Allegheny General Hospital

Highlights from an Impressive History

• 1920s The Auxiliary alone raises more than $700,000 to complete the “skyscraper” hospital – AGH’s existing South Tower, a landmark on Pittsburgh’s North Side.

• 1925 The Auxiliary awards the first AGH nurses scholarship.

• 1941 The AGH Gift shop opens.

• 1954 The annual tradition of presenting a Christmas rose to each patient begins.

• 1968 Participation in the American Cancer Society’s Reach-to-Recovery
  program for breast cancer patients begins.

• 1984 AGH’s Buckle-Up-Baby program starts.

• 1992 The Auxiliary reaches the $1 million mark for total money raised during its history.

• 1996 The Auxiliary raises more than $100,000 for cardiovascular research at its first ball.

• 1997 The Auxiliary Ball raises funds for Alzheimer’s disease research at AGH.

• 1999 The Grand Grounds coffee cart opens as the Auxiliary’s newest fundraiser.

• 2000 Funds raised are used to renovate AGH’s Snyder Pavilion lobby.

• 2001 The Auxiliary reaches the $3 million mark for total money raised during its history.

• 2002 The Auxiliary opens a Gift Shop in the new Allegheny General Hospital Cancer Center.

• 2003-2004 The Auxiliary raises $500,000 to support the Gilmore Women and Infants Center endowment.

• 2005 The Auxiliary Ball raises more than $115,000 for renovations toward the AGH Surgical Intensive Care Unit waiting room.

• 2007 The Auxiliary provides funds for the renovation of five waiting rooms.

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  2008 The Auxiliary reaches the $5 million mark for total money raised during its history; funds are used to renovate AGH’s Heritage Hall; the Auxiliary Ball raises more than $160,000 for renovations toward the AGH Department of Radiation Oncology patient treatment areas. The Auxiliary purchases a new digital mammogram machine for the Breast Center for $465,000.

• 2009 The Auxiliary raises $120,000 for the renovation of the Neurosurgery waiting area on the second floor of the South Tower.

• 2010-2012 The Auxiliary raises $350,000 for the renovations to 8C, a cardiac monitored unit in the Snyder Pavilion, including painting, new furniture and TVs and other patient amenities.

• 2013 The Auxiliary Gala will benefit the Department of Neurology for the creation of a four-bed seizure unit.