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St. Mary Medical Center Foundation 2012 Annual Report Excellence, compassion and justice to the total person – body, mind and spirit. Table of Contents 2 Message from the Chair 16 C.A.R.E. Clinics 31 C.A.R.E. Circle 3 Message from Sister 18 Foundation Financials 32 Women’s Circle of Philanthropy 4 90 Years of Healing Ministry 20 Foundation Grants 2012 33 Sr. Alphonsus Circle of Philanthropists 6 Mobile Care Clinic 22 Leadership Donors 34 Employee Giving Campaign 8 The Family Clinic of Long Beach 24 Community Partners 37 Annual Fund 10 Mary Hilton Family Health Center 26 Hospital Leadership 43 Donor Recognition 12 Comprehensive Senior Clinics 27 Hospital Highlights 51 20th Annual Charity Golf Tournament 14 The Center for Surgical Treatment 28 Foundation 21 Society of Obesity Note from the President & CEO of St. Mary Medical Center On behalf of our administration, medical staff, and The best community relations strategy is top performance. employees, I want to congratulate and thank the Donors respond to success. For every dollar garnered by Foundation for another stellar year garnering support, the Foundation, our people should take pride in knowing and helping us provide vital services to the community. that what they do helped to generate that support. The Foundation plays key and very positive roles in the There is another foundation that must be acknowledged overall success of our institution. here at St. Mary, and that is the foundation of faith set down by the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word. The very term “foundation” refers to a base, a principal The Sisters came to Long Beach at the behest of the pastor that supports a belief system or scientific theory, to of St. Anthony’s Church in 1923 to transform what was an underlying substructure upon which something a medical spa into California’s first Catholic hospital substantial can be built, or to a vehicle for funding the south of Los Angeles. As we embark upon our 90th future. So it is with our own Foundation; is the bedrock anniversary year, it is the ongoing presence, faith, and upon which St. Mary enhances its facilities, programs caring spirit of the Sisters that permeate and punctuate and services, and links us to the community we all serve. everything we offer and do. This community connection can be seen in the strong Of course, many challenges remain ahead for St. Mary donor support St. Mary has enjoyed for many years. Medical Center and the Foundation. With the mutual Generous community giving can be traced in whole or commitment of the community and of St. Mary, however, in part to every major facility enhancement or program there are no hurdles that cannot be overcome as we offering in our long history. From my perspective, continue to provide the very best care to all who seek this strong community tie is also largely secured and our help throughout our community and beyond. promoted by the quality of voluntary leadership at St. Mary through our diverse governing and advisory Congratulations on another great year! boards and its comprehensive auxiliary and volunteer organizations. Tom Salerno I must also point to the role of our more than two President & CEO St. Mary Medical Center thousand Medical Staff members and employees. We, the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word, our administrators, boards, employees, physicians and volunteers, strive to build and promote Christian values and respect for human dignity in providing comprehensive health care TO THE COMMUNITY WE SERVE. This care must be administered with excellence, compassion and justice to the total person – body, mind and spirit. Annual Report 2012 1 Message from Our Chair What we do today as individuals creates our We live in an ever more frenetic world and, given the pace of life, the temptation is to live in and for the moment. The attitude of collective future. many is, we can’t change the past, so forget about it. And the future Our hunter-gatherer forebearers knew instinctively that a healthy can’t be controlled, so ignore it. Yet, in reality, the present is a cacophony self-reliance had to be coupled with a cooperative spirit to ensure of surprises that, without planning, can be difficult to decipher, everyone’s survival and the long-term fate of their society. much less respond to constructively. It is the past that creates the Everyone was required to do their part, and found cooperative present for everyone, and what we do today as individuals creates planning was vital. When fruits, nuts, fish, and game were in our collective future. abundance, stores were put aside for use in the inevitable times George Murchison St. Mary Medical Center has been a key part of the Long Beach Chair, St. Mary Foundation of scarcity. Sprouts and seeds were planted to meet future needs. story for 90 years. Together we have survived catastrophic natural Wood gathered under the warm sun was kept dry to fuel fires needed disasters, the terrors of war, the pangs of economic upheaval, tides to ward off the cold, the dark, and the dangerous. of new citizens from across both continents and oceans as they Part of this timeless survival instinct is the realization that there is make their bid for the American Dream, and the changing face of strength in numbers; as strong as any individual may be, collective education and health care in an increasingly complex world. strength is greater still. Having weathered a storm of uncertainty in 2010-2011, St. Mary Early mankind began in simple family units and, progressively, Medical Center has emerged confident of our ability, with your gathered into tribes, villages, communities, confederations, states, help, to chart a future mirroring our history of cooperation, care, nations and, finally, global alliances. Where we live today was and commitment to and with the people of Long Beach. Everyone home to indigenous tribes, whose peoples were transformed by associated with St. Mary will continue to work toward that communal Catholic missions, then vast Mexican ranchos, which gave way to goal. In turn, we ask for your recommitted faith and support in us to America’s westward expansion and ultimately carved up into towns provide for the entire community. and cities, such as Long Beach. “All for One, One for All.” It’s been our approach and experience in Each transition reflected a common desire of everyone to protect Long Beach since St. Mary Hospital Long Beach opened in 1923, themselves. So that all could survive, the strong learned to help and it will continue to be our watchword for many years to come. the weak – and the weak were expected also to help themselves On behalf of our Foundation, I thank you all for your support in and contribute to the community at large; it came down to mutual 2012. I look forward to the coming year with great anticipation. commitment of each one to the protection and preservation of all and of all to look after each one. 2 St. Mary Medical Center Message from Sister Who we were speaks to who we have become! Each decade has brought us face-to-face with a growing and complex medical reality. The Sisters’ physical presence has waned It is with exuberant joy that we celebrate 90 years of medical service in these recent years, but their spirit lives on in the mission reality to the people of Long Beach. The Sisters purchased the Long Beach of all those dedicated to maintaining and carrying forth what they Hospital from Dr. Boyd in 1923. From the humble beginnings of began 90 years ago. those early days, a 70-bed capacity building has grown and expanded into the Medical Center we know today. Many lives have been touched through the years by the generosity of the benefactors of Long Beach who stood beside the Sisters in The times were tough and the years challenging, but the first six good times and bad, and helped them build one brick upon another Sisters were undaunted in their pioneer spirit to bring healing and Sister Gerard Earls with their generous support. In this 90th year, it is an opportunity Vice President, Mission Services relief to the sick and suffering. Despite the different challenges of to give our heartfelt thanks to them for being part of the Sisters’ the past years, none could match the devastating earthquake that journey and St. Mary Medical Center. hit Long Beach in 1933. The mighty earthquake of that fateful day, March 10, wreaked havoc and brought destruction in its wake, collapsing walls and ceilings and so severely damaging the hospital Wherever the art of medicine is loved, there is also a that it proved to be uninhabitable. Patients had to be carried to the love of humanity. Hippocrates front lawn as the entire building crumbled, but, thankfully, no lives were lost. The first dilemma facing the Sisters was a place to live. They were without a home. The hospital, chapel, and convent were gone! There was, however, one small cottage that remained standing, and this is where the Sisters took refuge. Then, without hesitation and with that same pioneer spirit, they began to build again. So began the progression and growth of building after building to meet the ongoing challenges of healthcare. Today, St. Mary Medical Center continues in an ever-changing market to meet the health needs of a very diverse population. Annual Report 2012 3 90 Years of Healing Ministry “People who work in our community clinics do these jobs because they know that what they do makes a significant difference in the lives of thousands of Long Beach families; people who might otherwise never be reached.” Miguel Gutierrez, Director of Operations, St.

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