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PERKINS

PERSPECTIVE Fighting Cancer for Over 35 Years.

Available Online at www.marybird.org

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National Cancer Institute The Cancer Program of OLOL and MBP Selected for Prestigious NCI Pilot…Page 4

LSU-MBP Research Partnership Helps Fight Breast Cancer…Page 7 St. Elizabeth-Mary Bird Perkins Building Facility…Page 12 The Cancer Program of Our Lady of the Lake and Mary Bird Perkins is at the forefront of working to further reduce the burden of cancer and to dramatically improve the quality of life for anyone affected by it. Pictured above (l to r) are Robert Davidge, CEO, OLOL and Todd Stevens, president and CEO, MBP.

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Community Annual Giving Campaign Volunteers Want To Help Save Lives

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People volunteer for many reasons — sometimes personal — but always for a purpose. The 2007 Annual Giving Chair, James R. McIlwain, Lamar Advertising Company, volunteers because he believes in advancing his community.

“I am involved because I feel the need, even in some small way, to help make our community a better place to live for all of us,” explained McIlwain. “The I-12 corridor is blessed to have a growing group of citizens that hopefully feels this same urgency to make a commitment of time, talents and/or financial resources to many different groups and organizations in the community.”

With McIlwain at the helm, a group of over 80 Annual Giving Campaign volunteers will be raising leadership gifts ($1,000 or more) during the upcoming months from businesses, corporations and individuals in the communities served by Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center and its C.A.R.E. Network. The C.A.R.E. Network is on the front line — saving lives through education and early detection. The very heart of the C.A.R.E. Network is outreach that touches the entire community and engages it in the fight against cancer through free screenings for breast, prostate, skin and colorectal cancer.

“My wife Terri and I both feel drawn to Mary Bird Perkins at this time because of our personal family experiences with cancer and the loss of our parents to this disease at very young ages,” said McIlwain. “We see the important need to greatly expand the reach of cancer prevention, detection and treatment in this region and beyond.”

Annual Giving volunteers raise funds that provide immediate support for critical services and help the Center to continue to provide valuable patient support programs to improve the health of the community. “The importance of early cancer screenings cannot be overstated,” said Renea Austin-Duffin, executive director of the C.A.R.E. Network. “One-quarter of Louisiana residents live below the poverty level and therefore do not have access to adequate health care. They engage in high risk behaviors and tend to wait too long to seek medical treatment when a problem arises,” she said. “Without the support of the community, Mary Bird Perkins would be unable to offer the early detection services of the C.A.R.E. Network throughout its 15 parish service area that our mobile medical clinic, the Early Bird, makes possible — bringing screenings directly to the people most in need.”

For more information about the Annual Giving Campaign and how

you can help, please call Katherine Rose at 225.215.1205 or Mary Beth Schnauder at 985.974.4381.

See the enclosed giving envelope if you wish to make a donation.

James R. McIlwain, chairman, Annual Giving Campaign

SPECIAL THANKS TO THE 2007 ANNUAL GIVING CAMPAIGN CABINET: JAMES R. MCILWAIN, Lamar Advertising Company, Campaign Chair BILL O’QUIN, Financial Services Online & Virtual Sales Assistant, Campaign Vice Chair PAUL R. THOMPSON, CitiGroup Smith Barney, Immediate Past Chair BLANCHARD SANCHEZ JR., McArthur-Sanchez Associates, Major Gifts Chair GORDON LEBLANC JR., Stonehenge Capital Corp., Major Gifts Vice Chair CLAYTON LESTER, Associated Grocers, Individual Division Chair BOBBY YARBOROUGH, Manda Fine Meats, Individual Division Vice Chair MARY KADAIR CRUMP, Kadair Advertising, Individual Division – Professionals Team Captain HILLAR MOORE, Individual Division – Retirees Team Captain PATRICIA BRIGNAC TALBOT, Baton Rouge Duplicating Products, Individual Division – Women Team Captain JOANN HAMILTON, Rubicon, LLC, Industry Chair STACEY B. CHIASSON, The Dow Chemical Company, Industry Vice Chair TORY JOHNSON, Hancock Bank, Corporate Chair CHRISTINA STREB, Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, Corporate Vice Chair RANDY KINCHEN, Parish National Bank, Northshore Chair DONNA TAYLOR, Stirling Properties, Florida Parishes Chair

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My Perspective A message from

Todd Stevens, president and CEO

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I recently returned from a very exciting meeting at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. The meeting was hosted by the National Cancer Institute to formally launch the National Cancer Institute Community Cancer Centers Program pilot (NCCCP). It was humbling to hear some of our nation’s top scientists describe how cancer care will be delivered in the future and how we can contribute to this initiative. The Cancer Program of Our Lady of the Lake and Mary Bird Perkins was one of 14 community-based cancer programs in the country selected, as part of a highly competitive RFP process, to participate in the three-year pilot.

Since 1992, Our Lady of the Lake and Mary Bird Perkins have operated a joint cancer program accredited by the American College of Surgeons. Through this accredited program, and because of the incredible commitment and expertise of the medical staff, allied health professionals and support staff from both Our Lady of the Lake and Mary Bird Perkins, the full array of cancer services is brought to bear for the benefit of more than 2,000 patients each year.

I have been asked many times in recent weeks what it means to be a participant in the NCCCP. The vision for this pilot is that it will dramatically transform the way cancer care is delivered in community settings across the nation. Recognizing that the majority of cancer patients in the U.S. are treated at community cancer centers, the NCI embarked upon this initiative to develop a national model for community cancer care best practices. To determine best practices, the NCI and the 14 pilot sites will work together in the areas of clinical research, bio-specimen tissue banking, information technology, disparities and outreach, quality of care and survivorship.

Participation puts the Cancer Program of Our Lady of the Lake and Mary Bird Perkins at the forefront of developing and supporting the science behind how cancer patients will be cared for in the future. Imagine the day when a cancer patient’s treatment is unique to his or her “genetic-code,” specifically designed to destroy those cancer cells and target those specific abnormalities that caused the cancer — as well as the cells that could cause the cancer to spread or reoccur in later years. NCI Director Dr. John Niederhuber’s (the architect behind the

NCCCP Pilot Sites NCCCP initiative) vision of personalized cancer care will require a sea-change in the scientific process that develops cancer therapies. This seachange is required to take advantage of the truly amazing work being done in molecular biology, the science of discovering the “keys” to effectively killing cancer cells.

NCI and Dr. Niederhuber’s leadership is to be applauded for recognizing that 85% of cancer patients are diagnosed and treated in communities like ours and that the physicians, nurses, therapists, technologists, social workers, dieticians, and many others who care for cancer patients are in a position to participate and define how to best design and implement “the State of Science” for community cancer care.

This is no small undertaking, and I hope now that you understand why the Cancer Program of Our Lady of the Lake and Mary Bird Perkins is humbled to be in the company of our fellow pilot participants, and some of our nation’s most brilliant minds, to work to further reduce the impact of cancer and to dramatically improve the quality of life for anyone affected by it.

I look forward to updating you as this three-year pilot evolves and begins to contribute to the future of cancer care.

Last, but certainly not least, you’ll read in the pages ahead about Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center partnering with St. Elizabeth Hospital in Gonzales, Louisiana to build a new treatment facility. We are honored to have the opportunity to work with St. Elizabeth to help provide continued excellence in patient care in Ascension Parish and its surrounding areas.

Sincerely,

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IN YOUR COMMUNITY National Cancer Institute Selects the Cancer Program of Our Lady of the Lake and Mary Bird Perkins Helping To Bring the “State of Science” to Communities

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The Cancer Program of Our Lady of the Lake and Mary Bird Perkins has been recognized nationally for its excellence in cancer care. It has been selected by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, as one of only 14 sites in the country, and the only one in the Gulf South, to participate it its new and prestigious Community Cancer Centers Program (NCCCP) pilot.

The following people traveled to Bethesda, Maryland in June to attend the official NCCCP launch held at the National Institutes of Health to learn more about the exciting first-time initiative. Pictured (l to r) are Todd Stevens, president and CEO, MBPCC; Donna Bryant, executive director, Clinical Research Network, MBPCC; Dr. David Hanson, chairman, Integrated Cancer Committee; Kevin Guidry, cancer center administrator, OLOL; Renea Austin-Duffin, executive director, CARE Network, MBPCC; Dr. Carolyn C. Compton, director, Office of Biorepositories and Biospecimen Research, National Cancer Institute, National The Cancer Program of Our Lady of the Lake (OLOL) and Institutes of Health.

Mary Bird Perkins (MBP) was chosen based on its ability and experience in conducting clinical trials and providing The NCCCP is designed to encourage the collaboration of privateleadership and healthcare outreach in the communities it practice medical, surgical and radiation oncologists and the NCIserves. A successful pilot will lead to the nationwide launch designated Cancer Centers. Evidence from a wide range of studies of the NCCCP in 2010. suggests that cancer patients diagnosed and treated in a setting of coordinated multi-specialty care and clinical research may live longer and have a better quality of life.

“NCI has launched the NCCCP precisely to examine how we can best provide access to the latest scientific advances in the community setting. Community hospitals provide outstanding healthcare for millions of Americans. NCI is committed to integrating the latest that science has to offer into this already exceptional community-based care,” said Dr. John Niederhuber, director, National Cancer Institute.

NCI estimates that 85 percent of cancer patients in the U.S. are diagnosed at community cancer centers. The other 15 percent are diagnosed at NCI-designated Cancer Centers, a network of 63 academic research institutions located in largely urban areas across the country. 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 pilot will extend NCI programs into local communities, giving patients easier access to clinical research and advanced care.

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The NCCCP aims to: • Study ways in which the community healthcare system can be electronically connected so that patients can take part in the early phases of drug development.

• Investigate multidisciplinary ways to address disparities in cancer care and through activities such as community outreach, patient assistance and cancer screening, evaluate the effectiveness of these types of efforts to change the course of cancer for people in underserved communities.

• Expand clinical trials and speed the testing of new drugs and devices to combat cancer.

• Study methods of expanding and standardizing the collection of blood and tissue specimens voluntarily obtained from patients for vital cancer research.

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Continued from Page 4 “It was clear at the launch in Bethesda that we are in stellar company among the other pilot sites. 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,” said Todd Stevens, president and CEO, Mary Bird Perkins.

“Our Lady of the Lake and Mary Bird Perkins have a longstanding 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, CEO, Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center.

The 14 sites will be funded for a collective total of $5 John E. Niederhuber, MD, director, National Cancer Institute with million per year. An NCI panel of experts and an Maureen Johnson, PhD, NCCCP project officer, National Cancer independent group of outside experts will set milestones, Institute. monitor progress and evaluate the success of the three-year pilot and then issue recommendations for a full-fledged program.

www.ncccp.cancer.gov

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 offering 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 by the American College of Surgeons – the gold-standard for communitybased cancer care – since 1992.

The Cancer Program provides nearly 42,000 cancer treatments and serves 2,258 new cancer cases each year.

For more information on our Cancer Program and the NCCCP pilot, please visit www.ololrmc.com or www.marybird.org.

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MBP Medical Physicists Receive Prestigious, National Certification

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Angela Stam, MS and Kara Ferachi, MS, medical physicists at Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center, have recently achieved certification in Therapeutic Radiologic Physics by the American Board of Radiology (ABR). They join Connel Chu, Scott Alleman, Dan Neck, and Drs. Hogstrom, Gibbons, Parker and Rosen as board certified medical physicists.

A certified medical physicist requires an MS or PhD in medical physics, or equivalent, and two years of clinical residency or onthe-job clinical training. Once the medical physicist has completed a third year of clinical training, he or she is eligible to sit for the second, written part of the three-part ABR exam.

The third part is an oral exam by medical physicists certified in the specialty. “It’s an arduous process that takes discipline and study. By achieving this milestone, both Angela and Kara have demonstrated competency in the practice of therapeutic radiologic physics,” said Dr. Kenneth Hogstrom, chief of physics.

“It is our goal for all medical physicists at Mary Bird Perkins to be certified in Therapeutic Radiologic Physics,” said Dr. John Gibbons, chief of clinical physics. This brings the total number of board certified medical physicists at Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center to nine of a 10-member medical physics staff.

Early Detection Update

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Starting with the conviction that early detection saves lives, the C.A.R.E. Network’s platform is prevention and early detection — and the positive impact of this focus is evident.

To date* in 2007, the C.A.R.E. Network has conducted education programs for over 3,600 people. In addition, 2,600 people have been screened at nearly 90 free cancer screenings.

These programs and services, and more, are made possible by the generosity of the community.

There are many more cancer screening and educational events scheduled for 2007. For more information on these events and other C.A.R.E. Network activities, please visit our website at www.marybird.org or call 225.215.1234 or toll free 888.616.4687.

MBP Welcomes New Radiation Oncologist Seventh Doctor Joins Team

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“My partners and I are pleased to announce that Dr. Charles G. Wood has joined our radiation oncology practice at Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center,” said the Center’s Medical Director, Greg Henkelmann, MD. “During the time we have spent with Dr. Wood over the past months, he has impressed us Charles G. Wood, MD all with his abilities, skills and personality. He is a conscientious and knowledgeable physician who is excellent with patients. We are delighted that he, his wife Brooke and young son Briggs are now officially a part of the Mary Bird family.”

A Baton Rouge native and Summa Cum Laude graduate of LSU, Wood received his Medical Doctorate from the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine in Shreveport where he was class Valedictorian.

While completing his radiation oncology residency program at the University of Pennsylvania, Wood distinguished himself as an excellent clinician and served as chief resident of the department of radiation oncology immediately prior to his arrival at Mary Bird Perkins.

I could not ask for better doctors or staff at Mary Bird Perkins. I would highly recommend it to anyone who needed them. I can’t think of any place I would rather be. Thank you for helping to save my life.

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LSU-MBP Research Helps Fight Breast Cancer New Screening Technology Poised To Improve Early Detection

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“Medical physics is a fundamental science concerned with improving peoples’ lives,” said Dr. Polad Shikhaliev, who joined the LSU faculty in January, 2007 as an Assistant Professor in its joint Medical Physics Program with Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center. “Medical physics has a direct impact on people’s health, helping cure breast cancer. As a medical physicist, I conduct research with detector technology to find cancer earlier,” he explained.

Shikhaliev’s current research is focused on developing a new breast CT system that will allow detecting breast cancer at its very early stages.

Breast CT, as proposed by Shikhaliev, should be able to detect breast lesions as small as 2-3mm, compared to 10mm, which is often the case in current mammography x-rays. He also expects his research to acquire the CT scan with less radiation dose to the breast than current low-risk mammography techniques and with no pain or discomfort.

What distinguishes his research from all others is that his CT system will use a new type of x-ray detector, a photon counting detector, with the additional capability of measuring energy of the individual x-ray photons. This developing technology forms the basis for the unique aspect of his entire project, which will improve differentiation of a tumor being benign or malignant. The proposed breast CT system has potential to become a routine breast screening tool to supplement xray mammography.

“Dr. Shikhaliev is an outstanding addition to the medical physics program, allowing it to expand its imaging physics research in the area of cancer diagnosis, particularly in breast screening,” said Kenneth Hogstrom, chief of physics at Mary Bird Perkins and director of the medical physics program at LSU. “We conducted a national search and Dr. Shikhaliev was selected in large part because his particular area of interest parallels that of Mary Bird Perkins’ C.A.R.E. Network — early detection via cancer screenings. In addition, he is one of the leading medical imaging researchers in the world today.”

Originally from Azerbaijan, Shikhaliev received his PhD in Nuclear Engineering from Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute in St. Petersburg, Russia. He left his homeland to pursue the further development of his research. He arrived in the United States in 2001 at the University of California, Irvine, where he continued his study of medical physics as an assistant researcher, concentrating on x-ray and CT imaging technologies. Upon arrival at LSU, Shikhaliev is continuing the same research. “Dr. Shikhaliev has set up an x-ray imaging laboratory at LSU where he and medical physics students will research his ideas and work to develop a future generation mammography CT device,” said Hogstrom.

Renea Austin-Duffin, executive director of Mary Bird Perkins’ C.A.R.E. Network, could not be more pleased that research being done in Baton Rouge might affect the health care of women screened by the C.A.R.E. Network and well beyond. “The National Cancer

The research of LSU Medical Physics Assistant Professor Dr. Polad Shikhaliev, in joint partnership with MBP, gives Renea Austin-Duffin (r), executive director, MBP’s C.A.R.E. Network, hope for major impact on community cancer care within the decade.

Institute has estimated that over 200,000 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in the United States this year, making it the most commonly diagnosed cancer in women. Of those women, over 40,000 will die from it,” she said. “The potential for earlier detection has important applications for reducing breast cancer mortality, a serious problem in Louisiana.” She explained that the incidence rate of breast cancer is not higher in Louisiana, but the mortality rates are much higher. “One of the reasons is that a lot of women shy away from mammograms because they think they hurt. The possibility of painfree technology may attract more women to screenings, which in turn should reduce mortality because problems would be detected and treated earlier, therefore increasing survival rates.”

Woman’s Hospital in Baton Rouge is also interested in Dr. Shikhaliev’s imaging research in early breast cancer detection.

“We are excited about Dr. Shikhaliev’s work and its potential,” said Teri G. Fontenot, president and CEO, Woman’s Hospital.

“Our partnership with Mary Bird Perkins and the C.A.R.E. Network has saved lives through earlier detection, but in breast cancer, there is no such thing as ‘too early.’ We look forward to the day that no woman dies from this disease, and this research opens a new door to that possibility.”

Shikhaliev expects it to take at least five years before his research is approved for clinical trials.

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Hammond Therapist Shaves the Way To Conquer Kids’ Cancer

Northshore Cancer Survivors Celebrate Together Survivors & Caregivers Learn from ‘Voices of Experience’

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Hammond radiation therapist Sam Armand raised donations for St. Baldrick’s by losing his locks at the annual Ponchatoula event. Since its inception in 2000, St. Baldrick’s has raised more than $20 million throughout the world for childhood cancer research — to save lives and to improve the long-term quality of life for children who survive.

Rubicon Continues Partnership with Mary Bird Perkins To Fund C.A.R.E. Network

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For the past six years, Rubicon LLC has been extremely generous to Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center with the proceeds of its annual Rubicon Invitational Golf Tournament. Held in April at the Country Club of Louisiana this year, the charitable event named the Center as the sole beneficiary of all $46,000 raised, bringing the total amount donated over the past six years to almost $200,000. “Rubicon’s steadfast support of Mary Bird Perkins’ C.A.R.E. Network and its outreach programs, for which we are most grateful, is helping spread the vital message of early detection and ultimately saving lives,” said Todd Stevens, Mary Bird Perkins president and CEO. Rubicon employee volunteers organize and operate the tournament with the help of community volunteers. The event is supported by many local businesses and national chemical industry suppliers.

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Pictured (l to r) are Dr. Jack Saux, Dr. Jack McNulty, Dr. David Oubre, Chryl Corizzo, Renea Austin-Duffin and Dr. Duane Superneau. Photo courtesy Brenda Johnson, STPH Communications Department.

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On June 2, the Northshore was one of over 700 communities throughout the United States, Canada and other participating countries to observe the 20th annual National Cancer Survivors Day by hosting a celebration of life at Benedict’s Plantation in Mandeville.

Titled “Living Through & After a Cancer Diagnosis: The Voices of Experience,” a panel of experts shared information on topics including the powerful role of nutrition before, during and after cancer treatment; dealing with the fear of cancer recurrence; the benefits of genetic counseling; the importance of caring for the caregiver; pain and symptom management; preventing and managing cancer-related lymphedema; enhancing one’s appearance during treatment; how to cope with long-term effects; and finding financial, educational and supportive resources before, during and after treatment.

Sponsors included Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center’s C.A.R.E. Network, St. Tammany Parish Hospital, Pontchartrain Hematology Oncology and Leonard C. Thomas HOS Foundation. An educational grant was provided by the Louisiana Breast Cancer Task Force. Approximately 100 people attended the free informational and celebratory event.

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‘Kicking the Habit’ Remains Popular Goal More Tobacco Cessation Classes Added

MBP, OLOL and Cancer Services of Greater Baton Rouge Partner To Reach More Cancer Patients Cancer Services Outreach Location Now Open at Mary Bird Perkins

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Louisiana legislators passed two key pieces of legislation during the 2006 regular legislative session. The “Louisiana Smoke-Free Air Act” (Act No. 815), effective January 1, 2007, prohibits smoking in most indoor workplaces and public places within a place of employment.

Additionally, they passed Act No. 838, which prohibits smoking in motor vehicles when children under the age of 13 are present (effective August 15, 2006).

“The focus of the Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center C.A.R.E. Network’s partnership with The Louisiana Campaign for TobaccoFree Living (TFL) has therefore shifted from its original mission in 2005 of promoting smoke-free restaurants to promoting and conducting free tobacco cessation services in southeast Louisiana,” said Erin Johnson, outreach coordinator, C.A.R.E. Network Early Detection Unit. “This includes free smoking cessation classes for the community and education programs for healthcare professionals to equip them with the tools they need to help patients quit.”

Johnson says there has been such an overwhelming response to the “Kick the Habit” tobacco cessation classes in all three Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center locations that more classes had to be added.

The free 8-week classes meet once a week for one hour.

For more information on the free tobacco cessation classes or the professional Allied Health programs, please call 225.215.1274.

You all were the best. Keep up the very good care. I would recommend you to any and everyone and I have.

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Cancer patients in the greater Baton Rouge area now have a new resource for help in their fight against cancer. Cancer Services of Greater Baton Rouge (CSGBR) has opened an Outreach Location at Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center located on the campus of Our Lady of the Lake. This one-year pilot program is the first of several outreach initiatives being planned by Cancer Services.

Cancer Services of Greater Baton Rouge is dedicated to improving life for those living with cancer in the 10parish capital area. For the last 48 years, it has provided free, comprehensive support services at one central office located on Lobdell Avenue in Baton Rouge.

Recent research has shown that cancer patients would benefit from more CSGBR locations, especially when dealing with barriers such as transportation issues or limited family support. Providing multiple locations will help make these vital support services more readily accessible to cancer patients in need.

A full-time Cancer Services social worker is on staff at the new site located on the 2nd floor of Mary Bird Perkins. Hours of operation are 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Monday through Friday and 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Patients may come at anytime during those hours. No appointment is necessary. Please call 225.927.2273 for additional information.

This valuable community resource is being provided in partnership with Cancer Services of Greater Baton Rouge, Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center and Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center. www.marybird.org • Volume 2 2007

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Office of the Attorney General Presents $25K to Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center Funds To Help Provide Free Cancer Screenings for Uninsured and Underserved

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Louisiana Attorney General Charles C. Foti Jr. distributed funds to Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center to provide free cancer screenings for residents throughout the Center’s fifteen-parish service area, including St. Tammany and Tangipahoa parishes. Breast, prostate, skin and colorectal cancer screenings will be offered free of charge to all qualifying residents. The Center’s C.A.R.E. Network operates a mobile medical unit, the Early Bird, which travels throughout the area to provide these screenings.

The service is offered to those who cannot afford the vital but costly testing.

Attorney General Foti presents a check to Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center. Pictured (l to r) are 2007 Annual Giving Campaign Chair Jim McIlwain, Lynn Weill, Northshore Chair Randy Kinchen, Katherine Rose, Foti, Renea Austin-Duffin, and Northshore volunteers Lauren Hebert, Marty Mayer and Joe Luquet.

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In the article titled “Thank You, Volunteers!” in the last edition of the Perkins Perspective, the names of two MBPCC employees who worked extra hours without pay at cancer screenings and fundraising activities in 2006 were inadvertently omitted from the list. Please join us in thanking Tammy Asmus and Matt Bryant for volunteering their time to support the Center’s programs.

Customized Charitable Giving Planning Services Now Available: • Anna B. Lipsey Legacy Builders News (page 20) • Planned Giving Website • Gift Calculation Services • eNews • Professional Advisor Outreach • Charitable Gift Planning Seminars for Donors For more information, please visit marybirdfoundation.org or call Debbie Landry at 225.215.1224

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Baton Rouge Komen Affiliate Grants $10,000 to C.A.R.E. Network Funding Helps Promote Lifesaving Message of Early Detection

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Drew Tessier (center), special representative-government affairs, Corporate Relations of Union Pacific Railroad, recently presented a check in the amount of $2,500 from the Union Pacific Foundation to the Center’s C.A.R.E. Network in support of its mobile medical clinic cancer screening program. Union Pacific has a long-standing commitment to improve the quality of life in the communities it serves and where their employees live and work. Accepting the check is the Executive Director of the C.A.R.E. Network, Renea Austin-Duffin. Other MBP employees pictured above (from l to r) include Katherine Rose, Sandra Tessier and Lynn Weill.

MBP Remembers Long-Time Friend

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Dr. Eula Palmer, in whose memory this edition of Perkins Perspective is dedicated, passed away on March 29, 2007. She was 88. A director emeritus of the Cancer, Radiation & Research Foundation, now chartered as Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center, Palmer was named administrator of the Center in 1975. During her tenure she oversaw its significant expansion and move to a Dr. Eula Palmer much larger facility in the current location on Essen Lane. She retired from Mary Bird Perkins in 1985 but stayed on as Administrator of the Baton Rouge Area Tumor Registry, and finally, as a part time data specialist, until retiring for the last time in 1995.

“Dr. Palmer was a lovely person whom I had the privilege to meet,” said Todd Stevens, president and CEO of Mary Bird Perkins. “She had a very positive impact on the evolution of the Center as it exists today.”

This volume of the Perkins Perspective is dedicated to the Memory to our friend, Dr. Eula Palmer

Pictured (l to r) are BR Komen Affiliate Grants Chair Gloria Dorsey; BR Komen Affiliate President Tammy Asmus; MBP Senior Development Officer Katherine Rose; MBP VP of Communications Amy Benton.

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At a reception honoring its 2007 grant recipients, the Baton Rouge Komen Affiliate gave Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center’s C.A.R.E. Network $10,000 for support of its Mobile Medical Clinic Breast Cancer Screening Program.

The C.A.R.E. Network has developed an innovative partnership with Woman’s Hospital to decrease breast cancer mortality in Mary Bird Perkins’ 15-parish service area. Since its inception in 2002, this early detection outreach program of free breast cancer screenings for medically underserved women in poorer, more remote locations has screened nearly 6,000 women for breast cancer. Expanded outreach and educational programs, combined with cancer screenings, are needed to increase awareness, motivate behavioral changes, and provide prevention and early detection interventions.

“We are grateful to the Komen organization not only for this grant to our organization but for the pursuit of its own mission to eradicate breast cancer as a life-threatening disease by advancing research, education, screening and treatment,” commented Renea AustinDuffin, executive director, Mary Bird Perkins’ C.A.R.E. Network.

This year, the Baton Rouge Komen Affiliate gave a total of $205,000 to the local community in its fight against breast cancer. Funding was raised through the 2007 Race for the Cure.

Tammy Asmus, MBPCC chief radiation therapist, serves as the Baton Rouge Komen Affiliate President.

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St. Elizabeth Hospital Partners With Cancer Center

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“Together, we are addressing an important need – local access to high-quality cancer care,” said Dee LeJeune, president and CEO of St. Elizabeth Hospital. “We are delighted to partner with Mary Bird Perkins to make it possible for St. Elizabeth and the physician community to provide a broader range of critical services for cancer patients in the greater Ascension area.”

The new treatment facility will feature advanced technology, including a high-energy linear accelerator utilizing image guided radiation therapy (IGRT); intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT); state-of-the-art imaging using positron emission tomography and computed tomography (PET/CT); sophisticated treatment planning stations, as well as physics and dosimetry quality assurance instrumentation and software. The facility will also be supported by MBPCC’s sixteen-member medical physics team.

Medical physics is a discipline vital to the provision of radiation therapy. The partners anticipate that construction of the facility will begin in fall 2007.

The radiation oncologists at the new facility will include members of the Southeast Louisiana Radiation Oncology Group (SLROG) practicing exclusively at Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center locations.

This group of physicians has over 130 years of combined experience and, during the next few months, two additional radiation oncologists will be joining the group for a total of eight SLROGmember physicians.

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Citizens of Ascension Parish and surrounding areas will have more convenient access to outpatient cancer care as St. Elizabeth Hospital in Gonzales and Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center (MBPCC) partner to provide continued excellence in patient care. The partnership will build and operate a new radiation treatment facility, investing a total of $6 million - approximately $4 million in leadingedge cancer treatment technology and $2 million in additional construction and renovation.

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and cancer screening initiatives. With the support of local healthcare professionals, it is expected that these efforts will only grow in the future, ultimately improving the health of the community-at-large for generations to come.

“It is an honor to have the opportunity to work with St. Elizabeth, community physicians and residents in the greater Ascension area to support cancer care,” said Todd Stevens, president and CEO of MPBCC. “Through comprehensive outreach services and advanced treatment, we look forward to developing together a dynamic partnership dedicated to fighting cancer.”

MBPCC also has a long and established relationship with Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, sister hospital to St. Elizabeth.

Since 1992, Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center (OLOLRMC) and Mary Bird Perkins have been jointly accredited for its comprehensive cancer program by the American College of Surgeons. The Cancer Program of Our Lady of the Lake and Mary Bird Perkins was recently named as one of 14 cancer programs in the country selected by the National Cancer Institute to participate in its new and innovative National Cancer Institute Community Cancer Centers Program (NCCCP) pilot.

For more information about St. Elizabeth Hospital and Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center, please visit www.steh.com or www.marybird.org.

Mary Bird Perkins and St. Elizabeth Hospital will also continue to jointly enhance outreach services with a grassroots approach to saving lives through education and early detection. The organizations have a history of partnering to provide free educational

Your facility is wonderful. The personnel are cheerful and compassionate. Dr. Levine is terrific. I felt like I was talking to a friend when stating my concerns.

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Donors Honored at Mary Bird Perkins’ Leadership Dinner D. Jensen Holliday Memorial Award Presented to Julia Bradford Moore

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Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center’s 12th annual Leadership Dinner, held in recognition of Leadership donors who made gifts of $1,000 or more to the Center during 2006, took place in March at the Baton Rouge center. Prior to the dinner, guests were given a tour of the Center and the Early Bird, the C.A.R.E. Network’s mobile medical clinic designed to take free cancer screenings into communities most in need within the Center’s 15-parish service area.

Robert S. Greer Jr., chairman, Board of Directors, told those in attendance that their cumulative gifts of more than $1.5 million

Pictured (l to r) are John F. Smith, Julia Bradford Moore, Estelle Beth Courtney. in 2006 will fund Mary Bird Perkins’ C.A.R.E Network in the form of free cancer screenings, awareness and education programs, research and cancer support services.

Greer thanked the Southeast Louisiana Radiation Oncology Group (SLROG) — Robert Fields, MD; Gregory Henkelmann, MD; Sheldon Johnson, MD; Maurice King Jr., MD; Renee Levine, MD; Kenneth Lo, PhD, MD — for underwriting the evening’s dinner. Dr. Lo told those assembled that he has visited many of the leading cancer centers in the country and was proud to report that Mary Bird Perkins ranks among them.

Frank McArthur, board member and 2006 Annual Giving Campaign chairman, thanked the Center’s Leadership donors and recognized community volunteers who guided the fundraising efforts during 2006. He also announced that to honor the memory of Mrs. Anna B. Lipsey, one of the Center’s founding members, the Legacy Builders planned giving program would henceforth be known as the Anna B. Lipsey Legacy Builders.

Julia Bradford Moore of Baton Rouge was honored as the recipient of the D. Jensen Holliday Memorial Award. The award is presented annually by the Mary Bird Perkins board of directors to honor the late Jensen Holliday, who was chairman of the board at the time of his death from cancer. The award honors an individual in the communities served by Mary Bird Perkins who has made a sustained and significant difference in the fight against cancer. Beth Courtney, board member and chairman of the selection committee, introduced Ms. Moore, a two-time breast cancer survivor who saw a need to promote early detection for this disease in the African American community and started Sisters Supporting Sisters. Presenting the award was Jensen’s widow, Estelle Holliday. John F. Smith, committee representative from ExxonMobil and 100 Black Men of Metropolitan Baton Rouge, nominated Moore.

Todd Stevens, president and CEO of Mary Bird Perkins, provided a “State of the Center” update.

He thanked those in attendance for the important role they played in keeping Mary Bird Perkins at the forefront of cancer technology and care in 2006 and concluded by telling the assembled Leadership donors, “We have never wavered in providing Holliday and service to anyone in need. That mission has never been more critical than it is now.” He said that while the state of Mary Bird Perkins is stronger than ever, the Louisiana health care system for the uninsured is not strong. “We are working to build a continuum where every cancer patient has access to care. Your support and engagement in this partnership is critical. We are left with a legacy that will not allow us to fail.”

A special video compilation of the Center’s new “Faces” campaign, featuring Mary Bird cancer survivor testimonials, was shown. Bill O’Quin, one of those ‘Faces’, concluded the presentation by thanking donors for making the work of Mary Bird Perkins possible. www.marybird.org • Volume 2 2007

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The Taste of Louisiana, NTG Classic Record-Setting Combo for Mary Bird Perkins

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This year’s MBPCC golf tournament week — the 2007 NTG Classic presented by LEMIC Insurance Company from April 2328 — raised over $185,000 to help cancer patients in need. “The proceeds from the golf tournament week are invested right back into the community — approximately $1.3 million over the last 16 years — to provide early detection and cancer educational services to those in need. We are grateful to the fantastic sponsors, donors and community volunteers who worked so hard to support this meaningful effort.” said Todd Stevens, the Center’s President and CEO. The start of the Center’s week-long golf activities was kicked off

by The Taste of Louisiana on Monday, April 23 where more than a dozen area restaurants and caterers generously donated an array of their award-winning signature dishes for sampling by invited guests. Underwritten by Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center and presented by Hilton Baton Rouge Capitol Center, this was the first time the event was held in a new venue. “The ‘Taste’ is so well-attended that it outgrew the space available at Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center,” said Bunnie Cannon, The Taste of Louisiana co-chair. “We were thrilled that the new Hilton Baton Rouge Capitol Center opened its doors to us for this popular event.”

In addition to the savory tastes, the evening was highlighted by live and silent auctions and the drawing for the winner of a $10,000 raffle. Sara Easterly — a steadfast supporter of the Center — held the winning ticket.

On Wednesday, April 25, the WAFB-sponsored golf tournament was held at The University Club. With both morning and afternoon tee times, the day was filled with fun, more food and multiple opportunities for prizes at many of the golf holes. With a low net score of 51, the first place morning flight winners were Toby Balsam, Douglas Schooling, Don Raby and James Davis of NTG. David Gadd, Steve Walker, Ricky Adams and Chris Walker of Sanderson Farms won the afternoon flight with a low net score of 52.

Golfers ages 6-15 had the opportunity to receive instruction from LSU Head Coach Chuck Winstead at the free Junior Golf Clinic, sponsored by Baton Rouge Coca-Cola on Saturday, April 28.

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“Sweet!” said 15-year-old Justin Guillory who was the lucky winner of a free set of golf clubs donated by U.S. Kids Golf. Pictured (l to r) are John Schiller, Lynn Weill, Guillory and Chuck Winstead.

“I learned I was swinging back too far and coming from the outside,” said 10-year-old William Meyers, CocaCola Junior Clinic participant. “I’m glad I came.”

Said John Schiller, NTG Classic Chairman, addressing all those who helped with the Center’s 2007 annual golf tournament, “Everyone involved with this event — whether as a sponsor, volunteer, player or supporter — should know you have directly impacted the success of Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center by helping to continue Mary Bird Perkins’ mission of treating community members in need.”

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Thompson Gives Back Because It’s the Right Thing To Do Parents’ Cancer Scares Lead Him to MBP

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At age 43, Scott Thompson is a very successful businessman.

He blames it all on his parents.

“My dad, an enlisted man in the Navy for 23 years, was very strict. I wanted to be a Navy pilot. He talked me into becoming a biomedical engineer,” Thompson laughed.

“My parents didn’t have a lot of Scott and Linda Thompson money growing up. Mom came from a family of 11. But they had good parents and strong family values. It taught them how to be good parents. A lot of people don’t know how to do that today,” he commented. “I’m fortunate. I learned at a young age to listen to my parents. I just believe in doing the right thing.”

When Scott and his wife Linda began investigating philanthropies they wanted to support, he said it was important to them to pick things they felt passionate about. A cubmaster for the past several years, one was the Boy Scouts. Another was cancer. “Both my mother and father had scares with skin cancer,” explained Thompson.

“Suddenly it hit home that cancer can really happen to anybody.” An avid golfer, when Thompson found out the title sponsorship for the annual Mary Bird Perkins golf tournament was available, he and Linda committed Network Technology Group (NTG) to fill the spot. “It was a great way to play golf and do something good at the same time. When Linda and I learned how much of every dollar raised goes to touch a patient, that did it for us,” he stated.

NTG not only signed on as the 2007 title sponsor but as the pin flag sponsor as well, taking on a dual sponsorship and a significant financial commitment to this major fundraising endeavor for Mary Bird Perkins. The event was extremely successful, raising over $185,000 for cancer care. Despite the fact that the professional portion of the tournament had to be dropped from the program at the last minute, the Thompsons took it in stride. “That’s not why we gave the money,” he explained. “We were just happy to be a part of such a worthy cause. You give because you don’t know who you might help. It’s the right thing to do.”

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On Thursday, April 26, Kristofer Kainz, PhD, an instructor in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, presented a radiation oncology physics seminar at Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center titled “Investigation of Helical Tomotherapy for Prone Breast Dr. Howard Amols Irradiation.” Dr. Kainz was hosted by Kenneth R. Hogstrom, PhD, the Center’s chief of physics, and the following week Dr. Hogstrom hosted a second visiting scientist. On May 3, Howard Amols, PhD, Chief, Clinical Physics Service, Medical Physics Department, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, spoke to the question “Image Guided Radiation Therapy: Is It Really Useful?” Discussed were new technologies for image guided radiation therapy and alternate techniques for estimating the true clinical significance of IGRT technology.

(l to r) Dr. Kenneth Hogstrom, Dr. Kristofer Kainz and LSU Medical Physics graduate students Olivier Blasi and Todd Racine.

Dallas-based PHNS recently announced the acquisition of Network Technology Group, Inc. NTG will remain a wholly owned subsidiary of PHNS with Thompson as its president and chief executive officer. www.marybird.org • Volume 2 2007

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Anna B. Lipsey Volunteer of the Year Award Mary Bird Perkins Recognizes Center Volunteers

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Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center volunteer Jack Carmena received the 2007 Anna B. Lipsey Memorial Volunteer of the Year award. He has logged over seven years of service following his retirement in 1998. “Mary Bird Perkins has a special place in my life,” said Carmena, an 18-year cancer survivor. “I was treated here in 1989 by the most professional, caring, considerate people, including the volunteers. During the first of my 35 treatments, there was a volunteer who sensed I was upset and he came to sit and talk with me and put me at ease. I remember that to this day and I try to do the same for others.”

The award, named for the late community activist and one of the Center’s original founders, was presented by Anna Lipsey’s son, Richard Lipsey, and his wife, Susan, at the Center’s annual volunteer recognition luncheon given in honor of Center volunteers. A recognition committee comprised of Center staff and volunteers selects the honoree through a deliberative process that Pictured (l to r) are honoree Jack Carmena, wife Ursula, and Susan and Richard Lipsey. begins with nominations from staff.

Richard Lipsey told those assembled that Carmena feels his role is helping the family with care-giving to their loved one. “He sees a need and offers assistance, whether patient-related or apart from his official position description,” said Lipsey. As an example, Lipsey cited the fact that Carmena is the editor of instruction for the volunteer manual, creator of a spreadsheet for tallying volunteer hours and an avid recruiter of additional MBPCC volunteers.

“Susan and I hear from so many people how pleased they are with the supportive and compassionate patient care provided at this facility. That reflects hundreds of thousands of volunteer hours from incredible people like you,” Lipsey told the volunteers. “On behalf of the Board of Directors, let me just say we couldn’t do it without you.”

A $6,000 check is presented to Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center on behalf of the Jeff Boss Memorial Golf Classic held at Copper Mill Golf Course. Pictured front row (l to r) are Greg Stringfellow, Karen Boss and Lynn Weill, (back row) Brian Vooletich, James Frazier, Dan Vooletich and Ashley Stringfellow.

Over the past four years, the success of the Jeff Boss Golf Tournament has been evident in the overwhelming attendance and support of the event. On Saturday, May 19, friends and family presented Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center with a $6,000 check. Boss served as the LSU Athletic Equipment Manager from 1980-2003 and is remembered for his selflessness and sincere dedication to the team and the players. A patient of Mary Bird Perkins, Boss passed away in 2003 from brain cancer. Also, the family of Milan Vooletich, a successful football coach of 32 years, made a thousand dollar contribution in his memory.

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MEMORIAL AND HONOR GIFTS Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center gratefully acknowledges the following gifts made in memory of or to honor a special person or loved one during the period of January 1, 2007 to April 30, 2007. Memorial and honor gifts may be made at any time and mailed to Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center, Office of Development, 4950 Essen Lane, Baton Rouge, LA 70809. Gifts may also be made online at www.marybird.org under “Make a Gift.”

In Memory of…

Marsha Newton Alford Cathy Leggette Cecil Allain Hazel W. Allain Donald Allemand Judith A. Bunch Amy Anderson Joe and Judith Kelly Tytti Mehaffey “Cookie” Argrave Brenda C. Clark Dave and Karen Curry Walter and Sheneen Daniels Educational Electronics Corporation Laura McElroy James and Linda Mehaffey Christie Plaisance Sandy and Shirley Plakidas Vicki Salkeld Andrew and Peggy Sloat John B. Staples Marianne Ward Averette Glenda D. Sullivan Vernon Bahlinger David and Jeanne Curet James Lena Banks Fred L. Banks Nancy O’Neal “Mimi” Baxter Bob and Millie Odom Larry Beebee Judith A. Bunch Joseph Benhaim Marie Achee Edward B. Bensen III Virginia C Bensen Madeline L. Benson David and June Fitzgerald Gertrude Bergeron Kathleen A. Miller Flossie Bernard Kay Howell Janet S. Bertone Joseph A. Bertone Leo A. Bickham Bubba and Jerry Schwing C. Thomas Bienvenu, Sr. Anonymous Betty Florsia Blanchard Bob and Bev Jones Jorie Bond Anonymous Peggy B. Bonnecarrere Donald B. Bonnecarrere

Emerald Boudier Bob and Bev Jones Winfield J. Bouquet Heloise Bouquet Meredith S. Bourg Merlyn S. Miller Dr. Richard L. Wampold Julius Joseph Bourgeois, Sr. Keith and Tracy Boudreaux Nancy Bullock Bradshaw Henry and Billie Bell Susan Siles Brandao Helen Harbourt Cheri Hendrix Joe and Judith Kelly Jessica Slade Kathryn Breaux Dr. and Mrs. P. M. Breaud Kelly Jackson Bridges Mr. and Mrs. Cook Williamson Rodney Brignac Billy and Dee Poe Charles Browning Jean and Lise Poirrier Ray W. Burgess Gerry and Linda Peppard Barbara F. Capdeville Anonymous Patricia Ryan “Patty” Cenac Christine E. Angelloz Lawrence and Jamie Berdon Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Walter G. Bruetting The Centola Family C. Christiane Creveling A. Shelby Easterly III Greg Franceschi Timothy and Debbie Keigley Fulham Govind Gupta Dr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Hannie, Jr. Terry Jackson Jones, Walker, Waechter, Pointevent, Carrere & Denegre, L.L.P. Glen Kernick Armand M. Kopfler Joseph G. Kopfler II Joseph G. Kopfler III Sasha B. Kopfler Louisiana 5th Circuit Court of Appeal Employees Theresa and David Ray Susan M. Sibille

Lewis O. Unglesby Joe and Sue Vogelpohl Paula E. Yarmo Hyun Yoon Wilma Chaney Beryl P. Bland Johnnie Faye Rogers Chedraui Amersham Employee Association Sadie Anders David Blanc Nick and Lou Blanc Michael and Reba Conefry Bobby and Delores Gainey Mike, Ragan, Garrett, Rhonda, Greg, Mike and Sue Guarisco, Kyle and Kaley Gayle Gussman Margie Hathorn Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Hedges Mr. and Mrs. Michael Hedges Hubcaps and Wheels The Darrell Jones Family Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Lato Mary J. Lormand Linda W. Minckler Phil and Mamie Muscarello Marjorie and Lon Sandifer Kenny and Annette Sandifer Yvette Sandifer Frances and Gary Schenk Jerry and Sylvia Scott Mr. and Mrs. Robert Smith Stan and Cheryl Venable Louise Cascio “Lulu” Cheramie Lynn and Felix Weill James Elton Chustz Mr. and Mrs. Darian Chustz Preston Chustz Mary A. Chustz Ronnie Chustz Vincent and Dana Kirkland Thomas Richard Clayton, Jr. Richard and Mary Beth Boyd Peggy Butler Pat Flanagan Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Simoneaux, Jr. Patricia G. Trammell Winnie B. Clement Craig Clement Grady D. Colvin Charles and Winifred Severence Walter H. Corkern Linda Corkern Sidney E. Coxe Melva Burgess Cecil Van Meter Crabb Anonymous Mary Katherine Durbin “Kate” Craig Steve and Michele Gregory Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Cribbs Cribbs, Inc.

Mary Elizabeth Barry “Beth” Crochet Delta Daylily Society, Inc. of the Lafayette Area Robert L. Crumholt, Jr. Frank McNabb and Ashley Inez Wells Daigle Dr. Ruth M. Patrick John Ira Daniel Charles and Winifred Severence Mary Danos “Snookie” Daniel Kenneth L. McCoy Michelle Decuir Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Decuir Claude Dees Mr. and Mrs. Bob Odom Bob Dore Billy and Dee Poe Ken Doss Mr. and Mrs. Bob Odom Mable Dressner Leonard E. Dressner Retha Mary Dumas Jamie Wilson Donna Hamilton Dunham Mr. and Mrs. Eric P. Zeringue Karla Suzanne Dunn Matt Bryant Myrtle Goodwin “Little Myrtle” Duplantis Anonymous Ricky Eppinett Brenda Eppinett Dr. Jerome David Epstein Helen Harbourt Family Members Mr. and Mrs. Denis J. Webre, Sr. William Alfred “Bill” Ferguson, Jr. Annie Mae Ferguson Aubin Gwen FitzSimons Betty Arnaud and Family Christine F. Byrnes Amber Pike Foreman Mrs. Alton Matherne, Sr. Earl Joseph “Jay” Fourroux Beryl Fourroux Wayne Frey Dr. and Mrs. F. J. Impastato Barbara Frizzell Shirley H. Wild Margie Gaines Mr. and Mrs. Bob Odom Arah F. Gardiner Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Gary Snellgrove Jeremi Ron Gary Genevieve E. Bourgeois Melanie and John Boyce Jerry Chauffe Aimee Chellew Millicent and Edward Dittmar Tim B. Elkins, Sr. Angela and Robert Fangue

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Genevieve J. Favaloro Flowcor Products Greg Flores Construction, LLC Marla B. Hebert Evelyn D. Landry Rhonda and Dud Lastrapes Judith M. LeBlanc Mr. and Mrs. Jeff LeBouef and Family Live Oak FCCLA Norman and Carol Porter Mel and Ashley Terrio Topcor Services, Inc. Loris B. Woolley Fred J. Gauthier Verlee G. Mayeux Gussie Marie Goins J. Renea A. Duffin James A. Griffin Mrs. Joyce Hoover Lynda Susan Duke Habig ExxonMobil Corporation Barbara B. Hart Mr. and Mrs. Ronald K. McIntire Janice Hemelt Leo Hemelt Myrtle Gaudet Hidalgo Beryl P. Bland Elaine Gordon Hoffman Helen Harbourt Barbara Hoggatt Gary LaBauve Mr. and Mrs. John LaBauve Mandy West Jensen Holliday Craig and Brenda Chumney Joe Holmes D. L. Safer Joseph C. Holmes, Sr. Bobbie L. Crawford Lamar Hooks Billy and Dee Poe Mary Frances Hopkins Lewis and Arden Doherty Tynce Nichols Hopper Joe and Judith Kelly Bonnie Lynne Hornung Madelyn N. Althen Melissa A. Bailey Robertine L. Blais Anne and Alex Dukat Carol L. Engstrom Mr. and Mrs. David E. Garoutte Susan D. Halter JoAnn P. Kassheimer Lake Vista United Methodist Church Alvin “Joe” Landry The Marquez Family - Allen, Joseph and Desiree, Elaine and Forest, Denise and Luke Harris Mary Lou Norcross Merli Mr. and Mrs. Richard Norcross Paul Fournet Maintenance Laura and Jamie Saxon Dave and Estelle Scott Margaret and Noel Watson David and Margaret Whitelaw

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H. Cooper Hutchinson, Sr. Lynne Graner Margie Boyles Hutchinson Lynne Graner Corliss Lavender Ivanyisky Merlin and Shirley Pistorius Paige Murray Jennings Mr. and Mrs. G. Lee Griffin J. J. Johnson Frank L. Norwood, Jr. Jerry and Geneva Jones Dennis and Kathryn Landry Peggy Smith Jumonville Gail Jumonville Hokoana Denis Curtin Kelley Aubrey and Kathy Cornelius Anonymous Bernice “Bunny” Boden Kern Delta Concrete Adm. Employees Ken and Carol Holland Mr. and Mrs. Alex Theriot, Jr. Wallace A. Kitchens Edith P. Kitchens Ralph Kling David Leader Ed and Stella Land Glenwood Civic Association John Edgar Land C. A. Glover Sally P. Pearson Carmen M. Landry John and Jeannette Beck Donna W. Donato Dow Louisiana Federal Credit Union - Board of Directors and Staff Mary and Arnold Landry Willie E. Robert, Jr. and Family Julie L. Russo Warren and Reba Wheeler Sabin and Laura Landry Dennis and Kathryn Landry Alvin Larpenter Anonymous Rose Latino Bob and Bev Jones Herd Joseph LeBlanc Finance Accounting Flower Fund - City of Baton Rouge - Friends and Co-workers of Betty LeBlanc John Glynn LeBlanc Helen Harbourt Dr. Roy H. Ledbetter, Jr. Dianne Hughes Griffin Betty Liston Mr. and Mrs. David Fitzgerald Brenda Lively Brad Lively Edward Justin Lundin, Sr. Steve and Stephnie Allison Lisa Levert Lusk Mr. and Mrs. G. Lee Griffin Mary Manzella Fred and Joann Impastato John Curtis “Curt” Marchand Sylvia Arton John Nelson “Buz” Broussard Roger and Judy Hodgeson Mrs. Oran A. Smith, Sr.

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Anonymous Ben and Jody Valentine Mary Marino Board of Directors, Management and Employees of Associated Grocers, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Patrick A. Bergeron Mrs. Joseph M. Marino Sam J. Marino, Sr. Lena M. Polite Birdie P. Martin Dr. Ruth M. Patrick Melvin Martin, Jr. Georgia B. Martin JoAnne Maxwell Mr. and Mrs. G. Lee Griffin Cyril Ann McBride Billy and Janet Heroman Julia Wendt McCall Paul E. Haygood Margie McClure Charlene Hamilton - Green Acre Neighbors Samuel Joseph Miceli Joe and Judith Kelly Andrew Miciotto Jerry and Judy Stovall Jeanette Miletello Anonymous Mrs. William D. Ray Bernadette Moore Hillar C. Moore, Jr. Doris Rhea Mostkoff Frank D. McArthur II Blanchard E. Sanchez, Jr. Lynn and Felix Weill Larry C. Musgrove, Sr. Chrystal N. Musgrove Jorie Navarre Fred L. Banks Mary Lea Needham Jim and Judy Needham Fontenot Morris W. Needham Jim and Judy Needham Fontenot Neavie Nelson Carly Weeks Dorothy Hood Napier Newell Ann N. Blair Stanley D. Noessel Tony Felker William “Bill” Hazard Northup Judie and Ed Dunigan Barbara Orr Joe and Judith Kelly Homer Gerald Outlaw, Sr. Steve and Stephanie Allison Ruth Thomas Parnell Felix and Lynn Weill Jo Ann Pate Nancy Fogleman Lena Amanda Penton Bay Country Consumer Finance, Inc. Management and Staff Linda and Julie Bullock Gayle Young Campbell Capital One Consumer Lending Center

Capital One, N.A. Consumer Finance Company Banking Department Deborah DePhillips Laura DePhillips F. B. S., Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Gisclair, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Grand Molly J. Hall Charmayne Hayman Marrita Jones Lavine Brumfield Kirkley Marcus and Gia Mashon Newbury Square Townhome Association Anonymous Judy and Jerry Stovall Coleman W. Sullivan Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Tanner, Jr. and Family Rick Thompson Western-Shamrock Stephen James Perry Mary Winchell and Kylie Perry Rebecca and Kylie Perry Emeline Phillips Dr. and Mrs. I. J. Sherman Thomas J. Poché Anonymous Jill E. Condon E. Anne Dunn Paula and Harvey Hoffman Julia D. O’Quin Louis Poirrier, Sr. Marjorie S. Hymel Irma L. Marino and Vicki Vickers Zoe Keefe Pursell Wallace G. Pursell Helen Pursnell Mr. and Mrs. Brent Barnett Leonard “J. D.” Reed, Jr. Williams Olefins, LLC William C. Reeves Carol R. Ridenour, M.D. Warren “Dub” Ricks Jean Lacuria Ricks Bettie Gean Roberson Mr. and Mrs. Doug Champlin William P. Robinson Janice K. Robinson Eula Palmer Rogers George and Margaret Beste Dr. and Mrs. Malcolm L. Denley Morise and Renea Austin-Duffin Pamela L. Freeman Margaret M. Geddes Cathryn Haymaker and Family Cindy and Greg Henkelmann Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lipsey Mr. and Mrs. Melvin J. Marcel John B. Staples Todd and Kelli Stevens Brenda Truxillo Lynn and Felix Weill Lex Rogers Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Hamilton Neva and Elizabeth Hamilton Wayne C. Rushing Cheryl Lynn Rushing

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Eugene Ryan Bob and Millie Odom Norman G. Satawa Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Van Leen Edward J. Scallan, Jr. Elizabeth G. Scallan Elaine Caffarel Schlatre Charles N. Schlatre, Sr. Raymond Schmolke Kay Howell Billy V. Scruggs A. W. “Dick” Luedtke Wallace Sevin Anonymous Ralph Shirley Victor and Mary-Lynn Sachse Sandra “Sandi” Shockett Dr. John P. McNulty Charles A. Siebert, Jr. Eileen S. Siebert Eunice Sims Marilyn Anderson Olga Smith Joe and Judith Kelly William A. Smith, Jr. Board of Directors, Management and Employees of Associated Grocers, Inc. Mary Rose Sorrells Michael and Michelle Sorrells Ruth Silverman Spielberger Carol Anne and Sidney M. Blitzer, Jr. James B. Spruell, Jr. Ray E. Spruell Edith Stahl Sharon Bridwell Richard Anthony Streb, M.D. Dianne and Victor Bourque Dupont-Fontenot Dental Corp.

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Ann Poole Melissa Ross Mr. and Mrs. James G. Wilkinson William E. Stubbs Wayne and Debbie Landry Dr. Roger Alton Teekell Judi and Ed Dunigan E. J. Tonguis Robert and Donna Parent Dr. Harold “Sonny” Trahan Joe and Judith Kelly Vita R. Tucker Mrs. Willliam E. Stubbs E. A. Wall Dr. and Mrs. O. M. Thompson Erin Ward Sandy and Greg Brown Janet Webb Hillar C. Moore, Jr. Mazie R. Weber Anonymous Harry Whitfield Claudia Johnson Margaret E. Wilson Anonymous Sybil J. Wittmer Yvonne Jones Maude Woods Board of Directors, Management and Employees of Associated Grocers, Inc. Dr. John Wrenn The Coastal Studies Institute of Louisiana State University Donald Young, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph J. Babin

In Honor Of… Laurie Smith Anderson Dr. Ruth M. Patrick

Denise Andrews Dorothy Panter Francis R. Beard Maggie Beard Dr. Frederic T. Billings Mr. and Mrs. William H. Bassett Frank B. Wickes P. J. Bourgeois Joe and Judith Kelly Dr. James Carinder Marina Toledo, Esq. Dr. Cleveland Samuel Mack Fidney Dogua Judy Dogua Landry A. Dupuy Mrs. Landry Dupuy Robert Eller Whitney “Chuck” Langlois, Jr. Family Members Mr. and Mrs. Denis J. Webre, Sr. Clay Foret Jamie Wilson Stephanie Grand Trenton Grand Lou Green Bobby and Tina Annison Ann Gutter Dr. Andrew Gutter Vickie Hebert Judy Dogua Dr. Greg Henkelmann Mr. and Mrs. Billy Cahill Joan Herring Martha and Jimmie Johnson Carrie Ingerman Anonymous Mickey Ingerman Anonymous Dr. Sheldon Johnson and Staff Sarah M. Romero

Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Juneau Betsy and Jerald Juneau Gerald LeJeune, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Larry Powell Billie R. Lockwood Allen J. Lockwood Mrs. Bentley B. Mackay Clothilde F. Knight Mary Bird Perkins MIS Department Jamie Wilson Linda Mikoda Judy Nickens Paul Morgan Johanna Baldwin Gary Norwood Stephanie M. Norwood Noël Parnell Darlene Lundin Ranny G. Pearce Judy Pearce and Daughters Shirley Primes Elsie Davis Mrs. Barbara Schwartzenburg Mr. and Mrs. Dennis D. Strickland Dwight Smith Kirby Inland Marine Celeste St. Boudreaux Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Landry St. Joseph Pete Cannatella Emily Stich Bob and Kathy Finley Donna Taylor Grace B. Gasaway Jamie Wilson Winifred L. Gill

Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center Board Elects New Directors Richard Lipsey Elected Chairman

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At the April 2007 annual Board of Directors meeting of Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center, new volunteer leadership was elected to help carry out the mission of the Center.

New Board members elected for three-year terms include Brett P. Furr, Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips; Sancy McCool, community activist; Paul R. Thompson, CitiGroup Smith Barney, Annual Giving immediate past chairman. Joseph H. Campbell Jr. was named an emeritus board member.

Richard A. Lipsey was elected to serve as the Center’s chairman of the board, the sixth in the Center’s 36 years.

Lipsey, president of Lipsey’s Inc., succeeds Robert S. Greer Jr., who will remain on the board for an additional two years as immediate past chairman.

Appointed to the Board of Directors were James R. McIlwain, Lamar Advertising Company, 2007 Annual Giving Chairman, and G. Lee Griffin, retired, Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center Foundation Chairman.

Other officers elected include J. Gerard Jolly, KPMG, vice chairman, and Dr. Tom J. Meek Jr., Dermatology Clinic, secretary. D. Randolph Waesche, Resource Management, Inc. was re-elected treasurer.

“For over 35 years, Mary Bird Perkins has been governed by volunteer leadership — standard bearers of excellence who have made the Center what it is today,” commented Todd Stevens, president and CEO. “The addition of these great community leaders to our Board ensures that Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center will remain at the pinnacle of cancer care in the communities it serves.” www.marybird.org • Volume 2 2007

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Pete and Paige Stewart — Growing the Foundation for Future Generations

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With three children – Austin (10), Andrew (8) and Lauren (6) — Pete and Paige Stewart are working hard, living a full life and enjoying the challenges of an active family. When asked why they chose to leave a bequest now to Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center Foundation their answer was simple, “It’s for our children. It’s to set the example that giving is part of receiving and it’s time for our generation to step up.”

When Pete and Paige moved to Baton Rouge they sought to immerse themselves within the community. “We knew we were staying here and wanted to be involved with the community as much as possible,” Paige said. “We are so blessed and we believe that by getting involved we are giving back by giving the gift of our time.”

The Stewarts were first introduced to Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center when Pete was asked to be the volunteer chairman of the Center’s annual golf tournament in 2004. It was through the golf tournament that the Stewarts learned about the Center’s mission and how the funds raised by events were utilized. “Realizing that the money was going to support the C.A.R.E. Network, and everything that the C.A.R.E. Network was doing was going back into the community, was exciting,” Pete said.

In 2005, Pete’s role at Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center expanded when he was elected to the Center’s board of directors. During his three-year year term Pete became strategically involved with the Center. “I had an inside view of the Center’s organization, management and leadership,

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areas critical to an organization’s success,” said Pete of his experience with Mary Bird Perkins. “I truly felt that at the end of the day, in addition to my time, making a financial gift to the organization was the right thing to do.”

“When we looked at what Mary Bird Perkins offered the community and the superiority of its leadership we knew that making a bequest to the Foundation was how we wanted to contribute to the Center’s longevity,” the Stewarts said. “We are a family and we make decisions as a family. We talk everything over and make sure everyone understands how important such decisions are.”

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Are you planning a bequest to Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center Foundation? If so, make sure it reflects your hopes and desires. You have a wide choice of alternatives.

• You can bequeath a sum of money, specified personal or real property, or a share of your estate’s residue.

• Your gift can be contingent. That is, you can provide that the money, property or share is to go to an individual if that person survives you. Otherwise, it’s to be distributed to the Foundation.

The official legal bequest language for Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center Foundation is one of the following: “I [name of donor, city, state], give to Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center Foundation [written amount or percentage of the estate or description of property]. My unrestricted gift is to be used for the endowment of Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center Foundation to address the evolving needs of the organization based on the mission and vision of the Foundation.”; or “I [name of donor, city, state], give to Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center Foundation [written amount or percentage of the estate or description of property] for its unrestricted use and purpose.”

• You can create a trust for a relative’s benefit, assuring the availability of income and principal for that person’s support and comfort, and name us to receive whatever is left when the trust terminates.

• For greater tax savings, you can establish a charitable remainder trust that will pay an income for life to the individual of your choice and the remaining principal to the Foundation.

• Generally, gifts without limits on their use are preferred so they can be applied to the most urgent needs. But you have every right to restrict your bequest by directing how you want it used or allowing the Foundation to expend only the income from your gift. If you want to designate a specific purpose, please consult with us in advance to make certain that your wishes can be carried out.

• You can make your bequest in memory of yourself or a loved one, and there are many ways to grant appropriate recognition.

Attention: Anna B. Lipsey Legacy Builders SAVE THE DATE Recognition Brunch Thursday, November 1, 2007 at 10:30 a.m.

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When discussing their family and varied activities, the Stewarts exude energy and excitement about the future.

They radiate those same emotions when the topic is Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center Foundation and the legacy they are helping to leave for their community and their children. “If something ever happens, if anyone we know or love is ever in need of Mary Bird Perkins’ services, it will be a comfort to know we have a place right in our community that’s here for all of us,” they said.

Pete Stewart is the president and CEO of TraceSecurity.

Headquartered in Baton Rouge, LA, TraceSecurity maintains offices in Dallas, TX; San Diego, CA; and Portland, OR. For more information visit www.TraceSecurity.com.

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Let a Philanthropic Bequest Fit Your Wishes

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Strengthen Your Future and Ours

It pays to invest in Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center Foundation

With a Charitable Gift Annuity

Invest in Your Future.

Invest in Our Future.

Explore the Possibilities Did you know you can secure fixed annual payments for life by making a contribution to Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center Foundation? It’s true. Our charitable gift annuity will pay you (and a survivor, if desired) a fixed dollar amount when you make an irrevocable gift to the Foundation.

Key Features If you itemize deductions, you can take a charitable income tax deduction for part of your gift in the year your gift is made. A sizable part of each annuity payment is also tax free.

You receive an attractive supplement to your retirement funds with no investment worries or responsibilities.

You make a special and enduring gift to strengthen cancer services to our community.

With a deferred payment gift annuity, you make the contribution now, secure a current income tax charitable deduction, and we agree to make fixed annual payments starting at a later date.

Sample Gift Annuity Rates One Life Two Lives Your Age Rate of Return Your Ages Rate of Return 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90+

5.3% 5.5% 5.7% 6.0% 6.5% 7.1% 8.0% 9.5% 11.3%

50/55 55/60 60/65 65/70 70/75 75/80 80/85 85/90 90/95+

4.7% 5.0% 5.5% 5.7% 6.1% 6.6% 7.3% 8.4% 10.1%

The rate of return is slightly lower for two lives because the period of payment generally is longer.

Rates are recommended by the American Council on Gift Annuities, confirmed as of July 2007 and are subject to annual review.

For more information, please contact: 225.215.1224 or email debbie1@marybird.com. All inquiries are confidential.

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Through a Charitable Gift Annuity For a minimum gift of $10,000, a charitable gift annuity will provide you with: • Fixed payments for life, paid annually, semiannually or quarterly • Appealing payments - A guaranteed return often greater than current money market rates or certificates of deposit (For example, a donor at age 75 earns 7.10%) • An immediate charitable income tax deduction • Partial tax-free payments for your life expectancy • Reduced capital gains taxes if your gift is funded with appreciated securities • The opportunity to fight cancer and ensure that patients and families have access to all the services they need — now and in the future • Recognition as an Anna B. Lipsey Legacy Builder The Development Office will send you a personalized financial analysis (with no obligation) that shows you how a charitable gift annuity can benefit both you and Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center Foundation.

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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 long-term sustainable endowment fund and provide for the stewardship of such funds in order to provide financial support to Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center and other nonprofit entities that are established, and have demonstrated the ability to conduct cancer-related programs or provide services that reduce cancer incidence and mortality, or improve the quality of life for those affected by cancer.

Robelynn H. Abadie Tom and Lisa Adamek Anonymous - (3) 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 Estate of Jess Willard Cockerham Estate of Charles Newsam Conner Estate of Violet T. Crum Estate of Jean H. Curet Mr. Louis D. Curet Mr. D. Cecil Delaune * Ms. Elaine T. Delaune * Leonard Boyd Delaune Estate of Hazel Ewing Estate of Isiah J. Ewing 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 Estate of Esther Kent Estate of John Barker Killgore Estate of Shirley Coppenex Killgore Mary Alicia * and Bettye * Lauret

Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Lipsey 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 Estate of Lady Katharine McLaurin Dr. and Mrs. Tom J. Meek, Jr. Estate of Marguerite H. Mills Mr. Hillar C. Moore, Jr. Mr. Thomas J. Moran Mr. and Mrs. Roger A. Moser Mr. and Mrs. Hermann Moyse III Estate of Rosalie Moyse Estate of Stephen R. Musso Earl E. Nelson Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. Nowacki Craig and Cindy Nuckolls Miss Emogene Pliner * Mr. and Mrs. David C. Price Ms. Barbara V. Rathbone Estate of 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 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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MaryBirdAuction.com - Coming Soon

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Who doesn’t love the excitement of an auction — especially www.MaryBirdAuction.com? With one-of-akind items available at your fingertips, bidding couldn’t be any easier, or more thrilling.

All Star Automotive Group is the Underwriting Sponsor this year, and Merrill Lynch and Capital One are the auction’s Presenting Sponsors.

“Last year the auction netted over $123,000 for Mary Bird Perkins to support vital, comprehensive cancer support programs and services in communities served across southeast Louisiana,” said Auction Chairman Amy Berret of Kean Miller.

To donate or for more information, contact 225.215.1316 or jennygray@marybird.com

The auction begins October 16, 2007 with the activation of the MaryBirdAuction.com website at the Auction Preview Party at Phil Witter’s Live Oak Arabian Stables in Baton Rouge.

Tony Kurlas of Merrill Lynch is the 2007 Honorary Chairman.

PERKINS PERSPECTIVE is published by the Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center Communications Department to provide information about news and programs of interest to the medical community, cancer patients and their families, donors and friends of the Center.

Communications Department 225.215.1225 Amy L. Benton, VP of communications • Jennifer Garcille, donor communications liaison • Sally McConnell, communications manager Danette Simon, physician liaison • Debby Vollmer, public relations manager/senior staff writer

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