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Collaboration #*+,$%--. /01-++-$1- !"#!$%&"$!'(& 5*&&%6*+%,/*# 1."%"1'+ 0%$"&* !"#$%&' %(%)"&* !"#"$! )*+!"!", %&'$() 4/17*0(+- +,,-.+,/, !"##$%&!'()*+, '*-%&!.#/0(+1/,-! 2*1)/,%&!3*$#4%,/*# Royal University Hospital Foundation Board of Directors Standing,Standing left to right: Crystal Smudy, Chief Financial Officer, Saskatchewan Research Council Dr. Jim Thornhill, Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Studies, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan Dan Anderson, Partner, MacPherson, Leslie & Tyerman LLP Past-Chair Zeba Ahmad, Pharmacist and Director of Development, Phreedomhreedom Santé Inc. John Cross, Business and Mentorship Adviser Kim Goheen, Senior Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer, Camecoco Jim Rhode, President and Owner, Davis Machine Company (1960) Ltd.td. Arla Gustafson, CEO, RUH Foundation Blair Davidson, Partner, Hergott Duval Stack LLP Lori Isinger, President, Royal University Hospital Auxiliary Seated, left to right: Sue Williams, Manager of Resource Development, Mendel Art Gallery Dr. Anita Chakravarti, Anesthesiologist, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan Chair Arnie Arnott, President and CEO, Saskatchewan Blue Cross Vice-Chair Bill Johnson, Director, Public Affairs, PotashCorp Missing: Sandra Blevins, VP Clinical and Operations Support Services, Saskatoon Health Region Royal University Hospital Foundation Purpose Statement To create excellence in and impact health care by raising funds that anticipate and respond to needs for research, education and patient care. A Joint Message from Our Volunteer Chairair and CEO As you read through our Annual Report to you—the generousous donors, volunteers and stakeholders of the Royal Universityit y Hospital Foundation—we hope you will see how vital your support has been over the past year. Since our inception inn 1983, the RUH Foundation has raised and invested more than $65 million through three vital pillarslars at Royall University Hospital: ground breaking research, specialized training and advanced patient care. The 2009-2010 Annual Report reflects our ongoing commitment to fund initiatives not traditionally supported by government operating dollars, directly enhancing the patient care experience, supporting knowledge expansion through education and teaching, and advancing medical research that improves treatment practices. You will read about grateful patients as well as staff and physician champions who believe in and support the Royal Vital Care Campaign. You will learn how the legacy of the $15 million Royal Care Campaign lives on, as invested funds begin to pay dividends for our hospital, our community and our health region. You will also see how The Future in Mind Campaign, launched just two and a half years ago, has made a lasting impact on our community and on the patients who are receiving treatment at the new Irene and Leslie Dubé Centre for Mental Health, which overlooks the South Saskatchewan River at RUH. We would not be able to tell these stories without your support and passion for our hospital and our Foundation. Thanks to the generosity of so many, RUH Foundation raised $5,104, 456 in 2009-2010 through donations, endowment donations, events, gaming and investment income. We granted $640,528, including $191,215 for research, $125,083 for education and training, and $324,230 for patient care and capital projects. As well, the Foundation paid $1.2 million that was committed in 2008-2009 to the Saskatoon Health Region for capital projects such as the Irene and Leslie Dubé Centre for Mental Health. As this Annual Report demonstrates, at Royal University Hospital Foundation, we cannot do this work alone. We thank you our donors, volunteers, physicians and hospital staff who make our work possible and continue to transform the quality of health care that the Saskatoon Health Region is able to provide to this community and our province as a whole. Arnie Arnott, Volunteer Chair Arla Gustafson, Chief Executive Officer 1 Royal University Hospital Foundation Committees 2009-2010 0 Executive Committee: Arnie Arnott, Chair; Zeba Ahmad, Greek Gourmet Feast Committee: Pat Kuny, Chair; Ann Barlas; Past-Chair; Bill Johnson, Vice-Chair; Dr. Anita Chakravarti, Jody Mitchell; Erin Rohlicek; Patty Timmerman; Candace Boersma, Member-at-Large; Arla Gustafson, RUH Foundation CEO. RUH Foundation Fund Development Coordinator. Finance Committee: Kim Goheen, Chair; Zeba Ahmad; Blair Development Committee: John Cross, Chair; Dan Anderson; Davidson; Bill Johnson; Jim Rhode; Arla Gustafson, RUH Foundation Dr. Anita Chakravarti; Crystal Smudy; Arla Gustafson, RUH Foundation CEO; Maria Styacko, RUH Foundation Director of Finance. CEO; Bruce Acton, RUH Foundation Director of Development; Candace Boersma, RUH Foundation Fund Development Coordinator; Granting Committee: Sue Williams, Chair; Arnie Arnott; Gay Oldhaver, RUH Foundation Major and Planned Giving Officer. Sandra Blevins; Lori Isinger; Dr. Jim Thornhill; Arla Gustafson, RUH Foundation CEO; Marlene Saretsky, RUH Foundation Operations Planned Giving Advisory Committee: Dr. Anita Chakravarti, Coordinator. Chair; Herb McFaull; Cheryl Shepherd; Scott Sonder; Crystal Taylor; Bruce Acton, RUH Foundation Director of Development; Gay Jarret Stoll Golf Tournament Committee: Theresa Grosse, Oldhaver, RUH Foundation Major and Planned Giving Officer; Margot Chair; Clint Belitsky; Garry Coleman; Bryan Hnatiw; Kelly Minisofer; Weiner, RUH Foundation Donor Stewardship Officer. Jim Rhode; Jamie Windjack; Candace Boersma, RUH Foundation Fund Development Coordinator. Royal Vital Care Campaign Staff Appeal Committee: Dr. Vern Hoeppner; Dr. Anita Chakravarti; Kelly Johnson; David Maier; Royal Ball Committee: Dorothy Slawinski, Chair; Zeba Ahmad; Stuart Hutton; Heather Miazga; Lisa Bergen; Susan Kuling; Rhonda Lisa Bains; Shari Bedient; Anita Chakravarti; Laurie Karwacki; Karen Furber; Kathy Malbeuf; Rosine Garabedian; Margot Weiner, RUH Lloyd; Michele Rajput; Judy Rhode; Rhonda Speiss; Trona Wheaton; Foundation Donor Stewardship Officer. Nadine Wightman; Candace Boersma, RUH Foundation Fund Development Coordinator. A Message from the Saskatoon Health Region The year 2009 marked many milestones for the Royal University Hospital Foundation. This report illustrates some of the great work the Foundation has been doing over the past year, thanks to the donors who give so generously. One of the biggest highlights for the Saskatoon Health Region and the Foundation was seeing the first patients move into the new Irene and Leslie Dubé Centre for Mental Health, thanks in part to the huge success of The Future in Mind Campaign. This campaign set the bar extremely high in terms of giving. Rising to the challenge were Les and Irene Dubé, with an unprecedented single donation of $3 million going entirely toward construction of our new mental health centre. The year also marked the launch of the Royal Vital Care Campaign, an initiative to raise $2.8 million for vital sign monitors, defibrillators and a centralized monitoring system. Another highlight was the unveiling of the beautiful Cameco Skywalk, which was named in recognition of Cameco’s $1.5 million donation to the Foundation’s Royal Care Campaign. The stunning photographs, murals and improved lighting have transformed this skywalk into a warmer, more inviting and safer entrance to the hospital. Maura Davies President and CEO, The Foundation enjoyed many other successes this past year, all of which were made possible by generous Saskatoon Health Region philanthropists within our community. These donors model the Region’s core values of stewardship and collaboration. With their help, we are able to put Patients First and enhance the care and service experience for the thousands of individuals and their families who turn to us for exceptional care and service. The Saskatoon Health Region values our partnership with the Royal University Hospital Foundation and we look forward to continued collaboration and success in the year ahead. 2 A year to remember, a year to be proud! Good things often come in threes. And like three wishes, the “three Rs” and the Three Musketeers, great things happen when we combine our strengths, ingenuity and passion to reach a goal. That is the vision of the Royal University Hospital Foundation. Since its inception in 1983, the RUH Foundation has been committed to raising funds for three pillars of excellence at Royal University Hospital: ground-breaking research, specialized training and advanced patient care. The 2009-2010 Annual Report reflects the ongoing commitment of RUH Foundation to foster and support the vitality, ingenuity and well-being of our hospital and our community. of a modern trauma and tertiary care hospital. The Vital ('vi-tal) — critical; urgently goal is to raise 10% of the needed; full of life and spirit. total—$280,000—from among the physicians, In September 2009, Royal University Hospital Foundation nurses, technicians, launched the Royal Vital Care Campaign to raise funds administrators and others who work at the Saskatoon for a vital piece of medical equipment. Well, actually, 120 Health Region and RUH. pieces of vital medical equipment and related computer Dr. Anita Chakravarti, Anesthesiologist. technology essential to urgent and ongoing medical care “It’s about staff supporting in a contemporary teaching hospital. staff in providing a good standard of care,” says Dr. Anita Chakravarti, who made a personal contribution to the Royal Vital The Royal Vital Care Campaign is raising $2.8 million to purchase Care Campaign and is serving as a Staff
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