We are excited to host our 12th annual fundraiser Viva Bingo on Saturday, September 7, 2024, at the San Antonio Country Club. Viva Bingo is a fiesta themed family event with food, drinks, bingo, casino, mystery bags, and signature raffle packages, unlike any other event. We are expecting over 550 attendees this year!

The Louise H. Batz Patient Safety Foundation was founded in May of 2009, ten days after Louise H. Batz lost her life to a preventable medical error. Since that day, we have gone on a life-changing journey from tragedy to hope! Our mission is to help families and patients truly become a part of their healthcare team and to reduce preventable medical errors. Over the past 15 years, the Louise H. Batz Patient Safety Foundation has raised over $3 million for patient safety, published ten unique “Batz Guides for Bedside Advocacy”, developed our Batz Patient Guide Apps, established the Batz Foundation Europe, and shared Louise’s story across the United States, Canada, Europe, South America, India, and South Korea.

The mission of the Louise H. Batz Patient Safety Foundation is to help prevent medical errors by ensuring patients and families have the KNOWLEDGE they need to promote a safe hospital experience for their loved ones and to support innovative advancements in patient safety. Our greatest hope is that families, patients, and caregivers will work together as a TEAM to improve hospital safety.

With your help the funds raised from Viva Bingo will support these goals that further our mission to create awareness of patient safety, both locally and internationally:

• Develop an innovative website promoting a wide range of educational topics in patient safety using the ten Batz Guides we have developed over the past 14 years.
• Print, implement, and research the effectiveness of our Weezie’s Angel NICU Guide for Babies.
• Teach at universities and hospitals around the country.
• Participate at healthcare conferences promoting patient safety and education around the globe.
• Expand our Community Health EMPOWER program aimed to help low-income families.
• Continue to expand our international programs.
• Grow our Rosie’s Art Project initiative in honor of Rosalyn Dugger Bowers