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H.E.A.T Employees Give Back Because they care p.4 Kohl’s | Jeff Thompson | Stars Over Macon | Pediatric Radiology | Reindeer Run Winter 2011 | www.medcenfoundation.org www.medcenfoundation.org Medcen Happenings 1 Medcen Community Health Foundation Board of Trustees 2011 Officers contents Ethel A. Cullinan, President and CEO Danny Gibson, Chair Scott Seigel, Vice Chair Rhonda Perry, Corporate Treasurer Kenneth Banks, Corporate Secretary 5 9 12 13 19 Trustees Emeriti Members Tim Andrews Pamela C. Chapman Kent Baldschun Virgil Cooper Jr. Gene Battles, MD Mary Eva Dubose Louise Bryant, Ex Officio A. V. Elliott Harriette Carter John G. Etheridge, MD Kenneth Clark, Ex Officio Patsy Fellows Features Linda Clay, Ex Officio Alan D. Kirsh, MD John Draughon W. J. O’Shaughnessey Jr., MD J. Doug Dunwody Donald I. Rosen 4 H.E.A.T A. Don Faulk, FACHE, Ex Officio William H. Somers, MD Fred Gaton, MD William H. M. Weaver, MD Bent Gay, RPh 6 Jeff Thompson Supports Critical Care Center Louis Goolsby, MD Duke Groover Cal Hays Angela Hicks Dottie Houser Happenings Charlie Lanphier, Ex Officio Craig Leachman, Ex Officio James Manley James McLendon Business & Corporate Roundtable 9 David Rozier Warren Selby R. Earl Smith 10 MCCG Auxiliary Oscar S. Spivey, MD Jeff Thompson Betty Treadwell, Ex Officio 11 Olin H. Weaver Society Matilda Walker, Ex Officio Pam White-Colbert Thomas J. Wicker Stars Over Macon Ball 12 Medcen Community Health Foundation Staff 13 Children’s Hospital Callaway Party Ethel A. Cullinan, Ph.D., FACHE, FAHP CEO Carolyn Mitchell 13 Kohl’s Executive Assistant Debbie Schuchmann Major Gifts and Planned Giving Officer 14 Pediatric Radiology Opens Ellen Terrell Development Officer Kathy Tolbert Development Assistant Reindeer Run 14 Shirley Tucker Administrative Assistant Marie Butler Neel Missi Upshaw 16 Development Officer – The Children’s Hospital ESTABLISHED MAY 2002 Departments Publisher Medcen Community 3 President’s Message Health Foundation, Inc. Photographers Printer Neal Carpenter 8 Children’s Hospital Miracle Child Proforma Ascension Ken Krakow Debbie Schuchmann Contributing Writers Ellen Terrell 15 Planned Giving Missi Upshaw Ethel A. Cullinan Kit Mason Carolyn Mitchell Debbie Schuchmann 17 Upcoming Events Ellen Terrell Medcen Community Kathy Tolbert Health Foundation, Inc. Missi Upshaw 858 High Street 18 Tid-Bits Macon, GA 31201 478-633-1555 www.medcenfoundation.org 20 Gifts, Memorials, and Honorariums Medcen Happenings is published by the Medcen Foundation Staff. Inquiries regarding this publication may be directed to Carolyn Mitchell at (October 1, 2010 - January 31, 2011) 478-633-7395. 2 Medcen Happenings WINTER 2011 A message from the department president Caring with the Stars is the theme of this Medcen Our Auxilians also earn gold stars every day for their volunteer Happenings. The stars in this edition are our employees, work throughout the hospital and the money they raise annually our volunteers and our physicians. For centuries writers to support capital projects. The story told here is of The have referenced celestial stars as metaphors for energy, Visitors’ Lounge in the Luce Heart Institute which the Auxiliary guidance, dependability, inspiration, wonder, awe and made possible, and the irony of how they realized the extent humanity itself. Earthly stars, as in the media, are those who to which it is utilized when Medcen attempted to schedule an stand out among the pack, those who glitter, and those who appreciation luncheon there. excel at their crafts. Sometimes stars stand individually as the North Star or a movie star, and sometimes we see them One need not be in the Medical Center long to realize every in constellations or in a play’s cast. one of our employees is a star on the Medical Center’s stage. But what many of our readers may not know is, in addition to There are countless stars at the Medical Center. Sometimes their skills, our employees stand out because they give back they work in close-knit formations as reflected in the story through their financial contributions to H.E.A.T., the employee of the Joseph N. Neel family and the Hospice team which giving society. The story of these stars who brought the house provided compassionate care to Marie Neel and her family. down this past fall by raising more than ever before, over $1.6 Another is the story of 12 year old Nakeia Brooks and the million, is highlighted in this edition. clinical team which brought her through not one, but two, types of childhood leukemia. As you read this publication you too will be awed by the majesty of our panoply of stars. The next time you find yourself gazing in At other times stars stand alone. Such is the story of one wonder at the diamonds in the night sky or applauding a stage particularly critical night in the hospital journey of patient, performance, we hope you will be reminded of the countless Jeff Thompson, when a single nurse spoke angelic words stars found at The Medical Center. of inspiration, which he attributes as “getting him through.” The support from you, our donors, is the gravitational glue It was on a different night, under a clear, crisp autumn which helps hold our stars together in our hospital’s universe. sky, when Dr. Fred and his wife, Lisa Gaton, hosted a We thank you as ever for your steadfast support; you light up beautiful reception at their home for members of the Olin H. our sky and brighten our stage. It is our pleasure to bring these Weaver Society. The Society affirms again the strong orbit stories to you; we hope you enjoy reading them as much as we in which our physicians and the Hospital work together. enjoy recounting them. Our physicians are not only clinical stars, but through their generous contributions, they are philanthropic stars, - Ethel Cullinan supporting capital needs, as well as, over $750,000 since 2003, for medical research. www.medcenfoundation.org Medcen Happenings 3 feature Employees of the Patient Access Department joined the HEAT Wave music video. Employees Give Back Because They Care The H.E.A.T. Campaign BY: ELLEN TERRELL Healthcare Employees Achieving Tomorrow, better with a series of 26 round-the-clock sessions held in known as H.E.A.T., was established by and for the Eversole Auditorium. The H.E.A.T. Committee, employees of the Medical Center of Central Georgia comprised of approximately fifty employees and Central Georgia Health System as an exclusive representing many departments within CGHS, always giving opportunity to support the Hospital and the weaves a unique theme around each campaign. children and adults of our community. Begun in 1992, The current campaign is entitled HEAT Wave and H.E.A.T. has become an integral and important part of employees were invited to be part of a music video the personality of MCCG. Its success is due entirely shown during the round-the-clock sessions. Over to the generosity of our employees who believe in our 35 departments participated, with an estimated 300 mission. employees dancing to the HEAT Wave song. From the EMS department who filmed their portion of the H.E.A.T. kicks off a new campaign every three years and dance atop the helipad, to the Georgia Heart Center on September 8, 2010, the seventh campaign began employees who filmed their portion on the escalators 4 Medcen Happenings WINTER 2011 of the Luce Heart Institute, it was a blast and everyone thoroughly enjoyed watching their peers “shake a leg” for such a good cause. We are very excited to announce 2,360 employees joined H.E.A.T., pledging a total of $1,604,357.56 !!! Their examples of generosity provide inspiration to the community and illustrate how, together, we can achieve tomorrow. H.E.A.T. has pledged $600,000 of this campaign to be divided equally between the Critical Care Center renovation and the Comprehensive Cancer Center. The remainder of the funds are placed in the H.E.A.T. Trust Fund, which awards grants each summer to numerous community charities as well as MCCG departments working hard to improve the health of our community. Through H.E.A.T., employees have Employees of the Laboratory give a HEAT Wave. contributed over $5 million to ensure our Hospital remains state-of-the-art in all its services to our community. Past employee campaigns have supported the West Tower, the Vertical Expansion, the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, All Faiths Chapel, the Peyton Anderson “What a testimony it is when employees overwhelmingly give their unconditional support to the mission of the organization. When over 2,000 employees pledge Health Education Center, the Emergency their personal monetary support, it yields proof that the organization’s roots Center Pediatric Area, The Children’s run deep & that organic growth is taking place.” Hospital, the Georgia Heart Center, and Danny Gibson, Chair Pine Pointe Hospice Home. MCHF Board of Trustees On behalf of the men, women and children “Last week we concluded our employee meetings for the H.E.A.T. campaign. of our community whose lives have It was another incredible display of the team work and generosity of our family of employees. Your giving spirit is matched only by your wonderful ability to been touched by the generosity of our be creative, to dance, to laugh, and to have a good time. I attended a number H.E.A.T. members, the Medcen Board of of presentations and I truly enjoyed seeing you be able to relax and have fun Trustees, along with Administration and as a family away from your busy schedules of serving our patients and families. the Medcen Staff, thank you for sharing You are truly a remarkable group of people.” your resources as well as your skills.