SUMMER 2022 Foundation Nationwide Children’s Hospital
you enjoy summertime activities like family trips and back yard cookouts, I hope you find some time to read this newest issue of the Foundation Newsletter. We have interesting updates on a vital educational program called S.E.A.R.C.H., the importance (and surprising ease) of estate planning, updates on fun events, and much more.
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A Letter from the Foundation
While
“I wanted to give the hospital a chance because it took a chance on me,” Dominic has said. Yes, this hospital has taken a chance on many of us. Whether through employment, community improvement, or treating our children, this hospital has affected all of us. And your support makes all that Pleasepossible.enjoythis issue and I hope you are having a great summer.
The real highlight of this issue is, however, an inspiring introduction to Dominic Holliman-Wade. In 2014, Dominic received a postcard adver tising a free job assistance workshop and resume class offered through our award-winning, evidence-based Healthy Neighborhoods Healthy Families
Ainitiative.part-time salesman at the time, Dominic learned from that class and obtained a challenging and rewarding job in our Big Lots Behavioral Health Service. That initial experience led to additional roles. Today, he is a college graduate and a planning coordinator in the Department of Planning and Business Development.
Steve Testa President, Nationwide Children’s FoundationHospital
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Your generosity helps us launch so many innovative programs in our
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and treat children
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community and beyond.
Easier Than You Think, Planning for Your Future 9 Thanks to the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday 10 Inside?
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received several job opportunities within four weeks of attending the workshop. His first role, as constant attendant in the Big Lots Behavioral Health Services at Nationwide Children’s Hospital was the beginning of his journey at Nationwide Children’s, where he sought more opportunities to affect change within his community and in the lives of others. In 2020, while in graduate school and working as popu lation outreach coordinator through Partners For Kids,
“Nationwide Children’s has given me a platform to continue learning and growing. Every role I’ve held not only fit my career goals but also my values… I can see myself here for years to come.”
“Nothing can beat the feeling of satisfaction when you know your work brings about positive change.”
“The engagement was great be cause they were genuinely invested in the community and in seeing community participants leave with something valuable,” Dominic Dominicsays.
Nationwide Children’s Employee Leads with Values
The postcard from HNHF is how Dominic’s journey began. His initiative and drive continue to take him further. He has been given a space to thrive in, to learn who he is, take on new careers, and discover unique ways to impact patients and their families.
Nothing can beat the feeling of satisfaction when you know your work brings about positive change. When personal values are aligned with career values, a fulfilling career becomes
Ininevitable.2014,Dominic
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Dominic received a scholarship to participate in the Disparities Leadership Program (DLP). DLP is a yearlong, hands-on education program focused on helping health care leaders achieve equity in healthcare. The coronavirus pandemic intensified language access issues in health care – Domonic’s research identified solutions to prevent risk of COVID-19 transmission in underrepresented minority populations.
Where Are They Now?
Holliman-Wade returned to his hometown of Columbus to expand his career opportu nities. He received a job readiness postcard from Nationwide Children’s Healthy Neighborhoods Healthy Fami lies (HNHF), advertising a job assistance and resumé workshop. Dominic recalls the experience as a unique one. The workshop gave the surrounding com munity direct access to Nationwide Children’s human resources profes sionals eager to offer their expertise one-on-one.
In January 2022, Dominic’s career aspirations rose to newer heights. As a planning consultant within the Department of Planning and Business Develop ment, he leads and coordinates construction projects from beginning to end, utilizing strategic planning skills he learned years prior. Every role has been a step up to serve the community. The constant attendant role gave him access into the professional world of healthcare, patient care allowed him to understand the interworking of his administrative duties, and now Dominic’s current role enables him to see how non-clinical roles help patients and families receive the best care possible.
to ensure equitable access.
Timothy Feltes MD, FACC, is a Pediatric Cardiologist and Cardiac Intensivist in The Heart Center at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. He holds the Andy Paxton Endowed Chair in Cardiology. He is also a Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at The Ohio State University College of Medicine.
ing to the latest data report released by the Association of American Medical Colleges. These numbers are even more alarming in a pediatric setting. Simply, pediatric healthcare institutions must create programs that encourage and bring underrepresented minorities into the healthcare profession.
Long-Sheng Chang PhD, is a principal investigator for the Center for Child hood Cancer and Blood Diseases at The Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and a professor in the Department of Pediatrics at The Ohio State University College of Medicine.
Dominique Williams MD, is a physician in the Section of Primary Care Pediatrics at Nationwide Children’s Hospital.
Pipeline programs promote a diverse, culturally competent healthcare and biomedical research workforce to enhance patient care and ensure health equity. However, most pipeline efforts ignore the barriers that prevent target ed students from participating. The S.E.A.R.C.H program addresses those issues head-on with a comprehensive approach. Students are provided with stipends, housing, and travel reim-
MEET THE MENTORS:
bursements to ensure equitable access. During the six-week program, scholars are paired with a chief mentor, shadow different divisions of the hospital, and complete a capstone project.
Summer Education And Research in Clinical Healthcare
S.E.A.R.C.H.
The program provides experiences to students from diverse backgrounds, with focus on underrepresented minority students from economically disadvantaged and underserved communities and/or first-generation students. Students must have com pleted at least two years of full-time college-level education to qualify. We’re proud to have welcomed students from Bethune-Cookman University, Howard University, Tennessee State University, Capital University, and a number of other colleges from across the country. We know that this experience can play a formative role in a student’s future, and look forward to following their work for years to come.
Students are provided with Stipends, Housing, and ReimbursementsTravel
According to census data, the U.S. population is projected to become a majority-minority in 2045. The need to prepare and train healthcare profes sionals who are culturally responsive and equipped to provide quality care in a multicultural society is quickly expanding. Only about 9% of current physicians identify as Black or African American, Native American or Alaska Native, or Hispanic or Latino accord
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Nationwide Children’s Summer Educa tion And Research in Clinical Health care (S.E.A.R.C.H) program introduc es talented undergraduate students to the healthcare profession, with focus on both medicine and research.
and more evidence is coming to light, showing just how important it can be to have a doctor who is from the same racial or ethnic background as their pa tients. The interactions go better, with patients seeming to be more willing to discuss their symptoms and pains with a doctor who looks like them. Impor tantly, medication adherence rates go up. At Nationwide Children’s, our goal is do what’s best for every patient that walks through our doors. To do so, we’ll need a workforce that represents, that looks like those very same patients.
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Nationwide Children’s Hospital understands that one of the most important factors in someone’s health is one that you might not realize: your zip
Population Health
attendance to make sure they’re getting the health care they require. We realize that, for one reason or another, many chil dren don’t make it to all of their recommended check-ups. By working with school systems, we can ensure that fewer kids fall through the cracks and get the care they need. For instance, our Diabetes and School Health (DASH) program sees diabetic chil dren at their school, helping them measure their glucose levels, and providing them with the medication and support they need. Our new strategic plan also calls for Nationwide Children’s to further invest in Partners For Kids (PFK), our impactful accountable care organization. Alongside its partners, PFK supports the highest quality care for almost all children served by Medicaid in more than half of Ohio counties, while also sharing best practices with pediatric providers across the state. We will also continue to support and grow our Pediatric Vital Signs pro gram, an initiative to measure the wellbeing of all children in its community across eight metrics, with the goal of determining what is working and expanding the initiative as a national model for pediatric care.
Through a number of programs, Nationwide Children’s school based health services seek to take advantage of a child’s school
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Why Should a Hospital Care?
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you live and grow up affects many of what are known as the social determinants of health. To help address these issues, Nationwide Children’s is helping children where they are: at home, at school, and in their neigh borhood. To date, Nationwide Children’s has invested more in this type of programming than any other pediatric healthcare
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We’resystem.extending our nationally recognized Healthy Neigh borhoods Healthy Families (HNHF) program to the Linden neighborhood, working to replicate the successes we’ve had on the South Side. HNHF has already built or improved more than 500 properties in communities around the hospital, and has begun to make similar inroads into Linden. Understanding the importance of data to help drive smart decision-making, we’ve created the Center for Child Health Equity and Outcomes Re search, lead by Dr. Deena Chisolm, to help us understand our progress and drive better outcomes for our families.
HEALTHY NEIGHBORHOODS HEALTHY FAMILIES
gratitude for our corporate giving part ners! We are inspired by their energetic support of our mission to help children everywhere. They actively share our mission to help children around the world with our breakthrough research, and locally with our personal care, no matter the family’s ability to pay.
The Impact is Felt Enormous
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an associate at Costco, where he is a top fundraiser for their Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals campaign. When he found out that Costco raises money for Nationwide Children’s, Ryan knew it would be his opportunity to give back and help other families get im portant, lifesaving care like his daughter. He tells shoppers when they donate at checkout that even if they don’t think their donation feels like a lot, families like his have benefit ed from the collective generosity of those donations. Every dollar really does make a difference!
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Today,surgery.Sephira is nine years old and thriving. She has three younger siblings, partially because her parents know that even when scary things happen to newborns, there are teams at Nationwide Children’s ready to provide the very best Ryancare.isnow
In May, Costco associates and shoppers in central and northwest Ohio raised over $208,000! We are so grateful for Ryan, and all the Costco associates and shoppers who are so passionate about helping the patients and families at Nationwide Children’s.
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Meet Ryan, Patient Father and Costco Associate
Ryan’s daughter, Sephira, was born in 2012 she was blue. He and his wife Stephanie soon learned that she had transposition of the great arteries (TGA), a congenital condition in which the aorta and pulmonary arteries are switched from their nor mal positions. She appeared blue because her body was not getting enough oxygen and would quickly need open-heart
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From the humblest jingle of the spare change you leave at the register or round up with your order - it all adds up, and the impact is immense. We are grateful for the hard-working associates and loyal customers that make this Thispossible.summer,
while you are traveling and shopping, consider visiting these Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals’ partners to support Nationwide Children’s Hospital through their campaigns.
Lori Caldwell Aiello, JD, CAP ® Director, Planned Giving Nationwide Children’s Hospital Foundation
If
• If you do not create a plan, the state will create a plan for you, one that may not match your goals.
like
Planning for Your Future. It’s Easier Than You Think,
• A well-written will can be a couple of pages long.
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Everyone needs a will. And there’s no better moment than now to find some peace of mind in planning for the future. Our Estate Planning Guide can make the first steps easier. Scan the QR code below to download a copy of the guide. you or would more contact:
have questions
In addition to directing how you want your assets distributed, you can avoid or limit taxes for your heirs, include healthcare directives and end-of-life instructions so oth ers will know your wishes, and appoint a guardian to care for your minor children. Most importantly, you can live every day knowing you have not left your life’s work to chance. While you are writing your will, you’ll have the opportunity to join our amazing supporters who have helped Nationwide Children’s by including legacy gifts in their estate plans. Gifts of any size can make a lasting impact on future generations of children everywhere.
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It’s the perfect time to be reminded of the importance of creating or updating your will and estate plan.
• Many assets can be transferred outside of your will.
Despite the importance of having a will, recent studies show that nearly half of all Americans never get around to drafting it. A common misconception is that planning for the future is a lengthy, complicated process. Creating a plan is less about form and procedure and more about considering all the people and causes that are important to you. The reality is more like this:
information,
614.355.5417 Lori.Aiello@NationwideChildrens.org
Founded in 1976 by golf legend Jack Nicklaus, the Memorial Tournament is held annually at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio.
Thanks to the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday
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Congratulations to Billy Horschel,
“We are excited and so appreciative of both Workday and the PGA TOUR for their collabo ration and support of the Memorial Tournament,” Jack Nicklaus said. “Since day one of the Memorial Tournament, we have tried to ensure the event is a vehicle to give back and impact families and children in Central Ohio and beyond. Nationwide Children’s Hospital has always had a special place in our family’s heart, and we will continue to support their tremendous efforts.”
winner of this year’s the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday.
This is the inaugural year that Stephen and Ayesha Curry’s Eat. Learn. Play. Foundation joins the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday as a collaborating charitable partner alongside Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Nicklaus Children’s Health Care Foundation. This year’s proceeds will benefit Nationwide Childrens’s programs and services that share the mission focus of Eat. Learn. Play., which includes fighting to end childhood hunger, improving literacy and access to quality education, and providing safe places for all children to play and be active.
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