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Foundation Gala Raises $250,000
Left to right: Senator Maria Cantwell, Medical Center CEO Nancy Steiger, and 2011 Gala Chair Rosemarie Francis
BELLINGHAM – The PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center Foundation recently held its largest fundraiser in a large tent pavilion at the Health Education Center and raised more than $250,000 to support Medical Center services, upgrade facilities and provide outreach to the community.
The June 4 Gala hosted more than 440 guests, including U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, State Senator Doug Ericksen, Western Washington University President Bruce Shepard and Whatcom County Sheriff Bill Elfo.
At the Gala, members of the Foundation’s Circle of Care were honored and awards for significant and inspirational contributions were given to:
• Ralph H. Rinne, MD Physician Philanthropy Leader of the Year Award – presented to Ian L. Thompson, MD
• Philanthropist of the Year Award – Mimi and John Ferlin
• Inspirational Leader Award – Mary Frances Brown and Linda Gardner
Major sponsors of the event were Andersen Construction, IMCO General Construction, Mt. Baker Imaging and Saturna Capital. For more information, please call the Foundation Office at (360) 788-6866 or visit www.peacehealth.org/sjhf.
PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center, which includes a not-for-profit full-service hospital sponsored by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace, is part of the PeaceHealth system with medical centers in Alaska, Washington and Oregon. In addition to the hospital, Cancer Center and PeaceHealth Medical Group, PeaceHealth’s local services include several Centers of Excellence, a diagnostic laboratory, a joint venture outpatient imaging service, Whatcom Hospice, a specialty clinic in Sedro-Woolley and a critical access hospital being developed on San Juan Island.
Medical Center Wins Mayor’s Arts Award
Bellingham Mayor Dan Pike announced this week the recipients of the 32nd Annual Mayor’s Arts Awards. A reception and awards ceremony honoring the awardees is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. April 13 in the Rotunda Room of the Whatcom Museum Old City Hall Building. The public is invited to attend.
This year the Mayor is honoring twelve Bellingham residents and organizations who have significantly contributed to the arts in our community. Award winners were chosen based on nominations submitted by community members and members of the Bellingham Arts Commission.
“The continued enthusiasm for the Mayor’s Arts Awards makes me proud of our community’s diverse and flourishing artists and cultural organizations,” Pike said.
Mayor’s Arts Awards will be presented to the following twelve recipients:
- George Drake, Allied Arts of Whatcom County and Al Zimmerman- Spearheading the Sebastian Exhibit in Downtown Bellingham
- Ene’ and Eugene Lewis – Owners of Indian Street Pottery / Educators of the pottery craft;
- Felix Solomon – Advocate for the revival of the Coast Salish style of carving;
- Mike Mathieu and Andrew Conner – The Cody River Show;
- Nancy Steiger and the Medical Center Art Committee – 2010 PeaceHealth / St. Joseph Medical Center Art Exhibition;
- The Amadeus Project – Non-profit music institution providing a concert hall and teaching studio for the community;
- Whatcom Art Guild – Volunteer-driven art organization offering scholarships and sponsoring two annual art shows.
For more information, contact Shannon Taysi, Planning & Community Development Department 778-8360, or staysi@cob.org.
Measuring Mission at the St. Joseph Foundation
“Much of the work being done at St. Joseph Hospital falls into the category of ‘best kept secrets.’ Our job at the Foundation is to share with the community the remarkable work being done by our local physicians and the caregivers at the Hospital. The more people who know about St. Joseph Hospital and our commitment to excellent medicine and compassionate care, the more they will feel compelled to support it, as many of you already do.”
-Nancy Steiger, Regional CEO & CMO, “CEO Briefing on Radiation Oncology” at Mt. Baker Theatre in Bellingham, WA on November 12, 2009
If some stories beg to be told, so do certain statistics. Especially when these numbers reveal how treating every patient with safe, evidence based compassionate care—every time, every touch—translate to remarkable rates of cancer survival. Extending lives provides a base measure, suggesting also symptoms relieved, illnesses managed.
Every Hospital program hopes to provide the finest care. At St. Joseph’s Cancer Center, survival rates for the most common cancer sites exceed those reported in the National Oncology Database, for cancers of the breast and prostate, by about two percent; and ten percent for lung and colorectal cancers.
The Cancer Center’s Dr. William Hall put the significance of these figures into perspective, in comments distilled from his November 12 presentation to members of the Circle of Care:
CEO Briefing on Interventional Radiology & Radiation Oncology in Bellingham
Thursday, November 12, Mt. Baker Theatre – Circle of Care members and their guests were given a look behind the scenes at some of the hospital programs supported by the Hospital Foundation. Nancy Steiger, Regional CEO and CMO, pointed out that we have many reasons to be proud of our award-winning Hospital, and just as many reasons to donate to the Hospital Foundation. The contributions made by guest speakers Dag Jensen, MD (Northwest Radiologists) and Dr. William Hall (Cancer Center) illustrated this statement.
Planning For Future Retirement
“How to Retire,” of the Leadership Briefing Series, was held on October 21st, 2009 at the Hotel Bellwether Ballroom. Nicholas Kaiser, Director and Chairman of Saturna Capital, was the guest speaker. Below are photos of the event, which helped an audience of St. Joseph anesthesiologists and radiologists plan for retirement.
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A Celebration of Philanthropy
Care. Share. Inspire.
The Donor Recognition Gala was held on May 2nd, 2009 at the Semiahmoo Resort in Blaine, Washington. Jonathan Klein, President of CNN/US, was the guest speaker at the event. Below are photos of the event, to recognize and thank generous donors and community members who have contributed to the Foundation in 2009.
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