A Love Story ...in sickness and in health.
Annual Report Sentara Foundation – Hampton Roads 2016 Contents A Love Story ...... 3
Fundraising, Grants and Sponsorships ...... 10
Ways To Give ...... 12 My name is JoAnn, and I want to tell you a story about love and life. Gene and I met back in high school and remained dear friends until we married years later. Both of us have lived in Western Tidewater for most of our lives and we enjoy the community that Suffolk neighbors have created.
e as a young nurse, M 1962
Our lives have always been connected to the
water surrounding our region. Boating, fishing
and spending time on the Outer Banks played Gene 1968 a significant role in our daily lives and in the composition of who we are.
3 So, it seemed quite normal that one day
in December 1993 after a day of fishing
for striper, Gene felt a little soreness in his
shoulder. Throughout that evening the pain
became sharper and stronger.
Our primary care physician saw Gene the
very next morning and was concerned that
the pain had not subsided. After an EKG, he The big one that didn't get away
directed us to go directly to the emergency
room at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital.
4 Meeting us there, Dr. Carl Hartman, cardiologist, began his exam. It was then that Gene’s heart just stopped working. I saw the doctors running around and felt in my heart of hearts that something was completely wrong.
Little did I know that Dr. Hartman was the only thing between Gene and death. Being a nurse by training, I understood when I heard the doctors say “STEMI” and “99% blocked”. Only then did I realize that Gene might not make it.
5 I felt scared. I felt alone. I saw my life with
Gene starting to dissolve before my eyes,
imagining the small moments of my day
without him. A whirlwind of “lasts” began to
cascade in my mind: the last seashell we found
together, the last cast for surf fishing, the last
sound of the wave crashing into the sand.
Carl Hartman came to me and said that Gene
was heading into emergency surgery and he
had been stabilized for the moment but was in
grave condition.
I prayed. What else could I do? What more
could anyone else do? It was the longest eight
hours of my life that followed. I couldn’t catch
my breath, and the tears wouldn’t stop. That day seems like yesterday… 6 When Carl came back out, he had a small smile on his face that told me everything I needed to know. A close call was averted, and
Gene would survive, for now. It took weeks of recovery, but Gene made it back to health.
We don’t know how long we have to enjoy our time together. I didn’t expect to be living the rest of my life without Gene, we had been together for so long.
But no one ever knows…
I now understand that having the Sentara
Heart program and expert doctors like Carl is something that can’t be undervalued.
When it’s your husband or mother or father, Sentara Heart is the only link to keeping your family together. Gene’s guardian angel, Dr. Carl Hartman 7 So I give to support the Sentara Heart program. I give so that others get a second chance at a life
together. I give because I know the value of keeping our Heart Hospital at the forefront of innovation
and success. I give because I now understand what it means to be married “in sickness and in health.” ~ JoAnn
e, Gene & M Together Forever 8 These are JoAnn’s words. Straight from her heart. And we ~ JoAnn hope that her words, her story, and these photos touch your heart. We are sharing Gene and JoAnn’s story with you because you make stories like this possible. Every single day. Thank you for your vital and vibrant support of Sentara.
Your gifts provide critical, urgent care to neighbors, friends and loved ones. Your gifts fund innovations in treatments, diagnosis, and wellness programs. But most important of all, your gifts keep families together and loved ones close. We truly cherish all of your support of Sentara hospitals and programs. e, Gene & M To hear more about JoAnn and Gene’s story, please go to: Together Forever www.Sentara.com/FoundationPatientStories 9 2016 Grants Awarded Amount Angels of Mercy Medical Clinic $8,000 Peninsula a Beach Health Clinic $25,000 re A s Southside Boys & Girls Clubs of the Virginia Peninsula $15,000 d a Catholic Charities of Eastern Virginia $15,000 o Norfolk Only R Center for Sexual Assault Survivors $5,000 n
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m Children's Health Investment Program (CHIP) $17,000 a Western Tidewater
H Area Community Free Clinic of Newport News $25,000 Upper Peninsula ForKids, Inc. $25,000 Lower Peninsula Ghent Area Ministry $5,000 Gloucester-Mathews Care Clinic $25,000 H.E.L.P., Inc. $25,000 Hampton Newport News Community Services Board $5,000 Hampton Roads Community Health Center $50,000 Hospice House & Support Care of Williamsburg $5,000 Lackey Clinic $25,000 Olde Towne Medical and Dental Center $25,000 rvices Park Place Health and Dental Clinic $25,000 Se Oral Health lth PIN Ministry $13,000 ea Services H Primeplus Norfolk Senior Center $6,000 e s a e Rx Partnership $13,000 s i $10,000 D Mental Health Samaritan House, Inc.
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P Services Western Tidewater Free Clinic $25,000 Williamsburg Area Faith In Action $5,000 Grants Paid in 2016 $580,000 10 2016 Sponsorships Awarded Amount ACCESS College Foundation $2,500 ALS Association $2,500 2016 Fundraising Total Alzheimer's Association Southeastern Virginia Chapter $5,000 American Cancer Society $5,000 American Diabetes Association $5,000 American Parkinson's Disease Association (APDA) $5,000 $1.03 Million Arthritis Foundation, Hampton Roads $3,000 Cerebral Palsy of Virginia $1,000 Cystic Fibrosis Foundation $1,000 EQUI-KIDS Therapeutic Riding Program $1,500 Programs Supported Free to Breathe $3,500 Huntington's Disease Society of America $500 Lee's Friends $10,000 $ 2 06 S olars ip Funds Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Virginia Chapter $2,000 March of Dimes $5,000 $1 1 3 H. . . . Fund Muscular Dystrophy Association $1,500 National Alliance on Mental Illness of Virginia $500 $10 636 ardia rograms National Brain Tumor Society $500 $ 3 0 ig tingale mergen National MS Society, Central & Eastern Virginia Chapter $5,000 Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (Tidewater Affiliate) $1,500 $6 6 atient ssistan e Peninsula Agency on Aging $3,000 PKD Foundation TIdewater Chapter $250 $63 6 Hospi e rograms Ronald McDonald House Charities of Norfolk $1,500 Susan G. Komen Tidewater Affiliate $5,000 $33 Sentara eig Hospital pgrade The Giving Garden Foundation $1,000 The Lupus Foundation of America, DC/MD/VA Chapter $500 $12 31 an er rograms Virginia Association of Free and Charitable Clinics $2,500 Virginia Consortium of Health Philanthropy $500 ZERO - The End of Prostate Cancer $1,000 0 $100k $200k $300k $400k $500k Sponsorships Paid in 2016 $76,750
11 Sentara Foundation – Hampton Roads Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage Responding to community need. Sentara Healthcare PAID 6015 Poplar Hall Drive, Suite 308 Norfolk, VA For an inside look into some of our patients’ lives, visit Norfolk, VA 23502 Permit No. 156 our webpage at www.sentara.com/foundation or scan Sentara Foundation – Hampton Roads this QR code. See personal stories from our patients and hear directly from real people in your community about how YOU have helped change their lives!
Meril Amdursky Executive Director Ryan Livingston Foundation Application Systems Analyst Sue Stemple Sr. Development Consultant Bob Garris Sr. Development Consultant Laurel Brown Foundation Specialist Janet Johnson (L-R): Janet; Bob; Sue; Ryan; Laurel; Meril Foundation Assistant WAYS TO GIVE Designate your gift in support of numerous community care programs or give directly to a specific hospital within the Sentara system.
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