Boldly Hoag Campaign Expands Opportunities for Circle 1000 Community
The Hoag Family Cancer Institute knows no boundaries in terms of quality care, and today, its physical boundaries are growing as well. Through the ambitious Boldly Hoag campaign to expand the Irvine campus, Hoag will reach more cancer patients than ever before. Many Circle 1000 members have decided to also support the Boldly Hoag campaign because it advances Circle 1000’s mission to elevate cancer care in Orange County and to eventually to find a cure.
“Our population base has moved down to the Irvine and South County areas,” said Lin Auer, 2023 Circle 1000 Founders’ Committee co-chair, who supports Boldly Hoag in part for the broader reach it facilitates.
“Your dollars that are going to Boldly Hoag are also helping Newport,” said Bethany Knapp, a longtime Circle 1000 member who likewise supports the campaign. “It’s the same hospital. They’re intertwined. It only raises up the level of care for everybody.”
With six new buildings, expanded research capabilities, innovative technology, and dedicated facilities for cancer and other specialty care, the new Sun Family Campus will enhance cancer care countywide. Patients who live closer to Irvine will gain easier access to programs we support and cherish, like Hoag’s cancer early detection programs, nurse navigators, and clinical trials.
“Hoag is going to have two amazing cancer facilities in Orange County,” said Terry Callahan, whose longtime philanthropy today includes both Circle 1000 and Boldly Hoag, and previously the Hoag Promise campaign and the 552 Club. “It will become such an integral part of the community and will draw more people to groups like Circle 1000 because of the quality of care.”
“With the growth of that campus, it is going to attract an even wider range of physicians,” said Terry, referring to the Circle 1000-supported initiative to recruit and retain leading oncologists. “It will lead to the opportunity for more clinical trials.”
Boldly Hoag is also giving patients access to the most advanced medical technology. “We have multimillion dollar pieces of equipment and diagnostics available so close to us with the Hoag name and level of care,” Lin said.
Terry noted that even though their children live out of the area, she and her husband Bob will never move away from Hoag. “Bob will scream that from the rooftops,” she said. In fact, Bob recently spent a month in the vascular unit, which only reinforced the Callahans’ commitment to Boldly Hoag. “You never know when you or your family or a dear friend is going to need Hoag,” Terry said.
Top Image: Rendering of the lobby of the Cancer and Digestive Health Pavilion on Hoag’s Sun Family Campus in Irvine, currently under construction.
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The launch of the Boldly Hoag campaign is a pivotal moment in Hoag’s history. Over the past 70 years, our community has partnered with us to realize each next step in our vision, catalyzing change and innovation to improve patient care. Once again, Hoag is relying on the support of philanthropic partners to lead the way forward in health care. There’s no limit to what we can accomplish together. You belong here.