2009 - Alliance Community Hospital

Alliance Community
Hospital Foundation’s
Community Benefit Report 2009
Fundraising Events:
Taste of Spring- The ACH Foundation held a “Taste of Spring”
dessert tasting on May 27th.This event was held in Conference Room 1A of the hospital and allowed colleagues and visitors to pay a five-dollar
donation to sample desserts from five area bakeries, including sweets
from our very own Café.
• This event raised more than $320 for the Foundation.
Annual Charity Golf Classic- On June 22nd, 2009 the ACH
Foundation held its annual Charity Golf Classic under beautiful sunny
skies at the Alliance Country Club. Fourteen teams participated in the
daylong event, which was the 10th annual outing of its kind for ACH.
• A total of $39,865 was raised to benefit the Alliance Family YMCA, the
Stark County Interagency Council on Homelessness
and the Alliance Neighborhood Center.
The Alliance Community Hospital Foundation was founded in
1986. The organization’s original objective was to contribute to
hospital fundraising, maintain community involvement and health
care awareness, and grow as a philanthropic spirit of the hospital.
Today, the ACH Foundation strives to offer philanthropic support
in order to provide community benefit and raise hospital awareness.
Since its creation, the Foundation has helped to raise millions of
dollars for ACH and other good neighbor organizations.
Community Events:
Go Red for Women Lecture – This event took place on February
28th, 2009 at Robertson’s Heating Supply Company. About 120
women attended this free heart health awareness seminar at which
refreshments were served, free BP screens were conducted and Dr.
Mohamed Shayesteh lectured on how to be heart healthy.
• Free nutrition information; Dr. Shayesteh offered many consultative
suggestions for healthy eating/exercise and dozens of free health
screenings were conducted.
Carnation Days in the Park- The PR/Foundation staff helped the
city of Alliance celebrate its annual Carnation Festival by participating in
the 2009 “Days in the Park” (as a main sponsor). ACH erected a tent in Silver
Park and hospital volunteers from the Marketing/PR, Wound Care, Alliance
Community Medical Foundation, Environmental, Campus Planning, CardioPulmonary, and Educational Services departments all helped man the
booth, The Ohio Eye Alliance and Dr. Neihaus also participated in ACH’s
booth, which contained an information table for passersby who wanted/
needed information on various programs and services of ACH.
• ACH was proud to hand out hundreds of hand sanitizer bottles and
other giveaway items as well as to offer dozens of free BP screens
to community members.
Mount union college mock drill- Alliance Community
Hospital teamed up with Mount Union College for a mock disaster drill
on Sunday October 18th. A staged shooting took place in a building
located on the Mount Union campus; over 30 Boy Scouts came to be the
“victims” for the event. The event was hosted by the hospital and Mount
Union with participation from the Alliance Police Department, Alliance
Fire and Rescue, several other area Fire Departments as well as Stark
County life flight.
• This event helped to ensure that our local safety forces along with
ACH are equipped to handle a disaster incase it should ever occur in the
Alliance area. The hospital was able to test out its emergency response
plan of action which included the testing of an “off-site” triage area
should we need additional beds for victims.
Recognition Reception- On October 22nd the Foundation held its
annual reception to thank those who have given over $150 in the past
year to our hospital. Those in attendance were treated to appetizers
prepared by our ACH café along with beautiful music provided by a
string duo from our neighbors at Mount Union College.
• We honored four new inscriptions to the Tree of Life as well as
sixty-two new bricks to our hospital walkway.
Steppin’ Out for Hospice 5K- The 2009 Hospice 5K Walk/Run was
a huge success! With a one mile run for the kids and a 5K for the adults,
there was something for the whole family! Grand sponsors for the
event included Cassaday Turkle Christian Funeral Service, Sharer Stirling
Skivolocke Funeral Home, Second Sole and WKBN/WYFX.
• A record setting 412 participants were in attendance. The event raised
$25,046 benefiting the Alliance Community Hospital Hospice program.
Foundation Friday- The first Friday of every month has been
designated as “Foundation Friday.” On Friday October 6th we kicked off
the event by welcoming colleagues to wear their favorite pair of jeans in
support of the Susan G. Komen breast cancer foundation.
• On the first Friday of the event we were able to raise $630, which went
to the breast cancer foundation. We had such great feedback that we’ve
decided to make it a permanent event benefiting the foundation.
United Way Campaign- In October, Alliance Community Hospital
employees stepped up to help the Stark County chapter of the United
Way. We hosted our annual employee drive to raise money for the local
charity. In efforts to raise additional funds the Foundation hosted a
United Way garage sale on November 13th and 14th in the old Rent-ACenter building on Union Avenue. Members of the ACH management
staff and directors donated items to be sold.
• Through our hospital wide employee drive we raised $8,705 for
the United Way. The two day garage sale event raised an
additional $620 for this great cause.
Light Up the Labyrinth- On November 19th we hosted our
inaugural Light Up the Labyrinth event. ACH colleagues and the
community were invited to purchase a candle representing one of our
ten Planetree tenets. Then on the 19th we gathered to light candles
at our beautiful Labyrinth located in front of the hospital. Several
colleagues shared thoughts on what being Planetree meant to them.
• A total of 31 candles were purchased raising $310 for the Foundation.
Charity Begins at Home- The month of August we asked
colleagues to help the good of their “home” by donating to the 2009
Colleague Campaign, “Charity Begins at Home.” A portion of the funds
raised will be used to purchase Automatic External Defibrillators to be
located throughout the hospital. Fifty-Five new walkway bricks were
purchased in conjunction with this campaign.
• 280 hospital colleagues pitched in to raise a grand total
of $20,895 all of which will stay right here to benefit
services in the hospital.
Tune-Ups- The PR/Foundation Department helped out at the annual
colleague tune-ups. The tune-ups included stations with information
on Planetree, our new employee EAP, the campus “tobacco-free” policy,
hand washing and proper lifting techniques. We encouraged staff
members to donate canned goods for the local food pantry as they
came in the door.
Other- In 2009 our staff also attended several health fairs such as the
WDPN Senior Expo. We also established a presence at the Carnation
City Mall by renting a booth where shoppers can stop and pick up
information on all of the services Alliance Community Hospital has to
offer. We had our Year End Mailing Campaign. To date this letter writing
effort has raised $19,951.76.
• We were able to fill a pick-up bed FULL of non-perishable food items
that were donated to the Alliance First Christian Church and
food pantry just in time for the busy Holiday rush.
Holiday Week- The PR/Foundation staff helped to make the holiday
season a little brighter this year by hosting a weeklong celebration
leading up to Christmas. It kicked off with “Card Day” on Monday, when
colleagues were asked to fill out a card and send it to residents of our
Community Care Center. On Tuesday, we offered free hot chocolate
or coffee in the Café, courtesy of the Foundation. On Wednesday, soft
touch massages were offered as a holiday “De-stress Day.” On Thursday,
we asked colleagues to show their appreciation for all of our service
men and women and on Friday, we wrapped up our Toys for Tots
campaign.
• As a result over 600 cards were mailed to the Community Care
Center residents and the Stark County Marine Corps League
graciously accepted over 200 toys for local children.
Donations to CharitIES
FOR 2009 = $42,955
TOTAL DONATIONS & OTHER
INCOME FOR THE FOUNDATION
FOR 2009 = $212,324