Spring 2020 | Issue 1
“The frontline staff are truly heroes. Great job and thank you!”
“Thank you for all your efforts! They do not go unnoticed!” “May God bless all of you in this incredibly difficult battle. We are with you all!”
“THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO!”
“STAY SAFE. YOU ARE ALL IN MY PRAYERS.”
We Are All In This Together As our brave physicians, caregivers and associates respond to needs in our communities related to COVID-19, our communities rally around them. Thank you! Read messages of support here, on the back cover, and on pages 4 and 5. “We appreciate your great services. We cannot do this without you all!”
“Thank you to everyone in your health system for all of their hard work and bravery during COVID-19. They are appreciated.”
“May God bless you all for being brave.”
“Thank you for your selfless care to the most vulnerable.”
MESSAGE FROM KEITH PARROTT
AMITA Health President & CEO Dear Friends,
My second week on the job here at AMITA, we had our first COVID-19 patient — the second patient in the U.S. I immediately began to learn about our team and organization in dealing with a healthcare crisis. A wise person once told me that crisis reveals character. I am seeing the AMITA character come to light in our response to COVID-19, and it is very encouraging. Our entire team has stepped up during a very challenging time to respond to the needs in our community and deal with this crisis with grace under pressure. Our caregivers are making daily sacrifices, putting themselves in harm’s way to make sure our community has the care it needs. Our leaders and support staff are working around the clock to support our patients and frontline associates while balancing concern for their own families and friends. And our foundation community has rallied around us, aiding our response and helping take care of our associates as they take care of the most vulnerable in our communities. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to unfold, there is a sense of fear about what our world is experiencing. But here at AMITA, I see people responding to this crisis in positive ways that inspire hope and that will move our mission forward. I am inspired by the dedication to our mission, and I am proud to be a part of this organization. One of the questions I heard often during my first few weeks on the job was “What is AMITA?” In our response to the COVID-19 crisis, every day our identity comes into clearer focus: caregivers from all disciplines providing selfless service; leaders working nonstop to ensure those caregivers have the resources they need to take care of our patients; a spirit of cooperation and teamwork that is growing stronger as we face the inevitable surge in patients; strong faith-based sponsors; and the unwavering support and partnership of our communities. AMITA is a truly integrated system of care based in faith and guided by an enduring mission to extend the healing ministry of Jesus. Continued on pag ge 6 2
Table of Contents Message from Keith.........................................................2 Leaping Forward Together.............................................3 COVID-19: We Are All in This Together..................4–5 Compassion, Excellence, Community.................... 6–7 Putting Compassion into Action.................................. 8 The Life You Save Could Be Your Own......................9 24/7 Connection with Our Kids................................... 10 One Life at a Time...........................................................1 1
AMITA Health Foundations AMITA Health is a faith-based organization with a mission to extend the healing ministry of Jesus. Together, the Alexian Brothers Foundation, Bolingbrook Hospital Foundation, GlenOaks Hospital Foundation, Hinsdale Hospital Foundation, La Grange Memorial Hospital Foundation and Presence Health Foundation support philanthropy-dependent ministries and help advance the mission that has always guided our religious founders. We can’t achieve this goal alone. Your tax-exempt charitable donations are invested as you direct them to be, in the ministries of your choice — and 100% of your gift benefits those receiving care.
Foundation Leadership
AMITA Health Foundations
Melanie Furlan Senior Vice President Chief Philanthropy Officer
Alexian Brothers Foundation
Donna Budak Vice President Foundation Service Line & Strategy Foundation Northwest Region Jill Hulten Vice President Foundation Operations Meghan Moreno Vice President Midwest Health Foundation Foundation South Region Melissa Shane Associate Vice President Foundation Chicago Metro Region
Bolingbrook Hospital Foundation GlenOaks Hospital Foundation Hinsdale Hospital Foundation La Grange Memorial Hospital Foundation Presence Health Foundation
Explore Our New Webpages at: AMITAhealth.org/ Giving
Thank You to Our Generous Top Sponsors Presenting Sponsor Superior Ambulance Service President’s Sponsor BEAR Construction Diamond Sponsor Mr. David’s Foundation Thanks to the leadership of our AMITA Health Gala Committee, the inaugural event was a huge success. Pictured top row (left to right): Pam Seiser, Jim Wienold, Dina Morris, Jeffrey Silver, MD, Steve Blye and Matt Walsh; bottom row (left to right): Michael Friman, Hope Jones, Don Versen, Mary Ann Miller and Dawn LeRoy. Not pictured: Mary Franco, Dane Hassani, MD, Paula Heneghan and Frank Schneider.
Platinum Sponsors Cardiac Surgery Associates Metro Infectious Disease Consultants Vituity
Leaping Forward Together at First AMITA Health Gala Thank you to all who gave generously to make the gala a success! More than 800 members of our foundation community, including several members of AMITA Health’s founding congregations, celebrated the first AMITA Health Gala on leap day, Saturday, February 29. Thanks to the overwhelming generosity of sponsors and guests, and the hard work of the gala committee, the event raised more than $1.5 million, which will be invested in programs and services from across all AMITA Health ministries that would not exist without philanthropy. Read more on page 8 about some people your support has helped. View more photos from the gala: https://amitahealthfoundationsevents.myportfolio.com/2020-amita-health-gala
SAVE the DATE
We continue to evaluate our events schedule and plans in keeping with state and federal guidelines around COVID-19. We will share new plans and dates as soon as possible. Thank you for your understanding! SYSTEMWIDE EVENT AMITA Health Golf Classic | Tentative Monday, August 17 CHICAGO METRO REGION Rock the Boat Presented by the AMITA Health Chicago Metro Ambassador Board | Postponed AMITA Health Chicago Metro Regional Golf Outing | Tentative Monday, August 31 SOUTH REGION AMITA Health South Regional Golf Outing | Tentative Thursday, July 9 NORTHWEST REGION AMITA Health Northwest Regional Golf Outing | Tentative Thursday, September 17 LEARN MORE AT: AMITAhealth.org/FoundationEvents 3
“God Bless all of the nurses, doctors and clinical people who are helping all. I pray for everyone, and thank you for all that you do to keep us all safe!”
“THANKFUL FOR OUR DEDICATED AND COMPASSIONATE STAFF IN THE MIDST OF THIS CRISIS AND PRAYING FOR ALL OF THEM.”
“God protects our health providers and frontline responders!”
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Gratitude flows both ways. On these pages, photos show healthcare workers from across our ministries sharing their appreciation for the support they have received from our communities; notes express gratitude from community members who have generously donated to aid our COVID-19 response. Thank you to all who are helping in this fight!
We May Be Apart — but We Are Not Alone
Thank you for rallying around our caregivers in the fight against COVID-19. As AMITA Health’s caregivers have responded to needs in our communities related to COVID-19, our communities have rallied around them. Thank you for your support! “As challenging as this is for all of us, and especially for those on the front lines, we are seeing our communities stepping up and at their best,” says Melanie Furlan, Senior Vice President and Chief Philanthropy Officer. “It’s important that we hold onto that.”
Support Has Poured In Since March 20, generous community members have donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to help take care of the needs and challenges our health system and frontline associates are now facing as they take care of the most vulnerable in our communities. One community member contributed an incredible $150,000. Our medical staffs also have led the way. 4
Technology and Telehealth Are Pivotal Thanks to philanthropy, approximately 700 additional telehealth licenses are helping in the fight against COVID-19. TapCloud is playing a bigger role than ever in helping us connect with and care for patients virtually. Donations from physicians, community members and businesses are providing more tablets and other technology to allow more virtual patient visits. Past philanthropic funding for technology at the AMITA Health GlenOaks Therapeutic Day School Glendale Heights is even allowing students to continue their learning and therapies from home without interruption.
People and Businesses Contribute Supplies, Food and More Local chambers of commerce, rotary clubs, community members, businesses, professional associations and even school districts have donated thousands of masks, protective eyewear, rain suits and other
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“May God bless all of you in this incredibly difficult battle. We are with you all!!”
“Thank you for all your efforts! They do not go unnoticed.”
“THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP AND GREAT SERVICES TO ALL THE COVID-19 PATIENTS. WE APPRECIATE YOUR GREAT SERVICES, WE CANNOT DO THIS WITHOUT YOU ALL. THANKS A LOT!”
personal protective equipment (PPE) and critical supplies. In addition to PPE, gift cards worth thousands of dollars have been donated to help associates facing hard times. Restaurants have delivered meals to staff. And meal trains took hold, with AMITA Health Adventist Medical Center La Grange and AMITA Health Adventist Medical Center Hinsdale two notable examples. In less than 24 hours, 38 people signed up for the Hinsdale meal train, ensuring lunch and dinner would be provided to staff on two units per day for a full month.
Learn how you can help our frontline caregivers and healthcare workers at www.AMITAhealth.org/InItTogether.
An anonymous neighbor delivered the message below with the signs shown in the pictures above to AMITA Health Saint Francis Hospital Evanston — a message that applies to all of our healthcare workers. “Please accept these distant hugs and kisses as a reminder of your purpose and commitment to your important work.” 5
Compassion, Excellence, Community
Leaders from legacy foundations unite to set vision for philanthropy. Over the past year, leaders from our legacy Adventist, Alexian Brothers and Presence Health foundations have renewed our foundations’ commitment to our mission — to serve people who need help. And they have set a vision for how donors can continue to make an amazing difference throughout all communities served by AMITA
Health. That vision stems from the same principles that guided our religious founders: • C ompassion: Your gifts help us care for people on a personal level, meeting them where they are, getting to know them as they are, and providing understanding and support over the long term, whatever their individual needs. • E xcellence: Your gifts make the exceptional caliber of clinical care people expect from academic medical centers accessible to every individual and community we serve across greater Chicagoland. • C ommunity: Your gifts help address unmet needs, removing barriers people face to getting help and allowing us to work in partnership with other organizations to solve widespread community problems.
Ken Bauwens, Co-Chair, AMITA Health Foundation Board, and Chief Executive Officer, Jamerson & Bauwens Electrical Contractors
Continued from page 2 I know many of you and your families may be facing hardships. I want to remind you that we do have hope. We have a future founded in our faith and fidelity to our mission. From the bottom of my heart, I sincerely thank you for your support and everything you do to allow us to fulfill our mission. We need you now more than ever. Keith A. Parrott President & CEO AMITA Health
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Mike Benoit, Co-Chair, AMITA Health Foundation Board, and Partner and Co-Founder, DiMeo Schneider & Associates, LLC
In a time of change in healthcare, our mission has not changed thanks to the steady support of our foundation community and the strength and stability of our leaders.
Welcoming Keith Parrott
AMITA Health President & CEO The AMITA Health Foundations are excited to welcome Keith Parrott as President and CEO of AMITA Health. Keith, who began his role in January, is a mission-focused leader with a history of producing sustainable results that enable nonprofit hospitals to meet community needs.
In his short time leading the organization, Keith has been a wonderful partner to the Foundations. We are excited about all that we will achieve together under his leadership.
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The charisms of our founders are powerful and relevant, especially when you realize we are still living them out hundreds of years later. — AMITA Health President
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& CEO Keith Parrott
AMITA HEALTH FOUNDATION BOARD MEMBERS
Terry Graber President & CEO Power Construction
Reinhold Llerena, MD President AMITA Health Medical Group AMITA Chief Population Health Officer
Dominic Mangone Former Board Chair Alexian Brothers Foundation
Richard Phillips, MD GlenOaks Hospital Foundation Chair Medical Director Emergency Department AMITA Health Adventist Medical Center GlenOaks
Introducing Your Newest Foundation Board Me Melissa Pontikes
Jay Pollitt Hinsdale Hospital Foundation Chair Managing Director Mar Vista Investment Partners
Melissa Pontikes Founder Sage Strategic Solutions
A visionary, hands-on leader, Melissa Pontikes is founder of Sage Stra of Kenny’s Kids Foundation. Her boutique consulting firm serves sma in the private and not-for-profit sectors. Kenny’s Kids, her family found in organizations which seek to give youth greater opportunities outsi the health and welfare of children and teens. In 2003, Melissa transit to the not-for-profit sector when she assumed the role of campaign d Upon the campaign’s successful completion, she was hired as Presid Thomas Settles Foundation Board Russe Research. Thomas She recently joined the Alexian Brothers Former President President for behavioral healthcare. “Overall what Alexian does outside of beha Power Construction Sterling Bank of St. Charles said. “But, when I look at just that aspect, it’s so needed and so not ta to change. So many people are impacted by behavioral health issues about it. It’s what cancer was 50 years ago; a taboo subject. The mor the more understanding there is, the more that stigma starts to go aw Melissa Pontikes, Founder and President, Sage Strategic Solutions
Torsten Saile Alexandra Lyon Singer Executive Director Lyon Family Foundation
Tor lives in South Barrington with his wife and children. As owner and Matthew P. Walsh II George Wienold Family Wealth Advisors in Barrington, he helps entrepreneurs, profes Capital Partner CEO and Owner executives maximize retirement distributions and plan for specific fina Hinshaw & Culbertson BEAR Construction Integral to helping build the AMITA Health Women & Children’s Hosp a leader in the Alexian Brothers Foundation’s efforts to transform beh health needs philanthropy more than any other area, because there i state or federal government,” he said. “I hope to help expand access of care who needs it.” In addition to his work on th Thanks to Brucequality Wolfe for for hisanyone 25 years of dedicated in the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. He graduated from Indiana Universit service as Boardmanagement Chair forand thereceived Alexian Brothers an MBA from Keller Graduate School. Larry G. Swets Jr. Managing Member Itasca Financial LLC
Thank You, Bruce! Health System.
Torsten Saile, Wealth Advisor, Ironwood Family Wealth Advisors Bruce Wolfe
Matthew P. Walsh, II
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A recent inductee of the Chicago Lawyer Legal Hall of Fame, Matthew and experienced trial attorney whose responsibilities at Chicago-bas
” Your Gifts Are Putting Compassion into Action The greatest investment — in human life “ They’re the only ones who understand. They’re amazing.” – Jessica Jessica and Ryan lost hope that they might ever meet their baby when Jessica’s water broke at 14.5 weeks. Yet, Talan’s heart kept beating. He was delivered via caesarean section at 29 weeks. For 96 days, his parents made the daily trek to their second home at AMITA Health Adventist Medical Center Hinsdale’s level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Today, thanks to the excellent care he received, Talan is thriving.
A chance to pay it forward “ To know that there’s a place like this, all I can say is thank you.” – Nicole Nicole learned how to love herself thanks to the love she received at the AMITA Health Housing and Health Alliance. After battling addiction for years, she has regained her sobriety, moved into her own apartment and now works as a case manager helping women who, like her once, are beginning their own recoveries.
From hopelessness to hope “I’m grateful beyond any measure of words.” – Paul Paul’s CT scan showed tumors throughout his body. Unbeknownst to Paul, someone at AMITA Health Saint Francis Hospital Evanston applied for a grant to get him a clinical trial medication he needed. After completing the treatment, his body was cancer-free. Paul gives total credit to his physicians and caregivers at AMITA Saint Francis for caring so much about him that they applied for a grant that saved his life.
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Watch this video to learn more about how your investment in our mission has made a difference to Talan, Nicole and Paul — and thousands of other people like them: https://youtu.be/5-XF59tTsHI
” With Your Help, Saving More Lives Like Skip’s Through philanthropy, a new hybrid Cath lab will enable AMITA Health Saint Joseph Medical Center Joliet’s nationally recognized team of heart and vascular specialists to launch Will County’s first structural heart program. “It would be better to keep patients within their community for their families’ sake and their sake, and to do these procedures close to home,” says Chris Kolyvas, MD, Interventional Cardiologist.
Watch this video to learn more: https://youtu.be/6Q3Mn1Vx_no
Judy and John “Skip” Moroz with Interventional Cardiologist Chris Kolyvas, MD (center), at AMITA Saint Joseph Joliet.
The Life You Save Could Be Your Own Help keep advanced heart care close to home. John “Skip” Moroz was driving to the bank with his wife Judy when Judy noticed the car was veering into oncoming traffic. When she alerted Skip they were in the wrong lane, he didn’t respond. Judy powered off the car. An off-duty nurse passing by started CPR. When the medics arrived, they took Skip to the nearest hospital — AMITA Saint Joseph Joliet. By the time they got to the Carolyn J. Czerkies Emergency Department, about 18 minutes had passed since Skip had taken a breath.
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We’re thankful to God and to the little angels who took care of him. — Judy
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“They didn’t know at that point what was going to happen,” Judy says. Skip was taken to the Cath lab, where Interventional Cardiologist Chris Kolyvas, MD, and his team worked to determine what had caused Skip’s cardiac arrest. From there, Skip was taken to the Intensive Care Unit, where the care team initiated hypothermia protocol — a process of slowly cooling down the body over 24 hours to try to preserve brain function and alleviate some of the strain on the organs before very slowly bringing the body temperature back up to normal over another 24 hours. What they learned after 48 hours shocked Judy: Skip had retained almost all his brain functioning. After a series of tests and consultations to ensure his heart, brain and body were okay — and only six days after he first arrived unconscious and unresponsive in the emergency department — he got to go home. Skip and Judy credit the exceptional care he received with saving his life. “We were really blessed,” says Judy. Learn more about the heart hospital at AMITA Saint Joseph Joliet at www.AMITAhealth.org/GiveHeartHospital
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Watch this video to learn more: https://youtu.be/TNar-ptlzUk Thanks to philanthropy, local middle-school students will benefit from the new 24/7 app and pilot program.
24/7 Offers Connection at the Tap of Students’ Fingertips Thanks to Foglia Family Foundation, new app helps local children cope. Even before COVID-19 disrupted life, mental health had been a growing concern among young people across the country. Concerned about how this trend was playing out in our local communities, the Foglia Family Foundation funded a three-year pilot program that will make it easier for students to share their feelings and get help when needed.
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— Local middle-school student, describing the need for 24/7 app In focus groups last year, more than 100 local middleschool students responded unanimously that they would use an app designed to help them express feelings and connect them with support when needed. “There are honestly some days where I’ve experienced I don’t know how to deal with this and I need to talk to somebody,” says one middle-school student at a participating school. As a result of those focus groups, the 24/7 pilot program
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is being rolled out in four local middle schools. Available for download free of charge on smartphones and mobile devices, the app is being developed by TapCloud with young people in mind. “We knew from day one that if we were going to develop a program to help kids, we had to meet them where they are. And wherever they are, their phone is in their hands,” says Tom Riley, Founder and Chairman of TapCloud. Through the app, students will be able to check in every day on how they are feeling compared to the day before. The app will track their responses and share tips to help them cope. A licensed mental health professional employed by AMITA Health will monitor responses 24/7. “There’s somebody there all the time who is employed by the hospital, who has experience and knows what to do should there be a crisis,” says Sara Mathews, Vice President of Operations for AMITA Health Alexian Brothers Behavioral Health Hospital Hoffman Estates. All information submitted through the app is confidential. “Everything is deidentified,” Mathews says. “It’s discreet. It’s private. And it also allows them a way to share those feelings in a way that feels natural to them.”
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One Life at a Time
Thank you for helping raise $28 million for behavioral health in our communities. Several years ago, the foundation began planning how to make a meaningful difference when it comes to behavioral health. Through your overwhelming support and generosity, over the past several years, we raised $28 million and started to make an incredible change in our communities, one life at a time, by investing in services for:
• U.S. military veterans battling substance use disorders, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorders • All of their friends, family members, colleagues and others in their communities Thank you for your support!
• Children, adolescents and young adults impacted by autism spectrum and developmental disorders • Individuals impacted by anxiety, mood disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, eating disorders and substance use disorders • Homeless individuals living with chronic illnesses, including serious mental illness
Learn more about the difference we have made by watching our One Life at a Time video at: https://youtu.be/MqEopnJzTV4
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I am so thankful for the support we’ve received from all the supporters in the community who have seen and understood the need.
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— Mike Benoit, Co-Chair AMITA Health Foundation Board
Hospital Breaks Ground on $6 Million Expansion to Help Hundreds More People Every Year
From right: Mike Benoit, Karen Fitzgerald, Sara Mathews, Hoffman Estates Mayor Bill McLeod, Kevin McCullum, Brother Dan McCormick, Terry Graber, Clay Ciha, Bill Brewer, State Representative Michelle Mussman and Hoffman Estates Trustee Gary Stanton.
On Thursday, December 5, 2019, system, hospital and foundation leaders, staff members and elected officials gathered to break ground on a nearly 15,000-square-foot expansion of AMITA Health Alexian Brothers Behavioral Health Hospital Hoffman Estates. The expansion will help the hospital serve more patients with anxiety, eating and mood disorders. It will provide additional group rooms, a wing for art therapy, a demonstration kitchen to assist patients with eating disorders and added room for clinicians to collaborate and meet one-on-one with patients. Through your support, lives will be changed forever.
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“Thank you for your dedication and selflessness. Bless all of you and stay well!”
“May the funds be put to good use and help save lives!”
“Praying daily for God’s protection over our beloved frontline associates for any needs they might have as they minister and care for those afflicted.”
“God bless all the doctors, nurses, staff and all who are on the front line. Thank you so much. Stay safe, and you are all in my prayers.”
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