To serve as an instrument to assist, advance and strengthen Baptist Health Paducah, a hospital owned and operated by Baptist Healthcare System, Inc. in its mission of service by enhancing the health of the people and communities we serve.To encourage, solicit, receive and administer gifts, bequests, donations and benefactions made to or for the benefit of Baptist Health Paducah or to the corporation, and to supply and provide greater continuity and uniformity in the control, management and distribution of gifts, bequests, donations and benefactions, and in furthering the mission of Baptist Health Paducah and Baptist Healthcare System, Inc.