ALUMNI News about your gifts to fight disease, cure sickness and save lives EDITION At Last, the History of HOPE Will Be Written FROM THE (Continued from front page) PRESIDENT’S FALL 2014 Leading another part of the project, John Walsh began to document HOPE’s work on the Polish American Children’s Hospital (University Children’s Hospital) in Krakow, while Bill Walsh, Jr., is helping to structure DESK information on the Health Care Management program. Alumnus Carolyn Dr. Howe is grateful to you Kruger is organizing the nursing component. Our former counterpart for your gifts of time and in Northeast , Dr. Ney Fonseca, contacted the Alumni Association, talent to Project HOPE. expressing his interest in documenting HOPE’s impact there and also in NEWS providing information on the status of our Brazilian programs. As we move forward, we hope to hear, in particular, from more alumni Our Past and Our Future who worked in Central and Eastern Europe or Brazil. We also welcome stories from other mission locations. Please forward these, along with Come Together in You contact information for your counterparts, to John Wilhelm via email at: [email protected]. All alumni are encouraged to be a part of the Dear Friend, Histories Project. After all, HOPE’s history is our history.

As a HOPE alumnus, you’re the heart of everything we do. Thank you for your generous gifts of time, talent and compassion to Project HOPE.

I’m proud to say that I’ve been part of Project HOPE’s HOPE Remembers Stay in Touch — The Alumni Association expresses its history since 2001, when I was honored to become President Perseverance condolences to the families and friends HOPE Is Your Home and CEO. And I’m humbled by the fact that HOPE’s past of Gloria Hammond, Neurodiagnostic Service Honor extends all the way back to 1958. That’s 56 years of care, Technician (, , , Stay connected with HOPE. Our website is updated on a regular Dedication healing and compassion for others. It’s a legacy of love for , Columbia, Ceylon), April basis, and we will continue sending emails to tell you about new humanity that I feel privileged to uphold and to carry forward. 9, 2014. Eldon Ellis, M.D. Thoracic opportunities to share your information with us. Visit the alumni Surgery (SS HOPE Peru, Ecuador, web page at projecthope.org, and click on “Get Alumni Updates” At Last, the History of HOPE Will Be Written And I know you do as well. Guinea, former President of the Alumni for all the latest news. If you have news to share or updated contact Association), June 15, 2014. information, please reach out to our Alumni liaison, Brooke True to Our Values, It’s a Labor of Love That’s why this special Alumni Edition of HOPE News is Herndon, at: [email protected]. particularly important. In it, you’ll see how we’re venerating ervice, dedication, our work in a variety of countries. Alumni Association Vice perseverance and honor — all As seen and remembered through President Debbie Reister PHI-1417 S and preserving our history of service to humankind. You’ll ✁ CLIP ALONG THE DOTTED LINE, AND RETURN WITH YOUR GIFT OF SUPPORT. are synonymous with Project the eyes of alumni and their volunteered for several weeks at also see the indelible stamp of the enthusiasm, teamwork and, HOPE’s alumni. So, when international colleagues, the HOPE Center this summer to focus especially, the caring nature that distinguish all HOPIES. Alumni Association President project will capture the impact of on work in Central and Eastern Support Your Alumni Association Dr. John Wilhelm and the HOPE’s work through stories of Europe. She identified program In the words of Winston Churchill, “We make a living by alumni board decided to initiate how they delivered health care participants and scanned pertinent what we get, we make a life by what we give.” Thank you for I’m thrilled to be part of the a comprehensive and highly education, improved systems and reports, photos and artifacts from Alumni Association and to accessible “History of HOPE” services, and affected the lives of HOPE’s archives. She worked all you do for Project HOPE and for people in need around 255 Carter Hall Lane YES! P.O. Box 250 support this wonderful group. project, they knew exactly whom so many. Also important to these with staff and others to prepare the world. ® ® Millwood, VA 22646-0255 Your generosity multiplied. Always. Your generosity multiplied. Always. to recruit for the project: HOPIES! remembrances will be the stories a survey/questionnaire, which Here’s my gift of $______for: of personal and professional will be followed by a series of At the April meeting, the growth from those recounting telephone or video interviews. Sincerely yours, Name: ______o The greatest need. Alumni Board launched an effort their experiences. o The William B. Walsh, M.D. Endowment, to document HOPE’s voyages and Continued on back page > Address: ______supporting the William B. Walsh fellow. ® Your generosity multiplied. Always. o The Lee Olive Harrison Fund, supporting City: ______State: ______ZIP: ______basic nursing skills education. INSIDE THIS ISSUE: LOOK FOR THE HISTORY HOPIES AT THE JOIN THE HOPIES John P. Howe, III, M.D. OF HOPE MUSEUM ... 2 2014 GALA ... 3 FACEBOOK GROUP ... 3 o The Bill Kooiman Fund, supporting President and CEO My email address is: ______It’s in your computer! A Grand Time for a Connect, recconnect volunteer travel. Great Cause and stay in touch By providing your email address, you will receive updates ® ® and information on your Alumni Association. Please make your tax-deductible check payable to Project HOPE, Your generosity multiplied. Always. ALUMNI ASSOCIATION and mail it, along with this form, in the envelope provided. DM15NFZZZ

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from the late 1960s with the Dr. Maciej Kowalczyk and his wife (far right and left), Dr. Fred Agani, Minister $105 worth of donated medical supplies into the world’s simple click of a mouse? of Health for the Republic of Kosovo (left center), and John Walsh (right center). poverty zones. For example, if you pledge $15 a month, that gets multiplied 105 times, sending $1,575 worth of Launching in tandem with help each month. And over 12 months, that adds up to the History of HOPE project, HOPIES at the 2014 Gala an amazing $18,900. Being a HOPE Lifter is easy and the creation of a virtual museum A Grand Time for a Great Cause affordable, and the impact you have is huge. will allow HOPIES worldwide access to documents (such as the Several alumni attended this Dominican Republic To find out more, call Donor Relations toll-free at original charter letter of the Alumni year’s 7th Annual HOPE Gala 1-844-349-0188, or visit: projecthope.org/hopelifters. Association) and much, much more! on June 10 in Washington, D.C., • The Global Health Partner raising more than $1.9 million to Award – Maciej Kowalczyk, With the acquisition of Past advance HOPE’s global mission. M.D., Ph.D., Director of the Join the Perfect software, a program used by This year’s honorees included: University Children’s Hospital Leave Your Legacy many museums and libraries, the of Krakow, Poland HOPIES of Compassion virtual museum will allow us to share • The Global Health Leadership • The Global Health Impact You can help shape Project archival photos and documents from Award – José Miguel Bonetti, Award – award accepted by Facebook HOPE’s future through a voyages, land-based programs and President of MercaSID, and co- Dr. Martin J. Murphy, CEO, Navy missions, as well as HOPE founder of the Order of Malta Roundtable on Cancer Group unique gift opportunity Center events. Gems such as interior Connect, Reconnect known as a charitable gift photos of the SS HOPE, original annuity. You make a donation and Stay in Touch editions of HOPE News and our and we, in turn, pay you a collection of gifts from dignitaries Giving by Alumni fixed, dependable payment ALUMNI GAVE around the world will also be available The Alumni Association has for the rest of your life. After for all to see. The virtual museum Breaks Records $97,054 started our Facebook group as a your lifetime, the remaining will initially be available via a link Thank You, HOPIES! IN FY 2014 way for alumni to stay in touch balance allows Project HOPE on our webpage, and alumni will be with one another. To access the to continue saving lives encouraged to use the site to help site, go to the alumni webpage around the world. Another Our fiscal year came to a close on June 30, and of course, our alumni identify and provide captions for many at , and click way to maximize your were among the thousands who supported HOPE. Collectively, alumni projecthope.org What will your legacy be? of the items. on “Get Alumni Updates.” support is to include Project Here’s how you can start gave a total of $97,054.00 — a 5 percent increase over last fiscal year. HOPE in your estate plans. A building it today with That’s great news. Project HOPE. Use the group to reconnect with charitable bequest does not old friends, share photos, and The number of people who gave a gift also increased by 10 percent, and affect your current cash flow or assets, and is simple to communicate about upcoming 16 alumni donors gave gifts of $1,000 or more. revise, should your circumstances change. Best of all, you alumni events and happenings. have the satisfaction of knowing that your legacy will be one of hope for others. This document is one of thousands that will be HOPIES from California, Virginia and Florida led the pack, giving in archived in the new HOPE virtual museum. greatest numbers, but alumni contributions actually came from all over. For more information about charitable gift Thank you to everyone who added to one of our alumni funds, or annuities, bequests and other ways to create your who remembered HOPE in their estate plans. For information about legacy, please call our Planned Giving Office at Planned Giving, including bequest language, or an illustration of how 800-544-4673, ext. 472. lifetime giving to HOPE can pay you an annual income, contact Dulcy 2 Hooper at: [email protected], or 540-837-9472. 3

Client: Project HOPE Job#: 87698 — OCTOBER Newsletter [ ALUMNI version ] Component: Newsletter Code: PHI-1417 ALUMNI News about your gifts to fight disease, cure sickness and save lives EDITION At Last, the History of HOPE Will Be Written FROM THE (Continued from front page) PRESIDENT’S FALL 2014 Leading another part of the project, John Walsh began to document HOPE’s work on the Polish American Children’s Hospital (University Children’s Hospital) in Krakow, while Bill Walsh, Jr., is helping to structure DESK information on the Health Care Management program. Alumnus Carolyn Dr. Howe is grateful to you Kruger is organizing the nursing component. Our former counterpart for your gifts of time and in Northeast Brazil, Dr. Ney Fonseca, contacted the Alumni Association, talent to Project HOPE. expressing his interest in documenting HOPE’s impact there and also in NEWS providing information on the status of our Brazilian programs. As we move forward, we hope to hear, in particular, from more alumni Our Past and Our Future who worked in Central and Eastern Europe or Brazil. We also welcome stories from other mission locations. Please forward these, along with Come Together in You contact information for your counterparts, to John Wilhelm via email at: [email protected]. All alumni are encouraged to be a part of the Dear Friend, Histories Project. After all, HOPE’s history is our history.

As a HOPE alumnus, you’re the heart of everything we do. Thank you for your generous gifts of time, talent and compassion to Project HOPE.

I’m proud to say that I’ve been part of Project HOPE’s HOPE Remembers Stay in Touch — The Alumni Association expresses its history since 2001, when I was honored to become President Perseverance condolences to the families and friends HOPE Is Your Home and CEO. And I’m humbled by the fact that HOPE’s past of Gloria Hammond, Neurodiagnostic Service Honor extends all the way back to 1958. That’s 56 years of care, Technician (Peru, Ecuador, Guinea, Stay connected with HOPE. Our website is updated on a regular Dedication healing and compassion for others. It’s a legacy of love for Nicaragua, Columbia, Ceylon), April basis, and we will continue sending emails to tell you about new humanity that I feel privileged to uphold and to carry forward. 9, 2014. Eldon Ellis, M.D. Thoracic opportunities to share your information with us. Visit the alumni Surgery (SS HOPE Peru, Ecuador, web page at projecthope.org, and click on “Get Alumni Updates” At Last, the History of HOPE Will Be Written And I know you do as well. Guinea, former President of the Alumni for all the latest news. If you have news to share or updated contact Association), June 15, 2014. information, please reach out to our Alumni liaison, Brooke True to Our Values, It’s a Labor of Love That’s why this special Alumni Edition of HOPE News is Herndon, at: [email protected]. particularly important. In it, you’ll see how we’re venerating ervice, dedication, our work in a variety of countries. Alumni Association Vice perseverance and honor — all As seen and remembered through President Debbie Reister PHI-1417 S and preserving our history of service to humankind. You’ll ✁ CLIP ALONG THE DOTTED LINE, AND RETURN WITH YOUR GIFT OF SUPPORT. are synonymous with Project the eyes of alumni and their volunteered for several weeks at also see the indelible stamp of the enthusiasm, teamwork and, HOPE’s alumni. So, when international colleagues, the HOPE Center this summer to focus especially, the caring nature that distinguish all HOPIES. Alumni Association President project will capture the impact of on work in Central and Eastern Support Your Alumni Association Dr. John Wilhelm and the HOPE’s work through stories of Europe. She identified program In the words of Winston Churchill, “We make a living by alumni board decided to initiate how they delivered health care participants and scanned pertinent what we get, we make a life by what we give.” Thank you for I’m thrilled to be part of the a comprehensive and highly education, improved systems and reports, photos and artifacts from Alumni Association and to accessible “History of HOPE” services, and affected the lives of HOPE’s archives. She worked all you do for Project HOPE and for people in need around 255 Carter Hall Lane YES! P.O. Box 250 support this wonderful group. project, they knew exactly whom so many. Also important to these with staff and others to prepare the world. ® ® Millwood, VA 22646-0255 Your generosity multiplied. Always. Your generosity multiplied. Always. to recruit for the project: HOPIES! remembrances will be the stories a survey/questionnaire, which Here’s my gift of $______for: of personal and professional will be followed by a series of At the April meeting, the growth from those recounting telephone or video interviews. Sincerely yours, Name: ______o The greatest need. Alumni Board launched an effort their experiences. o The William B. Walsh, M.D. Endowment, to document HOPE’s voyages and Continued on back page > Address: ______supporting the William B. Walsh fellow. ® Your generosity multiplied. Always. o The Lee Olive Harrison Fund, supporting City: ______State: ______ZIP: ______basic nursing skills education. INSIDE THIS ISSUE: LOOK FOR THE HISTORY HOPIES AT THE JOIN THE HOPIES John P. Howe, III, M.D. OF HOPE MUSEUM ... 2 2014 GALA ... 3 FACEBOOK GROUP ... 3 o The Bill Kooiman Fund, supporting President and CEO My email address is: ______It’s in your computer! A Grand Time for a Connect, recconnect volunteer travel. Great Cause and stay in touch By providing your email address, you will receive updates ® ® and information on your Alumni Association. Please make your tax-deductible check payable to Project HOPE, Your generosity multiplied. Always. ALUMNI ASSOCIATION and mail it, along with this form, in the envelope provided. DM15NFZZZ

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