake Merrill

Board emeritus

  • Patrick Grady

Ex-officio

  • Heather B. Long, Chief Executive Officer, UF Health Central Florida
  • Erica Lebo, MBA, Executive Director/Foundation President

Contact Us

701 N. Palmetto Street, Suite G
Leesburg, FL 34748
352.323.5500
elebo@shands.ufl.edu

UF Health Leesburg Hospital Foundation is a private, not-for-profit organization and is a qualified charitable organization under section 501(C)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code  – EIN 59-1800743.