Campaign Update - Summer 2012

Summer 2012

Campaign Update Swedish Medical Center

Campaign for Swedish approaches initial $100 million goal As the new Chief Executive of Swedish, I am honored

In this issue of Campaign Update, you will have the

to be a part of the $100 million Campaign for Swedish

opportunity to learn about several new programs that are

and I look forward to building upon the momentum created

being launched by gifts to the Campaign. On June 5th, the

by my predecessor, Dr. Rod Hochman.

During the past five and a half years, I am proud to report that the Campaign has received over $99 million in new gifts and pledges from the community.

“All of us at Swedish should feel for tunate that the impor tant work we do on a daily basis has been rewarded

new True Family Women’s Cancer Center opened its doors to patients. This $11 million project was supported entirely from philanthropy and was the single largest fundraising project of the Campaign. More importantly,

with an over whelming vote

we feel this exciting new Center will improve

right here at Swedish — continues to exper-

of confidence

outcomes of women facing a cancer diagno-

ience rapid change, one thing that has

from the community.”

nosis. In addition, you will also learn how

While health care nationally — and

remained constant is the community’s unwavering support of quality health care. All

Celebrate Swedish and several generous

Kevin Brown

donors helped create one of the nation’s

of us at Swedish should feel fortunate that the important

premier Multiple Sclerosis Centers on the Swedish/Cherry Hill

work we do on a daily basis has been rewarded with an

campus. And finally, I hope you’ll enjoy learning how one of our

overwhelming vote of confidence from the community. As

largest and most important clinical partners, CellNetix Pathology

humbled as I am by the $99 million raised to date, I am

& Laboratories, made a significant investment in the Campaign.

equally inspired by the fact that more than 47,000 donors

I hope you take great pride in knowing the community

have made gifts to support our work. When these two facts

values the important work you do to provide great care to

are taken together, there is no greater testament to how people

our patients.

feel about the important role that Swedish plays in the overall health of our community. Though we are confident we will reach our initial $100 million target this summer, there is still much we need to accomplish for our patients

and we will continue to raise gifts for the Campaign through the end of 2013.

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Kevin Brown, Swedish Chief Executive campaignforswedish.org

$11 million in community support opens the

True Family Women’s Cancer Center

The Swedish Cancer Institute opened its new True Family

many women are at the center of their families — they’re

Women’s Cancer Center to patients on Tuesday, June 5.

really the managers of their households — and so when a

The new 23,600-square-foot women’s cancer center gives

women gets sick, that impacts the entire family. We want to

the Swedish Cancer Institute the ability to consolidate most

be able to provide all these resources to patients, because

of its services for treating women’s cancers into one facility,

we know that it is going to impact the entire family.”

acting as a treatment hub where women are guided through

On Tuesday, May 15th and Thursday, May 17th, open

personalized and coordinated multidisciplinary treatment of

houses were held to celebrate and thank the community that

their cancer, including disease-specific education and ho-

helped build the $11 million facility. The families of Patricia

listic support activities.

True, Doug and Janet True, and Bill and Ruth True began

“One of the things that I think is really special about

the fund-raising effort with a generous $2 million gift.

the True Center is that it truly is comprehensive care,”

“The vision is really to create a haven of support

Pat Dawson, Director of the True Center says. “We know that

around women and their families when they are facing

The True Family generously donated $2 million to make the Center a reality.

Pictured (left to right): Peter True, Sophie True, Bill True, Ruth True, Patricia True, Janet True, Doug True, Kevin Gleason, Effie True Gleason and Dustin True. campaignforswedish.org

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a cancer diagnosis,” says Becca Kelly, senior director of major gifts at the Swedish Medical Center Foundation.

“People immediately understood the need and the idea behind the Center and responded very quickly. The sup-

Celebrate Swedish raises nearly $4 million for charity care and new MS Center

port was remarkable — it took about 18 months for us to raise $11 million from the community.”

Over 200 community members and donors to the center

The Wall of Hope allows donors the opportunity to both honor and offer words of support to family members and friends who have been impacted by cancer.

attended the events to preview the space that hosts 28 exam rooms, imaging services, procedure rooms, counseling, meeting spaces as well as the new educational resource center. Over 50 physicians, nurses and staff from the Cancer Institute volunteered at the two events, excited to show the community how the Center was carefully designed with the female cancer patient in mind.

“I love having that sense of community. Commonality of experience is everything — especially when you’re going through a life and death situation,” grateful patient and cancer survivor, Alexis Vanden Bos explains.

If you would like to support the True Family Women’s Cancer Center, please contact Kate Purcell, director, major gifts, at 206-386-3194 or send email to kate. purcell@swedish.org.

Approximately 800 people participated in the 27th annual Celebrate Swedish, Swedish Medical Center’s annual gala dinner and auction, on May 12. The gala, which was held at The Sheraton Seattle Hotel, helped raise nearly $4 million to support charity care for the underinsured, and to advance clinical research and care at the new Multiple Sclerosis Center at Swedish.

MS affects more people in the Pacific Northwest than almost anywhere else in the country. Approximately 1 in every 125 people in our community has the disease, or has a parent, child or sibling with the disease. So it is fitting that Seattle would be the home to the nation’s largest MS center where patients receive cutting edge care.

The new MS Center at Swedish will combine the highest quality of MS clinical care with educational resources, wellness and fitness equipment and classes, and a supportive community, to help patients live their best life with MS. An impressive $3.36 million in gifts has been raised to date toward the $5 million goal for improving MS care and research in the Northwest.

Our sincere thanks to the hundreds of donors, sponsors and volunteers who helped make the gala a great success. We are especially grateful for this year’s honorary chairs, Richard and Betty Hedreen and Jim and Gaye Pigott, for their generous leadership gifts in support of the MS Center. We are also grateful for the commitment and leadership of Wenie Din and Dr. James Bowen, Beau and Julie Gould and the O’Donnell Foundation.

To learn more about helping Swedish set the benchmark for world-class MS care, please contact Colleen Bromen, assistant director of major gifts, at 206-386-3527 or email colleen.bromen@swedish.org. campaignforswedish.org

Corporate Giving

CellNetix Pathology & Laboratories makes $1 million gift to The Campaign for Swedish Pathologists are sometimes described as “the most im-

Don Howard, M.D., Ph.D., chairman and CEO of CellNetix.

portant doctors you’ll never meet.” But at Swedish, we are

“All of us at Swedish are grateful for such a generous

well aware of the important role they play in caring for

gift from our colleagues at CellNetix,” says Kevin Brown,

our patients.

Swedish’s chief executive. “Their commitment to this community and to philanthropy is impressive.”

CellNetix Pathology & Laboratories is a dynamic, rapidly

Since The Campaign for Swedish began on January 1,

growing private pathology company headquartered in Seattle, serving hospitals and clinics through-

2007, physician gifts have played

out the Greater Puget Sound region.

a critical role in the Campaign’s

The company is comprised of 44 path-

success. More than $11 million has

ologists and more than 230 employees,

been gifted by individual doctors

and provides disease analysis and diag-

and physician groups, spanning all

nosis in more than 22 specialty areas.

service lines at Swedish. This sup-

With its recent leadership gift

port from our physicians demon-

to The Campaign for Swedish, Cell-

strates a strong commitment not

Netix Pathology & Laboratories is now

only to Swedish, but also, most importantly, to the patients we serve.

serving another critical role: community philanthropist.

CellNetix physicians collectively donated $1 million to

As of June 26, 2012, the Campaign has reached a sig-

support clinical laboratory services throughout Swedish,

nificant milestone of more than $99 million. The response

helping to ensure that the most advanced, state-of-the-art

from community members, grateful patients, physicians

diagnostic services are available in our community.

and staff has been overwhelming, and it serves as a re-

“The employees at CellNetix Pathology & Laboratories

minder of our region’s dedication to ensuring world-class

are honored to be able to support The Campaign for Swedish.

health care is available for all. On behalf of the patients

We look forward to continuing to partner with Swedish to

we serve, we are grateful to CellNetix for its wonderful

provide high-quality care to the patients we serve,” says

leadership gift.

Campaign Update Swedish Medical Center

Swedish Campaign Leadership Council

Campaign Update is published quarterly for the employees of Swedish Medical Center by the Swedish Medical Center Foundation. We welcome your comments and suggestions. Please contact Randy Mann, Senior Director Campaign, at 206-386-6791.

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Kirby McDonald, co-chair David Sabey, co-chair Janet True, co-chair

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Lucius Andrew III Nancy J. Auer, M.D. Kevin Brown Deborah Crabbe Anne Gittinger Wayne Gittinger Cheryl Gossman

Rod Hochman, M.D. Charles Lytle Karen Lytle Howard Maron, M.D. John N. Nordstrom Janet Sinegal John H. Vassall II, M.D.