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2016 Annual Foundation Report Samaritan Health Services Albany General Hospital Foundation North Lincoln Hospital Foundation Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation Pacific Communities Health District Foundation Lebanon Community Hospital Foundation 2016 Annual Foundation Report A letter from the foundation directors $ Foundation staff front row: Sarah Graves-Swall, Ursula Foundation staff back row: Jeff Larson, Teresa Proper, 1 $ , Marinelli, Taylor Gilmour, Cindi Fostveit, Betty Koehn, Jo Ann Christy Duncan, Heidi Howard, Leslie James, Kasey Postlewait, 9 1 1 , Yonemura, Lisa Evans, Patty Kinion, Aaron Phaneuf Elaine Lynch, Peggy Kalmar 0 2 6 , 3 2015 Fundraising by 1 , 0 $ 1 7 7 5 2 4 0 A letter from the ,8 service and source 6 $ 1 50 foundation directors 3, 52 Donations by service 2 Dear friends, $ 32 Cancer 4,3 92 Greatest Need As a donor to Samaritan Health Services, you are part of a powerful group — 7,000 strong — that sees the Grants value in supporting local health care. In 2015, donors gave over $5.6 million toward programs and projects Pastega House throughout Samaritan, all of which will stay in our communities to help improve care for you, your friends $ 258,838 Critical Care/Emergency/Equipment/Sugery and neighbors. Women/Children Education Please enjoy just a few examples in this report of the ways your contributions have helped others— from Hospice/Home Health practical needs like an orthopedic surgery table, to the extraordinary, like a legacy gift to support the $252,983 Other Samaritan Evergreen Hospice House. Each and every gift has a special story and makes a profound impact. Patient Support Employee Support You’ll also read of several instances where donors found creative ways to improve health care in their local 15 Heart community, beyond what we could have imagined on our own. It is an honor to partner with remarkable 9,0 $15 people, like you, who are committed to making a difference here in our special part of the world. At Samaritan we are proud to offer access to innovative treatments and compassionate support 73 Donations by source ,8 services for patients and their loved loves. 40 Planned Gifts: $453,066 $1 4 3 In health care, we are in the business of caring for people and we couldn’t do it without you. ,3 9 1 2 4 8% 2 6 8 1 9 , , $ 9 Thank you. 5 2 9 Corporations/Organizations/Foundations: $2,355,595 $ $ 42% Total fundraising: Jeff Larson Betty Koehn Cindi Fostveit Ursula Marinelli Individuals: $2,807,396 Includes $1,363,816 from SHS employees, physicians and boards Director Director Director Director Albany General Hospital Lebanon Community North Lincoln Pacific Communities Health 50% Foundation & Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation Hospital Foundation District Foundation $5.62M Hospital Foundation iii Table of Contents Table of contents Albany General Hospital Foundation 2 Pacific Communities Health District 18 Foundation Telemetry purchase improves fetal monitor function for pregnant patients 3 New equipment enhances care for the smallest patients 19 Estate gift leads to future security of Samaritan Evergreen Pediatric training manikins highlight ‘new beginnings’ 20 Hospice House 4 Additional projects funded in 2015 21 Additional projects funded in 2015 5 Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation 6 The Samaritan Society 22 Funding for relaxation room benefits caregivers 7 Lifetime Donors 30 Personal crisis inspires gift to community 8 Heritage Donors 33 Cancer Center update 9 Additional projects funded in 2015 9 Lebanon Community Hospital Foundation 10 Birth center warmer not just for the cool kids 11 Lebanon employees see donations benefit orthopedic patients 12 Additional projects funded in 2015 13 North Lincoln Hospital Foundation 14 Foundation funds help hospice workers bring compassion to the community 15 Donor profile: Steven and Jerri Tubbs 16 Additional projects funded in 2015 17 1 2016 Annual Foundation Report Albany General Hospital Foundation Above: The new telemetry units allow pregnant women the freedom of movement while still being connected to a fetal monitor Albany General Hospital Foundation Telemetry purchase improves fetal monitor Board of Directors function for pregnant patients John Jenks Charles Mouradian Heather McGowan Tad Davies Chair Vice Chair Secretary Treasurer omen pacing the connected to fetal monitors requested two telemetry units other unit is in a birthing suite. W hallways while in labor while in the hospital. The last year that would allow for Tomcal has requested two Tim Reid Irene Coburn Cleta Gannon Robert Lowry are a common sight in the monitor keeps track of baby’s remote fetal monitoring with no additional telemetry units so Immediate Past Chair Women’s Center at Samaritan heartbeat and the strength of connecting wires. more patients can benefit. Michael Cowgill Michael Goger Tom Ordeman Albany General Hospital. The mom’s contractions. But the Dell Alexander movement often helps the labor wires often kept women in their “Patients love it,” said Tomcal. “It has added so much to Denise Croy James Goode Patrick Richards progress and also keeps the beds, or required nurses to “They like being able to get up patient satisfaction and staff Brenda Burch mom-to-be occupied during a disconnect them to let patients and go to the bathroom or take satisfaction,” said Tomcal. “Our Jim Decker Joseph Hawes Chris Scariano time when it’s impossible to walk, and then reconnect them a walk down the hallway while department is very grateful Kimberly Christensen focus on anything else. for periodic monitoring. Neither still being on the monitor. It’s that the foundation was willing situation was ideal. also much better for the staff.” to invest in this equipment. The only trouble with that It’s a blessing that they are scenario was obstetric staff But the Albany General Hospital Of the two units the foundation so involved and really, truly couldn’t use a fetal monitor Foundation has an equipment funded, one is permanently dedicated to seeing our on patients while they were fund that lets departments placed in the surgical cesarean community and our patients circulating through the hallways. make requests for equipment section room. This removes any well cared for.” that will benefit patients and wires that may be in the way For the safety of both mom employees. Marge Tomcal, of the patient or between staff and baby, OB patients are Women’s Center manager, that could be a safety issue. The 2 3 2016 Annual Foundation Report Albany General Hospital Foundation Additional projects funded in 2015 Patient scholarships and prescription assistance Chemotherapy care bags Art and music in outpatient surgery That’s My Farmer cancer nutrition program Reach Out and Read literacy program Transportation program for patients Medical, dental and mental health operations for Above: Lorraine Carter and her husband, Kenneth Carter Above: Samaritan Evergreen InReach Services Hospice House Cheetah Non-Invasive Hemodynamic Monitoring Estate gift leads to future security of There’s a strong need for the hospice house, and the 12-bed facility served Prostate cancer and young adult cancer survivors support groups Samaritan Evergreen Hospice House more than 540 patients in 2015 Bladder scanner hen Samaritan Evergreen Hospice Evergreen Hospice House. The fund helps “They did not have children, so... they sort of a huge difference in patient care and in W House opened in Albany in 2012, it cover the cost of maintaining and operating swept us up,” he remembers. the community.” PIGG-O-STAT Immobilizer Positioner for pediatric became one of only three hospice houses in the house and grounds to keep it peaceful “After my mom passed away, she was patients Oregon. Because of its central location, the and tranquil for patients in their last stages like a second mom to me. They were as Larson works regularly with donors who hospice house serves patients across the of life. ethical, honest and hardworking as any two want to make a lasting impact on health Recumbent step, cycle, and ab machine entire western half of the state. people could be. It’s amazing what they care in the community through an estate gift. The Carters were local business owners. accomplished, and they deserve everything Equine therapy for cancer patients With the incredible support of the Lorraine was an active volunteer in the they got out of life and thereafter.” “Whether your estate is large or small, you community, the hospice house was funded community and involved in the Samaritan can do some significant things for charity,” Ceiling lifts at Samaritan Evergreen Hospice House entirely through philanthropy. And now, Albany General Hospital Auxiliary. She was The hospice house has proven to be an Larson said. “It’s possible to leave a gift for another community member has ensured an Albany General Hospital Foundation effective project for the Carters to invest in. important projects without impacting your SimMan essential manikin for trauma training the continuing operation of Samaritan board member and also financially There’s a strong need for the hospice house, heirs at all.” Evergreen Hospice House for those supported previous hospital and the 12-bed facility served more than Senior Companion Program who need it. building projects. 540 patients in 2015. “Lorraine was passionate about the hospice house and the people involved,” recalls Full-time bilingual community health navigator for Lorraine Carter, an Albany resident since Jim Decker, a family friend who grew up on “Lorraine really helped to get the hospice Decker. “That’s really what drove her.” InReach Services 1955, recently died. But the legacy of Lorraine’s street and later briefly worked for house built, and she decided she also Lorraine and her husband, Kenneth Carter, the couple, remembers the generosity the wanted to help sustain it,” said Jeff Larson, And now, thanks to her passion, the hospice Callie’s Fund pet food, supplies and vet bills at who died in 2004, lives on in the form Carters showed to everyone.