Fall 2012 Annual Report The Gift of Giving Mercy Medical Center Foundation Fall 2012 Published by Annual Report Mercy Medical Center Foundation Volume 37 701 Tenth Street S.E. ar Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52403 De Foundation Board of Directors part ners MERCY MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION Sister James Marie Donahue, Chairman Tim Charles FRIENDS Barrie Ernst Dr. William Galbraith Mercy Janis Kazimour of Lee Liu Dr. Tom McIntosh re you aware that 35 years ago the Mercy Peggy Meek Darrel Morf Foundation was established? In 1977 the David Neuhaus A Margaret and Howard Hall Radiation Emmett Scherrman Center board gave to Mercy Hospital the Radiation Dr. Robert Silber Center and Hallmar, with equipment and assets, A. James Tinker acknowledging its trust in the hospital and its support Foundation Staff for Mercy’s philosophy of care and concern. The Sister James Marie Donahue Mercy Hospital Endowment Foundation (now Mercy Chairman of the Board Medical Center Foundation) was legally incorporated
[email protected] six months later. Plans for such a foundation had been Sue Hawn, President, CFRE envisioned two years earlier by the hospital’s
[email protected] administration and were brought to a reality by a $1.5 Diane Stefani, Vice President million leadership gift from the Radiation Center
[email protected] board. Sister Mary Lawrence became the first Julie Potter, Project Coordinator President. So, we in the Foundation have good reason
[email protected] to celebrate our 35th anniversary as we carry forth that Michelle Cole, Grant Writer & EFY Race Coordinator trust.
[email protected] In 1981, the Partners Magazine noted that “so Janet Baker, Senior Accountant much at Mercy has come through Howard Hall’s As we go forward with our fundraising efforts to
[email protected] generosity.” The Sisters of Mercy had a long history support the hospital we are ever mindful of the Jeanne Brandes, Donor Services/Database Manager of friendship with Howard Hall and his generous gifts generosity of our donors.