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Hope Made Possible by You 2014 Annual Report TABLE OF CONTENTS Board of Trustees .....................................................................................4 Jamie Hodge - 2014 Board Chair ............................................................5 Brenda James - 2013 Board Chair ...........................................................6 Beatrice Kelly - Employee Champion .......................................................7 Charlie & Judy Bradshaw - Community Partners ......................................8 Dr. Julian Josey - Visionary for the Future ..............................................10 Special Initiatives ...................................................................................12 Cancer Division Focus ............................................................................13 Heart Division Focus ..............................................................................14 Hospice Division Focus ..........................................................................15 Foundation Financials ............................................................................16 Grant Awards .........................................................................................18 Donor Listings ........................................................................................20 Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System Accolades .............................52 2 Hope Made Possible By You Thank you for being our partner! With your help, we are making a measurable difference in health and wellness for our community. We are proud of our work, and we hope you will join us in celebrating highlights from 2014: • We spent over $2.75 million to improve health and positively change lives. • We awarded over $640,000 in grants for imaginative and impactful programs. • We celebrated new highly competitive national recognition of Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System. • We continued to invest in the best clinicians, equipment and facilities. • We provided special assistance to thousands of patients in crisis. • We accepted new challenges to support emerging health needs. • We exceeded our fundraising goals while keeping expenses under budget. • We rekindled our dedication and passion to be your health philanthropy partner. We look forward to many exciting and impactful opportunities ahead. Thank you once more for your tremendous support. Kristy Caradori Executive Director, Spartanburg Regional Foundation Vice President, Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System 3 Spartanburg Regional Foundation Board Donors make our world go round, but our Board of Trustees are the leading force behind our success. Their dedication inspires us daily to accomplish more to improve the health of our community. FOUNDATION Meet Our Board Members BOARD OF TRUSTEES The Spartanburg Regional Foundation operates under a Board of Trustees, with an advisory board for each of the Foundation’s divisions – Cancer, James D. Hodge, Chair Heart and Hospice. Each of these dedicated individuals is a leader in the G. Ashley Allen, Vice Chair Spartanburg community and has a keen interest in improving the health and Ron G. Smith, Treasurer well-being of the Upstate. Marsha H. Gibbs, Secretary Brenda M. James, Immediate Past Chair These volunteer members of the Foundation boards spend their precious Jeffrey H. Barker, PhD, time and utilize their skills and talents to help the Foundation make Hospice Chair important decisions that affect Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System and Thomas G. Barnet, Heart Chair many health organizations in the area. Jeffrie B. Berline Lynne F. Blackman Mellnee G. Buchheit Margaret G. Burch William H. Burton Garrow H. Crowley John A. Harrill, MD Katie A. Hodge, Board Emeritus Jon A. Jensen, Cancer Chair Julia D. Lyons W. Scott Montgomery, IV Elizabeth O. Orr Michael J. Orseck, MD Norman F. Pulliam L. Terrell Sovey William N. Turrentine, Jr. Front row: L. Terrell Sovey, William N. Turrentine, Julia D. Lyons, Mellnee G. Buchheit, Norman F. Pulliam, Jon A. Jensen, W. Scott Montgomery, Brenda M. James, Marsha H. Gibbs, Elizabeth O. Orr. Back Row: Jeff B. Berline, John A. Harrell, William H. Burton, Ron G. Smith, Jamie D. Hodge, Lynne F. Blackman, Thomas G. Barnet, G. Ashley Allen, Jeff H. Barker. Not pictured: Margaret Burch, Garrow Crowley, Katie Hodge and Michael Orseck. 4 Jamie Hodge 2014 FOUNDATION BOARD OF TRUSTEES CHAIR Jamie Hodge credits his aunt, Katie Hodge, a Lifetime the machines. It’s the people. Everyone here is compas- Achievement Award recipient, for putting the bug in his sionate and caring about their jobs. An organization is ear to actively participate in the Spartanburg Regional its people and that caring starts at the top.” Foundation. Being a long-time business leader in the Spartanburg area, having doctors in the family, having These are exciting times for Spartanburg Regional siblings born at what was then Spartanburg General Healthcare System, Jamie said. Over the next 10 years, Hospital, and having spent time in the hospital as a kid the health system will move to the next level of health with asthma, Jamie felt the Foundation was a good fit care. Hospitals run on razor-thin margins and that’s for him. The turning point came when his dad was diag- where the Foundation can help. nosed with cancer at age 71, and his family was thrown “These extra things make a good hospital a great headlong into the healthcare system. hospital,” he said. “It was then that we realized how important good health Twenty years ago, the hospital asked its employees care is and we learned how good Spartanburg Regional to give back to the community. “Methodically and Healthcare System is,” he said. For this experience – passionately, they engaged employees to take on some watching his dad be treated so passionately – Jamie emotional ownership,” Jamie said. “The Foundation can said that when the opportunity to join the board came take credit for creating that culture.” along, “it was only natural.” Jamie turned over the Foundation chairmanship in Fast forward a dozen years and several positions on the January 2015. He’s confident he’s leaving the Founda- board, Jamie served as board chairman in 2014. tion in good shape. “It’s been a tremendous honor to “This is not a trophy board,” Jamie said, adding that be chosen as chair.” the volunteer board is very “hands on” with the grants and allocation process. “It’s where the rubber meets the road – dispersing funds to help the health and well- being of our community.” Recently, Jamie experienced the hospital himself when he underwent a hip replacement. His four-day stay was “enjoyable,” he said, adding, “It’s not the buildings. Not “This is not a trophy board. It’s where the rubber meets the road – dispersing funds to help the health and well-being of our community.” Jamie Hodge 5 Brenda James IMMEDIATE PAST FOUNDATION BOARD OF TRUSTEES CHAIR Having served on the board for more than a dozen When community programs experience funding cuts years, in 2014 as the immediate past board chair, from the government, the work of the Foundation Brenda James is proud to be an ambassador for becomes even that much more important. Brenda refers Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System. It’s been to the Foundation as somewhat of a non-profit safety her role – and the role of the board – to champion the net for hospital and community programs. healthcare system’s efforts to improve the health and wellness of the community, and to encourage donors to “We want to see health and wellness continue to contribute. “Large or small, it all helps,” she says. improve, and grants do a lot,” Brenda said, giving some examples. In 2014, the Foundation gave back more than In her initial years with the Foundation, Brenda served $2.75 million for health. The Uplifting Event alone raised on the Heart Division board. During that time, she more than $100,000 toward mammography needs, and observed a heart surgery, giving her insight into a heart over $320,000 was directed to the Emergency Center. patient’s life and what the healthcare system and the Other grants currently help support safety projects for Foundation are doing for the community. children as well as healing arts programs for hospice patients. “The goal of the Foundation,” she said, “is to piggyback on what the hospital is doing. The more people in the “As board members, we serve as ambassadors of the community we can engage in supporting those goals, hospital system,” Brenda said. “I try to promote the the easier it is to support health system and community Foundation as much as I can.” health programs.” “In 2014, the Uplifting Event alone raised more than $100,000 toward mammography needs and more than $320,000 was directed to the Emergency Center.” Brenda James 6 Beatrice Kelly MANAGER, IMAGING SERVICES Visitors to patient room 619 will see that the room is Bea said she often gives where the need is greatest, dedicated to the memory of John A. Thompson, but sometimes earmarking a donation for a specific cause. unless you’ve spoken to Beatrice Kelly, you wouldn’t Both a sister and brother required hospice services prior know the passion behind the sign. to passing, she said. Her mother has Alzheimer’s disease. “My dad passed in 2000. I go up there every now and Bea attends the Wings of Hope event and releases then. After you give so much, you can have a room a butterfly in memory of a sister who lost a battle to named. It was an honor to do that for him,” she said. breast cancer. She attends the Festival of Trees and Hangar B because it’s