Serving Military City San Antonio, TX


Auxiliary Welfare Grants



Every year the BAMC Auxiliary accepts proposals for grants submitted from various departments across the hospital and associated clinics. Requested items aim to supplement department/clinic funding to further improve the patient experience at BAMC. The BAMC Auxiliary Grant committee meets each Winter after the application period has closed to deliberate and approve proposals that aim to meet the best needs of the BAMC patient community.

Despite the restrictions put in place during the 2020/21 calendar year which limited in person fundraising and meeting, The BAMC Auxiliary was still able to award over $12,000 in funds towards various department/clinic requests.



2021-22 Welfare Grant Application





The BAMC Auxiliary is pleased to announce the 2022 Welfare Grant Application season is open! If your request is fulfilled you must have a representative at the Welfare Grants Ceremony in May. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us. Our Welfare Grants program is an extension of our mission to serve the patients at Brooke Army Medical Center and the military community. These grants are patient-centered and aim to fill needs and budget gaps. Have an idea for how to improve the patient experience at your clinic, department, or facility? Lack the funding to make that idea a reality? Apply for a Welfare Grant!


2021-22 Timeline


11/30/2021 - Grant Applications Due

12/05/2021 to 01/20/2022 - Grant Review Period

05/06/2022 - Welfare Grant Ceremony @ BAMC




Past Grant Examples Include:





TBI Memory Notebooks, Infant CPR kits, Fans, hand molds for palliative patient care, transportation for civilian patients who have no other means upon discharge, clothing for burn patients, nursing pillows and covers for breastfeeding evaluation and education, phone charging station in the Emergency Department waiting room, innertubes for water polo at the Center for the Intrepid, chairs that sit at crib-height for Pediatric ICU, cephaly devices for Neurology patient trials, patient education books (diabetes, pediatric cancer, etc), kitchen tools for patient skill building in Brain Rehab Unit, recovery coins for substance abuse treatment programs, baby swings for Neonatal ICU, skeleton model for patient education in Rheumatology and the list goes on and on.


If you have an idea submit a grant proposal and if you're unsure please reach out and email us with questions.


The BAMC Auxiliary 2021-22 Welfare Grant Application period is now CLOSED



2021 Grant Recipients



Chaplain Reed & Annette Ledezma (Palliative Care Unit) receiving various items for patient and family comfort.



Col Osborne (Dept Commander of Surgical Services) and Gina Pickard in Trauma/Critical Care receiving a grant of clothing for civilian trauma patients and funds for taxi vouchers for civilians who are unable to afford transportation.



3T receiving Teddy Bears and hearts to record loved ones heart beats to remember them after passing.



Irene Waak & Andrea Scott, Burn Unit Social Workers, receive sandals and clothing for civilian burn Unit victims.



Breast cancer Unit receive 175 Breast Cancer Handbooks for newly diagnosed patients.



Lt.Col Oberlin of Pediatric Oncology receiving diabetes education materials for newly diagnosed patients.





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