SHD reun APR 07 al R1 - Shodair Children's Hospital
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SPRING 20<strong>07</strong><br />
Montana’s<br />
20<strong>07</strong> Champion<br />
for Children’s<br />
Ment<strong>al</strong> He<strong>al</strong>th<br />
Nicole Winters
SHODAIR CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL<br />
Welcome<br />
From the Administrator<br />
If you've been tracking the news<br />
of this year's legislature, you know it was a<br />
tumultuous session. <strong>Shodair</strong> follows the legislative<br />
session closely, because there are often measures<br />
being considered that could affect the<br />
hospit<strong>al</strong>'s operations.<br />
This year there were sever<strong>al</strong> important pieces<br />
of legislation for us to track, including House Bill<br />
278, which was introduced at our request. This bill<br />
removed a sunset provision on funding for our<br />
medic<strong>al</strong> genetics program. Representative Ron<br />
Stoker (HD 87-Darby) sponsored the bill in the<br />
House and Senator Trudi Schmidt (SD 11-Great<br />
F<strong>al</strong>ls) carried the bill in the Senate. We were pleased<br />
to see it receive broad support in both houses.<br />
Senate Bill 118, the hospit<strong>al</strong> bed tax, was sponsored<br />
by Senator John Cobb (SD 9-Augusta) and passed<br />
after a two-year sunset was placed on the bill at the<br />
insistence of the House Republican leadership.<br />
Another bill we followed closely was SB 162, the<br />
mandatory newborn screening bill, <strong>al</strong>so sponsored<br />
by Senator Trudi Schmidt of Great F<strong>al</strong>ls. This bill<br />
<strong>al</strong>so received broad support in both houses.<br />
We <strong>al</strong>so followed the progress of House Joint<br />
Resolution 47—a joint resolution of the Senate<br />
and the House of Representatives of the State of<br />
Montana requesting that an interim committee study<br />
the funding, expenditures, and effectiveness of<br />
Montana's Statewide Genetics Program. It was<br />
sponsored by Representative Julie French (HD 36-<br />
Scobey) at the request of the House Human Service<br />
Standing Committee. At press time, this resolution<br />
had not reached the fin<strong>al</strong> list for interim study.<br />
Jack Casey<br />
<strong>Shodair</strong> Children’s Hospit<strong>al</strong><br />
Administrator<br />
As you know, the session did not conclude on<br />
April 27th. However, we would like to thank the<br />
legislators who worked so hard on beh<strong>al</strong>f of<br />
measures important to <strong>Shodair</strong>. We would <strong>al</strong>so<br />
like to thank Joan Miles, Director of the<br />
Department of Public He<strong>al</strong>th and Human<br />
Services, and her staff, Jane Smilie, Jo Ann<br />
Dotson, and Sib Clack for their support. And,<br />
of course, we extend our appreciation to <strong>al</strong>l<br />
legislators for their service to the citizens<br />
of Montana.<br />
With the arriv<strong>al</strong> of spring, we look forward to<br />
moving ahead with renewed spirit to carry on our<br />
work of caring for Montana children and their<br />
families. Spring brings change, and an important<br />
change at <strong>Shodair</strong> is that Linda Coulston, our<br />
Foundation Director, resigned last month to<br />
pursue other interests. She and her husband<br />
Lane are moving to Missoula. Linda is planning<br />
to take a break from full-time work and get to<br />
know her new community. The hospit<strong>al</strong> will miss<br />
her kind, cheerful person<strong>al</strong>ity, and wishes her<br />
well in future endeavors.<br />
Again, thanks to everyone for your support of<br />
<strong>Shodair</strong>.<br />
Sincerely,<br />
John P. Casey
REUNION Contents SPRING 20<strong>07</strong><br />
Inside Cover<br />
From the Administrator<br />
2 Nicole Winters:<br />
20<strong>07</strong> Montana’s Champion for Ment<strong>al</strong> He<strong>al</strong>th<br />
CPS<br />
6 How Collaborative Problem Solving Changes Us<br />
8 New Acute Unit Opens at <strong>Shodair</strong><br />
9 <strong>Shodair</strong>’s Genetics Program Grows<br />
10 Thanks to Our Many Generous Supporters<br />
14 Annu<strong>al</strong> CMN Telethon Coming June 2<br />
15 Top Student Athletes Named for<br />
20<strong>07</strong> Soccer Classic<br />
16 Hope Quilt Project Inspires Many<br />
16 Big Sky Fit Kids Program is Back<br />
17 ShoCare Helps Families Pay for Care<br />
19 Dr. Helen Drwinga Joins<br />
<strong>Shodair</strong> Genetics Department<br />
On the COVER:<br />
Montana’s Children’s MIracle<br />
Network Champion Nicole<br />
Winters receives a med<strong>al</strong>lion at<br />
the Children’s Miracle Network<br />
Celebration in Orlando, Florida.<br />
20 In the <strong>Shodair</strong> Spotlight: Chip H<strong>al</strong>l<br />
20 Patient Poetry<br />
Published by: Marketing and Community Relations Department, <strong>Shodair</strong> Children’s Hospit<strong>al</strong>, ©20<strong>07</strong><br />
Editor: Renee Hofeldt, Director, Marketing and Community Relations<br />
Contributing Photographers: Helena Photography, Renee Hofeldt, and Roger Parchen<br />
Design & Production: Art & Image Creative Resources<br />
For further information: Marketing and Community Relations Department PHONE: 406/444-7548 FAX: 406/441-1612 E-MAIL: lreed@shodair.org<br />
Spring 20<strong>07</strong><br />
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20<strong>07</strong> MONTANA’S CHAMPION<br />
ACROSS AMERICA<br />
NicoleWinters<br />
Missoula teen is ambassador for children’s ment<strong>al</strong> he<strong>al</strong>th<br />
On a blustery March day,<br />
Nicole stands with her<br />
foster mother, Sandy<br />
Cummins, outside the<br />
Montana Capitol after<br />
being recognized by the<br />
20<strong>07</strong> Montana<br />
Legislature.<br />
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Montana sent a new representative<br />
to the nation’s capitol in March, but the young<br />
ambassador wasn’t a politician. Seventeen year-old<br />
Nicole Winters of Missoula visited The White<br />
House and Capitol Hill to share her story of triumph<br />
over childhood abuse and related ment<strong>al</strong><br />
he<strong>al</strong>th ch<strong>al</strong>lenges.<br />
Nicole, who was treated for depression<br />
and post-traumatic stress disorder at<br />
<strong>Shodair</strong> Children’s Hospit<strong>al</strong>, is<br />
Montana’s champion in this<br />
year’s Children’s Miracle<br />
Network Champions Across<br />
America program, presented<br />
by CO-OP Financi<strong>al</strong> Services.<br />
The program honors remarkable<br />
children like her who have<br />
triumphed despite severe medic<strong>al</strong><br />
ch<strong>al</strong>lenges.<br />
Nicole<br />
Winters<br />
Nicole is the only child to represent children’s<br />
ment<strong>al</strong> he<strong>al</strong>th issues. She joins more than 50 other<br />
young ambassadors from other states and Canada,<br />
Below left: Nicole shakes hands with Ron Erickson, State House<br />
Representative from Missoula.<br />
Below right: Nicole and one of her many furry friends.<br />
Above left: Posing with Montana Senator Max Baucus in Washington, D.C.<br />
Above right: T<strong>al</strong>king with Governor Brian Schweitzer in Missoula.<br />
and the ranks of children treated at Children’s<br />
Miracle Network hospit<strong>al</strong>s throughout both<br />
countries. She was introduced to the public at a<br />
welcoming conference at <strong>Shodair</strong> on March 20th.<br />
Following lunch at the hospit<strong>al</strong>, she was<br />
recognized by proclamation in both<br />
houses of the state legislature. In<br />
Washington D.C., she met President<br />
Bush and her U.S. senators before<br />
journeying to Orlando, Florida<br />
and W<strong>al</strong>t Disney World, where<br />
she and other champions were<br />
honored in a series of events<br />
during the first week in April.<br />
Her experience at <strong>Shodair</strong> began<br />
with admission to the hospit<strong>al</strong>’s acute<br />
psychiatric treatment unit in 2006. Patients<br />
admitted to the acute care unit are in need of<br />
immediate care and stabilization, often because<br />
they are in danger of harming themselves or others.<br />
Prior to her admission, she was in and out of foster<br />
care until fin<strong>al</strong>ly, her explosive behavior in a group<br />
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Montana’s Champion Nicole Winters...<br />
home made it unsafe for her to remain there. She<br />
was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder<br />
(PSTD) and depression, and received intensive<br />
psychotherapy to address her fears and selfdestructive<br />
behaviors.<br />
After getting the immediate care she needed,<br />
Nicole transitioned into the hospit<strong>al</strong>’s residenti<strong>al</strong><br />
treatment program, where staff helped her focus<br />
on her behaviors and work on long-term recovery.<br />
With the assistance of a dedicated staff that included<br />
psychiatrists, nurses, therapists, teachers, and<br />
recreation and art therapists, she acquired skills that<br />
would help her return to life in a community and<br />
family setting. She now lives with her foster mother,<br />
Sandy Cummins, in Missoula, and attends high<br />
school there. Describing her experience at <strong>Shodair</strong>,<br />
Nicole said, “They helped me learn to hold the little<br />
girl’s hand that’s hurting inside.”<br />
Champions and their family members were treated to<br />
a host of memorable activities over a week that<br />
included tours of the nation’s capit<strong>al</strong> and passes to<br />
W<strong>al</strong>t Disney World theme parks. Country music star<br />
Tracy Byrd accompanied the champions to<br />
Washington D.C., and Miss America 20<strong>07</strong>, Lauren<br />
Nelson, joined the champions in Florida. “What an<br />
honor to spend a few days getting to know these<br />
Clockwise from top right:<br />
Nicole meets the Governor, his wife and their family dog.<br />
Nicole’s feelings overwhelm her momentarily, as she t<strong>al</strong>ks about<br />
experiences that brought her to <strong>Shodair</strong>.<br />
Listening to a proclamation from the 20<strong>07</strong> Montana Senate.<br />
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From top to bottom:<br />
<strong>Shodair</strong> staff recognizes Nicole for her courage and achievements.<br />
Sharing a smile in the park with foster Mom, Sandy Cummins.<br />
Making new friends in Orlando Florida with fellow Champions.<br />
incredible children,” said Nelson, who added that<br />
she looked forward to helping them share their<br />
remarkable stories with the entire country.<br />
Champions were <strong>al</strong>so treated to concerts by Air<br />
Supply, The Jonas Brothers, and Alana Grace.<br />
Children’s Miracle Network, an <strong>al</strong>liance of premier<br />
hospit<strong>al</strong>s for children, is a non-profit organization<br />
dedicated to saving and improving the lives of<br />
children by raising funds for children’s hospit<strong>al</strong>s.<br />
CO-OP Financi<strong>al</strong> Services proudly sponsors the<br />
Champions Across America program on beh<strong>al</strong>f of<br />
America’s credit unions and their commitment to<br />
children in their community.<br />
<strong>Shodair</strong> has a 100-year history of serving children in<br />
Montana, and is one of the 170 premier children’s<br />
hospit<strong>al</strong>s included in the Children’s Miracle Network.<br />
It is Montana’s only Children’s Miracle Network<br />
hospit<strong>al</strong>, and the only facility in the state to offer both<br />
residenti<strong>al</strong> and acute psychiatric treatment in one<br />
location. In addition to speci<strong>al</strong>ized psychiatric care<br />
for Montana children and adolescents, <strong>Shodair</strong><br />
provides comprehensive medic<strong>al</strong> genetic services<br />
to patients of <strong>al</strong>l ages from throughout the state.<br />
You can support <strong>Shodair</strong>, the Children’s Miracle<br />
Network, and activities like the Champions Across<br />
America program by contributing to the fund-raising<br />
efforts of nation<strong>al</strong> sponsors like W<strong>al</strong>-Mart, Costco,<br />
Dairy Queen, IHOP, Ace Hardware, Rite-Aid, and<br />
many more. To learn more about Children’s Miracle<br />
Network and corporate sponsors, please visit<br />
childrensmiraclenetwork.org online.<br />
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How Collaborative Problem<br />
Solving has changed us<br />
Laura Fuller, Ph.D.<br />
Over the past sever<strong>al</strong> years<br />
<strong>Shodair</strong>'s Child & Adolescent<br />
psychiatric services staff have<br />
been working to implement<br />
an approach c<strong>al</strong>led<br />
Collaborative Problem<br />
Solving, or CPS.<br />
In January 2006 the<br />
psychologist who developed<br />
CPS, Ross Greene, Ph.D.,<br />
visited the hospit<strong>al</strong>. Dr.<br />
Greene began consulting via<br />
teleconference with staff of<br />
the children's residenti<strong>al</strong><br />
treatment unit, and has since<br />
provided consultation to the<br />
adolescent residenti<strong>al</strong> units<br />
as well. This inst<strong>al</strong>lment on<br />
CPS is intended to update<br />
readers on the changes the<br />
transition to CPS has<br />
prompted thus far.<br />
For more information on<br />
CPS, please see the website of<br />
the Center for Collaborative<br />
Problem Solving:<br />
www.ccps.info.<br />
CPS<br />
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<strong>Shodair</strong> staff members <strong>al</strong>ways strive to provide highqu<strong>al</strong>ity<br />
care for children even under the most difficult circumstances.<br />
Therefore, it may come as a bit of a surprise that something seemingly<br />
as simple as the notion “children do well if they can” could change<br />
so much about the work that is done here—causing clinic<strong>al</strong> services to<br />
become even better.<br />
That notion is centr<strong>al</strong> to Dr. Ross Greene's Collaborative Problem Solving<br />
(CPS) model. Through consultation with Dr. Greene and via <strong>Shodair</strong>'s own<br />
intern<strong>al</strong> efforts at education, the basics of CPS have been implemented on<br />
the hospit<strong>al</strong>'s psychiatric treatment units.<br />
One primary aspect of CPS is getting to know what sorts of events or<br />
situations seem to provoke a “meltdown” in the child. Another is<br />
understanding the types of thinking skills children may be lacking and<br />
need to be taught. CPS <strong>al</strong>so encourages adults to be mindful about which<br />
battles are worth having with kids, and advocates teaching problem<br />
solving skills through what are c<strong>al</strong>led “Plan B Conversations.” These<br />
conversations involve empathizing with the child, making sure the<br />
concerns of the adult and the child are clearly identified, and then<br />
inviting the child to engage in problem solving to generate a solution<br />
that is mutu<strong>al</strong>ly agreeable to both.<br />
A big change in staff's approach to kids has been to listen and empathize<br />
with them even more. Although listening and empathy have <strong>al</strong>ways been<br />
important components of treatment at <strong>Shodair</strong>, CPS has pushed personnel<br />
to work especi<strong>al</strong>ly hard at getting to the bottom of a child's concern—<br />
which involves listening carefully. Underlying this effort is the belief that<br />
children probably have a good reason for doing what they do, and for<br />
sometimes refusing adult requests.<br />
In the past, the child might simply be labeled as “opposition<strong>al</strong>” or<br />
“unmotivated,” and caregivers might look no further for the root of the<br />
problem. Or they might assume the reason for the behavior was obvious<br />
and identifiable without asking the child about it. Now, with CPS, staff<br />
members are more likely to ask “What's up?” if a child won't comply with<br />
a request, or if they melt down repeatedly in certain situations.<br />
Staff members were initi<strong>al</strong>ly surprised at how much they learned from their<br />
conversations with patients. For example, when asked, children have<br />
explained that they are refusing to go to bed because they are afraid of<br />
bedtime due to a history of abuse; they won't wear socks because of the<br />
way the seams on the toes feel; or they won't go to school because the<br />
smell of the teacher's hand lotion makes them hungry. Once the re<strong>al</strong><br />
problem is clarified, re<strong>al</strong> work can be done to address it.<br />
The basic tenet of CPS comes with a corollary: “Children do well if they<br />
can… and if they don't, we adults need to help figure out how to help<br />
them.” <strong>Shodair</strong> staff members have become very creative in devising ways<br />
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to do just that. For example, an anxious child who refused school for the<br />
last year due to intense fearfulness might initi<strong>al</strong>ly be <strong>al</strong>lowed to choose<br />
his schedule for each day, while being assisted by his therapist and other<br />
staff in managing anxious feelings. Or a child with expressive language<br />
difficulties who cannot label her emotions may be given a set of “feelings<br />
cards,” that she can point to as a way of communicating how she is<br />
feeling. Likewise, a black-and-white thinker who melts down when things<br />
don't go as he expects them to might use pictures of three items that are<br />
large, medium, and sm<strong>al</strong>l, to help him sort out which things are truly a<br />
“big de<strong>al</strong>,” and which are not so significant. Fin<strong>al</strong>ly, a girl who lacks<br />
soci<strong>al</strong> skills and melts down when she is rejected by her peers might<br />
need a “friendship coach” to work with her on phrases to use that will<br />
make her a more appe<strong>al</strong>ing playmate.<br />
Because CPS teaches adults to engage in problem-solving with kids,<br />
rather than locking horns in power struggles, children begin to see adults<br />
as sources of help and support. Instead of continuing to use the same<br />
approach they have <strong>al</strong>ways used (an approach that often had poor<br />
outcomes, but may have been the only one the child could think of),<br />
children start to view adults as <strong>al</strong>lies who can help them think of<br />
different solutions.<br />
For <strong>Shodair</strong>'s young patients, this approach has resulted in an increase<br />
in help-seeking behavior and a reduction in meltdowns. At a recent<br />
meeting of the nursing staff, team members noted, “the kids just can't<br />
get enough of us,” and some children don't want to leave because they<br />
feel understood and cared for. Staff observed that, in a very positive way,<br />
children were frequently seeking them out and wanting to t<strong>al</strong>k more<br />
than ever before.<br />
When CPS is done well, it is likely to result in a significant reduction in<br />
restrictive measures such as seclusions and restraints. This is because of<br />
the emphasis placed on being proactive, rather than waiting until things<br />
begin to “melt down,” and because of the collaborative relationship<br />
created with children. At <strong>Shodair</strong>, a concentrated effort is being made to<br />
reduce restrictive interventions, and to dissect any incident that does<br />
happen in order to identify ways to prevent future occurrences.<br />
The hospit<strong>al</strong> is receiving recognition for its efforts in implementing CPS.<br />
Dr. Greene has asked <strong>Shodair</strong> to contribute a chapter to a book he and<br />
a colleague are writing about CPS in restrictive settings. There have <strong>al</strong>so<br />
been discussions about <strong>Shodair</strong> becoming identified as a CPS “Center<br />
of Excellence.” This designation is offici<strong>al</strong> recognition that it does an<br />
exception<strong>al</strong> job utilizing CPS, and has sufficient expertise to provide<br />
examples and training to other agencies in the region interested in<br />
learning more.<br />
The book The Explosive Child, written by Ross Greene & Stuart Ablon,<br />
is a nation<strong>al</strong> bestseller, and the Center for Collaborative Problem Solving<br />
receives hundreds of requests each year for consultation, information,<br />
and speaking engagements. Collaborative Problem Solving is gaining<br />
widespread popularity, and <strong>Shodair</strong> is on the cutting edge. The continuing<br />
saga of CPS at <strong>Shodair</strong> is likely to be exciting. Stay tuned!<br />
Spring 20<strong>07</strong><br />
A big change<br />
in staff's<br />
approach to<br />
kids has been<br />
to listen and<br />
empathize<br />
with them<br />
even more.<br />
Ross W. Greene, Ph.D.,<br />
is Director of the<br />
Collaborative Problem<br />
Solving Institute in the<br />
Department of Psychiatry<br />
at Massachusetts Gener<strong>al</strong><br />
Hospit<strong>al</strong>, and is co-author<br />
of a new<br />
book,<br />
Treating<br />
Explosive<br />
Kids.<br />
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<strong>Shodair</strong>'s new acute treatment unit<br />
is open and accepting patients who need critic<strong>al</strong>,<br />
sometimes life-saving psychiatric treatment. The 20-<br />
bed facility accommodates patients who need<br />
immediate psychiatric care to keep them safe.<br />
Patients are admitted by referr<strong>al</strong> from he<strong>al</strong>th care<br />
providers, therapists, law enforcement and soci<strong>al</strong><br />
workers, as well as parents.<br />
The term “acute care,” in a psychiatric hospit<strong>al</strong><br />
setting like <strong>Shodair</strong>, refers to treatment offered to<br />
children whose behavior puts them at risk of hurting<br />
themselves or others. They often come from<br />
medic<strong>al</strong>-surgic<strong>al</strong><br />
hospit<strong>al</strong> emergency<br />
rooms or law<br />
enforcement agencies,<br />
and are in urgent need<br />
of immediate<br />
psychiatric care<br />
and stabilization.<br />
In many cases, other<br />
treatment programs<br />
have been tried and<br />
failed to meet the<br />
child's needs.<br />
The hospit<strong>al</strong>, which provides acute and residenti<strong>al</strong><br />
psychiatric treatment exclusively for Montana<br />
children and adolescents, began construction on a<br />
20,000 square foot addition in 2005. The expansion<br />
came in response to the increasing need for child<br />
psychiatric services in the state. Previously, the<br />
hospit<strong>al</strong> found itself having to turn away young<br />
patients because of a lack of beds to accommodate<br />
them. The new addition includes the new 20-bed<br />
acute care unit, a swimming pool for patient<br />
recreation therapy, and addition<strong>al</strong> office, meeting,<br />
and storage space. An enclosed outdoor play area<br />
for acute unit patients is <strong>al</strong>so part of the new facility.<br />
The new facility is state-of-the-art, and incorporates<br />
sever<strong>al</strong> design suggestions from staff, who were<br />
involved in early discussions with the project<br />
architects. For example, the layout of the acute care<br />
unit affords unobstructed views of the entrances to<br />
<strong>al</strong>l patient rooms, in any direction, from the centr<strong>al</strong>ly<br />
located nurses' station. This <strong>al</strong>lows nurses and staff<br />
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New Acute Care Unit treats Montana youth<br />
with serious ment<strong>al</strong> he<strong>al</strong>th ch<strong>al</strong>lenges<br />
The new unit’s milieu is spacious and bright<br />
at the station to more effectively monitor patients'<br />
activities and ensure their safety. Other features<br />
include a spacious and community room, an<br />
abundance of natur<strong>al</strong> light, and views of the v<strong>al</strong>ley<br />
and surrounding mountains. All patient rooms are<br />
single-occupancy and spacious enough to<br />
accommodate visits with family members.<br />
At their 110th annu<strong>al</strong> meeting in October of 2006,<br />
<strong>Shodair</strong> trustees dedicated the $3.9 million addition<br />
to the late James H. Foley, a tireless supporter of the<br />
hospit<strong>al</strong> who served 19 years as president of its<br />
board of trustees.<br />
The hospit<strong>al</strong><br />
welcomed the public<br />
to tour the new<br />
facility and acute<br />
psychiatric care unit<br />
at an open house in<br />
November. The first<br />
patients were<br />
accepted at the end<br />
of the month.<br />
Since then, the<br />
number of patients<br />
admitted for acute care<br />
has remained steady, and the unit is often close to<br />
capacity. Because <strong>Shodair</strong> offers both acute and<br />
residenti<strong>al</strong> treatment—the only facility of its kind<br />
in the state—patients who would benefit from<br />
addition<strong>al</strong> treatment may transition to one of the<br />
hospit<strong>al</strong>'s three residenti<strong>al</strong> treatment units following<br />
a short-term stay at the acute care unit.<br />
<strong>Shodair</strong> is a key provider of children's ment<strong>al</strong> he<strong>al</strong>th<br />
services in the state, providing early intervention and<br />
diagnosis, and working with family, guardians, and<br />
other agencies to promote patients' well-being. It<br />
is the only facility in the state offering acute care in<br />
tandem with residenti<strong>al</strong> treatment. Being able to offer<br />
this continuum of care—where a patient can move<br />
from an intensive, acute treatment program to a<br />
residenti<strong>al</strong> one—makes <strong>Shodair</strong> a unique asset for<br />
youth suffering from various ment<strong>al</strong> he<strong>al</strong>th<br />
conditions. The non-profit hospit<strong>al</strong> provides care<br />
for children and adolescents from communities<br />
throughout Montana, regardless of ability to pay.<br />
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Genetics program grows<br />
with Montana<br />
Katherine Berry, MS, CGC<br />
Board Certified Genetic Counselor<br />
Each year, staff at <strong>Shodair</strong>’s<br />
Medic<strong>al</strong> Genetics Department sees hundreds of<br />
families who have genetic questions. Many are seen<br />
outside the hospit<strong>al</strong>'s home base of Helena. In fact,<br />
a team of two medic<strong>al</strong> geneticists and three genetic<br />
counselors spend an average of 15 staff days a<br />
month traveling to communities around the state<br />
of Montana. Fortunately for Montana's rur<strong>al</strong><br />
population, this in-state program offers diverse<br />
and robust genetic services—close to home.<br />
From its inception forty years ago, <strong>Shodair</strong>'s<br />
medic<strong>al</strong> genetics program has grown from services<br />
at a single location to become a comprehensive,<br />
statewide genetics program that provides clinic<strong>al</strong><br />
services and collaborates with its own cytogenetic,<br />
molecular, and matern<strong>al</strong> serum screening<br />
laboratories. A complete range of services are<br />
readily accessible to families and providers, and<br />
designed to match their needs.<br />
Dr. Phil P<strong>al</strong>lister began the medic<strong>al</strong> genetics<br />
program in the late 1960's and early 1970's at<br />
the Boulder River School and Hospit<strong>al</strong>. While<br />
ev<strong>al</strong>uations were focused on determining the cause<br />
of development<strong>al</strong> disability in individu<strong>al</strong>s there, the<br />
work frequently extended to family members.<br />
Dr. John Opitz, a prominent medic<strong>al</strong> geneticist in<br />
Wisconsin, often traveled to Montana to assist with<br />
ev<strong>al</strong>uations. When Dr. P<strong>al</strong>lister retired in the late<br />
70's, the program was moved to <strong>Shodair</strong> under<br />
the direction of Dr. Opitz. State, feder<strong>al</strong>, and<br />
<strong>Shodair</strong> foundation funds helped sustain and<br />
expand the program to better serve <strong>al</strong>l Montanans<br />
over the years.<br />
In the 1980's, the first genetic counselor, Joan<br />
FitzGer<strong>al</strong>d, joined the staff. Sensing a need for faceto-face<br />
genetic services in Billings, Great F<strong>al</strong>ls, and<br />
Missoula, she developed clinics there. Over the next<br />
decade, another medic<strong>al</strong> geneticist and two more<br />
genetic counselors brought the clinic<strong>al</strong> staff to five.<br />
This growth <strong>al</strong>lowed the program to build regular<br />
services in ten locations across the state.<br />
Spring 20<strong>07</strong><br />
Annie Adams, a genetic<br />
counselor who travels regularly to Billings<br />
and beyond says, “I find it satisfying to travel to<br />
the eastern part of the state when we hold clinics in<br />
Miles City and Sidney. Families we see there may<br />
not have access to the state's large medic<strong>al</strong> centers.”<br />
By traveling to them, she says, “We provide<br />
improved availability of genetic services.”<br />
Participation in genetics clinics in the south and<br />
western portions of the state, served by genetic<br />
counselor Cindy Hudson, has nearly doubled in the<br />
last sever<strong>al</strong> years, as the population there expands.<br />
Cindy reports, “We're seeing more and more<br />
families from Missoula and the surrounding area,<br />
<strong>al</strong>ong with increasing ethnic diversity that reflects<br />
the variety of populations in the area.” She adds,<br />
“Strong support from the state pediatric speci<strong>al</strong>ty<br />
clinic and the Department of Public He<strong>al</strong>th and<br />
Human Services has been instrument<strong>al</strong> in the<br />
ongoing success of the program.”<br />
Telemedicine consults, where staff, patients, and<br />
other providers interact via television, is a tool that<br />
has become available in the last few years. Annie<br />
says, “Even when we're not able to meet in person,<br />
the telemedicine network throughout the state<br />
<strong>al</strong>lows patients to consult with us without traveling<br />
for hours.”<br />
Whether they are seen at the hospit<strong>al</strong> in Helena,<br />
in a satellite clinic, or via telemedicine technology,<br />
“We try to reach <strong>al</strong>l Montanans who need our<br />
services,” says Katherine Berry, the third genetic<br />
counselor at <strong>Shodair</strong>. The Medic<strong>al</strong> Genetics<br />
Department serves patients of <strong>al</strong>l ages, and is the<br />
only provider in the state to offer both clinic<strong>al</strong><br />
and laboratory medic<strong>al</strong> genetic services. For<br />
more information, contact the department by<br />
c<strong>al</strong>ling 406-444-7530.<br />
For a schedule of upcoming<br />
clinics in your area see page 18.<br />
9
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Our Supporters<br />
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Carol Davidson<br />
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Montana Department of<br />
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Dan Deutschman<br />
Stuart Doggett<br />
Dollar Tree Store<br />
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Ann Fanton<br />
First Christian Church<br />
Carol A. Frant<strong>al</strong><br />
Ethel Gerard<br />
Jeanette Gill<br />
Girl Scout Cadette Troop #840<br />
Joan Grogan<br />
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Hastings Books Music & Videos<br />
Helena 4th Ward Church Group<br />
Wil Hennessey<br />
Helena Independent Record<br />
Wendy Irvin<br />
Cheryl Johnson, LDS<br />
KGHL-AM 790<br />
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KMTX-FM 105<br />
Pam Koepplin<br />
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Peggy Lamb, LDS<br />
Sheila Larson<br />
Karole Lee<br />
Bob Levitan<br />
Elizabeth Linzmeyer<br />
Melville Lutheran Church Women<br />
Gary L. Mihelish, DDS<br />
Robert J. Moes<br />
Emmoy Moffitt, LDS<br />
Dennis Molnar<br />
Montana Board of Investments<br />
Montana Broom & Brush<br />
Mountain West Bank<br />
Pacific Coast Clearing Services<br />
Peggy Petrosky<br />
Katherine Rappaport<br />
Dela Ridir<br />
Louisa Rothfus<br />
Safeway Store of Helena<br />
Jessica Sargent<br />
Scholastic Books<br />
Allison Schulte<br />
Lucy Staples<br />
Tizer Gardens<br />
Toys for Tots<br />
US Geologic Survey<br />
VFW Post #3843<br />
Robin Wardell, LDS<br />
Kryst<strong>al</strong> Whitten<br />
Spencee Willett<br />
Bill Willing<br />
Xi Alpha Kappa<br />
Memori<strong>al</strong>s<br />
Danni<br />
- Gaylord E. & Gertie Huckins<br />
Family<br />
- Frank H. & Margaret A. Gebhardt<br />
Father of Linda W<strong>al</strong>do<br />
- Larry P. Cooper<br />
Hazel & Jane Eddy<br />
- James A. Eddy<br />
Henry<br />
- Kathleen Sweet<br />
Ida Mae & W<strong>al</strong>ter<br />
- Arnold & Pauline Kober<br />
In memory of my Daughter<br />
- Betty Jo Atkins<br />
John<br />
- Mr. & Mrs. Reg Wearley<br />
Our Parents<br />
- Mr. & Mrs. Fred Arnold<br />
Weston Howard Family<br />
- Shirley E. Voyta<br />
Hj<strong>al</strong>mer & Frances Aadsen<br />
- Dolores Aadsen<br />
Nonie Abbott<br />
- Peter & Sheila W. Sullivan<br />
Len Ahern<br />
- Robert J. & Edie Witham Redpath<br />
Pete Alberda<br />
- Leslie A. Saisbury<br />
Deloris Allen<br />
- Mr. & Mrs. Harry Faroni<br />
Judi Andersen<br />
- Peter & Sheila W. Sullivan<br />
Richard & Peggy Andrews<br />
- Mr. & Mrs. Allen Miller<br />
Albert H. Bailey<br />
- Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Eby<br />
Nellie Barker<br />
- Peter & Sheila W. Sullivan<br />
Elsie Mae Barnard<br />
- Charles G. Barnard<br />
Eva Mae Bartle<br />
- Mr. & Mrs. James Mulvey<br />
- Mary Carol & Gene Wohlman<br />
Georgia Beatty<br />
- Mr. & Mrs. John W. Wilson<br />
Paul & Francy Bebo<br />
- Mary & Tim Morley<br />
Ervin M. Bell<br />
- Elizabeth Bell<br />
Jeffrey Big Beaver<br />
- Willard & Dolores Mortenson<br />
Dennis Blunt<br />
- Mr. & Mrs. Art Braut<br />
Kay Bokma<br />
- Bernice L. Boucher<br />
Leonard M. Bosanatz<br />
- Mary Bosanatz<br />
Marianne Boston<br />
- Mr. & Mrs. Harry Faroni<br />
Thomas Or<strong>al</strong> Bowers<br />
- Mr. & Mrs. Frank Manfredi<br />
Lloyd Boyett<br />
- Jessie M. Treweek<br />
Richard Brainard<br />
- Mary Herndon<br />
Jack Brandl<br />
- Rose Marie Phyfield<br />
Bob Brownlow<br />
- Leslie A. Saisbury<br />
Norman Carlson<br />
- Gertrude Molmen<br />
Vertie May Carlson<br />
- Kizzie Brown<br />
James Carrico<br />
- Marcia L. Carrico<br />
Kenneth William Chaney<br />
- Martin & Jean Mertz<br />
Virgil Cornelius<br />
- Mr. & Mrs. Edgar Fisher<br />
Jamie Cull<br />
- DuAnne Diers<br />
Stephen Davis<br />
- Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Eby<br />
Marion Keith Dawson<br />
- Mr. & Mrs. Patrick R. Bachman<br />
Virginia Mae Diemer<br />
- Maxine Gutcheck<br />
Arnold Doig<br />
- Gaylord E. & Gertie Huckins<br />
Dennis F. Dolan<br />
- Mr. & Mrs. Harry Faroni<br />
- Don<strong>al</strong>d & Beverly Stanisich<br />
Raymond Dotson, Jr.<br />
- Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Helstrom<br />
Charles “Chuck” Dove<br />
- Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Eby<br />
Don Durland<br />
- William B. & Lois Horn<br />
Adela Earhart<br />
- Leora Brinig<br />
Doris Darling Early<br />
- Arthur R. & Eileen Tucker<br />
Donna Edmisten<br />
- Betty A. Rice<br />
Robert English<br />
- Mr. & Mrs. Harry Lawyer<br />
Eugene Entzel<br />
- Lydia Entzel<br />
Bob Fellows<br />
- Marguerite R. McIntosh<br />
Eleanor "Jackie" Felton<br />
- Jack R. Felton<br />
10 Reunion
Anton Fiest<br />
- Ruth Fiest<br />
Albert C. Fortune<br />
- Eva Fortune<br />
Clifford Frank<br />
- Linda Konesky<br />
Howard Fullerton<br />
- Mr. & Mrs. J. R. "Bob" Bowlin<br />
Helen Garber<br />
- Norman & Coreene Bohrnsen<br />
Gordon Gennette<br />
- Mr. & Mrs. Harry Faroni<br />
Robert "Buck" George<br />
- Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Gray<br />
Vic Givogre<br />
- Catherine Alger<br />
Jack Gneiting<br />
- Lillian DeBerti<br />
Lilah Godman<br />
- Phyllis M. Tregidga<br />
Debbie Simonich Graham<br />
- Ann Simonich<br />
John Graham<br />
- Don<strong>al</strong>d W. & Marlene Kude<br />
Estelle Granger<br />
- Eva Fortune<br />
Robert Z. Gray<br />
- Betty Lou Fritz<br />
Mabel Grosfield<br />
- John & Carolyn Green<br />
- Janice Grosfield<br />
Jack Guidi<br />
- Mr. & Mrs. Harry Faroni<br />
V<strong>al</strong>entine J. Gutcheck<br />
- Maxine Gutcheck<br />
- Gloria A. Wilson<br />
Mary Guza<br />
- Dorothy Slapnik<br />
Olive Hagadone<br />
- Dora Carey<br />
Richard Haigh<br />
- M<strong>al</strong>com S. & Audrey E. Elvy<br />
Robby W. H<strong>al</strong>ey<br />
- Mr. & Mrs. Robert H<strong>al</strong>ey<br />
Scott Hanson<br />
- Lloyd & Leona Irvine<br />
S<strong>al</strong>ly Harvey<br />
- Dave & Mary Ann Dickey<br />
Ted Hazelbaker<br />
- D<strong>al</strong>e & Joanie Pettit<br />
Marion Hedegaard<br />
- Lora S. Hedegaard<br />
Gerry Heinz<br />
- Marie & George Kadillak<br />
R<strong>al</strong>ph Herdina<br />
- Mr. & Mrs. Stan Milesnick<br />
Gene Herndon<br />
- Mr. & Mrs. William E. Campbell<br />
Henry "Chick" Herrera<br />
- Mr. & Mrs. William E. Campbell<br />
Robert M. Herron<br />
- Elizabeth Jo Howells<br />
- Ben & Jean Miller<br />
Ken Hickel<br />
- Luella Avens<br />
Mary Hippert<br />
- Mr. & Mrs. Stephen L. Lewis<br />
Ann Hirschy<br />
- American Legion, Wisdom, MT<br />
Tom Nelson<br />
- Nettie Bacon<br />
Alice Hodges<br />
- Laneda C. Stark<br />
Larry Hoepfer<br />
- Elma C. Crockett<br />
Patricia Hoiland<br />
- Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Eby<br />
John Hollow<br />
- Mr. & Mrs. Harry Faroni<br />
Barbara Holter<br />
- Joan B. Richards<br />
- Mary Carol & Gene Wohlman<br />
Mike Holtz<br />
- Jean Kvande<br />
Bill Houglum<br />
- Mr. & Mrs. Edgar Fisher<br />
Joe Hugo<br />
- Mr. & Mrs. Harry Faroni<br />
Elizabeth T. Huston<br />
- Yvonne Murray<br />
George & Bill Huston<br />
- Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Murray<br />
Mary Jackabson<br />
- Violet R. Kramer<br />
- Mr. & Mrs. Edward Kramer<br />
Robert "Jake" Jacobs<br />
- Mr. & Mrs. Gary G<strong>al</strong>laher<br />
Zel Jennings<br />
- Ivan & Arlene Stepan<br />
Frank H. Johns<br />
- Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Helstrom<br />
Otto Johnsen<br />
- Phyllis Petritz<br />
A. H. Johnson<br />
- Alvina Welliver<br />
Bernice Johnson<br />
- Caroline Brotzman<br />
Dorothea Johnson<br />
- Mr. & Mrs. W<strong>al</strong>ter E. Dodd<br />
John W. Johnson<br />
- Marie C. Johnson<br />
Bill Jones<br />
- Sarah L. Johnson<br />
Roberta Kampfer<br />
- Bernice L. Boucher<br />
Veronica Kare<br />
- Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Helstrom<br />
Joe Keeler<br />
- Peter & Sheila W. Sullivan<br />
William A. Keenan<br />
- Aurora Z. Keenan<br />
Judy Kelley<br />
- Mr. & Mrs. Harry Faroni<br />
Skip Kelly<br />
- Frank Quilici<br />
Alice M. Kennedy<br />
- Richard H. Kennedy<br />
Joanne King, R.N.<br />
- Bruce King<br />
Lorraine Kitchen<br />
- Alice McGuire<br />
Richard Knuckey<br />
- Edward A. Lash<br />
William Kobelt<br />
- Gladys Kobelt<br />
Machelle Koenig<br />
- Mr. & Mrs. Bernard T. Koenig<br />
John & Loretta Kolesar<br />
- Robert & Marlene Forster<br />
- Barry Kolesar<br />
Peter Koll<br />
- Mr. & Mrs. Harry Faroni<br />
Dorothy Kreissler<br />
- Ben W. & Bizz Green<br />
Signa & Tom Ladv<strong>al</strong>a<br />
- Clara Jarvi<br />
Florence “Flo” Lane<br />
- Jane E. Kountz<br />
- Mr. & Mrs. Stan Milesnick<br />
Anna Mulan Lang<br />
- Don<strong>al</strong>d & Jane Cummings<br />
- Brian S. Lang<br />
John LaRoche<br />
- Mr. & Mrs. Tom J. Christensen<br />
Jasper Larson<br />
- Mr. & Mrs. Edgar Fisher<br />
Ellen Rose Leary<br />
- Mr. & Mrs. Art Braut<br />
- Zane Murfitt<br />
Ray Lemmon<br />
- Phyllis Petritz<br />
Aubry Lierow<br />
- John E. Taylor<br />
Glenn Lowery<br />
- Joyce Murie<br />
Bobbie Mackin<br />
- Lloyd R. & Francie A. Mackin<br />
Ger<strong>al</strong>dine "Jerry" Maempa<br />
- Mr. & Mrs. Harry Faroni<br />
Lucille Marsh<strong>al</strong>l<br />
- Margaret A. Rogers<br />
Jeanne Martinell<br />
- Diana Burton<br />
Mrs. A. H. 'Alta' Matthaeus<br />
- Louisa Rothfus<br />
Howard Mayo<br />
- Betty A. Rice<br />
Sam A. Mazzola<br />
- Mr. & Mrs. Harry Faroni<br />
Robert & George McC<strong>al</strong>lum<br />
- Marian Kelly<br />
Elwood McClarty<br />
- Click & Arloene Christianson<br />
Elinor McDaniel<br />
- Terry & Anne Brumfield<br />
Edward Robert McGivern<br />
- Mr. & Mrs. Harry Faroni<br />
James P. McGivern<br />
- Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Helstrom<br />
Robert “Bo” McGuire<br />
- Dan McGuire<br />
Sean McGuire<br />
- Peter & Sheila W. Sullivan<br />
Leonard McKinney<br />
- Arthur R. & Eileen Tucker<br />
Lynette Rae McLaughlin<br />
- Mr. & Mrs. Harry Faroni<br />
Michael McLaughlin<br />
- Mr. & Mrs. Harry Faroni<br />
James R. Meeks<br />
- Mr. & Mrs. Ron L. Meeks<br />
Meta Meinhart<br />
- Dorothy Slapnik<br />
Jack Meredith<br />
- Florence Smeding<br />
Rachell Merritt<br />
- Selma Sederstrom<br />
Glen Metc<strong>al</strong>f<br />
- Alice L. Metc<strong>al</strong>f<br />
Earhart Meyer<br />
- Eleanor Ivankovich<br />
Monta Delia Miller<br />
- Mr. & Mrs. Stan L. Urich<br />
James T. Mills<br />
- Jean D. Mills<br />
Devin Moe<br />
- Thomas C. & Ellen R. Moe<br />
Esther Morris<br />
- Gordon & Dot Tichenor<br />
- Robert J. & Edie Witham Redpath<br />
Hazel Murray<br />
- Catherine Alger<br />
Dave Myers<br />
- John & Esther McDon<strong>al</strong>d<br />
Thelma Newby<br />
- Mr. & Mrs. Stan Milesnick<br />
Andris Nicklay<br />
- Mr. & Mrs. Ray F. Nicklay<br />
Eileen O'Connor<br />
- Mr. & Mrs. Harry Faroni<br />
Thomas O'Connor<br />
- Mr. & Mrs. Harry Faroni<br />
Louis A. Obstarczyk<br />
- Phyllis L. Hemstad<br />
Jack Oliver<br />
- Margaret Heberly<br />
Dorothy M. Olson<br />
- Blue Rock Products Co.<br />
Florence Olson<br />
- Shirley C<strong>al</strong>nan<br />
Frances "Frankie" Olson<br />
- Montana Association of Re<strong>al</strong>tors<br />
Justin Opheim<br />
- Mr. & Mrs. J. R. "Bob" Bowlin<br />
Colleen Osborn<br />
- Mr. & Mrs. John M. Kambich<br />
Vivian Oset<br />
- Frank Oset<br />
Gary Parker<br />
- Shirley C<strong>al</strong>nan<br />
- Mr. & Mrs. Larry Funston<br />
Devne Patterson<br />
- Mr. & Mrs. Arthur E. Hanni<br />
Jack Patton<br />
- Jessie M. Treweek<br />
Jack Pearce<br />
- Phyllis Petritz<br />
- Rose Marie Phyfield<br />
Edward L. Pelz<br />
- Kathryn E. Pemberton<br />
Elzene Persha<br />
- Sigrid Timonen<br />
continued on page 10<br />
Spring 20<strong>07</strong><br />
11
Thank You to<br />
Our Supporters<br />
Memori<strong>al</strong>s<br />
(continued from page 9)<br />
Robert Peterson<br />
- Luella & Gary Schow<br />
Julia Petritz<br />
- Phyllis Petritz<br />
Connor Petroff<br />
- Ronda Petroff<br />
Bill Pickel<br />
- Joan B. Richards<br />
Mame Pierson<br />
- Mr. & Mrs. Frank E. Rucinsky<br />
Lori Poad<br />
- Eva Fortune<br />
Richard “Dick” Popelka<br />
- Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Eby<br />
Glenn Porter<br />
- Mr. & Mrs. Edgar Fisher<br />
Savanah Michele Porter<br />
- Mike & Mary Pat Porter<br />
Brother Jack Postlethwaite, PGM of<br />
MT<br />
- IOOF Covenant Lodge #6<br />
Yvonne Pierre Powell<br />
- Hazel D. S<strong>al</strong>yer<br />
Marc Priest<br />
- Arlene Priest<br />
Paul Raftery<br />
- Mr. & Mrs. Ron<strong>al</strong>d G. Schatz<br />
Donna Ragitz<br />
- John & Esther McDon<strong>al</strong>d<br />
Marilyn Rahn<br />
- Arthur R. & Eileen Tucker<br />
Lois Rauch<br />
- Betty Ostoj<br />
Glenn Reller<br />
- Jean D. Johnson<br />
Deve Rhodes<br />
- Bernice L. Boucher<br />
John & Verna Rice<br />
- Betty A. Rice<br />
Wanda Rice<br />
- Betty A. Rice<br />
John Rice, Jr.<br />
- Betty A. Rice<br />
Ann Roberts<br />
- Mr. & Mrs. Hank Estabrook<br />
Gordon F. Robertson<br />
- Richard C. & Margaret B. Bossard<br />
Loic Rogers<br />
- Joyce Styler Siems<br />
Richard Roys<br />
- Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Helstrom<br />
Christa Sanderson<br />
- Don<strong>al</strong>d & Beverly Stanisich<br />
Naomi Sartin<br />
- Vivian Bloom<br />
Ambjarg "Amby" Sc<strong>al</strong>ese<br />
- Roy & Maxine Wickum<br />
Carl M. Schlegel<br />
- Bob & Fran Meerkatz<br />
We make every effort to ensure the donor lists are accurate. If you<br />
notice an error in your listing, please telephone the Foundation<br />
office at 406/444-7548 so we can make corrections. Thank you.<br />
Carol M. Schlegel<br />
- Phyllis Anderson<br />
- Shirley B. Bertelsen<br />
- Bob & Darlene Erickson<br />
- Betty Gemb<strong>al</strong>a<br />
- Edward & Lois Marks<br />
- Montana Forest Products<br />
- Virginia Riebe<br />
- Ray C. Smith<br />
- Lou & Leona Ud<strong>al</strong>l<br />
- Brad W<strong>al</strong>terskirchen<br />
- Rick & Linda Yurek<br />
- Mervine R. Yurek<br />
Lillian & Arthur Sears<br />
- V<strong>al</strong>dean Jones<br />
Berneice Seekut<br />
- Mr. & Mrs. Richard Geck<br />
Joseph Shannon<br />
- Mr. & Mrs. Harry Faroni<br />
Marvilee Slack<br />
- Mr. & Mrs. J. R. "Bob" Bowlin<br />
Lavina E. Slick<br />
- Betty Gemb<strong>al</strong>a<br />
Harold Smith<br />
- Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Helstrom<br />
Ray Smith<br />
- Vance Smith<br />
Catherine, Victoria,<br />
Robert & Eleanor Sneddon<br />
- Bruce & Diana Sneddon<br />
Mary V. St. John<br />
- Myron St. John<br />
Florence & Ernest Stead<br />
- Ruth Fiest<br />
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Parrot Confectionery<br />
Ray Patterson<br />
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Annu<strong>al</strong> <strong>Shodair</strong><br />
telethon coming up<br />
June 2nd!<br />
The annu<strong>al</strong> <strong>Shodair</strong> / <strong>Children's</strong> Miracle<br />
Network telethon is fast approaching. The broadcast,<br />
featured on CBS television affiliates around the state,<br />
will air Saturday, June 2nd, starting at 11:00 a.m. and<br />
ending at 1:00 a.m. Sunday morning.<br />
The telethon has been a staple of <strong>Shodair</strong><br />
fundraising events for 23 years. The eleven hour<br />
event is broadcast live from the hospit<strong>al</strong> each year on<br />
the first Saturday in June, and features segments from<br />
the nation<strong>al</strong> Children’s Miracle Network Celebration.<br />
The event brings people together from around the<br />
state in an effort to show and tell the story of the<br />
important work done at <strong>Shodair</strong>, and to introduce<br />
some of the patients and families whose lives have<br />
been changed as a result of it. It’s a labor of love for<br />
a broad-ranging, caring group of people who work<br />
tirelessly to build support and generate donations to<br />
ensure those vit<strong>al</strong> services remain available.<br />
Television person<strong>al</strong>ities from around the state come<br />
to Helena to act as on-air hosts, and area service<br />
groups and supporters volunteer their time on the<br />
phone banks throughout the day. Children’s Miracle<br />
Network corporate sponsors located in Montana <strong>al</strong>so<br />
take part, by volunteering or participating in check<br />
presentations throughout the day. Helena businesses<br />
donate food to feed the hungry army, and hospit<strong>al</strong><br />
employees work overtime to ensure the event is<br />
a success.<br />
Volunteers answer phones in the last hour of the 2006 broadcast.<br />
One host, well-known to the Montana broadcast<br />
industry, is Dan Snyder, now of K<strong>al</strong>ispell. Dan has<br />
been a host for <strong>Shodair</strong> since the telethon’s first<br />
broadcast in 1984. Dan was honored for his work<br />
and long-standing support by the Children’s Miracle<br />
Network at its nation<strong>al</strong> gathering for Celebration in<br />
2006. A long-time on-air favorite, Dan will again be<br />
an anchor for this year’s event. Nicole Winters,<br />
Montana’s 20<strong>07</strong> Children’s Miracle Network<br />
Champion Across America, will be on hand, <strong>al</strong>ong<br />
with patients, families, and <strong>Shodair</strong> staff who will<br />
share stories of ch<strong>al</strong>lenges faced and triumphs won<br />
over psychiatric and genetic conditions.<br />
In addition to offering residents a chance to<br />
support Montana’s only Children’s Miracle network<br />
hospit<strong>al</strong>, the telethon is an opportunity for <strong>Shodair</strong><br />
to recognize and thank its many supporters. Donors<br />
large and sm<strong>al</strong>l are recognized on air for their<br />
important contributions. <strong>Shodair</strong> is a non-profit<br />
hospit<strong>al</strong>, and depends on the help of <strong>al</strong>l of its<br />
generous supporters—from <strong>Children's</strong> Miracle<br />
Network sponsors to individu<strong>al</strong>s who donate<br />
what they can, when they can.<br />
Tune in to your loc<strong>al</strong> CBS station on June 2nd, join<br />
the fun, and support a truly worthwhile cause:<br />
Helping young Montanans and their families by<br />
providing vit<strong>al</strong> psychiatric care and comprehensive<br />
medic<strong>al</strong> genetic services in state, and close to home.<br />
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Television host Nicole Boyd<br />
t<strong>al</strong>ks with Dr. John Tupper,<br />
child psychiatrist at <strong>Shodair</strong>.
State's top student athletes named to<br />
play in the annu<strong>al</strong> Soccer Classic<br />
The <strong>Shodair</strong> Soccer Classic will kick off its eighth season this<br />
summer in Helena. The event begins mid-week with activities for players,<br />
and culminates with the men's and women's games on Saturday, July 28<br />
at Nelson Stadium on the Carroll College campus in Helena.<br />
The Classic features top student athletes from high schools <strong>al</strong>l across the<br />
state. Through a rigorous screening process, over 60 outstanding<br />
young men and women are selected to play in the annu<strong>al</strong><br />
competition. In addition to having been selected as All-State<br />
and All-Conference high school players in Class AA or A, they<br />
have demonstrated academic achievement, leadership, and<br />
citizenship. The Classic <strong>al</strong>so brings together a t<strong>al</strong>ented coaching<br />
staff from around the state to guide the teams and assure toplevel<br />
competition.<br />
Players and coaches arrive at Carroll College on the 25th to<br />
begin practices and a variety of other activities leading up to the<br />
games. The high school players host aspiring young soccer <strong>al</strong>lstars<br />
in a free clinic for children ages 5 to 12 on Friday before the<br />
tournament. The event is especi<strong>al</strong>ly popular with area youth, with close to<br />
100 young players typic<strong>al</strong>ly participating.<br />
The soccer classic is a benefit for <strong>Shodair</strong> <strong>Children's</strong> Hospit<strong>al</strong> and the<br />
important work it does for children and adolescents from communities<br />
throughout the state. <strong>Shodair</strong> is a vit<strong>al</strong> resource for young Montanans<br />
with struggling ment<strong>al</strong> he<strong>al</strong>th ch<strong>al</strong>lenges, and the state's medic<strong>al</strong> genetics<br />
program. Last year, the hospit<strong>al</strong> provided more than $4 million dollars in<br />
uncompensated care for at-risk children and youth from around the state.<br />
The hospit<strong>al</strong> is proud to offer this opportunity for gifted youth to pair<br />
athleticism with citizenship in an event where some of Montana's best<br />
young athletes help some of its neediest children. Financi<strong>al</strong> support<br />
generated from events like the Soccer Classic and the <strong>Children's</strong> Miracle<br />
Network Telethon help assure that critic<strong>al</strong>ly-needed services remain<br />
available for young Montanans in need of help.<br />
To learn more about the <strong>Shodair</strong> Soccer Classic, or to purchase<br />
tickets, contact the hospit<strong>al</strong> at 406-444-7548.<br />
Speci<strong>al</strong> Thanks to Last Year’s Soccer Classic Sponsors and Contributors!<br />
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A quilt to<br />
warm hearts<br />
Last year, the children at <strong>Shodair</strong><br />
began a tradition that captured the hearts of staff<br />
and visitors, and won the support of community<br />
groups. The <strong>Shodair</strong> Hope Quilt inspired hope in<br />
those who viewed it, as well as in those whose<br />
artistry helped create it.<br />
The Hope Quilt was a colorful compilation of<br />
the hopes and dreams of patients on the hospit<strong>al</strong>'s<br />
psychiatric treatment units. The children were<br />
asked to individu<strong>al</strong>ly illustrate their ideas of hope<br />
on eight inch squares that would collectively, as a<br />
beautiful queen-sized quilt, represent the hopes<br />
of <strong>al</strong>l participants.<br />
When they were done, in the spirit of hope<br />
and generosity, the children chose to offer their<br />
symbols of hope to someone else. As the prize in a<br />
community-wide raffle, the quilt would generate<br />
proceeds to support ongoing <strong>Shodair</strong> services,<br />
while offering hope and warmth to the lucky<br />
winner. Kiwanis members sold raffle tickets for<br />
chances to win the prize, and the quilt was<br />
presented to the lucky winner during the 2006<br />
<strong>Shodair</strong>/<strong>Children's</strong> Miracle Network telethon<br />
broadcast. The spirit of hope came full circle when<br />
that generous winner donated the quilt back to the<br />
hospit<strong>al</strong>, saying simply, “It belongs here.”<br />
This year, the children are undertaking the same<br />
project of hope. The patchwork masterpiece will<br />
depict 56 visions of miracles created by <strong>Shodair</strong><br />
patients. Education program director Margie<br />
McNellis will assemble the individu<strong>al</strong> creations to<br />
create a colorful, inspiring queen-sized quilt. The<br />
quilt will again be offered as the prize in a raffle to<br />
raise money for the hospit<strong>al</strong> and future patients.<br />
Viewers of this year's telethon will see it featured<br />
during the broadcast.<br />
To learn more about the quilt, or to find out how<br />
to purchase raffle tickets, contact the hospit<strong>al</strong><br />
marketing and foundation office at 406-444-7548.<br />
Big Sky Fit Kids program is back!<br />
Big Sky Fit Kids is the youth component of<br />
Shape Up Montana, and encourages youth teams<br />
to increase their individu<strong>al</strong> physic<strong>al</strong> activity levels in<br />
accumulated activity contests.<br />
Participants receive an individu<strong>al</strong><br />
mileage sheet to record person<strong>al</strong><br />
physic<strong>al</strong> activity—every twelve minutes<br />
of activity counts as one mile; every 60<br />
minutes of physic<strong>al</strong> activity counts as<br />
five miles. Individu<strong>al</strong> tot<strong>al</strong>s count<br />
toward the outcome for the team.<br />
All three residenti<strong>al</strong> treatment units<br />
have teams in this year's program: The<br />
east adolescent residenti<strong>al</strong> treatment<br />
unit (AU East), the west adolescent unit<br />
(AU West), and the children's unit<br />
(CU). All three units will be competing<br />
for the coveted <strong>Shodair</strong> Fitness Cup.<br />
Last year, AU West won the Cup for the Big Sky Fit<br />
Kids competition. Teams from each of the units have<br />
won the Cup at least once—proving that physic<strong>al</strong><br />
fitness spans <strong>al</strong>l age groups.<br />
Hospit<strong>al</strong> staff members help patients record their<br />
efforts on activity slips throughout the<br />
day. Physic<strong>al</strong> activity during their<br />
recreation therapy groups is recorded<br />
for them by recreation staff. It's a team<br />
effort, with individu<strong>al</strong> tot<strong>al</strong>s contributing<br />
to a fin<strong>al</strong> score that reflects a combined<br />
commitment to fitness.<br />
Big Sky Fit Kids is one of three<br />
overlapping fitness programs currently<br />
underway at <strong>Shodair</strong>. Patients are <strong>al</strong>so<br />
involved in the President's Fitness<br />
Ch<strong>al</strong>lenge and the President's Active<br />
Lifestyle programs, which <strong>al</strong>low them<br />
to earn nation<strong>al</strong> awards for being<br />
physic<strong>al</strong>ly active. Winners of this year's<br />
competition will be announced later this summer.<br />
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New program helps<br />
families pay for care<br />
<strong>Shodair</strong> <strong>Children's</strong> Hospit<strong>al</strong> is offering a new tool to<br />
help patients and their families pay for hospit<strong>al</strong> services. ShoCare is a<br />
financi<strong>al</strong> assistance program designed to help pay for the self-pay<br />
portions of bills for services. It's a sliding sc<strong>al</strong>e discount program based<br />
on family size and income levels, using the most recently published<br />
feder<strong>al</strong> poverty guidelines. The program applies to both medic<strong>al</strong><br />
genetics and psychiatric care services.<br />
<strong>Shodair</strong>'s Chief Financi<strong>al</strong> Officer, Ron Wiens, originated discussion on<br />
the program, and helped make it a re<strong>al</strong>ity. “Many of our patients and<br />
their families have limited financi<strong>al</strong> resources at the same time they<br />
need critic<strong>al</strong> care. We want to make our services available when<br />
they're needed, and this program is a good way to do that,” he said.<br />
Anyone owing a self-pay b<strong>al</strong>ance on their billing statement can be<br />
considered for ShoCare, regardless of whether they have insurance.<br />
Expenses covered by the program include <strong>al</strong>l open self-pay b<strong>al</strong>ances<br />
after available resources—including Medicaid, CHIPS, and third party<br />
payers—are exhausted. Eligible expenses include hospit<strong>al</strong> inpatient,<br />
residenti<strong>al</strong>, and outpatient charges.<br />
“We've <strong>al</strong>ready seen families take advantage of this program,” Wiens<br />
said. “It helps them get care they need and lessens their worries about<br />
paying for it.” He adds that patients with insurance or Medicare may<br />
<strong>al</strong>so apply, because ShoCare may help cover part or <strong>al</strong>l of the cost of<br />
their co-insurance or deductible.<br />
To qu<strong>al</strong>ify for the program, patients or families must meet financi<strong>al</strong>,<br />
residency, and asset guidelines. Anyone interested must complete<br />
an application form and provided financi<strong>al</strong> information such as bank<br />
statements, pay stubs, tax returns, and information about assets,<br />
liabilities, and monthly expenses. The program is limited to medic<strong>al</strong>ly<br />
necessary services provided by <strong>Shodair</strong> <strong>Children's</strong> Hospit<strong>al</strong>, and do<br />
not include person<strong>al</strong> physician or other profession<strong>al</strong> charges not<br />
billed by <strong>Shodair</strong>.<br />
Spring 20<strong>07</strong><br />
To request a<br />
brochure with<br />
the current<br />
financi<strong>al</strong> guidelines<br />
and an application<br />
form, contact the<br />
hospit<strong>al</strong> at<br />
406-444-7500<br />
or toll-free at:<br />
1-800-447-1612.<br />
17
Sharing the warmth: Quilts for kids<br />
For a child admitted to one of<br />
<strong>Shodair</strong>'s psychiatric treatment units, little things<br />
can mean a lot. And things that bring warmth<br />
and comfort can be especi<strong>al</strong>ly<br />
important.<br />
Fortunately for these children,<br />
an assortment of generous<br />
individu<strong>al</strong>s and groups has taken<br />
it upon themselves to provide<br />
those two elements in the form of<br />
hand-made blankets and quilts.<br />
Each year, the hospit<strong>al</strong> receives<br />
bundles of warm, colorful<br />
blankets and quilts from<br />
kind-hearted crafters and donors.<br />
The fruits of their artistry and<br />
generosity go to patients admitted to <strong>Shodair</strong>'s<br />
psychiatric treatment units. The cozy coverings<br />
do more than just adorn patients' beds: they are<br />
symbols of warmth and caring that are often<br />
carried to activities on the units and home when<br />
the child leaves.<br />
The generous people who make these quilts and<br />
blankets do so for a number of reasons, but the<br />
number one motivator is to make a child feel<br />
good. <strong>Shodair</strong> would like to<br />
thank these caring people who<br />
contributed time, effort, and<br />
materi<strong>al</strong>s for blankets and<br />
quilts for kids in 2006.<br />
Absarokee Lutheran Church<br />
(Absarokee, MT)<br />
Ann Fanton (Townsend, MT)<br />
Barbara Anthony (Helena, MT)<br />
Church of Christ (Helena, MT)<br />
Creative Stitches (Helena, MT)<br />
Della Ridir (Townsend, MT)<br />
Ethel Gerard (Powell, WY)<br />
First Christian Church (Helena, MT)<br />
First Congregation<strong>al</strong> United Church of Christ<br />
(Big Timber, MT)<br />
Girl Scout Cadet Troop #840 (East Helena, MT)<br />
Marion Kraft (East Helena, MT)<br />
Melville Lutheran Church Women (Melville, MT)<br />
Norma Ricks (Helena, MT)<br />
Medic<strong>al</strong><br />
Genetics<br />
Outreach<br />
Clinics<br />
Summer<br />
*Clinic Dates<br />
and Locations<br />
are subject to<br />
change<br />
‘<strong>07</strong><br />
To schedule an appointment,<br />
contact the Medic<strong>al</strong> Genetics<br />
Department at <strong>Shodair</strong> by<br />
c<strong>al</strong>ling 1-800-447-6614.<br />
Bozeman<br />
• May 24<br />
• June 1, 28<br />
• July 26<br />
• August 23<br />
• September 27<br />
Butte<br />
• June 19<br />
• August 14<br />
Billings<br />
• May 16, 17<br />
• June 20, 21<br />
• July 18, 19<br />
• August 15, 16<br />
• September 19, 20<br />
K<strong>al</strong>ispell<br />
• July 12<br />
Great F<strong>al</strong>ls<br />
• May 30<br />
• July 11<br />
• August 8<br />
• September 12<br />
Missoula<br />
• June 5, 7<br />
• July 10<br />
• August 7<br />
• September 4, 6<br />
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Dr. Helen<br />
Drwinga joins<br />
<strong>Shodair</strong><br />
Genetics<br />
Department<br />
Helen Drwinga recently joined<br />
<strong>Shodair</strong> Children’s Hospit<strong>al</strong> staff as Laboratory<br />
Director for the Department of Medic<strong>al</strong> Genetics.<br />
A native of Pennsylvania, Dr. Drwinga received<br />
her undergraduate degree in Biology from The<br />
Pennsylvania State University. She then obtained<br />
a M.S. and Ph.D. from The University of Texas<br />
Graduate School of Biomedic<strong>al</strong> Sciences at<br />
Houston, performing research at MD Anderson<br />
Hospit<strong>al</strong> and Tumor Institute. Her postdoctor<strong>al</strong><br />
training was done at the Institute for Cancer<br />
Research/Fox Chase Cancer Center in development<strong>al</strong><br />
genetics, and at the Department of Pathology of the<br />
University of Pennsylvania in cancer cytogenetics.<br />
Prior to joining <strong>Shodair</strong>, Dr. Drwinga has held<br />
faculty appointments at Boston University,<br />
Hahnemann University, and The University of<br />
South Florida. Dr. Drwinga is board certified in<br />
clinic<strong>al</strong> cytogenetics and is a founding fellow of the<br />
American College of Medic<strong>al</strong> Genetics.<br />
Dr. Drwinga said she looks forward to making<br />
v<strong>al</strong>uable laboratory services available to people<br />
who need them. “Genetic testing is now becoming<br />
an integr<strong>al</strong> part of medicine and plays an important<br />
role in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases. I am<br />
excited to be joining the genetics staff at <strong>Shodair</strong><br />
and look forward to providing qu<strong>al</strong>ity genetic<br />
testing to the residents of Montana.”<br />
<strong>Shodair</strong> thanks our<br />
generous supporters who<br />
helped make Christmas<br />
merry for Montana youth<br />
hospit<strong>al</strong>ized over the holiday!<br />
• Blue Cross Blue Shield of Montana<br />
• Helena Independent Record<br />
• Last Chance Kiwanis<br />
• Montana Department of<br />
Environment<strong>al</strong> Qu<strong>al</strong>ity<br />
• Montana Department of Labor<br />
and Industry<br />
• Rocky Mountain Credit Union<br />
• Student Nurses of Carroll College<br />
• Toys for Tots<br />
• United States Geologic<strong>al</strong> Survey<br />
• W<strong>al</strong>-Mart<br />
Thank you!<br />
BE A<br />
MONTANA<br />
MIRACLE<br />
MAKER<br />
Please support <strong>Shodair</strong><br />
during our upcoming<br />
Children’s Miracle Network<br />
Telethon June 2 –<br />
on your loc<strong>al</strong> CBS affliate.<br />
19
in the<br />
SHODAIR<br />
SPOTLIGHT<br />
Chip<br />
H<strong>al</strong>l<br />
Each day a host of dedicated people make<br />
important things happen at <strong>Shodair</strong>. Caring, compassionate staff care for<br />
deeply troubled children and provide advanced medic<strong>al</strong> genetic services<br />
to patients of <strong>al</strong>l ages. Others ensure that medic<strong>al</strong> records are processed<br />
appropriately, and financi<strong>al</strong> business is conducted accurately and efficiently.<br />
Still others are responsible for nutritious me<strong>al</strong>s, clean rooms and work<br />
areas, and safe, comfortable facilities.<br />
Chip H<strong>al</strong>l is one of those people whose work, often behind the scenes,<br />
ensures the hospit<strong>al</strong>'s continued ability to serve Montana residents. Chip is<br />
a 26-year veteran employee who works with the rest of the hospit<strong>al</strong>'s<br />
maintenance staff to keep facilities in top form.<br />
His day starts early and ends late: Chip works from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.<br />
four days a week. He and the other maintenance crew members, Rick<br />
Johnston and Mike Schmit, trade off working every third weekend, when<br />
they are <strong>al</strong>so on 24-hour c<strong>al</strong>l. Chief Maintenance Engineer Dave Bossell<br />
supervises the crew.<br />
Chip's long history with the hospit<strong>al</strong> gives him v<strong>al</strong>uable knowledge of its<br />
facilities and history. He joined the <strong>Shodair</strong> team when he was in high<br />
school. During his summers off, he cleaned the surgery rooms at <strong>Shodair</strong>'s<br />
Helena Avenue facility. (At that time, the hospit<strong>al</strong> performed pediatric<br />
surgeries.) He continued with housekeeping and maintenance duties after<br />
high school, ultimately transitioning from maintenance at the old building to<br />
having most of his responsibilities at the Coloni<strong>al</strong> Drive facility.<br />
SHODAIR<br />
Art<br />
IN<br />
Words<br />
“I Am” poems<br />
by <strong>Shodair</strong><br />
patients in<br />
Joe Thompson’s<br />
middle school<br />
classroom.<br />
I am...<br />
I see me scoring the winning shot<br />
I am good at math and cooking<br />
I wonder if I’m doing fractions<br />
I hear something boiling<br />
in the kitchen<br />
I see food cooking<br />
I want to be a math whiz and a cook<br />
I am good at math and cooking<br />
I pretend that I’m a math whiz<br />
I feel happy when I cook<br />
I touch a lot of fresh foods<br />
I worry when I cook the food<br />
too dark<br />
I cry when I burn the food<br />
I am good at math and cooking<br />
I understand how to reduce fractions<br />
I say, “I am a good cook”<br />
I dream of being a math whiz<br />
I try to cook the very best food<br />
I hope to become famous<br />
I am good at math and cooking<br />
I am athletic and smart<br />
I wonder why I like sports<br />
I hear the cheering of the crowd<br />
I want to be that person scoring<br />
the winning shot<br />
I am athletic and smart<br />
I pretend not to care<br />
I feel strong and athletic<br />
I touch the stars<br />
I worry about making fouls<br />
I cry when I lose the game<br />
I am athletic and smart<br />
I understand if we lose the game<br />
I say, “Good game”<br />
I dream of being a profession<strong>al</strong><br />
basketb<strong>al</strong>l player<br />
I try to practice good sportsmanship<br />
I hope we win the game<br />
I am athletic and smart<br />
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<strong>Shodair</strong> staff<br />
makes a difference<br />
Chip says he likes his job. “It's something different<br />
every day. I like the people that work here… There are<br />
a lot of good people here,” he adds. Chip and the<br />
maintenance crew perform a wide range of duties to<br />
ensure that patients, staff, and families have a safe,<br />
function<strong>al</strong> environment in which to receive and provide<br />
services. From shoveling w<strong>al</strong>ks and s<strong>al</strong>ting driveways,<br />
to remodeling and repairs, setting up conference rooms<br />
for meetings, moving equipment and furniture,<br />
landscaping, or ensuring that the mail is picked up, the<br />
crew completes tasks that are critic<strong>al</strong> to the hospit<strong>al</strong>'s<br />
daily operation.<br />
“They keep the doors open,” says Renee Hofeldt,<br />
<strong>Shodair</strong>'s Marketing and Community Relations Director,<br />
of Chip and his co-workers. “Without them, we wouldn't<br />
be here, able to provide the services we do.”<br />
Chip will be on hand to help with this year's<br />
<strong>Shodair</strong>/<strong>Children's</strong> Miracle Network Telethon, assisting<br />
with the set, phone bank, and gener<strong>al</strong> troubleshooting<br />
for the day—in addition to his regular responsibilities as<br />
the maintenance staffer on duty for the weekend.<br />
For Chip, who's known for his quiet smile and<br />
unassuming manner, it's simply <strong>al</strong>l in a day's work.<br />
I am a girl that’s <strong>al</strong>most twelve<br />
I wonder what my birthday<br />
is going to be like<br />
I hear my friends singing the<br />
birthday song<br />
I see twelve candles on my cake<br />
I want lots of presents<br />
I am a girl that’s <strong>al</strong>most twelve<br />
I pretend I am old now<br />
I feel like I’m still young<br />
I touch my birthday cake<br />
I worry about my mom<br />
I cry when I miss my mom<br />
I am a girl that’s <strong>al</strong>most twelve<br />
I understand my birthday is soon<br />
I say, “Go for it”<br />
I dream of going on vacation<br />
I try to remember to brush my teeth<br />
I hope I get presents from my mom<br />
I am a girl that’s <strong>al</strong>most twelve<br />
Spring 20<strong>07</strong><br />
I am smart and funny<br />
I wonder if I’ll be a wildlife photographer<br />
I hear “Parsel Tongue”<br />
I see a Basilisk<br />
I want a sword<br />
I am athletic and hyper<br />
I pretend to play “Star Wars”<br />
I feel good about dragons<br />
I touch a dragon<br />
I worry about my family<br />
I cried about my uncle<br />
I am imaginative and weird<br />
I understand that my uncle<br />
is watching over me<br />
I say that dragons are re<strong>al</strong><br />
I dream about being a<br />
profession<strong>al</strong> footb<strong>al</strong>l player<br />
I try to get better at playing basketb<strong>al</strong>l<br />
I hope to be the first one in my<br />
family to graduate college<br />
I am fast and a good artist<br />
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Artwork by<br />
<strong>Shodair</strong><br />
patients.
S p r i n g 2 0 0 7<br />
CALENDAR<br />
Annu<strong>al</strong> <strong>Shodair</strong>/Children’s<br />
Miracle Network Telethon<br />
Saturday, June 2nd at <strong>Shodair</strong>.<br />
Tune in to your loc<strong>al</strong> CBS station from<br />
11:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m. Sunday morning.<br />
Eighth Annu<strong>al</strong><br />
<strong>Shodair</strong> Soccer Classic<br />
July 28, 20<strong>07</strong> at Carroll College’s<br />
Nelson Stadium in Helena.<br />
The holidays aren’t the only time children need your help.<br />
Right now is a perfect time to begin thinking of how you can<br />
help Montana families and children with a gift of some kind.<br />
You can <strong>al</strong>ways help by patronizing area businesses that<br />
support the Children’s Miracle Network. There, your purchase<br />
of a b<strong>al</strong>loon or other donation will translate to money that<br />
stays in Montana to help Montana children and families.<br />
You may <strong>al</strong>so use the convenient enclosed reply envelope and<br />
send your gift in today. Your generous gifts truly do make<br />
miracles possible.<br />
Board of<br />
Trustees<br />
Red Menahan<br />
President<br />
Rev. Dan Shea<br />
1st Vice President<br />
Virginia Thompson<br />
2nd Vice President<br />
Bob Lemm<br />
Secretary<br />
Rita Gowen<br />
Treasurer<br />
Cynthia Gustafson<br />
Marilyn McKibben<br />
Pete McNamee<br />
Cynthia Melton<br />
Jerry Mitchke<br />
Ed Tinsley<br />
Moe Wosepka<br />
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