Autumn 2012 - Shodair Children's Hospital

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Welcome from our Administrator JACK CASEY As many of you know, construction is well under way for Shodair Family House. This project addresses a weakness we identified in our continuum of care. Currently, many families experience difficulty traveling to Shodair to visit their children and receive intensive family therapy. The lack of family visits and participation lessens or delays the recovery of our patients and their successful return to family and community. Intensive family therapy, as well as parenting education classes and family visits, are critical to long-term recovery and community integration. In the past, distance and lack of accommodations on our hospital campus have lessened the potential for meeting this critical goal. Creation of Shodair Family House provides us with the opportunity to increase the potential for success in these areas. In addition, use of the new facility for professional teaching opportunities will enhance the abilities of our mental health professionals. The costs of construction for Shodair Family House are being covered by generous grants and donations. However, we still need funds to furnish and equip this new facility. If you would like to help, contact our new Foundation Director, Tom Figarelle. As I write this, we are busy with Christmas preparations for the children and teens who will be in our care during the holidays. For many of our patients, this is the hardest time of the year. Some of them have never had a joyous Christmas, while others will have to be away from family and friends. We have always been able to make Christmas at Shodair special, thanks to thoughtful support from generous individuals, State employees, and businesses here in Helena and from every corner of Montana. 2012 was a year of change for Shodair as we prepared to meet the needs of our patients and their families into our next century. We welcome every one of you to experience the unveiling of Shodair Family House when it's complete in April 2013. While it's easy to see our external improvements, more changes are occurring within the hospital to improve patient care. Once again, Shodair Children's Hospital received the Jeff Martin Award for Excellence. Our patient outcomes and satisfaction surveys continue to rate us very high. And while the data shows we are doing well, we're always striving to do even better through our quality improvement program. As we prepare for changes on the healthcare horizon, we're confident we'll be positioned to continue providing quality care to Montana's children and their families. Thank you for your continued support this year. We wish you, and your families, a holiday season filled with many blessings of your own. Sincerely, John P. Casey
R EUNION / AUTUMN 2012 Contents Inside Cover From our Administrator 2 A Christmas Away from Home 4 Adventures of a Champion: Samantha Faulkner 5 Shodair Family House Breaks Ground 6 - 10 Thank You to our Generous Supporters 10 Shodair Welcomes Tom Figarelle as New Foundation Director 11 Message from our Foundation Director 12 Shodair Soccer Classic Celebrates 13th Year of Highlighting Montana’s Soccer Stars 13 Quilts for Kids Shares the Warmth 14 - 17 Shodair / CMN Activities and Events 18 - 19 Shodair Roundup 20 New Faces at Shodair 21 Shodair Welcomes New Board of Trustees Members Back Cover Genetics Outreach Clinics Schedule Published by: Shodair Children’s Hospital, ©2012 Editor & Writer: Anastasia Burton, Director, Community Relations & Marketing Design & Production: Roger Parchen, Art & Image Creative Contributors: Dr. Cory Alexander, Anastasia Burton, Jack Casey, Tom Figarelle. Contributing Photographers: Dylan Brown/Helena Independent Record, Anastasia Burton, Brynn Dennehy, Helena Photography, Wally Jewell, Roger Parchen/Art & Image, Ali Winberry Photography. For further information: Contact aburton@shodair.org Reunion is printed with soy-based ink on paper produced from a sustainably managed forest. Please pass along this publication to others who may enjoy reading it. Autumn 2012 1
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Page 17 and 18: Tune in to our next telethon on Sat
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Page 21 and 22: Alexis' mom, Kim Butterworth, also
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