FRIENDS Magazine Fall 2010 - Banner Health
FRIENDS Magazine Fall 2010 - Banner Health FRIENDS Magazine Fall 2010 - Banner Health
A P U B L I C A T I O N F O R T H E B E N E F A C T O R S O F B A N N E R H E A L T H A Mother’s Fight: The genetics of Alzheimer’s disease spur one mother to action Banner Health Foundation Fall 2010
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- Page 18 and 19: events NFL Legend returns to Cardon
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A P U B L I C A T I O N F O R T H E B E N E F A C T O R S O F B A N N E R H E A L T H<br />
A Mother’s Fight:<br />
The genetics of<br />
Alzheimer’s disease<br />
spur one mother<br />
to action<br />
<strong>Banner</strong> <strong>Health</strong> Foundation <strong>Fall</strong> <strong>2010</strong>
PHOTOGRAPH BY: PAULSON PHOTO/GRAPHIC<br />
Top left: Shopping to Remember<br />
luncheon benefiting <strong>Banner</strong><br />
Alzheimer’s Institute, page 14.<br />
Middle: Fighting against the<br />
genetics of Alzheimer’s disease,<br />
page 20. Bottom left: Children’s<br />
Safety Fair, page 18. Center: Jill<br />
Alanko, daughter of Laura Dreier,<br />
namesake of the Laura Dreier<br />
Breast Center at <strong>Banner</strong> Good<br />
Samaritan Medical Center, and<br />
her husband, Bert, at the 2009<br />
Candlelight Capers Ball<br />
benefiting the Laura Dreier<br />
Breast Center.
A PUBLICATION FOR THE BENEFACTORS OF BANNER HEALTH<br />
<strong>FRIENDS</strong><br />
Chairman’s Letter 3<br />
Tribute to Ken Van Winkle 4<br />
Foundation News 6<br />
Poison Center: Saving Lives 12<br />
Events 14<br />
A Mother’s Fight Against Alzheimer’s 20<br />
Nomis Foundation Gift 24<br />
Mission to Colombia 26<br />
A global research endeavor<br />
David Walsh Cancer Center 28<br />
Honoring a son’s memory<br />
Kemper and Ethel Marley<br />
Foundation Gift 31<br />
<strong>Health</strong> Care Heroes 32<br />
Gila River Funds Pediatrics 33<br />
Board Spotlights 34<br />
Sharon Harper, <strong>Banner</strong> <strong>Health</strong> Foundation<br />
Neal Kurn, <strong>Banner</strong> Alzheimer’s Foundation<br />
First Things First 36<br />
Benefactor Listings & Spotlights 38<br />
on the cover – Suzanne Hilton, <strong>Banner</strong><br />
Alzheimer’s Foundation board member and founding<br />
member of the Women’s Council of the <strong>Banner</strong> Alzheimer’s<br />
Institute, with her children, Sophie (9) and Harrison (5 ½).<br />
Suzanne, whose mother is currently living with<br />
Alzheimer’s disease, fears the genetic implications. Rather<br />
than stand by, she’s doing her part to help end this<br />
devastating disease.<br />
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<strong>Banner</strong> <strong>Health</strong><br />
Foundation Mission<br />
<strong>Banner</strong> <strong>Health</strong> Foundation<br />
secures and stewards<br />
charitable contributions to<br />
advance <strong>Banner</strong> <strong>Health</strong>’s<br />
mission to make a difference<br />
in people’s lives through<br />
excellent patient care.
dear friends<br />
‘‘<br />
Thank you, my friends, for<br />
your confidence in our stewardship<br />
and for your continued faith in<br />
<strong>Banner</strong> <strong>Health</strong> and its mission to<br />
make a difference in people’s lives.<br />
”<br />
THIS IS MY final letter as chairman of the<br />
<strong>Banner</strong> <strong>Health</strong> Foundation board of directors. For<br />
the past four years, I have had the privilege of<br />
helping to shape the Foundation and, ultimately,<br />
its impact on everyone who enters a <strong>Banner</strong><br />
<strong>Health</strong> hospital. It has been a tremendously<br />
rewarding experience, and one that I am<br />
immensely proud of. While I may be closing the<br />
book on my chairmanship, <strong>Banner</strong> is merely<br />
turning the page in its own book.<br />
Please join me in welcoming Sharon Harper,<br />
president and CEO of The Plaza Companies, as<br />
she prepares to assume the role of chairwoman<br />
of the <strong>Banner</strong> <strong>Health</strong> Foundation board of<br />
directors in January. Sharon’s passion, dedication<br />
as a member of the Foundation’s board of<br />
directors and experience leading one of the<br />
state’s top real estate development, investment<br />
and management firms will, undoubtedly, help<br />
build upon our legacy of philanthropic success.<br />
Like each of you, she has been instrumental in<br />
<strong>Banner</strong>’s overall success as an organization.<br />
Earlier this year, <strong>Banner</strong> <strong>Health</strong> was named<br />
one of the nation’s Top 10 <strong>Health</strong> Systems by<br />
Thomson Reuters for clinical excellence. This<br />
designation was followed by an announcement<br />
that U.S.News & World Report recognized <strong>Banner</strong><br />
Good Samaritan Medical Center as one of<br />
“America’s Best Hospitals” in six specialty areas.<br />
These honors are a reflection of the<br />
dedication of <strong>Banner</strong>’s employees, the<br />
commitment of its volunteers and the generosity<br />
of you, its loyal supporters. Your contributions<br />
make possible things like building new hospitals,<br />
expanding vital community health programs and<br />
discovering innovative ways to treat and care for<br />
those in need.<br />
Ken Van Winkle<br />
Inside, you’ll find illustrations of people<br />
and organizations that are, in their own<br />
ways, helping to shape <strong>Banner</strong>’s future. I<br />
encourage you to read the heartfelt story of a<br />
couple that chose to honor their son’s life<br />
and legacy with a gift to <strong>Banner</strong> on page 28. I<br />
invite you to turn to page 26 to learn about<br />
how, through philanthropic support, the key<br />
to Alzheimer’s prevention is being sought<br />
half way around the world. I hope the stories<br />
told throughout this issue inspire you just as<br />
they inspired me.<br />
Thank you, my friends, for your<br />
confidence in our stewardship and for your<br />
continued faith in <strong>Banner</strong> <strong>Health</strong> and its<br />
mission to make a difference in people’s lives.<br />
Congratulations on being such an<br />
important part of one the nation’s best<br />
health systems!<br />
Sincerely,<br />
Ken Van Winkle<br />
Chairman of the Board<br />
<strong>Banner</strong> <strong>Health</strong> Foundation<br />
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Thank You, from <strong>Banner</strong> <strong>Health</strong><br />
Ken Van Winkle, chairman of the <strong>Banner</strong> <strong>Health</strong> Foundation<br />
board of directors, will end his four-year term in December.<br />
The role of chairman of any nonprofit organization<br />
comes with much responsibility. Those who accept the<br />
challenge typically have a few short years in which to<br />
spearhead initiatives that have a lasting impact. For the<br />
past four years, <strong>Banner</strong> <strong>Health</strong> Foundation has been<br />
fortunate to call Ken Van Winkle chairman of its board of<br />
directors. Under his leadership, we have experienced great<br />
philanthropic rewards, reached many milestones and<br />
paved the way for future success.<br />
One of the things we’re most grateful for is Ken’s<br />
ability to focus on strategies for long-term success. His<br />
vision helped transform the Foundation from an<br />
organization that focused on fundraising through events<br />
to a more comprehensive fundraising institution. This<br />
shift required recruiting additional board members who<br />
share an understanding of philanthropy’s impact on our<br />
community. Ken has been instrumental in bringing<br />
experienced, engaged individuals to the table.<br />
With the right people in place, he turned his<br />
attention to helping build the Foundation’s first strategic<br />
plan. His unbiased assessment and recommendations<br />
led to a plan that ensures our areas of fundraising focus<br />
continue to align with the needs and priorities of<br />
<strong>Banner</strong> <strong>Health</strong>.<br />
Through it all, Ken has challenged us to be better, to<br />
remain flexible and to adapt to today’s economic<br />
environment. In doing that, he has helped us reach new<br />
heights. Among the most notable accomplishments of<br />
Ken’s chairmanship is the successful execution of<br />
<strong>Banner</strong>’s first capital campaign effort. The Through the Eyes<br />
of a Child Capital Campaign to build the new Cardon<br />
Children’s Medical Center on the <strong>Banner</strong> Desert campus<br />
raised more than $21 million, which included a generous<br />
contribution from the Van Winkle family.<br />
Knowing that one capital campaign can’t possibly<br />
meet all the health care needs of our community, Ken<br />
helped lay the groundwork for our next campaign. The<br />
campaign to help make the new <strong>Banner</strong> MD Anderson<br />
Cancer Center a reality is underway. Thanks to Ken’s<br />
connections and commitment to improving the health and<br />
well-being of our community, the campaign got a celebrity<br />
boost when Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Larry<br />
Fitzgerald signed on as honorary chair.<br />
As we prepare to say farewell to Ken as chairman, we<br />
thank him for his leadership, his enthusiasm and his drive<br />
to improve the quality of health care in our community.<br />
His philanthropic vision and dedication to the <strong>Banner</strong><br />
<strong>Health</strong> mission will continue as he will remain a member<br />
of the <strong>Banner</strong> <strong>Health</strong> Foundation board of directors.<br />
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Opposite page, top left: At a<br />
2009 recognition brunch<br />
honoring those whose<br />
contributions to the Through<br />
the Eyes of a Child Capital<br />
Campaign helped make the<br />
new Cardon Children’s<br />
Medical Center a reality.<br />
Middle: At the 2007<br />
Safeway International LPGA<br />
Golf Tournament. Right:<br />
With Supermodel Cindy<br />
Crawford at a May 2009<br />
ceremony to unveil the new<br />
Cardon Children’s Medical<br />
Center name. This page:<br />
Holly and Ken Van Winkle<br />
during a private reception<br />
for <strong>Banner</strong> <strong>Health</strong> supporters<br />
at their home in 2007.<br />
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news<br />
6 | B A N N E R H E A L T H . O R G
<strong>Banner</strong> School-Based<br />
<strong>Health</strong> Centers<br />
Desert Schools’ support keeping<br />
school children healthy<br />
For more than 70 years,<br />
Desert Schools Federal Credit<br />
Union has been a trusted<br />
community partner, both as a<br />
strong financial institution<br />
and as a community advocate.<br />
The organization is guided by<br />
its “Big Four” core values. One such value—<br />
taking action for positive change in the<br />
community—is the cornerstone of Desert<br />
Schools’ philanthropic endeavors, including<br />
its continued support of <strong>Banner</strong> <strong>Health</strong>.<br />
Since 2005, Desert Schools, a not-for-profit<br />
cooperative, has been an annual supporter<br />
of the <strong>Banner</strong> School-Based <strong>Health</strong> Centers<br />
program. A unique collaboration between<br />
<strong>Banner</strong> <strong>Health</strong> and the local public school<br />
system, the program provides primary<br />
health care services to an estimated 3,000<br />
school children each year. Recognizing the<br />
important role good health plays in a<br />
child’s ability to learn and excel in school,<br />
Desert Schools’ signed on to support<br />
<strong>Banner</strong> School-Based <strong>Health</strong> Centers<br />
five years ago.<br />
To extend the reach of its community<br />
involvement, Desert Schools encourages<br />
employees to lend a hand for positive<br />
change by serving as “CommuniTeam<br />
Volunteers.” Each year, hundreds of<br />
employee volunteers span the Valley to<br />
donate their time doing such good work as<br />
renovating homes, cooking dinner for<br />
homeless youths, participating in<br />
fundraising walks and mentoring<br />
underserved children. In 2007, Desert<br />
Schools employees dedicated more than<br />
2,200 hours to community service projects<br />
valued at $40,000.<br />
To pay it forward, the organization<br />
awards $20,000 in community service<br />
scholarships to area high school students<br />
who demonstrate academic excellence and<br />
a strong dedication to the community.<br />
We’re proud to call Desert Schools<br />
Federal Credit Union our partner.<br />
Opposite page: Virginia<br />
Backman, a primary care<br />
nurse practitioner in the<br />
<strong>Banner</strong> School-Based<br />
<strong>Health</strong> Centers program,<br />
sees and cares for school<br />
children of all ages facing<br />
an array of health<br />
conditions ranging from<br />
asthma and strep throat<br />
to ear infections and pink<br />
eye. She and her fellow<br />
program providers care for<br />
an estimated 3,000<br />
children each year.<br />
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foundation<br />
news<br />
<strong>Banner</strong> School-Based<br />
<strong>Health</strong> Centers:<br />
Community Impact<br />
A gift<br />
from Arizona’s<br />
oldest charitable partner<br />
With the support of companies like Desert Schools Federal Credit<br />
Union, <strong>Banner</strong> <strong>Health</strong> is providing primary health care services to<br />
school-age children throughout the greater Phoenix metropolitan area<br />
through its <strong>Banner</strong> School-Based <strong>Health</strong> Centers program.<br />
More than 50 percent of children seen by a <strong>Banner</strong><br />
School-Based <strong>Health</strong> Center provider in 2009 were referred<br />
to a specialty care provider—a stark reminder that many<br />
children with health conditions requiring medical<br />
attention would go untreated without the program.<br />
Earlier this year, Delta Dental made an in-kind<br />
contribution to provide toothbrushes, toothpaste, floss<br />
and dental hygiene information to children seen by<br />
program providers in an effort to promote good oral<br />
hygiene. A great illustration of working together to<br />
promote the health and wellness of our community!<br />
The Board of Visitors has been serving the health care<br />
needs of women, children and the elderly in the greater<br />
Phoenix Metropolitan area for more than a century. This<br />
year, <strong>Banner</strong> <strong>Health</strong> Foundation became a first-time<br />
recipient of funding from what is the oldest charitable<br />
organization in Arizona.<br />
In January, representatives from The Board of Visitors<br />
made a generous $50,000 gift in support of <strong>Banner</strong> School-<br />
Based <strong>Health</strong> Centers to help support the delivery of<br />
primary health care services to elementary school children<br />
who lack insurance and access to regular care.<br />
Debra Cain, chairwoman of The Board of Visitors,<br />
explained the group’s reason for supporting the program<br />
saying, “Their ability to provide free, high quality health<br />
care to over 3,000 uninsured children certainly reflects the<br />
mission of The Board of Visitors.”<br />
The Board of Visitors began in 1907 when Reverend J.<br />
W. Atwood founded “St. Luke’s Home,” a tuberculosis<br />
sanatorium that housed 20 patients in second-hand tents.<br />
The home received financial support and expertise from 16<br />
town businessmen who became the first Board of Trustees.<br />
From its original 16 members, The Board of Visitors has<br />
grown into an organization supported by 180 volunteers<br />
who collectively raise more than $750,000 each year to<br />
support the health care needs of our community.<br />
Having the support and endorsement of The Board of<br />
Visitors is a testament to the impact <strong>Banner</strong> School-Based<br />
<strong>Health</strong> Centers has on our community.<br />
Ken Van Winkle,<br />
chairman of the <strong>Banner</strong><br />
<strong>Health</strong> Foundation<br />
Board of Directors<br />
presents Ann Rathwell,<br />
Board of Visitors<br />
volunteer, with a<br />
framed thank you card<br />
from a grateful family<br />
served by the <strong>Banner</strong><br />
School-Based <strong>Health</strong><br />
Centers program.<br />
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Donations help those in crisis<br />
$584,000 in contributions support<br />
<strong>Banner</strong> Psychiatric Center<br />
When faced with a medical emergency,<br />
we often turn to the nearest emergency<br />
department knowing the doctors and<br />
nurses have the skills and resources to<br />
bandage and stitch our ailment. But what<br />
about those facing behavioral health<br />
emergencies Often, they turn to hospital<br />
emergency departments only to find that<br />
staff is not equipped to provide the level of<br />
psychiatric care and attention needed.<br />
In January <strong>2010</strong>, the <strong>Banner</strong> <strong>Health</strong><br />
Foundation board of directors approved<br />
the use of $584,000 in charitable<br />
contributions to help fund a $2.2 million<br />
renovation project that created the <strong>Banner</strong><br />
Psychiatric Center.<br />
Opened in August on the campus<br />
of <strong>Banner</strong> Behavioral <strong>Health</strong> Hospital<br />
in Scottsdale, <strong>Banner</strong> Psychiatric<br />
Center is staffed 24/7 with physicians,<br />
nurse practitioners, RNs, behavioral<br />
health technicians and counselors<br />
who collaborate to deliver<br />
comprehensive behavioral<br />
health services.<br />
The board’s decision to<br />
allocate donations to the <strong>Banner</strong><br />
Psychiatric Center is just another<br />
example of stewarding contributions<br />
to those programs that have the<br />
highest priority and constitute the<br />
best use of funds for our community.<br />
Olga Bender,<br />
longtime<br />
supporter of<br />
<strong>Banner</strong> <strong>Health</strong>,<br />
left a legacy<br />
with a generous<br />
$50,000 estate<br />
gift to <strong>Banner</strong><br />
Heart Hospital.<br />
Grateful patient<br />
leaves a<br />
Legacy<br />
Life is about planning. We plan our<br />
day-to-day activities. We plan for our<br />
future. We plan for those who will carry<br />
on after we’re gone. Often, it’s in making<br />
those plans that we think about leaving<br />
our mark on the world—and the legacy<br />
we’ll leave behind. For Olga Bender, a<br />
longtime Mesa resident, philanthropist<br />
and <strong>Banner</strong> Heart Hospital patient, her<br />
legacy is one of community service.<br />
Olga’s Mesa roots ran deep. For<br />
years, she and her husband, Sam, owned<br />
and operated Bender Appliances, a<br />
mainstay on Main Street. Together, they<br />
worked to improve the community they<br />
called home. In fact, Olga and Sam, along<br />
with a few of their Leisure World<br />
neighbors, first conceived of and<br />
promoted building a hospital in the far<br />
East Valley. Those first planning meetings<br />
were held in their living room. In 1984,<br />
Valley Lutheran, known today as <strong>Banner</strong><br />
Baywood Medical Center, opened its doors.<br />
In addition to their ongoing support<br />
of <strong>Banner</strong> <strong>Health</strong>, one of the couple’s<br />
most notable contributions came in the<br />
form of a generous donation to the East<br />
Valley Institute of Technology, a tuitionfree<br />
training institution that provides<br />
approximately 40 occupation-specific<br />
programs for students in public high<br />
schools throughout the East Valley.<br />
In April, Olga passed away at the age<br />
of 89. Among her final gifts was a $50,000<br />
planned gift to <strong>Banner</strong> <strong>Health</strong> Foundation<br />
on behalf of <strong>Banner</strong> Heart Hospital.<br />
Olga Bender definitely left her<br />
mark—and a legacy to be proud of.<br />
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Fry’s supports<br />
Reaching Out program<br />
Racing for a cure<br />
Longstanding relationship with<br />
Susan G. Komen a win-win for community<br />
Pam Giannonatti, of Fry’s Food Stores with<br />
Meiko Sims, senior manager of medical<br />
imaging for the Laura Dreier Breast<br />
Center/MRI at <strong>Banner</strong> Good Samaritan<br />
Medical Center<br />
The relationship between <strong>Banner</strong> <strong>Health</strong> and Komen<br />
stems back to the early 90s when the two organizations<br />
paired up to bring the first Race for the Cure to Phoenix in<br />
October of 1993. The event drew 1,500 participants and raised<br />
$65,000 to fund breast cancer education, screening and<br />
treatment programs for the medically underserved and<br />
uninsured in Arizona. Today, the event includes more than<br />
30,000 participants and raises in excess of $2 million annually.<br />
When the Phoenix Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the<br />
Cure began its grants program in 1996, <strong>Banner</strong> was among the first recipients;<br />
the organization has been awarded grant funding every year since. It was<br />
through this support that the Reaching Out program at the Laura Dreier Breast<br />
Center at <strong>Banner</strong> Good Samaritan Medical Center was born.<br />
A comprehensive community resource, Reaching Out provides patient<br />
screening and diagnostic mammography, intervention and treatment for<br />
underserved women throughout the metropolitan Phoenix area. Komen funding<br />
also supports the <strong>Banner</strong> Desert Cancer Center in providing life-saving breast<br />
cancer treatment to underserved women in the community.<br />
<strong>Banner</strong> donates all staff resources, materials and equipment for the<br />
grant programs—a true illustration of teaming up to make a difference.<br />
"<strong>Banner</strong> <strong>Health</strong> was a key partner in launching the inaugural Komen<br />
Phoenix Race for the Cure in 1993, and the organization continues to be a major<br />
player in Arizona's breast cancer movement by offering education, screening and<br />
treatment services to hundreds of women each year,” said Dan Costello, board<br />
president of Susan G. Komen for the Cure Phoenix Affiliate. “<strong>Banner</strong> exemplifies<br />
Komen's Community Grants Program by putting our funds to work where the<br />
need is greatest. We are proud to have a long-standing partnership with such an<br />
excellent organization year after year."<br />
Over the years, <strong>Banner</strong> <strong>Health</strong> has received more than $1.3 million in Komen<br />
grant funding to provide the resources necessary for the early detection and<br />
treatment of breast cancer.<br />
The Reaching Out program at<br />
the Laura Dreier Breast Center at<br />
<strong>Banner</strong> Good Samaritan received<br />
support this year when Fry’s Food<br />
Stores made a $5,000 donation.<br />
Through Pam Giannonatti,<br />
manager of consumer/community<br />
relations for Fry’s and grants director<br />
on the board of the Phoenix Affiliate<br />
of Susan G. Komen for the Cure,<br />
Fry’s became acquainted with the<br />
program and its efforts to help<br />
women with little money or health<br />
insurance receive free diagnosis and<br />
treatment for breast cancer.<br />
“Fry’s Food Stores is concerned<br />
about our customers, employees<br />
and neighbors battling breast<br />
cancer,” said Fry’s President Jon<br />
Flora. “We know that early detection<br />
is key, and that it can be beaten if<br />
caught early. For years, Fry’s has<br />
supported several worthwhile<br />
nonprofit organizations addressing<br />
this serious issue through grants<br />
and our VIP sponsorship of the Race<br />
for the Cure.”<br />
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Caring<br />
for Colton<br />
<strong>Banner</strong> Poison<br />
Control Center:<br />
By the numbers<br />
• Received 108,000<br />
calls in 2009<br />
• Fielded 50,000<br />
calls related to human<br />
poisonings<br />
• Responded to 13,000<br />
calls about venomous<br />
bites and stings<br />
• Kids’ health issues<br />
account for 20%<br />
of calls<br />
• Nearly 20,000<br />
poisoning calls involved<br />
kids 5 years or younger<br />
• Approximately 50% of<br />
calls involved questions<br />
about adverse effects to<br />
medications and drug<br />
interactions<br />
• More than 60% of<br />
Arizona’s poison calls<br />
come through the<br />
<strong>Banner</strong> Good Samaritan<br />
Poison and Drug<br />
Information Center<br />
• To reach the poison<br />
center call<br />
1-800-222-1222
<strong>Banner</strong> Good Samaritan Poison and Drug<br />
Information Center credited with saving toddler’s life<br />
Nineteen-month-old Colton Shreeve got more than he<br />
expected while playing with a pile of toys on the living room<br />
rug. The toddler was stung on the thumb by a yellow bark<br />
scorpion, the most venomous scorpion in Arizona. Immediately,<br />
he turned to his father saying, “Owie” and holding out his<br />
thumb in hopes that daddy could make the pain stop.<br />
With three-year-old twin girls and a toddler in the<br />
house, Matt and Nicolle Shreeve keep the phone number to<br />
the <strong>Banner</strong> Good Samaritan Poison and Drug Information<br />
Center close by. The nurse on the other end of the line<br />
coached Nicolle on what to do until emergency responders<br />
arrived at her home.<br />
With his breathing steady and no signs of imminent<br />
danger, the paramedics left thinking Colton would be fine.<br />
But, the venom continued to take hold of his little body. As<br />
the minutes passed, he began drooling profusely and<br />
rubbing his eyes furiously. His parents attributed the<br />
behaviors to the sting, but expected them to subside. They<br />
were confident that the paramedics wouldn’t have left if<br />
there was anything to be concerned about.<br />
As part of the Poison Center’s standard procedure, a<br />
nurse called to follow up on Colton an hour after<br />
Nicolle’s original call. It’s this little extra that Nicolle<br />
credits with saving her son’s life.<br />
“I explained what Colton was doing – drooling, pulling on his<br />
ears and hair, and rubbing his eyes” said Nicolle. “He wasn’t<br />
hysterical and that’s what we would have expected. I remember<br />
the woman saying, ‘You don’t understand how serious this is, he<br />
needs to get to the hospital.’ That’s when I knew it was bad.”<br />
Matt and Nicolle rushed Colton to the Emergency department at<br />
Cardon Children’s Medical Center, the very hospital where he was<br />
born just 19 months earlier. With a heads up from their <strong>Banner</strong><br />
colleagues at the Poison Center, the medical team was ready for action.<br />
“The ER doctor said it was a severe acute reaction to the<br />
scorpion sting,” recalled Nicolle. “He was at 3.5 on a venom rating<br />
that goes to four. I absolutely believe the Poison Center saved his<br />
life. That second call made all the difference.”<br />
Colton was given antivenom to counter the scorpion’s poison<br />
and, as the drug took effect, his nervous system settled down,<br />
eventually returning to normal.<br />
Today, Colton Shreeve is a happy, healthy toddler whose<br />
biggest excitement probably comes from chasing his older sisters.<br />
PHOTOGRAPHY BY: RYAN GUZZETTA, AXIUM PHOTOGRAPHY<br />
Poison Center:<br />
Protecting Arizona<br />
What do you do when your grandfather has an adverse<br />
reaction to his prescription medication Where do you turn<br />
when your toddler finds her way into the hazardous<br />
cleaning supplies How do you handle a fresh scorpion<br />
sting The <strong>Banner</strong> Good Samaritan Poison and Drug<br />
Information Center can answer these questions and more.<br />
Established in 1979, this free, 24-hour helpline<br />
operated by <strong>Banner</strong> <strong>Health</strong> addresses poison-related<br />
questions and concerns from Arizona residents. Staffed by<br />
nurses trained in toxicology who are supported by medical<br />
toxicologists, the Center can immediately provide poison<br />
information and first aid treatment recommendations in<br />
more than 150 languages.<br />
More than 60 percent of Arizona’s poison center calls<br />
come through the <strong>Banner</strong> Good Samaritan Poison and Drug<br />
Information Center, making it the primary resource for<br />
<strong>Banner</strong> Poison Control Center: 1-800-222-1222<br />
Nicolle, Payson,<br />
Josslyn, Colton<br />
and Matt Shreeve<br />
information regarding accidental poisonings, chemical exposures, reactions<br />
to medications and help with managing insect bites or stings. And, by<br />
being integrated into the state’s 911 emergency and fire dispatch<br />
systems, the Center enables thousands of people to be treated for minor<br />
concerns in their own homes rather than requiring the dispatch of<br />
emergency medical responders or a trip to the hospital. In 2009, more<br />
than 37,000 potential poisonings were able to be managed over the phone<br />
rather than in busy emergency rooms, ultimately saving the community<br />
$30 million.<br />
This vital community resource is made possible by charitable<br />
contributions, funding from the state and underwriting from <strong>Banner</strong> <strong>Health</strong>.<br />
As call volumes rise year after year, the need for support continues to grow.<br />
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events<br />
‘Shopping to Remember’<br />
makes fundraising Fashionable<br />
In April, the Women’s Council<br />
of the <strong>Banner</strong> Alzheimer’s Institute,<br />
a group of women dedicated to<br />
raising funds and awareness on<br />
behalf of the Institute, hosted<br />
Shopping to Remember, a fashioninspired<br />
fundraiser that generated $13,000 in support of<br />
programs and services for Alzheimer’s disease patients<br />
and their families.<br />
The luncheon and shopping affair dubbed “retail<br />
therapy” attracted more than 100 guests who sipped<br />
mimosas and sangria while perusing and purchasing<br />
merchandise from an array of specialty boutiques catering<br />
to fashions for women and children.<br />
Shopping to Remember is a precursor to the annual A<br />
Night to Remember tasting and cocktail event held every fall.<br />
The 4th annual A Night to Remember, co-chaired by<br />
Women’s Council members Peggy Federico and Amy<br />
Goff, was held October 23 at P.F. Chang’s at the<br />
Scottsdale Waterfront.<br />
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Counter clockwise from top: Kelly Kindors and Angela<br />
Sommer purchase items at the Shopping to Remember<br />
luncheon in support of <strong>Banner</strong> Alzheimer’s Institute. Michelle<br />
Norton, Kate Robinson and Heidi O’Brien of Heidi Boutique<br />
display jewelry and accessories sold at the event. <strong>Banner</strong><br />
Alzheimer’s Foundation President and CEO Andy Kramer with<br />
Peggy Federico, <strong>Banner</strong> Alzheimer’s Foundation board<br />
member and member of the Women’s Council of the <strong>Banner</strong><br />
Alzheimer’s Institute. <strong>2010</strong> A Night to Remember co-chairs<br />
Amy Goff and Peggy Federico.<br />
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events<br />
NFL Legend<br />
returns to Cardon Children’s<br />
In April, NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Steve Young, namesake of the<br />
Forever Young Foundation, and his wife, Barbara, held a private reception<br />
inside the Forever Young Zone at Cardon Children’s Medical Center.<br />
This treatment-free fun zone in which pediatric patients of all<br />
ages can socialize, enjoy performances from local music and theater<br />
groups, or even host their own activities was made possible by an<br />
incredibly generous $1 million contribution from Forever Young<br />
Foundation in partnership with Swift Charities for Children.<br />
Their first time inside the Forever Young Zone since it was<br />
completed in November of 2009, the Youngs were impressed with<br />
the look and versatility of the space that reminds each child to<br />
“Be Your Own Hero.”<br />
Former Arizona Cardinal<br />
delivers a big win for pediatric patients<br />
Houston Texans quarterback Matt Leinart (left) and his brother Ryan<br />
Leinart joined by <strong>Banner</strong> <strong>Health</strong> Foundation President and CEO Andy<br />
Kramer during a private kick-off event for the 2nd Annual Matt Leinart<br />
Foundation Celebrity Golf Classic.<br />
Houston Texans quarterback Matt Leinart may no longer be<br />
playing in Arizona, but his heart and his passion remain in helping<br />
our children.<br />
Through his personal foundation, the athlete generously<br />
pledged $500,000 to the Through the Eyes of a Child Capital Campaign<br />
to help build the new Cardon Children’s Medical Center. Since then,<br />
he has hosted two star-studded golf tournaments to support his<br />
commitment to the hospital.<br />
The most recent tournament was held in April. The 144 golfers<br />
and scores of supporters including Nick Lachey, Cedric Ceballos,<br />
Phil Hellmuth, Jr., and Alice Cooper were welcomed with a VIP kickoff<br />
celebration at the W Scottsdale compliments of 944 <strong>Magazine</strong>.<br />
In addition to Leinart’s generous financial support, he and his<br />
family regularly visit Cardon Children’s. From appearing as “Santa’s<br />
helpers” and surprising patients during the holidays to purchasing<br />
toys and equipment for the Child Life program and even dishing up<br />
Cold Stone Creamery ice cream, the Matt Leinart Foundation is<br />
truly making a difference in the lives of Arizona’s children.<br />
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Nursing an investment in<br />
scholarships: excellent patient care<br />
Center: Tony Jannetti, <strong>Banner</strong><br />
<strong>Health</strong> Foundation board<br />
member and namesake of the<br />
Jannetti/Marriott Nursing<br />
Scholarship, surrounded by the<br />
<strong>2010</strong> scholarship recipients.<br />
Tony Jannetti is an advocate for advanced<br />
education. As someone who has made a career out of<br />
publishing textbooks, many for the nursing industry,<br />
he has to be. But, it’s not his profession that sets him<br />
apart. Rather, it’s his passion.<br />
A longtime member of the <strong>Banner</strong> <strong>Health</strong><br />
Foundation board of directors, Tony is acutely aware of<br />
the need for continued education among nurses. In a<br />
pledge to help advance the skills and careers of nurses<br />
at <strong>Banner</strong> <strong>Health</strong>, he, along with the Marriott<br />
Corporation, funds the Anthony J. Jannetti/Marriott<br />
Nursing Scholarship.<br />
Available to registered nurses at <strong>Banner</strong> who wish to<br />
pursue advanced degrees in the field, the scholarship is<br />
awarded annually to those who demonstrate outstanding<br />
vision and a passion for nursing.<br />
Since the program’s inception in 1995, 118 <strong>Banner</strong> <strong>Health</strong><br />
nurses have been awarded scholarships. This year’s recipients<br />
were recognized during a special ceremony in May at the J.W.<br />
Marriott Desert Ridge Resort.<br />
The <strong>2010</strong> Jannetti/Marriott Nursing Scholarship recipients<br />
include: Neeta Chethikattil, Debra Lemanager, Sharon<br />
Heronema-Garcia, Kimberly Wells, Christina Trifanoff, Lisa<br />
Wayman, Kate Chatelain, Jerome DeGuzman and Kenneth Oja.<br />
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events<br />
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Children’s fair:<br />
a fun way to promote pediatric safety<br />
For 10 consecutive years, <strong>Banner</strong> Thunderbird Medical Center has<br />
partnered with Glendale and Peoria Fire and Police departments to host<br />
the <strong>Banner</strong> Thunderbird Children’s Safety Fair. This free, kid-friendly<br />
community event helps educate families on an array of pediatric health<br />
and safety topics ranging from fire, home and bicycle safety to healthy<br />
eating, exercise and wellness habits.<br />
With inflatable activity centers, face painting, live music and<br />
performances by local dance teams and cheer squads, there’s much to<br />
see and do. And, thanks to generous support from organizations like<br />
Southwest Ambulance and BHHS Legacy Foundation, children 16 and<br />
younger are fitted for free bicycle safety helmets as part of the hospital’s<br />
Pediatric Injury Prevention Program.<br />
At the end of the day, it’s about the fun of keeping kids safe!<br />
Southwest Ambulance, a sponsor of the 10th annual <strong>Banner</strong> Thunderbird Children’s Safety Fair held<br />
in February, gave children a sneak peek at the inside of an ambulance. Below, left: One little girl<br />
was all smiles about the experience. Below, right: Bicycle helmet fittings are a key part of the event.<br />
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The<br />
genetics of<br />
Alzheimer's<br />
disease<br />
compels a<br />
mother to<br />
action.<br />
A oer’s<br />
For 12 years, Suzi Hilton<br />
has watched her mother, Ann Bey,<br />
slowly transform from the smart,<br />
capable, beautiful woman<br />
she once was into a shell<br />
of her former self.<br />
ig<br />
The culprit behind her devastating transformation<br />
Alzheimer’s disease. Now a mother herself, Suzi can’t help<br />
but wonder what the genetic implications of the disease mean<br />
for her family. But rather than stand by watching and waiting,<br />
she’s doing her part to help those who may hold the key to unlocking<br />
a future without Alzheimer’s.<br />
Witnessing her mother’s decline and accepting that her children<br />
will never enjoy a traditional relationship with their grandmother has<br />
given Suzi a profound perspective on life within the framework of<br />
Alzheimer’s. While her children, Sophie (9) and Harrison (5 ½) may be<br />
too young to fully understand the complexity of grandma’s condition,<br />
they do know she’s sick.<br />
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She plannectivities<br />
or us ~ ature alks,<br />
rts and crafts.<br />
The nasturtium<br />
can symbolize<br />
maternal love.<br />
With each visit to see grandma in the Iowa care facility where she<br />
lives comes a startling view of the disease’s toll. “I see the progression<br />
so much more because there’s time in between our trips,” said Suzi.<br />
“My mother would not want to be living like this.”<br />
While one could easily be consumed by sadness and fear, Suzi<br />
does what she can to enjoy her mother in the only ways possible. She<br />
brushes her hair, shares the fun and exciting things her children<br />
are doing, and records their visits to ensure she has something<br />
to hold onto. Sadly, these home movies also serve to document<br />
Ann’s progression through the disease.<br />
One movie shows the kids hugging and kissing grandma<br />
while she mumbles nonsensical words and phrases, including<br />
repeated use of the word “Wowzer.” Harrison, about three at<br />
the time, thought his grandmother was hysterically funny.<br />
He latched onto the word and now, lovingly, refers to grandma<br />
as “Wowzer.”<br />
Capturing their time together and trying to find humor in what is<br />
so often a humorless situation is one way Suzi and her family cope.<br />
Another is by staying actively involved in the effort to prevent<br />
Alzheimer’s disease. Given the genetic risk that she and her children<br />
face, Suzi knows she’s fighting for her family’s future.<br />
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Suzanne Hilton with her mother, Ann Bey, and family<br />
“My mother is in the late stages of Alzheimer’s,” said Suzi.<br />
“She’s not really even that responsive. I’ve accepted the fact that<br />
there’s nothing that can be done to help her, so now I’m focusing<br />
on what can be done to help myself and my children.”<br />
The Institute’s mission of ending Alzheimer’s disease without<br />
losing another generation hits incredibly close to home for Suzi.<br />
It motivates her in so many ways.<br />
As an original member of the <strong>Banner</strong> Alzheimer’s Foundation<br />
board of directors, she, along with her husband, Steve, is confident<br />
that a world without Alzheimer’s disease will soon be realized.<br />
She’s equally confident that the researchers and physicians at<br />
<strong>Banner</strong> Alzheimer’s Institute will be at the forefront of that<br />
achievement. Her faith in their ability is unwavering—so much so<br />
that she has spent years rallying support.<br />
In addition to making a personal gift of $1 million to support<br />
the Institute’s research endeavors, Suzi, a founding member of the<br />
Women’s Council of the <strong>Banner</strong> Alzheimer’s Institute, works yearround<br />
to help shine a spotlight on the Institute and the amazing<br />
work being done there. She and her fellow Women’s Council<br />
members, a dedicated group of women working tirelessly to raise<br />
awareness and funds, host the annual A Night to Remember<br />
cocktail, tasting and auction event to support the Institute.<br />
For Suzi, helping to end Alzheimer’s disease is the greatest<br />
gift she can offer her children.
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Alzheimer’s<br />
disease at<br />
a glance<br />
<strong>Banner</strong><br />
Alzheimer’s<br />
Institute<br />
leads global<br />
research endeavor<br />
An estimated 5.3 million<br />
Americans now live with<br />
Alzheimer’s disease.<br />
The cost of their care<br />
exceeds $170 billion<br />
each year. When you<br />
break down the<br />
numbers, roughly 10<br />
percent of those over<br />
the age of 65 and<br />
almost half of those<br />
over age 85 have the<br />
disease. By the time<br />
today’s young adults<br />
become senior citizens,<br />
the numbers are<br />
expected to quadruple,<br />
thus affecting an<br />
estimated 16 million<br />
people and costing more<br />
than $1 trillion annually.<br />
Philanthropic support, collaboration key to success<br />
The Nomis Stiftung Foundation (Nomis), a European-based<br />
private foundation dedicated to promoting scientific research<br />
focused on improving human life, made an incredibly generous<br />
$3.5 million contribution in support of <strong>Banner</strong> Alzheimer’s<br />
Institute and its groundbreaking work to organize and lead the<br />
recently unveiled Alzheimer’s Prevention Initiative (API).<br />
The API represents a global effort to uncover new therapies<br />
that will effectively slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease as<br />
well as those intended to prevent its onset. This incredibly<br />
worthwhile undertaking has brought together an international<br />
base of Alzheimer’s disease research scientists, physicians and<br />
pharmaceutical companies to work collaboratively on the task at<br />
hand—stopping Alzheimer’s disease in its tracks.<br />
To do so, API researchers will launch clinical trials that offer<br />
practical and powerful ways to test promising Alzheimer’s disease<br />
therapies among individuals who have the highest risk of<br />
developing Alzheimer’s disease but do not yet exhibit<br />
memory and thinking problems. Remarkably, this is a new<br />
venture in the study of Alzheimer’s disease prevention.<br />
Success of the API requires the dedication of many.<br />
Researchers and physicians must be driven by discovery.<br />
Pharmaceutical companies must be passionate about the<br />
purpose. Study participants must be committed to the<br />
cause. And the world must be willing to endow the effort.<br />
The Nomis Foundation has proven its dedication. With<br />
its support, <strong>Banner</strong> Alzheimer’s Institute and API<br />
collaborators are charting the world’s most rapid and<br />
rigorous course to prevention.<br />
To date, <strong>Banner</strong> Alzheimer’s Foundation has secured<br />
approximately $8 million in funding for the API.<br />
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In the spring<br />
of <strong>2010</strong>, Dr. Eric<br />
M. Reiman<br />
and his colleague,<br />
Dr. Pierre Tariot,<br />
embarked on<br />
an exploratory<br />
mission to<br />
Medellín, Colombia<br />
as part of the<br />
newly launched<br />
Alzheimer’s<br />
Prevention<br />
Initiative (API)<br />
Key to prevention<br />
may be half way around the world<br />
Tucked away in the northwestern corner of Colombia in the Andes<br />
region of Antioquia lies the mountain town of Medellín where, for centuries,<br />
an isolated group of extended families totaling nearly 5,000 individuals has<br />
been enduring a seemingly endless and unbearable fate…early-onset<br />
Alzheimer’s disease.<br />
Unfortunately, we are all too familiar with the form of late-onset<br />
Alzheimer’s disease that strikes seniors, but for those in Medellín, its ravage<br />
takes hold in their 40s—for a rare few, it begins in their 30s.<br />
In a cruel twist, parents are caring for and being forced to watch as their<br />
grown children are robbed of their memories and abilities. For researchers<br />
who have spent decades trying to uncover the cause of Alzheimer’s disease<br />
and identify effective treatment and prevention therapies, this family may be<br />
the best source of discovery.<br />
In the spring of <strong>2010</strong>, Dr. Eric M. Reiman, executive director of the <strong>Banner</strong><br />
Alzheimer’s Institute, and his colleague, Dr. Pierre Tariot, embarked on an<br />
exploratory mission to Medellín. As part of the newly launched Alzheimer’s<br />
Prevention Initiative (API), an international collaborative<br />
effort to identify new disease-slowing and prevention<br />
therapies, the trip was funded by contributions made to<br />
<strong>Banner</strong> Alzheimer’s Foundation on behalf of the API.<br />
The devastation Drs. Reiman and Tariot witnessed not<br />
only confirmed the family’s important role in finding new<br />
prevention therapies, but it also served as a stark reminder<br />
of why now is the time to end Alzheimer’s disease…before<br />
another generation is lost.<br />
In <strong>2010</strong>, Dr. Eric M. Reiman, executive director of the <strong>Banner</strong><br />
Alzheimer’s Institute, and his colleague Dr. Pierre Tariot, traveled to<br />
Medellín, Colombia as part of a quest to identify new Alzheimer’s<br />
disease prevention therapies. Their travels brought them face-to-face with a<br />
large extended family of nearly 5,000 people that is plagued by a<br />
devastating form of early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. The family is believed<br />
to hold the key to Alzheimer’s prevention. Opposite page: Snapshots of Dr.<br />
Reiman and Dr. Tariot’s visits with Alzheimer’s disease patients and<br />
families in Medellín, Colombia.<br />
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son ’s emor<br />
Family’s $9.6 million gift<br />
establishes David Walsh<br />
Cancer Center<br />
David Walsh, son of Frank and Gloria Walsh of Sterling, Colo., is<br />
the namesake of the new David Walsh Cancer Center at Sterling<br />
Regional MedCenter. David, who passed away following a<br />
courageous battle against esophageal cancer in 1998, was an<br />
avid outdoorsman. This breathtaking image is engraved at the<br />
entrance of the center bearing his name.<br />
“S terling has been good to us.”<br />
That one statement of gratitude is the basis<br />
for the generosity that Frank and Gloria Walsh have<br />
shown to Sterling, Colorado, a rural farming<br />
community in the northeastern corner of the state<br />
that has been their home for nearly 55 years.<br />
Frank and Gloria’s children and grandchildren<br />
were raised in Sterling. While they spend a few<br />
months in Scottsdale, Arizona every year, their<br />
roots are in Sterling. So, it was no surprise that<br />
when they chose to honor their son’s legacy by<br />
establishing a state-of-the-art cancer center in his<br />
name, they did so in the very community where he<br />
lived, worked and played.<br />
In December of 2008, Frank and Gloria made a<br />
generous $9.6 million gift to <strong>Banner</strong> <strong>Health</strong><br />
Foundation to build the David Walsh Cancer Center<br />
at Sterling Regional MedCenter. Opened in<br />
September, the 8,600-square-foot center offers<br />
outpatient treatment services including radiation<br />
oncology, chemotherapy and infusion services,<br />
tumor registry, a physicians’ clinic and a patient<br />
education center. It serves as a satellite to the<br />
Cancer Institute at North Colorado Medical<br />
Center, a sister <strong>Banner</strong> <strong>Health</strong> facility located<br />
approximately 100 miles west of Sterling.
For those with<br />
cancer, time<br />
is a precious<br />
commodity.<br />
David Walsh was the younger of Frank and Gloria’s two<br />
sons. Happily married, he and his wife, Kathie, also had two<br />
children. David was an upbeat, athletic and energetic man<br />
who loved the outdoors and the community he called home.<br />
In 1996, he was diagnosed with esophageal cancer at the<br />
age of 41. Sadly, he lost his courageous battle against the<br />
disease in 1998.<br />
Throughout David’s two-year fight against cancer, he<br />
found himself traveling back and forth for treatments in<br />
Denver and Fort Collins, each more than 100 miles from<br />
his home in Sterling. The time he spent traveling for<br />
treatment invariably took a toll on David. Equally, it took a<br />
toll on those who loved him.<br />
At a groundbreaking ceremony for the cancer center in<br />
2009, David’s oldest son, Carlin Walsh, recalled his father’s<br />
experience noting that for those with cancer, time is a<br />
precious commodity.<br />
After witnessing firsthand the strain that results from<br />
traveling far from home for treatment, Frank and Gloria<br />
chose to build the David Walsh Cancer Center. Ultimately,<br />
their generosity will ensure that others facing cancer have<br />
more of what they truly need—time.<br />
Frank and Gloria Walsh’s philanthropic<br />
spirit is guided by a commitment, dedication<br />
and desire to make Sterling a better place.<br />
The David Walsh Cancer Center at Sterling<br />
Regional MedCenter is by far their largest<br />
contribution; however, they have found other<br />
very meaningful ways to enhance the<br />
community they call home.<br />
Some of the other projects in Sterling<br />
that Frank and Gloria have contributed<br />
to include:<br />
• Helping to fund a new dormitory for<br />
students at Northeastern Junior College;<br />
• Financially supporting a project to<br />
remodel the Sterling Public Library;<br />
• Building a park and swimming pool for<br />
a community that lacked such outdoor<br />
recreation; and<br />
• Purchasing the Sterling Country Club –<br />
including its 18-hole golf course and<br />
full-service restaurant – and donating<br />
it to Northeastern Junior College to<br />
expand the scope of educational<br />
programs for students to include<br />
courses related to golf course<br />
management, the culinary arts<br />
and more.
$1 Million Gift<br />
to <strong>Banner</strong> Alzheimer’s Institute<br />
supports family caregivers<br />
The staff at <strong>Banner</strong> Alzheimer’s Institute is<br />
proud to serve as a comprehensive resource helping<br />
families and care providers of those living with Alzheimer’s<br />
navigate through the continuum of the disease. Earlier this<br />
year, the Institute’s robust Family and Community Services<br />
program received a much needed boost when The Kemper<br />
and Ethel Marley Foundation, a private family foundation<br />
dedicated to supporting Arizona residents, awarded a<br />
$1 million grant to benefit the varied counseling, education<br />
and non-medical services that are so critical to caring for<br />
those with Alzheimer’s.<br />
The Family and Community Services program of the <strong>Banner</strong><br />
Alzheimer’s Institute provides Alzheimer’s disease patients and their<br />
families with a wide range of support resources including counseling,<br />
education, support and outreach programs.<br />
Supported largely through philanthropy, the<br />
Family and Community Services program provides<br />
one-on-one counseling support for caregivers;<br />
recreational opportunities through the privatelyfunded<br />
Arts Engagement program that enables<br />
patients and their care providers to experience<br />
museums, theater productions and musical<br />
performances; and educational support from clinicians<br />
and physicians trained in Alzheimer’s disease and<br />
other dementias.<br />
BAI’s commitment to serving both the medical and<br />
non-medical needs of patients and their families aligns<br />
with The Kemper and Ethel Marley Foundation’s<br />
mission to support programs that foster arts and<br />
culture, health and human services, education, and<br />
medical research and facilities.<br />
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health care<br />
heroes<br />
<strong>Health</strong> Care<br />
Heroes among us<br />
Dr. Wallace Reed, honorary member of the <strong>Banner</strong><br />
Alzheimer’s Foundation board of directors and generous<br />
supporter of <strong>Banner</strong> <strong>Health</strong>, was recognized in August with<br />
the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Phoenix Business<br />
Journal’s 9th annual <strong>Health</strong> Care Heroes Awards breakfast.<br />
For decades, Dr. Reed has devoted his time, talent and<br />
treasure to improving health care in Arizona. Today, much of<br />
his attention is given to helping those touched by Alzheimer's<br />
disease, but in the late 1960s and early 1970s, he played an<br />
instrumental role in reshaping the way surgical care is<br />
delivered in this country.<br />
In 1969, Dr. Reed and his colleague, Dr. John Ford, did the<br />
legwork to launch what was, at the time, a revolutionary step in<br />
Dr. Reed (center) with Dick Hannon, senior vice president, Marketing &<br />
Provider Affairs, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona (right) and Don<br />
Henninger, Publisher, Phoenix Business Journal.<br />
reforming health care: outpatient ambulatory surgery<br />
centers. Together, they looked at how surgeries were being<br />
performed and then formulated a plan to address and correct<br />
what they felt were gross inefficiencies in the process.<br />
They spent months crafting rules for a non-hospital<br />
same-day surgery center model and then lobbied for<br />
acceptance from the Arizona Legislature, local physicians<br />
and surgeons, medical boards and insurance companies.<br />
In February of 1970, they opened the Surgicenter in<br />
downtown Phoenix, the nation's first such facility. They<br />
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also took an active role in founding the Federated Ambulatory Surgery<br />
Association, now known as the Ambulatory Surgery Center<br />
Association.<br />
Today, there are more than 5,000 ambulatory surgery centers in the<br />
United States performing more than 22 million procedures each year.<br />
After Dr. Reed retired from medicine, he faced a new challenge to<br />
care for his wife Maria, who was in the early stages of Alzheimer’s<br />
disease. As a caretaker, Dr. Reed became involved with the <strong>Banner</strong><br />
Alzheimer’s Foundation, helping to create the board of directors,<br />
provide input in crafting its strategic plan and serve in an advisory role.<br />
His generosity of time is matched only by his financial support, ensuring<br />
that individuals and families have the care and support they need.<br />
The vision and passion Dr. Reed demonstrated throughout his<br />
career and even now, as an advocate for Alzheimer's disease care,<br />
treatment and research and the philanthropic support that propels<br />
these efforts, is a worthy illustration of a lifetime filled with health<br />
care achievements.<br />
<strong>Banner</strong> volunteers recognized for being<br />
<strong>Health</strong> Care Heroes<br />
In addition to Dr. Wallace Reed being named the <strong>Health</strong> Care<br />
Heroes Life Achievement Award winner, three other <strong>Banner</strong> <strong>Health</strong><br />
volunteers were recognized as finalists.<br />
(l to r): Eleanore Strasser, <strong>Health</strong> Care Volunteer category (<strong>Banner</strong> Boswell Medical<br />
Center); Ruth Johnson, <strong>Health</strong> Care Volunteer category (<strong>Banner</strong> Baywood Medical<br />
Center); Dr. Wallace Reed; Carol Peterson, <strong>Banner</strong> Benefactor and founder of the<br />
“Golf is Where the Heart Is” fundraiser, Service Philanthropy Category (<strong>Banner</strong><br />
Heart Hospital)<br />
<strong>Banner</strong> Desert CEO Todd Werner; Councilman Devin<br />
Redbird; Gila River Program Administrator Cheryl<br />
Pablo; Arizona Governor Jan Brewer; and <strong>Banner</strong><br />
<strong>Health</strong> President and CEO Peter S. Fine<br />
Gila River Indian<br />
Community<br />
helps fund pediatric<br />
health care need<br />
The Gila River Indian Community made<br />
a generous $500,000 contribution to support<br />
the continued expansion of pediatric services<br />
at Cardon Children’s Medical Center. The gift<br />
was announced with a check presentation<br />
during a dedication ceremony marking the<br />
hospital’s opening in November 2009.<br />
The tribal community, which has called<br />
the Southeast Valley home for more than a<br />
century, is a huge proponent of bringing<br />
specialized pediatric health care to its<br />
residents.<br />
During the check presentation,<br />
Councilman Devin Redbird and Cheryl Pablo,<br />
Gila River program administrator shared their<br />
excitement about the new hospital that, due<br />
to its proximity, will serve many children from<br />
the Gila River Indian Community.<br />
The gift highlights how our community is<br />
coming together to meet the pediatric health<br />
care needs of children in Arizona.<br />
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spotlight<br />
Sharon Harper<br />
BANNER HEALTH FOUNDATION<br />
BOARD MEMBER, INCOMING CHAIR<br />
SHARON HARPER has been recognized as<br />
“Who’s Who of the Decade” by the Phoenix<br />
Business Journal. She clearly has excelled in<br />
the commercial real estate industry in<br />
Arizona and is a passionate leader in the<br />
community. Sharon is co-founder, president<br />
and chief executive officer of The Plaza<br />
Companies, a premier Arizona-based real<br />
estate development, investment and<br />
management firm specializing in medical<br />
office/health care, biotechnology facilities<br />
and senior housing. In addition to leading<br />
this vibrant organization, Sharon generously<br />
gives her time and talent to <strong>Banner</strong> <strong>Health</strong><br />
Foundation and several other important<br />
organizations including, the Virginia G. Piper<br />
Charitable Trust, Arizona Community<br />
Foundation, Brophy College Preparatory,<br />
Greater Phoenix Economic Council (GPEC)<br />
Creighton University College of Medicine,<br />
Arizona Campus and the Executive Board of<br />
Greater Phoenix Leadership (GPL).<br />
As Sharon prepares to take the helm<br />
of the <strong>Banner</strong> <strong>Health</strong> Foundation board of<br />
directors as chairwoman beginning in 2011,<br />
<strong>FRIENDS</strong> decided it was a prime opportunity<br />
to share more about her life, her work and<br />
her long-standing relationship with<br />
<strong>Banner</strong> <strong>Health</strong>.<br />
Share with our readers a bit of your background and what brought you to<br />
the Valley.<br />
I was born and raised in Minnesota and later received a degree in journalism<br />
from Creighton University. There, I met my future husband, a medical student<br />
named Oliver Harper. We relocated to Arizona for his postgraduate training at<br />
Good Samaritan Hospital (now <strong>Banner</strong> Good Samaritan Medical Center) and<br />
that is how we became “Arizonans.” In 1982, I co-founded The Plaza<br />
Companies, which is now a vibrant state-wide and diverse real estate<br />
development, investment and management firm with dynamic employees.<br />
With primary focus in the areas of medical/health care, bioscience facilities<br />
and senior living communities, the future of The Plaza Companies is bright.<br />
It seems that <strong>Banner</strong> <strong>Health</strong> has played a big role in your life, both<br />
personally and professionally.<br />
Absolutely! We have a long-standing, close relationship with <strong>Banner</strong> <strong>Health</strong>.<br />
As I mentioned, Ollie did his postgraduate training at Good Samaritan and<br />
later co-founded the Arizona Medical Clinic in the Northwest Valley. In 2007,<br />
Arizona Medical Clinic became part of the <strong>Banner</strong> family, so Ollie returned to<br />
<strong>Banner</strong>. My business, The Plaza Companies, has had a strategic relationship<br />
with <strong>Banner</strong> for many years. We own and/or manage several medical office<br />
buildings on and near the hospital campuses of <strong>Banner</strong> Estrella, <strong>Banner</strong><br />
Thunderbird, <strong>Banner</strong> Del E. Webb and <strong>Banner</strong> Boswell. Now, our family ties<br />
to <strong>Banner</strong> <strong>Health</strong> are extending to our children. We recently learned that our<br />
daughter, Lise, a recent graduate of the Creighton University College of<br />
Medicine, will be heading to <strong>Banner</strong> Good Samaritan as an Internal Medicine<br />
resident this year! <strong>Banner</strong> <strong>Health</strong> has been with our family in some way,<br />
shape or form for many years.<br />
Tell me a little bit more about your family and your home life.<br />
When we first moved to Phoenix, we moved into an apartment not far from<br />
<strong>Banner</strong> Good Samaritan, and we have been in North Central Phoenix since.<br />
We love the culture and the ambiance of this neighborhood and take every<br />
opportunity to walk on the Murphy Bridle path – one of this city’s true gems.<br />
We have five amazing children who live in Arizona, Colorado, San Francisco and<br />
San Paulo, Brazil. Our pets include a chocolate Labrador Retriever and two<br />
Yorkshire Terriers.<br />
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spotlight<br />
With all of your responsibilities and<br />
community involvement, what made you<br />
decide to take on this new leadership role<br />
with <strong>Banner</strong> <strong>Health</strong> Foundation<br />
I have had a personal and passionate<br />
commitment to the health care industry<br />
throughout Arizona as it was closely linked<br />
with the mission of The Plaza Companies. I am<br />
particularly proud to be a part of what is<br />
happening at <strong>Banner</strong> <strong>Health</strong>, and it seemed<br />
natural for me to help take this organization to<br />
the next level. I am inspired by the significant<br />
and incredible work that the leadership of<br />
<strong>Banner</strong> has exemplified in our community. It<br />
has built strong and lasting relationships with<br />
its physicians and is constantly working to<br />
bring the best of the world’s medical expertise<br />
to the Valley. The dynamic and innovative<br />
programs in Alzheimer’s disease/dementia,<br />
cardiology, cancer care and so many others<br />
have touched countless lives. The accessibility<br />
and quality of <strong>Banner</strong> <strong>Health</strong> is what draws<br />
me to this organization and this role.<br />
What is your vision for the future of <strong>Banner</strong><br />
<strong>Health</strong> Foundation<br />
<strong>Banner</strong> <strong>Health</strong> Foundation’s board is<br />
populated with exceptional community leaders<br />
who are devoted and enthusiastic. I foresee<br />
our board working even more collaboratively<br />
to support the mission and vision of <strong>Banner</strong><br />
<strong>Health</strong> and its leadership. I believe that by<br />
strengthening our existing relationships and<br />
fostering new ones, we can not only provide<br />
excellent patient care for those in Arizona,<br />
but make our state an even better one in<br />
which to live.<br />
Would you like to leave our readers with any<br />
final thoughts about <strong>Banner</strong> <strong>Health</strong> and<br />
<strong>Banner</strong> <strong>Health</strong> Foundation<br />
I welcome Arizona residents as a whole to<br />
support quality health care in our region.<br />
Together, we can make a difference that we<br />
could never achieve individually. My goal is to<br />
broaden the number of people who will be<br />
active participants in Arizona’s health care<br />
community. I know that by doing this and<br />
working together, we will all feel a sense of<br />
accomplishment and ownership in the health<br />
and well being of all Arizonans.<br />
Neal Kurn<br />
BANNER ALZHEIMER’S<br />
FOUNDATION<br />
BOARD MEMBER<br />
NEAL KURN is a bit of a loyalist. Born in Massachusetts, his family<br />
traveled west to Tucson in 1948. There, Neal attended junior high, high<br />
school, college and eventually law school. The last 47 years of his life<br />
have been spent practicing tax law with an emphasis in estate<br />
planning at Fennemore Craig, a premiere firm in Phoenix celebrating<br />
its 125th anniversary this year. When Neal makes a commitment to<br />
something he believes in, he sticks with it. In 2006, he became an<br />
advocate for <strong>Banner</strong> <strong>Health</strong> and the newly formed <strong>Banner</strong> Alzheimer’s<br />
Institute by becoming a founding member of the <strong>Banner</strong> Alzheimer’s<br />
Foundation board of directors.<br />
We sat down with Neal to learn more about his life and his<br />
commitment to <strong>Banner</strong> <strong>Health</strong>.<br />
Growing up in Tucson, did you always know you wanted to practice law<br />
Actually no. Between college and law school I worked as an accountant in<br />
addition to spending two years in the United States Army, stationed at<br />
The Presidio in San Francisco. I hated being an accountant, so when a<br />
friend suggested I go back to law school, I did just that. It was during law<br />
school at the University of Arizona that I found my professional calling. I<br />
am one of the lucky few who truly enjoy my job and feel privileged to work<br />
for a firm with such a rich history in Arizona.<br />
Did you ever give any thought to leaving Arizona<br />
I am definitely an “Arizonan” at heart. Having lived here for so many years,<br />
first in the Biltmore area and now in Central Phoenix, I can’t imagine living<br />
anywhere else. I was blessed to be married to Bobby Agron for 51 years<br />
and raise three wonderful children here. Sadly, Bobby passed away about a<br />
year and half ago, but together we saw our four grandchildren come into<br />
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first things first<br />
Child development:<br />
Putting ‘first<br />
things first’<br />
<strong>Banner</strong> <strong>Health</strong> Foundation has been awarded a<br />
$971,182 grant from the First Things First Southeast Maricopa<br />
Regional Council in support of the Pregnancy, Parenting and<br />
Play program at Cardon Children’s Medical Center.<br />
Operated by the hospital’s Child Development<br />
department, Pregnancy, Parenting and Play ensures that<br />
individuals in the Southeast Valley identified as being<br />
underserved have access to the resources for a healthy<br />
pregnancy, receive parenting support, and are provided<br />
guidance on improving the health and early development of<br />
their children.<br />
Child development specialists from Cardon Children’s and<br />
neighboring <strong>Banner</strong> hospitals reach out to pregnant women<br />
and families in their homes, assist them in securing prenatal<br />
care and provide information and guidance related to<br />
parenting, child development, literacy and nutrition. The<br />
program’s robust menu of services also includes health<br />
screenings, parenting groups, development classes and<br />
information on additional community resources.<br />
In 2009, <strong>Banner</strong> <strong>Health</strong> Foundation secured an $809,000<br />
grant from First Things First to launch the program. The<br />
agency’s renewal of funding underscores the importance of<br />
investing in a child’s early years.<br />
To date, 281 families have been served through Pregnancy,<br />
Parenting and Play.<br />
Funding First Things First<br />
First Things First is a state agency funded by an $.80 tax on tobacco<br />
products that was enacted in 2006 following passage of Proposition 203.<br />
Ninety percent of every dollar generated by the tax directly benefits<br />
communities in Arizona. Funding decisions are based on recommendations<br />
from 31 Regional Partnership Councils comprised of local leaders.<br />
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spotlight<br />
Neal Kurn continued from page 35<br />
this world and we were blessed to share time with them. I remarried earlier<br />
this year, and my beautiful bride, Sue, loves Arizona as much as I do.<br />
Over the years, I’ve been very active in the nonprofit community,<br />
including serving as chairman of the Arizona Community Foundation,<br />
working on the statewide Leave a Legacy program, sitting on the Arizona<br />
Symphony Foundation board, and being involved in many aspects of the<br />
local Jewish community.<br />
What initiated your involvement with <strong>Banner</strong> <strong>Health</strong><br />
Mark Sklar, a good friend of mine and member of the <strong>Banner</strong> <strong>Health</strong><br />
board, asked that I join him in getting involved with the <strong>Banner</strong> Alzheimer’s<br />
Institute when it was established in 2006. I recognized the need for this<br />
kind of care for patients and families – not only in Arizona, but all over the<br />
world. Obviously, I knew that <strong>Banner</strong> was a major health care provider in<br />
Arizona, and I had experience as both a patient and family member of a<br />
patient of <strong>Banner</strong> Good Samaritan. When being introduced to the Institute,<br />
I was struck by the role that Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias has<br />
on our aging population. I had friends and clients who were beginning to<br />
feel the effects of this terrible disease. I was confident that <strong>Banner</strong><br />
Alzheimer’s Institute would be a priority for <strong>Banner</strong> moving forward, and we<br />
had Drs. Eric Reiman and Pierre Tariot, two of the top Alzheimer’s disease<br />
physicians in the country, to lead the way.<br />
As a <strong>Banner</strong> Alzheimer’s Foundation Board member, what is your vision<br />
for the Foundation and the Institute moving forward<br />
My vision is the same as the Institute’s mission—to end Alzheimer’s<br />
disease without losing another generation. Alzheimer’s is quickly becoming<br />
the scourge of our society in so many ways. The impact on patients’ lives,<br />
the emotional toll on family members and the financial demands of<br />
treatment are all things that cannot be ignored. Add to that an aging<br />
population and you’ve got a formula for disaster. I believe that <strong>Banner</strong><br />
Alzheimer’s Institute can delay, defer and eliminate Alzheimer’s disease. I<br />
am proud of the work that has been accomplished in such a short period of<br />
time and the impact it has on those in Arizona and the influence it has on<br />
the international community.<br />
What would you say to someone who asked you, “Why should I support<br />
the <strong>Banner</strong> Alzheimer’s Foundation”<br />
I would emphasize that Alzheimer’s disease is horribly taxing on patients,<br />
families and society, and that the reduction and treatment of it is an<br />
extremely important medical goal for our community and the world.<br />
<strong>Banner</strong> Alzheimer’s Institute is leading the way in this vitally<br />
important battle.<br />
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enefactors<br />
A Message from<br />
Benefactors Chairs <strong>2010</strong>-2011<br />
Craig &<br />
Tracy Coppola<br />
The more you learn about <strong>Banner</strong> <strong>Health</strong>, the more excited you become about everything it<br />
does and can do in our community. Nowhere is this more evident than through <strong>Banner</strong> <strong>Health</strong><br />
Foundation’s premiere membership program, <strong>Banner</strong> Benefactors.<br />
We are honored to be a part of this steadfast group of supporters who are true friends of <strong>Banner</strong><br />
<strong>Health</strong> and the backbone of this organization. Our Annual <strong>Banner</strong> Benefactors are those individuals<br />
whose annual contributions total $1,000 or more. Lifetime <strong>Banner</strong> Benefactors have a cumulative<br />
giving level of $25,000 or more.<br />
As <strong>Banner</strong> Benefactor chairs, we acknowledge and thank all of our Benefactors for recognizing<br />
the importance of supporting health care in our community. Your gifts are an investment in our<br />
future, enabling us to move forward with new technologies, research initiatives, medical facilities<br />
and care programs.<br />
Thank you for the spirit of philanthropy you bring to <strong>Banner</strong> <strong>Health</strong>. We appreciate you, and<br />
offer our sincere gratitude for your continued generosity and commitment to helping others.<br />
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enefactors<br />
Annual<br />
<strong>Banner</strong> Benefactors<br />
Anonymous<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ackerman<br />
Ms. Claire Agnew<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Stuart H. Agren<br />
Gary and Rhonda Anderson<br />
Mr. Glen Baker<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bark<br />
Mr. Mark Barkenbush<br />
Mrs. Sherrie Beardsley<br />
Drs. Marjorie and Scott Bessel<br />
Mr. David M. Bixby<br />
Mrs. Bonnie Blandford<br />
Ms. Patricia Block<br />
Thomas and Kathy Bollinger<br />
Ms. Terry Bond<br />
Ms. Janet M. Bor<br />
Mr. James Brannon<br />
Mrs. Toby Brink<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Broll<br />
‘‘<br />
I’ve always had a good feeling<br />
about giving to <strong>Banner</strong>… my<br />
money, my interest and time<br />
support a great cause.<br />
”<br />
Don Cline – Lifetime Benefactor<br />
We regret any errors or omissions due to printing deadlines.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Buehrle<br />
James and Twila Burdick<br />
Ms. Amy E. Burlager<br />
Ms. Teresa Buttars<br />
Ms. Barbara Cabrera<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Campbell<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Bradley W. Campbell<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Michael G. Campbell<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jose Cardenas<br />
Ms. Kim Carkhuff<br />
Wanda M. Casady<br />
Salvatore F. Casano, M.D.<br />
Richard and Gayle Cassidy<br />
David and Carol Cheney<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Cody<br />
Ms. Susan Colvin<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Wesley L. Cooper<br />
Ms. Bonnie Cope<br />
Mr. and Mrs. R. Craig Coppola<br />
Joan Cox<br />
Mrs. Cassandra D. Crowe<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Steven C. Curry<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Dabrowski<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Dahl<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis E. Dahlen<br />
Scott and Sheri Dahlstrom<br />
Douglas Dang, M.D.<br />
Ms. Lisa Davis<br />
Ms. Jean M. Davis<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry DeLand<br />
Corey L. Detlefs, M.D.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Dickson<br />
Mrs. Sally K. Dimond<br />
Ms. Lisa J. Donald<br />
David and Jan Dougherty<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Drozdowski<br />
Ms. Paula Durston<br />
Bill and Ruth Dwyer<br />
Margaret E. Earle, M.D.<br />
Dr. David B. Edwards and<br />
Nancy Siegfried<br />
Mr. Glenn Edwards<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Kip Edwards<br />
Randy and Patricia Elder<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Elliott<br />
Mr. Howard R. Emden<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Don A. Evans<br />
Christine Ewing and Grace Schoenlank<br />
Mrs. Gwen Feick<br />
Mr. and Mrs. James Ferando<br />
Ms. Beverly Fletcher<br />
Robert and Anita Flori Charitable Fund<br />
Dr. Michael R. Foley and Dr. Lisa Dado<br />
Tom Freeland, CRNA<br />
Mr. Michael J. Frick and Ms. Patty<br />
Swanson<br />
Samuel and Darlene Friedman<br />
Ms. Janice Ganann<br />
Ms. Kristine R. R. Garrett<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Edwin G. Goldstein<br />
Ms. Susan Gordon<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gould<br />
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enefactors<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel R. Govinsky<br />
Ms. Bonnie Grant<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Imad and Mary Haddad<br />
Mr. Chad Hatfield<br />
Dr. John A. Hensing and Mrs. Suzanne Coyne<br />
Anne Hermida, M.D.<br />
Ms. Robin Hollis<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Holmberg<br />
Steven and Natalie Hood<br />
Danny and Camille Horn<br />
Mrs. Jamison Howdon<br />
Ms. Debra Huguez<br />
Ms. Jamie (Anne) James<br />
Mr. Michael L. Johnston<br />
Young W. Kahn, M.D.<br />
Mrs. Anna Lou Kelso<br />
Ms. Jennifer Keppler<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Jon A. King<br />
Ms. Julie Klein-Roerig<br />
Mr. Thomas Koelbl<br />
Ms. Amber Kovacs<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Kraemer<br />
Ms. Andrea J. Kramer<br />
Michael and Deb Krmpotic<br />
Galemarie Kuchtyak<br />
Alan and Becky Kuhn<br />
Ms. Stephanie Laugen<br />
Dr. Conrad and Mrs. Stefani Lawrence<br />
Mr. Anh-Viet Le<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Lemelson<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Leszczynski<br />
Cathy and Herman Lewkowitz<br />
Ms. Lori J. Linder<br />
David and Pat Upah<br />
Terrence J. Loftus, M.D.<br />
Ms. Juanita Lombardi<br />
Ms. Patricia Lundgren<br />
‘‘<br />
When we were young and just starting<br />
out, our children had medical needs that would<br />
have been a financial burden for us. Anonymous<br />
donors stepped in and made it possible to get<br />
the treatment we needed. Now we are financially<br />
secure and able to repay the generosity shown<br />
to us years ago.<br />
”<br />
Anonymous<br />
Mr. and Mrs. David S. Mabey<br />
Mr. Donald Maloney<br />
Mr. Terry Mann<br />
Ms. Dianne R. Marples<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Mark H. McCormack<br />
Mr. Richard Miller<br />
Ms. Sheila J. Moroney<br />
Ms. Bernadette Murray<br />
Richard and Pamela Nenaber<br />
Mr. and Mrs. James L. Nesbitt<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John Nesbitt<br />
Mr. John D. Neuner<br />
Mr. and Mrs. J. Newbold<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Donald K. Nicolson<br />
Dr. Sarvesh K. Nigam<br />
Ms. Ellen C. O'Connor<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Riyad Z. Ousta<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel A. Patterson<br />
Ms. Joanne Pelowski<br />
Ms. Kari Lynn Perkes<br />
Ms. Judith Perkins<br />
Mr. John Placko<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Brent L. Priday<br />
Mr. Ed Anderson and Ms. Elaine<br />
E. Ralls<br />
Ms. Cheryl Ralls<br />
Ms. Ellen Reddin<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Scott Rhodes<br />
Roger and Hazel Richards<br />
Ms. Kristen Richards<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Rizley<br />
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enefactors<br />
<strong>Banner</strong><br />
Benefactors<br />
Spotlight<br />
Jeff and Krista Stone<br />
Lifetime Benefactors<br />
$250,000 TO CARDON CHILDREN’S<br />
MEDICAL CENTER<br />
“The purpose of Cardon Children’s Medical<br />
Center is consistent with our focus on<br />
supporting children’s nonprofit charities,<br />
both through our personal choice as well<br />
as through our employee-run charity,<br />
Summit Builder’s Charities. <strong>Banner</strong> has<br />
been an aggressive, driving force in<br />
improving the quality of health care in the<br />
Phoenix area, and we are proud to be<br />
involved with such a progressive<br />
organization that positively impacts the<br />
lives of so many people.”<br />
Ms. Laura B. Robertson<br />
Ms. Karen Rolph<br />
Todd and Karen Santoni<br />
Mr. John R. Sares<br />
Ms. Kathleen J. Schultz<br />
Mr. A.R. Schwertner<br />
Ms. Joan H. Shanahan<br />
Ms. Julie Sherman<br />
Mr. Lee Shipman<br />
Mr. John M. Silverberg<br />
Ms. Connie Simon<br />
Ms. Linda Skoff<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey C. Slocum<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Fortuna<br />
Dr. Marshall L. Smith<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Smith<br />
Ms. Laura Snow<br />
Mr. Frank H. Snyder<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Larry Spratling<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Mark Starling<br />
Robert and Christine Steigerwald<br />
John and Kathy Strasser<br />
Mr. John W. Strauser<br />
Dr. and Mrs. David R. Streitwieser<br />
Mr. Philip D. Suddarth<br />
Mr. James Sullivan<br />
Ms. Mei Sun<br />
Tate-Moss Family<br />
Rick and Deb Telles<br />
Mr. David Tiemeyer<br />
Ms. Catherine Townsend<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Lester Tukan<br />
Mr. Allyn D. Tuschen<br />
Mr. Richard E. Ullrich<br />
Kent and Ethel Utter<br />
Ms. Desiree E. van Egmond<br />
Ms. Judy Van Norman<br />
Mr. David W. Vaughn<br />
Ms. Cheryl Vickers Wicks<br />
Ms. Lorene Vickery<br />
Mr. Larry E. Volkmar<br />
George and Lisa Vyles<br />
Dr. Glenn and Mrs. Barbara<br />
Waterkotte<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Dan F. Weinman<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Todd S. Werner<br />
Ms. Judith K. White<br />
Ms. Cynthia Wickstrom<br />
Mr. Thomas C. Williams<br />
Mrs. Dortha N. Wills<br />
Ms. Martha Winkler<br />
Mr. Gregory Wojtal<br />
Ms. Kelly Yeats<br />
Ms. Gail Zerbe<br />
John and Pam Zidich<br />
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enefactors<br />
Lifetime<br />
<strong>Banner</strong> Benefactors<br />
Anonymous<br />
Mr. Lloyd Banning<br />
Nadine and Eddie Basha<br />
Blake's Miracle Foundation<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Warren Becker<br />
Mrs. Olga R. Bender<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Blair D. Benjamin<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Berchtold<br />
Heidi and Jeffrey Berkley<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Merle D. Bird<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Donald A. Bliss<br />
Mr. and Ms. David Bradford<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Howard H. Briggs<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Stacy J. Brimhall<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen M. Brophy<br />
Laverne Beall Burhans<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Wilford A. Cardon<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Wil R. Cardon<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Richard R. Cardon<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick R. Cardon<br />
Mr. Philip R. Cardon<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Craig D. Carson<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Harry J. Cavanagh, Jr.<br />
Mrs. Geri G. Cavanagh<br />
Mr. and Mrs. J. Baxter Chapman<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Martin S. Chattman<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Dick I. Chung<br />
Mrs. Marcy S. Clark<br />
Mr. Donald E. Cline<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John F. Cota<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Tony Coury, Jr.<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Ronald J. Creasman<br />
Mr. and Mrs. James C. Crews<br />
Ms. Virginia Dayton<br />
Mrs. Barbara W. Dean<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Delgado<br />
Mrs. Florence Dellage<br />
Ms. Carol A. Den Herder<br />
‘‘<br />
In watching both my wife and friends<br />
struggle with Alzheimer’s disease, I felt<br />
I could help make a difference by supporting<br />
<strong>Banner</strong> Alzheimer’s Institute.<br />
”<br />
Robert Flori – Annual Benefactor<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Verde V. Dickey<br />
Dr. and Mrs. David Dudgeon<br />
John and Anne Duffy<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Paul F. Eckstein<br />
Ms. Patricia Engels and Mr. Richard<br />
Medland<br />
Anita and Ross Farnsworth<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Federico<br />
Peter S. Fine and Rebecca Ailes-Fine<br />
The Fitzgerald Family<br />
Mrs. Mary Friga<br />
Ms. M. Rudelle Goodwin<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Graham<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Robert E. Graves<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel D. Green<br />
Dr. Oliver and Sharon Harper<br />
Ms. Carole Harrison<br />
Dr. Joni J. Hegel<br />
The Suzanne & Steven Hilton Family<br />
Tony and Eleanor Jannetti<br />
Dr. and Mrs. John M. Johnson<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Philip O. Johnson<br />
Mrs. Betty J. Kansky<br />
Mrs. Melvina C. Killion<br />
Ms. Denise L. Kohlstedt<br />
John and Kim Kressaty<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Barry A. Kriegsfeld<br />
The Estate of Ted D. Laughlin, MD<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Alan I. Leibowitz<br />
Matt Leinart Foundation<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Delbert R. Lewis<br />
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enefactors<br />
<strong>Banner</strong><br />
Benefactors<br />
Spotlight<br />
‘‘<br />
We believe in what <strong>Banner</strong> is doing<br />
for the community. We supported the<br />
concept of an East Valley children’s<br />
hospital and have been thrilled to be<br />
part of such an important addition<br />
in our community.<br />
”<br />
Michael and Cheryl Pollack – Lifetime Benefactors<br />
Lee Shipman<br />
Annual Benefactor<br />
$10,000 GIFT TO BANNER HOSPICE<br />
“The staff was so nice and did everything<br />
possible to make my wife, Frances,<br />
comfortable [when she stayed at <strong>Banner</strong><br />
Baywood]. I appreciated everything they<br />
did for us. They treated her so well that<br />
when she ended up needing more help, I<br />
looked to <strong>Banner</strong> Hospice. You couldn’t<br />
pick a better group to be associated with<br />
than <strong>Banner</strong> Hospice. I really appreciated<br />
their care. Hospice still contacts me every<br />
so often to make sure I’m OK. It’s been<br />
months since I lost my wife. I know I can<br />
call Elizabeth and leave her a message<br />
and she’ll call me back. Anyone who<br />
has an opportunity to use <strong>Banner</strong> services<br />
should do so. They’re here to help.”<br />
Tom and Jan Lewis<br />
Mrs. Ann Magro<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Rex G. Maughan<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Andy McCain<br />
The Hon. and Mrs. John McCain<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald H. McGee<br />
Norma E. Mercer<br />
Lisa and Alfredo Molina<br />
McKenzie Monks Foundation<br />
Mrs. Ruth Nesbitt<br />
The Nomis Foundation<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Northrop, Jr.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. William H. O'Brien<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Carl B. Owens<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Ed F. Oxford<br />
Michael A. Pachtman, M.D.<br />
Ms. Millie Page<br />
Mr. Stephen D. Paine<br />
Carol Peterson<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Noone<br />
The Pearce Family Trust<br />
Mr. and Mrs. William Peltier<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Perkinson<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Pollack<br />
Wallace A. Reed, M.D.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Rezler<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Wilburn C. Roberts<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Louis A. Rosati<br />
Ms. Sarene H. Ross<br />
Dr. Norm and Pam Saba<br />
Mrs. Saranjit K. Saini<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Clarence Sarkodee-Adoo<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Donald F. Schaller<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth W. Sheely<br />
The Linda and Martin Shultz Family<br />
Foundation<br />
Stuart R. and Nancy J. Smith<br />
Mrs. Louise Solheim<br />
Paul and Susan Stander<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jerre Stead<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey C. Stone<br />
Mr. James Stuart, Jr.<br />
Mrs. Joyce J. Taber<br />
Dr. Pierre Tariot and Ms. Laura<br />
J. Jakimovich<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Taylor<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Thatcher<br />
Mr. Jeremiah Thorne<br />
Ms. F. Bernedene Toms<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Ryan M. Turley<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth J. Van Winkle<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Walpole<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Walsh Jr.<br />
Carrie L. Walters, M.D.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Marion Weidenbener, Jr.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Welliver<br />
Carol and Craig Willett<br />
Mr. and Mrs. James F. Wirth<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Young<br />
Mrs. Martha J. Youngker<br />
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enefactors<br />
Partners in Wellness<br />
<strong>Banner</strong> <strong>Health</strong> Foundation and <strong>Banner</strong> Alzheimer’s Foundation gratefully acknowledge the following new<br />
gifts of $10,000 or more from corporations, foundations and local community groups who have invested in<br />
our organization during the last 12 months. Their generosity is symbolic of our Partners in Wellness.<br />
Alberta B. Farrington Foundation<br />
Camelback Desert School<br />
Keith D. Stoltz Foundation<br />
Southwest Ambulance<br />
American Fire Equipment Sales<br />
CannonDesign<br />
The Kemper and Ethel Marley<br />
St. Luke's <strong>Health</strong> Initiatives<br />
& Service Corp.<br />
Comprehensive Risk<br />
Foundation<br />
State Farm Mutual Automobile<br />
American Valet Company, Inc.<br />
Services, LLC<br />
Kitchell Contractors<br />
Insurance Company<br />
The Amyotrophic Lateral<br />
Copper Ridge Elementary<br />
Kiwanis Club of Friendship<br />
Susan G. Komen for the<br />
Sclerosis Association<br />
School<br />
Village<br />
Cure - Phoenix Affiliate<br />
Anonymous Gift<br />
Cox Communications<br />
Matt Leinart Foundation<br />
Synthes U.S.A.<br />
Arizona Medical Network, Inc.<br />
C.R. Bard, Inc.<br />
McCarthy Building Companies,<br />
T.W. Lewis Foundation<br />
The Arizona Republic<br />
CVS Caremark Charitable Trust<br />
Inc.<br />
Thunderbirds Charities<br />
Atwood <strong>Health</strong> Foundation<br />
DPR Construction, Inc.<br />
Mesa United Way<br />
Valley Anesthesiology<br />
<strong>Banner</strong> Desert & Cardon<br />
Family Caregiver Alliance<br />
Midwestern University<br />
Foundation<br />
Children’s Medical Center<br />
Fennemore Craig<br />
Neonatology Associates, Ltd.<br />
Valley of the Sun United Way<br />
Volunteers<br />
First Things First<br />
The Nomis Foundation<br />
The Virginia G. Piper Charitable<br />
BHHS Legacy Foundation<br />
Garrison Family Trust<br />
Our 365 - Share More<br />
Trust<br />
The Board of Visitors<br />
Gila River Indian Community<br />
Pearce Family Foundation<br />
Wachovia Wells Fargo<br />
The Branden Lombardi<br />
The Governors<br />
PMT Ambulance<br />
Foundation<br />
Foundation<br />
John & Sophie Ottens<br />
Salt River Project<br />
Willard E. Smucker Foundation<br />
Foundation<br />
<strong>Banner</strong> <strong>Health</strong> Foundation Staff<br />
Andy Kramer, President/CEO • Brent Anderson<br />
Christy Atler • Kristine Burnett • Kim Carkhuff • Pat Elder • Gina Gral<br />
Natalie Hood • Camille Horn • Stefani Lawrence • Terri MacKay • Cindy Mero • Hazel Richards<br />
Andrea Rietz • Jennifer Robertson • Karen Santoni • Dana Schiemann<br />
Kelly Smith • Sue Williams<br />
Friends Publication Staff<br />
Kristine Burnett, Editor • Kim Carkhuff, Contributing Writer • Terri MacKay, Contributing Writer<br />
Design and Production: Linda Haskell, Lithotech, Inc.<br />
Photography provided in part by: Ben Arnold Photography • Ryan Guzzetta, Axium Photography<br />
Ken Howie Photography • Paulson Photo/Graphic<br />
Friends is a publication of <strong>Banner</strong> <strong>Health</strong> Foundation. Find us online at www.<strong>Banner</strong><strong>Health</strong>.org/<strong>Banner</strong>Foundation<br />
Send comments, additional copy requests or address changes to: P.O. Box 1897, Phoenix, AZ 85001.<br />
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PHOTOGRAPH BY: PAULSON PHOTO/GRAPHIC<br />
<strong>Banner</strong> <strong>Health</strong> Foundation<br />
<strong>2010</strong> Board of Directors<br />
BOARD CHAIR<br />
Ken Van Winkle<br />
NOMINATING CHAIR<br />
Richard W. Campbell<br />
VICE CHAIRS<br />
John Graham<br />
Laura Palmer Noone<br />
John Zidich<br />
OFFICERS<br />
Andy Kramer<br />
PRESIDENT & CEO<br />
Jeffrey C. Stone<br />
SECRETARY/TREASURER<br />
DIRECTORS<br />
David C. Berry<br />
Chip Carmer<br />
Harry J. Cavanagh, Jr., MD<br />
R. Craig Coppola<br />
Doug Ducey<br />
Sharon Harper<br />
Anthony J. Jannetti<br />
Alfredo J. Molina<br />
Ted Northrop, Jr.<br />
J. Stephen Rizley<br />
<strong>Banner</strong> Alzheimer’s Foundation<br />
<strong>2010</strong> Board of Directors<br />
BOARD CHAIR<br />
Jerre Stead<br />
VICE CHAIR<br />
Pat Engels<br />
DIRECTORS<br />
Heidi Berkley<br />
Jeffrey Berkley<br />
Peggy Federico<br />
Rick Federico<br />
Steven Hilton<br />
Suzanne Hilton<br />
Neal Kurn<br />
Julie Lavidge<br />
Bob Roth<br />
HONORARY BOARD<br />
MEMBERS<br />
Don Bliss<br />
Richard Mallery<br />
Retired Justice Sandra<br />
Day O’Connor<br />
Wallace A. Reed, MD<br />
OFFICER<br />
Andy Kramer<br />
PRESIDENT & CEO<br />
<strong>Banner</strong> <strong>Health</strong> Foundation Board Member Chip Carmer<br />
and his wife, Jennifer, danced the night away at the 2009<br />
Candlelight Capers Ball, the signature fundraising event<br />
benefiting <strong>Banner</strong> Good Samaritan Medical Center. Proceeds<br />
supported the Laura Dreier Breast Center at <strong>Banner</strong> Good<br />
Samaritan to enhance and improve the early detection,<br />
diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer.
P.O. Box 1897<br />
Phoenix, AZ 85001-9940<br />
Change Service Requested<br />
<strong>Banner</strong> <strong>Health</strong> Foundation<br />
<strong>Banner</strong> Alzheimer’s Foundation<br />
Non-Profit<br />
Organization<br />
U.S. Postage<br />
PAID<br />
Phoenix, Arizona<br />
Permit No. 1596<br />
Calendar of Upcoming Events<br />
<strong>Banner</strong> Thunderbird Golf Classic<br />
Raven Golf Club at Verrado<br />
Benefiting: Pediatric programs at <strong>Banner</strong><br />
Thunderbird & <strong>Banner</strong> Estrella Medical Centers<br />
Saturday, November 20, <strong>2010</strong><br />
Stars of the Season<br />
W Scottsdale<br />
Benefiting: The Integrative Pain Management<br />
Program at Cardon Children’s Medical Center<br />
Friday, December 3, <strong>2010</strong><br />
Candlelight Capers Ball<br />
Arizona Biltmore Resort & Spa<br />
Benefiting: The Heart Failure Program at<br />
<strong>Banner</strong> Good Samaritan Medical Center<br />
Saturday, December 11, <strong>2010</strong><br />
For more information, to purchase tickets or to inquire about sponsorship opportunities,<br />
please call (602) 747-4608 or e-mail natalie.hood@bannerhealth.com