SPRING 2011NEWS AND INFORMATION FOR FRIENDS OF SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER

YOUR BRAIN

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SPRING 2011

Foundation StaffJean C. Rahn. . . . 360.514.3670 Executive Director

Rachel Beck. . . . . .360.514.2319 Donor Information Analyst

Tori Darnell, CFRE 360.514.3314 Annual and Major Gifts Officer

Susan Williams. . .360.514.3106 Administrative Secretary

email: foundation@swmedicalcenter.orgweb: www.swmedicalcenter.org/foundation

Dear Foundation Friends,St. Joseph’s, Memorial, Southwest Washington Medical Center and now PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center – a journey that began over 150 years ago is once again entering a new phase. It is an exciting and invigorating time for all of us at the Medical Center, but also a time of questions for many of our donors. For answers to queries such as, “Will the Southwest Foundation remain the same?” be sure to read the article on PeaceHealth in this issue.

The cover article is about your brain. There are many serious diseases, but the ones that rob a patient of the capacity to think, to maintain relationships with family and friends, and to manage their own lives are among the most destructive.

Through decades of key physician leadership and hospital commitment, Southwest has built an exceptional neurosurgery program complemented by an outstanding rehabilitation program ranked highest in the Portland metro area. If you have followed the progress of Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, you are aware of the importance top neurosurgery and rehabilitation programs are playing in her recovery. Fortunately, similar levels of clinical support are available at Southwest.

Enjoy this issue of Partners, and rest assured that though our name will change slightly, the Southwest Foundation remains a vital force in strengthening the quality of medical care for you and your family.

Sincerely,

Jean C. Rahn

Executive Director, Southwest Foundation

Director’sMESSAGE

3 Grace and Gratitude Following Brain Surgery

4 New Foundation Board Members

5 PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center

6 Cascade Society Events and Photos

7 Employee Fundraising, Health Career Scholarships

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“I’m here for joy,”says Foundation donor and Cascade Society member Neville Bayly. And you can see it in her bright blue eyes and hear it in her animated laughter. She laughs despite having had brain surgery in 2004, and continuing to face challenges that include memory loss and seizures.

A woman dedicated to caring for the world and the people in it, Neville spent years working as a medical professional. A certified nursing assistant for 15 years, she was also employed as a rehab tech at a physical rehabilitation facility in southern California. It was there she met and worked alongside Foundation Board member Dr. Robert Djergaian, the facility’s then-director of the coma and head injury unit.

Life changed dramatically in 2001. After 6 years of what she thought were panic attacks following a big scare, Neville was diagnosed with a small benign, slow-growing tumor. In 2004, she underwent amygdala-hippocampectomy surgery. The hippocampus, which houses short-term memory, and the amygdala which controls stimulus response, were partially excised.

The epilepsy, surgery and recovery made raising her son Peter difficult. However, she held firmly to her

father’s wisdom that, “There are always four or five solutions to every problem.” As life was returning to some normalcy, and her teaching and healing arts practice was growing, Neville was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2003.

Yet she considers herself lucky. A long-time practitioner of Buddhism, her training reminds her of life’s impermanence. “We are here for such a short time. For me, it’s not what happens that matters as much as how I choose to see it. Looking at all of it, life has and continues to be a blessing I wish to share with others.”

Recently, struggles with her memory have advanced, and she is experiencing seizures. Consequently, she has stopped driving and enjoying her evening red wine. What hasn’t changed is her “joie de vivre.” Besides her friends and family, she finds great joy in volunteering, creative cooking and classical music.

“If you can see your challenges as oppor- tunities for personal growth and never give up, then you truly know why you’re here.”

Neurosciences…it’s a term that not many people are familiar with. However, words like stroke, aneurism, brain and spine surgery, traumatic brain injury are more common. Neurosciences is the umbrella under which all these services/conditions fall. At Southwest, our physician expertise and technology rival any other health system in the nation. Because we have fellowship-trained neurosurgeons, a neurologist with specialized training in stroke, radiation oncology

including CyberKnife®, physical and rehabilitation medicine, neuroradiology, ENT physicians and inpatient rehabilitation we are able to offer this community elite care for neurovascular conditions and brain tumors including complicated skull-base surgeries.

TOP-RANKED Southwest is among the top hospitals for stroke care. In recent results from HealthGrades’ 13th Annual Hospital Quality Study, Southwest was top in stroke care among Portland-Vancouver hospitals. Researchers used Medicare records to determine risk-adjusted mortality to complication rates to 26 major procedures. Learn more about Southwest’s stroke program at www.swmedicalcenter.org/strokecenter.

Neurosciences at Southwest – Some of the Best Brains in the Business

Grace and Gratitude Following Brain Surgery

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Not only do our Medical Center and Foundation rely on financial generosity, we also rely on generosity of time and talent. Our Foundation is lucky to have so many wonderful Board members who share the Medical Center’s mission to raise the funds necessary for investing in the very best medical equipment and facilities, as well as care for people who can't pay for some or all of the healthcare they need.

Please welcome these five wonderful new members!

Introducing... New Foundation Board Members

Linda Angelo is a high energy, enthusiastic community volunteer and donor. She and her husband Corky donated generously to help build the Firstenburg Tower. Linda is a strong advocate for the hospital in the community, and is Co-Chair of the Steppin’ Out Committee.

Bruce Bell, MD is a well-known, and now semi-retired, neurologist. He is especially interested in Alzheimer’s disease and has become involved in the Foundation’s exploratory efforts to develop a fundraising project around that issue.

Remy Eussen, DDS is a pediatric dentist, who has practiced at Southwest. He is especially interested in Foundation programs that benefit vulnerable patient populations.

Phil Janney is one of the leading estate planning attorneys in Vancouver, and is a shareholder with Landerholm, Memovich, Lansverk & Whitesides, PS. He is a member of the Foundation’s Planned Giving Committee.

Jim Martin serves as Chief Investment Officer for Vancouver’s M. J. Murdock Charitable Trust. Jim was named “2010 Small Foundation Manager of the Year” by Institutional Investor magazine. He recently joined our Finance Committee where his expertise will be put to great use.

SPECIAL THANKS to outgoing

Board members Joe Pauletto, Newt

Rumble, and Sally Schaefer. Their

years of service and generosity

helped educate the community

about Southwest and contributed

to many years of successful

fundraising for our patients,

programs and departments!

FOUNDATION OFFICERS

Jay Miller, MDPresident

Kaycee Wiita Vice President

Connie KearneySecretary

George Middleton Treasurer4 Spring 2011

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How Can You Benefit and Help Southwest at the Same Time?We would be glad to schedule an appointment to show you how the Pooled Income Fund can benefit you and help fund excellence in local healthcare. Contact Jean Rahn at the Foundation: 360. 514.3106 or jrahn@peacehealth.org.

As always, consult your financial adviser to determine how the PIF may be most beneficial to you.

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PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center

Does PeaceHealth have a system-wide Foundation?No, each PeaceHealth hospital has its own 501(c)3 foundation. We will remain the same legal entity, with the only change being our name change to PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center Foundation. PeaceHealth has a history of encouraging local autonomy for its seven foundations reaching from Ketchican, Alaska to Florence, Oregon.

What happens to the Board of Directors and the staff? Both the Board and the staff will remain in place. The Board will continue to govern the Foundation, to select and participate in fundraising projects, and to distribute unrestricted funds to high priority projects.

When I make a donation to the Foundation, can I be sure that my gift will go directly to this hospital? Yes, gifts donated to benefit PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center will support this hospital and remain in this community.

What are the advantages of affiliation for our Foundation?PeaceHealth offers several centralized services such as planned giving expertise, database coordination and grant writing assistance. These services will allow our staff to spend more time fundraising for projects that provide the highest quality healthcare for you, your family, and the community.

The PeaceHealth Pooled Income Fund... A Charitable Donation and 6% Income

What Does the PeaceHealth affiliation mean for the Southwest Washington Medical Center Foundation?

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Make an investment in healthcare excellence that provides income to you and helps fund compassionate care to people in need, as well as cutting-edge medical equipment, facilities and more. Unlike other lifeincome options, your donation made through our new Pooled Income Fund will put your contribution to immediate use, helping provide the best for our patients here at Southwest Washington Medical Center. The minimum is $10,000 and participants must have been born prior to 1960.

Potential benefits:• Immediate charitable income tax

deduction• Bypassing of capital gains taxes on

appreciated assets such as real estate or securities

• A 6% income plus a 2% per year cost of living increase

• Lifetime income for you and a beneficiary

You may make your contribution in several ways:•Cash•Real Estate•Stocks

Here’s an example of how the pooled income fund works:

Pooled income fund contribution to Southwest $10,000

Age of donor and spouse 65 years of age

Income tax deduction $2,897

First year income to donor $600

Projected income to donors over 26.2 years $20,400

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Philanthropy will separate good health systems from excellent health systems.

— Alan Yordy, PeaceHealth CEO and Chief Mission Officer

Foundation Board members Mark Matthias and Dick Hannah did a little wine tasting with Bethany Vineyard’s Walt Houser.

Corky Angelo, Wayne and Marla Heikkala and Linda Angelo did some catching up.

Betty and Tim Hiller, Les Wolf, party host Dick Hannah, Dr. Susan Tenold and Jan Wolf gathered by the fireplace on Dick’s outdoor patio in anticipation of the Christmas ships.

The Cascade SocietyOur 462 Cascade Society donors are vital to Southwest’s abilityto provide exceptional medicine and extraordinary care to everyperson. Members help build a strong foundation for good health in our community, and we look forward to seeing you atupcoming Cascade Society events!

Hannahs Give a Holiday Gift for Alzheimer’s CareNearly 200 guests put on their festive best to attend the December Steppin’ Out party generously hosted by Dick and Marilyn Hannah at their Vancouver home. The Hannahs’ “House of Seven Chimneys” featured stunning holiday decorations and trees, and the catered food from Beaches Restaurant was scrumptious! Approximately $23,000 was raised to benefit the Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care fund.

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Physician Fireside Coming Up! On May 3rd, Cascade Society members are invited to join us, at the home of Dr. Jay Miller and Elise Menashe, for an evening of great information about our most high-tech computers…our brains. Physicians from Rebound, the premier orthopedic and neurosurgery clinic in the southwest Washington/Portland metropolitan area, will illustrate some fascinating medical cases and afflictions of these super computers as well as address what we can do to keep them running smoothly.

Cascade Society members, watch your mailboxes in April for your invitation.

ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP LEVELSAnnual $1,000 - $4,999Alpine $5,000 - $9,999Summit $10,000 - $24,999

LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP LEVELS (based on cumulative giving)

Mt. Adams Circle $25,000 - $49,999Mt. St. Helens Circle $50,000 - $99,999Mt. Hood Circle $100,000 - $999,999Pinnacle Circle $1 Million and above

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Board of DirectorsJay Miller, MD, PresidentKaycee Wiita, Vice PresidentConnie Kearney, SecretaryGeorge Middleton, TreasurerStanton Freidberg, MD,

Immediate Past PresidentLinda AngeloGerald Bader, MDJ. Bruce Bell, MDJody CampbellRobert S. Djergaian, MDRemigius J. Eussen, DDSJeanne FirstenburgDick HannahNancy HartDorothy JacksonPhilip B. JanneyJoyce KilpatrickJoseph M. Kortum,

Southwest President/CEOAlbert KrauseJim MartinMark MatthiasKay McClaskeyPatricia NierenbergScott SwindellKeith WallaceNicki WannBrett Bryant, Director EmeritusT. Randall Grove, Director EmeritusJan Oliva, Director EmeritusJames R. Tompkins, Chairman

Emeritus

Planned Giving CommitteeWe thank those professional advisors, doctors, and donors who support the work of planned giving.

Gerald Bader, MDVancouver Clinic

Marc GrignonFirst Independent

T. Randall GroveLanderholm, Memovich, Lansverk and Whitesides, P.S.

Philip B. JanneyLanderholm, Memovich, Lansverk and Whitesides, P.S.

Michael S. MacnabFirst Independent

Newt Rumble, CPAPeterson and Associates, P.S.

Jan Stockton, CPAThe Accounting Firm of Jan Stockton, P.C.

Scott Swindell, ChairAttorney At Law

Led by co-chairs Rhonda Donohue and Tim Washburn, approximately 1,000 generous Southwest employees contributed or pledged more than $222,000 in support of our patients, programs and departments. The goal set by the Employee Giving Committee, made up of Southwest employees volunteering their time, was $200,000 from 700 employees.

"Regardless of the economic situation, Southwest employees and volunteers overwhelmingly expressed their commitment to our visions and mission through their generosity," said Washburn. "To me it validates why we all chose healthcare as a profession…to care for our patients, community, and each other by supporting our patients, facility, and each other."

"When the people closest to us step up in this way," said Southwest President and CEO Joe Kortum, "not only do they positively impact the things we're able to do for our patients, they also inspire other people outside our walls to give in support of exceptional medicine and extraordinary care. My hat is off in gratitude to the Committee and all our employee donors."

Health Career Scholarship Applications AvailableThe Foundation’s Health Career Scholarship applications are now available online at www.swmedicalcenter.org/foundation. Each year, the Foundation awards over $100,000 in scholarships to individuals studying careers in healthcare. Southwest employees, Southwest volunteers, adults residing in southwest Washington, and local area high school seniors are eligible to apply. For more information, download the application or call the Foundation at 360.514.3106 (application deadline is April 6).

Revenue from our gift shops fund the majority of these scholarships, so next time you’re visiting the Medical Center, pick up some cards, flowers or gifts, and know you’re contributing to the future of healthcare!

Family Medicine

employee Rakiah Ickert

proudly displays the

bike and corresponding

basket she won, and that

helped raise a record-

breaking $14,000 as

part of the Employee

Giving Campaign.

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Southwest Employees Break Fundraising Records!

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Don't just dream… make plans to join the Southwest Foundation and your friends on Sunday, April 3 in the warm California desert! Sandy and Tony Di Vito are generously hosting this year's desert Steppin' Out party at their home in the exclusive Bighorn Country Club. The party is open to anyone and your $150 reservation will benefit the patients and programs at Southwest's award-winning Comprehensive Stroke Center.

We’d Like Your E-mail Address!We’re sending more information and invitations via e-mail in an effort to save money and resources. Won’t you share your e-address with us via our e-mail: foundation@swmedicalcenter.org

PO Box 1600 • Vancouver, WA 98668

WEB SITE:

www.swmedicalcenter.org/foundation

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Dreaming of the Desert?

If you’re not on the

Steppin’ Out mailing

list, please contact us to

request your invitation.

E-mail foundation@

swmedicalcenter.org

or call 360.514.3404.