St. Luke's Foundation Generosity Spring 2013

St. Luke’s Foundation

Spring 2013

A legacy starts with one PAGE 2

Educators inspired by kids PAGE 4

A way to say thank you PAGE 5

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Cover: Valerie Chittick shares the legacy of her late husband, Dr. Rhys B. Jones

1 News & events 2 Leaving your legacy

Start with one

4 Giving over time

Educators continue to help kids

5 Your first gift

Guardian Angel award

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Save the Date Annual Wall of Honor Celebration Thursday, April 11, from 4 – 6 p.m. in the A Avenue Lobby of St. Luke’s Hospital.

St. Luke’s Foundation is honored to thank our many supporters. The Wall of Honor was created in 2012 to recognize and honor our donors.

Carl and Mary Koehler Legacy Society Members and special guests will be invited to the Celebration of Generosity event on Thursday, June 13. Held at the Cedar Rapids Country Club, this celebration honors current and new members to our Planned Giving Society and provides guests with insight regarding current and future focuses of St. Luke’s Foundation.

St. Luke’s School of Nursing Alumni Brunch Saturday, Aug. 3, 9 – 11:30 a.m. at St. Luke’s Hospital, 3rd floor, in the Nassif Heart Center classrooms. More information about the brunch, speaker and business meeting, along with registration forms, will be mailed to alumni in June.

For more information, please call Megan Moffitt, annual fund manager, at 319/558-4994.

Jim Sealy, president, St. Luke’s Foundation; Nancy Mortimore, president, St. Luke’s Auxiliary; Richard Marsceau, co-owner, Brewed Cafe; Sarah Rheinschmidt, past president, St. Luke’s Auxiliary; Cody Barker, general manager, Brewed Awakenings and Lexi Nelson, Brewed Awakenings.

After a record-breaking sales year in 2012, Brewed Awakenings gave $30,502 to St. Luke’s Auxiliary. It’s the largest gift Brewed Awakenings has presented to the Auxiliary since the two organizations formed a partnership in September 2007. As part of the agreement, every year Brewed Awakenings gives a percentage of gross sales from their St. Luke’s location to the Auxiliary.

“We are extremely appreciative of Brewed Awakenings generosity,” said Nancy Mortimore, president of the Auxiliary. “They provide an outstanding service and we have created a partnership that allows them to give back to the Auxiliary so we can continue to support St. Luke’s Hospital.”

Over the past five years, Brewed Awakenings has given more than $140,000 to the Auxiliary. The Auxiliary used these funds to assist the hospital with a variety of projects, including the Ed and Joan Hemphill Hospice Unit.

“Thank you to our associates, doctors, volunteers, patients and guests for supporting Brewed Awakenings,” said Mortimore.

The Follies come home!

“The Follies” return home to the beautiful Paramount Theatre and will once again have St. Luke’s Auxiliary as its presenting partner. Matinees will be on Saturday, April 27 and Sunday, April 28 at 2 p.m. and an evening performance will be on Saturday, April 28 at 7:30 p.m.

For more information about tickets, call 319/366-8203 or 800/369-8863 or go to orchestraiowa.org.

History Corner: Ongoing critical care nursing conference In 1981 the late Lena Nelson had a vision for supporting the work of critical care nurses while also honoring her husband, Carroll, after he died in the St. Luke’s Critical Care Unit. She established the Carroll H. and Lena H. Nelson Critical Care Endowment to fund programming for the annual Nelson Critical Care Conference, which she attended every year until her death in 1996. That year, the Nelson Critical Care Awards – two $1,000 educational stipends – were initiated to reward nurses who go above and beyond the normal job performance and make significant contributions to the care of critically ill patients. Thirty-one years after Lena’s vision, the endowment continues to show her appreciation for the critical nursing care her husband received.

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Leaving your

legacy

Start with one T

he idea is simple. Make a difference in the life of one person and the impact will spread from there. The late Dr. Rhys B. Jones, former director of St. Luke’s Dental Health Center, put that philosophy into action every day, treating low-income children and developmentally disabled children and adults.

One by one, Dr. Jones reached thousands through his work with the Dental Health Center, its outreach programs and his involvement in national public health organizations.

The late Dr. Rhys B. Jones, former director of St. Luke’s Dental Health Center

“When he could make a difference in the life of one person, that was truly at the core of who he was,” said Valerie Chittick, Dr. Jones’ wife. “He worked to inspire children and families to a higher level of wellness. I remember him telling me any child, any family could come to the clinic and the

“If you can inspire one person to a higher level of health and wellness, I believe there’s a great deal of satisfaction that comes from that.

It’s something Rhys truly believed. It was what he lived.”

Valerie Chittick, the late Dr. Jones’ wife

amount of money the family owed or could pay never had an impact on the type of care a child would receive. He

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was always very proud he could provide the best dental care possible for these kids who really needed it.”

Many of those kids, now adults in our community, approached Chittick after Dr. Jones passed away unexpectedly last spring to share stories of how he’d touched their lives.

One former patient, Dr. Laura Fauchier, received dental services from the Dental Health Center after her father lost his job and the family of nine struggled to pay for food and electricity. “There’s no way we would have had access to good dental care,” Dr. Fauchier explained.

Later, Dr. Jones became a mentor to Dr. Fauchier when she was working as a dental assistant and decided to go to dental school. “Seeing Dr. Jones give tirelessly to other people and helping children to have good oral health was an inspiration,” Fauchier said. “I try to use my resources to help others, whether it’s seeing very young children or those on Title 19.” In addition, Dr. Fauchier is a member of the Dental Health Center Advisory Board.

Stories such as Fauchier’s demonstrate Dr. Jones’ impact on our community and his belief the Dental Health Center could make a difference for a family and turn a life around. “It’s not just about where you’re from, it’s where you’re going. If you can inspire one person to a higher level of health and wellness, I believe there’s a great deal of satisfaction that comes from that,” Chittick said. “It’s something Rhys truly believed. It was what he lived.”

December 12, 2012, marked the renaming and dedication of the St. Luke’s Dental Health Center to the Dr. Rhys B. Jones Dental Health Center.

Above: Owen and Isabel Jones cut the ribbon with mother Valerie Chittick.

Right: Dr. Jones’ extended family

Chittick is honored to have the Center renamed the Dr. Rhys B. Jones Dental Health Center. As a member of the Koehler Legacy Society and donor to the newly established Dr. Rhys B. Jones Endowment, she’s ensuring Dr. Jones’ work continues.

To donate to the Dr. Rhys B. Jones Dental Health Center, its endowment, or learn more about the Koehler Legacy Society, call Mary Klinger, vice president of development, at 319/369-7716.

Valerie Chittick and her twins Owen and Isabel Jones enjoy a game at home.

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Giving over

time

Educators continue helping kids through St. Luke’s

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ormer kindergarten teacher Margaret Sears often refers to “her kids,” of which there are hundreds. Every student she taught became another one of Margaret’s kids during her 31 years as a teacher. When she retired from the Cedar Rapids Community School District, she redirected her passion for helping kids to the St. Luke’s Auxiliary’s pediatric orientation group, where she volunteered.

“It was a way to be with kids and not have the work to do as the teacher,” Margaret said. “I was grateful to retire and still have enough energy to volunteer.”

Over the years, Margaret had seen children benefit from St. Luke’s services. St. Luke’s Child Protection Center (CPC) and Dr. Rhys B. Jones Dental Health Center both left a strong impression. “I had a student years ago whose teeth were in horrendous condition and he benefited from the Dental Health Center. He came to school very, very happy because he was able to get his teeth fixed. And, at age five, that said to me he had wonderful treatment.”

Her husband, Tom, who retired from Kirkwood Community College as a history professor, explained, “Margaret was not able to leave the problems of the kids at school.

They were her kids.”

Margaret’s volunteering led her to join the St. Luke’s Auxiliary, where she began as chair for the pediatrics group and has filled many roles since then, including Auxiliary president twice. Her work with the Auxiliary gave Margaret a better understanding of the ways St. Luke’s Foundation helps children. Margaret and Tom saw an opportunity to do more to help kids in our community.

“We’ve always believed that Jesus taught us that of those who have much, much will be required,” Tom said. “We think it is really in giving that we find real satisfaction.”

“That’s the way we were brought up,” Margaret added.

The couple began giving to St. Luke’s Foundation through Margaret’s annuity in 2000 and later became members of the Koehler Legacy Society. Their annual gift goes to the CPC. “Unfortunately, it’s a necessary program,” Margaret said. The Sears were inspired to give additional special gifts to the Dr. Rhys B. Jones Dental Health Center and the recently created Ed and Joan Hemphill Hospice Unit and Endowment.

“We believe St. Luke’s is an excellent hospital and we’re very fortunate to have it in our community,” Tom said.

“I was grateful to retire and still have enough energy to volunteer.”

Margaret Sears

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If you would like to donate your time, talent and generosity – as the Sears have done – to St. Luke’s Foundation and programs, call Mary Klinger, vice president of development, at 319/369-7716.

Your first

gift

A Guardian Angel award to say thank you

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fter experiencing St. Luke’s care, patients and their families often want to do something special to thank those who helped them get through the experience.

The Guardian Angel program was designed to help grateful families honor a St. Luke’s associate, doctor, volunteer or department for their work. Susan, Ron and Matt Lassen made their first gift as a family after a dramatic healthcare event.

At a varsity Linn-Mar High School basketball game on Dec. 9, 2011, Susan and Ron Lassen watched their son, Matt, go down during a play, his head slammed into the floor and another player landed on Matt’s head. Matt immediately convulsed in a seizure following the impact. St. Luke’s Sports Medicine Athletic Trainer Jill Hendricks ran out to Matt and secured his body to keep him from further injuring himself. She called the Lassens to join her on the floor.

Susan, a St. Luke’s Hospice nurse, said, “All I remember is reaching my son and knowing he was in the best of hands with Jill, and immediately the nurse role left me and I could focus on being ‘Mom.’” Hendricks called 911 and Matt was taken to St. Luke’s Hospital but was quickly transferred to the University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics after a CT scan showed hemorrhaging and swelling in his brain. Hendricks met the Lassen family at St. Luke’s and followed them to Iowa City to lend support.

Matt was transferred to the intensive care unit the next morning after his symptoms worsened. “Following a late night on Friday and an early morning at Linn-Mar High School, Jill met us Saturday morning for continued support. Jill did a phenomenal job of supporting our family and keeping the coaches and team updated,” Susan said.

Ron and Susan Lassen thank St. Luke’s associate Jill Hendricks for the care she gave their son Matt.

Hendricks worked closely with Matt during his rehabilitation. “He missed the majority of his junior basketball season.

Jill played a vital role in his recovery. She went with him to all of his follow-up appointments with Dr. Hlavin, St. Luke’s neurosurgeon. Jill took meticulous notes. I can’t say enough about what she did for us,” Susan said.

Matt is now fully recovered, playing varsity basketball for Linn-Mar once again.

“Jill goes above and beyond every day.

It comes straight from her heart,” Susan said. She, Ron and Matt presented

a Guardian Angel award to Hendricks on Dec. 7, 2012, before the varsity boys’ basketball game at Linn-Mar, almost a year after Matt was injured. Susan said the Guardian Angel award, with a donation to St. Luke’s Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, was a perfect way for her family to publicly thank and honor Hendricks for the care she gave their family. “She is so appreciated and loved by the Linn-Mar community. She takes care of so many families,” Susan said. Matt expressed gratitude for all of the hours Hendricks spent helping him through his rehabilitation, saying in his Guardian Angel nomination, “I can’t thank you enough!”

Guardian Angel donations Guardian Angel donations make it possible for you to honor a St. Luke’s associate, doctor, volunteer or department that made a difference in your care. The donations fund programs and equipment that add to the quality of care at St. Luke’s. Every Guardian Angel nominee is recognized publicly.

To make a Guardian Angel gift, call Megan Moffitt, annual fund manager, at 319/558-4994 or visit stlukesfoundation.com and click on the Guardian Angel program link.

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New Foundation board members Gene Neighbor is executive vice president in charge of lending for Farmers State Bank, where he has worked since 1973. Gene graduated from Alburnett Community School, earned a degree in Business Administration from Iowa State University and also completed various graduate banking courses.

Gene Neighbor

Gene is also a deacon and finance chairman for Alburnett Christian Church, 40-year member and incoming president of the Alburnett Lions Club and board member of Hawkeye Area Boy Scouts of America. Gene and his wife, Jean, have lived in rural Alburnett all their lives. They have three sons and 13 grandchildren.

Diane Ramsey is a principal project manager at Rockwell Collins.

She is also executive director for IWLC (formerly known as the Iowa Women’s Leadership Conference), a nonprofit corporation focused on advancing women’s leadership. She serves on the boards of Four Oaks, Waypoint Services, Theatre Cedar Rapids and Friends of Iowa Civil Rights Commission.

Diane Ramsey

Diane’s background includes fifteen years with Alliant Energy Corporation leading economic development and community relations, marketing, communications, philanthropy, public relations, sales management and external relations. Diane is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts in Amherst and attended business school at the University of Wisconsin – Madison where she met her husband, Bruce Johnson.

St. Luke’s Foundation Board Terri Christoffersen, Chair Shirley Holtey, Vice Chair Steve Allsop, Past Chair Bill Hochstetler, Secretary Ryan Buresh, Treasurer Kenneth Anderson, M.D Sondy Daggett Sally Gray Phil Hershner Marty Hoeger James LaMorgese, MD Dina Linge Gene Neighbor Lon Olejniczak Diane Ramsey Sarah Rheinschmidt Paula Roby Nancy Skogsbergh Ted Townsend, St. Luke’s Hospital President and CEO Milt Aunan, St. Luke’s Hospital CFO

Foundation Staff Jim Sealy, President Mary Klinger, Vice President - Development Tonya Arnold, Grants Manager Megan Moffitt, Annual Fund Manager Karen Newland, Administrative Assistant

St. Luke’s Foundation Mission To support St. Luke’s in giving the healthcare we’d like our loved ones to receive.

For estate planning purposes, our legal name is St. Luke’s Health Care Foundation.

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