Spring 2009
The Power of Your Gifts
Rewards of Bedside Teaching
Giving for FedExFedEx the Next ProvidesProvides Generation aa HavenHaven forfor RestRest A Magazine for the Friends of Le Bonheur Children’s Medical Center of the Matter
Le Bonheur president and CEO Meri Armour with Kamari Orange (left) and Jeremy Killingsworth
Dear Friends of Le Bonheur,
Building a new Le Bonheur Children’s Medical Center is one of the single most important things this city will ever do. Without good health, kids can’t go to school. Without good health, children become disadvantaged in their ability to grow into productive, skilled and educated adults. Without good health for all our children, the potential of our community diminishes. None of us should take the role we play in Le Bonheur’s future for granted. What each of us does individually matters. It matters to our patients and their families and it really does make a diff erence for the children and families we serve. At Le Bonheur Children’s, we are attentive to all the problems aff ecting our patients, including poverty and societal issues that adversely aff ect children’s health. Every day our staff – over 1,900 professionals and 600 physicians – gives generously of themselves by doing whatever they can for the children in our care, giving back in wonderful, magical ways, making Le Bonheur Children’s better because of their eff orts. Kids can’t get this kind of total care just anywhere. To meet their needs, they need a children’s hospital. While construction continues on our new facility, it will take all of us – our staff , donors, friends, volunteers and the community – to ensure that when the building is completed in 2010, Le Bonheur can continue to advance the causes of pediatric care throughout our community. It will take all of us to be successful in our quest to rank among the best pediatric hospitals in the United States. e children of this community really need us. ey need you. You are making a diff erence for them. We thank you for joining us as we change the world, one child at a time.
Warmest Regards,
Meri Armour, M.S.N., M.B.A. President and CEO
Le Bonheur • Spring 2009Le Le Bonheur Children’s Medical Center
2 Le Bonheur Children’s Medical Center Foundation Board of Directors
David Stevens Chairman Larry Spratlin Treasurer Donna A. Abney Meri Armour Robert Baird Murray Beard Ron Belz Investing in It’s All About For the Love Larry Bryan Robert H. Buckman the Future the Kids of Le Bonheur Mac Carrier Russell Chesney, M.D. FedExFamilyHouse Bedside teaching is Giving for the Jill Crocker Debbi Fields-Rose answers a prayer. 4 rewarding for all. 9 next generation. 11 Glenna Flautt Susan Graf Gary Henley Denise Henning Hampton Holcomb Gail Kimball Lynn Listes William May, M.D. Landon Pendergrass, M.D. Michael Pera Dominic Pileggi Kim Pitts Richard Robinson Richard Smith Jean Tuggle Ronald Walter Steven Wishnia
Meri Armour, M.S.N., M.B.A. President and CEO Le Bonheur Children’s Medical Center Kavanaugh Casey Director, Le Bonheur Foundation
Kini Kedigh Plumlee Editor, Le Bonheur magazine Le Bonheur Foundation Amy Mathews Art Director Larry Kuzniewski Photographer Kuzniewski Productions The Power of Around Scrapbook & Your Gifts the Halls Datebook How your donations Birthday girl gives her Donors, patrons and help Le Bonheur kids. 12 “gifts” to Le Bonheur. 14 fundraisers abound. 17
Clarion Awards 2007 Le Bonheur magazine is a 2007
Clarion Award winner. Presented www.lebonheur.org by the Association for Women in Communications, the Clarions honor excellence across all On the cover: communications disciplines and represent media companies large Emma LaCroix and small, leading corporations, with her father, Jason, small businesses and nonprofi t organizations and institutions. and grandfather, Le Bonheur magazine was the Bob Bennett only magazine to be recognized in the category of Best Internal Le Bonheur, the magazine of Le Bonheur Children’s Medical Center, is published three times a year for donors and Magazine and was chosen as the friends of Le Bonheur Children’s. To share your comments about Le Bonheur magazine, please write to Le Bonheur top in its fi eld. Foundation, P.O. Box 41817, Memphis, TN 38174-1817, call (901) 287-6797 or visit www.lebonheur.org.
3 Investing in Le Bonheur’s Mission
South Elevation
FedExFamilyHouse To Open in 2010 SOUTH ELEVATION
A Home Away From Home came from outside Shelby County to receive member and Le Bonheur Club member. As Le Bonheur Children’s specialized treatment at Le Bonheur Children’s. “Due to the lack of a Le Bonheur–affiliated national reputation grows, so too Time and again, the number–one problem family lodging center, the hospital can only FEDEX FAMILY HOUSE - South Elevation Looney Ricks Kiss Architects, Inc. Scale: 1/8” = 1’-0” 175 Toyota Plaza, Suite 600 does the number of patients who cited by these out–of–town families is the offer families minimum assistance.” Memphis, Tennessee 38103 Methodist LeBonheur Healthcare Memphis, TN Telephone 901 521 1440 01.08027.00 Fax 901 525 2760 December 16, 2008 travel a long distance to seek exceptional care absence of safe, affordable and conveniently Susan learned at a young age how Internet: www.lrk.com Celebration Dallas Jacksonville Memphis at our facility. Thanks to Frederick and Diane located lodging. When children are patients long–distance health care impacts a family.Nashville Princeton Rosemary Beach © 2008 Looney Ricks Kiss Architects, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Architecture Planning Interiors Graphics Urban Design Smith, Alan and Susan Graf and the generosity at Le Bonheur Children’s for long periods of When she was 9, her mother moved with of FedEx Corporation, a place for Le Bonheur time, their families are responsible for their her disabled brother to Philadelphia for his families to stay while their child is in the medical treatment while Susan and the rest hospital is becoming a reality. of the family lived in Boston. Her aunt came The FedExFamilyHouse will be the first “The generosity of FedEx, to live with Susan and her brothers. By age facility in Memphis to provide housing for its leaders and employees, is 10, Susan was cooking, cleaning and helping families of patients receiving extended care to run the household. at Le Bonheur Children’s. world-class and all of us at “It was so hard on my mother to go alone Financial support for the FedExFamilyHouse Le Bonheur are excited and and get an apartment in a strange city so will come from a $2.3 million donation from grateful for their commitment she could stay with him,” she recalls. “It was FedEx Corp. and personal donations from such a stressful time for her to begin with, Frederick W. Smith, chairman, president and to build the FedExFamilyHouse.” caring for a child undergoing neurosurgery CEO, and his wife Diane, and Alan B. Graf, in the ‘dark ages’ and also worried about her Jr., executive vice president and CFO, and his – Meri Armour children at home.” wife Susan.EAST ELEVATION President and CEO “For more than 50 years, children from Le Bonheur Children’s An Answer to Prayers around the world have received exceptional As hospital leaders develop plans for the care at Le Bonheur Children’s Medical Center,” new FedExFamilyHouse, the voices of parents Alan Graf says. “We believe this donation will are guiding the way. The 24–suite facility is improve the lives of children and their families own accommodations. Other similar residential scheduled to open around the same time as the and reinforces Le Bonheur as one of the leading facilities in Memphis are not available to new Le Bonheur Children’s Medical Center – FEDEX FAMILY HOUSE - East Elevation Looney Ricks Kiss Architects, Inc. Le Bonheur patients. Many of these families summer 2010. The FedExFamilyHouse175 Toyota Plaza, Suite 600 Scale: 1/8” = 1’-0” children’s medical centers in the country.” Memphis, Tennessee 38103 Methodist LeBonheur Healthcare Memphis, TN must stay in hotels and this gets costly. will be a home away from home forTelephone families 901 521 1440 01.08027.00 Fax 901 525 2760 December 16, 2008 Long Overdue “Le Bonheur desperately needs who travel long distances to seek Internet:care atwww.lrk.com Celebration Dallas Jacksonville Memphis Last year, Le Bonheur Children’s provided comfortable and conveniently located Le Bonheur Children’s. Nashville Princeton Rosemary Beach © 2008 Looney Ricks Kiss Architects, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Architecture Planning Interiors Graphics Urban Design inpatient and outpatient services to more accommodations for parents who must stay Patti Reed, a member of Le Bonheur than 130,000 children from 50 states. overnight or for extended periods,” explains Children’s Family Partners Council, is part
Le Bonheur • Spring 2009Le Approximately 30,000 of those children Susan Graf, a Le Bonheur Foundation board of the team that is helping to design the new
4 If you or your company would like to help, contact the Le Bonheur Foundation at (901) 287-6308.
residential facility. For Patti, this is a special space for a crib and more. Additionally, tables that can be moved to accommodate way to share her experiences from years ago each family will have access to living and families that want to dine together. when she stayed at a similar facility when family rooms, a teen lounge and indoor Th e design team also took into her daughter needed surgery not available and outdoor children’s play areas. A special consideration the importance of outdoor space in Memphis. feature will be the kitchen with four to families who spend many hours in hospital Patti’s daughter, Jessica, was born without separate cooking areas, 24 refrigerators and rooms. “We were very intentional about the left side of her heart – a condition individual pantry storage for each family. incorporating natural light and spaces into the called hypoplastic left–heart syndrome. Th e dining area has booths and design of the house,” says Dave Rosenbaum, Th e surgery Jessica needed 21 years Le Bonheur’s vice president for building. “Th e ago was experimental and only off ered design creates outdoor in Philadelphia. Th e family lived No Haven for Rest spaces and ensures that in a Ronald McDonald House for Their 4-year-old daughter was fl own to Le Bonheur all interior spaces have three months and returned twice for natural light.” Children’s Medical Center following a devastating additional surgeries. Th e FedExFamilyHouse automobile accident. Immediately upon arrival, she was Patti off ered insights that only will be built in a U–shape a parent could. “Th e personality rushed into surgery where a pediatric neurosurgeon and with the center containing of the house changes,” she says. two pediatric heart surgeons spent nearly eight hours screened and covered “Sometimes you need quiet time working to stop the bleeding in her brain and to repair porches, a fountain, a and space and other times you need the damage to her heart. A four-week stay in the Pediatric children’s play area and an outdoor barbecue grilling company to celebrate milestones Intensive Care Unit was followed by several weeks in a happening in your child’s life.” station. A dining terrace patient room recuperating from injuries that nearly took borders the indoor dining Plans in Motion her young life. area and Poplar Avenue. Th e FedExFamilyHouse will Her family lived several hours away from Memphis and “Th e generosity of FedEx, be located in Legends Park at Le Bonheur Children’s, which meant her parents were faced its leaders and employees, the corner of Poplar Avenue and with an agonizing decision. An older child was at home and is world–class and all of us Ayers Street – across the street needed to be in school and the father needed to continue at Le Bonheur are excited from the new hospital. and grateful for their working. The young girl needed her mother nearby and, of Th e facility will off er 24 commitment to build the private suites, which include course, the mother did not want to leave her side. During FedExFamilyHouse,” says Meri two double beds, a private this time of separation, anxiety and stress, there FEFH continued on page 6 >>> bathroom, a window seat that was no haven of rest or respite for the family. becomes a bed, a closet and plenty of storage for suitcases and belongings, a desk, Leading by Example FedEx Drives Hospital Expansion with Leadership Gift
When Le Bonheur Children’s inside the new facility will be named to honor be located on an entire fl oor in the new unveiled plans in 2005 to expand their generous gift. Le Bonheur Children’s. Th e institute will the hospital campus to almost 1 Le Bonheur Children’s neurosurgery team treat children suff ering from brain tumors, million square feet, FedEx was has documented some of the world’s best seizures, traumatic brain injuries, spinal already on board with the project. Th e plans survival rates for children with brain tumors. disorders and other neurological challenges. www.lebonheur.org called for a new facility to be located north of Th e reputation of the program at Le Bonheur Th e high level of care off ered in this unit will be the current hospital on what was previously the Children’s is drawing patients from across supported by Le Bonheur Children’s specially site of the Memphis Mental Health Institute at the United States and many foreign countries trained neurological team, which includes Poplar and Dunlap, adjacent to the current Le who seek treatment here. Th ere were 1,257 neurosurgeons, neurologists, neuropsychologists Bonheur campus. admissions to the program in 2007. More than and others. Th e unit will be staff ed by more FedEx was one of the fi rst to pledge their 22 percent of those children came from outside than 35 specially trained registered nurses. support toward our mission with a $5 million the Mid-South area. Th e FedEx Neuroscience Institute will feature leadership gift that helped drive the hospital Th e FedEx Neuroscience Institute will feature spacious patient rooms with comfortable expansion plans forward. Th e neuroscience unit a 24-bed inpatient unit that will GIFT continued on page 6 >>>
5 FEFH continued from page 5 >>> Armour, Le Bonheur Children’s president and CEO. “FedEx is known internationally for its guarantee to be right on time with the right solutions and their partnership in this endeavor delivers on that promise in real humanitarian terms.”
Going Green Before the FedExFamilyHouse design started, a team from Le Bonheur Children’s traveled to visit Ronald McDonald Houses across the country. In cities like Philadelphia, St. Louis and Chicago, the team talked to parents and the staff that run the homes. Sustainable design was also a key request. “Just like the new Le Bonheur Children’s, the FedExFamilyHouse will be one of the fi rst LEED–certifi ed children’s hospital family facilities in the country,” Rosenbaum says. Th ree factors were taken into consideration when designing the sustainable FedExFamilyHouse: environmental and energy effi ciency, economic effi ciency and community focus/social responsibility. Some of the green elements include energy– effi cient heating and air, use of recycled materials, reduced energy consumption and native plants and effi cient irrigation. FedExFamilyHouse Poplar Avenue Frontage Opportunities To Help For years, FedEx has supported Le Bonheur Children’s through volunteer activities and fi nancial contributions. FedEx also supports organizations that share a commitment to children’s health and safety, including SafeKids Worldwide, March of Dimes, ORBIS International and numerous children’s FedExFamilyHouse hospitals in the local communities where its team members live and work. When the new FedExFamilyHouse opens in 2010, many volunteers will be needed to assist with Amenities day–to–day activities for the families, special events and other programs that are planned. Many of ■ Safe and relaxing outdoor these volunteers will be employees from FedEx, while others come from the community. spaces --- courtyard, dining “FedEx plays an active role in improving lives in the communities we serve,” says Vicki terrace, children’s play area, Carayiannia, communications adviser. “Our team members volunteer hundreds of thousands of screened and covered porches hours each year to make our local communities better places. Th ey are very supportive of this project and excited about volunteering their time.” ■ Living and family rooms Le Bonheur Children’s has already received calls and e–mails from many in the community who ■ Children’s play area and want to help. “It’s exciting to know that even before ground is broken for the house, the community teen lounge understands how important this project is to the families who travel to Le Bonheur Children’s,” Armour says. ■ ■ Eating area that can be arranged for multiple families sharing a meal together GIFT continued from page 5 >>> accommodations for two parents or caregivers. Another feature of the unit will be a hospitality ■ Four kitchens with pantry space center to give families a respite from their child’s hospital room while enabling them to remain close that include 24 refrigerators and enough for easy access to their child. storage for each family Th e family hospitality area will have a kitchen with a refrigerator, microwave and food preparation ■ Community conference room space. Visitors can bring food to caregivers to cook for their family and educational activities such as cooking classes for healthy diets will be off ered. ■ 24 suites on the 2nd and 3rd Cozy seating areas will feature many comforts from home and provide a setting to invite interaction fl oors with a lounge and laundry with other families who are experiencing many of the same emotions. Part of this large area also will on each fl oor serve as a play area for patients, siblings and friends. It will have toys and built-in play activities available 24 hours a day. Th is inviting center will off er a welcome refuge for families to relax, unwind and heal. ■ Room suites include two beds, “Le Bonheur Children’s has a vision to become a nationally renowned children’s hospital,” says private bathroom, window seat Meri Armour, president and CEO of Le Bonheur Children’s. “To reach that goal, we must provide that becomes a bed, closet and the best in state-of-the-art medical facilities and programs, as well as outstanding support services and plenty of storage for suitcases amenities for our patients and families. Th e FedEx Neuroscience Institute will provide these critically and belongings, desk and ■ Le Bonheur • Spring 2009Le needed amenities and support for our families.” space for a crib
6 If you would like to make a gift to the new Le Bonheur Children’s call (901) 287-6308.
Emma LaCroix
The Diagnosis Seven-year-old Emma LaCroix is a “girlie girl.” She loves pink, purple and purses. Horseback riding is her thing. When it comes to Disney World, she’d rather meet a princess than Mickey or Minnie and she got that chance last year on her 7th birthday. Emma was born with mitochondrial disease, a rare genetic disorder that causes damage to the brain, muscles, kidneys and the endocrine and respiratory systems. She has a very complex form of the disease, and as a result, she has a loss of motor control, gastrointestinal disorders, swallowing diffi culty, poor growth, respiratory complications, seizures and is susceptible to infections. As the only child of Karrie and Jason LaCroix, Emma was three months old before they noticed any developmental delays in their baby. At the time, they were living in South Bend, Indiana. After being evaluated at two diff erent medical facilities near their home, Emma was fi nally referred to a mitochondrial disease specialist who was located in Atlanta. After two days of testing, Emma’s diagnosis was confi rmed. Her parents were told Emma’s prognosis was unknown and that there was no cure for her disease.
The Road to Memphis Like most parents with a special-needs child, Karrie and Jason sought the support of their loved ones and decided to return to Memphis, where Jason had grown up, to be with his family. His parents, Anita “Gayle” and Robert “Bob” Bennett had recently returned here for Bob’s job as chief learning offi cer and vice president of Human Resources at FedEx Corporation. Jason also found work as a FedEx customer-information services manager in tactical planning and engineering. Emma with her father, Jason, and grandfather, Bob Bennett Since they moved here in 2004, Emma has been cared for by physicians at Le Bonheur www.lebonheur.org Children’s. In the past four years, she has practice at Methodist North Hospital. “When her breathing. She has a gastrostomy tube been admitted to Le Bonheur Children’s as we do have to go there, they are compassionate for feeding and takes as many as 20 pills and an inpatient four times. Her condition makes and very understanding. Th ey are very willing supplements every day. An oxygen monitor is her extremely susceptible to infections like to listen and learn since there is not much always connected to her. Her prognosis is still pneumonia. Emma has also been monitored in known about mitochondrial disease. Th ey are unknown, yet the beaming, smiling youngster is the EEG Monitoring Unit at the hospital. so responsive to our needs.” always joyous and has a great sense of humor. “It’s very comforting to have confi dence in Emma is in a wheelchair. She uses a “We live life day by day,” Karrie says. “We Le Bonheur Children’s physicians,” says Karrie, percussion vest for daily respiratory treatments enjoy every day and live each day to the fullest.” a registered nurse affi liated with a physicians and uses nebulizer treatments to help with EMMA continued on page 8 >>> 7 If you or your company would like to help, contact the Le Bonheur Foundation at (901) 287-6308.
EMMA continued from page 7 >>> Emma met a princess FedEx Cares at Disney World. “You can’t imagine the stress involved when your child is in the hospital and critically ill until you go through it,” Karrie says. “It can be fi nancially draining for many families.” When Karrie and Jason learned about the plans to build the FedExFamilyHouse at Le Bonheur Children’s, they were elated for all the out-of-town parents who fi nd themselves needing a safe and comfortable place to stay while their child receives treatment at Le Bonheur Children’s. “When Emma was in Atlanta for her diagnosis, we stayed two nights at the Ronald McDonald House there,” Karrie recalls. “When your child is ill FedEx sponsored a trip for and you are away from home with no place to stay, the stress level goes even Emma and her parents to visit higher. Th e added expense incurred Disney World on her 7th from staying in a hotel becomes birthday. She had lunch with another burden. It’s comforting to know you have a place to go nearby a princess, spent a day at and if something happens to your Sea World and two days at child can be there with them in a Universal Studios. Her entire matter of minutes. It is also a place to family − all grandparents, talk with other families who are going through similar experiences with their uncles, aunts and cousins − ill children.” joined in the fun. Th e FedExFamilyHouse will provide housing for families of patients who receive extended care at Le Bonheur Children’s. Scheduled to open in 2010, Emma with her mother, Karrie the FedExFamilyHouse will provide a place for the families of patients, like Emma, who live outside of Memphis a place to stay just across the street from the new hospital. “We all want the best for our children,” says Karrie. “We know that we are taking Emma to the best possible place that we can. It will be amazing to have the FedExFamilyHouse available for Le Bonheur’s out-of-town families,” Karrie says. “Here they are, in a strange city with no idea where to stay. It will be a nice place for them to get some sleep and have a warm meal. It will meet their basic needs so they can stay strong to meet their child’s needs when they go home.” ■
Le Bonheur • Spring 2009Le – By Kini Plumlee
8 By If you or your company would like to help, contact the Le Bonheur Foundation at (901) 287-6308. It’s All About the Kini Kedigh Plumlee Bedside Teaching Is Rewarding for All
Last spring, when an 18-year-old Memphis high school student was undergoing treatment at Le Bonheur Children’s, she wanted some help with her studies to pass the Gateway Test in algebra. She could not graduate otherwise. In stepped Shelly Burr, a full-time school teacher with Le Bonheur Children’s Child Life Department. Burr tutored the student at her bedside for two weeks prior to the test to help ensure that her graduation would happen as planned. However, on the day the test was to be administered, the patient was receiving heavy medication and was unable to take the exam. At that point, Amy Paller took charge. Paller, a Memphis City Schools (MCS) teacher who works with Burr to coordinate studies for Le Bonheur Children’s patients, received permission from MCS to administer the test for this student on another day. e student, who is legally blind, took the test given by Paller the Tylur Harris, LaShayla Crane and Tyler following day while she was still in the hospital. them something to look forward to every day.” Hedrick keep up their studies with the help “High school students, especially seniors, And when patients are discharged? of teachers Shelly Burr and Amy Paller. “We make sure they transition back into the are very conscientious about getting their as a makeshift classroom. When the new school setting as smoothly as possible,” Burr says. assignments and not falling behind,” Paller says. Le Bonheur opens in 2010, it will include a separate Paller has a degree in special education from “ ey want to graduate.” classroom for this purpose, according to Burr. the University of Memphis. She has taught for So, Paller read aloud the questions on the test Teaching at bedside does present a few Memphis City Schools for 26 years and has fi ve and fi lled in the patient’s answers for her. en challenges. Nurses are constantly checking years’ experience in a hospital setting. she delivered the fi nished exam to the Board the medical equipment, leading to many Burr received a bachelor of science degree in of Education. “ e patient passed with fl ying distractions and disruptions. However, for Burr therapy recreation from Penn State and a master’s colors and she did graduate,” Paller says. and Paller, what they gain from their eff orts far in education from the University of Pittsburgh. It’s moments like these that stand out for Burr outweighs any drawbacks. She has worked with children in other hospital and Paller in their continuing eff orts to provide “ e connection you can build with students settings as a certifi ed therapeutic recreation instruction to students who fi nd themselves at with medical needs or disabilities is special,” specialist, reaching the children’s rehabilitation Le Bonheur Children’s for one reason or another. Burr says. “It helps them feel comfortable therapy goals through recreational activities. e kids might be patients at Le Bonheur for a knowing someone is advocating on their behalf. Currently, she is studying for a doctorate in Special couple of days, a week, an extended stay or even We’re able to concentrate on the whole child, Education at the University of Memphis. receiving ongoing treatment such as dialysis. not just their academic needs. If I can help them Burr and Paller work with grades K through 12, Regardless of their illness, homework and leave the hospital with one assignment fi nished on all subjects, in all hospital units. On any given classroom studies continue. Providing classroom and off their plate, and alleviate some stress, I day, they may see six or seven patients each; on instruction to sick children and lending a gentle have made a bigger diff erence in their education hand with homework can be one of the most busy days, as many as 10 patients each. Every than if I taught them in a regular classroom.” ■ important aspects of successful health care. Monday, Wednesday and Friday Burr teaches www.lebonheur.org “We try to normalize the hospital eight high school dialysis patients. Other days, environment for children as much as possible,” they might assist in helping to set up homebound The Child Life Program is working Burr explains. “Helping them continue their teaching services for patients who cannot return on an endowed status for the school studies can help to improve their health immediately to school upon discharge. future of the school program. For as much as other aspects in their overall care. Patients who are able to leave their hospital room information on how to contribute to Adds Paller: “Working on something makes sometimes perform better in a school environment. that endowment, please call the them feel better, the day goes by much faster, To meet this need, Burr and Paller occasionally Le Bonheur Foundation at and they have a better attitude. It also gives utilize Le Bonheur Children’s Creative Arts Studio (901) 287-6308.
9 Champions for Family Donation Honors Birthday
When Kathe Moore was clinic to Methodist Hospital. Upon his return that will embrace family-centered care, healing, brainstorming ways to celebrate her to Memphis, Jac’s father performed surgeries in collaboration and hope.” father on his 80th birthday, one a Methodist operating room reserved exclusively A special area in the new hospital will be idea kept coming to mind – for him. named in honor of Jac Crisler. Le Bonheur Children’s Medical Center. To help Jac Crisler’s grandson, Crile Crisler, also “I received numerous encouraging phone calls commemorate this special day, Kathe sent a letter pursued a career in the medical profession. Crile and notes from both family and friends upon to family members and friends encouraging them serves as the director of patient transportation at receipt of my letter as to what a great idea they to make donations to Le Bonheur Children’s in Le Bonheur Children’s and carries on the Crisler thought this was,” Kathe says. “Many do not honor of her father, J.A. “Jac” Crisler III. name in the Memphis medical community. Crile even live in Memphis! All of us are interested “Instead of a party or any other gift for also continues the heritage of Jac Crisler’s other in the well-being of children and Le Bonheur him, I thought it would be wonderful to help grandfather, Dr. George Crile Sr. George Crile Children’s is such an important asset to this area an important institution in Memphis with a was one of the founders of the famed Cleveland in that regard. e results are a testament to the donation in honor of Dad,” Kathe says. “Our Clinic and his son George Crile Jr. – Jac’s uncle – love and respect we all share for my wonderful family has a great medical heritage and all of us practiced there also. dad. It just goes to show what you can do for the are interested in the well-being of children.” “Le Bonheur Children’s is growing to meet right cause if you just ask.” ■ e Crislers have a long-standing history in the challenges of caring for the children of the Memphis medical community. Jac Crisler’s today and tomorrow with the building of a new If your family would like to establish father and grandfather – Drs. J. A. Crisler, Jr. and hospital,” Kathe wrote in her letter to friends a fund to support Le Bonheur Sr. – were well-respected Memphis physicians and family. “What better way to honor Dad Children’s Medical Center, contact who founded the Crisler Clinic. When Jac’s than to be part of helping the wonderful, caring the Le Bonheur Foundation by grandfather retired and his father enlisted to associates of this fabulous children’s facility as calling (901) 287-6308 or e-mail serve during World War II, the Crislers sold their they embark on construction of a new building [email protected].
Crile Crisler, Kathe Moore and J.A. “Jac” Crisler III Le Bonheur • Spring 2009Le
10 For the of Le Bonheur
Family Donation Honors Birthday Giving for the care Olivia received at Next Generation Le Bonheur, Carol and Glenn made a At two years of age, gift to the new Olivia Sigman is quite Le Bonheur the talker. She can Children’s in honor recite the alphabet and of the CVICU loves books. Like most 2-year-olds, team. eir her energy level is set in high gear and contribution, along her grandparents, Carol and Glenn with one from Sigman, fi nd it hard to keep up with Olivia’s parents, her. But it hasn’t always been this way. is earmarked to When Olivia was eight weeks old, help fund the her pediatrician discovered she had a cardiovascular unit. hole in her heart and referred her to a “We all want cardiologist. At nine months, she was our children and referred to Le Bonheur Children’s. On grandchildren to New Year’s Eve morning 2008, Olivia be healthy,” Carol received heart surgery while Glenn and says. “Le Bonheur Carol, along with her parents Mark and Children’s serves Elizabeth Sigman, waited anxiously. a purpose that no “ e whole Le Bonheur Children’s other Memphis experience was amazing,” Carol says. hospital serves. “From a grandparent’s point of view, we ere are so were treated the same as Olivia’s parents. many people We felt welcome. Everyone went with children in out of their way for us and were very fi nancial distress encouraging that we spend time with her who are helped during her stay in the hospital.” Carol and Glenn Sigman with Olivia by Le Bonheur Olivia spent a week in Le Bonheur Children’s. Children’s Cardiovascular Intensive Care Olivia’s situation Unit (CVICU) recovering from surgery. could have She has had no recurring problems. been so much One of the things Carol and Glenn remember contributed to our overall feeling of being the other way if it had not been for her physician, most about this time was the feeling they received comfortable with where she was being cared for. the equipment available to her and the medical when they walked into Olivia’s CVICU room. We knew there was no better place for her than advancements that have been made. is gives you “Everybody was so dedicated,” Carol says. Le Bonheur Children’s. Every time I have an a real grasp on how far we’ve come and adds to our “One evening, her doctor and nurses were sitting opportunity I tell people they have no idea what feeling that Le Bonheur Children’s has a place in the around her bed and we were struck by the respect our community has at Le Bonheur.” future and will care for children for years and years they had for the entire family. e whole hospital In gratitude for Olivia’s recovery, and for the and years to come.” ■ – By Kini Plumlee
How To Become a Grateful Family If you or someone you know would like to honor those who A gift to Le Bonheur Children’s Grateful Family Program may be www.lebonheur.org were there for you during your child’s treatment, consider making designated to the new hospital or toward a special area or department of the a contribution through Le Bonheur Children’s Grateful Family hospital that helped your child. Your gift can help Le Bonheur Children’s Program. Perhaps you would like to recognize the nurse who provide care using the latest medical tools and equipment, ensure that the held your hand as your child was wheeled into surgery. Maybe comforts of home are available at the hospital or fund research that solves you would like to honor your child’s or grandchild’s physician or childhood illnesses. Upon receipt of your gift, Le Bonheur Children’s will the child-life specialist who made your child smile during a scary send a card to the health-care professional(s) you wish to honor. procedure. e Grateful Family Program off ers a way for you to give To make a gift, call Kristen Bartal at (901) 287-6305 or e-mail back to those who gave of themselves to care for you and your child. [email protected]. ■
11 12 Le Bonheur • Spring 2009 colorful projections ontheCT scanner. the fears ofpatient HaydenStegallwith Beverly Walters relieves (picturedabove) the child fromhavingsedation.CT tech scansandsometimes prevents long MRI helps themremaincalmandstill during while undergoingtests.This distraction enable patientstowatch theirfavoriteDVD installed intheradiologydepartmentto DVD playershavebeen Special MRI-safe MRIDVD P , friendly projectorintheDEXA demonstrates the child- (pictured above) Ultrasound tech Apprecia Lee-Bailey grow restless during the long procedures. It isalsoentertainingforchildren who of the sometimes frightening equipment. patients and helps them become less afraid planets on the walls. This distracts young objects like tropical birds, fi sh, balloons or to project moving pictures of kid-friendly scansfor CT scans,ultrasoundandDEXA radiology department in examination rooms Special projectors have been mounted in the P ,
scan room. scanroom. removal andlens implantation. surgery andprocedures such ascataract The scope isusedfordelicateeye 2008. 500patientswithvisionproblemsin about ophthalmology microscopethat helped Your contributionspurchased an , O M machine andgasmonitor. ispicturedwithanewanesthesia (above) other vitalfunctions.Dr. Luis Barranco systems, includingtheheart,lungsand while monitoringmultiplephysiological machine thatadministersanesthesiagases through thepurchase ofanewanesthesia underwent surgicalprocedureslastyear Your giftsassisted750 patientswho A M , The needs immediate attention. if the pressure reaches a level that (above and at right) alert caregivers range. The intracranial monitors pressure iswithinasafe, normal to measure whether their brain gifts helped us purchase devices special monitoring and your Patients withbraininjuriesneed , M I clinical problems. and enablesthemtobetterdiagnose heart worksthroughoutthedayandnight better understandingofhowthepatient’s hours,which givescardiologistsa to 48 electrical conductionoflittleheartsforup our youngheartpatients.Itmonitorsthe monitor, asmallrecordingdevicetoassist Your donationshelpedpurchase this holter monitortopatientJackson Cockarell. demonstratetheEKG Richardson (above) Dr. GlennWetzel tech Johnnie andEKG EKG H M , of Your Le Bonheur Children’s Medical Center relies on donors like you to help create a place of healing and hope for children. Your gifts help us do that by enhancing services and creating new programs that might not exist without your support. On these pages are just a few examples of ways your donations were used in 2008 to benefi t our patients. EMG M , ENT M , Your gifts helped purchase this The ENT microscope (at right) in Le Bonheur’s surgery electromyography (EMG) machine to department helped 2,200 children have better communication last evaluate multiple medical issues, including year. It is used for ear, nose and throat procedures such as cochlear patients with feelings of numbness, tingling implants, ear tubes and eardrum repair. or burning sensations, weakness in the arms and legs, carpal tunnel syndrome, diabetic neuropathy and more. Technician Marion Banks (above) demonstrates the new EMG machine with the help of Le Bonheur neurologists Dr. Masanori Igarashi and Dr. Namrata Shah.
R B , Tina Hendrick (above) www.lebonheur.org stands with the rigid bronchoscope equipment that helped improve the H L P S , breathing of more than With your help, this heart lung perfusion system was purchased for Le Bonheur Children’s 1,600 children last year. Intensive Care Unit. Much like those used in the operating room for patients having open heart It clears obstructions, surgery, this machine gives a child’s body time to heal and rests the heart or lungs until they removes foreign bodies and can function normally again. Pictured above: ECMO coordinators Ashley Powell and Robert performs diagnostics. Beck demonstrate the heart lung perfusion system in Le Bonheur’s Intensive Care Unit.
13 Around the Patients and Families Provide Vital Input for New Hospital e phrase “patient- and family-centered care” is used a lot in children’s hospitals around the country. At Le Bonheur Children’s, it is more than Meri Armour and just a phrase. It has become a way of life. Dr. Christopher As the hospital builds a 12-story, $327 million patient tower, patients Knott-Craig and families are at the center of all decisions. Two groups are helping guide those decisions – the Family Partners and Teen Advisory councils. Le Bonheur’s Family Partners Council is made up of parents of longtime and frequent patients, who provide input on the design of the new hospital, serve on hospital committees and advocate on a state and national level Cardiothoracic about issues important to children’s health care. With input from the Family Partners Council, each room in the new Chief Named hospital will include areas for two parents to stay, while giving them an unobstructed view of their child. Christopher J. Knott-Craig, M.D., is the new chief Playrooms and gathering spaces, as well as lactation rooms for parents and of cardiothoracic surgery at Le Bonheur Children’s. A staff , are being designed on each patient fl oor. e facility will feature many practicing heart surgeon for almost 20 years, Dr. Knott- play areas, a mini-movie theatre and a large parent resource center with access Craig is renowned in the fi eld of complex neonatal heart to learning materials, the Internet and patient educators. surgery and has made signifi cant advancements in the e Teen Advisory Council consists of teenage patients, siblings and friends care of children with Ebstein’s anomaly. He comes to of Le Bonheur. e group plans activities for patients and siblings, guides Le Bonheur Children’s from the Kirklin Clinic at the the hospital’s teen activities and provides input on issues of importance to University of Alabama at Birmingham, where he served as teenagers, like hospital food quality. Family-friendly amenities include a family chief of pediatric thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. resource room, Dining On Call for patients, Care Pages, open doors on patient “Dr. Knott-Craig is an innovative surgeon with a passion care units and activities on each patient fl oor. ■ for giving hope to children with congenital heart defects,” Le Bonheur Children’s president Meri Armour says. “Under his leadership, Le Bonheur’s Heart Institute will implement cutting-edge techniques while continuing to make contributions to the fi eld of pediatric health care.” In his new role, he’ll also serve as chief of the division of pediatric cardiothoracic surgery at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. ■ Van-tastic! Kohl’s Supports Safe Kids
e Kohl’s Cares for Kids program has organizations dedicated to the prevention of for Kids fundraising program has turned the renewed its partnership with Le Bonheur accidents to children. Working to help families sale of children’s books and plush toys into Children’s with a $67,279 grant for 2008-2009 take active measures to prevent unintentional more than $102 million to help fund children’s to help support Safe Kids Mid-South eff orts injuries to children and fi re in their homes, initiatives nationwide while providing to decrease accidental injury to children – the Safe Kids also teaches safety, and works to aff ordable books for millions of eager readers. leading killer of children age 14 and under. improve laws and to make schools, homes and Le Bonheur Children’s Safe Kids Mid-South is Safe Kids Mid-South, led by Le Bonheur streets more child-friendly. the local recipient of Kohl’s generosity. Children’s, is part of a global network of Since its inception in 2000, the Kohl’s Cares In celebration of Kohl’s continued support Le Bonheur • Spring 2009Le
14 First Heart Patient
When Barbara Stockwell Hill was 10, physicians found two holes in the upper wall of her heart. One was the size of a silver dollar, the other the size of a dime. e year was 1959 and Barbara became the fi rst of two Le Bonheur patients to undergo successful open heart surgery. It took Dr. Robert Allen and a team of 12 Madeline Smith medical staff three hours to perform the presented her gift operation, the fi rst of its kind in Memphis to Bernard, the utilizing the new heart lung machine that hospital puppet had recently been purchased by the and took a tour of the hospital. Cardiothoracic Chief Named Arlington Child Celebrates Birthday by Giving to Others
When Madeline Smith recently celebrated her 7th birthday, she gave back to the hospital that helped her little brother. Jonah had surgery at Le Bonheur Children’s when he was just three days old. Madeline asked her friends and family to bring donations for Le Bonheur to her party instead of a gift. She collected $300 and the Peter Pan Children’s Fund added another $100 to her donation. “Madeline is a sweet girl who made a big diff erence at Le Bonheur by asking her friends and family to support a cause dear to her heart,” says Liz Salton of the Le Bonheur Foundation. “ rough the Le Bonheur Claudia Efrid and Birthday Club, children learn about philanthropy while supporting a Barbara Stockwell cause that directly benefi ts them. It’s an easy way to show kids how they HiIl reminisce over a can make a diff erence in their community.” Kingsbury yearbook. Hosting a birthday or another party to benefi t Le Bonheur is easy. To fi nd out how, contact Liz Salton at (901) 287-4440 or e-mail [email protected]. ■
hospital. Less than six years previously, this kind of heart surgery was not available anywhere in the world. Barbara attended the December Le Bonheur Club meeting as a guest of Claudia Efrid, a Le Bonheur Club member for 15 years, and shared her memories of that early Le Bonheur experience. Claudia’s father had been the principal at Kingsbury Elementary where Barbara attended fi fth grade and he had donated blood for for 2009, the newly rewrapped Kohl’s Safe features three former Le Bonheur patients Barbara’s heart surgery. Kids van was unveiled during the Kohl’s who will help spread the safety message “I’ll never forget Claudia’s father and all the www.lebonheur.org Le Bonheur 5K Pumpkin Run and Safety throughout the community. Safe Kids teachers, coaches and others who gave blood Fair in October. Kohl’s representative, Kristi programs focus on child passenger safety, bike for my operation,” Barbara said, adding that Looney, presented the check to Susan Helms, and pedestrian safety, fi re and burn safety, she missed only 17 days of school. director of injury prevention and Safe Kids at home safety and water safety. A career librarian, Barbara married, has Le Bonheur Children’s. Kohl’s Cares for Kids benefi ts more than two children and fi ve grandchildren. e van’s theme, “Growing Safe Kids,” 150 hospitals nationwide. ■ “I applaud all your eff orts to keep Le Bonheur going,” she told club members. ■
15 Corporate
Le Bonheur’s Foundation director Kavanaugh Casey (center) receives proceeds from Nucor Steel’s 2008 Golf Tournament. From (left) John Arcement, Chuck Ryan, Casey, Sam Comella, Kellie Crain and Julie Coppage.
“Fore” the Kids Evie Since 2001, Nucor Steel’s Hickman Division has hosted an Boaz annual golf tournament to benefi t Le Bonheur Children’s. e event brings together more than 250 customers, suppliers and employees from across the country to participate. Community Balloon Sales leaders from Hickman, Ark., where the division is located, are Soar Thanks to Walmart Cashier also invited to take part in the fun. “ e tournament provides us an enjoyable opportunity to Evie Boaz feels blessed to have three meetings for her extraordinary eff orts support Le Bonheur Children’s while networking and building healthy and beautiful grandchildren. on behalf of Le Bonheur Children’s relationships,” explains Chuck Ryan, shipping supervisor. Even though none of them have ever and CMN. Ryan, along with Sam Comella, vice president and general been patients at Le Bonheur Children’s, “Evie has far exceeded our manager, Kellie Crain, human resources manager, and Julie she understands just how important expectations in this program with her Coppage and John Arcement, both inside sales representatives, Memphis’ only comprehensive pediatric level of love for the children,” says serves on the Nucor golf tournament organizing committee. hospital is for families. Darrin Allen, store manager. “She has a “Nucor believes in giving back to the community and Just knowing that Le Bonheur is there very big heart and cares so much for the recognizes that Le Bonheur Children’s is a world-class-quality for the children if needed, she says, is the kids. She is so sincere about asking for health-care facility that places an emphasis on children and reason she has raised thousands of dollars contributions that customers can’t help their needs rather than the bottom line,” Ryan adds. “ at is since 2005 for Le Bonheur while working but make a donation.” why Nucor supports Le Bonheur Children’s.” as a cashier at the Bartlett Walmart on “Evie’s one of our best associates,” Ryan also has a personal reason to support Le Bonheur Children’s. Highway 64. Walmart is a national adds Sharon Baylous, co-manager of the “My 9-year-old daughter Abigail has been at Le Bonheur partner for Children’s Miracle Network Bartlett store. “She asks everybody who Children’s on many occasions,” he shares. “ e excellent care (CMN). Le Bonheur Children’s is one comes through her line for a donation she received there led to the committee’s decision to select of 170 pediatric hospitals in the United for Le Bonheur. She defi nitely has a Le Bonheur as the recipient of the tournament proceeds.” States that comprise CMN. heart for kids.” In the seven years since Le Bonheur Children’s has been the Each year Walmart retail stores around Modest and unassuming, this humble benefi ciary of Nucor’s golf tournament, more than $500,000 has the country participate in a month- “fundraiser” for Le Bonheur Children’s been raised for the hospital. Additionally, the company purchases long campaign to raise funds for says she sold the balloons to help the Le Bonheur holiday greeting cards every year to send to clients Le Bonheur Children’s and other kids, not for recognition. during the Christmas season. pediatric hospitals located throughout “It’s all about the children,” Evie says. “We strive to support worthwhile regional charities,” Ryan the United States. Employees such as “Le Bonheur Children’s has helped so notes. “Ordering the cards each year is just another way to support Evie sell ask customers for a contribution many families. If all the Walmart cashiers this excellent pediatric care facility.” to Le Bonheur Children’s. Last year, would ask, can you imagine how much Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., Nucor makes more steel area Walmart stores and Sam’s Club money we could raise for the hospital?” in America than any other company. As the nation’s largest locations raised more than $265,400 for she adds enthusiastically. “Each donation recycler, Nucor keeps approximately 20 million tons of scrap Le Bonheur Children’s through the local helps some family with a sick child.” steel out of America’s landfi lls each year. Nucor’s Sheet Mill in CMN campaign. is year’s Walmart and Sam’s Club Hickman processes over two million of those tons annually. ■ Evie has been acknowledged at store campaign runs from May 1 to June 14. ■
Le Bonheur • Spring 2009Le If you or your company is interested in hosting an event for Le Bonheur, contact the Foundation at (901) 287-6308.
16 2008 Foundation Highlights More than $13 million in new gifts and pledges was raised by the Le Bonheur Foundation during 2008. In this year “at-a-glance,” you’ll learn about the foundation’s accomplishments and activities made possible with the support of a generous community. ■ e Le Bonheur Club donated $527,553 to Le Bonheur Children’s, which exceeded their capital campaign Big Wig commitment of $2 million. Ball 2008 ■ TWIGS contributed $191,000, pushing them over their original $500,000 commitment for a total of $535,000 raised for the new Le Bonheur Children’s. ■ Children’s Miracle Network (CMN) contributed $433,000 from 26 regional CMN partners, including more than Save the $265,000 raised by area Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club APRIL 18 ■ BIG WIG BALL locations, $94,000 raised by Fred’s, along with other Le Bonheur friends and supporters are invited to fl ip their wigs at the 2009 Big CMN partners such as Costco and Phi Mu. Wig Ball presented by Young Adult Le Bonheur Leaders (YALL) on April 18. is ■ Le Bonheur radiothons in Memphis, Jackson, Tenn., and event, the second annual fundraiser hosted by the hospital’s young professional Tupelo, Miss., raised a combined total of $220,000 in support group, will be 8 p.m. to midnight at Minglewood Hall, 1555 Madison Ave. pledges during 2008. e events are presented on FM 100 (formerly Strings & ings). (Memphis), WWYN FM-106.9 (Jackson) and WWZD Party attire is “cocktail cool” with guests sporting outrageous and colorful wigs. You’ll FM 106.7 (Tupelo). enjoy a hilarious time while trying to recognize friends who have topped off their gala ■ e 2008 Le Bonheur Golf Classic raised $109,000 for garb with extreme bouff ants. To round out the evening, there will be live music by the Le Bonheur Children’s. Ronny Raygun Band, karaoke and food from featured restaurants. ■ e 2008 Family Aff air raised more than $106,000 for Tickets are $50 per person in advance and $60 at the door and may be purchased Le Bonheur Children’s. online at www.lebonheur.org/bigwigball or by calling the Le Bonheur Foundation at ■ WREG TV’s Go Jim Go! raised $76,650 through (901) 287-6308. donations and pledges in 2008. is was more than APRIL 30 ■ FAMILY AFFAIR $40,000 above the 2007 event. e 2009 Le Bonheur Family Aff air culminates with the Miracle Maker Blast on April ■ e 2008 Kohl’s Le Bonheur 5K Pumpkin Run raised 30 at the Memphis Botanic Garden. Vying for the title of Miracle Maker Family of the $62,817, an increase of almost $13,000 over the 2007 event. Year are the Adair family of Moscow, Tenn., the Barton family of Olive Branch, Miss., ■ Gumtree TWIGS, a regional TWIGS group, held a the Catherwood family of Concord, N.C., the Dirks family of Baton Rouge, La., the Father-Daughter Ball in June 2008 that raised more than Morrow family of Lakeland, Tenn., and the Perry family of Bartlesville, Okla. $22,000 for Le Bonheur Children’s. ey are the largest is is the third event in which families have volunteered to utilize creative fundraising of all of the TWIGS chapters and donated more than techniques to win the “friendly” competition to benefi t Le Bonheur Children’s. Since $50,000 to the hospital last year. February, families and friends of these volunteer contestants have helped by participating in a number of fundraising activities hosted by the families on behalf of our patients. ■ Cowboys for Kids, a fi rst-time fundraising event in A Family Aff air/Miracle Maker Blast will also be held in Tupelo, Miss., on April 28 at Jackson, Tenn., raised more than $31,000 for the BancorpSouth Conference Center – Hilton Garden Inn. Participating Tupelo families Le Bonheur Children’s. are the Daniel family, the Fisher family, the Hughes family and the Scott family. ■ e Big Wig Ball, the fi rst fundraiser held by YALL Tickets for the Memphis event are $50 for adults and $15 for children. Kids ages (Young Adult Le Bonheur Leaders), raised more than 10 and under are free. Tickets for the Tupelo event are $40 for adults and $15 for $20,000 for Le Bonheur Children’s. children ages 11-17. Both events are geared for the entire family and will feature ■ e Grateful Family Program was introduced to entertainment, food and a silent auction. e Memphis event also includes arts and encourage patient families to contribute to Le Bonheur crafts and learning activities for children of all ages. Children’s in honor of a favorite physician or nurse. For tickets and information on either event, call (901) 287-6308. ■ e IGive4Kids web site was launched to enable donors JUNE 15 ■ CELEBRITY GOLF CLASSIC to buy toys and other needs for Le Bonheur patients. e 2009 Le Bonheur Children’s Golf Classic will be at Spring Creek Ranch on June ■ e Young Philanthropist Program continued to add 15. is year’s event will feature 18 top teaching pros who will critique your game during more young donors to Le Bonheur through the Birthday the fi rst nine holes and help you improve your game on the last nine. www.lebonheur.org Club, school programs and other activities. Events begin with a 7:30 a.m. warm-up. Tee time is 9 a.m. Upon registration, each ■ “For Kids’ Sake,” the Le Bonheur Foundation e-newsletter, foursome will be “assigned” to a teaching professional who is ranked among the Top 50 was initiated for Le Bonheur friends and donors with by Golf Digest or among the Top 100 by Golf Magazine. e pro will join your group on e-mail access. Monthly e-blasts were also sent regarding the practice range for a brief warm-up. Grilled hamburgers and hotdogs will be served upcoming fundraising events and Le Bonheur activities. for lunch on the practice range while you improve your golf swing. A post-tournament ■ Le Bonheur magazine was recognized for writing and awards ceremony with refreshments begins at 5 p.m. production by local, regional and national Cost to play is $2,500 per person or $10,000 per team of four. Sponsorships are available. communications organizations. For sponsorship information and to register to play, call (901) 287-6308. ■
17 ▲ Le Bonheur Club’s 2008 Children’s Fund Drive (formerly known as Gold Tag) raised $418,804. is year’s drive kicked off at a luncheon on Jan. 6. Pictured are the 2009
Fund Drive co- ▲ chairs eresa Adams and Peggy Lovell.
▲ Memphis women paired up in support of Le Bonheur Children’s at the fi rst Wine, Women & Shoes Sip-n-Shop Marketplace on Jan. 29 and it was a perfect match for all. From great grapes to fancy footwear, more than 300 guests sipped Napa Valley wines, enjoyed a delectable foray of food from Memphis’ fi nest restaurants and slipped on fabulous designer shoes. A fashionable footwear fashion show topped off the evening. e event raised $94,000. Pictured are Candi and Samantha Gibson. ▲ Le Bonheur Children’s president Samantha, 19, was a Le Bonheur patient and CEO Meri Armour spoke at a when she was 3. “get acquainted with Le Bonheur” luncheon in Oxford, Miss., last
fall. More than 75 guests learned ▲ FedEx Employees Credit about the new hospital and plans Association raised more than for the future. Pictured are (top, $11,000 for Le Bonheur Children’s from left) Gail Kimball, Armour with a silent auction and pecan and Susan Bryan. e event was sale. e association is a Children’s held at the home of Barbara Davis Miracle Network partner. (above, center). Pictured with her Le Bonheur Foundation special are Melody Webb (at left) and her events coordinator Kristen Bartel daughter, Sloan Hunter. (second from left) accepts the contribution from Kristen Babula (far left), Megan Taylor and Karen Graves.
▲ Representatives of the National Philoptochos Society presented Kavanaugh Casey (third from left) with a $15,000 check for Le Bonheur’s pediatric ICU. Pictured are (from left) Dr. Tom Spentzas, Mike Mohat, Casey, Loretta Taras, Dr. Stephanie Storgion, Mary Christy, Pauline Koplin and Fr. Paul Christy. Le Bonheur • Summer 2008Le
18 ▲ John ompson, a realtor with Germantown Properties, has raised money and collected toys for Le Bonheur’s Bunny Room for eight years. rough his eff orts and support from Germantown Properties and others, John has raised thousands of dollars and collected thousands of toys for Le Bonheur’s kids. John and his wife, Lynn, have sponsored the Enchanted Forest and contributed to the hospital in countless ways. ey know how important their support is. Le Bonheur saved the life of their daughter, Rachel, following a motor vehicle accident in 1995. Rachel is pictured here with a room full of toys collected and donated in 2008. ▲ During his visit to Le Bonheur Children’s in November, Canadian Ambassador Michael Wilson (center) met with Dr. James Wheless, medical director of neurosciences, and Dr. Dennis Black, vice president for research at Le Bonheur Children’s and scientifi c director of the Children’s Foundation Research Center.
▲ For 30 years, the Enchanted Forest Festival of Trees has marked the beginning of the holiday season for Mid-South families. is year was no exception. From Nov. 23 through Dec. 31, children of all ages were captivated by the sights and sounds of Christmas at the annual holiday event presented by TWIGS of Le Bonheur at the Memphis Pink Palace Museum. e winter wonderland of animated characters, 50 illuminated Christmas trees and a Gingerbread Village thrilled more than 28,000 visitors and raised more than $146,000. Pictured is Le Bonheur patient Lindsey Harris, honorary chairman of the Enchanted Forest, with her family.
▲ Hannah Durham and her father, Rick, ▲ Le Bonheur Foundation Board Chairman attended the 2008 Gumtree TWIGS annual David Stevens, Methodist CEO Gary Shorb Father/Daughter Ball to benefi t Le Bonheur and Le Bonheur President Meri Armour www.lebonheur.org Children’s. More than 600 guests attended and hosted an “unforgettable” Valentine’s Day the evening of dancing, food and fun activities event for special donors and friends at the raised more than $23,000. is was the third Cannon Center for the Performing Arts. e year Hannah attended the event with her dad pre-concert reception was followed by the (see story on back cover). e 2009 ball will be Memphis Symphony Orchestra’s production June 27 at the Tupelo Furniture Market. For featuring the music of Nat King Cole. information, contact Connie Haygood at (662) Pictured are (from left) Joyce Mollerup, Bob 348-5505 or e-mail [email protected]. Buckman, Dr. Pat Wall, Carol Schwab, Dr. Steve Schwab and Jean Wall.
19 Emmy Millender In Gratitude The patients, families, physicians, staff and foundation board of Le Bonheur Children’s Medical Center are most grateful to those who help us build for the future and enable us to provide exceptional clinical care, research, medical education and community outreach programs through their fi nancial support. Throughout our 57-year history, Le Bonheur Children’s has thrived because of the foresight and generosity of our contributors and volunteers. Together, we are building a “new” Le Bonheur to do even more to transform care for the children. With your partnership, we can continue to give our patients the exceptional health care they deserve and improve medical outcomes for thousands of children. It is our pleasure to gratefully acknowledge the following individuals, organizations, corporations and foundations for their generous fi nancial support during the 2008 calendar year. Their gifts to Le Bonheur Children’s make this a place of healing and hope. Max Betts In spite of our best efforts, errors and omissions may occur. Please inform us of any errors by contacting the Le Bonheur Foundation at (901) 287-6308 or e-mail Lori Dale Bratton at [email protected].
Judy & Charles Burkett C & H Auto Salvage Red Wagon Circle Cache Valley Electric Co. Cactus Bar & Grill Th e Red Wagon Circle is composed of dedicated Mr. & Mrs. John Calipari Caltech, Inc. contributors who make annual gifts totaling $1,000 Campus School Parent Network (CSPN) or more. Th e Canale Foundation Th is Society takes its name from the red wagons used Mrs. Robert Cannon CarbRite Company throughout Le Bonheur to transport patients. Member- Cargill, Inc. ship in this society salutes the ongoing commitment Mr. & Mrs. Gene Carlisle Carlson Wagonlit Travel made by these individuals which enables Le Bonheur Mr. & Mrs. Pat Carr Central Elementary School to provide the best health care possible to the kids. Charles A. Markham Construction Patients enjoy a Mad Hatter tea party hosted Company, LLC by Child Life. Children designed and modeled RED WAGON CIRCLE Belz Enterprises Russell W. & P. Joan Chesney $1,000+ Mr. & Mrs. Brian P. Bendersky Th e Children’s Foundation of Memphis crazy hats and played fl amingo croquet during Mr. & Mrs. Roy Black Children’s Miracle Network the “Alice in Wonderland” inspired event. The Bob & Donna Abney Dr. & Mrs. Michael S. Blaiss Mr. & Mrs. Michael L. Christensen Mr. & Mrs. Larry Accardi Drs. Martin & Johnetta Blakely Circle R Ranch White Rabbit made a special appearance but ACH Food Companies, Inc. Ms. Bess Block City Auto Sales AEP River Operations Mr. & Mrs. Jeff rey Block Mr. Sonny Clanton was, of course, running late. Th e Aim Charity Mr. Trey Block Dwight & Kathy Clark Alaniz & Schraeder, LLP Dorothy & Sam Block Family Mrs. Elizabeth C. Clark Mr. & Mrs. George H. Alvord Mr. & Mrs. Peter Blumberg Dr. Dave F. Clarke Dr. & Mrs. Rex A. Amonette Th e Bodine School Dr. & Mrs. James E. Clemmer Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. H. Eric Bolton, Jr. CN Don & Meri Armour Mr. & Mrs. William W. Bond III Mr. Wilbur O. Colom Ashley Furniture - Employees Dr. & Mrs. Frederick Boop Th e Colom Foundation Madison Th e Assisi Foundation of Memphis Mr. Edward J. Bousson Combined Federal Campaign Bloomer AT & T Chase Bank USA Mr. & Mrs. Marion S. Boyd, Jr. Conditioned Air, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. James N. Augustine Boyle Investment Company Consulting Services Group, LLC AutoZone Robert M. Bradley, M.D. Mrs. Margaret C. Cooper B. T. Redi Mix, Inc. Bridges Cooper T. Smith Stevedoring Co. Inc. Mrs. Penelope P. Bailey Brinkley Foundation Cordova Medical Clinic Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Baird IV Brints Chapel Baptist Church Mr. & Mrs. Charles Cotros Dr. Adam Baker Mr. & Mrs. David J. Bronczek Cox Diesel Services Corporation Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Mr. & Mrs. Donald C. Brown Cox McCarver Partnership Caldwell & Berkowitz PC Pete H. & Mildred F. Brown Ms. Laura G. Cozart Baldwyn Finance Foundation Create Foundation Mr. Stephen Balton George W. & Louise W. Brown Credit Union Miracle Day, Inc. BancorpSouth Memorial Trust Mrs. Ann G. Creson Ed & Nancy Barnett Susan M. & Larry H. Bryan Hilliard & Harriett Crews Mr. James F. Barnett Mrs. Dorothy D. Bryce Morton Crews/Shelby Group Fund Dr. Luis A. Barranco Mr. & Mrs. Charles M. Buchas, Jr. Crown Manufacturing Bartlett Elementary School Robert H. Buckman & Cub Scout Pack 455 Mr. Jack Barton Joyce A. Mollerup D & L, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Eugene J. Bastedo Estate of Mertie W. Buckman Dr. Robert K. Danish Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth E. Bates John Buckman Charitable Trust Mrs. Della Davenport Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Batson Dr. & Mrs. George A. Burghen Deliworx Holdings, LLC Le Bonheur • Spring 2009Le
20 Dever Electric, Inc. Dr. & Mrs. S. Douglas Hixson Joseph-Beth Booksellers, LLC Mr. Louis S. Loeb Mrs. Joe M. Montesi Distinctive Designs Mr. Dennis E. Hodges Mr. & Mrs. Phillip M. Joyner Lousteel, LLC Mr. & Mrs. Allen B. Morgan, Jr. Diversifi ed Trust Co., Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Fred J. Hodges Dr. & Mrs. Royce E. Joyner Mr. William F. Mabry Morgan Foundation Ms. Jeanie Doss Mr. & Mrs. Ronald W. Hodges Junior League of Memphis Malco Th eatres, Inc. Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc. Mr. Michael Duff y Dr. & Mrs. Hampton A. Holcomb JVC Enterprises Ms. Susan D. Malone Morris Material Handling Duncan Williams, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Holman Mr. & Mrs. Edward Karabella, Jr. Marine Terminals Mrs. William P. Morrison Ms. Marjorie Duncanson Mr. & Mrs. Floyd Holmes Dr. & Mrs. Mohandas Karkera Maritime & Commodity Services, LLC Ken & Katie Morrow Mr. & Mrs. Alan R. Dupree II Hoops Limited Partnership Kay Family Foundation Mark Th omas Sneed Estate Motley Crew Riders Association In Gratitude East Tennessee Children’s Hospital Ms. Elizabeth G. Hope Mr. & Mrs. Derek M. Kelly Marriott International, Inc. National Philoptochos Social Services Mr. Todd Eaton Mr. & Mrs. William M. Hope KeyBank National Association R. Brad Martin Family Foundation New Prospect Baptist Church Ms. Evelyn T. Echols Mr. & Mrs. Darrell L. Horn Kingsbury Elementary School Th e Albert Jay Martin Family New York Suit Exchange LTD. Mr. Bruce C. Edenton III Horn Lake Elementary School KME America, Inc. Foundation NewSouth Capital Management, Inc. EI Ceramics, LLC Horsehead Corporation Kohl’s Ken & Marilyn Masterson NexAir, LLC Mrs. Kathleen H. Elam Houston High School Mr. S. L. Kopald, Jr. McAlisters Deli Mrs. Jean Norfl eet Mrs. Laurie Ellingsworth Mr. David L. Howell Dr. Violetta Kozlowski Mr. & Mrs. Gary McCarter Novosteel (USA) Inc. England Enterprises, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. James S. Hudson KPMG Mr. & Mrs. Timothy E. McCaskill Nucor Steel Rev. & Mrs. Rob Eppes Hyde Family Foundations Mrs. Sonya A. Krivcher Mr. & Mrs. Harold McCommon Mr. & Mrs. Chris Nunn Dr. John E. Erff meyer Ideal Chemical & Supply Co. Th e Kroger Company Mr. & Mrs. Eugene A. McDermott Jr. Oak Grove Central Elementary Dr. & Mrs. Th omas L. Ernst Dr. & Mrs. Masanori Igarashi KRONE North America MCEC School Ernst & Young IHOP KT-Grant, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Brian W. McNeill Dr. & Mrs. Th omas F. O’Brien, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Marc S. Eskin Inman Construction Corporation Mr. & Mrs. Koji Kuroki Dr. Kathryn A. McVicar Dr. & Mrs. Timothy O’Connor Espey Gin Company Insulation & Refractories Services L & M Charitable Foundation, Inc. Medford Metals LLC Oden Marketing Essix Resources, Inc. International Paper Foundation Lackie Trading, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Jay Mednikow Dr. & Mrs. James A. O’Donnell Mr. Reid D. Evensky Mr. John C. Iovinelli Landers Ford Memphis Chapter Links, Inc. Orgill, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Joseph S. Fahhoum Jack Hornsby Electric, Inc. Drs. Max & Sue Langham Memphis Children’s Clinic, PLLC Dr. Shelley R. Ost Farris Bobango PLC James V. Robertson Estate Mr. & Mrs. Albert LaRocca Memphis Hightailers Bicycle Club Packaging Corporation of America FedEx Corporation Mr. & Mrs. Leonard B. Feiler Mr. & Mrs. Edward S. Felsenthal Dr. John M. Ferguson Dr. & Mrs. Ken Issacman First Tennessee Bank First Tennessee Foundation Flanders Electric Motor Service, Inc. Mr. Frank L. Flautt Glenna B. Flautt Mr. & Mrs. Richard Floyd Congressman & Mrs. Harold Ford, Sr. Dr. Camilla Forsythe Mr. Shane Fraley Friends of John Tanner Dr. & Mrs. Noel K. Frizzell Mr. Michael D. Fryt Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Fulmer, Jr. Gaylord Entertainment Company Gerber/Taylor Associates, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. James S. Gilliland Mrs. Katherine Gilliland Connell Mr. & Mrs. Ronald L. Gilman Dr. & Mrs. Barry Gilmore Ms. Maxine W. Glaeser Godfrey Properties Mr. & Mrs. Steve D. Golding Golding Barge Line, Inc. Molly & Robert Gooch Th e Goodlett Foundation Mr. Alex Gordon Susan & Alan Graf Th e Great American Home Store Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation Green Square Capital, LLC Greenway Home Services Mr. & Mrs. George M. Griesbeck Mr. & Mrs. John M. Griesbeck Mr. & Mrs. Lee Griesbeck Mr. & Mrs. William G. Griesbeck Madison Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Griesbeck, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd M. Grissinger Ramsey and Ms. Karen Guillory Jackson Gumtree TWIGS Habitat for Hope Brown Dr. & Mrs. W. Ricks Hanna Mr. & Mrs. John B. Hansen Mr. Anfernee D. Hardaway Mr. & Mrs. Eddie Hardin Hardin County Bank Clara I. Hardin Estate Harding Academy of Memphis, Inc. Ronie E. Harris Trust Marsha & Ja Hayes www.lebonheur.org Headley - Menzies Interior Design Helena Chemical Company Mr. Rick Jeff eries Lasting Expressions Memphis Lincoln Mercury Dealers Dr. & Mrs. Babu Rao Paidipalli Gary & Peggy Henley Jethro Peyton Henderson Trust Lauderdale Middle School Memphis Redbirds Baseball Foundation Larry & Dianne Papasan Mr. & Mrs. Robert Henning JMS Russel Metals Corp. Le Bonheur Club, Inc. Memphis Sonic Properties Partners Seeking a Cure (PSC) Hercules Group Johnson & Johnson Family Le Bonheur Hospital Gift Shop Memphis Vending Company LLC Mr. J. T. Pastorius Mr. & Mrs. W. J. Hergenrader of Companies Mr. Todd Leathers Memphis Youth Hockey League Dr. Mary Jane I. Patchen Heritage Pizo Capital, LLC Johnson Controls Foundation Lee County Schools Intellectually Mr. & Mrs. Charles Messer Mr. & Mrs. Glen A. Paul Dr. & Mrs. Henry G. Herrod III Dennis & Debbie Jones Gifted Program Metal Management Memphis Payden & Rygel Mrs. Kristin Hicks Ms. Martha A. Jones Dr. & Mrs. David Lefkowitz III Metals USA Pediatric Emergency Specialists Highland Capital Management Jones Day Lenny’s Franchisor, LLC Mr. & Mrs. Gerald W. Meyer Barbara & Michael Pera Corporation Jones Industrial Electrical, LLC Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth B. Lenoir Mid-Ship Group LLC Pam & Ben Peternell Cathryn Hillstrom Davidson & Jonesboro Lodge Loyal Dr. Dukhee Betty Lew Dr. & Mrs. Martin M. Miller Phillips-Van Heusen Foundation, Inc. Helen Hillstrom Hunter Advised Fund Order of Moose Dr. & Mrs. Phillip L. Lieberman Dr. & Mrs. Stephen T. Miller Mr. & Mrs. William E. Pickens Mr. & Mrs. Barney L. Hitt Joseph T. Ryerson & Sons, Inc. Lipscomb & Pitts Co. Minerals Technologies, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Dominic J. Pileggi
21 Red Wagon Circle continued... Plough Foundation TAP Connected To The Community Aldersgate United Methodist Church Mrs. Joan C. Barham Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Booze Poplar Springs C.M.E. Church Giving Campaign Ms. Kari Alexander Mr. & Mrs. Ed E. Barlow Mr. & Mrs. James L. Boren, Jr. Dr. Stephanie A. Storgion & Mr. & Mrs. Allen D. Taylor Ms. Vickie Alexander Mr. Billy Barnes Borg Warner Foundation Dr. Theodore Poplos Mr. & Mrs. Charles R. Taylor Mr. David F. Allen Mr. Reginald Barnes Mr. & Mrs. Richard M. Boring Mr. & Mrs. Jason Powers Mr. R. Andrew Taylor Mary Lynn Allen Mr. George Barnett Bornblum Solomon Schechter Precision Machine & Metal TC Group Mr. & Mrs. Michael D. Allen Mr. & Mrs. Daniel M. Barron School of Memphis, Inc. Fabrication, Inc. Thomas & Betts Ms. Paula Allen Ms. Kristen Bartel Ms. Jamie Boslaugh Barbara & Allie Prescott Mr. & Mrs. N. G. Thompson Mr. Shannon Allen Mr. & Mrs. David W. Bartlett Ms. Susan B. Boss Allie Prescott & Partners, LLC Mrs. Sharyn L. Thompson Mr. & Mrs. Trent E. Allen Ms. Kay L. Barton Dr. Umar Boston Princeton Electric Co. Mr. Larry J. Todd Allen & Hoshall Ms. Shannon Barton Mr. Joe V. Boswell Mr. & Mrs. Wayne W. Pyeatt Transitional Care Unit Allied Barton Security Services Mrs. Shelia Barton Mr. & Mrs. A. B. Bowen Quaker Chemical Corporation Transport Trailer Service, Inc. Mr. Jason Allison Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Bates Ms. Kim B. Bowles R-3 Party Fund TRO Jung Brannen Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Mr. Scottie Baugus Ms. Amy C. Box Mr. & Mrs. J. N. Raines Ron & Peggy Troy Mr. Imram Alwageeh Dr. Scott L. Baum Dr. and Mrs. Allen S. Boyd Ralph’s Restaurant, Inc. Mr. Clinton N. Trusty American Contract Bridge League Mr. & Mrs. Paul Bavido Ms. Donna M. Boyd Mrs. Alice J. Rawlins TWIGS of Le Bonheur Children’s American Electrical Contractors, Inc. Ms. Connie Bawcum Virginia P. Bozeman Reference Metals Company, Inc. Medical Center American Legion Auxiliary Unit 49 Mr. & Mrs. Barry Bays Ms. Andrea Bradford Regional Hospital of Jackson Unilever United States American Legion Post #53 Mr. & Mrs. David Beachum Mr. & Mrs. William D. Bradshaw Renasant Bank Foundation, Inc. American Legion Post #49 Ms. Barbara Beane Mrs. Natlie Bragg Rent a Box, Inc. Union Pacific Railroad American Properties Co., LP Mrs. W. G. Beane Ms. Vicki Bramlett Mr. & Mrs. David Reynolds University of Tennessee American Roamer Mr. & Mrs. Gary Beard Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Brandt Mr. Webster Riggs, M.D. The Urban Child Institute American Steel, LLC Mr. & Mrs. Murray Beard Mr. & Mrs. Phil Branon Bob & Patsy Riikola Vantage Metals Co., Inc. American Truck & Rail Audits, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Stephen J. Bearman Brasfield Construction, Inc. Mr. Carl D. & Dr. Trish Ring Variety Children’s Charity of the U.S. Americraft Carton, Inc. 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AXA Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Gerald F. Billions Ms. Rachel Brown Mr. Robert L. Shankman Mr. & Mrs. Larry Wright Axcan Pharma US Inc. Biogeneration, Inc. Mr. Robert N. Brown Mr. & Mrs. Harry B. Sharp, Jr. Wright Investment Properties Ms. Sonya Aycock Mr. Larry Birmingham Ms. Shirley Brown Mr. & Mrs. Charles F. Shaw Wright Medical Technology, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Paul Aylor Mrs. Theresa W. Bishop Ms. Sonya Brown Mr. Glenn Sigman Mr. Alvin Wunderlich, Jr. B & B Concrete Company, Inc. Bishop’s Flower Shop Mr. Tommy Brown Signature Genomic Laboratories, LLC Mr. & Mrs. Charles L. Wurtzburger Backyard Bar-Be-Cue, Inc. Miss Dorothy E. Bizzell Brown Missionary Baptist Church Skanska USA Building Inc. Dr. & Mrs. Robert J. Wyatt Mr. & Mrs. Harry M. Baddour Mr. & Mrs. J.J. Blackburn Mr. & Mrs. Gary Browning Mr. & Mrs. Frederick W. Smith Yarbrough Cable Service, LLC Ms. Vicky Baden Ms. Christina L. Blackwell Mr. Robert H. Brundige Ms. Teena Smith Ms. Barbara Block Zwick Mrs. Alice Faye Bailey Mr. James Blair Mr. & Mrs. Donald E. Brunson Smith & Nephew, Inc. Mr. Edward O. Bailey, Jr. Mr. Jack R. Blake Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Brutcher Michael A. Smith, D.D.S., P.C. GENERAL Mr. Gary Bailey Mr. John R. Blake, Jr. Bryce Corporation SMS Millcraft CONTRIBUTIONS $100+ Mrs. Rebecca Bailey Mr. & Mrs. W. D. Blakely, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence M. Bubnack Mr. & Mrs. Frank W. Smythe, Jr. January 1 – December 31, 2008 Bailey-Parks Urethane Mr. & Mrs. Herbert F. Bland Mr. & Mrs. Leo J. Buchignani Sona Medspa of Memphis Ms. Nelda Bain Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Bland Ms. Lori Buckner Sonic Local Advertising A T & T Affiliate Services Mr. & Mrs. A. J. Baker Mr. & Mrs. Earl V. Blankenship Mr. Martin Budschu The Soulsville Charter School A. Maceo Walker Middle School Mr. & Mrs. Daniel L. Baker Ms. Etheleen J. Blanton Mr. & Mrs. Dan Buell Southeastern Coatings, Inc. Ms. Mary E. Ables Mr. & Mrs. Josh Baker Mr. & Mrs. Jason Blanton Buffalo Wild Wings Southern Dodge Dealers Abner’s of Cordova Ms. Joyce Baker Ms. Allison Bloodworth Dr. and Mrs. Mark Bugnitz Southern Metals Supply, LLC Mr. & Mrs. Daniel R. Abrell Mr. Verdel Baker Mr. & Mrs. Johnnie R. Blue Mr. & Mrs. Glen R. Bullington Southern Security Federal Credit Union Accelerated Life Sciences Ms. Vickie Baker Blue Print Automation Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Chris Bullock The Sparks Foundation Ms. Barbara Adair Mr. & Mrs. Walter F. Baker Mr. Michael J. Blumenfield Mr. Chris Burgett Dr. & Mrs. David Spence Ms. Jeania Adair Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Baker Blytheville Sr. High School Burkhalter Rigging, Inc. Spencer Enterprises of Memphis, INC Ms. Denise C. Adams Mr. David Ball Blytheville Winnelson Co. Ms. Velma L. Burks Dr. & Mrs. Michael A. Springer Ms. Jennifer Adams Ms. Dorothy Ballantine Ms. Kelly S. Bobo Ms. Jana H. Burleson St. Agnes Academy Ms. Caryline Adkins Ms. Betty Ballard Mr. & Mrs. L. K. Bobo, Sr. Mr. James E. 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David Cohen Mr. & Mrs. Shane Connor Ms. Samuella Davenport Mr. & Mrs. Carl Carlson Central High School Coilplus-Alabama, Inc. Consolidated Electrical Distributors Ms. Dorothy Davidson Mr. Robert A. Carlton Ms. Suzanne W. Chabot Mr. A. W. Cole Mr. Jason D. Cook Mr. & Mrs. Arthur G. Davis Mr. & Mrs. Steve Carmack Mr. & Mrs. Th omas Chandler Ms. Caitlin Cole Ms. Kendyll Cook Mr. & Mrs. Herbert C. Davis Mrs. Gladys Carney Mrs. Cami Chando Fields Mr. & Mrs. Joe Cole Dr. Christopher E. Cooley Ms. Karen Davis Ms. Rosalyn Caron Mr. Dickie Chaney Mr. Shane Cole Mrs. Dusty F. Cooley Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence H. Davis Mr. Derrick Carpenter Chick-fi l-A at Poplar Mr. Donald W. Coleman Mr. Joshua Cooper Mr. & Mrs. Kerry Davis Mr. Ed Carpenter Ms. Toya Childers Mr. & Mrs. Ernest D. Coleman Mrs. Martha C. Cooper Mr. & Mrs. Terry R. Davis Mr. & Mrs. Paul Carpenter Mr. Doyle J. Childress Mr. & Mrs. Adam Coleman Ms. Misty J. Cooper Davis-Kidd Booksellers Ms. Laura Carpenter Mr. David E. Chipman Ms. Lauren Coleman Mr. & Mrs. Robert Cooper Dawson Welding Co., Inc. Ms. Renee Carpenter Mr. Robert H. Chisholm Ms. Mable Coleman Mr. Ronny Cooper Mr. Mike De Angelis Carpenter, Sullivan, Sossaman Ms. Jennifer Chism Mr. & Mrs. Scott Coleman Cooper Air Freight Service, Inc. Dealers Automobile Auction Mr. & Mrs. Wilson Coleman Mr. & Mrs. John G. Copeland of Huntsville, LLC Advertising Ms. Kimberly Chism www.lebonheur.org Ms. Lea Carr Mr. & Mrs. Charles G. Christensen Coleman Elementary School No. 231 Ms. Nita E. Copeland Ms. Linda Deberry Mr. & Mrs. Scott Carr Mr. Billy J. Christian Mr. & Mrs. Peter J. Coletta Mr. Dewayne Copley Decatur County Manor, Inc. Mrs. Mary Carrier Dr. and Mrs. Robert P. Christopher Mrs. Louise W. Collier Johnny and Michelle Cordera Mr. William L. Deere Mr. & Mrs. William P. Carrier Father and Mrs. Paul Christy Ms. Lynn Collier Mr. & Mrs. Danny F. Corley Del Monte Foods Mr. Tom Carroll Ms. Stephanie M. Cianciola Collierville Civitan Club Mr. Dean Corley Delta Fair and Music Festival Mr. Edward Carter Mrs. Paula M. Cima Collierville High School - Corn Products Specialty Ingredients Delta Metals Co., Inc. Ms. Lisa Carter Mr. Brad Clark Youths of Tomorrow Mr. & Mrs. G. D. Cosmas Delta Refi ning Co. Ms. Lula F. Carter Mr. Darel E. Clark Collierville Soccer Association Ms. Linda Costas Mr. & Mrs. Tony Demaio Ms. Pauline Carter Mr. J. C. Clark Ms. Dorothy Collins COSTCO Mr. & Mrs. George Dendrinos Mrs. Brenda Cartwright Ms. Kami D. Clark Mr. Faron Collins Cotguard, Inc. Ms. Carrol A. Dennis Mr. & Mrs. J. T. Caruthers Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas R. Clark Mr. Larry Collins Mr. & Mrs. Harry Cotros Ms. Donna D. Derden Ms. Hannah Cary Mr. J. L. Clark Mr. Tury Collins Mr. & Mrs. Peter Cotros Mr. & Mrs. Dave Dermon II Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Cary Ms. Amanda Clayton Mr. & Mrs. Robert Collum Mr. & Mrs. John Coughlan Dermon-Warner Properties, LLC Mr. George W. Case Ms. Andrea Cleek Mr. & Mrs. Randy L. Collums Mr. & Mrs. J. R. Counce Mr. & Mrs. Sanjay Desai
23 General Contributions continued... Mr. Anthony M. DeSantis & Mr. & Mrs. Jackie D. Drake Ms. Brittany Edmiston Mr. Marvin Estes Firehouse Subs Dr. Stephanie L. Einhaus-DeSantis Mr. & Mrs. William P. Drewry Ms. Doris Edwards Mr. & Mrs. Charles V. Estes First Citizens National Bank Mr. Greg Detty Mr. & Mrs. Michael L. Drogula Ms. Elizabeth Edwards Ms. Neshia L. Estrada First Data Foundation Mr. Mark Dew Mr. Jeff Droke Mr. & Mrs. James T. Edwards Mr. Farhad Etghayi First State Bank Corporate Ms. Jennifer Dewey Mr. Michael L. Ducker Mr. Levin A. Edwards Ms. Beth Etz First United Methodist Church Mrs. Rachel Dewitt Mr. & Mrs. John A. Dudgeon Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Edwards Ms. Carrie E. Evans FirstBank Mr. & Mrs. Bradley M. Dickey Mr. & Mrs. George Duff , Jr. Ms. Trisha Edwards Ms. Tricia Everitt Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Firtik Digestive Care, Incorporated Mr. Derek H. Dulaney Mr. William L. Edwards Mr. & Mrs. William D. Ezell Ms. Ruby Fitzgerald Digipix Studios Ms. Anne S. Dunavant Dr. Andrea Elberger F & B Reginelli Farms Ms. Cynthia Flannery Ms. Melissa Dill Mr. & Mrs. Peter Duncanson Ms. Tiff any L. Elder F. S. Sperry Co., Inc. Dr. & Mrs. James C. Fleming Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas DiMiceli Ms. Laura A. Dunlap Mr. Micheal Elion Mr. & Mrs. Christian S. Fahey Ms. Jane Fleming Mr. Tom Divine Mr. John Dunn Th e Elizabeth Companies Fairview Junior High School Ms. Kalem Fleming Dr. & Mrs. Richard L. Dixon Mr. & Mrs. Michael Dunn Mr. Danny H. Elks Fairview School Mr. & Mrs. Fred R. Flinn DLS Transport, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. John Dunnam Mr. Blake Elliott Mr. Joe Farley Mr. & Mrs. William C. Flippin III Ms. Judy Dobson Duraloy Technologies, Inc. Emergency Department Assoc. - Ms. Amy Farrar Mr. Tommy Flood Ms. Juanita Dodson Mr. & Mrs. Johnny A. Durden Memphis Chapter Faulk Elementary School Th e Flora Belle Moss & Bessie Ms. Katherine Dolby Chadd and Leta Durrett Ms. Vicky Emerson-Bevis Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Faulkner Ms. Silvia Flores-Perkins Mr. & Mrs. Travis Dollar Ms. Teresa Dyer
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Mr. & Mrs. Bobby Donovan Mr. William R. Eades, Jr. Emmanuel United Methodist Church Dr. & Mrs. David M. Favara Florida-Kansas Elementary School Mr. John Doran Ms. Janice K. Earheart Th e Emmes Corporation Ms. Amy Faye Mr. & Mrs. Robert Florio Mr. & Mrs. Jed Dorfman Mr. & Mrs. Howard Earp EnSafe Mr. & Mrs. Fred R. Feder Mr. Robert Followell Mr. James D. Dorman Mr. Ricky Earp Enterprise National Bank FedEx Express Legal Department Mr. & Mrs. George Foltz Ms. Bobbie Dorris East Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church Mr. J. C. M. Epperson Mr. & Mrs. Lester Ferdinand Ms. Billie Ford Ms. Sheryl Dote East West Motor Freight, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Michael S. Erhardt Mr. & Mrs. Gregory M. Ferris Mr. & Mrs. Nathaniel Ford George R. Douglas & Associates Eastside Automotive, Inc. Ms. Charla Essary Mr. Allan Fick Ann & Bob Ford Mr. R. E. Douglass Ms. Kay M. Eaton Mrs. Nancy Essary Mr. James R. Fielding Forest Cove Manor, Inc. Ms. Rebecca Dowden Ms. Ethel M. Echols Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Essary Ms. Lisa Fields Mr. & Mrs. Miles Fortas Mr. Gregg Fortunato Le Bonheur • Spring 2009Le Mr. & Mrs. Gerald M. Dowdy Ecolab Dr. & Mrs. Nathan Essex FInancial Management Services, LLC
24 Mr. & Mrs. James A. Foster Grand Junction Library In an effort to be more cost effective and think “green” Mr. & Mrs. Mike Fowler Mr. & Mrs. Robert Graning Ms. Mary Fox Ms. Annie Graves for the future, Le Bonheur magazine is now online. If you would Ms. Nicole L. Fox Ms. Ginger L. Graves Mr. & Mrs. Th omas R. Fox Mr. & Mrs. James C. Graves like to receive the magazine, For Kids’ Sake e-newsletter and Mr. & Mrs. Tommy Fraiser Mr. Joseph N. Graves Mr. & Mrs. Th omas P. Francis Mrs. Naomi Graves announcements of upcoming activities from Le Bonheur via Ms. Gay Francisco Dr. & Mrs. William A. Graves Mr. Bryan Franks Ms. Myara C. Gravlee e-mail, please let us know. You should send your e-mail address Mr. & Mrs. Steve Frase Ms. Mechelle S. Gray Mr. & Mrs. Hugh Fraser Mr. & Mrs. Otis T. Gray to Lori Dale Bratton at [email protected]. Mr. Billy Frazier Greater Douglas United Way Fred’s Mr. & Mrs. Harold J. Greenberg Mr. Patterson Freeman Mr. David Greer, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Joseph A. Hayden III Ms. Sandra Horner Mr. & Mrs. Tony Jetton Mr. Roscoe Freeman Ms. Joann Greer Ms. Debbie Hayes Mr. Wilson Horrell Jewish Foundation of Memphis Mr. & Mrs. Robert Friedl Ms. Flotyl K. Gresham Mr. & Mrs. Russell Hayes Ms. Rene R. Horton Jimmy Howell Insurance Agency Friedman Industries, Inc. Mr. George Griffi n Ms. Connie C. Haygood David Horton & Associates, Inc. JMS Processing, Inc. Friends & Neighbors of Douglass Street Mr. Lee Griggs Ltc. and Mrs. Michael D. Haynes Mr. Paul Hosier Joe H. Morehead Ladies Aux. Post 3806 Dr. & Mrs. Hiram B. Fry Mr. & Mrs. Lee Griggs Mr. & Mrs. Kyle Hays Ms. Gayla Hoskins Ms. Annette M. Johnson Mr. & Mrs. David W. Fuehrer Mr. & Mrs. Fred D. Grinder Mr. Smith Hays Mr. Jake Houck Mr. Dale Johnson Ms. Katherine Fuller Ms. Margaret W. Grinder Th e Head Shop Mr. & Mrs. Ed Houston Ms. Debra Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Skip Funk Grinder Building Corporation Headley Construction Specialties Mr. & Mrs. William Howald Ms. Denise Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Nick Futris Mr. Bernard Grisoni Mr. Th omas Heathcock Mr. David L. Howell Mr. Douglass Johnson Mr. Petro A. Futris, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. H. T. Grizzard Mr. & Mrs. Ronald C. Heitmeyer Mr. Jimmy Howell Ms. Evelyn Johnson Ms. Darlene Gahagan Grizzly Construction Co. Helms Motor Company, Inc. Mr. Wyatt Howell Mr. John A. Johnson, Jr. Gala Industries, Inc. Ms. Kimberly Grooms Mrs. Kimberlie D. Helton Dr. Amy A. Huber Mr. John E. Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Willis E. Gallaher Mr. & Mrs. Jeff ery L. Gross Ms. Lana L. Helton Mr. & Mrs. James R. Hudgens Mr. & Mrs. R. C. Johnson Ms. Kristin Ganger Mr. David Grossman Mr. & Mrs. Aaron K. Henager Ms. Jennifer Ranee Huff Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Johnson Ms. Kathleen C. Gardner Mr. Isaac L. Gruber Mr. & Mrs. Samuel R. Henderson Mr. & Mrs. Jerry L. Huff Mr. & Mrs. Jessee Johnson Mr. Robert Gardner, Jr. Mr. W. Howard Gunn Mr. & Mrs. Jay E. Henderson Hugh E. Prather, Jr. Trust Mr. Taylor Johnson Mr. Raymond J. Gardocki Mr. Zachary Gurley Ms. Lois W. Henderson Mr. & Mrs. Phillip Hughes Mr. & Mrs. Anthony B. Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Dwayne Garner Mrs. Ann W. Gusmus Henderson Muffl er Center Humboldt Acquisition Ms. Addie R. Jones Mr. Gregory Garvin Mr. & Mrs. Frank J. Gusmus, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Russell Hendrix Corporation, Inc. Mr. Al Jones Ms. Vicki Gary Gus’s World Famous Fried Chicken Mr. & Mrs. Weldon L. Hendrix Humes Middle School Mr. Ankanaton Jones Mr. Chad Gaston Mr. Leonard W. Gustafson Mr. & Mrs. James H. Henley Ms. Sharon F. Humphrey Mr. Benjamin Jones Mr. & Mrs. John C. Gately Mrs. Roseanne Guy Hennessy Industries Ms. Sandra Hunkapiller Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Jones Mrs. Janet Gates Guy Payne & Assoc. Architects, PC Ms. Dawn Henry Ms. Jenny Hunsicker Mr. Charles Jones Ms. Margaret M. Gattas Mr. Mike Guyton Ms. Lori Henry Mr. & Mrs. Jeff ery S. Hunt Ms. Cynthia Jones Mr. & Mrs. Luther P. Gause Ms. Carolyn Gwatney Ms. Julie Hensley Mr. & Mrs. Leonard Hunt Dr. Deborah P. Jones Mr. & Mrs. Leon M. Gauvreau H M Richards, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Paul Henson Hunter Douglas Plant - Eng. Dept. Mr. Jeff rey Jones Mr. & Mrs. Gary L. Gavrock Ms. Patricia P. Hackett Mr. & Mrs. William H. Herington Mr. John H. Hurley Ms. Kimberly Jones Mr. Kevin Gay Ms. Nancy B. Hadley Heritage Foundation Ms. Carita L. Hurt Ms. Pamela Jones Mrs. Cindy Gaylord Ms. Paola Haenn Dr. & Mrs. Martin I. Herman Mr. David Hurt Mr. Ronald L. Jones Mrs. Ruby M. Gean Mr. & Mrs. Michael E. Hagan Ms. Tanya Herod Mr. & Mrs. W. T. Hutcherson Ms. Shelia Jones Mr. Kent F. Gearin Mr. Mark E. Hagenbrok Dr. & Mrs. Fred C. Heros Mr. Keith Hutchins Ms. Tabitha Jones Mr. Bill Geer Paul & Jennifer Hagerman Dr. Clarence G. Herrington, Jr. Ms. Sharon G. Hutchinson Mr. & Mrs. William F. Jones Ms. Sylvia M. Gelineau Mr. Donald P. Hale Mr. Bobbi Hershey Mr. & Mrs. Christopher R. Hutson Jones Electrical LLC Mr. & Mrs. M. T. Gelston Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Hale Mr. Michael R. Hess Don & Dana Hutson Jordan Enterprises, LLC Genentech, Inc. Ms. Ruth Ann Hale Ms. Kim Hetler Ms. Mary Beth Hynek Dr. Salil S. Joshi Ms. Frances Gentry Ms. Carolyn J. Hall Ms. Maria G. Hetos Raed E. Imseis Dr. & Mrs. Vijaya Joshi Mr. Robert George Mr. & Mrs. Ernest W. Hall Mr. Tim Hetzel In Good Faith Free Will Baptist Church Julian Builders, Inc. Dr. & Mrs. William D. Geralds Ms. Gayle Hall Mr. & Mrs. Phil Hickerson Mr. & Mrs. Antonino Incardona Mr. John Jumper Germantown Area Soccer Association Ms. Kathy Hall Mr. James E. Hickman Ingram Barge Company Mr. & Mrs. Kermit B. Kaiser, Jr. Germantown Baptist Church Mr. Richard E. Hall Ms. Michelle Hickman Ink Incorporated Ms. Charlene M. Kalb Germantown Farmington Mr. & Mrs. Wendell Halvorson Dr. & Mrs. Dennis A. Higdon Mr. & Mrs. Keith T. Inman Mr. William H. Kallaher, Jr. Animal Hospital Mr. John Hamblin Mr. Darrell Higginbotham Mr. Alexander R. Innes Mr. & Mrs. Eric L. Kane Th e Germantown News Mr. & Mrs. Dennis J. Hamel Mr. & Mrs. David Higgins Interior Consultants, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. James G. Karas Mr. & Mrs. Mark Gibbens Ms. Laura Hamer Mr. & Mrs. David J. Higgins Th e International Group, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Ramkrishna Kasargod Mr. & Mrs. Eric W. Gibson Mr. & Mrs. Edward T. Hamlet Mr. Bobby D. Hill International Paper Company Mr. & Mrs. Arthur F. Kautz Ms. Mary C. Gibson Ms. Doris Hana Mr. James Hill Ms. Susanna L. Isbell Mr. Steven Keck Mrs. Nancy H. Gibson Ms. Helen J. Hanafi n Ms. Leah Hill Iskiwitz Metal Co., Inc. Metal Reycling Mr. Mike Keeney Gibson Electric Membership Corp. Ms. Amy L. Hancock Mr. & Mrs. Jason Hill ITW Foundation Ms. Danielle Keeton Mr. Stuart Gilkison Ms. Elaine Hancock Ms. Rosetta S. Hillis Ms. Marygayle Iverson Ms. Christina Keith Ms. Terri Gillentine Ms. Barbara Hanemann Dave & Debbie Hillpot Mr. Raymond L. Ivey Ms. Sharon Keith Mr. George E. Gillespie Mr. Bobby Hannaford Ms. Janet Hindmon J W S & Associates Mr. & Mrs. Donald M. Kelley Ms. Liz J. Gilliland Mr. & Mrs. Davis M. Harano Mr. Noel D. Hines J. L. Jackson School Mr. Myron Kelley Mr. & Mrs. Patrick H. Ginn Ms. Monica L. Harbor Hitachi Metals America, Ltd. J. Riddell Interior Design Mr. Michael Kelly Glen Allan United Methodist Church Mr. Sonny Hardee Mrs. Christie Hobbs Mrs. C. Eugene Jabbour Ms. Stephanie Kelly Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Glidewell Ms. Anita Hardin Mrs. Jane Hobson Mr. Alex Jaber Ms. Shirley Kendrick Ms. Juanita Glisson Mr. Mike Hardin Hohenwald Manor, Inc. Ms. Aleeha Jackson Mr. & Mrs. J. Gary Kennedy Mr. & Mrs. Roger P. Gloe Hardy Bottling Company Karmann V. Holden Mrs. Carolyn J. Jackson Mr. Jeremy Kennedy Dr. Sandip Godambe Mrs. Marion E. Hare Ms. Penny Holder Mr. Felix Jackson Mr. Shawn Kennedy Ms. Bettye Goddard Mr. & Mrs. Th omas V. Harkins Mr. Ray Holder Mr. & Mrs. John S. Jackson Robert and Mary Kennedy Ms. Ann B. Godwin Harmony Baptist Church Ms. Teresa Holimon Mr. & Mrs. Kamal Jackson Foundation Inc. Mr. Jeff rey Goldberg Dr. & Mrs. Joe J. Harper Ms. Cary S. Hollabaugh Mr. Michael Jackson Ms. Susan H. Kenny Mr. Domingo Gonzales Mrs. Kimberly Harper Mrs. Linda Hollamon Ms. Monica Jackson Mr. & Mrs. Richard E. Kephart Gooch Family Mrs. Ann Clark Harris Mr. & Mrs. Th omas L. Holland Jacob Tubing, LP Mr. Nikolas F. Kerr Good Luck Fire Department Ms. Blythe Harris Mr. Brian Hollars Ms. Brittney Jacobsen Mr. & Mrs. Johnny Ketchum Mr. Christopher Goodwin Mr. & Mrs. Charles M. Harris Mr. & Mrs. Orein R. Holley Mr. Carl I. Jacobson Mr. & Mrs. Fadi E. Kiameh Gordmans Store #75 Ms. Cindy Harris Holley, Waldrop, Nearn & Lazarov, PC Mr. & Mrs. Jerry T. Jaggers Mr. & Mrs. Charles H. Kicklighter Mr. & Mrs. William J. Gordon Mr. Daniel Harris Mr. David W. Hollis Ms. Shirley M. Jamerson Mr. & Mrs. John Kight www.lebonheur.org Ms. Eva M. Gorman Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth E. Harris Mr. Frank Hollomon Mr. & Mrs. Harold W. James Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Killough Ms. Mary Gorman Ms. Shirley F. Harris Mr. Blake Holloway Ms. Karen Jamison Dr. & Mrs. Noah B. Kimball Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Gorski Ms. Claire H. Harrison Ms. Virginia Holloway Mr. Robert J. January Ms. Hardin Kimmel Mr. & Mrs. Henry B. Gotten, Jr. Mr. Jonathan Harrison Mr. & Mrs. Larry E. Homan Ms. Linda Jarmulowig Ms. Angelina R. King Ms. Wanda S. Grabe Mr. & Mrs. John L. Hartley Ms. Chastity Homra Mr. Barry Jarrett Mr. & Mrs. George G. King Mr. Don Grable Mr. & Mrs. Markus D. Hartwig Mr. & Mrs. Jason Hood Mr. Jimmy Jarvis Ms. Mary King Grable’s Golf Services Mr. & Mrs. Sam M. Haspel Mr. & Mrs. Noah Hood Mr. Curtis D. Jay Mr. & Mrs. Tom C. King Graceland Jr. High School #202 Ms. Cindy S. Haugen Mr. & Mrs. Nathan B. Hooker Jaylen Wade Wieber SIDS Fund Ms. Tona King Ms. Bridget Graf Ms. Glenda K. Hauhe Mr. Dennis K. Hope Ms. Joyce R. Jeff coat Kingsbury High School Ms. Jeanie L. Graham Mr. & Mrs. Steve H. Havard Mr. & Mrs. James R. Hope Dr. & Mrs. M. B. Jenkins Ms. Ida Kingston Mr. John H. Graham Ms. Abby Hawkins Ms. Susan R. Hopkins Ms. Peggy Jennings Mr. Robert Kinton Grahamwood Elementary School Ms. Joan D. Hawkins Ms. Autumn Hopper Ms. Lois Jensen Mr. Robert Kirby Ms. Jaime Grammer Mr. & Mrs. Lee K. Hawkins Ms. Lana R. Horn Mr. & Mrs. John Jeter Kirby Middle School Grand Junction Elementary School Mr. & Mrs. William L. Hawkins Ms. Debra S. Hornberger Ms. Rachel J. Jett Mr. George S. Kirk II
25 General Contributions continued... Ms. Jean Kirkpatrick Ken and Lin Lewis Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Markwell, Jr. Ms. Wanda F. McKinnon Mr. Palmer J. Mooney Mr. & Mrs. Mike T. Kiser Lewis Allen Jones & Co. Elizabeth, Jerry, Mollie and Mr. & Mrs. Alec McLean Ms. Charlotte Moore Mr. & Mrs. Shawn Kissell Lexington Manor, Inc. Ben Marshall Ms. Amy H. McLean Ms. Emily K. Moore Mr. & Mrs. Mark Kitchen Lexington Stockyard Mr. & Mrs. James L. Marshall Mr. & Mrs. Chris J. McLean Mr. & Mrs. Gary F. Moore Kiwanis Club of Elaine Mr. Frank B. Liddell, Jr. Mr. John A. Marshall Matt & Amy McLean Ms. Gracie Moore Kiwanis Club of Forrest City Mr. & Mrs. Steven C. Liddic Mrs. Esther N. Martin Ms. Ashley McLellen Mr. & Mrs. Jackson W. Moore Dr. Victor J. Kleinaitis Lifetouch National School Studios Mr. & Mrs. Jared Martin Ms. Nichole McLemore Katherine and Mackey Moore Kline Mechanical Systems, Inc. Lighthouse Church Ms. Patricia Martin Ms. Lisa McLeod Ms. Katrina Moore Mr. & Mrs. J. P. Klinke Ms. Jean Lightman Ms. Lisa Mason Ms. Lauren McLoughlin Mr. & Mrs. Michael T. Moore Ms. Patricia G. Klinke Liles Brothers and Son Ms. Shari Massey Mr. & Mrs. William H. McMahan Ms. Pamela J. Moore Ms. Shannon R. Kloek Mr. & Mrs. Henry V. Lindeman Ms. Susan Massey Mr. & Mrs. Christopher A. McManis Ms. Phyllis Moore Mr. Jeff Knight Linwood Mining & Minerals Corp. Matcor Metal Fabrication Inc. Ms. Lindsey McMillen Mr. Robert Moore Katie M. Knight Ms. Shannon Litscomb Ms. Patricia Maten Mr. & Mrs. Ronald L. McMinn Mr. & Mrs. Roy A. Moore Mr. & Mrs. J. Knose Mr. Taft F. Little Mr. & Mrs. Terry Mathews Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd E. McNair Ms. Teresa Moore Mr. & Mrs. Bart T. Kofoed Dr. James T. Litzow Ms. Connie J. Mauney McNairy County Health Ms. Wendy Moore Mr. & Mrs. John E. Kohne Alvin F. Locke Living Trust Maury Regional Hospital Care Center, Inc. Ms. Dawn Moreau Mr. Anthony J. Kolasa Mr. & Mrs. James T. Lockhart Ms. William G. Maxwell Ms. Leslie W. McNamara Mr. Alan K. Morgan Mr. Gary Kornegay Mrs. Robert Lockwood Ms. Emily May Mr. Thomas McNeely Ms. Eleanor J. Morgan Mr. Dimitrios Koukoulomatis Mrs. Casey Loftin David L. May Construction Mr. & Mrs. Henry G. McQuirter Ms. Linda C. Morgan Ms. Kathryn D. Krause Mr. & Mrs. Chad Lofton Co., Inc. Mr. Michael McRee Ms. Virginia R. Morgan Mr. & Mrs. Morris Kriger Mr. Larry Lofton Ms. Brittnie Mayhall Ms. Martha McWhorter Morgan’s Backhoe Service Mr. & Mrs. Stephen B. Krinke Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Loggins Mr. David H. Mayhall Mr. Brandon Meadows Mr. Hugh Morman, Jr. Krosaki USA Inc. Mr. & Mrs. W. E. Lomax Mr. & Mrs. Dennis R. Mays Medallion Lighting Corporation Mr. Elliott L. Morris Mr. & Mrs. Barry Kruger Lone Star Railroad Contractors, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Mays Medfac Engineering LLC Ms. Michelle Morris Mr. & Mrs. Matt Kuhn Dr. and Mrs. William E. Long Ms. Lisa C. McAfee Mr. & Mrs. Ricky Medlin Ms. Phyllis Morris Kustom Kut Hair Center Longview Community Ms. Verna McAlexander Ms. Amber Meek Friends of Bill Morris PAC Mr. & Mrs. Keith L. Kuykendall Holiness Church Mr. & Mrs. Bennie E. McBroom Ms. Karen K. Meeks Mr. R. Ray Morrison Lackawanna College Ms. Dawn Lovelace Mr. & Mrs. Donald H. McCain Mrs. Mary C. Mehaffey Morrison Metalweld Process Corp. Ms. Amanda W. Lackey Mr. George Loveless Mr. & Mrs. Chris R. McCall Memphis Arts Council, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Charles F. Morrow Mr. Joe Lackie Mr. & Mrs. Donnie F. Lovell Mr. Randy McCalman Memphis Business Journal Mr. & Mrs. Joseph R. Morton, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Josh Lackie Dr. and Mrs. LaVerne R. Lovell Mrs. Crystal McCalvin Memphis Dermatology Clinic Ms. Clara Mosby The Memphis Irish Arts Foundation Abigail Moss Foundation Memphis OB/GYN Association, PC Mr. Christopher Moss Memphis University School Mrs. Pat Mounce Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth D. Menkel III Mount Pleasant Baptist Church How do we use your contributions? Mr. Terry Mercer Mount View Baptist Church Mr. Chris Merchant Mountain View Care Center If you made an undesignated gift to Le Bonheur Children’s Medical Center Mr. Michael Meredith Mr. & Mrs. Gary Moutrie Mr. & Mrs. Erich W. Merrill Mt. Vernon Church Fund last year, we used it where it was most needed. Examples of some of the items Ms. Pamela Merrill Mr. Robert E. Muklevicz Merrill Lynch & Company Mr. & Mrs. Daniel J. Mullally your generosity helped us purchase for the hospital during 2008 can be seen Foundation, Inc. Ms. Donna Mullins on pages 12 and 13 of this issue. Your gifts make so much possible for all the Ms. Ginny E. Merritt Mr. & Mrs. Harold G. Murphy, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Lauren N. Merritt Ms. Deborah Murray children who need our care. Mr. Alex Mesquita Dr. Sam Murrell Mr. Granville E. Messick Ms. Vickie Myhamb Ms. Adria C. Metcalf Mr. & Mrs. Larry L. Myrick Ms. Corrie P. Metcalf Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Nance III Ladies Auxiliary of VFW #3962 Ms. Arlyne Lovett Mr. & Mrs. G. B. McCarter Metro Mechanical Contractors, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Dexter Nanney, Sr. LaFerney, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Collie Lowrance Mr. & Mrs. Gary McCarter Ms. Ann Metzger Mr. & Mrs. Richard Naquin Lakeside Consulting LLC Ms. Billie Lowry Mr. & Mrs. Steven McCarter Mr. & Mrs. Curtis E. Meyer Mr. Eric Nason Ms. Karen Lakin Mr. & Mrs. Brian K. Loy Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. McCaskill Mr. Stephen B. Meyer Ms. Ashley A. Nations Ms. Betty Lambert Mr. John M. Luckey Ms. Teresa McClain MGM Mirage Voice Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Aubrey M. Neal Ms. Gloria J. Lambert Ms. Jean Lukens Mr. Tony McClain Mid South Packaging Mr. Dawn R. Nease Mr. & Mrs. Joe Lammel Lumley Tire Company Mr. & Mrs. Ben R. McClung Mid Way Baptist Church Mr. W. Mitchell Nease Ms. Karen W. Lamport Dr. and Mrs. Travis Lunceford Mr. Joseph D. McCommon Mid-Atlantic Packaging, Inc. Ms. Mary Neely LandAmerica Mr. Tom Lundberg Ms. Maria McConnell Mid-South Sales Mr. & Mrs. Michael G. Neighbors Landmark Woman’s Club Mrs. Linda Robinson Lurry Mr. & Mrs. Jerry McCool Midwest Industrial Rubber, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. David Nelson Mr. Michael Landrum Mr. Curry W. Luttrell Mrs. Alana McCord Mike Garibaldi Investment Co. Ms. DeAnne L. Nelson Travis and Lawanda Landrum Luvata Grenada Mary Jack and Claude McCord Mr. & Mrs. Chris Miller Neo Industries (Alabama), Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Scott Lane Mr. Bill B. Lyle Miles C. McCormack Mr. & Mrs. Dan Miller Network For Good Mr. & Mrs. Charles C. Langston, Jr. Mrs. Julie Lyles Ms. Alison McCoy Mr. & Mrs. Greg A. Miller, Jr. Mr. John B. Neville Mr. Robert C. Lanier Mrs. Rachel Lyles Ms. Ashley McCoy Ms. Joyce L. Miller New Bethlehem Missionary Mr. & Mrs. David G. Lannin Mr. Richard Lyman Ms. Deborah McCoy Ms. Suzanne Miller Baptist Church, Inc. Mr. John D. Lansdell Mr. Edward A. Lyons III Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd McCracken, Jr. Ms. Bridget K. Mirza New Discovery Christian Church Mr. John S. Lanza Mr. Jonathan Lyons Mr. Jim McCullough MissionFish/Points of Light Foundation New Hope Church of the Brethen Mr. & Mrs. Albert LaRocca M. Kyle Rice Enterprises Mr. & Mrs. Mike McCullough Mississippi Credit Union League Ms. Donna Newell Lasco, Inc. Ms. Mary E. Mabon Mr. Tommy McCurrie Missouri Power Transmission Ms. Dorothy Newton The Lauderdale County Bank Mr. & Mrs. John H. Mabry Ms. Amy S. McDaniel Mitch Murch’s Maintenance Loan A. Ngo Mr. & Mrs. John M. Laughlin Mr. Bob MacDonald Dr. and Mrs. Carter McDaniel III Management Company Mr. W. L. Nichol IV Laurelwood Pediatrics, LLC Mr. & Mrs. Gray M. Magee, Jr. Ms. Brittany McDonald Dr. & Mrs. Alex R. Mitchell Ms. Kevin Nichols Mr. & Mrs. Arthur L. Laurent Mainline Metals Inc. Ms. Ila S. McDonald Mr. Mark R. Mitchell Mr. & Mrs. Ricky W. Nichols Mr. Cory Lawrence Ms. Lydia Makapugay Ms. Virginia “Sis” McDonald Mr. Sam L. Mitchell Mr. Terry L. Nickens Mr. & Mrs. Chris Lazarini Ms. Brittani Mallett Mr. Bobby McEarl Mr. & Mrs. Timothy B. Mitchell Ms. Becky Nietfield Le Bonheur Ambulatory Care Clinic Mr. & Mrs. Michael T. Malone Ms. Jan McElroy Mizar Motors, Inc. Mr. Brandon W. Nipper Ms. Jodie Leach Ms. Susan Malone Mr. John H. McElwain III Dr. Iely B. Mohamed Ms. Cindy Nix Mr. & Mrs. James E. Leary Mane Mr. & Mrs. Todd V. McElwee Mr. & Mrs. Robert Molnar Mr. Jason Nix Mr. & Mrs. Dennis C. Lee Mr. & Mrs. David M. Mann Ms. Melisa McEwen Ms. Patricia Money Dr. & Mrs. H. Norman Noe Mr. Howard G. Lee Mrs. Linda W. Mann Mr. Henry A. McFall Monsarrat Pallet Company Mr. & Mrs. Paul A. Nolte Mr. & Mrs. Paul Lee Jr. Mr. & Mrs. William Mann Dr. Mary P. McGinty Mr. & Mrs. Fred Montesi III Ms. Helen Norman Mr. & Mrs. Tom Lee Mr. & Mrs. Ernest J. Mannerino Ms. Courtney A. McGregor Mr. & Mrs. Terry Montesi North Mississippi Health Services Legacy Advisors, LLC Mr. Gale Manning Ms. Sandra McGregor Mr. & Mrs. Richard Montgomery Northbrooke Manor, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Phillip S. Lemoine Mr. Gary Mansfield Mr. & Mrs. Darrell G. McGuary Mr. Charles B. Moody Mr. & Mrs. Mark Norton Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Lenarduzzi Mr. & Mrs. Eric J. Marcuson Mr. Mike McGuire Ms. Greta Moody Mr. R. Stanley Norton Ms. Carol L. Leppert The Marine Corps League Auxiliary Mr. John McKanie Mr. & Mrs. Jason Moody Ms. Crystal Norwood Ms. Susan Lescenski Mr. & Mrs. John M. Marini Mr. & Mrs. Donald McKay Mr. Julius Moody Mr. & Mrs. Joseph M. Nowell Ms. Margie Lester Marisol International LLC Dr. Roxanne McKay Mr. & Mrs. Larry Moody NPC International, Inc. Dr. Joe S. Levy Mr. Albert E. Markham Mr. & Mrs. Lewis K. McKee, Jr. Mrs. Emily Mooney Nucor Steel - Memphis Mr. & Mrs. James H. Lewellen Ms. Stephanie Marks Ms. Talana McKinney Mr. J. D. Mooney Ms. Patsy Oakes Le Bonheur • Spring 2009Le
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J. F. Oakes Sales & Marketing, LLC Mr. & Mrs. John W. Owen Mrs. Katrina Patty Mr. & Mrs. Joe Phelan Power Equipment Company Mr. Freddie H. Oaks Ms. Ray Owen Ms. Jenny Payne Dr. and Mrs. Barry B. Phillips Mr. & Mrs. Harris F. Powers Mr. Bill O’Collheehan Mr. John K. Owens Ms. Mozella Payton Mr. & Mrs. John L. Phillips Mr. Harold E. Prater Ms. Susan C. F. O’Connor Ms. Laura R. Owens Mr. & Mrs. Michael D. Pearce Mr. & Mrs. Drew Phillips Mr. Johnny Prater Mr. & Mrs. Corey O’Daniel Oxford Enterprises, Inc. Pediatrics East, Inc. Mrs. Harry J. Phillips Ms. Terri Prater Ms. Misty Odom Mr. & Mrs. John Ozier Ms. Eva Peel Mr. James A. Phillips Ms. Vicki Prather Ms. Debra F. Odom-Palmore P and G Global Internal Audit Ms. George H. Peeler Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Phillips Pratt Christian Church Mr. & Mrs. William F. Oehl, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Jim Pace Mr. & Mrs. Joe R. Pellicciotti Mr. & Mrs. William B. Phillips Premium Installation Company Inc. Mr. John T. O’Hara Mr. & Mrs. Robert Pace Mr. Jerry Penney Mrs. Carol P. Phipps Presbyterian Women Highland Oktibbeha County Tax Th e Pace Penoles Metals & Chemicals, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Mark S. Pickens Heights Presbyterian Church Assessor’s Offi ce Mr. Charles L. Palazola Peoples State Bank of Commerce Pickwick Area Chapter TVA Ms. Jane Preslar Old Field Methodist Church Ms. Robyn Pallera Ms. Stephanie Perez Retirees Association Mr. & Mrs. James E. Preston Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Oldham Ms. Kimberly Palmer Perk Club of Plough, Inc. Mr. Gary L. Pierce Mr. Th omas B. Preston Ms. Amanda Oliver Mr. & Mrs. William B. Palmertree Mr. Edward B. Perry Mr. Dale Pillow Ms. Andra Prewett Mr. & Mrs. William L. Oliver Mr. & Mrs. Michael Park Ms. Pam Perry Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Pinkley Ms. Lauren E. Price Mr. & Mrs. Shawn Olsen Ms. Gay Parker Dr. & Mrs. Jay Pershad Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. Ms. Scherry Priddy Ms. Lisa Olson Ms. Shady L. Parker Peter Pan Children’s Fund Mr. & Mrs. Harmon C. B. Pippin Pride Construction Mr. Ronald Olson Mr. Tim Parker Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Peters Mr. & Mrs. Sam A. Pittman III Mr. & Mrs. Michael D. Prince www.lebonheur.org Ms. Cynthia O’Neal Ms. Jennifer Parris Mr. & Mrs. Rick Peters Mr. & Mrs. Johnny Pitts Ms. Gordon D. Pritchard Mr. & Mrs. William E. Orgel Mr. & Mrs. J. B. Parsons Ms. Lisa H. Petree Pizza Pit Mr. James Pritchard Mr. & Mrs. Marvin E. Orr Mr. & Mrs. James T. Partain Mr. & Mrs. Jimmy D. Petrie Mr. Matthew Plitt Prospect Baptist Church Ms. Jennie B. Osborne Mrs. Debbie Partin Mr. & Mrs. Martin J. Petrusek Mr. Tracy Plunkett Th e Prudential Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Marshall Oser Parts World, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. John H. Pettey III PMI Cartoning, Inc. Matching Gifts Program Mr. E. C. Ostner Parvin Family Dr. Jack Pettigrew Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Pollard Pruitt Promotions Ms. Kimberly Otts Mr. & Mrs. James H. Pate Ms. Diane Pettit Mr. & Mrs. Phillip Posey Jennette F. Pugh Our Lady of the Lake Foundation Ms. Elizabeth Paton Ms. Penny Petty Possum Club International Mr. Mike Pugh Ms. Carolyn Outlan Mr. & Mrs. Christian Patterson Mr. & Mrs. William T. Petty of Henderson County Mr. & Mrs. Robert Pugh Ms. Tracie Overbeck Mr. J. Charles Patterson Th e Pfi zer Foundation Matching Ms. Marsha A. Pound Pugh’s Lawn and Landscaping Mr. Ned Overton Ms. Nancy Patterson Gifts Program Mr. David Powell Mr. Jimmy Pulliam Overton Hill Church Ms. Sandy Patterson Ms. Sharon Phebus Power Equipment Co. of Memphis Mr. & Mrs. John D. Pumroy
27 General Contributions continued... Quad Industries, Inc. Mr. John J. Repecko Mr. & Mrs. David Robertson Ms. Melinda Ruth Mr. Michael Schwartz D.E. Qualls Mr. & Mrs. Guy Revell Mr. & Mrs. Rick Robertson Saddle Baptist Church Mrs. Ashby Scott Ms. Crisler Quick Rex Reed Carpet Company Ms. Carrie Robinson Ms. Lillian Salamone Mr. & Mrs. Dwight Scott Ms. Marion Quinlen Mr. & Mrs. David Reynolds Mr. Jackie Robinson Dr. & Mrs. Jorge A. Salazar Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Scott Ms. Lacey Quinn Ms. Missy Reynolds Mr. Robbie G. Robinson Mr. Wael S. Salem Ms. Melissa Scott Mr. & Mrs. Richard Quinn Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Rhea, Jr. Ms. Tracy P. Robinson Dr. & Mrs. Joseph Samaha Mr. Th omas Scott Quito Gin, Inc. Dr. & Mrs. Karl B. Rhea Ms. Betty R. Robison Samburg Police Department Mr. & Mrs. Mark Scruggs Quota Club of West Memphis Ms. Coburn P. Rhodes Mr. DaMorrow Robison Mr. & Mrs. Stanley E. Sampson Ms. Wonda Scruggs Ms. Dabney M. Raburn Mr. & Mrs. David A. Rhodes Mr. Jamie Rogers Mr. & Mrs. Larry M. Sams Scruggs Construction Ms. Brenda Rachels Mr. & Mrs. Larry Rhodes Ms. Angela Rogers-Wells Mr. B. B. Sanders Jeff & Cherie Seale Mr. Prakash Raghavdra Mr. & Mrs. Brandon Rice Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Rogrigues Mr. & Mrs. James Sanders Ms. Cathy Seals Ms. Amy Raines Mr. Keith D. Rice Roll Giving Mr. & Mrs. John A. Sanders Ms. Angela Searcy Ms. April Rains Ms. Tammy Rich Mr. & Mrs. M. M. Romine Mr. Joe Sanderson Mr. Sam A. Seaton Ms. Sarah Ramsey Ms. Wendy Richardson Ms. Olivia H. Rond Mr. Steven Sansom Second Baptist Church Ranney Bain Machine Shop Ms. Sylvia Richey Ms. Joni F. Rose Ms. Paula C. Sappington Sector Sales Company, LLC Segal, Kronenberg, Tsiu & Eiseman Mr. & Mrs. William M. Seitz, Jr. Mr. Keith Self Ms. Melissa Self Mr. Ralphael Semmes Sequa Mr. David J. Serlo Ms. Jeraldine Seward Mr. & Mrs. Roy Sewell Mr. Douglas Seymour Ms. Patti L. Seys Ms. Amy M. Shackelford Mr. & Mrs. Jeff T. Shackelford Shades of Gray Shadowlawn Middle School Mr. Gary Shanks Mr. & Mrs. John Shanks Ms. Lisa L. Sharp Mr. & Mrs. Robert Sharp Mr. & Mrs. James D. Sharpe Ms. Lillian S. Shaw Ms. Yvonne Shaw Mr. & Mrs. John P. Sheahan Mr. & Mrs. Dan Sheals Shelby County Government Mr. & Mrs. Robert Shelly Ms. Dessa Shelton Mr. Jack J. Sherman Mr. Scott Sherman Mr. Scott Sherrin Shiloh Baptist Church Dr. Cristina M. Shimek Mr. & Mrs. Matthew F. Shirley Mr. & Mrs. Calvin Shobe Dr. & Mrs. T. D. Shockley Ms. Alina Shook Mr. & Mrs. Gary S. Shorb Ms. Cynthia Short Mr. Adam J. Shutts Mariselis Sidney B. Johnson C.P.A. Sigma Alpha Epsilon Collyns Mr. Mark D. Sigman Mr. & Mrs. David Sikes Mr. & Mrs. Bill Simmons Mr. & Mrs. John T. Simonton Ms. Jeanne Simpson Mr. Jeremy Simpson Ms. Kimberly D. Simpson Ms. Kristine Simpson Ms. Betty J. Sims Mr. Charles Rapp Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Ricketts Ms. Lisa Rose Sara Lee Foundation Mr. Jerad Sims Mr. & Mrs. Brian K. Raspberry Rick’s Place Automotive Mr. & Mrs. Sam Rosenberg Mr. John Sartin Ms. Lori Sims Ms. Leigh C. Ratliff Mr. & Mrs. Mike Ridenhour Mr. & Mrs. Scott Rosenberger Rebecca P. Sartini Mr. & Mrs. Th omas W. Sinclair Re/Max on Track Ridgewood Baptist Church G.A.s Ms. June Rosentreter Ms. Kimberly S. Sass Mr. Ian Singleton Mr. & Mrs. John R. Reddick Pam and Tim Ridley Ms. Carolyn Ross Mr. & Mrs. Victor Saucier Ms. Carol Sipek Mr. Larry Redmond Ms. Marcia L. Rigby Mr. & Mrs. Charles J. Ross Savannah Health Care & Mr. & Mrs. Steven T. Siple Mr. & Mrs. Don M. Reed Mr. & Mrs. Kirk W. Riggins Mr. Richard A. Rossell Rehab Center, Inc. Mr. Jason M. Sisco Mr. & Mrs. C. W. Reed Mr. & Mrs. Cooper Riley Dr. & Mrs. Perry C. Rothrock III Ms. Klaudiya Savchenko Mr. Matthew Skeen Mr. Mark Reed Mr. Jamie H. Riley Mr. Steve W. Rowland Ms. Mary M. Scales Mr. James Skefos Mr. Stephen Reed Mr. & Mrs. Randy Rimmer Mr. & Mrs. Charles R. Rowlett Mr. & Mrs. Daniel P. Schaal Ms. Bonita Skinner Reformed Baptist Church Ritter Disposables, Inc. Rubicon Refractories, Inc. Mr. Frank P. Schadrack Ms. Sarah J. Skinner Refractory Materials International, Inc. Mr. Jaime A. Rivera Mr. A. Robert Rubin Mr. & Mrs. William W. Schaefer Mr. & Mrs. Donald Skipper Ms. Kerry S. Regen Mr. Johnny Rivera Mr. & Mrs. H. F. Rucker Mr. Milton T. Schaeff er Linda & Ron Sklar Mr. & Mrs. Fred Reginelli Dr. and Mrs. Jourdan A. Roane Mr. Robert Runyan Mr. Nathan Schandevel Mr. & Mrs. Randall I. Slager Regional Medical Center Mr. & Mrs. C. M. Roberts Ms. Sandra L. Runyan Mr. Glenn Schmitt Mr. & Mrs. James E. Slaughter at Memphis Mr. & Mrs. Donald R. Roberts Ms. Nikki Rushing Mr. James E. Schneider Small Wood’s Custom Trailers Mr. & Mrs. Christopher M. Reid Mr. Gary Roberts Mr. Richard Rushing, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Leo Schneider Mr. Brad Smart Renasant Bank Mr. George M. Roberts Ms. Liz Russell Dr. & Mrs. Robert A. Schoumacher Mr. A. B. Smith, Jr. Ms. Bonnie Renault Ms. Rebecca A. Roberts Mr. Michael R. Russell Ms. Nancy Schuesselin Mrs. Barbara Smith Dr. & Mrs. D. L. Renfroe Mr. & Mrs. Shannon T. Roberts Mr. & Mrs. Philip W. Russell Schulte Building System, Inc. Ms. Becky Smith Ms. Becky Renfrow Ms. Amy Robertson Ms. Rosanne Russell Mr. & Mrs. Donald F. Schuppe Mr. & Mrs. Bradley Smith Le Bonheur • Spring 2009Le
28 Mr. & Mrs. Danny Smith Ms. Dortha Stone Mr. Matt Thomson Mr. Darryl W. Waldo Ms. Gloria B. Williams Ms. Debbie R. Smith Mr. David R. Stooksbury Ms. Jimma L. Thorne Ms. Earnestine B. Walk Mr. & Mrs. Murray Williams Ms. Elizabeth A. Smith Mr. Daniel Stout Ms. Shirley Thornton Mr. Austin Walker Mr. Jerry D. Williams Mr. & Mrs. Gary D. Smith Mr. Gene G. Stout Ms. Tandy M. Thrasher Mr. & Mrs. Donald L. Walker Mr. Jerry L. Williams Ms. Kim Smith Ms. Irene Stovall Ms. Linda Threadaway Ms. Lynn W. Walker Ms. Judy Williams Ms. Korrie Smith Mr. & Mrs. Maury E. Strauss Three Rivers Planning & Ms. Rebecca Walker Ms. Linda S. Williams Ms. Lucille Smith Mr. Joe Street Development District Mr. & Mrs. Ronald P. Walker, Jr. Ms. Lisa Williams Ms. Maida P. Smith Ms. Mary D. Stroupe Dr. Gail Thurmond Ms. Nelie Waller Mr. Paul D. Williams Mr. & Mrs. Michael C. Smith Mrs. Miriam E. Styers ThyssenKrupp Elevator Company Walnut Log Baptist Church Ms. Paulette Williams Ms. Naomi A. Smith Mr. Chris P. Sullivan Mr. G. G. Tian John and Jo Walt Mr. Robert Williams Mr. & Mrs. Ralph G. Smith Ms. Angela Summers Ms. Martha K. Tibbs Mr. James L. Walters Ms. Stephanie Williams Ms. Rosa L. Smith Mr. & Mrs. Raymond D. Sum- Ms. Margaret E. Tidd Ms. Louise Walters Ms. Tammie Williams Ms. Rose Smith mers Mr. & Mrs. Billy H. Tidwell, Jr. Mr. William M. Walton, Jr. Ms. Thelma Williams Mr. & Mrs. Stefan M. Smith SunTrust Bank Ms. Sue Tidwell Mr. & Mrs. Wendell H. Ward Mr. Thomas M. Williams Mr. & Mrs. Steve Smith Mr. Brian Surratt Ms. Dorothy J. Tillman Ms. Julie L. Ware Ms. Bessie L. Williams-Fizer Ms. Teresa Smith Dr. Arthur J. Sutherland III Ms. Carol Timmons Ms. Chrissy Warren Dr. Ethelyn Williams-Neal Mr. & Mrs. James P. Smith Mr. & Mrs. Rob Sutton Ms. Karen Y. Tipton Ms. Christian Warren Ms. Ivy Williamson Ms. Vickie Smith Mr. & Mrs. John M. Swaffer, Sr. TLM Associates, Inc. Mr. James Warren Ms. Mary Anna Williamson Ms. Virginia Smith Mr. Hal Swan Lee and Merle Todd Ms. Ashley Warrington Ms. Barbara H. Wilson Smith - Doyle Contractors, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Walter D. Sweet Mr. James Toms Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Washington Mr. & Mrs. Barry L. Wilson Ms. Margaret K. Smythe Sylvania Steel Corporation Tomsin Steel Processing, Inc. Ms. Holly Wassmer Ms. Becky G. Wilson Mr. & Mrs. B. E. Sneed T & R Chemicals, Inc. Ms. Nancy A. Tracy Mr. & Mrs. David Waterfield Ms. Brandi Wilson Soefker Services, LLC T. & S. Farms Transnetyx Mr. & Mrs. Gene Waters Ms. Connie Wilson Mr. & Mrs. Cecil Soileau Mr. William Tabor Ms. Patricia L. Trantham Mr. & Mrs. Billy Watson Ms. Cynthia Wilson Ms. Marija Sokolov Ms. Lisa Tackett Travel Consultants Int., Inc. Mr. Bruce Watson Mr. George A. Wilson Mr. Robert T. Solberg Mr. & Mrs. Shawn M. Talbot Mr. & Mrs. Brian K. Travis Ms. Diana Watson Ms. Jessica Wilson Ms. Amy Solomon Talent Force, Inc. Trillium Womancare Mr. Frank Watson Mr. & Mrs. John S. Wilson Ms. Billy Solomon Mr. & Mrs. Michael D. Tankersley Tri-State Armature & Electrical Mr. & Mrs. Tom Watson Ms. Julie Wilson Dr. Brad Somer Ms. Wanda Tannell Triumph Bank Ms. Kathy Watson Ms. Katherine Wilson Alice Somers Tara Oaks Elementary Trout Valley Farm Ms. Arlene Weatherford Ms. Marilyn E. Wilson Nichole E. Soule Mr. & Mrs. Kosta N. Taras Mr. Kenneth E. Tucker Mr. Rob Weatherford Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Wilson Dr. & Mrs. James G. Sousoulas Mr. & Mrs. Dino M. Tashie Tuesday Study Club Dr. & Mrs. Mark W. Weatherly Mr. Robert Wilson Ms. Katie E. South Mr. & Mrs. George Tashie Ms. Recie Tull Mr. & Mrs. H. J. Weathersby Ms. Shonda L. Wilson South Panola High School Ms. Recie S. Tate Ms. Cheri Tuncay Ms. Eleanor B. Weaver Mr. & Mrs. Glen A. Wimmer South Philly Mr. & Mrs. Charles O. Taylor Ms. Melanie Tuncay Mr. & Mrs. Charles T. Webb Winchester Bowl South Side High School Mr. Clytee K. Taylor Mr. & Mrs. Ray Tune Ms. Gina G. Webb Ms. Mary Windless Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Ms. Emily B. Taylor Tupelo Wrecker Service, Inc Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey G. Webb Mr. William Winfrey Southerland, III Ms. Jennifer Taylor Ms. Emily L. Turner Mr. Robert H. Webb Winkle Industries Southern Baptist Educational Mr. & Mrs. Michael M. Taylor Mr. & Mrs. Jim W. Turner Dr. & Mrs. Darryl S. Weiman Mr. & Mrs. Edward B. Center Mr. Perry Taylor Mr. Ronnie G. Turner Dr. Martin J. Weiss Winkler Southwind Middle School Ms. Shannen Taylor Mr. & Mrs. Steve Turner Mr. & Mrs. Jim Welborn Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Winn Sowells Diesel Repair Mr. & Mrs. Steven H. Taylor Ms. Vivian Turner Mr. Timothy D. Welker Ms. Robin Winsett Ms. Emily Speaks Ms. Tammy J. Taylor Mr. & Mrs. William T. Turner Mr. & Mrs. Theodore Wells Ms. Angela K. Winter Ms. Lindsey Spears Ms. Vivian Taylor Mr. & Mrs. Hugh T. Turpin Mr. Malcolm Wesson Ms. Diane M. Winter Ms. Laura Speer TCBY TXOK Texas Energy Resources, LP Ms. Glenda West Mr. & Mrs. Patrick E. Winters Mr. Billy Spellings Ms. Cindy Teague Mr. Jimmy Umbarger Ms. Linda West Mr. & Mrs. Robert Wise Ms. Paula Spence-Evans Ms. Natalie A. Tebbetts Mr. & Mrs. Michael S. Underberg Ms. Bobbie Westbrook Dr. and Mrs. Mark E. Wiygul Ms. Betty Spencer Telecom Pioneers Mississippi Ms. Chevella Underwood Dr. Rita F. Westbrook Dr. Robert E. Wohrman Mr. & Mrs. James A. Spencer Chapter #36 Ms. Martha C. Underwood Ms. Yvonne Westover Ms. Jean H. Wolaver Ms. Salley L. A. Spencer Ms. Glenda Temple Union Hill Missionary Westwood Health Care Center, Inc. Ms. Belinda Wolfe Spirit Bargains Ms. Roberta H. Templeton Baptist Church Dr. Glenn T. Wetzel Mr. Norval D. Wolfe, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Avron Spiro, Jr. Tennessee Association For the USA Drug/Super D/Ike’s Major and Mrs. Paul Weyrauch Mr. Scotty Wolfe Sportsman Camo Covers Education of Young Children Ms. Tristan Vailes Mr. Jerry Wheatley WoltersKluwer Health Mr. & Mrs. Sidney W. Spragins Tennessee Scaffolding, Inc. Valve Teck, Inc. Mr. John G. Wheeler Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Wood Mr. & Mrs. Larry Spratlin Tennessee Tractor, LLC Dr. & Mrs. Richard J. Van Sickle WHEMCO, Inc. Mr. William L. Wood Ms. Elizabeth Spurlin Ms. Karen P. Terrell Vanderbilt University Medical Mr. David Whitaker Wooddale Middle School - St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church Mr. & Mrs. Joseph R. Terry Center Mr. & Mrs. White LOC 158 Ms. Kathy Stafford Ms. Shelby H. Terry Ms. Anna C. Vanevery Ms. Janice White Mr. & Mrs. William D. Ms. Verna Stallcup Ms. Tori Terry Ms. Carrie Vaughn Mr. & Mrs. John B. White Woodmansee Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Stamps Ms. Heather Tetleton Mr. Rick Vaum Mr. & Mrs. Steve White Mr. Forest Woodzell Mr. & Mrs. Frank N. Stanley Mr. Bryan Thames Ms. Brandi Veal Mr. & Mrs. Byrne Whitehead, Jr. Ms. Amy Wooley Star B Ranch Mr. Mike Tharp Ms. Elise Veazey Mr. & Mrs. W. Cary Whitehead Mr. & Mrs. E. Philip Work Mr. & Mrs. Joel A. Stark Mr. & Mrs. Danny Thomas Ms. Donna Veteto Mr. & Mrs. Sid Whitlock Ms. Donna D. Worley Mr. & Mrs. Noel D. Staten Mr. & Mrs. Donald L. Thomas Vicki’s Designer Touch Ms. Ethel Whitten WREG-TV Ms. Perri Steed Mr. & Mrs. Elbert J. Thomas Ms. Vicki Vidson Mr. & Mrs. Darryail W. Ms. Gina Wren Ms. Cindy Steele Ms. Joan T. Thomas Mr. Lawrence Vielhaber Whittington Ms. Mary Wren Ms. Gina Steele Ms. P. K. Thomas, Jr. Father Nicholas Vieron Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Wicker Ms. Carolyn Wright Mr. & Mrs. J. A. Steele Mr. & Mrs. Steven Thomas Ms. Ann Villemarette Drs. Joy and Russel Wiener Mr. & Mrs. David P. Wright Mr. Jack Steele Ms. Teresa M. Thomas Ms. Lori Vincent Mr. & Mrs. George Wiggins Ms. Kathy A. Wright Mr. & Mrs. Ron R. Stein Mr. Jerry Thomason Mr. & Mrs. Peter Voehringer Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Wigginton Ms. Lee L. Wright Mr. & Mrs. Edward Steiner Ms. Cheri Thomen Mr. Charles H. Vohs Mr. & Mrs. Ronald N. Wikel Wunderlich Securities, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Adam Stephens Mr. Bobby Thompson Mr. & Mrs. Bob Voightmann Ms. Karen Wilburn Barrie & Kenneth Wurzburg
Mr. James E. Stephenson Ms. Joan Wyatt www.lebonheur.org Mr. & Mrs. Charles M. Thompson Voluntary Benefits Ms. Amy Wiley www.lebonheur.org Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth R. Step- Ms. Denise Thompson Adminstrators, Inc. Ms. Tori Wilkerson Mr. David Wynn herson Ms. Dorothy Thompson Ms. Gloria Votsis Ms. Trisia Wilkerson Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Wyrick Mr. Vernell Stepter III Ms. Ella G. Thompson Ms. Suzanne R. Vrbas Ms. Carolyn F. Wilkes Ms. Ana Yambrek Mr. & Mrs. Eric L. Stern Ms. Jane I. Thompson Mr. Raymond Vunkannon Rev. and Mrs. Waid Wilkes Ms. Tanika Yancy Mr. James Stettler Mr. & Mrs. Jim Thompson Ms. Becky Wack Mr. & Mrs. Shawn M. Wilkins Mr. & Mrs. Terry L. Yarbrough Ms. Angela D. Stewart Ms. Lacy Thompson Mr. & Mrs. Alfred M. Waddell, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Beryl Willard Ms. Rachael Yearwood Mr. John D. Stewart Ms. Mary B. Thompson Wade Electric Company, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. David Willcutt Mr. David Yocum, IV Mr. & Mrs. Ray W. Stewart Ms. Mary Thompson Ms. Ashley D. Wagner Mr. Brent S. Williams Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth W. Yonak Mr. & Mrs. Robert Stewart Mr. Ronnie C. Thompson Mr. Herman Wagner Mr. & Mrs. Daniel B. Mr. & Mrs. Joseph C. Yost Mr. & Mrs. James C. Still Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Thompson Mr. & Mrs. Thomas B. Waits Williams, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. David Zanca Mr. George E. Stoecklein Ms. Trudie Thompson Mr. & Mrs. Orin L. Wakeman, Jr. Mr. Eddie Williams Mr. & Mrs. Harry S. Zepatos Mr. & Mrs. Roy T. Stollery Ms. Jerrie Thomsen Walmart & Sam’s Club Mr. & Mrs. Glenn J. Williams Mr. & Mrs. Jacob C. Zweig
2929 Allison Lendermon Rachel Robert Sarah S. Lester Laura C. Robinson Associates “Pull Together” for Campaign Diane Lewis Scott Robinson Connie F. Lindsey Tony A. Roland More than $1.3 million has been raised for the capital campaign by Methodist Le Bonheur Heather Liston Shayla Rooks Laura L. Locke Beth Rose Associates in the “Let’s Pull Together” campaign. These gifts and pledges will build a “Room Sarah Loft Carol E. Ross-Spang of Magic” movie theatre for patients in the new hospital. The state-of-the-art movie theatre Shana Looney Diane Rushing Shari M. Lowery Jennifer H. Russell will show first-run movies for patients and their families. Complete with surround sound Amy Luckey Timothy Ryan and high-definition projection system, the theatre will be designed to accommodate IV Sheon P. Lynch Cecelia Sawyer Erica Mack Terri W. Schaeffer equipment, wheelchairs and other needs so that children can enjoy a welcome break from Rosalind D. Madlock Iva J. Scroggins Natalie Makool Eric T. Sefton their hospital routine and watch movies in a real theatre environment. This campaign is one Elizabeth A. Malone Charu Sharma of the largest employee campaigns of any children’s hospital in the country. The list below Katrina Mangum Frances Sharp Ann T. Mann Ashley Shelton recognizes every Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare Associate who made a contribution Helen J. Marden Susan M. Sherrill during 2008 toward the new facility. Deborah Martin Josefina Shirley Elizabeth Mathew Theodore Shockley Chana Matthews Sheri Sills Ronald Abbott Cami Chando Fields Teresa M. Hall Amanda Mauck Teresa A. Silvestri Donna Abney Gail Renee Clark Ruby Hamblen Ann W. May Sharon Simmons Claudean Accardi James N. Clay IV Ruth A. Hamblen Dr. William N. May Bridget Sims Denise C. Adams Sheila Sides Climer Fridae Hammons Robin Mayhall Geraldine M. Skelley Dunn Adams Kimberly Cole Mark S. Hammons Carolyn Mayo Dana Smith Caryline Adkins Rhonda Coleman Bonnie Hampton Kelly McCommon Marilyn E. Albright Robin L. Coleman Jane Hanafin Kevin S. McDermott Katherine Smith Vickie L. Alexander Mary E. Collins Edward W. Hankins Ila S. McDonald Linda G. Smith Betty S. Allbright Ashley Colotta Deborah M. Hannah Angela E. McIntyre Tiffany Smith Sandra M. Allen Kathy Connelly Margaret F. Harmeier Moahonia McKenzie Mimi R. Sneed Shelia D. Allen Peter J. Connelly Justin Harrell Amy H. McLean Emily A. Snider Teresa Alwin-Nguyen George R. Conner Karen C. Harrell Chris J. McLean Sam Spires Shelia Anderson Gary R. Cook Gladys G. Harris Matt McLean Larry Spratlin Susan Anderson Chelsea Couch Lanette Harwell Wendy G. McWhirter Brandon Spray April L. Anglea Beverly Cox Gwen H. Hatley Sarah Meador Susan C. Steppe Anonymous Reggie J. Crabb Sara Hawkins Sheri Meadors Marsha Stewart-Sellers Chandra Y. Armour Christine Crafton Connie C. Haygood Veena Mehra Douglas Stover Cassandra Arnold Diane H. Crawford Benita Haynes Kelley F. Melton Michelle Stubbs Hillary J. Arnold Stewart C. Crisler Margaret Haynes Kymbeth Middleton Freda M. Sullivan Marcia J. Arogyaswamy Sherrye B. Crone Dena Hays Bobby Midgett Sharon Swanson Larisa M. Arthur Janetta R. Cummings Leigh A. Hays Laura Miller Erin L. Tabor Heather C. Austin Annie B. Currence Countess Hearn Nellie P. Miller Nancy E. Talbert Teresa S. Bach Judy Daffron Charita Heath-Nelson Linda Mills Kelli N. Talley Britten Bailey LaTasha Daniels Susan Helms Robin L. Milton Shelby Terry Andrew M. Baker Giridhari Dash Kim Hickerson Frances E. Mims Cheryl Thomas Donald Baker Melissa G. Davis Sunny Higgins Khadijai B. Momoh Rosie Thomas Jarrett Baker Tabitha Davis Elizabeth Hillis Ann D. Montgomery Sharyn L. Thompson Larry S. Baker Leslie Davis-Hall Elizabeth S. Hinson Bangalore Muniraju Dr. Gail Thurmond Marion K. Banks Elizabeth J. DeBacker Candance D. Hodges Sandra Murphy Tracy Tidwell Elizabeth Barry Dana Devoe Shawn Holliday Kristen Murray Hazel O. Tillery Dr. Catherine C. Bateman Gail Dickerson Virginia Holmes Joyce M. Murrell Carmen Timbes Mary Bean Cynthia Dorian Sonya L. Honea Sharon M. Myers Mark A. Tittle Gay L. Bearden Guy K. Douglas Cynthia Hopkins Brian W. Nanney Vanessa Tolliver Angela Beasley Cheryl Dowell Richard Wyatt Howell Karen P. Nellis Elesia C. Turner Jessica Beaver Phyllis D. Driver Teresa S. Hughes DeAnne L. Nelson Jamie C. Turner Robert M. Beck Benjamin Duffy Crystal T. Hughey Joani O’Connor Jessica L. Twisdale Lajuana Beckwith Bob Duncan Linda J. Hunter Andrea H. Orman Andrea Tyner Jennifer Jo Bell Paula Dycus Chaka Hyde Christy Orr Rose Uselton Sunjah L. Bell Brandon Edgerson Janet C. Ingram Katie Owens Jennilyn Utkov William Bell Rita Ellis Sherry Ivy Mathew T. Palen Jane G. Van Deren Kristen Bland Elizabeth Etheridge Carolyn J. Jackson Russell C. Palmer Donna Vincent Keva Bledsoe Ruth Eubanks Dorothea Jackson Shawanda Parker Modeanna Wade Blake Bobbitt Renee Evans Paula Jacobs Whitney Partin Virginia S. Wages Julie Bobbitt Audrey Farris Paula S. Jacobson LaDonna A. Pate Gaye Wagner Kelly S. Bobo Paula K. Ferris Ramona A. James Denise L. Patterson Clarice Walker Rachel O. Booker Lynn M. Field Flora B. Jenkins Tara Patterson-Garner Catherine Wallace Angela Booze Patricia A. Fowler Stephanie Jeter Astrid K. Perez Rose S. Wallace Julia L. Bousson Linda Fritz Carolyn D. Johnson Linda K. Perkins Linda Ware Sonji Boyce Kathryn Fuller Christie M. Jones Sarah Perkins Sara C. Warhurst Martha J. Bradford Blanche Galigher Kimberly J. Jones Regina B. Perry Barbara Washburn Cathy Brady Brenda W. Garner Lee E. Jones Beverly Peyton Kristen R. Washington Sonya Branch Tara Garrett Terri K. Jones An H. Pham Estie Webb Julianne Brewster Peter D. Geary Trina L. Jones Janet Phillips Carol A. H. Weidenhoffer Yvette S. C. Brooks Janice A. Genke Sherry E. Kasaitis William Phillips Sherry L. Wells Cheryl Brown Kimberly A. Giles Amber M. Keath Angela Pickett W. Steven West Corey Brown Amanda Gilliland Cheri Keller Gina Plass Kristie Wheetley Joyce E. Broyles Ethel Gilmore Linda F. Kelly Kini Kedigh Plumlee Courtenay White Nancy S. Burke Lauren N. Goetz William Ketcherside Stefanie B. Plunk John A. Wilcher Karen Burks April Gollihugh Jeri R. King Shelby S. Poirier Terry Wildmon Cheri Burleson Anna Goltz Stacey King Casey Powell Andrea E. Wilkes Pamela Burnett Halle Goodman Mary S. Kirkland Sandra L. Powell Ben Wilkey James B. Burns Cynthia Graham Carole A. Knight Sharron Price Cheryl Wilkinson Shelly R. Burr Glenda Grandon Melanie P. Knight Paula Pugh Deborah C. Williams Larry Burton Sandra S. Green Cheryl A. Koehler Joseph T. Ranager Helen D. Williams John C. Butler Laurie M. Greenwell Kathryn D. Krause Hubert L. Raney Sharron D. Williams Karen Callicutt Linda F. Greenwood Ricky Kuykendall Dawn Redmond Allison Willingham Berenese Canady Katherine Greer Kari Lahmon Kerry S. Regen Anna E. Wilson Brittany Cardell Patricia Gregory Moore Vivian L. Lebaroff Eddie L. Reynolds Laretha Wilson Susan K. Carruth Flotyl K. Gresham Robert Ledbetter Azalia Rhyne Rema Wilson Christine Casey Jeffery L. Gross John N. Lee Raevondolyn T. Rice Billie S. Womack Kavanaugh Casey Gina Lynne Guasco Kelley Lee Regina Rice LaDena Wright Karen B. Caspersen Jane M. Guidry Lela M. Lee Karen Richard Sherrie Wroblewski Stephanie Caudillo Linda A. Guyton Margaret N. Lee Daphne L. Richardson Ronald L. Yarbro Lois R. Certion Renee Hackney Apprecia Lee-Bailey Vickie M. Riley-Hollis Patricia Yarnold Arquinette S. Chambers Ann Haley Dawn C. Lehr Kenneth L. Roark
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When you give a gift to Le Bonheur Children’s Medical Center, you become a partner with our physicians and caregivers in providing a future full of hope for children throughout our region. Le Bonheur Children’s is the only hospital in our region with the range and depth of pediatric specialists necessary to care for the sickest and most fragile children. Children are transported daily by helicopter and ambulance to our door from a six-state area for care they can only receive at Le Bonheur Children’s. Give a gift and see how your investment makes a diff erence for children. Listed here are some of the ways you can give back to Le Bonheur Children’s. Our Le Bonheur Foundation staff will be happy to work with you to achieve your wishes. A donation envelope can be found inserted in this magazine for your convenience.
Young Philanthropists Encourage your child or your child’s school to become involved with Le Bonheur Children’s. Learn more about our Kids Caring for Kids programs by visiting www.lebonheur.org or calling Liz Salton at (901) 287-4440. Deshundra Motley Planned Giving for Future Generations A gift made through your estate will help preserve the future of Le Bonheur Children’s Annual Gifts for Urgent Needs and safeguard our role in providing quality children’s health care for generations to come. Planned gifts permit Le Bonheur Children’s to provide continuing support for the ere are many opportunities to give unrestricted well-being of patients today and in the future. Such gifts include bequests, life insurance donations that help Le Bonheur Children’s meet policies and life income plans, such as charitable trusts and gift annuities. Not only can urgent needs on a daily basis. You can make a planned gifts provide possible tax savings, they also can provide increased income for you, one-time gift by check, credit card or online your spouse or other members of your family. When you designate all or part of your donation. Become a DreamMaker monthly estate to Le Bonheur Children’s, you’ll join others as a member of the DreamBuilders donor through credit card or monthly bank draft. Society. For information, call the Le Bonheur Foundation at (901) 287-4430. You can also make a donation to honor someone special in your life, celebrate a special occasion or remember someone who has passed away. Endowment Gifts for Cutting-Edge Programs Visit www.lebonheur.org to learn more or call the Le Bonheur Foundation at (901) 287-6308. Provide a legacy of perpetual support to Le Bonheur Children’s by making an (Check with your employer to get information endowment gift. Your gift is combined with gifts from other donors and invested on on matching contributions.) a permanent basis. e income earned annually by your gift is used to support the program of your choosing. Or you can direct it to help fund the hospital’s most urgent needs. Gifts made to Le Bonheur Children’s endowment may honor or remember a Contributing to the special person or celebrate an event or personal milestone. For information, call the “New” Le Bonheur Le Bonheur Foundation at (901) 287-4430. Nothing is more important than ensuring the health of this generation and the next generation of children. Your contributions – large or small – Volunteering & Gifts of are needed to help us raise $100 million to build Benefi t Events Securities the new Le Bonheur Children’s. Make your gift or pledge today and turn dreams into reality. Volunteers, supporters and friends of Le Bonheur A gift of appreciated
Call (901) 287-4430 or visit www.lebonheur.org. www.lebonheur.org Children’s host more than 120 events each year. securities held for more Among the special events you are invited to support than one year may provide are gala parties, silent auctions, golf tournaments, signifi cant benefi ts to you walks and runs and the annual Enchanted Forest as a contributor. For wire and Festival of Trees. You support our patients by transfer instructions and participating in such events. Also, please consider other information, please call www.lebonheur.org volunteering your time with patients and families. For the Le Bonheur Foundation information, call Michelle Stubbs at (901) 287-5688. at (901) 287-4430.
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While Hannah Durham and her father, Rick, were driving from their home in Baldwyn, Miss. to Tupelo to attend the 2008 Father/Daughter Gumtree Ball to benefi t Le Bonheur Children’s, Hannah asked him why he took her to the ball every year. “Some people cannot aff ord the cost of doctors when their child is sick,” Rick replied. “When we buy a ticket to attend the ball, the money goes to help Le Bonheur give kids the best medical care possible.” e fundraiser for Le Bonheur Children’s is presented annually by the Gumtree TWIGS. e 2008 event was the third consecutive ball that the Durham duo attended. Hannah, 9, had heard of Bill “Road Kill Bill” Hughes Le Bonheur Children’s and knew that her father participated for several years in a softball tournament to and Hannah Durham benefi t the hospital but there was something about his answer that struck a chord. She decided right then, on the way to the dance, to do something special for Le Bonheur’s kids on her own. With help from Connie Haygood, regional representative for Le Bonheur Children’s, Hannah became a Change Wizard for the 2008 Le Bonheur Radiothon in Tupelo. Sponsored by Wizard 106.7, the Change Wizard program encourages collecting change for contributions to Le Bonheur Children’s during the radiothon promotional period. Hannah contacted stores in her hometown to place Change Wizard collection canisters at checkout registers. For two weeks, she kept close tabs on eight containers, logging the dates and amount collected at each location. Additionally, during the fi rst home game of the Baldwyn Bearcats football season, Hannah handed out cookbooks and wrist bands for donations to Le Bonheur Children’s. Her goal was $300. When Rick drove Hannah to the Wizard radio station in Tupelo to present her donation live-on-the- air, the amount she raised had reached $606. “I hope this money helps save a kid’s life,” Hannah told Bill “Road Kill Bill” Hughes and Kelli Karlson, the morning deejays on Wizard 106. “I am so proud of her,” Rick said. “Just seeing her at such a young age wanting to help other kids and their families was reward enough,” he added, as tears rolled down his cheeks. “She learned a very important life lesson: giving back when you are blessed so others may have a chance at new beginnings.” Caring e 2009 evening of dancing, refreshments and activities for dads and their daughters will be held June 27 at the Tupelo Furniture Market. For information, contact Connie Haygood at (662) 348-5505 or e-mail for Kids [email protected]. ■ – By Julia Adames