PinnacleHealth System fund-raiser nearing its goal

A campaign to raise funds to enhance services at H arri sburgbased PinnacleHealth System is nearing its $10.9 million goal.

As of Oct. 11, the PinnacleHealth Foundation's Commitment to Caring had raised $9.2 million, said Paul Brown, PinnacleHealth's vice president of gifts and endowments. The effort began in August 2000.

It will pay for expanding and renovating the emergency departments at Harrisburg and Community General Osteopathic hospitals. A new community health center at Polyclinic Hospital in Harrisburg will also be funded.

The emergency department projects were completed in late 2000 and early 2001. The community health center is scheduled to open in …