2007 Annual Report

2007 Annual Report

Fighting Cancer Through Innovative Partnerships

Baton Rouge | Covington | Hammond

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Fighting Cancer Through Innovative Partnerships Our Mission For over 35 years, Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center’s mission has been to fight cancer by providing patients with the highest quality radiation therapy available, compassionate care and comprehensive support services - treating patients regardless of their ability to pay. Mary Bird Perkins is also dedicated to fighting cancer through education, prevention and early detection services and research.

Mission Accomplished through Partnerships Over the years, MBP has been fortunate to forge many valuable partnerships in the fight against cancer. This organization could not do what it does without the steadfast and dedicated support of its community partners and donors, local physicians, existing hospital partners, cancer service organizations, early detection partners, academic and research partners and many more. These partnerships combine powerful resources and areas of expertise to benefit cancer patients and their families. They also help improve the overall health of the community.

Thank you to the many, many partners who make the work of MBP possible. Your passion inspires us every day to work harder to eradicate this terrible disease and bring new hope to future generations.

Directors Emeriti Wallace F. Armstrong John W. Barton, Sr. Terence Beven, MD Frederic T. Billings III, MD Richard C. Boyer, MD Lynwood J. Brassett, MD L. Heidel Brown * D. V. Cacioppo, MD * Mortimer F. Currier, MD Teri G. Fontenot Charles C. Garvey R. Bryan Griffith, Jr., MD Merrill O. Hines, Jr., MD Henry W. Jolly, Jr., MD * Preston V. Kors * Susan H. Lipsey Hermann Moyse, Jr. * Julius H. Mullins, Sr., MD * John W. Munson, DDS * Don H. Neufeld * Roy A. Parker, PhD Kevin P. Reilly, Jr. Harry D. Richardson * Eula W. Palmer Rogers, MD * Donna M. Saurage Robert M. Stuart, Sr. Troye A. Svendson O. M. Thomspon, Jr., MD Roland M. Toups J. Ralph Vannoy, MD * Maurice J. Wilson, MD * Allie Woolfolk, MD * J. H. Campbell, Jr. Chairman Emeriti W. Patton Culbertson, Jr., PhD Chairman Emeriti M. J. Rathbone, Jr., MD * Chairman Emeritus

Cover photo: One of MBP’s partnerships uses this device to fight eye cancer.

Read more about this innovative procedure on page 8.

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D. Jensen Holliday * Chairman Emeritus * Deceased

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Board of Directors Richard A. Lipsey Chairman, MBP Board of Directors Lipsey’s, Inc. J. Gerard Jolly Vice Chairman KPMG LLP Tom J. Meek, Jr., MD Secretary Dermatology Clinic D. Randolph Waesche Treasurer Resource Management, Inc. Gregory C. Henkelmann, MD Medical Director Southeast Louisiana Radiation Oncology Group Todd D. Stevens President and CEO Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center Robert S. Greer, Jr. Immediate Past Chairman LEMIC Insurance Company Lee Michael Berg Lee Michaels Fine Jewelry

Dudley W. Coates Smith Barney Beth Courtney WLPB, Louisiana Public Broadcasting Brett P. Furr Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips, LLP G. Lee Griffin Chase (Retired) Sancy H. McCool Community Volunteer James R. McIlwain Lamar Advertising Company Shelley Mockler Mockler Beverage-Budweiser Donna M. Saurage Community Volunteer Gary Sligar Baton Rouge Coca-Cola (Retired) Paul R. Thompson Smith Barney

“For over 35 years I’ve seen the love, devotion and professionalism of the physicians, staff and volunteers at Mary Bird Perkins. Every patient, regardless of ability to pay, has always been treated as if they were the most important person to ever be treated there. I am convinced there is no finer organization in the country providing radiation therapy and serving as a partner to community hospitals, physicians and support organizations to build a comprehensive focus in the fight against cancer. We’re so fortunate to have such quality staff in Baton Rouge, Covington and Hammond.

Susan and I are happy to play a small part in helping Mary Bird Perkins continue to deliver much-needed high-quality, advanced cancer treatment to the citizens in our area.”

Richard Lipsey, Chairman, MBP Board of Directors

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A Message from Todd D. Stevens Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center is what it is today because of its tremendous community support and dedicated partners in the fight against cancer.

During 2007, we had incredible opportunities to partner with a multitude of individuals and organizations working toward the same goal – to end this dreaded disease and lessen the burden of cancer in the community. There were many examples of groups working together – through innovative partnerships – to reach this common goal and we are grateful to them all.

Our partnership with Our Lady of the Lake gained national recognition this year. You will read in the pages ahead about the Cancer Program of Our Lady of the Lake and Mary Bird Perkins and why we were selected to participate in the prestigious NCCCP pilot. We are honored to join this elite group of hospitals and centers leading the transformation of cancer care in the United States.

The MBP-LSU partnership also claimed a great achievement. Generous donors helped to create the Dr. Charles M. Smith Endowed Chair of Medical Physics at LSU. And, Kenneth Hogstrom, PhD, chief of physics at Mary Bird Perkins and director of LSU’s Medical Physics and Health Physics program, was appointed to the $1 million endowed chair to support cancer research.

Certainly, we had many partnerships surrounding our dynamic outreach program. Working in collaboration with other organizations to offer free cancer screenings, 2007 marked a major milestone as we screened the 20,000th person for cancer. This would not have been possible without unwavering donor support.

It was announced in 2007 that Mary Bird Perkins and St. Elizabeth Hospital in Gonzales would be partnering to build a new radiation treatment facility for citizens of Ascension Parish and surrounding areas, offering more convenient access to outpatient cancer care.

In this report you will read about the many ways that resources have been leveraged – among individuals, organizations, corporations and foundations – to fight cancer through innovative partnerships.

It is through these effective partnerships, that we have been so privileged to be a part of, that make all of this good work possible. Thank you to all of our partners – in cancer outreach, patient treatment and all points in between – who every single day provide their valuable time and talents to make a difference in the health of our communities for generations to come.

Sincerely,

Todd D. Stevens President and CEO

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Physician Team Quotes From 2007 Patient Satisfaction Surveys “Your facility is wonderful.

The personnel are cheerful and compassionate. My doctor is terrific.

I felt like I was talking to a friend.”

Covington patient

Kenneth K. Lo, PhD, MD Sheldon A. Johnson, MD

“My doctor is caring and meticulous about radiation treatment. He is a man of intellect.

I have been blessed in all of my cancer treatments.”

Hammond patient

Renee A. Levine, MD Cynthia I. Boyer, MD

Gregory C. Henkelmann, MD

Charles G. Wood, MD Mary Ella Sanders, MD

“I can’t make any suggestions to better MBP. Everyone is great, always friendly. The people are wonderful.

My doctor is one of the most compassionate doctors I’ve ever met.

He is a true doctor.”

Baton Rouge patient

Robert S. Fields, MD

Maurice L. King, MD Fighting Cancer for Over 35 Years

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Throughout her own treatment experiences, Sherrill Womack Lane witnessed first-hand the importance of MBP’s community partnerships.

Cancer Survivor Sherrill Womack Lane Calls MBP Partnership with Community a Wonderful Asset A native of Baton Rouge, graduate of LSU, wife, mother, professional volunteer and Lay Eucharistic minister at Trinity Episcopal Church, Sherrill Lane believes her main ministry right now is her family. Having been treated at Mary Bird Perkins for breast cancer in 2007, she’s looking at life a little differently than she did before. But that wasn’t the first time she was a patient at Mary Bird Perkins.

In 2003 Lane was successfully treated for a non-cancerous tumor that wrapped around her optic nerve. The tumor was causing the nerve to swell, endangering her sight. “I was referred to Dr. Henkelmann who told me my case was going to be very complex,” said Lane. This was because Sherrill’s tumor was near her eye and brain. Mary Bird Perkins had the technology and expertise required to successfully treat her case. Explained Dr. Greg Henkelmann, “Radiation treatment planning and delivery was complicated by the immediately adjacent sensitive structures such as the eye and brain. Irradiation was delivered using non-coplanar, intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT). The high precision micro-multileaf collimators shaped the multiple beams and created a dose distribution that conformed extremely closely to the target.”

“Each time I went for treatment I would be in the room for about 25 minutes as the radiation had to be delivered from so many different directions,” said Lane. This was because, said Henkelmann, the daily treatment utilized state-of-the-art, radiographically controlled, image guided radiation

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therapy (IGRT), and sophisticated radiographic guidance was used immediately before each treatment. Sherrill’s story had a happy ending.

While her peripheral vision is compromised, the tumor is gone and Lane retained her sight.

“I am so thankful we have Mary Bird Perkins in our community. It’s such a wonderful asset. I know their technology is state-of-the-art and they have medical and technical experts who know how to use it – I’m living proof of that. But another important part was being able to remain close to my family, friends and church. That was a tremendous comfort. I truly believe it contributed to the positive outcome of my experience at Mary Bird Perkins.”

Sherrill Womack Lane In 2007 an annual mammogram detected a lump very deep within Lane’s breast. She had a lumpectomy and asked Dr. Henkelmann to be her radiation oncologist. “With the brain tumor, I had to take large doses of steroids and it was like my brain was on speed or something – I could never shut it down.

I couldn’t find a quiet spot in my brain to think or to read,” Lane explained. “With breast cancer, without the Prednisone, it was totally different. I experienced some small moments of panic. But the further into treatment I got, something very strange and wonderful happened,” said Lane. “I felt like someone wrapped a shawl around me and I wasn’t afraid. I know it was the Holy Spirit. I felt God with me the whole time and I’m so grateful.”

Lane said that the MBP staff helped to alleviate her fears and that she never doubted for one second that she was in good, caring hands. “Even the receptionist and the security guard greeted me

with a smile and a kind word,” said Lane. She can remember overhearing a radiation therapist explaining to a very ill patient that he needed to come in on Saturday and Sunday mornings for extra treatments and that the therapist would be there waiting for him. “They wanted him to know that someone would be looking out especially for him, hoping that would make him feel better. That really touched me. I’ll never forget that.”

Lane believes the community needs to know that everyone has access to Mary Bird Perkins. She was willing to share her story publicly to help tell the mission of MBP. “When I was filming a commercial for the Center, the female makeup artist asked me how my breast cancer was found. When I told her it was detected by a mammogram, she said she couldn’t afford one. So I told her about the free screenings Mary Bird offers. Then she said if they found cancer, she couldn’t afford the treatment.

I told her Mary Bird could help with that too. I hope that brief interaction made a difference in her knowing that help is out there if she needs it – and that she’ll get screened.”

Lane doesn’t worry about what she’ll do if the cancer comes back. “For one thing, I know I can handle it. For another, I’m not going to live the rest of my life waiting for what could happen.”

Instead Lane’s hopeful plans for the future include going to seminary when her last child, who is currently 11 years old, graduates from high school.

Her husband, an Assistant Attorney General for the State of Louisiana, is fully supportive of her plans.

For now, she plans to continue her ministry at Trinity and to stay aware of the richness of her life.

“The love and grace of God, the love of family and friends, all highlight how important life is.”

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Through partnerships with Woman’s Hospital, LSU HCSD and YWCA ENCOREplus, Mel Eskridge was able to participate in a free breast screening which led to her diagnosis of breast cancer.

Pictured (l to r) are Eskridge and her children Rishard, Jasmine and Jada.

MBP and Its Early Detection Partnerships Screen Over 20,000 People Making a difference in the fight against cancer is a community effort – and Mary Bird Perkins’ CARE Network and its partners are delivering real results. In only six years the CARE Network’s early detection outreach initiative has grown from a pilot program to having screened its 20,000th person in 2007.

Since 2002, over 464 free screening events have been held in southeast Louisiana for breast, colorectal, prostate and skin cancer.

Today, the CARE Network is a best practice model for a partnership-based effort to effectively fight cancer within the community. “We couldn’t do this without so many dedicated partners committed to this cause and the generosity of donor support from a caring community,” said Renea A. Duffin, executive director of Mary Bird Perkins’ CARE Network.

Clinical Partnerships: Working with likeminded organizations to fight cancer MBP clinically collaborates with other health care agencies to provide screenings. In 2004, Mary Bird Perkins, Woman’s Hospital and YWCA ENCOREplus established regular breast cancer screenings to help fight cancer. For colorectal, skin and prostate cancer screenings, the CARE Network partners with Our Lady of the Lake, St. Elizabeth Hospital in Gonzales and St. Tammany Parish Hospital in Covington. For breast cancer screenings, the CARE Network teams up with Woman’s Hospital.

This latter partnership served Mel Eskridge well when she found herself desperately in need of help.

It was the morning of her 34th birthday that Eskridge felt a lump in her right breast. She wasn’t even old enough for her first screening mammogram (age 40, according to American Cancer Society national screening guidelines).

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Nor did she have a doctor. Her family, originally from New Orleans, had relocated to Dallas for a year after Hurricane Katrina. Now living in Baton Rouge, her fiancé and three children – Jasmine, 13; Jada, 9; and Rishard, Jr., 2 – were still getting used to life in their newly adopted city.

Eskridge did the only thing she could think of. She went to Woman’s Hospital to find help.

“I thought a hospital for women would know what I should do,” she said. A nurse practitioner did a clinical breast exam and recommended that she come back for a free breast cancer screening being offered just a few days later by MBP and Woman’s Hospital.

“Our partnership with Mary Bird Perkins and the CARE Network has saved lives through earlier detection, but in breast cancer, there is no such thing as ‘too early.’”

Teri G. Fontenot, president and CEO, Woman’s Hospital

Eskridge returned to have a clinical breast exam, followed by a workup that included a diagnostic mammogram and ultrasound. “There definitely was something there,” she said, “but everyone seemed to think it was benign.” Surgeon Dr. Michael Hailey was consulted and ultimately performed a biopsy.

Unfortunately, the tumor was not benign. Eskridge had breast cancer. In addition to chemotherapy and lumpectomy, she underwent removal of several lymph nodes under her arm. She then had to undergo six weeks of radiation treatment at Mary Bird Perkins under the care of Dr. Renee Levine.

“I see it all as heaven-sent,” Eskridge said. “I went to Woman’s thinking ‘who would know better?’ and they told me about the screening coming up. Then

Dr. Hailey took me as his patient. And now I’m here at Mary Bird Perkins. Without all those people helping me, I wouldn’t be here. I am blessed.

“It’s not easy but there’s a reason I’m still here. I’m a survivor. I keep fighting for my kids. They’re my strength.”

Community Partnerships: Teaming up with local businesses to fight cancer

For National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month in September, the Cancer Program of Our Lady of the Lake and Mary Bird Perkins partnered with barbershop owner King Davis to boost screening participation among African-American males.

Davis permitted OLOL and MBP to park their mobile medical clinics directly across the street from his barbershop – a long-time neighborhood place to meet and greet while getting a haircut on a Saturday morning.

“Medical researchers aren’t sure why there’s a higher incidence of prostate cancer in black men than white men, but there is,” said Duffin. “Lack of access to wellness screening and not having health insurance have long been factors in the failure to detect this cancer early enough to have options in treating it,” she explained.

The results of this particular screening were significant with double the average rate of abnormalities. On average, prostate cancer screenings result in an overall abnormal rate of 7.2% of participants needing some form of followup care. At this screening, the overall abnormal percentage was 17.6%. Of the 74 men screened, 21 had not been screened in over 2 years and 23 had never been screened.

Partnering with a barbershop: Renea A. Duffin registers barber Louis Tilletson for a prostate screening while he finishes a client.

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2007 Highlight

Partnering on Eye Cancer Medical physicists collaborate on highly-specialized eye cancer procedure.

Offered only by the Cancer Program of Our Lady of the Lake and Mary Bird Perkins A new collaboration and protocol was developed in 2007 for treatment of ocular melanoma – or cancer of the eye. A rare condition, accounting for only one in every 500 cancers in the U.S. or approximately 1,800 cases per year, it can not only cause blindness but also can lead to death. Years ago the only treatment was removal of the eye. Today, there is an option that can save both eyesight and a person’s life.

In November 2007, the first patient was treated.

“This is one of the only life-threatening ocular tumors,” said Jeff Fuller, MD, OLOL ocular oncologist. “We do the treatment not just to try help preserve their eye and their vision as much as possible, but to save their lives as well.”

John Gibbons, PhD and Jeff Fuller, MD hold the gold shields used in a highly-specialized procedure for the treatment of eye cancer. It is only offered in Louisiana by the Cancer Program of Our Lady of the Lake and Mary Bird Perkins.

MBP-LSU Partnership Making Impact in Cancer Care The MBP-LSU Medical Physics and Health Physics Program, part of LSU’s National Flagship Agenda, continues to deliver significant results.

The program’s full accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Physics Educational Programs, Inc., or CAMPEP, directly resulted in an influx of program applicants. As one of only twelve accredited programs in the nation, this prestigious recognition attracted 70 applications from highly qualified seniors majoring in physics and related science and engineering fields. “This is double the

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A gold shield, or plaque, is inserted behind the eye. The smooth side of the plaque provides a barrier to protect the brain while the radioactive ‘seeds’ inserted on the other side radiate the tumor.

John Gibbons, PhD, MBP medical physicist stated, “The best thing is that patients don’t have to travel. They can stay in Louisiana.”

This procedure was performed in collaboration with Retina & Vitreous of Louisiana.

Dr. Jeff Fuller, ophthalmologist and retinal specialist, OLOL, performed the surgery; MBP radiation oncologist Dr. Kenneth Lo handled radiation treatment planning to ensure the placement and combined dose of the seeds would not harm any nearby critical structures; and Dr. John Gibbons, MBP chief of clinical physics, oversaw the handling and insertion of the radioactive seeds.

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number of such applicants from previous years, which we attribute to our CAMPEP accreditation,” stated Dr. Kenneth Hogstrom, MBP chief of physics and professor and director of the LSU Medical Physics and Health Physics Program. “Accepting only five or six new students into the Program for fall, 2008 from the large number of applicants will make our task difficult but will continue to ensure recruitment of the highest quality students.”

The partnership also saw the LSU Board of Regents fund the remaining $400,000 of the Dr. Charles M. Smith Chair of Medical Physics – a $1 million endowed chair to support cancer research. Dr. Hogstrom was appointed current holder of the chair.

“It is truly an honor to be the inaugural holder of a chair intended to help fight cancer and was made possible by the benevolence of Dr. Smith and Mary Bird Perkins supporters,” commented Hogstrom.

“Proceeds from the chair already support graduate students and other researchers as they explore new ways of treating cancer with radiation.”

Dr. Hogstrom

In 2007, the program reported on its research progress through an impressive 16 oral posters and presentations at the annual national meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine in Minneapolis, MN. “Although results of this research are already beneficial to our patients, they will be shared worldwide as we are submitting them for publication as peer-reviewed articles in scientific journals – an important step to putting Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center research on the national and international map,” said Hogstrom.

In addition, the LSU campus added a new assistant professor and researcher, Dr. Polad Shikhaliev, whose world-class research is focused on developing a new breast CT system that will detect

breast cancer at its very early stages. And, Mary Bird Perkins added two new medical physicists, bringing the number to ten medical physicists and five medical dosimetrists.

The medical physics team was a major player in the plans to open a fourth facility in Gonzales in partnership with St. Elizabeth Hospital. The initial studies done by the medical physics team on “shielding design for the radiotherapy linear accelerator and CT simulator” are important to facility design and future safety of patients, staff and visitors. Prior to the projected 2008 opening of the new Center, medical physicist Angela Stam also led the implementation of a new prostate seed brachytherapy program at St. Elizabeth Hospital.

“The success of duplicating this program at this facility is very encouraging,” said Dr. Sheldon Johnson, MBP radiation oncologist. “I believe it predicts future successful cooperative endeavors in cancer care with St. Elizabeth Hospital and its medical staff.”

The medical physics team spearheaded several important technology upgrades in 2007: The TomoTherapy Hi-Art unit has a newly commissioned jaw width which increases the ability to treat irregularly shaped tumors while sparing critical organs. “Initial clinical use and ongoing research investigation show this modality to be important for some head and neck cancers,” said MPB radiation oncologist Dr. Robert Fields.

The GE LightSpeed RT was upgraded to provide enhanced image capacity, allowing scans to be completed in one-fourth the time, which is particularly important for those patients receiving 4-D scans. Following acceptance testing and commissioning by medical physics staff, the system was released for patient use.

Did you know?

The medical physics program was one of three programs featured by LSU in a nationally broadcast 30second television commercial touted as an “Academic Victory for LSU” during the 2007 football season.

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National Cancer Institute Selects the Cancer Program of Our Lady of the Lake and Mary Bird Perkins Mid-year 2007, the Cancer Program of Our Lady of the Lake and Mary Bird Perkins was recognized nationally for its excellence in cancer care.

It was one of only 14 sites in the country selected by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, to participate in its Community Cancer Centers Program (NCCCP) pilot. The three-year pilot was established to form a national network of community cancer centers to expand cancer research and to help further deliver the latest, most advanced cancer care to a greater number of Americans in the communities in which they live. A successful pilot will lead to the nationwide launch of the NCCCP in 2010.

The National Cancer Institute leads the nation’s efforts to discover better ways to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer. In its labs in Bethesda, Maryland, and throughout its network of scientists and NCI-designated Cancer Centers, NCI carries out groundbreaking research and connects patients and their families to the highest caliber, state-of-the-art care. However, NCI recognizes that the vast majority of people in our country are diagnosed and cared for in the communities where they live. In fact, NCI estimates that 85% of cancer patients in the U.S. are diagnosed at community cancer centers. Many patients are not treated at the major cancer centers because of the distance from their homes, or for other personal or economic reasons.

The NCCCP seeks to bring more Americans into a system of high-quality cancer care; increase participation in clinical trials; reduce cancer health care disparities; and improve information sharing among community cancer centers.

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“Community hospitals and private practice oncologists provide outstanding health care for millions of Americans. NCI is committed to identifying ways to integrate the latest that science has to offer into this already exceptional community-based care.”

Dr. John E. Niederhuber, Director, National Cancer Institute

“It was clear at the NCCCP launch in Bethesda that we are in stellar company among the other pilot sites,” said Todd Stevens, president and CEO, Mary Bird Perkins. “We look forward to sharing best practices nationally with other top community cancer programs, knowing that our work for the next three years will result in improved access to quality cancer care across the nation.”

“Our Lady of the Lake and Mary Bird Perkins have a long-standing tradition of providing the very best in cancer care to the Baton Rouge community. This prestigious selection validates the high quality of our care and the excellence of our physicians. It also means we are on the frontlines of setting the standards for care excellence benefiting thousands of cancer patients across our nation,” said Robert Davidge, former CEO, Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center.

The network being developed through this pilot project may provide new options for the conduct of clinical trials and may speed the testing of new drugs and devices to combat cancer. With the success of the NCCCP pilot, NCI hopes to expand the number of participating hospitals to reach an even broader range of communities in the future.

NCI believes it will achieve ultimate success by the number of cancers prevented or diagnosed at their earliest stages, and by the number of lives saved.

What is the Cancer Program of OLOL and MBP? The Cancer Program of Our Lady of the Lake and Mary Bird Perkins is the most comprehensive cancer program in the greater Baton Rouge region. It offers patients the convenience of receiving high-quality, advanced cancer care in one location, close to home. The Cancer Program offers surgery, chemotherapy and radiation and has been accredited since 1992 by the American College of Surgeons – the gold standard for community-based cancer care. The Cancer Program serves over 2,200 newly-diagnosed cancer cases each year.

www.ncccp.cancer.gov

The official NCCCP launch was held at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD. Pictured (l to r) are Todd Stevens, president and CEO, MBP; Donna Bryant, executive director, Clinical Research Network, MBP; Dr. David Hanson, chairman, Integrated Cancer Committee; Kevin Guidry, cancer center administrator, OLOL; Renea A. Duffin, executive director, CARE Network, MBP; Dr. Carolyn C. Compton, director, Office of Biorepositories and Biospecimen Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health.

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Jerry and Devera Goss were both inspired and impressed by MBP’s numerous outreach partnerships serving a 15-parish service area.

Two-Time Cancer Survivor Pledges Early Detection Partnership The first time Jerry Goss was diagnosed with cancer was in 1992. He was 43 years old with a wife, four young children and an investment career on the fast track with A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. in Baton Rouge. Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma was not a part of his business plan.

Goss says he had heard of Mary Bird Perkins but admittedly was not all that familiar with it. Up until that point, he had no reason to be. A mass in his chest the size of a tennis ball changed that. His oncologist recommended that he receive his radiation treatment at Mary Bird Perkins. Goss took his doctor’s advice.

Nine months of chemotherapy and three months of radiation might have had some people down for the count, but according to Jerry’s wife Devera, a former nurse in the intensive care unit of Our Lady of the Lake, “Jerry was such a fighter. He is not one to lie down and give up. He just cut back his 60-hour work weeks for a while.”

“While I was going through my radiation treatments under the care of Dr. Sheldon Johnson,” said Goss, “I learned that Mary Bird Perkins treats all community members regardless of ability to pay. That totally piqued my interest. When I recovered, Devera and I joined the Karnival Krewe de Louisiane, a Mardi Gras ball that, at the time, raised funds for Mary Bird Perkins’ indigent patient care fund. Also, my good friend Bill Peters

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was very involved with Mary Bird Perkins and encouraged me to take an active part in fundraising activities, which I did. Since that time Devera and I have increased our involvement with, and our commitment to, Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center.”

Then in 2001 cancer struck again. This time it was testicular cancer. Goss came out a winner again.

“Jerry’s life was saved because his cancer was detected early,” said his wife. “It made him want to help provide early detection screenings for those who don’t have equal access to this life-saving service.”

“I learned that Louisiana doesn’t really have a higher incidence of cancer than any other state in the country. What we have is a higher mortality rate. Because people lack access to routine cancer screenings, or don’t understand the concept of ‘wellness exams,’ their cancers go undetected and untreated.”

Jerry Goss

Goss is determined to help change that. He has pledged $100,000 to cancer early detection outreach, payable over the next four years.

“I’ve always believed in giving a percentage of my income to charities and Christian missionary work,” he said. “The last ten years I’ve been trying to give more to the community. Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center helps such a large segment of the community, including those without health

insurance. That’s very impressive to me. It gave me the inclination to help.”

How does one pass this type of message along to one’s children? “You have to show them to have compassion. We’ve discussed with our children that as you prosper you ought to give a portion of your income back to those with needs. We’ve done that throughout our 27 years of marriage,” said Jerry Goss.

“Time is valuable, too. Perhaps you can provide a service to someone who has a need and later give financially as well. Our children have been involved with several giving back activities – Page with Special Olympics and Downtown Development (BRAEDA); Matt and Alex with several Katrina relief efforts; and Jerry’s daughter Amanda has been on an outreach trip to Africa.”

“It’s a biblical principle to give back your first fruits,” explained Jerry. “I advocate that you give a percentage to charities, save a percentage for yourself and then live off the rest. You can get by on less than 100% of what you make. You’d be surprised.”

Jerry and Devera Goss are Rathbone Society donors to the MBP Annual Giving Campaign and members of Anna B. Lipsey Legacy Builders. Jerry Goss is a member of the MBP Foundation Planned Giving Council and was recently invited to join the MBP Foundation board.

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Because of the generosity of the community, Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center was able to provide the following in 2007.

Cancer Support Services n

The social services department provided 2,595 visits to radiation patients.

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The Center van transported patients for 1,462 visits.

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The Center provided over $23,000 in gas cards to patients seeking treatment in outlying communities.

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The Center dietician provided 667 consultations and 1,387 follow-up visits.

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The dentist provided evaluations and dental services during 317 patient visits.

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Education programs were conducted for a total of 9,198 people, including 299 patients and caregivers, 1,009 medical professionals and 7,890 persons at community events.

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The two-part smoking cessation program launched in 2006 continued to meet the needs of the Baton Rouge, Covington and Hammond communities. The program included smoking cessation classes for the community and education programs for health care professionals to equip them with the tools they need to help patients quit. Smoking cessation classes for the community resulted in a 57.8 percent quit rate for the participants.

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Mary Bird Perkins has a nationally competitive medical physics program though its academic and research partnership with Louisiana State University. The program recently established the Dr. Charles M. Smith Chair of Medical Physics at LSU and became the 11th in the United States to achieve national higher-education accreditation status.

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Mary Bird Perkins patients have access to dozens of clinical research protocols at any one time including local, regional and national trials.

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Mary Bird Perkins houses and supports the Baton Rouge Regional Tumor Registry, one of eight regional registries comprising the Louisiana Tumor Registry. The Louisiana Tumor Registry reports newly diagnosed cancer cases to assist in health care decision making and formation of public policy.

It was selected to join the prestigious SEER Program of the National Cancer Institute.Â

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In 2007, the Cancer Registry departments of Mary Bird Perkins and Our Lady of the Lake streamlined operations to serve as one operational department. The integrated cancer registry, part of the Cancer Program of Our Lady of the Lake and Mary Bird Perkins, will allow for more accurate and complete data to be recorded in the registry database and ultimately reported to the Louisiana Tumor Registry.

Early Detection n

4,491 people were screened at 154 free cancer screenings, including screenings for breast, colorectal, prostate and skin cancer. Screenings were held in Baton Rouge, Covington, Gonzales, Hammond and surrounding areas. A total of 25 cancers were diagnosed. Through 2007, 20,589 people have been screened.

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Early Detection on the Move Since the Early Bird mobile medical clinic began operations, Mary Bird Perkins has dramatically increased by over 30% its ability to offer free screenings at community locations allowing Mary Bird Perkins to screen even more people.

W. Feliciana E. Feliciana

St. Helena

Washington Tangipahoa

Pointe CoupĂŠe

E. Baton Rouge

W. Baton Rouge

St. Tammany Livingston

Iberville

Ascension St. John St. James

Assumption

Center Locations

MBP jointly operates two ACoS-approved cancer programs. One with St. Tammany Parish Hospital in Covington and one with Our Lady of the Lake in Baton Rouge. The Hammond facility is located on the campus of North Oaks Hospital in Hammond and the new Gonzales facility is being built in partnership with St. Elizabeth Hospital.

With the Early Bird Mary Bird Perkins is able to provide even more screenings throughout its 15-parish service area.

Screening Data Since the Launch of the Mobile Medical Clinic in 2006 Number of persons screened

8,127

Number of screening events

256

Number of confirmed cancers diagnosed

42

Average number of confirmed cancer diagnoses per year

21

Fighting Cancer for Over 35 Years

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Community Giving

Investment in the Community Since 2001, MBP has invested nearly $19.8 million in direct patient care equipment, technology and facilities. During 2007, nearly $800,000 was invested in expanding and supporting clinical research and the MBP-LSU medical physics academic partnership.

The Center provided radiation therapy care valued at almost $9 million to medically indigent patients.

Through the community’s philanthropic support, nearly $2.2 million was invested in the community through cancer education, prevention, early detection services and research.

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Community Giving Leadership Donors Individuals Rathbone Society Benefactor ($20,000 and above) Jerry and Devera Goss Drs. Kirk and Judith Patrick

Philanthropist ($10,000 - $19,999) Anonymous (2) Mrs. Rubye Lee Engquist Mr. and Mrs. Anthony S. Kurlas Mr. Perrie Lambert Susan and Alain Levasseur Bobbie and Mike McDonald Lee and Phyllis McLaurin Mr. and Mrs. Frederick L. Parks Richard and Torie Preis Mr. and Mrs. David C. Price Mr. Roswell Weil

Patron

Pictured at the 2007 Leadership Dinner reception are (l to r) Bob Greer, Estelle Holliday, Louis Curet and Frank McArthur.

Todd and Kelli Stevens Paul R. and Mary H. Thompson Dr. and Mrs. R. Scott Thurston Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Turner Nancy and Charles Valluzzo Mr. * and Mrs. Huey Wilson

Sustainer

($5,000 - $9,999) Anonymous Tom and Lisa Adamek Tim and Nan Barfield Lee and Brenda Berg Dr. and Mrs. Frederic T. Billings III Dr. and Mrs. Charles I. Black Mr. Frank Bologna Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Campbell, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Dudley W. Coates Alíce and Bob Greer Mr. and Mrs. G. Lee Griffin Janice and J. W. Guitreau Richard and Susan Lipsey Jimmy and Lillian Maurin Frank and Kathy McArthur Mrs. Ruth McCoy Jim and Terri McIlwain Jerry and Diane McKernan Hermann Moyse, Jr. * Mr. Earl E. Nelson Ms. Josephine W. Nixon Mr. and Mrs. John B. Noland Gail and Bill O’Quin Cherie and Bill Peters The Rawlston Phillips Family Ms. Mary Olive Pierson Family of Dr. and Mrs. M. J. Rathbone, Jr. Stephen and Shawnee McCord Barbara Rathbone Jack and Randee Rathbone Richard and Michele Rathbone Dee Dee and Kevin Reilly, Sr. Winifred and Kevin Reilly, Jr. Jennifer Eplett and Sean Reilly Blanchard and Allison Sanchez Mr. and Mrs. H. Norman Saurage III Mrs. Ruth B. Scanlan Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Schwing Mr. and Mrs. Joseph S. Simmons

Paul D. Perkins Society Guardian ($2,500 - $4,999) Anonymous Dane C. Andreeff Pam and Ernie Ankrim Jack B. Brabham Marc and Jean Couvillion William O. Crabtree, Sr. Louis D. Curet Brett and Renee Furr Cathie and Ed Galante Isaac M. Gregorie Dr. David S. Hanson and Dr. Jolene K. Johnson Dr. Kenneth R. and Rev. Janet D. Hogstrom Mr. and Mrs. Dwayne Honore’ H. Alston Johnson III Mrs. Harry A. Johnson, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Sheldon A. Johnson J. Gerard and Donna Jolly Mrs. Ann Schudmak Keogh Dr. and Mrs. Maurice L. King, Jr. Sherrill Womack Lane Gordon and Teri LeBlanc Dr. Renee A. Levine Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth K. Lo Dr. and Mrs. C. Bryan Luikart, Jr. Mr. Kevin R. Lyle Shelley and Patrick Mockler Mr. and Mrs. Roger A. Moser Carolyn and D. Denis Murrell Mr. and Mrs. G. Allen Penniman, Jr.

Fighting Cancer for Over 35 Years

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Bishop and Mrs. Clarence C. Pope, Jr. Anne and Al Rotenberg Mr. and Mrs. Daniel L. Schuessler Ms. Ellen C. Sessions Mr. Brian Tucker Mr. and Mrs. D. Randolph Waesche

($1,000 - $2,499) Dr. and Mrs. Charles E. Afeman Mr. and Mrs. Edward Amar Mark and Laurie Aronson Mr. and Mrs. Paul Arst Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Badeaux Mr. John W. Barton, Sr. Bob Belk Billie * and Henry Bell Mark and Kathy Bensabat Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Benton Dr. and Mrs. Mark Berry Lori Jill Bertman Skip and Sandy Bertman John C. and Judith S. Blackman Ms. Donna Bodin Mr. and Mrs. Dick Bosse Claude Bouchard and Monique Chagnon Linda and Robert Bowsher Mrs. Jane Thibaut Boyce Tom and Virginia Bromley Tee and Kate Brown Robert L. Burgess John and Elaine Burke Mr. and Mrs. Herbert H. Butt Bunnie Cannon Mr. and Mrs. Rodney C. Cashe Tommy and Vikki Chauvin Mr. and Mrs. Darian Chustz Mr. W. Travis Collins Andre and Kelly Coudrain Danny and Mary Daniel Mr. Chad David Cristy and Mike Delahaye Dr. and Mrs. N. Joseph Deumite Benny and Donna DiChiara Mr. and Mrs. Grover Dobbins Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Dodson Juliet S. Dougherty

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Community Giving Morise and Renea Duffin David and Jennifer Ellis Chris and Angela Ferrara John and Glynda Fetzer Nancy Fogleman Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Fontenot Dr. John and Donna Fraiche Lynnette and Thomas Frazer Mary Delle Gerald Keith R. Gibson, M.D. Mr. and Mrs. Terry Ginn Mr. and Mrs. Gary Graphia Mr. Isaac M. Gregorie, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Les Griffon, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Frank R. Groves, Jr. Davis Gueymard Cordell and Ava Haymon Mr. and Mrs. Derryl H. Haymon Ms. Lauren R. Hebert Mr. and Mrs. John Hill, Jr. Kenny and Danna Hodges Mrs. Estelle Holliday Mrs. Sandra Hufstetler Dr. and Mrs. Donald W. Imhoff Mr. and Mrs. Keith A. Istre Mr. and Mrs. David M. James Mr. Reggie Jenkins, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jones Louis and Doris Juneau Patience and James Keisler Len and Lynn Kilgore Randy and Yvonne Kinchen Mr. and Mrs. Michael Kirby Charles and Carole Lamar Mrs. Ira Lee W. Landry Mr. and Mrs. Paul B. Langston Dr. and Mrs. F. Jefferson Liner, Jr. Phil and Ann Livingston Mr. and Mrs. Shawn A. Loy Don and Pat Lyle Clayton R. and Bonnie D. Mahaffey Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Mann Mr. Robert A. Maurin III Mrs. Lillie A. Maurin Marty and Terri Mayer John and Carla McClelland Michael W. McKay Dr. and Mrs. John P. McNulty Dr. and Mrs. Tom J. Meek, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Minor Mr. S. J. Montalbano Dr. Clyde H. Moore Mr. Hillar C. Moore, Jr. Mr. James P. Murphy Jake L. and Mary Nell Netterville Mr. and Mrs. Gene E. Ohmstede, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Henry D. H. Olinde Jennifer and Tim Rice Mike and Michelle Robinson Suzanne and Jackie Rome Katherine and Bill Rose Mr. and Mrs. Craig S. Ross Victor and Mary-Lynn Sachse Tony and Carol Savoie William W. Scheffy Mr. and Mrs. Callen Schramm Roy and Wendy Sembera Duke Shackelford * Mr. and Mrs. Stephen R. Sinanan Mr. J. Noland “Buck” Singletary, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Gary A. Sligar Mr. and Mrs. Edward R. Spiess Pete and Paige Stewart

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Mr. and Mrs. Jerry L. Stovall Mrs. Christina Streb Moo and Martin Svendson Donna, Haley, and Connor Taylor Mr. James B. Thompson III Mr. and Mrs. Roland M. Toups Ron and Brenda Truxillo Mr. and Mrs. Charles Walker June and Harry Warner Henry A. Weilbacher Lynn and Felix Weill Dr. Cornelius G. Whitley Jean and Will Wilcox Ann Wilkinson Mr. and Mrs. Rip Wilkinson Mr. and Mrs. Michael Dudley Williams, Sr. James E. Willis and Emily Stich David and Anne Winkler Drs. Frank and Karen Wolfsheimer Ms. Barbara Womack Bobby and Marsha Yarborough John and Janet Young

Samaritan’s Circle Ambassador ($500 - $999) Anonymous (3) Ms. Mary Acosta Mr. John Alario Jr. David and Ann Arrighi Mrs. Betty W. Aucoin Mr. and Mrs. John Barton, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey D. Beech Dr. Everett D. Besch Cheryl Bitters Mr. and Mrs. James B. Bizette Mr. George Boudreaux Dr. and Mrs. P. M. Breaud Mac and Helen Bullock Ms. Joann A. Burns Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Burt Mr. Pete Cannatella Mr. Jacob Capraro Mr. and Mrs. John M. Carnahan Dean and Stephanie Cazenave Ms. Pat Cheramie Mr. and Mrs. James M. Coleman Ms. Doris Collins Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin J. Cornwell Mr. and Mrs. Brent J. Couvillion Ms. Erin T. Dominick Alexis Ducorbier, State Farm Insurance Mayor and Mrs. Mayson H. Foster Dr. and Mrs. John P. Gibbons, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John L. Glover Mr. and Mrs. John A. Graves Dr. Robert T. Grissom Ms. Lori Hebert Mrs. Geraldine L. Hickel Mr. and Mrs. Victor J. Hilderbrand, Jr. Mrs. Kay Howell Mr. and Mrs. Clinton M. Hurst Mr. Chuck Johnson Mrs. William A. Johnson Mrs. Marjorie Jordan Mr. and Mrs. George Kurz Mr. and Mrs. Mack Landry Wayne and Debbie Landry Joe and Linda Laughlin

Michael A. Ledet Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Lefeaux Mr. and Mrs. W. Conville Lemoine Ms. Charlotte Levy Mr. A. W. “Dick” Luedtke Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Luquet, Jr. Mr. Richard Mallory Mr. Ryan M. Malone Mr. Robert Marks Dr. Lee F. Mason Mr. Bryan McClendon Richard and Sally McConnell Mrs. Leah Medine Mr. and Mrs. Rolfe Miller Dr. Paul Monsour Tim and Cindy Moore Mrs. Chrystal N. Musgrove Julie and Leonard Nachman Mr. and Mrs. Dyke Nelson Mr. Thuan D. Nguyen Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. Nowacki Ms. Renee’ G. Nugent Ms. Kelly A. Oliver Ann and Justin Ourso Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence C. Paddock Jay and Pamela Perkins Mrs. Nancy D. Pierce Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Preis Jere and Mary Ellen Price Mr. Ronald J. Price Terryl Propper Mr. and Mrs. James R. Purgerson, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Justin R. Querbes III Ms. Charlotte K. Ray Mr. Samuel Robertson Mr. Milton M. Rougon Mr. L. Cary Saurage II Mr. Robert Schneckenburger and Ms. Whitney Vann Ms. Donna Schwab Mr. Jed R. Seay Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Smith Mr. James B. Smith Dr. and Mrs. William E. Smith Mrs. Laura M. Solomon Mr. Gerald E. Songy Stuart Sonnier Mrs. Glenda D. Sullivan Mr. J. Treye Weilbacher Mr. and Mrs. Berchmans Wilbert III Drs. Chris and Gay Winters Mr. and Mrs. Phillips C. Witter Ms. Pamela Long Wofford

Supporter ($250 - $499) Anonymous (8) Mr. and Mrs. Mark Andre Mrs. Judye Averette Ethel and Durward Babin Mr. Don Barnes Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred B. Barry Mr. F. J. Bello, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Berdon Carol Anne and Sidney M. Blitzer, Jr. Mr. Hunter Botts Mr. and Mrs. James Boyce Mr. and Mrs. Brett Brinson Mr. Matt Bryant Mr. and Mrs. Billy Cahill Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Calandro Mr. Michael F. Cammarosano

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Community Giving Mr. Dominic Caputo Mr. Robert R. Casey Glenda Chambers Mr. and Mrs. Craig Chumney Pat and Margaret Culbertson Alvin J. and Evelyn Curole Mr. Edward I. Daniel Ms. Sheree Daniel Ms. Kay E. Donham Ms. Susan Duncan Dr. and Mrs. Edward P. Dunigan Dr. and Mrs. Brian Dyess Mr. Donald G. Edgerton Mr. Daniel Ehrhart Mr. Andrew B. Ezell Mr. and Mrs. Ira R. Feld Clay and Katheryn Flournoy Mrs. Sheila D. Floyd Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Foto Mr. and Mrs. Bruce C. Garner Mr. and Mrs. James Pat Giblin Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Gould Mrs. Lynne Graner Jonathan and Rene Greer Mr. and Mrs. William E. Hall, Jr. Ms. Terrilyn Hannon Stan and Michelle Harris Paul E. Haygood Ms. Agnes Hebert Mr. and Mrs. Ronald P. Hebert, Sr. Mr. David Heltz Mr. Lance Hopkins Debbie and Dave Hurlbert Mr. Enrique Hurtado Debbie and Barry Jenkins Ms. Bonnie Jessup Mr. and Mrs. John Wayne Jewell Mrs. Patty G. Johnson Byron and Susan Kantrow Mr. Durwood Keller Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kelly Mrs. Vernie P. Kent Mr. and Mrs. Paul Keshtkar Dr. and Mrs. James A. Knost Mr. Harry Laker Susan P. and F. Barrow Leake III Mrs. Mary Louise Levy Dr. Richard A. Magill Mrs. Joseph M. Marino Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. McCall III Mrs. Sancy H. McCool Rhea Mertz Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Miller Ms. Cheryl R. Millin Ms. Sharyn Monce Janet L. Olsen Ms. Rebecca L. Perry Mrs. Gretchen P. Pressburg Ms. Cinda C. Prinz Mr. and Mrs. John A. Reulet, Sr. Ms. Paula S. Reynolds Mr. Robert Robison Mrs. Angela M. “SuSu” Rosenthal Ms. Amanda R. Rothrock Sanford and Jan Roy Mr. Sidney D. Roy Ms. Catherine Sanders Mr. George M. Schaffer Mr. and Mrs. Scott Shean Mrs. Karen Sirman Ms. Faye S. Smith Mrs. Shirley L. Smith Dr. and Mrs. William F. Staats

Ms. Stacey Stuart Dr. and Mrs. Marvin E. Stuckey Dr. and Mrs. O. M. Thompson, Jr. Mr. Rick Thompson Mr. Stephen W. Tyson Ms. Alana Vaughn Ms. Debby P. Vollmer Ms. Virginia W. Ward Mr. and Mrs. Eric Wedig David R. Weill Mr. and Mrs. David Whitelaw Mr. and Mrs. Billy Wiggins Ms. Brenda Willcutt Mr. Rodney Willis Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Wright Mr. and Mrs. Eric P. Zeringue Ms. Lisa Zeringue

Care Giver ($100 - $249) Anonymous (26) Leo and Insa Abraham Mr. and Mrs. James M. Adams Mr. Robert J. Aertker, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Billy Aguillard Mr. and Mrs. Leonard F. Aguillard Mr. and Mrs. Kanwal Ahuja Mr. Jason Alford Mr. Scott Alleman Barry and Marie Allen Paul K. and Clara S. Andersen Ms. Catriona Anderson Ms. Pamela D. Anderson Dr. and Mrs. Tim Andrus Dr. and Mrs. William Arceneaux Ms. Ruth Aron Mrs. Laurie Aronson Dr. and Mrs. Gary Asmus Mr. and Mrs. Reginald Augustus Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Babin Dr. Bruce L. Baer Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. Baier Ms. Betty Bailey Mrs. Teri L. Bair Mr. and Mrs. Jerry M. Baldwin Ms. Johanna Baldwin Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Balhoff Dr. David Barno Mr. Hunter Barrilleaux Mr. and Mrs. John S. Barry, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. J. Richard Basset Mr. and Mrs. William H. Bassett Mr. and Mrs. John H. Bateman Mrs. Gladys I. Batson Ms. Kristin Batulis Ms. Gertrude Beauford Mr. and Mrs. William D. Beck Mr. Marc Becker Mr. and Mrs. Frankie Benedetto Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bennett Mr. Michael O. Bertolet Mr. and Mrs. Dave A. Besse III Mr. James G. Bethard, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Terence Beven Mrs. Kim Bevil Ms. Gwen Bizette Ms. Lonnie S. Black Mr. and Mrs. Verdell L. Blakly Mr. and Mrs. Harry Blanchard Dr. and Mrs. Matthew H. Blunt Steve and Kris Bodie Mr. Andre P. Bourgeois

Fighting Cancer for Over 35 Years

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Ms. Ann Bourgeois Mrs. Suzanne Bourgeois Mr. Leon Brady Mr. and Mrs. Lawson W. Brandon Mr. and Mrs. James C. Brinkley Mr. and Mrs. George B. Britten Ms. Melanie Brocato Mr. Ricky D. Brock Ms. Kim Bromell Mr. and Mrs. Michael Brouillette Mr. Evon Broussard Ms. Deloris Brown Ms. Dorcas Brown Ms. Frances E. Brown Mr. and Mrs. Kenny Brown Mr. and Mrs. Calvin J. Browning Ms. Donna Bryant Mrs. Melva Burgess Ms. Amie Buriege Mr. and Mrs. Brad J. Burkett Mr. Francis M. Burleigh, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Bryan E. Bush III Ms. Carolyn Bush Mr. Lee Cafeiro Mrs. Gayle Young Campbell Mr. Steve Canta Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Cappiello Bobbye Carona & Family Mr. Paul Carreras Mr. and Mrs. David R. Cassidy Mr. and Mrs. Durward D. Casteel Ms. Mary Cavalier Mr. Michael Cedotal Mr. and Mrs. Alex Chappo Mr. and Mrs. Chase Chassaignac IV Ms. Margaret S. Chouest Ms. Mary Chustz George and Dianne Clark Craig Clement Mr. Joseph Clifton Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Cocreham Mr. Charles P. Coghlan Mr. and Mrs. M. Cohen Mr. George N. Colbert Mr. and Mrs. Michael Conefry Mr. Brian Conners Mrs. Thelma B. Conrad Mr. and Mrs. Dinos Constantinides Mr. Owen T. Cope Mr. and Mrs. Don A. Coppola Mr. William Cornell Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Corsentino Mr. and Mrs. Aaron R. Courville Mr. Hezzie E. Crain Mr. William D. Crain C. Christiane Creveling Julie and Chris Crifasi Mr. and Mrs. Fred T. Crifasi Mrs. Tattie H. Crosby Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cudd Mr. Steve Culpepper Mr. and Mrs. Gary Curran Mr. Fabien J. Daigle Ms. Jessica Daigle Ms. Teresa Daigle Ms. Sandra Daire Ms. Ann Dalrymple Honorable Louis R. Daniel Mr. Robert J. David Mr. and Mrs. Omer C. Davis Mr. Sumpter B. Davis Mrs. John R. Day Mr. Robert J. Deaton

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Community Giving Ms. Laura G. Deavers Mr. Sam Decoteau Mr. and Mrs. Roger L. del Rio Mr. and Mrs. Norman A. Deumite Mr. Timothy Dietrich Ms. Marlana DiVincenti Mrs. Donna W. Donato Mr. Brent Dornier Mr. Robert W. Dougherty Mr. and Mrs. Paul Dufour, Jr. Mrs. Rosemary M. Dunaway Mr. and Mrs. Chad Dunn Mr. Darryl Dyess Mrs. Mary Frey Eaton Mr. Terry Eddy Mr. and Mrs. A. Bridger Eglin Mr. and Mrs. Mark T. Emonet Mr. and Mrs. John M. Englehardt Ms. Jennifer Erikson Ms. Charla Evans Mr. John Evers Mrs. Beatriz Elena Facundus Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fairly, Jr. Dr. Lance E. Fallin Mr. James Favrot Kyle and Kara Ferachi Dr. Larry Ferachi Ms. Leslie Fernandez Ms. Monica Fernandez Ms. Margaret Z. Fiandt Mr. and Mrs. Jack H. Field, Jr. Ms. Susan L. Finley Mr. and Mrs. Russell H. Fish Ms. Catherine M. Fontenot Dr. and Mrs. Daniel Fontenot Jim and Judy Needham Fontenot Dr. and Mrs. Thom A. Franklin Mr. Shawn L. Frazer Brenda S. Frederick Mr. and Mrs. Walter Gaffigan Ms. Corie Gagliano Gail Gaiennie Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Gallmann, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James Gampetro Mr. Jason Garcille Mr. Jack B. Garrison Ms. Charity Gay Mrs. Margaret Geddes Mrs. Dean W. Geheber Ms. Rosemary Gilbert Mr. and Mrs. Richard F. Gill Ms. Winifred L. Gill Mr. C. A. Glover Mrs. Elizabeth Gomilla Rev. William L. Greene Mr. and Mrs. Walton N. Greer Steve and Michele Gregory Mrs. Frances Groves Mr. Gary Grush Mr. and Mrs. John M. Grymes III Mr. and Mrs. Leo Guedry Ms. Stacey L. Guichard Ms. Jackie Guidry Dr. and Mr. Kevin Guidry Ms. Rhonda Guillot Mr. Govind Gupta Ms. Gayle Gussman Mr. G.M. Guynn Mr. Warren Hachet Mr. and Mrs. Randy Haddad William O. and Mary Helen Hamilton Mr. Joshua Hampton Mrs. Betty G. Hanks

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During an official tour of Mary Bird Perkins, U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu is pictured with (l to r) MBP President and CEO Todd Stevens, MBP Board Chairman Richard Lipsey, Landrieu and MBP Chief of Physics Ken Hogstrom, PhD. Dr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Hannie, Jr. Mrs. Nita K Harris Ms. Carol Harrison Jim and Judy Haslitt Mr. Leo M. Hataway Mr. Roy D. Hatchell Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Hathorn Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Hawkins, Jr. Robert and Betty Hazel Dr. Emmett L. Hebert Ms. Virginia Heim Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hemphill Dr. and Mrs. Gregory C. Henkelmann Mr. Fred Heroman Mr. and Mrs. Buzzy Heroman, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Billy Heroman Mr. Max Himmel Ms. Natalie Hock Mr. and Mrs. Roger D. Hodgeson Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth E. Holland James and Pat Hoth Mr. and Mrs. Mark Howard Ms. Goldie Hudson Mr. and Mrs. William J. Huffmaster Dr. and Mrs. F. J. Impastato Ms. Geraldine C. Inman Ms. Elva Jacobs Mrs. Vivienne Jahncke Mrs. Deborah A. Jamison Ms. Consuella Jarreau Dr. and Mrs. Edward E. Jeffries Mr. Glen Jenkins Mr. and Mrs. Ben Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Berlin Johnson Ms. Gwen Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Hugh J. Johnson Dr. David E. Johnston and Mrs. Vicki Brown Johnston Ms. Margaret C. Jolly Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jolly Ms. Reberdia Jones Mr. and Mrs. Cheney C. Joseph Mr. and Mrs. Francis C. Jumonville Mr. and Mrs. Adrian E. Kaiser, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John L. Kaiser, Sr.

Mr. Ben Kasischke Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Katz Mr. and Mrs. Campbell Kaufman Mrs. Eilleen M. Kean Mr. and Mrs. C. Gerald Keigley Mr. Kerry Keller Mr. Dennis Kelley Mr. and Mrs. Keith Kellum Ms. Pauline D. Kennedy Mr. and Mrs. Price L. Kennedy Mrs. Linda M. Kenyon Ms. Catherine J. Kidd Mrs. Lana Kiker Ms. April King Myles and Dana Kirkland Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Klei Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence R. Kluka Mr. Joseph G. Kopfler Mr. Kenny Kwan Mr. Gary B. Labauve Mr. Jeffrey Labruzzo Mr. Kurt L. LaCroix Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Lanclos Mr. Clive Landry Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Landry Mrs. Odette N. Lang Mr. and Mrs. Keith Langheinz Aubrey and Jackie LaPlace Mr. and Mrs. Daniel L. Lastrapes Mr. Charlie E. Latchem Daly and Suzanne Lavergne Mr. and Mrs. David L. Laxton III Ms. Lyndra Lea The Leader Family Mr. and Mrs. Burton LeBlanc Ms. Laura LeBlanc Mr. and Mrs. Roger LeBlanc Mr. and Mrs. Todd Ledet Mr. Blake Lee Mr. Hau Lee Mr. James S. K. Lee Mrs. Cathy Leggette Judy and Cliff LeMaire Mr. and Mrs. Paul H. Leonard Clayton and Aleta Lester

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Community Giving

Annual Giving Campaign cabinet members Frank McArthur and Paul Thompson visit during the kickoff of the 2007 Annual Giving Campaign. Both McArthur and Thompson are past chairmen of the campaign.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Levy III Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Lewis Mr. and Mrs. Willie L. Lewis Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Lindsay Ms. Christine Lipsey Louisiana 5th Circuit Court of Appeals Employees Ms. Misty Lowery Mr. and Mrs. Sam Lowery Mr. and Mrs. Max Luna Ms. Theresa H. Lunsford Mr. and Mrs. David Madden Mrs. Julie Madere Mrs. Nicole Magee Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Magee Ms. Anita V. Mann Mr. and Mrs. Donnie Marino Sam J. Marino, Sr. Ms. Betty J. Marsh Mr. Dalton V. Martin, Jr. Mrs. Georgia B. Martin Deputy Kenny Martin Mr. Marion L. Mascarella Mr. Johnny Masey Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Mashon Mr. and Mrs. Joel Massey Mr. Lee N. Maxwell, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Mitch Mayes Mrs. Mary Jane Mayfield Eddie and Linda McClure Mr. and Mrs. Donald L. McCollister Mr. and Mrs. John McConnell Mary and Charles McCowan Mr. Brent McCoy Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth L. McCoy Jean McDuffie Ms. Alma P. McKay Mr. and Mrs. William Shelby McKenzie Mr. Stephen McKinney Mr. W. Douglas McMillin Mr. and Mrs. Edwin B. McNeil Mr. Ronnie P. Meadors Mr. and Mrs. James Atte Mehaffey Ms. Susan Melsheimer

Mr. and Mrs. Clyde J. Messenger Mr. and Mrs. J. Rodney Messina Mrs. Katherine M. Messina Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Meyers, Jr. Mr. Barney Miller Donald T. and Anna W. Miller Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Miller Mr. and Mrs. James N. Miller Mr. John Miller Dr. and Mrs. Robert Miller Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Miller, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Mills Mr. Frank Mire, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William C. Monroe Mr. Jay Montalbano Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Montgomery Dr. Allen Moore Mr. Harold Moore Mr. and Mrs. Hillar C. Moore III Mr. Michael J. Moore Mr. and Mrs. Terry Lee Moore Mr. William M. Moore Mr. Thomas J. Moran Mrs. Joyce Johnson Moreland Dr. and Mrs. Joe A. Morgan Mr. and Mrs. Charles Morse Ms. Janet Morse Mr. Giovanni Muciacciaro Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Mulligan Mr. Joseph and Dr. Carol Murphy Miss Frances G. Murrell Mr. and Mrs. Phil J. Muscarello Sr. Mr. Daniel Neck and Ms. Angela Stam Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Neskora Mr. John E. Newton Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William Nichols Ms. Judy A. Nickens Mr. Brian Norman Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Normand Mr. and Mrs. Craig Nuckolls Ms. Amy L. O’Brien Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Olinde Mrs. Julia D. O’Quin Mr. James Osborn

Fighting Cancer for Over 35 Years

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Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Oubre Ada Pailet Barbara P. Parker Mr. and Mrs. Steven Parnell Dr. Ruth M. Patrick Mr. and Mrs. Michael Patterson Mrs. Sally P. Pearson Dr. and Mrs. B. Rivers Penn Mr. and Mrs. John H. Perkins Mr. and Mrs. Charles Perrault Mr. and Mrs. Michael Perrault Mr. Phillip Pettus Mr. and Mrs. Alvin M. Phillips, Jr. Ms. Amy Phillips Mr. and Mrs. Mark R. Phillips Ms. Siconya Phillips Ms. Patsy Picard and Ms. Chinkie Cointment Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pine Mr. Donald Pipes Mr. Randy Pipes Mr. and Mrs. Merlin Pistorius Ms. Paula Plaisance Mr. and Mrs. Mahlon Poche Mr. and Mrs. Billy T. Poe Mr. and Mrs. Stephen W. Pol Mr. and Mrs. O. Miles Pollard, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Pourciau Mr. A. C. Powell III Ms. Rose Marie Powell Mr. and Mrs. William S. Prescott Ms. Lynda Provenzano Mr. Wallace G. Pursell Mrs. April Quillen Mr. and Mrs. Danny R. Rabalais Ms. Joyce N. Rabel Mr. and Mrs. Walt L. Rachal, Sr. Mr. Bill Ragsdale Mr. Tony Ragusa Cdr. and Mrs. Jim Rance Mrs. Jill Randel Mrs. Jane W. Randolph Dr. and Mrs. Jerome V. Reel, Jr. Pam, Jason, and Natalie Reibert Howard L. Reitz Mr. Boyd A. Remo Mr. Stacy Richardson Dr. Carol Ridenour and Family Ms. Linda C. Rigell Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Ripple Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Rivet Mr. Bob N. Robards Mr. and Mrs. Glenn J. Robert Dr. Richard L. Robin Mrs. Janice K. Robinson Mr. Thomas Robinson Mr. Ruffin A. Rodrigue, Jr. Candy and Wally Rosenblum Mr. and Mrs. Steven E. Ross Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Rotolo Mrs. Jeanne Rougeau Dr. and Mrs. J. D. Roussel Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Sammonds Ms. Dorothy E. Sanders Ms. Georgie Sartor Mr. and Mrs. James Scallan Mr. and Mrs. Gary Schenk Ms. Kaye S. Schiefelbein Mr. and Mrs. John Schiller Dr. and Mrs. A. Carl Schmulen Ms. Renee Schneider Greg & Shannon Scott Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Scott

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Community Giving Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Sellers Mr. Richard Setliff Mr. Jack L. Sharpe Mr. Donald M. Sheill Dr. and Mrs. I. J. Sherman, Jr. Mr. Terrel L. Shields Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Shields III Ms. Vadel Shivers Mr. Charles A. Shropshire Mrs. Margaret S. Shuffield Ms. Susan M. Sibille Ms. Ashley Sides Mrs. Janice C. Silver Dr. and Mrs. Harold Silverman Mr. and Mrs. David T. Simmons Mr. Eddie Singleton Ms. Beverly Smiley Mr. and Mrs. Charles Smith Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Smith Ms. Kathryn Smith Ms. Kathy Smith Mrs. Rita Smith Ms. Sherri D. Johnson Smith Mrs. Sue L. Spaht Mr. Glen St. Martin and Ms. Michelle O. Lorio Mr. Marshall R. Starns Ms. Cindy Stevens Mrs. Elizabeth D. Stewart Mrs. Kay s. Stone Mr. Larry Stout Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Stuart, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur and Patricia Stubbs Dr. and Mrs. Bon Suarez Mr. and Mrs. Scott R. Sulik Ms. Cynthia Sullivan Ms. Pat W. Summers Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Sumrall Mr. Ambrose Sutton Ms. Gloria Taillon Ms. Frances Talbot Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Teepell Ms. Sandra S. Tessier Mr. John Thompson Mr. and Mrs. O. M. Thompson III Mr. and Mrs. Richard Tindall Marina Toledo, Esq. Mr. and Mrs. Steve Tope Mr. Clarence Trabeau Mr. Ralph Treuil, Sr. Ms. Wanda Tullier Mr. Charles Turnage Mr. and Mrs. Stacey A. Turner Mr. and Mrs. Lewis O. Unglesby Mr. Daniel Usey Dr. Jack R. Van Lopik Dr. and Mrs. Edward Victor Vignes Mr. and Mrs. Glynn E. Villemarette Mrs. Naomi Vince Joe and Sue Vogelpohl Mr. Carl Wade Dr. and Mrs. Clay A. Waggenspack Dr. Richard Wampold Mr. Glenn Ware Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Warner Mr. Don Weathers Mr. and Mrs. Denis J. Webre, Sr. Mr. Barry L. Weinstein Wesley’s Community Group - Ring Community Church Mrs. Mary W. Westerfield Ms. Joyce Westmoreland Tricia and Dick Whitlow

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Ms. Tina Anselmo Wiker Mr. and Mrs. James Williams and Family Ms. Jamie Wilson Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wilson Mrs. David G. Wire Ms. Terry Worthy Ms. Paula E. Yarmo Mr. Eugene Young

Associate ($50 - $99) Anonymous (30) Mr. and Mrs. Creighton B. Abadie Ms. Katherine M. Adams Mr. Robert Agee Ms. Sheila Alexander Mr. and Mrs. James A. Alleman, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Bob D. Allen, Sr. Ms. Susan M. Allen Mr. and Mrs. A. Steve Allison Rev. and Mrs. Chris H. Andrews Myrtle and Robert Angell Dr. Christine E. Angelloz Mrs. Donna Arkell Ms. Betty Arnaud Ms. Sylvia Arton Mr. and Mrs. Owen W. Ashworth, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Avants Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Bacot Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Bajon Mr. and Mrs. William B. Baker Mr. and Mrs. Toby Balsam Ms. Carrie T. Bankston Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Bankston Mr. John Barnes Mr. John Bauman Mr. Doran Baxter Mrs. Melissa Bell Ms. Robbye K. Bell Ms. Debi Benoit Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Benton Mr. Brian Bercegeay Brad Berner Mr. and Mrs. George W. Beste Mr. Darrin Blades Mr. David Blanc Mrs. Beryl P. Bland Mr. and Mrs. Walter Blocker Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Bogan, Jr. Paul and Peggy Bologna Mr. and Mrs. Howard Bolton Mrs. Helen W. Borne Mr. Mark S. Borquist Ms. Margaret S. Boudreau Keith and Tracy Boudreaux Mr. and Mrs. Carl N. Bourgeois Richard and Mary Beth Boyd Mr. and Mrs. James G. Boyer Ms. Rose A. Brady Ms. Katherine Bray Mr. and Mrs. Jewell Brian Ms. Angelique M. Brou Dr. and Mrs. R. Dwight Brower Sandy and Greg Brown Ms. Ramona Brown Mr. and Mrs. John M. Browning Mr. and Mrs. Walter G. Bruetting Mr. W. Donice Bulloch Mr. and Mrs. C. Dan Bump Mr. Don Burke Ms. Sonja Butler Ms. Kimberly L. Callaway

Mr. and Mrs. William Callender Mrs. Elouise D. Campbell Mr. and Mrs. George L. Carmouche Mr. Robert H. Carpenter, Jr. Mr. Lawrence J. Centola Ms. Thelma Chamblee Mr. and Mrs. Doug Champlin Mrs. Mittie P. Chaney-Veillon Dr. and Mrs. Dennis Cheek Mrs. Aimee Chellew Ms. Juanita Clark Ms. Sherry Clark Mrs. Dolores M. Clayton Ms. Patricia Cmiel Bobbie Coffman Dr. and Mrs. H. Jay Collinsworth Jill and Kenneth Humphreys Mrs. Merle C. Cooper Mrs. Linda Corkern Ms. Laura L. Cotton Ms. Linda Cox Ms. Bobbie L. Crawford Ms. Rita Culross Mr. and Mrs. Timothy G. Cundiff Dr. and Mrs. Mortimer F. Currier Mr. and Mrs. Dave Curry Ms. Bobbie D’Armond Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Daigle Mr. and Mrs. Larry T. Daigle Mr. Kenneth P. Daigrepont Mrs. Lynn Dalier Mr. Walter Daniels and Dr. Sheneen Daniels Ted and Kathleen David Mr. Feltus Davis Mrs. Florence P. Davis Mr. and Mrs. Vernon E. Davis Ms. Rebecca O. Dawson Ms. Randi Deaton Mr. and Mrs. Glenn J. DeGruy Mr. and Mrs. Stacio Delgado Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. DePaul Ms. Laura DePhillips Mr. and Mrs. Earl G. DeWitt Ms. Albertina Diaz Mr. Robert I. Didier, Jr. Mr. Joseph Diecidue, Jr. Mrs. Glenda Dobson Judge and Mrs. Lewis Doherty III Ms. Myrtle T. Doize Mr. Vincent Donagriche, Sr. Ms. Joan M. Drouilhet Ms. Melissa Dubois Mr. Brad Duet Mrs. Claire Dupont Mrs. Alexis Duval Mr. A. Shelby Easterly III Murphy and Tammy Edmonston Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Edwards Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Eiswirth Mr. and Mrs. Roy Elder Mr. Tim B. Elkins, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Scott Ellis Mrs. Gaston England Ms. Marcile C. England Mrs. Mary Lou Evans Mr. and Mrs. Lional Ezell Ms. Cindy Fandal Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Fangue Mr. and Mrs. Daniel R. Fazekas Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Fife David and June Fitzgerald Mr. and Mrs. Kelly R. Fitzgerald

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Community Giving Ms. Emile Flanagan Mrs. Evelyn S. Fleming Mr. Will Ford Mr. Clay Foret Mrs. Cheryl C. Foster Ms. Beryl Fourroux Mr. and Mrs. Frank P. Frederic Ms. Pamela L. Freeman Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Gainey Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Galloway Mrs. Jennifer Garcille Mr. and Mrs. Sid Garrison Ms. Pat Garwood Mrs. Evelyn Traylor Gautreau Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Gautreaux Mr. John E. Gilcrease Mr. and Mrs. Nathan T. Gisclair, Jr. Mr. Eldridge G. Glynn Ms. Patsy W. Graham Mr. and Mrs. Leslie H. Grand Dr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Graves Mr. and Mrs. Lee Gray Green Acre Neighbors Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Gresser Mr. and Mrs. Colan H. Griffin Mr. and Mrs. George and Lowry B. Griffon Mr. Ausie Grigg Mike and Sue Guarisco Dr. and Mrs. Patrick Guidry Mr. and Mrs. Rhaoul A. Guillaume, Sr. Dr. and Mrs. Andrew Gutter Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Guzzardo Ms. Epifiana N. Harang Mrs. Bettie W. Hastings Mr. Dan Hatfield Ms. Margie Hathorn Ms. Martha Haynes Mrs. Charyl B. Hearin Mrs. Marla B. Hebert Mr. Stephen A. Hebert Ms. Anne Heckendorn Mr. Leo Hemelt Ms. Millicent Hennigan Ms. Katherine Hilliard Mrs. Robert Hines

Mrs. Joyce Hoover Mr. and Mrs. James G. Howell Mrs. Erin Johnson Mr. Philip K. Jones Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Jordan Colonel Jerald Juneau Mrs. JoAnn P. Kassheimer Mr. and Mrs. Dannie Kennedy Ms. Constantin Kerageorgiou Ms. Carol Ann Kinchen Mr. and Mrs. Max King Mr. and Mrs. Dennis L. Kirby Diane and Warren Kirsch Ms. Edith P. Kitchens Mr. Otto F. Krafft Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Kronenberger Mr. and Mrs. A. Dyer Lafleur Deborah E. Lamb Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Lambremont III Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Lamonica Kathryn Landry Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Lane III W. A. “Chuck” Langlois, Jr. Ms. Rhonda R. Lastrapes Mr. and Mrs. Shelton E. Launey Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth R. LeBeau Judge and Mrs. Daniel W. LeBlanc Mr. Michael D. LeBlanc Mr. and Mrs. William J. LeBlanc Mrs. Alice B. LeSage and Ms. Tonya LaSage Mr. and Mrs. Mark W. Levert, Jr. Ms. Kathy Lewis Mr. and Mrs. Bruce L. Liles Ms. Margaret Liuzza Mr. Brad Lively Mr. and Mrs. Allen J. Lockwood Mr. Johnny London Jennifer L. Looney Ms. Mary J. Lormand Mr. Robert R. Lott Mrs. Margaret M. Lovelace Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Lugenbuhl Mr. Hal “Buck” Macmurdo Ms. Carolyn Madere

Mary Bird Perkins Volunteer Jack Carmena was the honoree at the annual Anna B. Lipsey Memorial Volunteer Award luncheon. Pictured (l to r) are the honoree, Ursula Carmena, Susan Lipsey and Richard Lipsey.

Fighting Cancer for Over 35 Years

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Dave and Deanna Magee Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Malesic Ms. Patricia A. Manuel Anne and Paul Marks, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Numa Marquette Mr. and Mrs. Forest Marquez, Jr. Mr. Allen Martin Jim and Judy Mascarella Mr. and Mrs. James Masters Mrs. Alton Matherne Mr. and Mrs. George Matlock Mrs. Verlee G. Mayeux Ms. Leoda M. McConnell Ms. Dottie McCormack Mr. James V. McDonnell Mrs. Laura McElroy Mr. and Mrs. Michael L. McGuire Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. McKay Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. McKenzie, Sr. Ms. Madeline McLaughlin Mr. and Mrs. Scott McLean Mr. and Mrs. John J. McManus, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Hubert McMillan Mr. and Mrs. Frank McQuiston Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Meagher, Jr. Mrs. John Meier Joe and Paula Melancon Mr. and Mrs. William J. Metcalf Mrs. Edward (Juanita) Metz Mrs. Earline Miller Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Miller Mr. and Mrs. John Miller Mrs. Kathleen A. Miller Mr. and Mrs. Terry H. Miller Mr. and Mrs. Eric Mistretta Mr. and Mrs. Dorel Moldovan Mr. John Montgomery Mr. and Mrs. Harold Moore Mrs. Wallace D. Moore Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Moret Molly S. Morgan Ms. Rita Morgan Mrs. Mildred L. Morrison Mr. Allen J. Moye’ Miss Phyllis Mury Mr. and Mrs. Bruce and Rosalie Myrick Ms. Sharon S. Myshrall Mr. Russell Nash Mrs. Kerri Needham Mr. and Mrs. William H. Noto Mr. and Mrs. Joshua E. O’Brien Mrs. Anna M. Ory Ms. Carol Page and Family Ms. Kristie Palermo Mr. and Mrs. Robert Parent Mr. and Mrs. Joe Parker Ms. Jeanne Parrish Mrs. Golda R. Patrick Mr. and Mrs. Alvin A. Patteson Judy, Mandy, and Amy Pearce Mrs. Audrey Pechon Mr. and Mrs. Jerald L. Perlman Ms. Salli Phillips Connie M. Planche Mrs. Frances Poirrier and Family Mr. and Mrs. Jean W. Poirrier II Mr. Sidney Ponseti Mr. and Mrs. Norman Porter Mr. and Mrs. Larry Powell Mr. and Mrs. James M. Prince Mr. and Mrs. Patrick O. Prine, Sr. Mrs. Hilda Molden Pruitt Mr. and Mrs. Henry G. Pylant

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Community Giving Mr. and Mrs. Ben P. Ragusa, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Richard Rathbone Mr. and Mrs. David Ray Mrs. William D. Ray Neil and Becky Record Mr. Guy Recotta General and Mrs. Ronald G. Richard Mr. Arthur J. Riopelle Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Robinson Mr. Fred W. Rogers Mr. Arthur Roig Mr. and Mrs. Madison H. Romaine Ms. Rosemary Rownd Melanie and Joel Safer Mr. and Mrs. Albert Salzer Mr. and Mrs. Larry Savell Ms. Laura Saxon Mr. and Mrs. H. Graham Schneider Mr. John D. Schwab Mr. and Mrs. David E. Scott Mrs. Rose T. Sedberry David and Paulette Senior Charles and Winifred Severance Mr. William Sierichs, Jr. Ms. Danette Simon Mr. Michael J. Simon Mr. and Mrs. Scott D. Singletary Mr. Albert Singleton Mr. and Dr. Mark E. Skerkoske Ms. Adrienne Smith Mrs. Bobby R. Smith Mr. Charles Ray Smith Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Smith Mrs. Dixon Smith Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Smith Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Smith, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Gary Snellgrove Mrs. Katherine S. Spaht Mr. and Mrs. Delroy Spann Mr. and Mrs. Dale Spillman Mrs. Kristi Sprecher Mr. and Mrs. Ray E. Spruell Mr. and Mrs. John Chalres Stafford Ms. Donna Stagg Mr. Henry Stanga Mr. and Mrs. John B. Staples Mr. Michael Stewart Dr. Agustin Suarez Mr. Coleman W. Sullivan Mr. and Mrs. Troye Svendson Mr. and Mrs. Alex Theriot, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. E. Robert Theriot Mr. and Mrs. Bob Thibodeaux Mrs. Pat Thompson Ms. Miriam Tivet Mr. Nicholas A. Triggs Ms. Mary B. Tullier Mr. and Mrs. William E. Van Fossen Sean and Leslie Van Kerkhone Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Van Leen Mr. and Mrs. Geary Vance Family of Nita Varnado Mr. Aaron Villar Darryl and Theresa Vincent Ms. Nichole B. Vincent Ms. Vicki Walker Mr. Daniel Wallis Russell and Jeanie Washer Mrs. Doris Watson Dr. and Mrs. Noel Watson Mr. David Watt Ann and Benjamin Wax Ms. Jules R. Weber

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Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center radiation oncologist Kenneth K. Lo, PhD, MD and his wife Lillian enjoy the cocktail reception immediately preceding the 2007 Leadership Dinner held in recognition of the Center’s Leadership Donors.

Mrs. Dorothy Webre Mrs. Leslie B. Welliver Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Westmoreland Mrs. Birdie S. White Mr. and Mrs. Kelton Whitehead Melissa and Frank Whiteside Mr. and Mrs. Mel Whitworth Mr. Frank Wickes Ms. Dorys Wiegand Ms. Evelyn Wilcox Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Wilcox Mr. and Mrs. John H. Williams Ms. Lisa Williams Ms. Marie Williams Ms. Nancy L. Wolford Mrs. Patricia M. Womack Mr. and Mrs. Douglas C. Woolfolk Bill and Betty Wray Ms. Elsie Wren Ms. Patrill Young Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Zeigler Mr. and Mrs. Barry Zeringue Jimmy and Cindy Zito

Friend ($25 - $49) Anonymous (28) Brandon and Carol Abadie Ms. Marie L. Abadie Ms. Marlene Acosta Mr. and Mrs. Brian L. Akchin Mr. and Mrs. John S. Albert Ms. Sheila Albin Mr. Tyler Aldrich Mr. Ellsworth Alexander Mr. and Mrs. J. Lee Alexander Ms. Anna L. Alexis Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Alford Hazel W. Allain Mrs. Monica Allen Mr. Kerry L. Alley Ms. Madelyn N. Althen

Mrs. Peggy Amato Ms. Marilyn Anderson Mr. Tom Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Annison Mrs. Amy G. Armand Mr. Sam Armand Mrs. Darlene Ashbaugh Ms. Annie Mae Ferguson Aubin Naomi Joyce C. Austin Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Babin Ms. Donna Baham Mr. and Mrs. David K. Bahlinger Ms. Melissa A. Bailey Ms. Judith F. Ballard Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Barron Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Barron Mr. Jesse Bartley Mr. George W. Bausewine Mr. and Mrs. Francie Beard Ms. Kristen Bell Mr. and Mrs. Marvin H. Bender Mr. and Mrs. Derek F. Benedetto Mr. and Mrs. William L Benedetto Mr. J. W. Bennett Mr. and Mrs. Patatrick A. Bergeron Mr. Jay Berthelot and Family Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Berthelot Mr. and Mrs. Ross Berthelot Mr. Clifton O. Bingham Ms. Ann Blair Ms. Robertine L. Blais Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Blanc, Jr. Ms. Roberta T. Blanchard Mr. Rodney Blanchard Mr. and Mrs. Rudy Blanchard Mr. and Mrs. Jim Blubaugh Donald Bonnecarrere Mr. and Mrs. Randy J. Bonnecaze Ms. Dell Bostic Charles and Bonnie Bourgeois Mr. Garvin Bourgeois Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Bourgeois Mr. and Mrs. Joey Brady

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Community Giving

Mary Bird Perkins, Our Lady of the Lake and Cancer Services of Greater Baton Rouge partnered to reach more cancer patients by opening a Cancer Services outreach location at Mary Bird Perkins. Pictured (l to r) are Todd Stevens, president and CEO, MBP; Mimi Barnum Riché, executive director, Cancer Services; Kevin Guidry, cancer center administrator, OLOL. Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Branch Dr. and Mrs. Harold David Brandt Mr. Robert Brantley Mr. and Mrs. DeWitt H. Braud, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Brewer Ms. June Briant Mrs. Sharon K. Bridwell Ms. Earline Brock Mr. John Nelson “Buz” Broussard Mr. Walter Broussard Mr. and Mrs. Warren J. Broussard Ms. Amelia B. Brown Mr. and Mrs. Larry Brown Dr. and Mrs. Randall Brown Mr. David Bruno Ms. Linda G. Bullock Ms. Judith A. Bunch Ms. Grace Burton Ms. Joyce L. (Joy) Butler Ms. Peggy Butler Dr. Richard Byrd Mrs. Christine Byrnes Mr. and Mrs. Donald J. Caillouet Mr. Kevin F. Caire, C.P.A. Mr. and Mrs. Mark D. Calandro Mr. Bill Caldwell II Mr. and Mrs. Les Callender Ms. Maralyn B. Cambre Mrs. Sadie M. Cantu Mr. and Mrs. Michael Carpenter Mr. Wellington W. Carter, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Donald J. Cavalier Ms. Betsy Chambers Ms. Rhonda D. Chandler Mr. and Mrs. Pat Chaney Ms. Joan B. Chapin Mr. and Mrs. Donald G. Charbonnet, Jr. Ms. Arnelle Charters Ms. Debra Chavez Mr. and Mrs. Noel H. Christy Ms. Brenda C. Clark

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Clark Mr. and Mrs. Larry E. Cole Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Collins, Sr. Ms. Lou Conner Ms. Elinor Cooper Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Cornelius George Cornell Mr. and Mrs. Bill Cotten Rev. Frances L. Cotten Mr. Glenn C. Cowart Ms. Amy C. Cox Mr. Norman Crain Ms. Dale Crawford Mr. and Mrs. William G. Creveling Mr. and Mrs. Jim Crifasi Mrs. Audrey C. Crochet Mr. Randolph Crochet Mr. and Mrs. Warren J. Croom Mr. Vertis Crowder Mrs. Bernice Cummings Ms. Rebecca Cummings Dr. Thomas A. Cunningham Mr. and Mrs. Jack H. Cutrer Mr. Darryk D’Aquin Mr. and Mrs. Carl K. D’Albor Mr. William B. Daniels Mr. Brian Dantin Mrs. Jeanie Dardeau Mr. Olin K. Dart, Jr. Mr. N. Rodney Davidson Mrs. Elsie T. Davis Mr. Joe Davis Mrs. Wendi H. Davis Mr. David Decarlo Ms. Patricia Delaney Mr. Charles Delery Ms. Carol J. Demsky Mr. and Mrs. Ted E. Denstel Mr. and Mrs. Earl Deroche Dr. and Mrs. Richard DeRosa Mr. and Mrs. Philip F. Detlefs

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Mr. Dale Dewitt Mr. and Mrs. Edward Dittmar Mr. Donald Dixon Mr. Vernon Dixon Fred and Betty Dowling Mr. and Mrs. Sam Drago Mr. Ed Dressner Mr. and Mrs. Doug Drummond Mr. Wayne Ducote Mr. and Mrs. Wiley F. Duke Mr. and Mrs. Brandon Duncan Mrs. Dorothy N. Duncan Ms. E. Anne Dunn Mrs. Landry Dupuy Mr. and Mrs. John Dutsch IV Mr. and Mrs. Melvin M. Earnhart Mr. and Mrs. Ralph B. Edwards Mr. and Mrs. Robert Egan Dr. and Mrs. Bruce E. Eilts Mrs. Billie L. Elliott Mr. and Mrs. H. David Ellis, Jr. Mr. Ofney K. Ellis Ms. Annie H. Embry Ms. Jeanne Emmons Ms. Elizabeth Emory Ms. Carol L. Engstrom Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Ernst Travis Fabre Mr. and Mrs. Vernon A. Fabre, Jr. Ms. Terry L. Felker Mr. James H Felps Bob and Kathy Finley Ms. Dorothy Foil Mr. and Mrs. Rayborn Fontenot Mr. and Mrs. Ricky Forrest Mr. Anthony Foto, Sr. Ms. Dorothy Franklin Ms. Terry Freeman Mr. David Fremin Dr. and Mrs. Frederick W. Frey, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Fulham Jim and Kaaren Gammel Mrs. Cecelia H. Gardner Mr. and Mrs. David E. Garoutte Mr. and Mrs. Norman A. Gasquet Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Gipson, Sr. Ms. Denise Gipson Mrs. Clara B. Glasper Ms. Mildred Glossop Mr. Gordon Golson Mr. George Goss Mr. and Mrs. John M. Graham Dr. and Mrs. Paul Granada Mr. Edward Grant Mr. Norman Grantham Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Graves Mr. Bradley Gremillion Mr. and Mrs. Francis X. Guglielmo Ms. Patsy Guitreau John N. and Gwendolyn C. Gum Mr. and Mrs. Albert J. Haefner Ms. Amie Haggenmacher Mrs. Molly Hall Mr. Mike Halley Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Hamilton Mrs. Neva Hamilton Mr. and Mrs. Fred A. Hannaman, Jr. Mrs. Helen Harbourt Mr. George Hardee Ms. Sharon Harman Ms. Patti Kleinpeter Hart Mr. William A. Hart Ms. Lorraine B. Harthcock

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Community Giving Mr. Greg Hawkins Mr. and Mrs. James P. Hawkins Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Hayden Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Head Ms. Betty Lou Hebert Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Hedges Mr. and Mrs. Larry A. Heirtzler Ms. Lisbeth Helland-Hansen Ms. Tosha Henagan Mr. Paul S. Hendrickson Cheri Hendrix and Jessica Slade Mr. Lloyd D. Hernandez Mr. George Hess Ms. Daisy Cosey Hickman Mr. D. Alan Higgins Ms. Eileen T. Hill Ms. Barbara Hintzen Mrs. Donna Hodge Paula and Harvey Hoffman Ms. Gail Jumonville Hokoana Mr. Michael Holley Mrs. Earnest Hollins, Jr. Ms. Billie Honea Mr. and Mrs. Julian Honeycutt Mr. and Mrs. Garney B. Hood Ms. Ettie Hopkins Mr. Allen Horton, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie H. Hughes Merlie and Clay Hunt Mr. Melvin Hutzler Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hymel Donald and Marjorie Hymel Mr. Jay D. Inzenga Mr. Terry Jackson Ms. Gretchen Jaeger Ms. Dollie Jarreau Mrs. Aline Jenkins Ms. Carrol M. Jennaro Mr. and Mrs. Brad Jewell Mr. Wallace R. Joffrion Mrs. Cariola S. Johnson Michael Stone Johnson Mr. Bobby Joiner LaRue Jolly Mr. Frank E. Jones Ms. Hope Jones Ms. Marrita Jones Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Jones III Mr. Roland Jones Ms. Yvonne Jones Ms. Yvonne Jones Mr. and Mrs. Frank Jordan Ms. Mary Jordan Ms. Jessie Joseph Ms. Lynn G. Judice Mr. and Mrs. Van Junot, Jr. Michael and Jill Kantrow Mr. K. A. Keblys Mr. and Mrs. Michael Keenan Mrs. Elizabeth L. Kendrick Ms. Joan P. Kennedy Mr. William King Mr. and Mrs. William B. King Mr. Thomas F. Kinsey Ms. Lavine Brumfield Kirkley Mr. Jack Lopez Klein Ms. Clothilde F. Knight Dr. and Mrs. Paul E. Koenig Mrs. Lillian N. Landrum Mr. and Mrs. Carl K. Landry Ms. Mary Landry Mr. and Mrs. Mel Landry Mrs. Ruby S. Lane

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Mr. and Mrs. Eric J. Langlois Mr. and Mrs. John Lapenas, Jr. Ms. Pauline H. Laurent Dr. and Mrs. James A. Laville Theresa and Seb Lawhon Mr. and Mrs. Edward Lazarus Ms. Elizabeth Leake Mr. and Mrs. Billy LeBlanc Mr. and Mrs. Donald W. LeBlanc Mr. and Mrs. Jeff LeBouef Mr. Tae Kyu Lee Mr. and Mrs. Raymond LeJeune Mr. Robb LeJeune Ms. Nancy Lemke Mr. J. Daniel Lemoine Mr. Ollie Lethermon Ms. Mary Lewis Mr. Steve Linderman Mrs. Linda B. Link Mr. and Mrs. William Little Mr. John Lockhart Ms. Hattie Lockwood Mrs. Lena Mae Lombardo Mr. and Mrs. Billy Ray Long Mr. and Mrs. Barry Loy Mr. Jeff Loy Mrs. Richard Lucas Mr. and Mrs. Jon A. Luckett Mr. and Mrs. Garrett C. Lynch Mr. Samuel Mack Mr. and Mrs. Doug Mackey Mr. and Mrs. Boyce P. Madere Ms. Rebekah Maher Ms. Mara Malone Mrs. Marilyn K. Manchester Mr. James Mancuso Mr. and Mrs. Melvin J. Marcel Ms. Carolyn Martin Mr. Earl Martin Mr. Eugie Martin Ms. Tiffany Martin Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Martinez Mr. Tom Massey Ms. Sheryl L. Mathieu Mr. Tony Matone Mr. and Mrs. Dean Mayers Mr. and Mrs. Donald J. Mayeux Dr. and Mrs. Eugene C. McCann Ms. Nanarea McCarthy Mr. and Mrs. Michael McDonald Mr. Danny McElveen Mr. and Mrs. Andrew D. McGlathery III Mr. and Mrs. Ronald K. McIntire Mr. Jessie McLeod Mr. Frank McNabb Mrs. Brenda McNutt Mr. and Mrs. Robert McVea Mr. and Mrs. George G. Melancon Mr. and Mrs. Maxwell Melancon Ms. Edwina Melerine Mr. and Mrs. Hirsch C. Meyer, Jr. Mr. Louis A. Michel, Sr. Mr. Beau Miller Mr. Charles Miller Mr. Frank Miller Ms. Jennifer Miller Mr. and Mrs. Michael L. Miller Mrs. Pam Miller Mr. and Mrs. Wade Millet Ms. Linda W. Minckler Ms. Gwendoline Minton Mr. and Mrs. Leo M. Mitchell Ms. Verda L. Mitchell

Ms. Barbara W. Moore Don and Carol Moore Mr. Frank Moore Mr. and Mrs. Camm Morton Ms. Gloria Mulligan Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Murray Mr. Herbert Murray Mr. and Mrs. L. David Murray Mr. Doug Naden Ms. Alice Pledge Nelson Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Newby Ms. Margaret C. Newman Mr. Burl Noggle Mr. and Mrs. David I. Norwood III Mrs. F. L. Norwood, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Gary Norwood Mr. and Mrs. James Nosacka Ms. Bobbie J. O’Bannion Mrs. Brenda O’Bryant Mrs. Dudley O’Neal Gene and Cherry Owen R.T. Owens Ms. Dakota W. Pace Mr. Murphy J. Painter Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Palermo Mr. Dan Palmer Ms. Dorothy Panter Mr. Homer Parker Mr. Murley Patin Ms. Fay Patt Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Patterson Ms. Carol L. Paul Mr. Ricardo Paul John and Juanita Pearson Mr. and Mrs. Julio Peck Mr. and Mrs. Michael Pedrotty Mr. Ryan D. Pelle Mr. and Mrs. Butch Peno Teddy and Marguerite Peno Mr. and Mrs. Gerard H. Peppard Mr. and Mrs. Robert Petit Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Phillabaum Ms. Ashley Phillips Ms. Christie Plaisance Mr and Mrs. Sandy Plakidas Mrs. Donna M. Plauche’ Mr. and Mrs. Brian Plunk Mr. Emile Poche Mr. Ewell Poirrier Ms. Lena M. Polite Ms. Sandra H. Pomes Mrs. Dudley L. Pope, Jr. Mr. John Pourciau Mr. James Prator Mrs. Doris “Sue” Preis Mr. and Mrs. James N. Prine Mr. Timothy D. Pruitt Ms. Margaret Quinn Ronnie Rachal Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Ramagos Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Rayborn Mrs. Nettie Adele Reed Mr. Elton Reeves Mr. and Mrs. John F. Reggie Mrs. Ann Reilly Ms. Dolores Reiser Mr. and Mrs. Sherwood Revere Mr. and Mrs. George E. Reynolds Mr. Joe Ricapito Mrs. Albert J. Richardson Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Riche, Jr. The Ricks Family Mrs. Julee Ridge Mrs. Lolette B. Robert

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Community Giving Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Robert, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. E. Donald Roberts Mr. and Mrs. Gregory W. Roberts Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Robichaux, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Gene C. Robinson Mr. Jimi Rogers Ms. Laura Rogers Mr. Larry L. Rolling, Jr. Mr. Jerry Rome Sarah and C. D. Romero Ms. Dorothy D. Romero Mr. George Rose Mr. Isaac Rosen, Ph. D. Ms. Bridget Ross Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Roussel Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Row III Mr. and Mrs. David S. Rubin Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ruffino Mrs. Cheryl L. Rushing Mr. D. L. Safer Mr. and Mrs. Victor Sages Mrs. Clara Ruth Saint Mr. Zlatko Salihbegovic and Ms. Olivera Lazic Ms. Victoria W. Salkeld Hank and Laura Saurage Mrs. Elizabeth G. Scallan Mr. John Scardina Ms. Nina Scardina Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Schaubhut Mr. Robert Schaubhut Mr. and Mrs. John P. Schittone, Sr. Mr. Charles Schlatre Mr. and Mrs. Harold M. Schmidt Mr. and Mrs. Ralph L. W. Schmidt Mr. and Mrs. Hansen E. Scobee Ms. Virginia Scott Roland and Eloise Selig Ms. Leah A. Shaffer Hezzie Sharp Ferrel and Frances Robert Sheets Mr. and Mrs. David Sicard Ms. Kristi Siemann Dr. and Mrs. W. D. Simmons Mrs. Elaine Simms Mr. Wayne P. Simoneaud Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Simoneaux, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil E. Sinclair Ms. Brenda Singletary Mr. and Mrs. H. Leale Slate Mr. Robert Slicker Mr. and Mrs. Andrew R. Sloat Ms. Elizabeth C. Smith Mrs. Ethel L. Smith Mr. Robert Smith Mr. Robert E. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Brad Soileau Craig and Bridget Soileau Mr. and Mrs. Michael Sorrells Mrs. Anne R. Spinosa Ms. Elizabeth B. Spreen Ms. Lucille Spurlock Mrs. Melissa Stanley Mrs. Goldye G. Stills Mr. Joey S. Stone Mrs. Howard D. Strother Mrs. William E. Stubbs, Jr. Mr. Savery Stuckey Ms. Wysie J. Stuckey Ms. Alisha Stutzman Mr. and Mrs. Prentis A. Suggs, Jr. Ms. Mary Tapps Ms. Arlene Taylor Mr. Charles Taylor

Mr. James B. Taylor Mr. Jeff Taylor Mrs. Kathy Tenenbaum Mr. and Mrs. Roy J. Terrio, Jr. Ms. Martha M. Terry Ms. Annie Mae Thibodeaux Ms. Velva Thomas Mr. William Thompson Ms. Nancy E. Todtenhausen Mr. and Mrs. Herman F. Torres Ms. Patricia Trammell Mr. and Mrs. A. Wettlin Treppendahl Mr. and Mrs. Larry R. Trout, Jr. Mrs. Carolyn A. Tugwell Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Valentine Mr. Brian D. Vandegrift Mr. Dale Van Maastricht Mrs. Mary Varela Mr. Kirk Varnado Mr. and Mrs. J.R. Vendetto Ms. Deirdre B. Ventress Mr. Willie Vick Mr. and Mrs. Francis J. Vicknair, Sr. Ms. Charlotte Vindas Mrs. Wanda Waite Mr. and Mrs. Roy A. Wallace Mr. and Mrs. Steve Ward Ms. Elfie P. Warner Ms. Mary Catherine Warner Ms. Arnette Warren Mr. and Mrs. Michael Watson Ms. Tracie Way Mr. Danny L. Weber Mr. and Mrs. Hildrith Wegener Ms. Darla Crochet Weisen Ms. Mary Wells Mr. Richard West Ms. Patricia Wheeler Mr. Warren Wheeler Ms. Bernadell White Mr. John W. Whitson Mrs. Tracie M. Whittington Ms. Shirley H. Wild Mr. and Mrs. Don Wilkinson Ms. Anna Williams Mrs. Linda Williams Ms. Susan Williams Ms. Velma Williams Mr. and Mrs. Zack Williams Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Wilson Jr. Ms. Elizabeth C. Winter Ms. Beverly Wood Mr. Merlin Woods Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Worrell Ms. Hyun Yoon Mr. and Mrs. Gary Zieman Mr. Terry M. Zlatnicky Mr. and Mrs. Donald S. Zuber

Shelley Mockler Chairman Mockler Beverage-Budweiser Frank D. McArthur, II Immediate Past Chair McArthur-Sanchez Associates Amy Berret Kean Miller Hawthorne D’Armond McCowan & Jarman, L.L.P. Dudley W. Coates Smith Barney Robert S. Greer, Jr. LEMIC Insurance Company Randy Haddad Premier Office Products, Inc. Sheldon A. Johnson Southeast Louisiana Radiation Oncology Group Richard Lipsey Lipsey’s, Inc. Sancy H. McCool Community Volunteer James R. McIlwain Lamar Advertising Company Hillar C. Moore, Jr. Associated Grocers, Inc. (Retired) Donna M. Saurage Community Volunteer John Schiller Mockler Beverage-Budweiser Todd D. Stevens Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center Peter B. Stewart TraceSecurity, Inc. Paul R. Thompson Smith Barney Lynn S. Weill Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center

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Development Committee

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Community Giving Leadership Donors Organizations, Corporations and Foundations Rathbone Society Benefactor ($20,000 and above) All Star Automotive Group Amedisys, Inc. Baton Rouge Area Foundation Capitol to Capitol Ride City of Baton Rouge - East Baton Rouge Parish The Dow Chemical Company Foundation for the Midsouth Greater Mandeville Seafood Festival The Humana Foundation Irene W. and C. B. Pennington Foundation The Louisiana Campaign for TobaccoFree Living Louisiana Public Health Institute Merrill Lynch Network Technology Group, Inc. Office of the Attorney General Rubicon LLC William Edwin Montan Charitable Trust

Philanthropist ($10,000 - $19,999) The Advocate Albemarle Foundation Arrighi Simoneaux, LLC Associated Grocers, Inc. Baton Rouge Press, Inc. Baton Rouge Project - Pinnacle Casino Baton Rouge Susan G. Komen for the Cure Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation Breast Cancer Relief Fund Capital One Bank The Catholic Foundation The Charity Ball Association of Baton Rouge Cox Communications ExxonMobil Baton Rouge Fairway Medical Center LEMIC Insurance Co. Louisiana Hematology Oncology Associates MAPP Construction, LLC Morgan Keegan Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center Stirling Properties Luther and Zita Templeman Foundation Tomarlee Foundation WAFB-TV, Channel 9 Wilbur Marvin Foundation

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Patron ($5,000 - $9,999) Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. Antares Technology Solutions Inc. Arthur J. Gallagher of LA, Inc. AT&T Louisiana Baton Rouge Coca-Cola Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport Brookwood Properties, LLC Capital Valve & Fitting Company Diane Allen & Associates Edgen Corporation Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Georgia-Pacific Corporation Huie - Dellmon Trust IMPAC Medical Systems, Inc. Jeff Boss Memorial Golf Classic Louisiana Breast Cancer Task Force Louisiana Lottery Corporation LUBA Workers’ Comp Manda Fine Meats Rich Mauti Cancer Fund McMains Foundation MidSouth Bank Mockler Beverage-Budweiser National Cancer Coalition, Inc. Northlake Gastroenterology Assoc.

Parish Concrete, L.L.C. Parish National Bank Placid Refining Company LLC Pool Corporation The Reilly Family Foundation Sanderson Farms Saurage Commercial Real Estate The Schwab Fund for Charitable Giving Wal Mart Super Center #2132 - Siegen Lane The Milford Wampold Support Foundation Wright & Percy Insurance

Paul D. Perkins Society Guardian ($2,500 - $4,999) Anonymous The Aguilar Group, Inc. American Cancer Society B R & R Foundation Belle of Baton Rouge Casino BRPT-Lake Rehabilitation Centers Bumble Lane The Celtic Group, L.L.C. Chenevert Architects, LLC Cornerstone Government Affairs Corporate Mechanical Contractors, Inc. Crawfishman Triathlon Dairy Fresh of Louisiana, Inc. Detlefs - Vicknair Benefit Resources, LLC EATEL Enterprise Products, Port Allen Facility Fidelity Homestead Savings Bank Hancock Bank IBERIABANK Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, et al Kean’s the Cleaner

Kurz and Hebert Commercial Real Estate, Inc. Long Law Firm, LLP McCormick & Company Mosaic Fertilizer, LLC OMNI BANK P & W Industries, L.L.C. Padial & Associates, Inc. Phelps Dunbar LLP The Prudential Foundation Matching Gifts Regions Bank Roto-Rooter Plumbers The Thomas H. and Mayme P. Scott Foundation, Inc. Shaw Maintenance & Construction Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips, L.L.P. Union Pacific Railroad USAgencies Whitney National Bank Williams Olefins Workbox Services, LLC

Sustainer ($1,000 - $2,499) Anonymous (2) A. Wilbert & Sons, L.L.C. Affiliated Foods Midwest Albemarle Corporation Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. Alberty and Associates, LLC Ameriprise Financial Ascension Logistics, Inc. B & G Crane Service, LLC Barber Brothers Contracting BASF Corporation Baton Rouge Duplicating Products Bradley-Blewster & Associates Brock Maintenance, Inc. Richard H. Cappo Construction, Inc. Carter Chambers, LLC Chevron Phillips Chemical Company, LP Chillco, Inc. CMA Technology Solutions Cribbs, Inc. Delta Petroleum Company, Inc. Dillard’s Department Stores, Inc. #292 DonahueFavret Contractors, Inc. ExxonMobil Foundation FARA First Guaranty Bank Florida Parishes Bank Ford Family Charitable Foundation Franklin Press, Inc. G & K Services, Inc. Gist Logistics, Inc. Grady Crawford Construction Co., Inc Greater Baton Rouge Business Report Greif Bros. Corporation Guaranty Broadcasting Company of Baton Rouge, LLC Harrison Law LLC Honda of Covington Huhtamaki Food Service, Inc. Huntsman Polyurethanes & Specialties Ineos Fluor Americas LLC Jacobs Maintenance Inc. Jones-Hamilton Co. JPMorgan Chase Foundation Kinder Morgan Lard Oil Company, Inc. Lion Copolymer, LLC

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Community Giving Lofton Staffing & Lofton Security Services Louisiana Companies Marsh USA, Inc. McGlinchey Stafford Monget Construction New York Life Insurance Occidental Chemical Corporation Ohmstede, Ltd. Oncology Solutions CDP Services, Inc. Package Concepts & Materials, Inc. PCS Administration (USA), Inc. PCS Nitrogen Fertilizer, L.P. Performance Contractors, Inc. Phelps Dunbar, L.L.P. Pioneer Americas LLC Pipeline Technology PPC Mechanical Seals Praxair, Inc. Progressive Brokerage, Inc. Reagent Chemical and Research Republic Finance, L.L.C. Samson Industrial SGS Petroleum Service Corporation Shiloh Baptist Church The Shaw Group, Inc. Strategic Restaurants Acquisition Co. LLC Supresta U.S., LLC Syngenta TMI Enterprise, LLC Total Safety U.S., Inc. Transport Service Company Transportation Consultants, Inc. Trimac Transportation, Inc. United Community Bank The Vanguard Group Wal-Mart #803 - Bogalusa Wal-Mart #1196 - New Roads Wal-Mart Distribution Center Wal-Mart Supercenter #485 Donaldsonville Wal-Mart Supercenter # 839 - Cortana Mall Wal-Mart Supercenter #1102 - Baker Wal-Mart Supercenter #1206 - College Drive Wink Companies The Milton J. Womack Foundation

Samaritan’s Circle Ambassador ($500 - $999) Anonymous American Pump & Machine Works Inc. Amite Republican Women’s Club Ansell Gloves Ascension Sheet Metal, LLC AWC, Inc. Baker Donelson BASF Corporation Bay Country Consumer Finance, Inc. Boasso American Corporation BOH Brothers Construction Company Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson Brenntag Southwest CDI Engineering Solutions Citizens Bank & Trust Co.

CN Railway Coim USA, Inc. Colonial Pipeline Company Cranford Equipment Company, Inc. Daily Equipment Company Degussa Corporation Delta Daylily Society Dorf Ketal Chemicals, LLC Drago Supply Company Empire Scaffold LLC ENTEK Environmental Laboratories Evans-Graves Engineers, Inc. FFE Transportation Services, Inc. & Affiliates Flowserve Corporation Goldschmidt Chemical Corporation Hannis T. Bourgeois, LLP Hebert Steel Company, Inc. Hydrochem Industrial Services, Inc. INO Therapeutics The Infinity Group International Commercial, LC ITWC Urethane Soutions Johnson Matthey Catalysts Kean, Miller, Hawthorne, D’Armond, et al Keogh, Cox & Wilson Kirby Inland Marine Kleinpeter Farms Dairy, L.L.C. Knights of Columbus #2807 Law Offices of Baker Donelson M. L. Smith Jr. Inc Marchem Technologies, LLC Milton J. Womack, Inc. Neff Rental, Inc. Newton Landscape Group, Inc. North Gate Tavern Patrick L. Flanagan Insurance Agency, Inc. Petrin Corp.

Pioneer Americas, Inc. Post Architects Quincannon Associates, Inc. R & D Consulting Red Stick Armature Works, Inc. The Reeves Law Firm/J. Todd Reeves Regions Morgan Keegan Trust Resource Bank Roland J. Robert Distributors, Inc. Sam’s Club #6527 Schutz Container Systems, Inc. Service Transport Company Shell Chemical LP Shrieve Chemical Company Sigler Industrial, Inc. SJB Group, Inc. Smith Properties Specialized Industrial Maintenance Star Service, Inc. of Baton Rouge Starmount Life Insurance Summit Commodities, Inc. Sumter Transport Company Titan Terminal & Transport, Inc. Topcor Services, Inc. Truth 1 Industries, L.P. Union Tank Car Company United/ANCO Services, Inc. Univar Vitusa Products, Inc. Wal-Mart #5022 - Tchoupitoulas Wal-Mart Supercenter # 428 - Zachary Wolfson Casing Corporation

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Supporter ($250 - $499) Apex Industries Corporation Barker’s Antique Jewelry, Inc. Cancer Care Specialists Copolymer Retirees Trust Dillard’s, Inc. Dwight Andrus Everchem, LLC Farmer & Burns Ltd. Fraternal Order of Police Houston Armature Works, Inc. J. B. Levert Foundation Junior League Provisional Group Macedonia Free Baptist Church Magnolia Construction Co., LLC Rebel Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc. Roclan Service and Supply, LLC Sherwood Forest C.C. Ladies Golf Assoc.

SubMeterOne, LLC Talbot, Carmouche & Marcello Total Petrochemicals USA, Inc., Carville Styrenics UCT Baton Rouge Council #499 Women’s Council of Realtors

Care Giver ($100 - $249) 115 Club A-1 Services, Inc. Ace Storage, Inc. Airtrol, Inc. American Driving Academy, LLC American Utility Metals Aquatic Pools of Louisiana Banks Trucking Baton Rouge Area Chamber of Commerce BJ Couvillion, Inc. Boston Mutual Life Insurance Company Boy Scout Troop 429 Bridal Boutique of Baton Rouge, Inc. Brown McCarroll, L.L.P. Builder’s Services, Inc. Claus & Claus Clements Insurance Services Commerce Title and Abstract Company Courtlands Catering Delta Concrete Products Co., Inc. Dow Louisiana Federal Credit Union Drusilla Imports Dumas and Associates Law Corporation Duplessis Cadillac E. J. Fielding Funeral Home, Inc. Ed Price Building Materials, Inc. Episcopal High School Class of 2008 F. B. S., Inc. First Community Bank Flowcor Products, Inc. Gilsbar, Inc. Global Impact Gordon Gagliano, CPA (APAC) Gordon Industries, Inc. Grace B. Gasaway, APLC Grace Fellowship Baptist Church Grass Unlimited, Inc. Gray Marketing and Media Greener Trees Greg Flores Construction, LLC Hollywood Hal and Rhinestone Al LLC HR XCEL, LLC

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Community Giving Huntsman International, LLC J & J Mechanical, Inc. Jif-Pak Manufacturing, Inc. Lake After Hours Louis Mechanical Contractors, Inc. Louisiana Bankers Association Louisiana Department of Natural Resources M. W. L. Architects, Inc. Market Dynamics Research Group, Inc. Merck Partnership for Giving Muller & Muller Attorneys at Law Newbury Square Townhome Association Nita Gauthier Interior Design Northlake Medical Supply, Inc. P. L. Waller Company, Inc. Paul Fournet Maintenance Pay-Less Supermarkets R. A. Brunson, Inc. Reliant Technologies, Inc. Russco Construction, Inc. Shaw/S&W Nuclear & Fossil Power Maintenance Shuffield and Associates, Inc. Smith & Brumfield St. Elizabeth Hospital Stephens Engineering Sullivan Oil Co./Express 1 Stop Superior Plumbing & Heating Co., Inc. The Shobe Financial Group The Woodchucks Thomas B. Waterman, Attorney Thomasgraphics, Inc. Tim Burns Campaign Fund Toner Recyclers, Inc. Tumor Registry Varnado Plumbing Contractors, Inc. Vic Roth Investigations, LLC W. P. Wray, Jr., Attorney at Law Westchurch Church of Christ Western-Shamrock Yambilee Campers of Opelousas Zapp’s Potato Chips

Associate ($50 - $99) Anonymous The Advocate Amersham Employee Association Associated Builders & Contractors, Inc. Baist Hunting Club Baton Rouge Sigma Alumnae Chapter Capital One Consumer Lending Center Crawford and Company Dutchtown Child Development Center Educational Electronics Corporation Finance Accounting Flower Fund Glenwood Civic Association H & M Veterinary Services Hannis T. Bourgeois, LLP Highland Road Animal Hospital, Inc. Hubcaps and Wheels Kadair Advertising, Inc. Lake Pontchartrain Sail & Power Squadron Louisiana Business, Inc. Louisiana Society of Human Resources Council Monogramming Unlimited Shaw Stone & Webster, Inc. Skin Care Specialists, APMC Southern Fastener & Tool Co., Inc.

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State Farm Insurance State Roofing & Supply Company Sybil M. and D. Blair Favrot Family Fund The Sierichs Family Trust Trinity United Mortgage Williams Olefins, LLC

Friend ($25 - $49) Anonymous American Legion Auxiliary, Unit 80 Arden Ramseyer Farms The Barn, L.L.C. Baton Rouge Fire Department Bob Odom Campaign Cal’s Bakery Catholic Daughters of the Americas #2062 Central Drug Store, Inc. Chasco Enterprises, Inc. Creative English Communication Consultants Destiny Home Health Care. Inc. Dyon’s Florist Shop E & E Plumbing, Inc. Grand Title Co. Iron Connection Lake Vista United Methodist Church Live Oak High School Mistretta Veterinary Clinic, Inc. Network USA Old Fashioned Baby Heirloom Randy’s Hair Designs Re/Max Real Estate Group St. Jude The Apostle Terry King Insurance Agency, Allstate

In-Kind Donors Ability Therapeutic Massage Health Absolutely Genius, Inc. Academy Sports Acadian Ambulance & Air Med Services Acadian Frame and Art Addicted To Chocolate Adler’s Jewelry Advanced Office Systems, Inc. The Advocate Albertson’s Alexander Art Studio Alligator Bayou Tours Art Exposed Associated Grocers, Inc. Astor Crowne Plaza / Alexa Hotels AT&T Atelier Rouge Hair & Body Audubon Nature Institute Auld Sweet Olive Bed and Breakfast Congressman Richard Baker Mr. and Mrs. Sam Barbera Barker’s Antique Jewelry, Inc. Baton Rouge Coca-Cola Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport Baton Rouge Press, Inc. Baton Rouge Printing Baton Rouge River Center Bayou Shimmy Bead It Beatrixbell Handcrafted Jewelry Beau Box, Inc. Beau Chene Country Club Belle of Baton Rouge Casino

Benny’s Car Wash Between Scene Billy Gauthier Professional Services Bistro Byronz Black Dog Studio Body Mechanics Personal Fitness Bonefish Grill Boudreaux’s Fine Jewelers Boutin’s Bowie Outfitters Brandon Hays Music BREC’s Baton Rouge Zoo Brian N Dyess, DDS The Broken Egg Calandro’s Supermarket Calvin’s Bocage Market Camelot Club Cane River Pecan Company Ms. Bunnie Cannon Capital City Grill Downtown CCA Chef Don Bergeron Enterprises Chef John Folse & Company Chef KD Louisiana Legends Chick-fil-A The Chinet Company Christian Street Furniture Circle Bowling Lanes Mr. and Mrs. Michael Clegg Clegg’s Nursery LLC. Cohn Turner Ms. Lauren Collignon Community Coffee Company, LLC Connelly Press and Copy, Inc. Cookies By Design Copeland’s of New Orleans Cosmetic Dentistry of Baton Rouge, LLC Cosmo Girl! Magazine Courtlands Catering Covey Rise Hunting and Lodge Cox Communications Crescent Bar and Package Liquor Company Mr. A. B. Crochet Curtain Exchange The Cut Flower David Vincent’s Martial Arts and Fitness Davis Miller Roy Wealth Management Ms. Randi Deaton Definitions Personal Training Designs on You Diabetic Pharmacy Centre Discriminating Buyers Dolls by Anna Claire Don’s Seafood & Steak House of Baton Rouge Donnie’s Furniture Repair and Refinishing Doug Olinde, LLC Drunk Monkey Studio Drusilla Imports Ducks Unlimited Duke Daigle at Duke the Studio Ed Price Building Materials, Inc. EMCO The Enchanted Mansion The Estancia Los Chanares Ms. Gretchen K. Fairbanks Fashionista Accessories Feeney LeDoux Salon Mr. and Mrs. Patrick L. Flanagan Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar James F. Fournet

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Community Giving Fox 44 Fraenkel Company Franklin Press, Inc. French Market Bistro Fresh Market Frey Photography Frock Candy Gajan’s Catering Mr. Jeff Geoghagan Georgia-Pacific Corporation Giles Island Glass Monkey Studios, LLC Glazer Companies of Louisiana Gon Fishn’ Rod Building Service Mr. and Mrs. Randy Gray Graypoint Lodge Greater Baton Rouge Business Report Mr. and Mrs. Luke Guarisco Hammond Regional Arts Center Mr. and Mrs. Buck Hanks Haspel Head Over Heels Ms. Annie Hendrix Heroman’s Florist Mr. and Mrs. Steve Hicks Hilton Baton Rouge Capitol Center Holly Harrison Interiors, Inc. Hollywood Casino Baton Rouge Home Furniture The HoneyBaked Ham Company Imperial Wholesale Club Insta-Gator Ranch and Hatchery J. Alexander’s Restaurant Jacmel Inn Jane Chapman Art Jim Hogg and the Prayer Meeting Boys J. Gerard and Donna Jolly Mr. Chris Jones Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Joshua Lee Studio Jump-N-Jive Mr. Pat Juneau K. M. S. Accessories The Keeping Room Kinetic - FX The Kingfish Restaurant Kleinpeter Music Kleinpeter Photography, Inc. Kraftmates Kyle Rainey Fine Art La Vie Magazine Ms. Linda Ladner Lamar Outdoor Advertising Company Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Landry Las Palmas Restaurant Laser Tag of Baton Rouge Latuso & Johnson, CPA LLC Laura Teague Jewelry Mr. and Mrs. Roy Lee Lee Michaels Fine Jewelry Ms. Dolores H. Legendre Leo’s Rollerland/Iceland Robin Levy-Bookman, D.D.S. Ms. Diane C. Lewis Lifestyle Interiors Lindsey’s Bouncing Tigers Lindsey’s Spacewalk & Amusements Mr. Jacob Lipari Richard and Susan Lipsey Louisiana Athletics Louisiana Lagniappe Restaurant Louisiana Lottery Corporation LSU Football

“Collaboration is key to the future of cancer control. Partnering with Mary Bird Perkins on cancer screenings and education programs in our area will change the course of cancer for people in the greater St. Tammany community.”

Chryl Corizzo, RN, BSN, OCN, Cancer Program Director, St. Tammany Parish Hospital

LSU Museum of Art LSU Opera Mr. Don Luther and Mrs. Stacey Harrison Luther Maison Lacour Restaurant Manda Fine Meats Manship Theatre Mansur’s On The Boulevard Marantha Stables Marino’s Florist and Gifts Marriott Baton Rouge Martin Wine Cellar Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center Accounting Department Business Office CARE Network Communications Department Nursing Department Physics Department Radiation Therapy Department Social Services Department Ms. Carol B. Maschler Mason’s Grill Matherne’s Supermarket at Kenilworth Maxwell’s Market Mr. and Mrs. C. Stokes McConnell, Jr. McLavy Ltd. The Melting Pot Merci Beaucoup Designs Mi Padre’s Mexican Grill and Cantina Mignon Faget Ltd. Mike Anderson’s Seafood, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. John Miller Mockler Beverage-Budweiser Modiphy Design Studio Mr. Hillar C. Moore, Jr. Morgan Stanley Mr. and Mrs. John R. Morganti Mr. and Mrs. Camm Morton Nanette Kadair, Ltd. Naquin & Ward Nature’s Treasures Neese Industries, Inc. Neill Corporation/Paris Parker Salon & Spas Nestle Toll House Cafe The New York Bagel Company Ninfa’s Mexican Restaurant Nino’s Restaurant Nita Gauthier Interior Design Mr. C. Norman Nolan Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. Nowacki Mr. James A. Nugent, Jr. Joyce and Hugh B. O’Connor O’Henry’s OCTA The Optical Shoppe Our Lady of the Lake Foundation Ourso Designs, LLC Padial & Associates, Inc. Paper ‘N Things Incorporated

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Mr. Brent Pearson Peters Financial Services, LLC Ms. Karen Plauche Ms. Elizabeth Poret Stephanie Powers at Duke the Studio Price LeBlanc Lexus Toyota Primo’s Steak and Louisiana Cuisine Pugh’s Florist of Hammond Quizno’s Subs Radio Shack Raising Cane’s of Baton Rouge Ralph Brennan Restaurant Group Real Life Photos Red Rock Adventure Sports / Skate Galaxy Red Stick Sports The Refinery Salon Rent-A-Nerd, Inc. Retrievings Best Rio’s Hair and Nails Salon River Road Coffees Roy’s Ice Ruffino’s Italian Restaurant, LLC Russ Bryant Music Ms. Amy Kahn Russell Ruth’s Chris Steak House Salon Eden and Boutique Sammy’s Grill Ms. Mary Beth Schnauder Mr. Robert Schneckenburger and Ms. Whitney Vann Mr. Steve Schneider Ms. Cherine B. Schofield Seadreamer Jewelry Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Sellers Shallow Lake Hunting Reserve Sharing Shores - Indian Women’s Association Sherwood TV & Appliances Simple Laser Solutions Slap Ya Mama Cajun Seasoning Mr. and Mrs. John Spain Spectrum Fitness Management The Spoon Tycoon Squires Formal Wear Mr. and Mrs. Jay St. Amant Stay Doggie Day Care Salon & Boutique Mrs. Mary Ann Sternberg Todd and Kelli Stevens Stoma’s Furniture & Interiors Storywood Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Streater Sullivan’s Steak House The Supper Studio Sweet T’s Sugar Scrub Swine Palace T. J. Ribs TEL Group Beverly Thornton at Duke the Studio Tiger Cheer and Dance Camp Times Grill

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Community Giving TJM Restaurant Management Mr. and Mrs. David Toms Tony’s Seafood Mr. Joseph H. Torrence Mr. and Mrs. Michael Trufant Tsunami Sushi TV Baton Rouge: NBC33, CW21, FOX44, & Z19 The University Club of Baton Rouge US Kids Golf Ms. Marge Varnado Varsity Sports The Velvet Curtain Ms. Judy Duplantis Vernon Vivid Ink Mr. and Mrs. Errol Voinche’ Ms. Debby P. Vollmer Mr. and Mrs. D. Randolph Waesche WAFB-TV, Channel 9 Wal-Mart Supercenter # 935 - Denham Springs Watson’s Window Washing, LLC Lynn and Felix Weill Weill, Dunn & Koch, LLC Westport Linen Services Wild Olive Catering Ms. Kelly Patrick Williams Mr. and Mrs. Chuck Winstead WJBO World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. David Wortman www.GumboGood.com X-Pert DJ Zapp’s Potato Chips

Annual Giving Campaign Cabinet

Annual Giving Volunteers

James R. McIlwain Chairman Lamar Advertising Company

Jonathan Batarseh Stanford Group Company

Bill O’Quin Vice Chairman Financial Services Online Paul R. Thompson Immediate Past Chairman Smith Barney Stacey Chiasson The Dow Chemical Company Mary Kadair Crump Kadair Advertising, Inc. JoAnn Hamilton Rubicon LLC Tory Johnson Hancock Bank Randy Kinchen Parish National Bank

*Deceased

Gordon “Skeet” LeBlanc, Jr. Stonehenge Capital Corporation Clayton Lester Associated Grocers, Inc.

"My commitment to Mary Bird Perkins comes from two very heart-felt places. One is that my wife Terri and I both each lost a parent to this disease at very young ages. The other is that we see the important need to greatly expand the reach of cancer prevention, early detection and treatment to those least likely to have access to these life-saving measures to help make our community a better place to live for all of us."

Hillar C. Moore, Jr. Associated Grocers, Inc. (Retired) Blanchard Sanchez McArthur, Sanchez Associates Christina Streb Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals Patricia Brignac Talbot Baton Rouge Duplicating Products Donna Taylor Stirling Properties Bobby Yarborough Manda Fine Meats

Jim McIlwain, Chairman, Annual Giving Campaign

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Lori Bertman Bertman + Associates Tee Brown GMFS John Burke Smith Barney Kim Callaway Louisiana House of Representatives – House Legislative Services Jean Champagne Krebs, LaSalle, LeMieux Consultants Ken Champagne USAgencies Owen Cope Entergy James Crump X Design Louis Curet D’Amico & Curet (Retired) Stan Dameron American Bank & Trust Co., Inc. Heather Damitio AmSouth Bank Alexis Ducorbier State Farm Insurance Clay Flournoy Morgan Stanley Michael Frugé Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson Kelsey Funes Phelps Dunbar, LLP Brett P. Furr Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips, LLP

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Community Giving Christy Gatlin First Guaranty Bank

Lillian Maurin Community Volunteer

J. Greg Scott Whitney Bank

Robert S. Greer, Jr. LEMIC Insurance Company

Marty Mayer Stirling Properties

Gary Sligar Baton Rouge Coca-Cola (Retired)

René Greer Community Volunteer

Frank D. McArthur II McArthur, Sanchez Associates

Jobie Templet Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

G. Lee Griffin Chase (Retired)

Bobby McCall IBERIABANK

Daniel Terrell Law Offices of Baker Donelson

Lauren Hebert Regions Morgan Keegan

Elizabeth McKnight Kadair Advertising, Inc.

Calvin Thomas Thomas & Luth, Inc.

Jill Hildebrand Independent Consultant

A. Leroy McLaurin Peak Tech, Inc.

Kim Thomas Thomas & Luth, Inc.

Shawn Hubbard AmSouth Bank

Kathi Merey Community Volunteer

Sharon Turner Syngenta Crop Protection

Jessie Hynes Beau Box Commercial Real Estate

Albert Merey U.S. Postal Service

Frank Vallot Acadian Hardwoods & Cypress

Ray Jenkins Edward Jones

Shelley Mockler Mockler Beverage-Budweiser

Jerry Vascocu IBERIABANK

Debbie Johnson International-Matex Tank Terminals

Jay Montalbano Hannis T. Bourgeois

D. Randolph Waesche Resource Management, Inc.

Craig Netterville IBERIABANK

Lynn Weill Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center

Janet Olsen Capital One

Wynn White Wynn L. White Consulting Engineers

J. Gerard Jolly KPMG LLP John Kadair Personal Improvement Coach Randy Kinchen Parish National Bank C. J. Ladner State Farm Insurance Mike Lofaso Statewide Bank Richard A. Lipsey Lipsey’s, Inc. Susan H. Lipsey Community Volunteer Phil Livingston Deposit Guaranty National Bank (Retired) Joe Luquet Sequel Benefits, Inc.

Will Owens Stonehenge Capital Corporation Missy Pace Whitney National Bank Jim Purgerson Citizen’s Bank & Trust J. Todd Reeves All American Title Agency J. Michael Robinson Kantrow, Spaht, Weaver & Blitzer Robert Schneckenburger JP Morgan Chase Bank Charles Schwing Chuck E. Schwing, FAIA

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Robert Woosley Smith Barney

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Community Giving

Mary Bird Perkins employees Kate Messina, Arnette Warren and Erin Johnson participate in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure held in Baton Rouge.

Employees and Center Volunteers Give to Partners of Hope The Partners of Hope campaign is an opportunity for all Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center employees and volunteers to make a financial gift to provide items that are critical to meeting the needs of the Center’s patients.

Employees Melinda Albin Sheila Alexander Scott Alleman Peggy Amato Amy G. Armand Sam Armand Sylvia Arton Tammy Asmus Ron Atwood Yolanda Augustus Donna Baham Kristin Batulis Amy Benton Brian Bercegeay Lonnie S. Black Sherri Blackwell Kim Boudreaux Faith Broussard Mona Brown Donna Bryant Matt Bryant Don Burke Joann A. Burns Felicia Burrell Sonja Butler Patty Callegan Rhonda D. Chandler Jessica Chapman

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Debra Chavez Dennis Cheek Mindy Chelette Connel Chu Linda Cox Katherine Hilliard Teresa Daigle Lynn Dalier Rebecca O. Dawson Melissa Dubois Brad Duet Renea Duffin Susan Duncan Chad Dunn Pam Dykes Lasheca Earls Terry Eddy Sandi Edwards Theresa. Edwards Brenda Eppinett Kara Ferachi Susan L. Finley Clay Foret Sabrina Franklin Terry Freeman Corie Gagliano Jason Garcille Jennifer Garcille Charity Gay Dr. John P. Gibbons, Jr. Tiffany Giluso

Denise Gipson Dianne Griffin Janet M. Guercio Patsy Guitreau Kimberly G. Guy Amie Haggenmacher Vickie Hall Sharon Harman Kirstie Harris Sherri Hayden Stephen A. Hebert Natalie Hock Dr. Kenneth R. Hogstrom Claudia Johnson Erin Johnson Patty G. Johnson LaRue Jolly Susana Kelly Felecia Kersey Debbie Landry Jimmy Lebo, Jr. Tae Kyu Lee Sarah Lewis Sheneka Lewis Amber L. Little Mary L. Livingston Jennifer L. Looney Cyndi Mabry Carolyn Madere Nicole Magee Rebekah Maher Amy Malbrough Judy Markham Tiffany Martin David Mason Sally McConnell Ronnie P. Meadors Kate Messina Jennifer Miller Michael Miranda Joan Mits Monica Moldovan Sharyn Monce Matt Moore Sharon S. Myshrall Doug Naden Daniel Neck Judy A. Nickens James Nosacka Paul R. Nowacki Michelle O’Brien Celeste B. Owen Christine Palmer Noël Parnell Lisa Peltier Salli Phillips Jacqueline Polito April Quillen Jill Randel Maria Reyes LaDawnia Roche’ Joseph Rogers Katherine Rose Isaac Rosen, Ph. D. Catherine Sanders Nina Scardina Alicia Seals Vadel Shivers Kristi Siemann Danette Simon Eddie Singleton Adrienne Smith Sherri D. Johnson Smith Jim Snedigar

Stuart G. Sonnier Elizabeth B. Spreen Angela Stam Jason Stephens Todd D. Stevens Michael Stewart Josh Strahan Pat W. Summers Pat Talbert Arlene Taylor Sandra S. Tessier Brenda Truxillo Alana Vaughn Deirdre B. Ventress Debby P. Vollmer Kevin Walker Vicki Walker Mary Catherine Warner Arnette Warren Ashley Warren Tracie Way Lynn Weill Patricia Wheeler Lashandra Whitfield Tracie M. Whittington Lisa Williams Jamie Wilson Beverly Wood Gloria Worrell Trisha Wright Patrill Young Lisa Zeringue

Center Volunteers Carrie T. Bankston Robbye K. Bell Melva Burgess Ed Burke Edward C. Calamari Elsie T. Davis Ed and Judie Dunigan Nancy S. Fogleman Evelyn Traylor Gautreau Winifred L. Gill Davis A. Gueymard Leo M. Hataway Claudia Hebert David and Sandy Leader Trudy Leboeuf Darlene Lundin Irma L. Marino Ken McCoy Dixie Moore Juanita Pearson Connie M. Planche Lena M. Polite Sarah Romero Rosemary Rownd Winifred Severance

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Community Giving Celebrating the success of the MaryBirdAuction.com preview party are (l to r) Jenny Gray, event director; Todd Stevens, Mary Bird Perkins; Amy Berret, chair; Tony Kurlas, Merrill Lynch.

MaryBirdAuction.com Organizing Committee Amy Berret Chairman Kean Miller Hawthorne D’Armond McCowan & Jarman, L.L.P. Don Minor Immediate Past Chairman Merrill Lynch

MaryBirdAuction.com Sponsors Underwriting Sponsor All Star Automotive Group Presenting Sponsors Capital One Merrill Lynch Preview Party Underwriting Sponsor Merrill Lynch Preview Party Presenting Sponsor Lee Michaels Fine Jewelry Major Sponsors Amedisys, Inc. Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport BRPT-Lake Rehabilitation Centers Arthur J. Gallagher Risk Management Services, Inc. Louisiana Hematology Oncology Associates (Drs. Bienvenu, Billings, Hanson, Patten, Schmeeckle, Spell) Louisiana Lottery Corporation LUBA Workers’ Comp Pinnacle Entertainment

Item Category Sponsors Diane Allen and Associates Advertising Public Relations, Inc. Amedisys, Inc. Detlefs-Vicknair Benefit Resources, L.L.C. D. Honoré Construction, Inc. Padial Real Estate, Inc. Roto-Rooter Plumbers Workbox

Coca-Cola Hang Tag Sponsor Kean’s The Cleaner Post-It Note Sponsors MidSouth Bank Pinnacle Entertainment Special Supporters The Advocate Baton Rouge Coca-Cola Baton Rouge Press Cox Communications Georgia-Pacific Corporation Greater Baton Rouge Business Report Mockler Beverage-Budweiser Real Life Photos

Technology Sponsor AT&T Louisiana Fighting Cancer for Over 35 Years

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Tony Kurlas Honorary Chairman Merrill Lynch Jonathan Batarseh Stanford Group Company Jennifer Branum KPMG LLP Tanie Bush Community Volunteer Courtney Hebert Merrill Lynch Marielle Land Howard Baton Rouge Business Report Dale Irvin Dale Irvin Creative & Strategic Services Ronnie Meadors Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center Lee Rayner LSU Foundation Sanford Roy Merrill Lynch Jenny Gray Event Director Gray Marketing & Media

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Community Giving Pro-Am Volunteer Tent Sponsor Louisiana Hematology Oncology Associates (Drs. Bienvenu, Billings, Hanson, Patten, Schmeeckle, Spell) Driving Range Sponsor Long Law Firm Hole-In-One Sponsor Price LeBlanc Lexus

Golf Organizing Committee Pictured (l to r) are John Schiller, golf chairman, Mockler Beverage-Budweiser along with one of the winning teams from Manda Fine Meats. Bobby Yarborough is pictured with two of his guests.

Golf Sponsors

Official Leaderboard Sponsor Antares Technology Solutions

Title and Pin Flag Sponsor Network Technology Group

Leader Group Sponsor OMNI BANK

Presenting Sponsor LEMIC Insurance Company

Tee Marker Sponsor Mockler Beverage-Budweiser

Pro-Am Tournament Sponsor WAFB-TV Channel 9

VIP Tent Sponsors Dairy Fresh of Louisiana, Inc. Regions Bank

The Taste of Louisiana Underwriting Sponsor Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center The Taste of Louisiana Presenting Sponsor Hilton Baton Rouge Capitol Center Junior Clinic Sponsor Baton Rouge Coca-Cola Shootout Sponsor MAPP Construction, LLC Merrill Lynch Pro-Am Sponsor Merrill Lynch Presenting Radio Sponsor Guaranty Broadcasting Company, LLC

Cart Signage Sponsor Cornerstone Government Affairs Gold Hole Sponsors Andreeff Equity Advisors LLC Belle of Baton Rouge Chenevert Architects, LLC Corporate Mechanical Contractors, Inc. Marc and Jean Couvillion Diane Allen and Associates EATEL Fidelity Homestead Kurz and Hebert Commercial Real Estate, Inc. McCormick & Company, Inc Phelps Dunbar Law Firm Sanderson Farms, Inc. United Community Bank

Prize Package Sponsor Elekta/IMPAC

Putting Contest Sponsor Taylor, Porter, Brooks, & Phillips, LLP

Awards Reception Sponsor Manda Fine Meats

Putting Green Sponsor Saurage Realtors

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John Schiller Chairman Mockler Beverage-Budweiser Randy Haddad Vice Chairman Premier Office Products, Inc. Brad Supple Immediate Past Chairman EATEL Hillar C. Moore, Jr. Founding Chairman Associated Grocers, Inc. (Retired) Bunnie Cannon LSU Communication and University Relations Marielle Land Howard Baton Rouge Business Report Kurt LaCroix Cox Communications Bryan Lindsay The University Club Nancy Little LSU Marketing Mike Patterson Lee Dougherty and Ferrara Fred Reno WBRZ-TV, Channel 2 Steve Schneider WAFB-TV, Channel 9 David Trusty Gully Phelps & McKey, Inc.

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Community Giving 2007 Community Support Total $2,196,000 Community Events to Benefit Mary Bird Mail 6.7% 6.7% MaryBirdAuction.com 6.9% Golf Tournament 9.6%

Other 1.4%

Personal Solicitation 45.7%

Grants 23.0%

2003 - 2007 Contributions Revenues $2,500,000

$2,000,000

$1,500,000

$1,000,000

$500,000

$0 2003*

2004**

2005

2006

2007

*2003-2004 adjusted to reflect transfer of endowment gifts to Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center Foundation. **2004 does not include capital campaign.

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Foundation With your help, Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center Foundation will make a difference in the future.

The Future of Cancer Care Starts Now Everyone in our community can turn to Mary Bird Perkins for the cancer care they need. n

The most advanced treatment and support services available.

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Awareness and prevention programs that help stop cancer before it starts or catches it early so it can be more successfully treated.

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Vital research that improves care and saves lives.

But We Need To Do More.

With your support, we can make sure services and new advances in cancer care are available for you, your children and your grandchildren through Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center Foundation. Our mission is simple: build an endowment to fight cancer. This will ensure that patients and families have access to all the services they need - now and in the future - and that valuable cancer research continues.

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Together, Ron and Corrine Ness decided to become partners in the fight against cancer by naming MBP as a beneficiary in their will.

Northshore Survivor Makes Plans for Mary Bird Perkins in His Will Says MBP Gives Hope When Ron Ness, the oldest of eight children, was born prematurely in his grandmother’s house in Minnesota, word has it the doctor said “he wouldn’t give a plug nickel for his life.” That was 63 years ago.

Today Ness holds an engineering degree from LSU, an MBA he earned while working as a civil engineer at Chevron and a law degree from Loyola University where he became a full-time student at age 40, graduating with the class of 1992. Ness said he found engineering too confining and moved into sales and marketing in the oil industry, a role that had him spending so much time with attorneys that he decided to become one.

It was during his time at Chevron that Ness met his future wife Corinne Helm of New Roads, LA; also an LSU graduate and an audiologist at Ochsner Hospital.

The two had mutual friends in New Orleans and Ron ultimately went into business with some of them in a start-up company called Matrix Oil & Gas, buying oil

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Foundation and gas properties and growing the company. Ten years later, Matrix was sold. Several of the partners joined together to create Tammany Oil & Gas, the company Ness is associated with today.

One morning while shaving to go to work, Ness noticed a lump on the right side of his neck. A consultation with his primary care doctor and ENT led to a needle biopsy. The results proved positive for cancer. The chief surgeon at Ochsner removed the lump and found the primary cancer site to be the right tonsil, also removed. He then suggested Ness see Dr. Greg Henkelmann at Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center in Covington to discuss the radiation therapy component of his treatment.

“We had already heard about Dr. Henkelmann from neighbors,” said Ness. “When the surgeon recommended him too, it made it a lot easier.”

Ness said it was at that meeting in Covington two weeks after his surgery that his appreciation of Mary Bird Perkins began.

“So many different sources said the doctors at Mary Bird Perkins in Covington were the right people. Once you sit down with them, you know you’ve made the right decision.”

Ron Ness

“Mary Bird Perkins is a community resource I can’t say enough about. It’s local, they have the expertise, they’re professional and they provide an invaluable service to the people who live here. There is no compelling reason to go out of state for cancer care.

Mary Bird Perkins fills a big gap in cancer treatment on the Northshore.

“Really, the worst part for me was the mask I had to wear to keep my head in position for every treatment.

It made me claustrophobic. Dr. Henkelmann came up with the idea to help relieve my anxiety by making some adjustments to my mask. But what helped me most were the radiation therapists. My treatments were 25 minutes long, five days a week for six weeks. When you’re called into that room, you’re in there all alone. Jackie and Pam would call in over the speaker to tell me I ‘was 2/3 through’, or ‘almost finished’ or to ‘just hang on for a few more minutes.’ I became so close to those people.

They pull you through and are always ready with a smile. It is such a team effort.”

When asked if she accompanied Ron to his treatments, Corinne said, “He went before work and I went to church and prayed.” She said she could tell how attached he had grown to these people because halfway through he wanted to bring a nice box of desserts. She said he did the same thing when his treatments ended.

“There are a lot of worthy organizations that deserve support, and the number of people in need will only increase as the population increases,” said Ness. “But when Corinne and I talked about including charitable beneficiaries in our will, Mary Bird Perkins jumped to the top. It’s one of three organizations we plan to remember in our will. The Northshore can’t afford to lose Mary Bird Perkins.

“I thank the doctors over there every day. Mary Bird Perkins gives everyone hope. It gives you a chance to be a survivor.”

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Foundation Anna B. Lipsey Legacy Builders Anna B. Lipsey Legacy Builders is comprised of individuals who have made or have notified Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center Foundation of their intent to make planned gifts through their estate plans. Donors who have made outright gifts of $10,000 or more to the endowment or created endowed gifts for specific programs are also recognized as Legacy Builders.

Through their generosity, the following individuals are helping MBPCCF to build a perpetual endowment fund in support of Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center. The endowment will also ultimately help support other nonprofit entities that have demonstrated the ability to conduct cancer related programs, provide services that reduce cancer incidence and mortality, or improve the quality of life for those affected by cancer.

Anonymous – (3) Anonymous – (3) Robelynn H. Abadie Tom and Lisa Adamek Mr. and Mrs. John W. Barton, Jr. Mr. John W. Barton, Sr. Mark and Kathy Bensabat Mr. and Mrs. James M. Bernhard, Jr. Evelyn Campbell Beven * Dr. and Mrs. Frederic Billings III Mrs. Jane Thibaut Boyce Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Campbell, Jr. Carolyn A. Chassee Pat Cheramie Beverly and Dudley Coates Jess Willard Cockerham * Charles Newsam Conner * Violet T. Crum * Jean H. Curet * Mr. Louis D. Curet Mr. D. Cecil Delaune * Ms. Elaine T. Delaune * Leonard Boyd Delaune Hazel Ewing * Mary Bird Perkins Isiah J. Ewing * Cancer Center Foundation William A. Ferguson * Leon Ford IV and Helen Ford Dufreche Charlie V. Giambelluca * Jerry and Devera Goss Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Greer, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Griffin David S. Hanson, M.D. and Jolene K. Johnson, M.D. Mrs. Cecile B. Harrell * The D. Jensen Holliday Family Fund Dr. and Mrs. Sheldon A. Johnson Jerry and Donna Jolly Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Jones Esther Kent * John Barker Killgore * Shirley Coppenex Killgore * Mr. and Mrs. Anthony S. Kurlas Family

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Mary Alicia* and Bettye* Lauret Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Lipsey Alton W. Luedtke Mrs. Paula Garvey Manship * Mr. and Mrs. Frank D. McArthur II Mrs. Sancy H. McCool Chuck* and Ruth McCoy Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. McKernan Lady Katharine McLaurin * Dr. and Mrs. Tom J. Meek, Jr. Marguerite H. Mills * Mr. Hillar C. Moore, Jr. Mr. Thomas J. Moran Mr. and Mrs. Roger A. Moser Mr. and Mrs. Hermann Moyse III Rosalie Moyse * Stephen R. Musso * Earl E. Nelson Ron and Corinne Helm Ness Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. Nowacki Craig and Cindy Nuckolls Bill and Cherie Peters Miss Emogene Pliner * Mr. and Mrs. David C. Price Ms. Barbara V. Rathbone Dr. and Mrs. M. J. Rathbone, Jr. * Dr. and Mrs. Richard Rathbone Suzanne and Jackie Rome Elaine Kessler Schudmak * Jerry and Chuck Schwing Ms. Ruth C. Sessions Beverly Carson Smiley Edward and Bernice Spiess Todd and Kelli Stevens Peter and Paige Stewart Emily C. Stich Dr. and Mrs. O. M. Thompson, Jr. Felix and Lynn Weill Ann Wilkinson * Deceased New 2007 Anna B. Lipsey Legacy Builders are denoted in bold.

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Foundation Anna B. Lipsey Legacy Builders Recognition Brunch The first Anna B. Lipsey Legacy Builders Recognition Brunch was held November 1 at the home of Chairman of the Board Richard Lipsey and his wife, Susan.

Chairman of the Foundation Board Lee Griffin thanked those present for their generous and far-reaching support.

Pictured (l to r) are Lee and Barrie Griffin and Carolyn A. Chassee, CFRE.

Pictured (l to r) are Richard Lipsey, John Barton and Hillar Moore.

Pictured (l to r) are MBP President and CEO Todd Stevens, Kelli Stevens and MBP Foundation Board Vice Chairman Bill Peters.

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Community Foundation Giving FOUNDATION Board of Directors

Development Committee

Planned Giving Council

G. Lee Griffin Chairman Chase (Retired)

Bill Peters Chairman Peters Financial Services, LLC

J. Gerard Jolly Chairman KPMG LLP

Bill Peters Vice Chairman Peter Financial Services, LLC

G. Lee Griffin Immediate Past Chairman Chase (Retired)

Michael T. Delahaye Michael T. Delahaye & Associates

J. H. Campbell, Jr. Secretary/Treasurer Associated Grocers, Inc.

Thomas J. Adamek Stonehenge Capital Company, LLC

Gerald T. Goss A. G. Edwards David G. Koch Weill, Dunn & Koch, LLC

Louis D. Curet D’Amico & Curet (Retired)

Louis D. Curet Immediate Past Chairman D’Amico & Curet (Retired)

Robert S. Greer, Jr. LEMIC Insurance Company

Frank D. McArthur II McArthur, Sanchez Associates

Sancy H. McCool Community Volunteer

Carey J. Messina Kean Miller Hawthorne D’Armond McCowan & Jarman, L.L.P.

John W. Barton, Jr. Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson

Hillar C. Moore, Jr. Associated Grocers, Inc. (Retired)

Edward L. Shobe The Shobe Financial Group

Gerald T. Goss A. G. Edwards

Todd D. Stevens Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center

David A. Winkler Faulk & Winkler, LLC

Gail O’Quin DailyInbox.com

Paul R. Thompson Smith Barney

Todd Stevens President and CEO Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center

Lynn S. Weill Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center

2003 - 2007 Bequests and Endowments Bequests and endowment, 2003 - 2007 $6,000,000

$5,000,000

$4,000,000

Fund total

$3,000,000

Fund + expectancies*

$2,000,000

$1,000,000

$0 2003

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2004

2005

2006

2007

*Value calculated December 31 of each year.

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Community Foundation Giving Foundation Donors Mr. John W. Barton, Sr. Tom and Virginia Bromley Carolyn A. Chassee Elaine T. Delaune * Mr. L. Boyd Delaune William Ferguson * John Barker Killgore * Shirley Coppenex Killgore * Mrs. Sancy H. McCool Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Schwing Mr. and Mrs. Edward R. Spiess

Named Endowed Funds Established in 2007 The Shirley C. and J. Barker Killgore Research Fund

Previously Named Endowed Funds Regional Oncology Library Fund Richard A. Lipsey and Susan Haspel Lipsey Family Fund The D. Jensen Holliday Family Fund

* Deceased

Charitable Planning Dinner Approximately 40 friends and benefactors of MBP and Foundation joined the Foundation’s Board of Directors and Development Committee at a charitable planning dinner. The evening featured guest speakers Gary J. Martin, CFP®, CAP™, Philanthropic Consultant and Kenneth R. Hogstrom, PhD, Director, LSU Medical Physics Program.

Pictured (l to r) are Sanford Roy of Merrill Lynch; Carolyn A. Chassee, CFRE; Gary Martin; Ken Hogstrom, PhD. Merrill Lynch was the underwriter of the dinner.

Pictured (l to r) are Anna B. Lipsey Legacy Builders members Hillar Moore, Dick Luedtke, Frank McArthur and Bill Peters.

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Senior Management Todd D. Stevens President and Chief Executive Officer Paul R. Nowacki Vice President, Chief Financial Officer Brenda Truxillo Vice President, Radiation Oncology Services Carolyn A. Chassee, CFRE Vice President for Development and Chief Development Officer Amy L. Benton Vice President, Communications Renea A. Duffin Executive Director, CARE Network Trisha Wright Director, Human Resources

Is Your Name Missing?

In spite of our best efforts, errors and omissions sometimes occur in listing our donors. The donor recognition portion of this publication reports cumulative gifts of $25 or more made from January 1, 2007 to December 31, 2007. If your name is not included and you think it should be, one of the following may be the reason: • You paid in 2007 on a pledge you made from a previous year.

• You made a personal gift using your company’s check (you may be listed as the corporation or organization).

• We made an omission error. If so, please accept our apology and notify the Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center Office of Development, 4950 Essen Lane, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70809 or call 225.215.1248.

Inquiries regarding giving opportunities and estate planning are welcomed.

Write or call Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center’s Office of Development or visit our website. Additional copies of this annual report may be requested by calling (225) 215-1224.

www.marybird.org

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