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LMHS FOUNDATION BOARD OFFICERSCharles K. Idelson, Chairperson
James W. Orr, Jr., M.D., Vice ChairpersonJoseph R. Catti, TreasurerElaine Hawkins, Secretary
BOARD MEMBERSKathy Bridge-Liles
Sanford N. Cohen, M.D.
Amanda CrossJames Doyle, Jr.
Dorothy FitzgeraldPhil Fortin
Joe GammonsMary Ann George
John GleesonJonathan Gopman
Frank HaskellJerry Hemmer
William N. HorowitzNeil LeClair
Michael MullinsNick Naples
Michael B. Peceri
David M. PlattGarrett ReasonerGuy F. Rhoades
Alexander RoulstonDavid Shellenbarger
Madeleine TaeniSue Twining
Pablo VeintimillaScotty WoodStuart ZaikovJoseph D. Zaks
Jim Nathan
Lee Memorial Health System President
LMHS FOUNDATION PRODUCTION STAFF
Sharon MacDonald, Chief Foundation Officer
Ken Shoriak, System Director of Foundation Operations
16451 HealthPark Commons Drive, Suite 200, Fort Myers, FL 33908
(239) 343-6950 www.LeeMemorial.org/FoundationThe Gift is a publication of Lee Memorial Health
System Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization.For more information or to make a donation,
please call the Foundation office at (239) 343-6950.
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• Provide lifesaving care at Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida – the only children’s hospital in our region
• Consistently rank among the top 5 percent of hospitals in the nation
• Receive recognition from the National Research Council as the best per-forming children’s hospital nationwide in delivering an excellent patient experience
• Provide Breast Health Navigator services to guide and care for pa-tients as they battle cancer
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Your generous donations make it possible for Lee Memorial Health System to:
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ON THE COVER: The new Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida will
be completed in 2017.
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SWFL Children's Charities Makes Matching Challenge
Above&beyond
Some organizationS juSt can’t help doing great thingS.That’s the case with SWFL Children's Charities, whose
trustees, not content with just paying off their generous $10 million pledge to the Golisano Children’s Hospital capital campaign, stepped forward to issue a matching gift challenge to our community.
“SWFL Children’s Charities is pleased to issue this challenge to everyone here in Southwest Florida,” said organization president Elaine Hawkins as the check pre-sentation was made. “From May 1 through July 31, we will match each and every dollar donated to the Golisano Children’s Hospital capital campaign, up to a total of $1.2 million, with matching funds provided only through July 31.”
The match is in addition to the $10 million already gifted by SWFL Chil-dren’s Charities.
SWFL Children’s Charities spon-sors the annual Southwest Florida Wine & Food Fest each year, donat-ing proceeds to local charities with
By Ken Shor iaK , CFre the lion’s share directed to Golisano Children’s Hospital. Donations are being used to build the new state-of-the-art, 128-bed Golisano Children’s Hospital on the campus of HealthPark Medical Center.
Donations provided by this year’s event will be put to good use to outfit rooms with the latest lifesaving equipment, including items such as critical care monitors, ventilators, therapeutic cooling devices and giraffe omnibeds. Equipment will be put into service in the Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care
Units at the Children’s Hospital. Having access to the proper equipment, and the highly-skilled cli-
nicians who use it, can truly mean the differ-ence between life and death for a child.
Act now to be sure your donation is matched. Gifts eligible for matching funds include those made through cash, writ-ten campaign pledges payable within five years, children’s hospital event sponsor-ships and donations of stock. g
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Help us “Meet The Match” by making a gift by July 31. To make a capital campaign gift to help Golisano Children’s Hospital, visit www.childrenshospitalgoal.org or call Lee Memorial Health System
Foundation at (239) 343-6950.
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Matching Challenge. SWFL Children’s Charities recently completed its $10 million pledge to Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida and announced an additional new $1.2 million matching challenge to the community. SWFL Children’s Charities Trustees and Golisano Children’s Hospital representatives took part in the recent check presentation ceremony.
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wenty-two monthS.That’s the countdown to the opening of
the new Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida, a symbol of the com-munity’s commitment to providing the finest possible health care for its young-
est and sickest residents. Construction crews recently poured the fifth floor of the tower at HealthPark Medical Center and are on schedule for a Sept. 9 milestone — a topping-out ceremony.
“A new children’s hospital has been on many of our
minds for more than a decade,” says Jim Nathan, presi-dent and CEO of Lee Memorial Health System. “But it’s really about the opportunities this building gives us to strengthen health care for children in our region.”
The hospital is expected to open in spring 2017.“We’re 35 percent complete and right on schedule,”
says Eric Anderson, senior project manager for the health system’s facilities management administration.
The new 300,000-square-foot Golisano Children’s Hospital, necessitated by a growing population of chil-dren and life-saving treatments, consolidates pediatric services now scattered throughout various floors of
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Golisano Children's Hospital patients and family members recently visited the construction site.
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HealthPark. It was designed with input from par-ents and employees and will offer 128 in-patient rooms with the capacity to expand to 160. Its dedicated pediatric emergency department will offer 17 rooms to handle more than 28,000 annual visits.
The current hospital has 98 beds.As the only children’s hospital between
Tampa and Miami, the facility provides emer-gency and specialized care and a certified Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), which will grow from 40 to 64 beds in private rooms.
Focused on whole-family care, the building is designed to accommodate parents and patient siblings with convertible beds in each room, a business resource center, laundry facilities, outdoor gardens and play areas, multiple dining areas and the Ronald McDonald Family Room.
Its design also increases efficiency and work flow, giving doctors, nurses and medical staff more time with patients.
The sunlit hospital features an almost all-glass south-ern elevation and a two-story, glass-enclosed lobby with
a gift shop, work stations, a music therapy room, a chapel and a multi-purpose room for family education and community events.
Outside, butterfly, sculpture and meditation gardens and gathering ar-eas will welcome visitors and provide outdoor spaces for pediatric patients and their families. The space will also include a dining terrace and sitting ar-
eas along a painted serpentine wall and under a pergola.
The Southwest Florida community has continued to support construction of America’s newest children’s hospital and the $100 million private capital campaign to fund it. Philanthropists and donors of all ages have contributed $85.5 million, according to Joe Cat-ti, chairman of the fundraising campaign and president of FineMark National Bank. A current challenge grant, once fulfilled, will bring the total to $87 million.
“We’ve also been talking to several individuals who plan to make significant donations,” Mr. Catti said. “Throughout this campaign, I’ve said every bit helps. Children have brought their piggy banks to school. Sev-eral schools earned a brick by donating $500.”
Kathy Bridge-Liles, chief administrative officer of the children’s hospital, says fundraising also continues for specialized features that will create a welcoming environment for young patients. The hospital will offer interactive play tables, digital art walls and child-friendly equipment. It plans to partner with the 200-hospital Get Well Network to introduce interactive programmable software to get patients involved in their care process.
“This creates a whole new world,” Ms. Bridge-Liles said. “The technology allows us to greet patients by name and offer games and information about a child’s specific illness. The medical education is right there, and children can get answers on the screen.”
During the coming months, hospital administrators will also begin recruiting physicians, hard-to-find NICU
SEE milestones, 6 uSkanska Gates, the joint venture company leading construction of the new hospital, is on track to complete the facility by Spring 2017.
Construction workers getting ready to pour the fifth floor of the children's hospital.
Eric Anderson, senior project man-ager for the health system’s facilities management administration.
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“ A new children’s hospital has been on many of our minds for more than a decade. Seeing the building almost shelled-in is pretty exciting.”
— Jim nathan, president and CEO
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nurses and support staff.“There’s more involved than you would think at first
blush,” Ms. Bridge-Liles said. “We’re developing a com-plex and comprehensive workforce plan to ensure the clinical and cultural transition. New technology means new ways to communicate with physicians and each other. We will have orientations for new employees and simulations, because the way nurses work and the flow of that work will be different. It’s a priority to have that in place before the hospital opens.”
Some patients will benefit from the changes as early as July. The building project also includes renovation of existing cardiology and endoscopy departments and will free up 45 beds for adult patients. The expanded cardiol-
ogy department and cath lab will open July 13; the endos-copy unit around November, said Mr. Anderson.
HealthPark’s third-floor surgical theater and second-floor radiology unit are undergoing an 18-month expansion to serve both pediatric and adult patients with separate pre- and post-operative areas. The children’s hospital will con-nect to the existing medical facility in strategic areas.
Construction of the new building and the jobs it will create will have a lasting economic impact on South-west Florida. An employment and community income study conducted by Gary Jackson, assistant professor of economics at Florida Gulf Coast University’s Regional Economic Research Institute, concludes as many as 424 construction employees will be working during the peak of construction in 2016. He also projects the HealthPark complex’s workforce to increase from 627 full-time em-ployees in 2012 to 760 in 2022.
Mr. Jackson’s study also indicates Lee County will experience a value-added impact of $144.6 million in 2016 and $127.7 million in 2022 because of the new hospital. Construction and hospital jobs will have a spinoff effect, increasing the demand for goods and services that will create additional employment and revenue at other com-panies in Lee and Collier counties.
As construction of the building moves upward, Mr. Nathan can’t help but recall one consultant who declared that partially funding a new children’s hospital with significant private donations was impossible.
“We were told there was no way we could raise the funds from the community,” he said. “We’re honored by the com-munity’s support. The children’s hospital is more than a building. It’s about the children, the people and programs.”
“A lot of generous people have been involved with our campaign,” Mr. Catti noted. “It’s very gratifying to see the physical building. So many people have stepped up. I’m hopeful we’ll wrap up the campaign this calendar year.” g
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An artist's rendering of Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida.
As many as 424 construction workers will be needed to complete the 300,000-square-foot hospital facility.
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Did you know?
“ “We want to serve children wherever they are in our part of the state. We offer these multispecialty clinics in both Port Charlotte and Naples to keep patients as close to home as possible. By opening clinics
that offer so many specialty areas, we are helping patients who may not be able to travel to larger cit-ies. We are bringing care to the community rather
than have the community go to care.”— emad Salman, MD, pediatric hematologist/oncologist; medical
director, Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida
• Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida provides vital services at its main campus in Lee County along with specialty care at its clinics in Naples and Port Charlotte.
• Expert care is provided by 70 pe-diatric specialists providing care in 14 pediatric specialties at Golisano Children’s Hospital.
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Spring Run Charitable Foundation donates $50,000 to Barbara’s Friends
Members of the Spring Run Golf Community at The Brooks in Estero raised $50,000 for Barbara’s Friends – Golisano Children’s Hospital Cancer Fund. The dona-tion will go to the capital campaign for the new Golisano Children’s Hospi-tal of Southwest Florida.
This gift com-pletes the com-munity’s pledge to name a private infusion bay in the new hospital in honor of Stella Frateralli, a cancer survivor and daughter of a golf pro at Spring Run. The check also represents the first installment of a new pledge to name a second private infusion bay.
Skanska Gates fishing tournament raises more than $80,000 for Capital Campaign
Skanska Gates, the joint venture company leading construction of the new Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida, raised more than $80,000 for the hospital during a fishing tourna-ment at South Seas Island Re-sort on Captiva. Presenting spon-sor Enterprise Electric LLC, along with several other vendors and suppliers, spon-sored the event.
The com-munity has thus far pledged $85.5 million to help build the new Golisano Children’s Hospital, which will provide 128 private beds in the 300,000-square-foot facil-ity, all dedicated to pediatric specialty care. g
Kurt J. maurilloNew Jersey native and University
of Florida graduate Kurt Maurillo has taken an active role in our com-munity since settling here in 1987. When he’s not busy with his day job as a first Vice President-Investment Officer, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional with the Wolf, Metzger Maurillo & Banfield Wealth Management Group of Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC, Mr. Maurillo can usually be found leading the charge to raise funds for worthwhile causes such as Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida.
As a father of two, Mr. Maurillo recognizes the
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Impact Initiative of Southwest FloridaImpact Initiative of SWFL is responsible for creating broad community awareness of the services offered by Lee Memorial Health System, including but not limited to Golisano Children’s Hospital of
Southwest Florida. Community programs and fundraising activities support Lee Memorial’s lifesaving mission across Southwest Florida.
importance of helping to build a new Children’s Hospi-tal. He remarked, “It is heartbreaking to hear of children and their families who must travel for hours to receive specialized hospital care that could be provided right here, close to home.”
As one of the principal leaders of the “Fore 4 Kids” golf classic, Mr. Maurillo has done more than his share to promote the Children’s Hospital but his charitable intent has an even greater reach through other health-related endeavors such as Cape Coral Hospital’s Optimal Healing Environment project.
“It is very important that we support initiatives such as this,” says Mr. Maurillo. “Promoting good health and healing for our community will pay great dividends in the long run for everyone involved.” g
From left: Al Kinkle, chairman of Barbara’s Friends – Golisano Children’s Hospital Cancer Fund; Michael Zigler, general manager of Spring Run; Jack Chadwick, president of the Spring Run Charitable Foundation; and Tracy Connelly and Sally Wilson with Lee Memorial Health System Foundation.
From left: Bob Kramer, Skanska Gates senior project manager; John Hayes, Gates president and CEO; Kathy Bridge-Liles, Golisano Children’s Hospital chief adminis-trative officer; and Tracy Connelly, Lee Memorial Health System Foundation senior director of development.
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this equipment will give the neurologists and technicians the vital data they need to determine the best course of treatment.”
Along with permitting overnight monitoring and reducing wait times for procedures, the new equipment also will allow staff to elicit and accurately monitor patient seizures to determine their cause.
Pediatric neurologist Guillermo Philipps, M.D., remarked about the equipment, “It is very difficult for
families to travel to Miami or St. Petersburg to complete these tests which can take
up several days. We would like to give families the opportunity to obtain care
locally as much as possible.”In the two months leading up to
SanCap Cares 2015, a total of $4 million was raised through spon-sorships, capital-campaign gifts and event proceeds. Those dollars, together with the $6 million previ-
ously raised on the islands, allowed the group to fulfill its generous $10
million pledge. The new pediatric emergency department at Golisano Chil-
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he StarS were Shining brightly at South SeaS iSland Resort in March as hundreds of Sanibel and Captiva Island residents, joined by scores of friends and supporters, took part in the 15th annual SanCap Cares event to raise funds for Golisano Chil-dren’s Hospital of Southwest Florida.
By the end of the evening, the SanCap Cares event had reached its five-year, $10 million commitment to help construct the new Golisano Children’s Hospital building at HealthPark Medical Cen-ter, set to open in early 2017.
Part of that commitment in 2015 included raising almost $350,000 to outfit three rooms with epilepsy monitoring units that will give phy-sicians the ability to evaluate sei-zures, determine the cause of those seizures and develop care plans.
According to Susan Ryckman, vice president for patient care services at Golisano Children’s Hospital, “Seizures don’t behave the same way in any two children, so having
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From left, Amanda Cross, Dorothy Fitzgerald and Mike Mullins meet “Freddy the Fire Engine,” a mobile and child-friendly X-ray machine purchased through the 2014 SanCap Cares event.
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Frank and Betty Haskell are dedicated to helping children such as Khamile and Quetzali.
the campaign to raise capital dollars to build a new Children’s Hospital devel-oped, it was no surprise to see Barbara’s Friends lead-ing the fundraising charge.
“We first committed to raising $5 million, but as the need for more sup-port became apparent, we were ‘drafted’ into dou-bling our commitment to $10 million, of which $7.1 million is in hand,” Frank said proudly. Not content to rest on past laurels, he quickly added, “We still have a ways to go to meet our goal to help all chil-dren in need.”
Thanks to the Haskells’ leadership, Barbara’s Friends has found itself at the center of many differ-ent charitable activities. Golf tournaments, mara-thons, car shows, galas, radiothons, penny drives, auctions and more all have contributed to the success of fundraising efforts.
As parents of two other children besides Bar-
bara who also split their attention between three grandchildren and two great-grand-
children, the Haskells prefer to count their blessings rather than succumb to bitterness.
“Betty and I are truly blessed to have had so many people open their hearts to support Barbara’s Friends,” Frank said. “While we’ve certainly experienced a great loss in our lives,
we have always held fast to our belief that there is a greater purpose for us —
to do as much good as we possibly can.”Great people, helping a great cause.
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pend juSt a few minuteS with frank haSkell and his passion for helping children quickly bubbles to the surface like a volcano, spewing forth not harmful smoke and lava, but rather compassion, concern and great love for oth-
ers in less-fortunate situations.“God had a way of closing one door in the loss of
our daughter, but opened another for us in helping us found Barbara’s Friends – Golisano Children’s Hos-pital Cancer Fund, and guiding us to save the lives of many other children stricken with cancer and blood disorders,” says Mr. Haskell, speaking both for himself and his wife of 62 years, Betty.
When the Haskells lost their beautiful daughter, Barbara, to breast cancer at the young age of 36, they
made a decision to celebrate her life by founding and leading a cause that would give children across Southwest Florida a fighting shot at beat-ing cancer. The result was Barbara’s Friends.
Dollars raised under the Barbara’s Friends
banner help provide the equipment, facilities, medical staff and extra special touches needed to help kids at Golisano Children’s Hospital beat cancer.
Even before Barbara’s Friends, Frank, in particular, showed a penchant for bringing people and resources together to help those in need. A longtime fan of the Boston Red Sox, Frank drew upon his passion for the team to help children.
“Back in 1993, I had the good fortune to found the annual Bos-ton Red Sox Children’s Hospital Celebrity Golf Classic, which is still going strong and is one of the major fundraisers here in our community,” he noted. “That event alone has raised over $10 million through the years to help Golisano Children’s Hospital patients.”
Fast forward 22 years from the tourna-ment’s inception and the Haskells continue to have a tremendous impact on the community. When
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“ We first committed to raising $5 million, but as the need for more support became ap-parent, we were ‘drafted’ into doubling our commit-ment to $10 million, of which $7.1 million is in hand. ”
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or call Sally Wilson at (239) 343-6057.
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FIDDLESTICKS FoR KIDS
Fiddlesticks Country Club golf groups donated more than $31,000 to help build the new Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida.
1 Boston Red Sox Manager John Farrell joins Chansen Savakinus, 2015 MVP (Most Valuable Patient) prior to the golf tournament at the beautiful Forest Country Club.
2 Red Sox players and organization leaders came out in full force to help raise a record $1,050,947 for Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida as they enjoyed the beautiful courses at the Forest.
3 Matching sponsors Jack and Shelley Blais, seated at left, enjoy the annual Diamond Dinner on the field at JetBlue Park surrounded by family and friends.
4 The record-breaking total is celebrated with a check presentation on the field at JetBlue Park.
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5 Actor and comedian Jim Belushi stopped by Golisano Children’s Hospital to entertain patients and promote a hospital fund raiser at Belushi's Comedy Bar in Fort Myers.
6 Children’s Hospital Music Therapist Julie Avirett accompanies Jim Belushi as he wails on the harmonica.
7 Minnesota Twins Executive Vice President and General Manager Terry Ryan addresses Minnesota Twins Celebrity Golf Classic participants at Fiddlesticks Country Club.
8 Lydia Christie and her granddaughter Jaden set their sights on just one of the many wonder-ful pieces up for auction at the Twins event.
9 From left, Jim Lundeen, Torii Hunter, Stan Dickman and Phil Roof take a break from the rigors of golf while helping to raise money for the Regional Cancer Center.
10 Twins broadcaster, former player and fan fa-vorite Roy Smalley, left, offers bidding advice to celebrity auctioneer Jay Severson during the Twins event.
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Amanda CrossRaised in a philanthropic family, Amanda Cross
takes her upbringing to heart as evidenced by the active role she plays in charitable causes. A member of Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida’s Com-munity Council and past chairperson of the board of trustees of Lee Memorial Health System Foundation, Ms. Cross has contributed significantly to the health and well-being of our com-munity.
Not only that, but she is the founder of SanCap Cares, a unique fundraiser for the Children’s Hos-pital that draws upon the time, treasure and talent of residents of the beautiful islands of Sanibel and Captiva. Event contributions played a key role in helping the island communities raise $10 million for the hospital's capital campaign.
Not one to draw attention to herself, Ms. Cross is quick to point out the charitable bent of others. “As we celebrate our 15th year of SanCap Cares, it is reassuring to know there are so many people with big hearts and a strong commitment to help-ing children who desperately need medical care,” she said. g
Joe GammonsJoe Gammons’ position as president of Office
Furniture and Design Concepts doesn’t leave him a great deal of free time, yet he still takes an active role in supporting our community.
The Naples resident, originally from Michigan, has a deep appreciation for all things family, starting first and foremost with his two children and wife, Carrie.
“That’s why I’m involved with the foundation,” Mr. Gammons said. “Working to build a new Children’s Hospi-tal, making sure people have access to lifesaving cancer care; these are important to everyone here in South-west Florida.”
Mr. Gammons is often found out and about sup-porting several community projects. That should come as no surprise from one who values the con-cept of community.
“We employ people from here. This is our home,” Mr. Gammons said. “The relationships we have throughout the community are very important to us. The people we deal with are more than just customers — they are our friends, neighbors, parents of our kids’ friends, the folks you see on a daily basis, so you better follow up and do what you say you’re going to do. That’s a lot different than someone coming in from Miami or Tampa.” g
it takeS more than brickS and mortar to build a Children’s Hospital. Children must have access to the very finest clinicians, trained in virtually every pediatric subspecialty.
A clinical affiliation between Nick-laus Children’s Hospital (formerly Miami Children’s Hospital) and Goli-sano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida provides local patients and families with access to physicians and services at Nicklaus Children’s Hos-pital, one of the leading pediatric hos-pitals in the U.S. with a 650-member medical staff that includes experts in virtually every pediatric subspecialty.
“Nicklaus Children’s is honored
to have formed a clinical affiliation with Golisano Children’s Hospital to help keep children and their families as close to home as possible while offering excellent pediatric care, and to be available when the child’s needs involve more advanced care,” said Nancy Humbert, ARNP, MSN, execu-tive vice president for Ambulatory Services and External Affiliations at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital.
Upcoming joint projects with Nicklaus will provide even greater accessibility to premier pediatric neurosurgeons, cardiac surgeons and
urologists not currently available in Southwest Florida. Telehealth technology will be incor-porated into subspecialty consultations, and a direct
phone line has been established to access an on-call neurosurgeon in Miami on a 24/7 basis.
“We’re very excited about what this means for our children and their fam-ilies,” said Kathy Bridge-Liles, chief administrative officer of Golisano Children’s Hospital. “This partner-ship continues to help us keep kids as close to home as possible.” g
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Lee Memorial Health System FoundationMeet members of Lee Memorial Health System Foundation’s Board of Trustees
Powerful Partnership . . .
f there waS a Sure, riSk-free way to double your money, you would certainly give it serious consideration.
Now, there is.Until July 31, 2015, EVERY DOLLAR you donate to our Gift of a
Lifetime capital campaign will be matched — dollar-for-dollar — up to a total of $1.2 million, thanks to a matching challenge gift made by our
generous benefactors: Southwest Florida Children’s Charities, sponsors of the annual Southwest Florida Wine & Food
Fest.Your tax-deductible donation will go twice as far
to help save the lives of children from Southwest Florida as it is put to good use to help build the new, state-of-the-art Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida, set to open in early 2017.
The following gifts qualify for the matching challenge:
n Cash gifts of any size.n Legally binding pledges booked to the cam-
paign by July 31, 2015, and set to be paid out over a period of up to five years from the date the pledge is
made.n Donations made to special events benefiting the
capital campaign, including sponsorships, ticket purchases and direct donations.
n Bona-fide and legally binding gifts made through qualified estate notes, trusts and other irrevocable, planned-giving vehicles.
Please consider the good you can do by taking advantage of this wonderful matching offer to help local children receive the lifesaving care they so desperately need — and deserve — without having to travel outside of our community. g
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Great ways to
giveIf you wish to support
Lee Memorial Health System’s lifesaving mission, please use the enclosed envelope to make a gift or consider:
Capital campaign gift
Direct your gift to sup-port our Gift of a Lifetime capital campaign to build the new Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida.
Unrestricted An unrestricted gift
allows Lee Memorial to use your donation to address our most urgent patient care needs.
Honor a loved oneLet a family member or
other loved one know you care by making a gift to celebrate his or her accomplishments, memory or milestone oc-casion.
StockConsider whether do-
nating appreciated stock will allow you to make a charitable donation while at the same time improv-ing your capital gains tax situation.
Will and estate giftsConsider naming Lee
Memorial Health System Foundation as a ben-eficiary of your will, trust or other estate plan.
For more information, please email [email protected] or call Ken Shoriak at (239) 343-6053.
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Double your donation! Go to ChildrensHospitalGoal.org or call Tracy Connelly at
(239) 343-6058 to make your lifesaving Golisano Children’s
Hospital matching gift today.
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