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The Spirit of St. Luke's, Fall/Winter 1999 Advocate Aurora Health Advocate Aurora Health Institutional Repository Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center Books, Documents, and Pamphlets Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center April 2018 The Spirit of St. Luke's, Fall/Winter 1999 Aurora Health Care Follow this and additional works at: https://institutionalrepository.aah.org/aslmc_books This Pamphlet is brought to you for free and open access by the Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center at Advocate Aurora Health Institutional Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center Books, Documents, and Pamphlets by an authorized administrator of Advocate Aurora Health Institutional Repository. For more information, please contact [email protected]. spOF ST. LUKES I The Spirit of St. Luke’s is produced by St. Luke’s Medical Center/Office of Philanthropy for friends and donors. President, Metro Region, Aurora Health Care: Mark Ambrosius Administrator, St. Luke’s Medical Center: Mark S.Wiener Vice President for Philanthropy: Brad Holmes Regional Manager of Planned Giving: Kelly Sachse Regional Manager, Philanthropy: Laverne Schmidt Special Projects Director: Shawn Smith Pastoral Care Initiative: Harvey Berg Philanthropy Coordinator: Judi Fellows Administrative Assistant: Shelly Rosenstock Secretary: Tammy Huetti Secretary: Joan Schultz Secretary: Shirley Skowronski Editorial and Production Management: Susan J. Montgomery Graphic Design and Production: Kate Hawley Please direct gifts and requests for further information to: Office of Philanthropy St. Luke’s Medical Center 2900W OklahomaAve., P0. Box 2901 Milwaukee,W1 53201-2901 414-649-7122 Cover Photos: (left) DrAlfredj Tector with Bob Kasten—his neighboifriend, and patient. (right) Dr Theodore Gronski—Mr Kasten’spulmonologist. Each Gift Makes a Difference 2 Saving a Life at St. Luke’s 4 Russian Health Care Providers Visit St. Luke’s 7 Staff Profile: Joan Schultz 9 A Home Away from Home 10 Philanthropist of the Year 12 Cath Lab Named in Honor of Bob and Jo Hyland 14 St. Luke’s Nurse Advocate 16 As Simple as Writing a Check 17 Why We Give. .Donor Profiles 18 The Gift Programs of St. Luke’s Medical Center/Office of Philanthropy 20 St. Luke’s Planned Giving Design Center 48 THE SPIRIT OF ST. LUKE’S ( i EACH GIFT , MAKES A DIFFERENCE Dear St. Luke’s benefactors: the opportunity to make a differ- ence and it is our job in the Office Every gift to St. Luke’s Medical of Philanthropy—actually it is our - Center makes a difference! privilege—to help in whatever way we can. Every gift helps St. Luke’s aft of our job in the Office Medical Center achieve its mission of Philanthropy is to help of providing programs and services PYou, the donor, understand to all those who come here. Last how your gift makes a difference in year St. Luke’s had over 28,750 the lives of those who come to inpatient visits and over 370,600 St. Luke’s Medical Center for their outpatient visits. medical care. There are countless Another person who is making a wonderful stories we could tell you difference at St. Luke’s is Laurie, a about what your gifts mean to our dedicated and wonderful volunteer patients at St. Luke’s. in our department who helps us out For KenYontz, giving to St. Luke’s one day a week and often other Brad IIolmes meant helping women prevent and times as well. Laurie, who is on dis Presidentft)r Philanthropy Vice recover from heart disease. Ken lost ability because of her diabetes, not his wife, Karen, to heart disease only volunteers her time but gives a “The size of jour gift when she was only 48 years old. He gift of $25 each year to the cancer wanted to honor her memory and Tree of Light program in memory of does not matter. Everj also have an impact on the lives of her mother. Laurie’s gift is extremely important donor has the opportunitj other women and on the commu important to her and it is nity. Ken knew the startling statistics to us. Money raised from the annual to make a difference and about women and heart disease: Tree of Light program helps to pro- heart disease is the number one vide reading materials for cancer it is our job in the Office killer of women in our country. patients and their families. Laurie is Every year over 500,000 women are indeed a true philanthropist because of ?hitanthropj—actuatty diagnosed with heart disease. So, in of her volunteerism and her annual of his wife, Ken made a gift to ourTree of Light program. it is our privitege—to help memory substantial contribution to establish Some people we talk with think in whatever waj we can.” the Karen Yontz Women’s Cardiac they need to be able to give a lot of Awareness Center at St. Luke’s. Now money away in order to truly each day his generous gift helps become philanthropists, but that numerous women and undoubtedly simply is not true—as I hope you has saved many lives. can see by Laurie’s example. You may not be able to contribute A philanthropist is a person who a million dollars, but I want to em- gives to make a difference in the phasize that each gift to St. Luke’s life of another individual because makes a difference. The size of your there is a compelling need at the gift does not matter. Every donor has medical center for a piece of medical THE SPIRIT OF S T . I U K E ‘ S c::::::: “Uttimatet uour reLationship with St. Lukes and with those of us in the Office of PhiLanthropj is not about money It is about heLping and making a difference.” equipment or the need for a new And then we truly know that this is to extend our hand in friendship to program or a research project. The what giving is all about. Our friend- each of you. We want you to know amount one gives does not matter. ships with these donors and their your gift will make a difference and What does matter is your gift and relationships with St. Luke’s are criti that we are working to put your gift your intent—why you are giving a cally important to the good work to good use. gift. our hospital does. To those of you who already sup- When many gifts are combined, It is wonderful to have the privi port St. Luke’s each year with your the impact can be tremendous. lege of working with these donors annual and extra year-end gifts—or When 2,000 people who are mem as they come to this realization. to those of you who have designated bers of our Philanthropists Club Unfortunately, we do not have the a gift in your estate—I would like to give a gift of $100 or more a year opportunity to work with each and say what I have said to others: and become annual supporters of every donor in this way. When you “Remember, your kindness in making St. Luke’s Medical Center, their sup- send us a gift, we do not necessarily a gift directly touches the lives of port totals more than $200,000 each have the chance to meet you or get others.” I would like you to think year. St. Luke’s counts on this annual to know you. We are fortunate to about how you would like your gift support to advance medicine and receive many gifts so that meeting to change lives and even save lives at all these philanthropists make an each of you is a challenge, but we St. Luke’s. And, finally, how can we enormous difference to our patients help you? Please call us and give us and their families who count on the opportunity to get to know you. St. Luke’s to provide the latest in Ultimately, your relationship with technology, programs, services, and St. Luke’s and with those of us in the “We would Like to have the research. Office of Philanthropy is not about Those of us who work in the opportunity to extend our money. It is about helping and mak Office of Philanthropy at St. Luke’s ing a difference. It would be our are blessed with the opportunity hand in friendship to each of privilege to help you do just that. to meet with many donors and to On behalf of the many people who JoU. We want jou to 1cnow watch as they come to understand benefit because of your caring gifts, thank you. Mi of us in the Office of how they are making a difference. jour gift wilt make a We have developed many wonderful Philanthropy want to wish you and friendships among our donors. Our difference and that we are your family a very joyous holiday relationships with them become season and the best of health in the richer because we get to know them working to put jour gift to new millennium. as people and not just donors. When good use.” these people start to recognize what a difference their gifts make, it is a heartwarming process. We see it in their body language and we see it in their faces—as they begin to want you to know that each gift, no understand that they are actually matter what size it is, adds up to mak advancing heart or cancer care, or ing a big difference at St. Luke’s. We Brad Holmes whatever they choose to support. would like to have the opportunity Vice Presidentfor Philanthropy THE SPIRIT OF ST.
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