Sentara Foundation – BIG HEARTS COME IN ALL SIZES

2015 Annual Report ig Hearts Come in All Sizes In this 2015 annual report we celebrate you, our donor, as a community leader, supporter and advocate for better health in Hampton Roads. Our cover photo Bdepicts two individuals with the common goal of making a profound ontents C difference in the lives of others. Omari Peterkin is a Sentara nurse and honored scholarship recipient serving surgical patients at Letters from the CEO and the Sentara Foundation Chair Sentara Beach General Hospital. Beside him is our own Pg. 3 Joan Brock, chair of the Sentara Foundation – Hampton Roads and local philanthropist. Both have touched the lives of Sentara patients The Importance of Connection, through their care and commitment. Join us in supporting your Care, and Communication Pg. 4-5 friends, neighbors and loved ones - one heartfelt gift at a time.

Finding Heart Health and Friends Pg. 6-7

A Nurse’s Life Pg. 7-11

Fundraising, Grants & Sponsor- ships Pg. 8-9

A Forever Gift of Health Pg. 10 -11

Ways to Give Pg. 12 made great strides in 2015 toward As we look forward to 2016, we continue to strive to advance achieving our mission to improve health every day and the healthcare resources provided to you, our stakeholders, our vision to be the healthcare provider of choice in the and the community as a whole. communities we serve. n 2015, the Sentara Foundation – Hamp- on cardiac care, hospice services, ighlights of our 2015 accomplish- grants to improve access to healthcare I ton Roads sustained its commitment to cancer treatment or the impact of H ments include continued national for our most vulnerable populations. In serve our region through philanthropic music in healing the body and soul, recognition for 15 consecutive years in US addition to addressing the ongoing partnership and community health invest- the Sentara Foundation – Hampton News and World Report’s top 50 Heart operational support needed for free ment. We continued construction to Roads is working to enhance our most programs. We also celebrated 30 years health clinics and community health upgrade Sentara Leigh Hospital, an valuable resource – our health! as a designated Level I Trauma Center centers, our grant dollars supported invaluable resource on Kempsville Road As a not-for-profit healthcare system, at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, mental health services for at-risk youth in Norfolk since 1977. We raised over $1.3 part of the responsibility at Sentara is serving the region’s most emergent injured and low-income families, dental care million in scholarships to support our to provide the same medical care and and ill patients. Medical innovations in for the indigent, as well as healthcare most dedicated and talented nurses treatment for all patients, regardless of spine surgery, virtual appointments support for the homeless and teens in their educational advancement. their ability to pay. Through our competi- and prescription management were just during pregnancy. We served our We awarded over 140 scholarships to tive grant process, we look to support our a few of the ongoing efforts to provide communities throughout Hampton Roads, assist these registered nurses in pursuing community partners in providing medical top-rated service to our patients. stretching from Gloucester and Mathews their Bachelor of Science in Nursing. care for our homeless, transportation Counties to Western Tidewater and And our community grants program for our elderly, crisis counseling for And together, through collaboration from Williamsburg to Virginia Beach. continued funding our area’s safety net with many local area healthcare- providers, including several area free children subject to sexual abuse and focused organizations, we worked dili- Our philanthropic partnership with clinics and community health centers. primary medical and dental care for gently to address the growing number residents, businesses and municipalities our area’s uninsured. There is always of unmet needs right here at home. also continued to flourish in 2015.Gifts As we embark on our 2016 journey, we more to do, but caring for others during in support of Sentara nursing schol- continue to seek your partnership in their time of need is a priority at Sentara. In 2015, the Sentara Foundation – Hamp- arships, hospice, cardiac, cancer providing the most advanced care in I feel most fortunate to live in a place ton Roads funded more than $650,000 in and patient assistance programs the optimal healing environment to that is served by a nationally acclaimed, are instrumental in furthering the you. Whether your passion is centered integrated healthcare system. Together, margin of excellence we provide to we can all help to improve health every our patients. Sentara is honored to day. Please consider joining our pursuit partner with you, our donor, to invest of better health, better safety and better in the wellbeing of our community. lives for our community and its residents. Looking back at 2015, Sentara has Joan Brock continued the commitment we make each Chairman day to providing quality care for those we Sentara Foundation – Hampton Roads serve. By working with you to enhance the resources available for our community, we will continue to prove that together, P.S. Hear for yourself how your we can improve health every day. donations made a difference in the lives of some of our patients David L. Bernd in their own words. Log onto: Chief Executive Officer www.sentara.com/foundation Sentara Healthcare and click “Patient Stories”

20152015 A nnuAnnuala Rl epoReportr Pt gP.3g.3 By Sue Stemple The importance of connection, care, and communication

Dino and Toby Papas an You Hear Me Now? Those Even when Toby found another introduced to this hobby, Toby found It was their passion to connect C words aren’t just from the lump two years later, she found it fascinating and became a licensed that has led the Papases to popular TV ad, but they are four comfort and trust in her allies at amateur radio operator herself. reach out through philanthropy. little words that mean so much. the Hoefer center. Fortunately, that Ham Radio provides a way to reach Supporting the Sentara Cancer Communication is a vital link lump was benign. It’s now been six others without relying on cell phone Network with a donation has meant among all of us. It has been years since her original diagnosis networks or the internet. Ham Radio that future cancer patients will said that we are stronger when and Toby is still cancer-free. operators are able to communicate continue to have access to coordi- we listen and smarter when we with other amateur radio operators nated cancer care. In honor of Drs. share. The same holds true for Communication is not only all around the world and beyond. Hoefer, Harden and Kang, as well our personal health journeys; we essential to the Papases, it is Dino even set up a special broad- as Belinda and the comprehensive are more powerful when we have a way of life. As a child, Dino cast for a sixth grade class to staff of the Dorothy G. Hoefer Breast a committed team supporting us. became interested in Ham Radio speak with the astronauts on the Center, Toby and Dino have made and continued refining his craft International Space Station. Clear- contact with the future through their Toby and Dino Papas, both retired while outfitting a station that ly, the desire to engage is ever-pres- generosity. Now that’s a good call! Army officers, found that out when would impress many. Once ent in the lives of Toby and Dino. Toby was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2009. As residents of York County, they were given the contact information of various support groups close to home. As luck would have it, the very first one on the list was the Dorothy G. Hoefer Breast Center at Sentara Port Warwick. When Toby reached out, Belinda Risher (the nurse navigator), answered and heard her loud and clear. As a comprehensive breast care program, the Hoefer center would develop a team approach to her cancer treatment plan to include the oncologist, surgeon, navigator, and support group network. The months that followed were a whirl- wind of emotional ups and downs. Through surgery, radiation therapy and emotional healing, Toby and Dino knew that they were not alone; this group really cared. Toby and Dino are fully equipped to broadcast

2015 Annual Report Pg.5 By Meril Amdursky Finding heart health and friends

hat is one simple step you more kind. Experiments have at 3 a.m. with excruciating jaw pain. and stent procedure, and was W can take to improve your actually demonstrated again She also remembers reading that soon discharged. Then it was time health? Practice kindness. and again that kindness toward this could be a sign of a heart attack for the hard part! She needed to others actually causes us to be and, fortunately, had a scheduled begin a cardiac rehab program and Scientific studies have shown that happier, improves our health, appointment later that day with her commit to it if she was going to live helping others protects overall and lengthens our lives. primary care physician. The doctor her life as fully as she intended. health twice as much as aspirin confirmed that she had indeed protects against heart disease. Since 2013, Linda Founds has suffered a heart attack and direct- A close friend invited Linda to It isn’t just that kind people also been working on improving her ed her to go immediately to the participate with a group of like- tend to be healthier and happier, heart health. She recalls a day in emergency room. Within two days minded folks who worked out and or that happy, healthy people are June of that year when she awoke she had a successful catheterization socialized together. Linda shares, “There’s a real camaraderie in our rehab group. We hold potlucks and parties and keep in touch. It feels almost more like a family than an exercise group. That’s a big part of why I keep going back.” When Linda saw that her workout buddies were often waiting in line to use the NuStep exercise machines, she jumped at the chance to help. Linda took a bold step and called the Sentara Foundation to see if she could make a donation to facilitate the purchase of additional equipment to enhance the cardiac rehab program. Little did she know that she was also improving her own heart health at the same time!

Linda has been inspired to give back because of her own

Linda Founds strides toward a healthy heart on the NuStep “It feels almost more By Ryan Livingston like a family than an exercise group.” A Nurse’s Life circumstances. As an adopted hen we say someone has came from family, friends and Barbara loved her job and loved child of the 1940’s, in a backdrop W a big heart, what does that one complete stranger. helping people. She was with of an unstable society after really mean? Does the amount of the families when the bad news WWII, Linda truly appreciates money they spend on charity or Barbara grew up in upstate New came, just as she was there to that her parents had given her a the amount of time they volunteer York not really knowing what she hear the sighs of relief when the second chance. To this day, she define this? In my opinion, wanted to do with her life. She knew prognosis was good. Barbara finds joy in creating opportuni- it primarily boils down to a that she wanted to be in a “caring persisted through hectic schedules, ties for disconnected children to person’s sense of empathy, their profession,” and when she saw learn, develop and grow. She desire to help those in need, and how her cousin was able to help so also relishes the prospect the strength of character to act. many as a nurse, Barbara decided of making a difference in While many of these traits are part to give that a try. After attending the health of those dear to of our human nature, we are also nursing school in Watertown, NY, her through philanthropy. taught by our family and community Barbara and some friends moved how to cultivate and develop them. to Virginia to start their careers. Barbara as a young operating room So if you are like many of us Barbara worked as a nurse for nurse at Norfolk General Hospital who strive for better health For Barbara Chalk, a donor and 43 years with the majority of that stress-inducing procedures and in 2016, look no further than long-time volunteer, inspiration time spent in neurosurgery at traumatic events. Now retired, yourself and share some kind- Sentara Norfolk General Hospital. Barbara continues to assist in the ness. You will not only improve pacemaker clinic at Sentara Heart your chance of longevity but you Barbara Chalk and Bella, her constant Hospital. She also volunteers with companion will feel good along the way. the Parkinson’s support group, not because she had a relative If you’d like to learn about ways with Parkinson’s, but because to make a difference in the health she witnessed the struggles of of Hampton Roads, contact the patients and their families and Sentara Foundation – Hampton Roads at 757-455-7976 or email she knows she can help. us at [email protected]. Barbara’s entire life has focused on doing and not just standing by. So, when she saw a letter from the Sentara Foundation – Hamp- ton Roads that told the story of Continued on Pg. 11

2015 Annual Report Pg.7 Southside 24% 2015 Grants Awarded

Grants paid in 2015 - $650,000

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2015 Annual Report Pg.9 By Meril Amdursky A forever gift of health

o you ever consider the A normal day at school after a field next but her husband, Bill, fills in Upon reaching the hospital in D impact you might have on day event is what Alice describes. the details. He explains that he had Williamsburg, Alice had internal a perfect stranger? It could be She taught reading to elementary no idea of what happened for two bleeding and damage to her spleen. a smile, an offer to help or an students and was getting in her car full days until he called the state Bill was called and informed that action taken without prompting. to leave the school. She recalls police to get the accident report. his wife had been in a serious car Just ask Alice and Bill Talbot of thinking “I don’t feel good” but Alice blacked out while driving and accident. He remembers asking Charles City, who found out in got behind the wheel and began her her car went off the side of the the doctor if Alice was going to June of 2003 just how much it 45 minute drive home. She doesn’t road. She over-corrected which survive. “I’ve seen it go both ways” means to help one another. remember much of what happened caused the car to flip over into was the answer Bill received. Her the path of an oncoming vehicle. injuries dictated that she needed to An unknown passing motorist go to the Level I Trauma Center at reported the accident which Sentara Norfolk General Hospital. meant the difference between The Nightingale was called to fly life and death for Alice. her there as quickly as possible.

Alice and Bill Talbot in Charles City, VA Bill’s life by making his stay a  little more comfortable and his continued from Pg. 7 experience a little less isolating. a family that had left money for Alice emerged from this experi- nursing scholarships in their will, her ence with a new lease on life, a immediate thought was, “I should few screws and plates and the do that too.” Barbara decided not desire to get back to normal. Her to wait, but immediately pledged determination made for a recovery support for the Clinical Education that was two months as compared Excellence Initiative in memory to the doctors’ predictions of 12! of her father who inspired her She was back at work by August. to be the person she is today.

Now Alice and Bill are plan- Barbara has led a life rich with ning to continue the chain of experiences of doing good in the kindness. They have chosen world. She continues to support the Nightingale as one of their those less fortunate and helps favorite charities to receive a out in any way she can. She donation through their estate lovingly cares for her friend and plans. “We want to ensure that companion, Bella (her dog who the Nightingale will continue to recently lost her sight). She hopes Alice’s X-ray highlights the rods and pins where her spine was fractured provide the lifesaving service that someone will be inspired by that benefitted us in our hour of her story just as she was inspired At the same time, Bill drove After Bill arrived, he waited need.” For all of those who will by others. I think if anyone has frantically to Norfolk, an hour-plus anxiously for news in the waiting need the Nightingale in the future, a big heart, it’s Barbara Chalk. drive. Once off the interstate on room. When the physician came the kindness of the Talbots will Granby Street, he had no idea out to give an update on Alice’s change their lives forever. where to go to get to the hospital condition, Bill found out that her or the emergency department. neck was broken in multiple places. Anne Frank once wrote, “How Desperate for help, Bill rolled wonderful it is that nobody need his window down and asked For 22 days Alice remained at wait a single moment before start- the driver next to him how to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital ing to improve the world.” Making get to the hospital. Rather than under constant supervision, and Bill provisions for charity in your will is giving directions, her response stayed by her side. He was given one way to do just that – improve was, “Follow me.” Another act access to the hospital family lodg- the world. Contact us if you would of random kindness. To this day, ings and ate in the hospital cafete- like to learn more about your Bill tears up when he thinks about ria. He became familiar with the planned gift of health as well as the generosity of that young driver. nurses, the cafeteria workers and the tax benefits you could receive. even the parking attendants. Each Barbara as a recent nursing school graduate of these individuals touched

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