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SUMMER 2009
A Publication of the St. Joseph’s Hospitals Foundation
2700 W. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Suite 310, Tampa, FL 33607 • www.sjhfoundation.org
St. Joseph’s
Tops Two
National Surveys
Survey results appearing in both Consumer Reports
and AARP The Magazine rank St. Joseph’s Hospitals
as one of the leading hospitals in America.
Pediatric patients were thrilled to see a summer-styled Santa, plus get their faces painted in fun designs.
Generous Support Makes
Christmas Spirit Evident
at St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital
It was the middle of summer and nearly 100 degrees outside. But that didn’t stop residents of Tampa from celebrating
Christmas in July by showing their spirit of giving to benefit the children cared for at St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital. By
the end of the July 24 day-long celebration, nearly $60,000 in toys and cash donations had been collected.
The day started early at 7 a.m. with continuous coverage on FOX 13 with the station’s Care Force providing live updates
from St. Joseph’s and from the studio. Throughout the day, both at the children’s hospital and the FOX 13 location, cars
lined up to drop off new, unwrapped toys to Santa and many volunteers, including Buccaneers Quincy Black, John
Gilmore and Captain Fear, the Lightning Bug, and news anchor John Wilson.
The importance of toys, games and arts and crafts during a child’s hospitalization goes beyond the obvious benefit
of amusement. They are a tool to distract children during treatments, can help the hospital’s child life staff to conduct
age-appropriate education to explain to a child what is happening and what to expect, and be a treat or reward once a
treatment is finished.
Donations included gift cards, electronics, kid-friendly movies, puzzles, arts and crafts supplies, bubbles, infant toys, crib
mobiles, teen games and magazines. In addition to those donated during the July 24 event, toys and gifts were collected
all month at 30 drop-off sites provided by our event partners: Rooms To Go and Rooms To Go Kids, local Hyundai
dealerships and Old Navy stores.
Children, patients and their families all enjoyed the activities of Christmas in July. There were carolers, arts and crafts,
gifts and treats, and visits from community groups and friends of the children’s hospital such as Tampa’s Rough Riders,
Zephyrhills Elks Lodge No. 2731, and the Marine Corps League of Pinellas County.
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St. Joseph’s took top honors in a recent Consumer
Reports Health survey that rated 3,400 hospitals
nationwide on the popular Consumer Reports betterto-worse scale, including 25 health care facilities in
Hillsborough, Pasco and Pinellas counties. Survey
criteria addressed issues such as communication
with nurses and doctors, room cleanliness, length
of stay and pain management. St. Joseph’s Hospital
received the highest score in Hillsborough County.
“To be recognized by both AARP
and Consumer Reports as a leading
hospital is a testament to the
outstanding care that our team
members provide every day,”
said Isaac Mallah, president and CEO.
In a separate Consumers’ Checkbook survey,
reported in the May/June 2009 issue of AARP The
Magazine, St. Joseph’s Hospital was chosen as one
of just 10 hospitals in Florida and the only one in the
Tampa Bay region where doctors said they would
recommend patients seek care in other communities
for extremely difficult cases of heart conditions,
cancer, and other ailments. The nonprofit research
organization surveyed doctors from across the
country and collected 140,000 ratings of hospitals in
their own communities.
“These surveys recognize our efforts to provide the
best possible care for our community,” said Isaac
Mallah, president and chief executive officer of St.
Joseph’s Hospital. “We are proud of these excellent
results, which come directly from doctors’—and
patients’—recommendations.”
Greetings
from the Chairman’s Chair
Women’s Group Funds
Breast Screening Tool
detecting breast cancer at an earlier stage by minimizing
false-negative readings during mammogram screenings.
“We feel very fortunate to have this new technology to use
as an additional tool as we strive to detect breast cancer
early,” Dr. Rasmussen said. “By detecting a tumor or mass
even before it can be felt or seen, we can help save more
women’s lives.”
Elaine Fantle Shimberg
Chairman
H
ere’s six things
you should know:
You still have the opportunity to give a gift and have
a naming opportunity at the exciting soon-to-open
(February 2010) all new St. Joseph’s North Hospital
on Van Dyke Road. Contact the SJH Foundation at
(813) 872-0979 for more specific information.
The SJ Women’s Hospital is Tampa Bay’s only
Breast Center with a breast-dedicated MRI. It is
used exclusively for breast MRI’s and MRI-guided
breast biopsies.
Want to get an early start on your holiday shopping?
Stop by the gift shops at St. Joseph’s Hospital,
St. Joseph’s Women’s Hospital, and St. Joseph’s
Children’s Hospital and enjoy the relaxed atmosphere
while you browse. The funds raised are donate back
to the hospitals to help purchase needed equipment
(L to r): Philanthropic Women of St. Joseph’s members Laura Farrell-West,
Lois Mallah and Donna Jordan were excited to help select the group’s
inaugural project, CAD software for breast MRI screening.
It was a tough decision. Would the Philanthropic
Women of St. Joseph’s choose to fund the Child
Advocacy Mobile Medical Clinic, Computer-Aided
Detection (CAD) software for breast MRI screening or
the maternal medical simulator Noelle?
Following research, presentations by hospital staff and
much discussion, the importance of breast cancer
screening swayed the final votes toward the CAD,
which acts as a second set of “eyes” to label suspicious
areas on a mammogram or MRI. The group directed
their first-ever grant, $50,000, to the Breast Center at
St. Joseph’s Women’s Hospital.
Through this gift, the renowned Breast Center at
St. Joseph’s Women’s Hospital is one of the first in
Hillsborough County to feature the ImageChecker
Computer Aided Detection system (CAD) from
iCAD Technology.
According to Dr. John Rasmussen, breast radiologist
at St. Joseph’s Women’s Hospital, CAD assists in
and services. And while you’re shopping, be sure
to thank the auxiliary volunteers for their hours of
dedicated service.
Inaugural PWSJ Meeting Features
Don’t keep it a secret if you have included St.
Dr. Nancy Snyderman
Joseph’s Hospitals in your estate plans. We want to
add you to the ever-growing list of members of the
Sr. Marie Celeste Society. If you prefer to be listed as
“anonymous,” we will honor your privacy. For more
information about adding St. Joseph’s Hospitals to
your estate plan, contact the SJH Foundation.
Save the date for the Georgette Celebrity Holiday
Fashion Show to be held at the downtown Hyatt. It’s
the 21st year for this fabulous event that for the past
six years has raised money for programs, services,
and equipment at St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital
and St. Joseph’s Women’s Hospital.
The mission of the St. Joseph’s Hospitals Foundation
is to “make a difference by raising funds for and
awareness of the high quality compassionate care
given by the St. Joseph’s Hospitals.” We care for you
and thank you for your support.
To help launch the Philanthropic Women of St. Joseph’s, a
sold-out crowd packed the Palma Ceia Golf and Country
Club in January. Perhaps part of the appeal was the
keynote speaker, Dr. Nancy Synderman, NBC Medical
Editor and best-selling author of Medical Myths That Can
Kill You: And the 101 Truths That Will Save, Extend, and
Improve Your Life.
Dr. Snyderman interacted with guests, autographed books
and spoke passionately about women’s and family health
issues, including debunking some common medical myths
that can have a dangerous health impact.
Not only did guests learn about health care issues affecting
women and their families, but it also was an opportunity
for them to learn about and join this new women’s group
designed to encourage collective philanthropy. Each year
the membership will pool their philanthropic gifts and
together select an important, meaningful and very likely
life-saving project to fund.
To date, more than 50 women have enrolled as the group
continues to grow. Join us and help play a role in deciding
our next important project.
NBC Medical Editor Dr. Nancy Snyderman
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PWSJ is a leadership network of community-minded
women who want to change and save lives in the
Tampa Bay community by investing in collaboration with
other women leaders. Members’ annual philanthropic
contributions are pooled and the entire membership joins
in deciding which program, project or new equipment at a
St. Joseph’s Hospital will be funded. Their granting focus
is women’s and children’s health.
Just a few months after holding a dynamic inaugural
membership luncheon featuring NBC Medical Editor
Dr. Nancy Snyderman in January, the group was
50 members strong and ready to meet to select a
meaningful project to fund.
“Many of us have long participated in worthwhile
community efforts, but nothing is more important than our
family’s health,” said Donna Jordan, St. Joseph’s Hospitals
Foundation board member and co-founder of the group.
“Through Philanthropic Women of St. Joseph’s, we can make
a greater impact together than we can as individuals.”
Members who join before the end of 2009 will be permanently
recognized as charter members and receive benefits
reserved for the Foundation’s leadership donors. Annual
membership in PWSJ is $1,000; multi-year commitment
levels are $10,000 for Leaders and $25,000 for Founder.
For more information, please call PWSJ liaison Nora
Gunn, CFRE in the Foundation at 813-872-0979 or
visit us online at sjhfoundation.org.
Kids Helping Kids
Fight Childhood Obesity
“Did you know that 25 percent of all vegetables
eaten in the United States are French fries?”
The little girl asking this question is standing
on stage at her school, dressed in a french
fry costume. Kids in the audience lean
forward with rapt attention as they watch their
classmates share their nutritional and fitness
knowledge, some using skateboards to make
their entrance on stage.
This is just one example of a “kid-created, kidcommunicated, kid-led campaign” through
Kidz Bite Back, an innovative educational
program that gives kids the tools they need
to fight childhood obesity. With initial funding
provided by the Allegany Foundation and the
Blue Foundation for a Healthy Community, Kidz
Bite Back has been developed and is now being
piloted in fourth and fifth grade classrooms at 16
schools in Hillsborough and Pinellas Counties.
The program is one of the newest initiatives
led by The Children’s Advocacy Center of St.
Joseph’s Children’s Hospital.
With one in four children in America classified as
clinically obese, the program is sorely needed.
Extra pounds can start kids on the path to health
problems that were once confined to adults
such as: diabetes, high blood pressure, high
cholesterol and certain types of cancer.
Kidz Bite Back uses a three-pronged approach
to help change kids’ opinions, attitudes and
behavior regarding food and exercise. It begins
by educating students how kids are targeted
by three “Big Fat Industries” that promote
excessive consumption of poor nutritional foods
(fast food, soft drink and junk food industries).
Next, students learn how two “Couch Potato
Company” industries promote sedentary
lifestyles (national TV networks and video
game companies). Finally, the program offers
incentives for kids to share what they’ve learned
with their friends, families and neighbors.
Kidz Creed
Kidz have a Creed they live by
Everyday and Every Week!
Kids show other kids how to fight back against “Big Fat Industries.”
Key to the program’s success is having kids involved every step of the
way, from start to finish. “It’s not about adults preaching to kids,” said
Marisa Mowat, manager of the Children’s Advocacy Center. “Kidz Bite
Back is about kids spreading the word to other kids.”
Students can go to www.KidzBiteBack.com for interactive tools such
as “Big Fat Math” to calculate how long it will take to burn off that
burrito or to the Kidz Tool Box to check out what other kids are doing.
Or they can get involved with activities such as dirt ball, where they
“get dirty” playing ball and then post their photos online. This spring
17 boys and girls took part in a video contest by creating their own 60second video telling how they will fight Big Fat Industries and Couch
Potato Companies with good nutrition and exercise.
According to one girl in a video, “If you don’t play around now, you’re
not going to be active when you get older. Then you’ll be a couch
potato for the rest of your life.”
By getting kids involved with hands-on nutritional and physical
activities early and often, Kidz Bite Back gets kids off to a good start.
Early results show that students who participate in the program report
eating healthier, exercising more and eating less fast food.
Kidz Creed Everyday – 1, 2, 3, 4-5
Be physically active 1 hour everyday
Limit screen time (TV and video games)
to no more than 2 hours everyday
Drink 3 glasses of water everyday
Eat 4-5 fruits and vegetables everyday
Kidz Creed Every Week – 1, 2, 3
Fast food no more than 1 time per week
Soft drinks no more than 2 times per week
Junk food no more than 3 times per week
www.KidzBiteBack.com
Hyundai’s Hope on Wheels
Brings Hope for the Future
Hyundai Motor America has once again
selected St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital
to be part of its Hyundai Hope on
Wheels™ nationwide tour, selecting Tung
Wynn M.D., pediatric oncologist at St.
Joseph’s Children’s Hospital, as a 2009
Hyundai Scholar. A $35,000 award will
be used to research the most common
form of brain cancer in children. During
the ceremony, pediatric cancer patients
dipped their hands in finger paint and
applied their colorful handprints to a white
Hyundai Santa Fe. The car, covered in
kids’ handprints from all over the U.S., is
the symbol of Hyundai Hope on Wheels.
“We are inspired every day by the brave
children we meet at our Handprint
Ceremonies,” said Scott Fink, President/
CEO at Hyundai of New Port Richey.
“When the kids place their handprints
on the car, we are honoring their brave
battles against cancer, commemorating
their triumphs and sharing their hope for
the future with other children and their
families across the country.”
St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital is the
only community hospital in Florida,
and one of a very few non-university
hospitals in the United States, with a
research laboratory dedicated exclusively
to pediatric cancer research.
This St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital patient makes his mark on Hyundai’s Hope on Wheels car.
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Gala Guests IMAGINE
a Better Future for St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital Patients
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A) Foundation Board member Donna Jordan and her husband
Sid, CEO of major sponsor Clark Construction, had a great time
hanging out with the Fab Four and their friend Ed Sullivan.
B) Drs. Michael Wasylik, Joseph Levine and Earl Smith were
honored with the Distinguished Physician Award.
Models, such as Buccaneer alumni wife Monica Culpepper, show off the
season’s most up-to-date fashions at Georgette’s Holiday Fashion Show.
Mark Your Calendar
for Tampa’s Very Own
“Fashion Week” Show
Fashionable ladies (and a few stylish gentlemen) look
forward to Tampa’s own version of New York’s “Fashion
Week” every year at Georgette’s Holiday Fashion Show.
This year’s show is set for Friday, December 11 at the
Hyatt Regency Tampa.
As usual, the event promises to showcase the holiday
season’s most beautiful and interesting trends worn
by Tampa’s most beautiful and interesting people.
Last year, more than 400 guests helped celebrate
Georgette’s 20th year of the fashion show and honor
longtime chairman Dianne Cox. The event also had
a serious purpose, to raise support for St. Joseph’s
Children’s Hospital. Guests and sponsors answered
the call, raising over $25,000 for our pediatric patients.
Celebrity models Gayle Guyardo, Jack Harris, and
Margaret Burnside joined Tampa Bay Buccaneer alumni
wives Monica Culpepper, Michelle Pierson, Damaris
Quarles and Rachel Mayberry as well as Tampa Bay
Lightning alumni wife Sue Andreychuk on the runway.
WFLA’s Gayle Sierens emceed the event.
A special thank-you to event chairs, Georgette Diaz
and Nora Mussleman, and sponsors for making this a
“model” event to emulate this year and every year:
MediZone/Jay J. Garcia, M.D.
Bovis Lend Lease
Rooms To Go
Sierra Foundation
TECO Foundation
For more information about this fashionable event,
please contact the Foundation at 813-872-0979 or visit
us online at www.sjhfoundation.org.
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C) Gala Chairs Dr. Daniel J. and Nilda Plasencia (r) helped
honor baseball star Tino Martinez, here with his wife Marie, as
Community Benefactor of the year.
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Imagine if a critically ill infant was unable to receive life
saving care at the most critical time of his/her young
life, birth. The 16th Annual Stepping Out Gala, themed
IMAGINE, gave to us the ability to see what life could be
and what it once was.
Thank you to our
IMAGINE sponsors:
Gala Chairs
Over 600 guests filled the banquet hall at the Tampa
Downtown Hyatt. It was a splendid night full of magic as
they danced to classic 60s tunes by the ultimate Beatles
tribute band, the Fab Four, including three costume
changes, note-for-note renditions of some of the most
popular Beatles songs, and an Ed Sullivan look-a-like.
Master of Ceremonies was Dick Crippen.
Dr. Daniel J. and Nilda Plasencia
In addition to the “fabulous” fun, the Gala highlighted
a serious purpose: helping the Bay area’s youngest
patients. Through the generosity of our major sponsors,
Rooms To Go Children’s Fund and Clark Construction,
many table sponsors, attendees, and live and silent
auctions winners, this year’s Gala raised nearly $200,000
to benefit life-saving infant critical care.
Pediatrix Medical Group of Florida
Ranon & Partners, Inc. Architects
Pediatric Cardiology Associates
This special celebration could not have been possible
without the vision and leadership of our gala chairs Dr.
Daniel J. and Nilda Plasencia, and the tireless efforts of
the entire gala committee. We thank them for the many
efforts made on behalf of St. Joseph’s Hospitals and
Foundation.
Just as important are the dedicated people who provide
outstanding care to our patients. Poignant patient
stories introduced Distinguished Physician Awardees
Dr. Joseph Levine, Dr. Michael Wasylik, and Dr. Earl
Smith. Baseball star Tino Martinez was honored as the
year’s Community Benefactor because of his years of
commitment to St. Joseph’s Hospitals and the many
children in our community.
Since its inception in 1994, the Gala has raised more
than $2 million for a wide range of projects, including the
construction of St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital and a
pediatric cardiac catheterization lab.
Presenting Sponsor
Rooms To Go Children’s Fund
Entertainment Sponsor
Clark Construction Group
Gold Sponsors
Silver Sponsors
APG Electric
SDI Diagnostic Imaging
Wehr Constructors, Inc.
Bronze Sponsors
Akerman Senterfitt, PA
The Bank of Tampa
Bovis Lend Lease
Cardiac Surgical Associates
Cerner Corporation
Empath Consulting
Fidelity Financial
Florida Pediatric Associates
Johnson & Johnson
Marcobay Construction, Inc.
Medizone
The NY Yankees Tampa Foundation
Pediatric Surgery Centers
Dr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Plasencia
Ruden McClosky
Hinks and Elaine Shimberg
Skanska
Gifts Provide Key to Education
President’s
for Aspiring Nurses
Message
Deborah A. Kotch, CFRE
President and CEO
I
t’s an achievement for any organization to reach a
milestone such as a 75th anniversary.
It means that a quality service has been provided, and
done so in a way that people value and come to depend
upon again and again. It means that the organization
has attracted skilled and dependable people to work
within it and along side of it. It means the organization
has had the vision to grow and adapt to the decades
passed. And it means the organization has been well
run and able to fulfill its mission without fail.
St. Joseph’s Hospital
celebrates its 75th
anniversary this year
and, not surprisingly, it
is all these things. And
in return, generations
of Tampa families have
paid us the biggest compliment of all…trusting
St. Joseph’s to care for their loved ones.
It’s equally not surprising that, even as we celebrate
our long history in Tampa, and those who have helped
us evolve into the multi-faceted health care facility
we are today, most of the focus is on the future
and what’s next.
The new St. Joseph’s Hospital North is on schedule to
open in early 2010. Extending our standard of care to
families in north Hillsborough County is the first new
chapter in our history of the next 75 years.
Additional chapters to be written have a common
theme – expansion to accommodate the demand
for our services. This includes our critical care tower
and the need for more intensive care units, as well
as enlarging the Women’s Hospital. A new neo-natal
intensive care unit will be able to care for more than
60 babies, unlike the current unit which is almost
always full. And our renowned breast center must
grow to twice its size to meet the needs of the women
who seek out our diagnostic and care expertise and
technology.
The Foundation has established the 75th Anniversary
Future Fund to encourage philanthropic investment
for programs and services, medical technology and
innovation, and the facilities required to meet the health
care needs of our community long into the future. Ask us
about it. Perhaps your legacy can be to help us secure
the health care you value today for the generations to
come. For the next 75 years.
Scholarship winners and donors (top l to r): St. Joseph’s Hospitals President/CEO Issac Mallah; recipient Tania Griffin; donors Rand Altemose, MD, and Karen Altemose,
ARNP; recipients Prithviraj Sathyanarayan, Bonnie Lowlery, and Carmen Fields. (Bottom l to r): Nancy Wilk, accepting on behalf of Brandy Hall; Team Member Campaign
Co-Chairs John Vidmar and Del Ballard.
Nurses and medical professionals are the backbone of any hospital. At St. Joseph’s Hospitals, we are fortunate to have the
most outstanding team members, and our patients can tell the difference.
With the help of donors who appreciate the importance of education, and the vital role the hospital staff plays in providing
the best patient care, again this year scholarships were awarded to deserving team members selected from a pool of
applicants wanting to become nurses, or another profession in the medical field.
Generous gifts to the Foundation to support scholarships help us to ensure the highest quality staff by providing educational
opportunities to those who already work at St. Joseph’s. After all, who could make a better St. Joseph’s nurse than one of
our own team members who already provides great patient care in another capacity?
To fund an annual scholarship, provide a scholarship in memory or in honor of a loved one, or to endow a named scholarship,
please contact the Foundation for assistance. It is only through the support of our friends in the community that we are able
to provide such an important program to ensure the highest standards of care for our patients. We appreciate the generous
investment made by the donors who funded the following 2009 scholarships:
Elizabeth and Karen Altemose
Nursing Scholarship
Funded by Dr. Rand and Karen Altemose
Carmen Fields, LPN II
Bonnie Lowlery, LPN II
Prithviraj Sathyanarayan, Surgical Technologist II
Johnny R. and Susan W. Adcock
Nursing Scholarship
Funded by Johnny and Susan Adcock
Tania Griffin, Patient Services Technician
The Team Member Campaign
Educational Award
Funded by our employees through the
2009 Team Member Campaign
Brandy Hall, Respiratory Therapist
From Gas Station Clerk to Aspiring Nurse
Like all of our scholarship winners, Prithviraj (Raj)
Sathyanarayan is an example of how hard work and
a desire to learn can lead to great accomplishments.
Now a student in the RN program at Hillsborough
Community College, Raj came to St. Joseph’s
Hospital in 2005 after a stint as a clerk at a local
gas station. Raj started out as a technician in the
Sterile Processing department, where he prepared
and packed medical instruments for surgeries.
Always interested in increasing his knowledge,
he was quickly promoted to an operating room
assistant, and then to his current role as a certified
surgical technologist in the main operating room.
Dr. Jack Coughlin, Pediatric Surgeon, considers Raj
to be a remarkable
story of hard work,
success and self
improvement, having
struggled to advance
himself since arriving
in this country. “I care
and want to improve
the quality of life all
over the world, which
I feel I can do through
nursing,” Raj said.
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Philanthropy
Files
A Toast to
Uncorking the Cure
More than 250 guests participated in the fifth annual
“Uncork the Cure” wine tasting event, organized by the
Krewe of Zingaro. Chaired by Mike Embry and emceed
by Bright House Network’s Jen Holloway, the wine tasting
tempted guests’ palates and raised nearly $25,000 to
benefit the Children’s Cancer Research Group, which
helps fund childhood cancer research at St. Joseph’s
Children’s Hospital.
Thank you to the Krewe and everyone who took part in
this important event to help us move one step closer to
“uncorking the cure” to pediatric cancer.
Knocking Out
Breast Cancer
Boxing gloves intermingled with black-tie attire at the 2009
“KO Breast Cancer Fight for Life” gala, hosted by Charity
for Women. Guests dined on steak and lobster while raising
$30,000 for the Breast Centers at St. Joseph’s Women’s
Hospital, St. Anthony’s Hospital, Morton Plant Hospital and
Mease Hospital, helping to fund breast cancer services for
underserved/uninsured women.
Children’s Reunion
Special thanks to our generous sponsors:
Children who have undergone heart surgery at St.
Joseph’s Children’s Hospital came together as one
special group to celebrate life during the Fourth
Annual Heart-to-Heart Reunion.
The Tampa Club
Chad and Hilda Horne Family Foundation
Zinfandel Sponsors
Veredus Corporation
Gutcher’s Quickprint
Visionary Healthware
Gresham, Smith and Partners
Team members at St. Joseph’s Hospitals for getting
into the spirit of this year’s Team Member Giving Campaign,
“Give, Get, Go Green” by giving their “green” in excess of
$144,000 to support St. Joseph’s and the United Way of
Tampa Bay. The Medical Surgery team members pictured
here had 100 percent participation and decorated their door
to show their team spirit.
The highlight of the evening was the boxing match featuring
Olympic hopeful Lenroy Thompson and Curtis Harper, in
addition to five amateur boxing matches. It was literally a
fight for a great cause!
Krewe of Zingaro members (l to r) Susanne Goodrich, Ron Breijo, Steven
Rom, Bill Nipper, Barbara Ross, Patricia Embry and Mike Embry present
St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital’s Dr. Cameron Tebbi (center) with the
proceeds from this year’s Uncork the Cure event.
Chardonnay Sponsors
Thank You To…
Warms Lots of Hearts
During the event, more than 80 young patients and their
families enjoyed food, games and entertainment while
interacting with the physicians and nurses who make
every day possible for young boys and girls who undergo
the complex, delicate, life-saving procedures performed
routinely at the hospital. Tampa Bay Lightning Defenseman
Paul Ranger and team mascot ThunderBug also made an
appearance at the event.
The Medical Surgery nursing team shows their “green” pride and how they reached
100% participation during the 2008 Team Member Giving Campaign by proudly
displaying their names on nurse manager Denise Jenkin’s office door. Back row,
L to R) Denise Jenkins, Jennifer Goldrich, Oquidea James, Daphne Williams Front
row: Ria Amico, Carol Almond and Yves Richard
Stanley Cup Champion and former Tampa Bay
Lightning Captain Dave Andreychuk for visiting
the St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital and playing a game of
bingo with the kids. He also presented a check for $5,000
which was raised from the Dave Andreychuk Foundation
night in honor of the Children’s Hospitals at a Lightning
hockey game.
The Brandon-area Target store for bringing some
special visitors—plush Target bulldogs—to St. Joseph’s
Children’s Hospital and donating $5,000 to provide a book
and stuffed animal to every pediatric patient.
Cabernet Sponsors
The Yankees Foundation
Nipper’s Gourmet Table
Andy Quinn and Jean Treimanis
Chablis Sponsors
Whitney Bank
The Embry Group, Inc.
Pam Curtis
Ray and Amy Wright
Tampa Bay Rays’ All-Star catcher Dioner Navarro
Bill Myers and Cheryl Danes
Mike and Linda Vazmina
Ken and Lisa Lapina
Ron and Debbie Breijo
Joseph and Isabelle Conti
Barbara Ross
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Grateful Parents Committee Members Chris and Adrianne Wilson and their
5-year-old son Blake reunite with St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital Pediatric
Cardiologist Dr. Elsa Suh, one of the physicians who helped save Blake’s life.
Blake was born with just half a heart, and has had three open-heart surgeries at
St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital in the past five years.
and wife Sherley, here with Foundation President
Deborah Kotch, for sharing the Christmas spirit with
pediatric patients at the St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospitals,
complete with autographed baseballs and presents for
everyone. St. Joseph’s Hospitals have a special place in
the Navarro’s hearts after performing lifesaving surgery
on Sherley on September 30, 2003 (that is why Dioner
always wears the number 30!) and infant son, Dioner Jr.,
in 2006. The Navarros wanted to share their good fortunes
with all the children at St. Joe’s and to say thank you
to the doctors and nurses who “gave me my life back,”
according to Mrs. Navarro.
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Creating
Your Legacy
Did you know that you can provide for your favorite charity
without even changing your will? To continue giving to
St. Joseph’s Hospitals Foundation or any charitable
organization of your choice, you can simply change the
beneficiary designation form for your retirement account.
Few people understand that this is also the most efficient—
and effective—way to ensure that your philanthropic wishes
are carried out, now and in the future.
Historically, 70 percent of American families give each year
to charity out of their annual income. However, only 6 to 7
percent of American families make any provision for charity
in their estate plan. While there may be a number of reasons
for this drastic difference, one big reason is that some
people don’t realize how easily they can provide for charity
after they are gone.
Retirement accounts accumulate pre-tax dollars. The pretax accumulation allows for the principal to grow faster than
if income taxes had to be paid each year. During retirement
years, account owners use these assets for their living
expenses. However, income taxes have to be paid. Often,
the retirees’ other income is reduced, so their tax bracket
is lower. Therefore, the tax due because of the distribution
from their retirement account may be in the lowest tax
bracket (currently 10 percent).
Many times, retirement account owners pass away with
large account balances. These balances are still pre-tax.
Whoever receives a distribution will be subject to income
tax. The tax on each distribution will be based on the
tax bracket of whoever receives them, often higher than
the retiree’s. In addition, the estate of retirement account
owners may be subject to estate taxes. The combination of
income tax and estate tax could cost over 80 percent of the
account balance. Less than twenty cents of every dollar in
your retirement account may be left to your heirs.
Why not look at the option of leaving some, if not all, of
your retirement accounts to a charity? Every dollar that is
passed to charity at your death will benefit the charity. There
will be no income tax or estate tax due on those assets. In
addition, you can feel secure knowing that your philanthropic
generosity will live on to help future generations. How great
that continuing your legacy this way is so easy.
Foodies Fight Against
Pediatric Cancer
Is your television set to the Food Network and Bravo’s Top
Chef series? Then don’t miss out on the chance to sample
some of the Bay-area’s most delicious menus from Tampa’s
own top chefs. Join us Sunday, November 8, 2009 on
Holland America’s ms Ryndam cruise ship to not only tempt
your taste buds, but also help a worthy cause: wiping out
childhood cancer.
Last year, more than 200 foodies gathered on Holland
America’s ms Veendam to be treated to the Tampa area’s
finest cuisine by talented chefs James Maita from Grille 116,
Kiel Lombardo from Roy’s Hawaiian Fusion and Richard
Bottini from Six Tables Tampa. The three executive chefs
vied for the coveted title of “Tampa Bay’s Top Chef,” with top
honors going to Richard Bottini, selected by local celebrity
food critics Michelle Baker, Julie Martin and Jean Yadley.
The ultimate prize, though, was helping raise over $25,000
for the St. Joseph’s Hospitals Hematology/Oncology
Research Laboratory that is working towards eradicating all
childhood cancers.
Thank you to The Children’s Cancer Research Group,
organizers of the event, for making the evening so
successful and to last year’s generous sponsors for their
valued support:
Dr. and Mrs. Michael Shahnasarian
Leonard and Barbara Smolinski
An Amazing Organization
Bovis Lend Lease
Angeles Ferlita
Horne Family Foundation
Paul J. Masterson
The Sanchez Family
Office Management Solutions
Sarah Agliano Rivas
Holland America Line
Sabal Trust Company
USANA Health Sciences
For more information about this tasty event,
please contact the Foundation at 813-872-0979
or visit us online at www.sjhfoundation.org.
Cruising To A Cure was an extravaganza for the taste buds with (l to r) Bright
House Network’s Jen Holloway, Chef Kiel Lombardo, event organizer Primrose
Demirdjian, St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital’s Dr. Cameron Tebbi, Chef James
Maita, and Chef Richard Bottini.
Grilled Lamb Chops
with Potato-Chorizo croquette
and Picholine vinaigrette By Chef Richard Bottini – “Six Tables: Tampa” Servings: 10 --10 racks of Lamb, 4 bones each
For the croquette
2 # Yukon Potatoes, medium dice
8 oz Palacios chorizo Sausage, casing removed, brunoise
8 oz Butter, room temperature
2 Eggs
Breadcrumbs to coat
For the vinaigrette
2 oz Picholine Olives, minced
1 oz Shallots, minced
2 oz. Tomato concasse, minced
1 tbsp brown sugar
1 tsp Garlic, minced
1 tsp fresh Rosemary, minced
4 oz fresh Lemon juice
6 oz vegetable Oil
METHOD: Place potatoes in cold water and bring to boil. Simmer
until just tender - about 5 minutes. Strain potatoes and place in
bowl. Render chorizo in 2 oz of butter until fragrant. Combine with
potatoes and remaining butter, fold in eggs and season with salt and
pepper. Form into 2x1 inch patties and coat with breadcrumbs. Pan
fry until crisp, turning once.
Combine all ingredients (except oil) for the vinaigrette in a bowl,
including salt and pepper to taste. Drizzle in oil while whisking
briskly to emulsify.
Grill chops to your liking, place over croquette and top with vinaigrette.
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Celebrate the
Christmas Spirit
All Year Long
Sr. Marie Celeste Sullivan O.S.F.
The Sr. Marie Celeste Society
Named in admiration and gratitude to honor the vision and
determination of St. Joseph’s past chief executive and in tribute
to our founders, the Franciscan Sisters of Allegany, the Sr. Marie
Celeste Society is a fellowship of benefactors who have included
the hospital in their estate plans.
If you would like to explore this or any other option available
to you to continue your support of charity through your
estate, please contact Deborah Kotch, CFRE at deborah.
kotch@baycare.org or 813-872-0979.
Special thanks for making
Christmas in July 2009 a big success!
Rooms To Go Children’s Fund
Pyper Paul + Kenney
FOX 13 Care Force
Dina Borrego
Hyundai Dealerships
Ariana Romero
If you missed Christmas in July, you can share the
spirit of giving with St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital
all year long.
Old Navy
Danna Castillo
Kids Wish Network
Sylvia Rodriguez
Tampa Rough Riders
Gloria Pachon
The need for toys, or the cash donation to supply
them, is never ending. As one of the largest children’s
hospitals in Florida, over 50,000 children each
year are touched by the programs and services at
St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital.
Zephyrhills Elks Lodge No. 2731
Make your gift online, or select
toys on our virtual shopping
site at sjhfoundation.org.
John Amato
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Marine Corps League
of Pinellas County
vitaminwater
Jim Henning
Trace Crisp
Blue Bell Creameries
Tampa Bay Parenting Magazine
Tampa Bay Lightning
Island Way Sorbet
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Calendar of Events
Board of Directors
Annual Golf Classic
Monday, October 5, 2009
CHAIRMAN
Elaine Shimberg
Old Memorial Golf Club
Showcasing the NEW St. Joseph’s Hospital-North
Honorary Event Chairs: Ronde and Claudia
Barber
Tournament Chair: Kirk A. Davis, Esq.
Registration opens at 8 a.m.
PAST CHAIRMAN
Bill West
TREASURER
Jack Barrett
Shotgun start at 9:30 a.m.
Foursome: $5,000; Individual Golfer: $1,500
SECRETARY
Johnny Adcock
Rand W. Altemose, M.D.
Harold Astorquiza
Deanna Bayless
Steve Buckley
Sr. Catherine Cahill, O.S.F.
Geneva Damron, Ph.D.
Gail Golman Holtzman, Esq.
Donna Jordan
Stan Levy
Isaac Mallah
Nora Musselman
Robert C. Newman
Dennis Pupello, M.D.
Franci Rudolph
Michael Shimberg, CFP
James B. Strenski
Robert W. Yelverton, M.D.
Cruising To A Cure
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Holland America’s ms Ryndam Cruise Ship
To benefit pediatric cancer research at St. Joseph’s
Children’s Hospital
Sponsored by: Children’s Cancer Research Group
Event Chairs: Terrell and Heather Boone
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Individual Ticket: $75
EMERITUS MEMBERS
Trevor Smith
Jean M. Yadley
About The Foundation
The Foundation is a qualified 501 (c) (3)
charitable organization whose role is to
secure, receive and administer philanthropic
resources on behalf of and to benefit our four
great hospitals. We invite the community to
engage in charitable investment to preserve
the St. Joseph’s tradition of caring, and to
continually inspire innovation and medical
excellence, and to make possible facilities,
programs and services to better serve our
patient’s medical, emotional and spiritual
needs. Governed by a board of directors
made up of community leaders, the
Foundation strives to be a model in donor
and gift stewardship, privacy, and financial
management. The Foundation conducts
an annual independent audit, subscribes
to the Donor Bill of Rights, and adheres to
HIPAA privacy standards and regulations.
Our offices are located at
Georgette’s 21st Annual
Holiday Fashion Show
Friday, December 11, 2009
Hyatt Regency Tampa
EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS
Jeanelle Hires
President, SJWH Auxiliary
Bonnie Shelton
President, SJH Auxiliary
2700 W. Dr. Martin Luther King Blvd.
Tampa, FL 33607.
Contact us at 813-872-0979 or visit
www.sjhfoundation.org.
PRESIDENT AND CEO
Deborah A. Kotch, CFRE
Doors open at 10 a.m.
Fashion Show at noon
Individual Ticket: $75
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