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Fall 2010 Annual Report partnersMERCY MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION A Light from Within Stained glass reflects true beauty Mercy Medical Center Foundation Fall 2010 Published by Annual Report Mercy Medical Center Foundation Volume 32 701 Tenth Street S.E. Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52403 Foundation Board of Directors partnersMERCY MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION Sister James Marie Donahue, Chairman Tim Charles Janis Kazimour Lee Liu Dr. Tom McIntosh Peggy Meek Darrel Morf David Neuhaus Emmett Scherrman Dr. Robert Silber A. James Tinker Foundation Staff Sister James Marie Donahue Chairman of the Board [email protected] Sue Hawn, President, CFRE [email protected] Diane Stefani, Vice President Dear [email protected] Bridget Janus, Donor Services/Database Manager [email protected] Sherry Cornish, Donor Services/Office Manager FRIENDS [email protected] IN THIS ISSUE f Mercy Julie Potter, Project Coordinator o [email protected] Tilden family establishes endowment 4 Janet Baker, Senior Accountant [email protected] A gift for Mom 5 his year of 2010 is a time for all of us repeatedly reinforced, resulting in services provided Michelle Cole, Grant Writer to pay tribute to Sister Mary Lawrence for those in need in the hospital and the community. [email protected] Ensuring the Mercy Touch 6-7 Hallagan, first and foremost a Sister of Our annual report in this issue will illustrate the Mission Statement A light from Within 8-9 Mercy, but also former administrator continuing generosity of our repeated donors as well The Mercy Medical Center Endowment Foundation is a of Mercy Medical Center and as the gifts of first-time donors. We are grateful to not-for-profit corporation organized and operated Founders’ Society 10-11 2010 • FALL PARTNERS MERCY MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION Tfoundress of Mercy Foundation. We honor her life each and every one of you. exclusively to support the mission and activities of and legacy of caring for our community by During the coming year we will continue to focus on Mercy Medical Center. Made of Honor 12 celebrating the 100th anniversary of her birth. This planned giving opportunities and to encourage the Mercy Medical Center 100 Year Celebration 13 will be done in several ways, one of which is the increase of new scholarships to be available for 701 Tenth Street S.E. restoration and planned display of the stained glass hospital staff pursuing their own formal education Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52403 You can make a difference 14-15 windows originally in the hospital chapel, built in through advanced degrees or certification. May all (319) 398-6206 phone 1948. Another way is building up the Sister Mary of us feel that we have helped to contribute so that (319) 398-6471 fax A Lasting Legacy 16 Lawrence fund so it will be available when a “greatest every patient will have a “perfect patient experience.” Email: [email protected] Partners in Caring 17-54 need” is presented. The renovation of the Penny God bless you everyone! Partners Magazine designed by Kelly Michael Saver building to house several non-profit Mercy Marketing Department organizations will be called the Sister Mary Lawrence Community Center. What a fitting tribute for her! Donate on line via www.mercycare.org Also, this year of 2010 we are two years out from the Click on “Donate Now” flood and are very grateful for all that has been accomplished since that time. In spite of the present COVER economy our donors have been very generous and Sister James Marie Donahue The true beauty of Mercy’s historical collection of stained glass our ability to continue the Mercy Touch has been Chairman of the Board windows from the hospital’s original chapel shines through after a painstaking and detailed restoration process. 2 Mercy Medical Center Foundation 3 Janet Merfeld, M.D. Kevin. J Murray, M.D. Chirantan Ghosh, M.D. TILDEN FAMILY ESTABLISHES ENDOWMENT A GIFT F R MOM his past year, three physicians helped to or other areas of ongoing oncology education. advance quality healthcare services by When asked to comment on what motivated their creating endowments to support continuing intent to establish an endowed scholarship, Dr. education opportunities for Mercy’s clinical Merfeld and Dr. Murray noted, “Everyday, we see the T nursing staff. In particular, their assistance dedication of our staff, who are focused on providing is for Oncology Services staff. Their generosity will the best care possible to patients. They are constantly quietly affect healthcare for generations, enriching the seeking ways to enhance their knowledge and to 2010 • FALL PARTNERS MERCY MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION meaning of The Mercy Touch®, especially in the area of advance their clinical abilities. We are delighted to be he Robert C. & Mary B. opportunity to create a living legacy in patient care. able to support them in their educational Tilden Endowment Fund was remembrance of Bob and it benefited the Dr. Chirantan Ghosh, Iowa Blood and Cancer Care, advancement.” created to honor the memory Hospice House staff at the same time. established the Anna Purna Ghosh Endowed Oncology Dr. Ghosh also shared this desire to support and of an accomplished Cedar The purpose of the Robert C. & Nursing Scholarship. Dr. Janet Merfeld, Medical encourage continuing education of oncology nurses T Rapids attorney and Mary B. Tilden Endowment Fund is to Director of the Hall Radiation Center, and her husband, by noting, “We live in a great community that has a dedicated family man, Bob Tilden. Bob provide perpetual support of continuing Dr. Kevin Murray, Radiation Oncologist at the Hall great healthcare system. We need to continue to died on October 12, 2009, at the Dennis education, training and professional Radiation Center, created the Kathleen F. Merfeld, R.N. improve the system and recognize the people who are and Donna Oldorf Hospice House of certification for Hospice nurses and Oncology Endowed Scholarship. These endowments the backbone of this service.” Mercy. support personnel in areas pertaining to were established in memory of Dr. Merfeld’s mother, Our thanks to Dr. Ghosh, Dr. Merfeld and Dr. Grateful for the care he received palliative care, hospice and end-of-life care. Kathleen F. Merfeld and Dr. Ghosh’s mother, Anna Murray for making their generous commitments to during his stay at the Hospice House, his This endowment can grow with the Purna Ghosh. The intent is to provide financial establish endowments that will provide financial wife, Mary Jean Bond Tilden and their children, help of family and friends. Additional gifts can be assistance to oncology nurses, radiation therapists and support to Mercy’s Oncology staff. sought a meaningful way to express their appreciation made at any time in honor of birthdays, anniversaries, other oncology health professionals at Mercy. Interested in learning about endowments? to the Hospice staff. When they were approached or holiday presents. Thanks to the generosity of the Recipients of these scholarship awards are selected for Contact the Mercy Foundation at 319-398-6278 or e- with the idea of a named fund, their interest was Tilden family, Bob’s name will live on and the future their commitment to the delivery of quality care, and mail, Sue Hawn, President of the Foundation at piqued. The appeal was twofold: it provided an excellence of the Hospice House will be ensured. pursuing continuing education, profession certifications [email protected] for more information. 4 5 ENSURING ay Pitlik lives a life filled with family and rich WWII to build a successful career that would span over in friends and community service. She and 50 years. her late husband, Bill, built a life together Raising her family kept Kay busy, but she always that includes eight children (five girls and found time to volunteer, especially at Arthur School, and K three boys), 16 grandchildren and two great- for both Camp Fire and the Boy Scouts. Both Kay and grandchildren. Family members come and go constantly, Bill also gave a lot of time to serve on the Washington especially now that it’s summer and the grandchildren High School Athletic Board. Looking back, she said, frequent their grandmother’s swimming pool. “We really love Cedar Rapids – it’s friendly and After the rest of us have had our New Year’s welcoming, and both the public and parochial schools celebration, the Pitlik family comes together to celebrate are first rate.” Christmas. That way, everyone – or most everyone – can Mercy has been a part of their lives from the be there. On Memorial Day, they gather the family beginning. Bill was born at Mercy and Kay remembers, together for a huge picnic celebration, reaching out to like all parents, having to use the hospital services for one family, and an ever-growing circle of family friends. thing or another. She shared; “Mercy provides 2010 • FALL PARTNERS MERCY MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION Someone is always calling Kay for advice or support or wonderful care. Seven of my eight children were born just to talk. She’s there for everyone in her own special there, and Bill and his parents were at Hallmar.” way. Sr. Mary Lawrence, as with so many others, was a Kay grew up in Rutland, IL, where her father owned part of her family’s life and Kay marvels at the overall “...The Mercy Touch will be the town’s grain elevator. Her college years were spent at growth of the hospital. Their “giving back” to their Kay Pitlik, the University of Iowa where she met Bill. She community has included Mercy, especially to support there forever, for everyone...’’ Mercy Donor remembers, “I was dating one of his fraternity brothers. the services and wonderful care they have received over One day Bill called me for a date and the rest is the years.