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Jackie and David Jaindl Supporting emergency care for children
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A Symbiotic Relationship Our health network and community need each other
George Bernard Shaw wrote, “We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth.” It’s a powerful quote in which everyone can relate. It says that you cannot get by on your own. You need other people; and other people need you. Shaw’s words superbly describe the relationship between our community and Lehigh Valley Health Network. The people of our community need us to provide the best possible health care. As Shaw implies, we can’t do it alone. As a not-for-profit, charitable health network, we need the support of our community to make quality health care services available. Throughout our 100-plus year history, the symbiotic relationship between our health network and community has grown stronger. Today, numerous people partner with us to provide leading-edge care. In this Inspire, you’ll meet several people whose support helps us care for our community’s most precious resource, our children. David and Jackie Jaindl, for example, are supporting the region’s first Children’s ER. As the chairs of our fundraising campaign, they’re helping to ensure our children have access to specialized emergency care. The Murphy family, John Galgon, M.D., and Bill and Mildred Gillingham are among the people following their lead. Support from Willard Hackerman and his wife, Lillian Patz Hackerman, is fulfilling a need of our patient’s families. Their generosity is creating a family lodging center at Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest that will be a “home away from home” for families of loved ones requiring a long hospital stay. As we continue to add and enhance the health care services you need, remember that we also need you. You help us purchase innovative health care equipment. You help us educate our clinicians about the latest health care advancements. Your financial support helps us purchase innovative health care equipment; educate our clinicians about the latest health care advancements; conduct research to discover innovative ways to care for our patients; and make Lehigh Valley Health Network the premier health care provider in the area. Charles G. Lewis Senior Vice President, Development, Marketing and Public Affairs
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Meg and Bob Murphy, M.D., name Children’s ER treatment room
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The Jaindl family’s principles drive their support
New Children to Love
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Bill and Mildred Gillingham support young cancer patients
The Idea Man
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John Galgon, M.D., sparks innovation
Keeping Families Close
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Willard Hackerman and Lillian Patz Hackerman create a home away from home
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The annual gala was a homerun
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Scenes from the Fall Forum
A Responsible Corporate Citizen
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It Takes a Team Your support helps our health network grow stronger Whatever the future holds, we are all shaped by the events of our past. My past has its roots in the tiny Missouri town of Beulah. I attended a one-room schoolhouse with no indoor plumbing and two wood stoves, for heat. My parents owned the general store and my mom was the postmistress, so you could get your mail and your meat in one trip! This small-town upbringing instilled a sense of family and pride in helping others that has influenced me my entire life. It’s also what attracted me to Lehigh Valley Health Network. I remember when I first came here in 2003 to interview for the chief medical officer position. I was amazed by the friendly, welcoming culture. I also was impressed by the health network’s commitment to its community and unique balance of scholarly activity and compassionate patient care. When I returned to Missouri, I told my wife, “I want that job!” Since then our health network has grown considerably, thanks to the unwavering dedication of our former president and chief executive officer, Elliot Sussman, M.D. We’ve added new facilities, technology and programs to an ever-expanding symphony of care. I’m proud to say this growth continues to be guided by the same community-centered principles I first encountered seven years ago. Take our new Health Center at Moselem Springs. When we asked people in the Kutztown area what they wanted in a medical facility, a Mennonite farmer told us a hitching post for horses would be helpful when members of his community come for care. We agreed but went one step further. We provided all the necessary materials and then watched in amazement as a dozen Mennonite craftsmen built—in a single day—a four-stall run-in shed for sheltering horses and buggies. Just as it took a team to raise this run-in shed, it takes a team to create a superior health network. From our Board of Trustees to our 9,800 passionate employees, everyone makes a positive contribution. And please be assured—so do you. Your generous gifts enable us to invest in leading-edge treatments, technology and research. Your input helps make our care more patient-focused, and your advocacy gives us a voice in the community. I sincerely thank you for all of this support. Without it, our team would not be complete. As we look to the future, I’m excited and humbled by the opportunity to work with you to make our health network even stronger. Together, we will ensure that your family, friends and neighbors always will be able to turn to Lehigh Valley Health Network for the best possible care.
Ronald W. Swinfard, M.D. President and Chief Executive Officer
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Supporting specialized care—Bob Murphy, M.D., and his wife, Meg, are blessed to have two healthy daughters, Margo and Shannon. Recognizing the importance of high-quality care for children, they made a donation to name a treatment room in the new Children’s ER at Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest.
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Caring for the Future Meg and Bob Murphy, M.D., name Children’s ER treatment room
If there is one lesson in life that Bob Murphy, M.D., and his wife, Meg, want to impart on their young daughters, Shannon and Margo, it is the importance of giving. The girls have grown up “adopting” a family at Christmas and donating half of their birthday presents each year to a child in need. Today, at ages 8 and 11, Shannon and Margo get excited about whom they’ll be giving presents to this year. Bob, a plastic surgeon and administrator with Lehigh Valley Health Network, and Meg, a nurse for 18 years specializing in women’s health, try to be good role models for their daughters. “We emphasize in our everyday lives the importance of giving back, especially to children and others who are less fortunate,” Meg says. That’s why it was an easy decision for the couple to make a donation to name a treatment room in the new Children’s ER at Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest. The room is named after a daughter, Bailey, whom the couple lost at birth. “We are blessed to have two healthy children and, like all parents, we always want them to receive the best care possible,” Bob says. “The health network already does an incredible job caring for children. However, children are not just little adults. The new Children’s ER provides the best medical environment and staff to meet the special needs of children.”
Now Open—The 15,000 children who receive emergency care annually at Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest will now receive care in the recently opened Children’s ER, shown here in this artist’s rendition.
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❝ Whether it’s giving monetarily, volunteering with a not-for-profit organization or coaching a Little League team, everyone can give back. ❞ —David Jaindl
Farming and campaign champions— David and Jackie Jaindl, owners of Jaindl Farms—the world’s largest fully integrated turkey business and annual supplier of the White House holiday turkey—chair Lehigh Valley Health Network’s Children’s ER fundraising campaign.
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They’re There n for Childre David and Jackie Jaindl’s family principles drive their support of the Children’s ER Family is what’s important to David and Jackie Jaindl. David, one of eight children, and Jackie, one of six, have five children of their own. Their sons, daughter, siblings and other relatives work at the family business, Jaindl Farms. “We have a close family,” David says. “And children are very important to us,” adds Jackie. That’s why the Jaindls are supporting the region’s first Children’s ER, which opened at Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest in February. It features board-certified pediatric emergency medicine physicians and a child-friendly atmosphere. As chairs of the Children’s ER fundraising campaign, the Jaindls urge the community to support this vital health care resource. “The Children’s ER focuses on the unique health care needs of children in an environment that helps them feel relaxed,” Jackie says. “And because children are receiving care in a new area, the current ER will be able to care for more adults, more quickly.” In addition to their chairmanship, the Jaindls have made a generous gift to create an interactive play activity wall within the Children’s ER to help young patients keep their mind off their injury or illness. The activity wall is named in honor of David’s mother, Anne, one of four Jaindls who was a nurse. “Whether it’s giving monetarily, volunteering with a not-for-profit organization or coaching a Little League team, everyone can give back,” David says. “It’s how we were raised and how we’re raising our children—to be kind and caring in support of the needs of our community,” says Jackie. It’s the family tradition.
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New Children to Love Bill and Mildred Gillingham support young cancer patients A pair of tiny black-and-white photos—tucked away in a basement stairwell—are the only visible reminders of the two children Bill and Mildred Gillingham tragically lost. Memories of those children, however, burn brightly and are the inspiration behind the Allentown couple’s special relationship with pediatric cancer patients at Lehigh Valley Health Network.
Community support creates Extraordinary Trauma Care In 1997, Dick Fleming and his late wife, Peggy (pictured above), established the Fleming Trauma System. It improves care for critically injured patients across the continuum by funding research that investigates injury from prehospital to rehabilitation as well as injury prevention. A part of the Fleming Trauma System is the Mattioli Trauma Center named in recognition of the generous gift from Drs. Joseph and Rose Mattioli. The interest generated from the endowment fund provides resources to enhance collaborative research efforts between the department of emergency medicine and the division of trauma to improve the care of critically injured patients.
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Jean Alice Gillingham died at age 7 in 1966 after a short, courageous battle with lymphoma. Twenty-two years after this devastating loss, Jean’s older brother, Bruce, was killed in a car accident at age 31. This second tragedy was almost too much for the Gillinghams to bear. “We cried and cried,” Bill says. “We were angry and didn’t know where to turn.” Then the Gillinghams learned about the exceptional care young cancer patients receive at Lehigh Valley Health Network. With a renewed sense of purpose, the couple decided to bequeath their entire estate to the health network’s pediatric oncology department. “It gave us peace of mind to know that every penny we have would go to the health network in memory of our children,” Mildred says. “That way we had lots of new children to love.” Married for 54 years and now both retired, the Gillinghams spend countless hours volunteering for nearly a dozen community organizations. Whatever they’re doing, their thoughts are never far from the young patients struggling with the same challenges their daughter faced. “We hope in some small way we help the health network find new and better ways to treat these kids.” Mildred says, “Because now they belong to us too.”
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RENEWED PURPOSE— After tragically losing both their children, Bill and Mildred Gillingham filled the void in their lives with a new purpose: supporting young cancer patients at Lehigh Valley Health Network.
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IDEAS THAT LEAD— The Lehigh Valley Health Network Sleep Disorders Center—one of the country’s largest and most respected—is one of several nationally recognized programs established by John Galgon, M.D.
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John Galgon, M.D., sparks innovation and plans for the future
Ask Lehigh Valley Health Network pulmonologist John Galgon, M.D., to sum up his medical career and he doesn’t hesitate to answer. “I’ve always been an idea man,” he says. “I get projects started and then let the talented people around me take care of the details and make it even better.” Galgon joined the former Allentown Hospital medical staff in 1968 and immediately implemented pioneering
techniques in ventilator and critical care he had learned during his residency. In 1985 he developed the Lehigh Valley Health Network Sleep Disorders Center, the first in the Lehigh Valley and one of the first in the nation. Galgon also helped design the first critical care unit at Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest and established the hospital’s respiratory therapy department. Each of these programs eventually earned national recognition. “This success has been an absolute team effort,” he says. “Our sleep center, for example, would never have gotten off the ground without the expertise of our technical supervisor Jo Beth Newhard.” Galgon also credits Lehigh Valley Health Network for providing invaluable support over the past four decades. “The health network always gave me the people and equipment I needed to get things done,” he says. To demonstrate his appreciation, he named the health network a beneficiary in his will. “This is just a way to give something back,” Galgon says. “It’s something I always wanted to do because I’m proud to be a part of this incredible organization.”
To learn more about how to leave a legacy at Lehigh Valley Health Network, please contact Jane Wrisley, senior director of planned giving, at 484-884-8759.
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Keeping Families Close Willard Hackerman and Lillian Patz Hackerman make life a little easier for families of out-oftown patients
“My girlfriend and I were walking in, and Willard was on his way out,” says Lillian Patz Hackerman, recalling the April 1938 day she met her future husband at a Baltimore public library. “We talked for a while, and then he asked me to a movie.” Married three years later, the couple will soon celebrate their 70th anniversary. Among the many lessons the Hackermans learned during their seven decades together is the importance of family support during difficult times. It’s why they established the Hackerman-Patz House at Johns Hopkins Hospital, as well as three other Hackerman-Patz houses in the Baltimore area. The facilities are a comfortable, low-cost “home away from home” for families of long-term out-of-town patients. “These families need to spend less time traveling and more time supporting their loved one, but hospitals generally don’t
Home away from home— The HackermanPatz House, shown in this artist’s rendition, will help families stay close to hospitalized loved ones.
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have the facilities to help them do that,” Willard says. “We thought it would be a good idea to fill that need.” As president and CEO of Baltimore’s Whiting-Turner Contracting—which has managed several construction projects at Lehigh Valley Health Network—Willard came to admire the health network’s mission and staff. He was so impressed, he and Lillian decided to establish a Hackerman-Patz House on the campus of Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest featuring 20 private rooms and amenities such as a laundry room and library. Construction will largely be funded by a generous gift from the Hackermans. “It’s our pleasure to do this because I happen to love Lehigh Valley Health Network,” Willard says. “We know the families who stay at the house will get all the support they need because this is the warmest, most welcoming hospital I’ve ever seen. It truly is unique.”
Willard’s team— Willard Hackerman (third from right), president and chief executive officer of Whiting-Turner Contracting, celebrates the opening of the fifth Hackerman-Patz House with his colleagues.
“ We know the families who stay at the house will get all the support they need because this is the warmest, most welcoming hospital I’ve ever seen. It truly is unique.” —W illard Hackerman
Step one— Willard Hackerman (right) and J.B. Reilly, chair of Lehigh Valley Health Network’s Board of Trustees, break ground for construction of the Hackerman-Patz House at Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest.
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Dinner time— As always, the event featured gourmet food, provided by Sodexo, which was enjoyed by guests from annual Nite Lites sponsor KNBT.
CENTERFIELD SUNsET— Lehigh Valley Health Network vice president of support services Craig Onori and his wife, Karen (left), executive director of The Rider-Pool Foundation Edward Meehan and his wife, Jane (center), and Nite Lites guests Sue and Tyler McCann (right) met on the concourse as others mingled on the field below.
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ALL TOGETHER— Guests from Medical Imaging of Lehigh Valley gather inside the beautifully decorated Grand Dining Tent.
Legendary leaders— Lehigh Valley Health Network Board of Trustees chairman J.B. Reilly and his wife, Kathleen (center), welcome baseball greats Mike Schmidt (left) and Pete Rose.
A formal introduction— Guests from The Pidcock Company were all smiles when given the chance to have their picture taken with Ham Bone, Chris P. Bacon and Diggity Dog, popular characters at IronPigs’ home games.
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The Leonard Pool Society The Leonard Pool Society Fall Forum showcased how Lehigh Valley Health Network uses robotic surgery to care for patients with cancer. Participants listened to a presentation from gynecologic oncologist Martin Martino, M.D., and urologic oncologist Angelo Baccala Jr., M.D., about the da Vinci® S HD Surgical System. Here are scenes from this educational and social event held at Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest in October.
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Enhancing health care Thomas Hutchinson, M.D. (left), chair of Lehigh Valley Health Network’s department of obstetrics and gynecology, and Vincent Tallarico, vice president of the Heart and Vascular Center, are proud members of the Leonard Pool Society, an organization that has contributed more than $2.1 million to the health network since 1997.
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New Leonard Pool Society president Joann Brusko, pictured with her husband, general surgeon Greg Brusko, D.O., will continue to build upon the Society’s cornerstones of fellowship, philanthropy, advocacy and support.
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Family tradition— Weis Markets chairman Robert F. Weis (right) and vice chairman Jonathan Weis (left), the son and grandson of Weis Markets founder Harry Weis, oversee a thriving company with 18,000 associates and stores in Pennsylvania, Maryland, New York, New Jersey and West Virginia.
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A Responsible Corporate Citizen Weis Markets gives back to its customers with a gift to the Children’s ER
For a company to be in business for nearly 100 years, it needs three things: quality products and services, hard-working associates and loyal customers. Weis Markets has all three. In 1912, Harry and Sigmund Weis opened a neighborhood store in Sunbury, Pa. That single store has grown into a company with 18,000 associates and stores in five states. “Our company and our associates believe in giving back to the communities we serve,” says Weis Markets vice chairman Jonathan Weis, grandson of founder Harry Weis. “Being a good neighbor and responsible corporate citizen is part of what we do. It’s our way of saying thanks to the communities we serve.” Throughout its history, Weis Markets has supported numerous charitable organizations, including health care programs that benefit women and children. Its latest gift supports the region’s first Children’s ER at Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest. “It’s an exciting and innovative concept,” Weis says. “ERs can be a stressful place for adults, let alone children. The Children’s ER reduces that stress through the expertise of pediatric specialists and the use of clinical equipment designed especially for children.” The Children’s ER is the latest health network project to receive support from Weis Market. In recent years, the company generously gave to a maternal fetal medicine program to help mothers with diabetes. Weis Markets’ support of health network programs now totals $125,000. “We’re grateful to our customers in the Lehigh Valley for their patronage,” Weis says. “We feel it is very important to give back to programs that help improve the quality of life in the communities we serve. Lehigh Valley Health Network’s innovative and impactful programs help us achieve our goals in a vibrant and growing community.”
Caring in the community— Weis Markets partners with Lehigh Valley Health Network to care for our community through CareWorks, retail health clinics located inside Weis Markets stores. Without an appointment, board-certified physician assistants and nurse practitioners provide treatment for many minor, common illnesses. They also perform routine tests, physicals and various health screenings, and administer immunizations. CareWorks is located at Weis Markets at The Shoppes at Cedar Point and on Route 873 in Schnecksville.
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Gifts received from May 1, 2010, through December 31, 2010: IN HONOR OF Dr. John H. Albright Ms. Susan Baer Dr. Peter J. Barbour Dr. Joseph A. Candio Dr. David P. Carney Dr. Chris C. Chang Ms. Kelly Cleary & Ms. Merethdith Cleary Tangeman Mr. William Crafton Dr. Jeffrey Debuque Mr. Richard Fleming Mr. and Mrs. David W. Helmer Paul A. Humenik Mrs. Teresa Koren Jacob Kosierowski Mr. Brian LaSalle Mrs. Susan L. Lawrence Ms. Ruth Lederman Mr. and Mrs. Harry F. Lukens Dr. Philip M. Monteleone Dr. Theodore G. Phillips Dr. Michael A. Rossi Mr. and Mrs. Jay Scheffler Mrs. Sandra Sodl Mr. and Mrs. Harley Stewart Dr. William Swayser Mr. Adrian Thomas Mr. Nicholas Vitello Carl and Jean Ziegler IN MEMORY OF Mrs. Carol A. Alesick Mrs. Joan A. Alexander Mr. Raymond Alpha, Jr. Ms. Mary E. Amici Mrs. Doris J. Andreas Mr. Robert F. Andrews Mr. Carlos Arce Mr. Ronald E. Arnold Mr. Donald E. Bachert Mr. Craig Baer Mrs. Elizabeth A. Bahnick Mr. William A. Bambu Mr. Mark R. Barber Mrs. Loretta M. Barthol Mr. Howard E. Bauder Ms. Marjorie Bauer Mr. Willard B. Beck Ms. Mary E. Bender 2 2
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Ms. Helen E. Beressford Mrs. Audrey Berman Mr. Bernard Berman Mrs. Helen E. Berresford Mr. Allan Bloss Mr. Robert J. Bobeck Mr. John H. Body Mr. Norman J. Bouchard Mrs. Agnes B. Boucher Ms. Clara Bourgaize Ms. Mary V. Bower Mr. Paul E. Boyer, Jr. Mr. John A. Brankner Ms. Viola Braucher Mr. Marvin Brunner, Jr. Mr. Paul D. Bugay Ms. Sophie S. Burke Mr. George C. Butch Mrs. Jean C. Calhoun Mr. Robert T. Casapulla Mr. John Cebrosky Mr. Geo Check Mrs. Deborah Chiaradia Mr. Kenneth W. Churm Mrs. Luella Conrath Ms. Julia Corrocher Mr. William Crafton Mr. Allen Curtis Mr. John Czekner, Sr. Mr. Robert W. Decker, Sr. Mr. Kenneth T. Deiter, Jr. Mr. John V. Denuel Ms. Esther DeRoach Mrs. Pennie L. DeSantis Mrs. Helen G. Detthof Mr. John R. Detthof Ms. Dorothy Dex Mrs. Arlene C. Dickey Mrs. Mary Jane S. Donnelly Yesenia Dorta-Santiago Mr. Michael S. Downey Mrs. Agnes T. Drauch Mr. Harry I. Drendall Mr. Charles Dudzak Mrs. Donna I. Dueh Mr. Augustine J. Duran, Sr. Mrs. Jane Eckert Mr. Edward Eisenhard Mr. Donald L. Engleman Mr. Donald E. Engler Ms. Mary Ernst Mr. James W. Fallon Mrs. Judith Fatzinger H E A LT H
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Supporting renal education Dorothy Kintzel and her late husband, Harry, established the Harry E. and Dorothy S. Kintzel Endowment Fund in Support of Renal Program Development in 1987. By funding renal staff education and research at Lehigh Valley Health Network, the endowment also supports the work of the Kintzels’ son, health network nephrologist James Kintzel, M.D. Kintzel was the network’s first nephrologist in 1969 and has been instrumental in the renal program’s growth. To recognize the Kintzel family’s longtime dedication to renal patients and staff, the program’s biannual educational conference has been renamed the Dorothy and Harry Kintzel Renal Symposium. During a luncheon honoring the family, renal staff (l-r) Susann Groller, R.N., Lisa Saylor, R.N., Jennifer Trubilla, R.N., and Lisa Emery, R.N., helped Dorothy (seated) celebrate her 100th birthday!
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Toys for our tots The mission of Lifechurch Allentown includes a commitment to help people in need both locally and around the world through a variety of hands-on outreach projects. These efforts touched our pediatric patients and their siblings when church members visited the Pediatric Specialty Center at Lehigh Valley Hospital– Muhlenberg to deliver $1,000 worth of donated gifts. Stuffed animals, purses, scarves, sports team hats and other brightly wrapped surprises were a big hit with the children, who also enjoyed spending time with Lifechurch members (l-r) Kassandra Pineiro, Claudia Ramos, JoAnn Gotzon, Ronald Gotzon, Angela Kopach and Christopher Kopach (seated).
Dedicated to improving the lives of children in need, Mattel and the Mattel Children’s Foundation partnered with the National Association of Children’s Hospitals and Related Institutions (NACHRI) to provide 250 new Mattel toys to Lehigh Valley Health Network, a NACHRI-affiliated health network. This past fall, toys such as Barbie dolls, medical play kits, stacking toys and infant mobiles were distributed in the health network’s pediatric units and the Pediatric Specialty Center to help make hospital stays and outpatient appointments easier for young patients. Developmental and interactive toys also were given to children who are uninsured or underinsured and receive care in the health network’s pediatric clinic.
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Mrs. Marcia Favinger Ms. Irene C. Feher Mrs. June A. Fehlinger Mrs. Pauline Fenstermaker Ms. Ann E. Ferry Mrs. Virginia M. Fodor Mr. James A. Fontana Mrs. Margaret D. Fracol Mrs. Arlene A. Frantz Mrs. Bettie Frederick Mrs. Mary C. Fritz Mr. Donald C. Fuhry Mrs. Mary A. Funk Mr. Steven Funk Mr. Walter R. Gable Mr. Ramon Galli Ms. Shirley E. Gambert Mrs. Audrey E. Garcia Ms. Helen Garger Mr. Stephen J. Gasdik, Jr. Mr. William J. Gaughan Mr. John P. Gaugler Ms. Bridgette Geist Ms. Beulah A. Getz Ms. Samantha Giamber Mr. Harod Z. Gilbert Mr. Frederick M. Goll Mrs. Dorothy Graber Ms. Anna Gray Mr. Randolph S. Grim Mr. William J. Grube Mr. John Gulkewicz Mr. William J. Hackett, Jr. Mrs. Julia W. Haffner Mr. Thomas L. Haines Mrs. Doris Hall Dr. Bernard Halpert Mr. Wesley C. Hammer Mrs. Patricia Hand Mrs. Elaine Harrier Ms. Dolly Harris Mrs. Anne L. Harry Mrs. Irene M. Hartman Ms. Dolores Mae Hartzell Mrs. Jean M. Haydt Ms. Jane Healy Mr. James F. Hein Ms. Evelyn J. Henahan Mrs. Bessie A. Hendricks Mr. David G. Hendricks Mrs. Arlene M. Hendricks Wolfe
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Mrs. Evelyn A. Henits Mr. Dallas Henninger Mr. Robert D. Hertzog Mrs. Anne S. Hickey Ms. Myrtle Hirschel Mr. Roy H. Hixenbaugh Mrs. Hildegard Holschwander Mr. John W. Holzer Mr. Henry E. Hopf Mr. Harvey J. Hottenstein Mr. Robert Huey Mr. Gerald Hunsicker Mr. Leroy P. Hunsicker Ms. Barbara J. Hunter Mrs. Ann Marie Jablonski Mr. David Janosa Mr. Joseph J. Janowiak, Sr. Shaunice Jarjous Ms. Eleanor Johnson Ms. Theresa C. Johnson Mr. Kenneth F. Jones, Sr. Mr. Robert D. Jones Mr. Robert T. Jones, Jr. Mr. Thomas Jones Ms. Catherine Joseph Mr. Robert M. Joseph Mr. Joseph Kaye Miss Brianna Kebort Mr. Robert Kennedy Mr. Joseph Keppel Ms. Patricia Kersman Mr. Paul K. Kichline Mr. Robert G. Kirchner Mr. Albert Kislan Ms. Lillian Klem Mr. Philip Kloap Mrs. Janet L. Knauss Ms. Susanne Knauss Ms. Carron B. Knerr Mr. Alfred Kober Mrs. Doris K. Kober Mr. Edward J. Kollar Mathias Koncsics Ms. Kathleen M. Kotsch Mr. Samuel Koval Mrs. Virginia A. Kovalovich Ms. Margaret Kowolewski Mr. Richard Krause Berta Kray Dylan Krum Mrs. Agnes H. Krupka
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Creating smiles Lehigh Valley Health Network’s youngest patients have new toys to play with when visiting the Pediatric Specialty Center at Lehigh Valley Hospital–Muhlenberg. Richard and Caroline Rhodes donated a laptop and Wii with a portable flat-screen TV to help brighten the day of children receiving cancer treatment. The Rhodes consistently donate to the health network in memory of their daughter Barbara Ann, who passed away at age 15 from bone cancer in 1985. They are driven to give back in gratitude for the care Barbara Ann received. “At Lehigh Valley Hospital– Muhlenberg, the nurses treated Barbara Ann like she was their own,” says Caroline. “The nurses were like second mothers to her when we couldn’t be there.”
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Safe Seats for Children Judith’s Reading Room, the cornerstone project of The Leiber Family Foundation, provides fully stocked, custom-designed mobile book carts to organizations that serve people who are not mobile. Daniel Leiber (center), son of Judith’s Reading Room founders Cathy and Scott Leiber, recently presented a mobile book cart to health network chief operating officer Terry Capuano, R.N., and pediatrics department chair John Van Brakle, M.D. The books will be read by children receiving care in our pediatric departments. Judith’s Reading Room was established in memory of the Leibers’ cousin, Judith F. Krug. Its concept of providing “Freedom Through Literature” is based on the idea that books inspire the imagination and figuratively transport people out of their wheelchairs and hospital beds. Judith’s Reading Room also will supply a mobile book cart in the Children’s ER at Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest.
Child safety seats save lives. That’s why Bob Becker (second from right), president of Allentown’s Becker Subaru, supports Operation: Safe Ride. This Lehigh Valley Health Network-managed program gives free child safety seats to families in need. Becker’s gift will help the program purchase more than 300 seats for distribution this year. “Children are our future,” Becker says, “and this program will save many lives.” Health network parent education coordinator Deanna Shisslak, trauma prevention coordinator Bill McQuilken (right), and trauma surgeon Bob Barraco, M.D., recognized Becker and other program supporters at a recent Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest event.
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Ms. Gertrud Kuhnash Mr. Donald J. Kulhamer Mr. Vincent P. Kulhamer Ms. Carol A. Kunkel Mrs. Mary Kushinka Mr. Carlson R. Kutz Mrs. Anna M. Lagler Mr. Robert Lentz Mr. Richard P. Lerch Ms. Lillian Lipko Mrs. Stella A. Litrides Ms. Margaret Lombardo Mrs. Dora Loretti Mr. Bradley Lowry Mr. John J. Luettgen, Jr. Robert P. Lurig Mr. Robert L. Mace Mrs. Betty J. MacLaughlin Mrs. Jean R. Magocs Mr. Jose Maldonado Mr. Richard Malmberg Mrs. Helen Mamary Mr. Charles Mantz, Jr. Ms. Ethel M. Marsch Mr. Bernard Martin Mr. Robert Martin, Jr. Mr. Charles Martz Mr. Charles P. Masiar Ms. Nancy J. Matthews Mr. John McAdams Mrs. Norma E. McCornac Mr. Robert M. McCornac Ms. Colleen McDermott Mrs. Mary H. McNelis Mr. Dale Meckel Mr. Walter Melnychuk Mrs. Betty K. Merkel Mrs. Mary A. Mill Mrs. Mary R. Miller Mrs. Esther E. Mitchell Mrs. Dianne K. Molchany Mr. Eugene C. Moninghoff Mr. Anthony Mosella Latika and Santi Moy Roy Mr. Franklin Muik Mr. Benton C. Mullikin, Jr. Ms. Anna Marie Mumbauer Mr. Timothy J. Murphy Mrs. Susan Myers Mr. George J. Narr Mr. Anthony Noga Isabella Nola Mr. Michael R. Noone 2 6
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Mr. Patrick G. O’Leary Dr. Glen L. Oliver Mr. Robert P. Ormsbee Mr. Albert Ortelli Ms. Julia Ortiz Ms. Laura J. Orzel Ms. Myra Osten Mr. James S. Oster Mr. Dennis L. Oswald Mrs. Hilda I. Padro Mr. Joseph L. Palkovits Mrs. Shirley Pammer Mr. John G. Pappas Ms. Edith C. Patriarca Mrs. Margaret Paulakovich Mrs. Natalie Penso Megh Phapa Mrs. Deborah M. Phillips Ms. Mildred Beck Pine Ms. Margaret Piovesan Mr. James K. Plourde Dr. David A. Prager Ms. Dolores Price Mr. Robert Pritchard Ms. Betty Quier Mr. Jonathan Raker Mr. Robert E. Ranck Mrs. Frances M. Rau Mr. Clifford C. Rauch Mr. Robert H. Rausch Mrs. Helen Redding Ms. Carol Reed Mrs. Jennifer L. Reeves Ms. Renae V. Reichenbach Mr. Harold E. Reinert Mrs. Mildred Reiss Ms. Kathleen Rems Mr. Charles R. Rex Mrs. June M. Rhode Mr. Luigi Riccio Ms. Constance M. Richards Mr. Leroy Riche Mr. Stephen Richner Mrs. Lillian Ripkey Mr. Theodore J. Rogens Ms. Kasey E. Roman Mr. Charles E. Roth Mrs. Sandra R. Roth Mr. Albert P. Rotherham Mrs. Arlene Rothrock Mr. Theodore C. Rothrock, Jr. Mr. Aaron B. Ruch Ms. Kathleen Rusbarsky H E A LT H
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Mr. Francis J. Ryan, Jr. Mrs. Jane E. Ryan Ms. Frieda R. Saeger Mrs. Rose Samer Ms. Elaine Sanchez Ms. Isabella Sanchez Mr. Richard A. Sandt Angel Santos Mrs. Dorothea Sceurman Mr. Allen T. Schaefer Mr. Ralph C. Schantz Mr. Raymond Schantzenbach Ms. Pauline B. Schell Mrs. Yolanda L. Schimmel Mr. Hubert Schleh Mr. Karl P. Schnell Mr. Meinrad Schnellman Mrs. Margaret M. Schoch Mr. George M. Schwentner, Jr. Mrs. Emma Schwind Mr. Reynard A. Seibert Mrs. Verda M. Seibert Mrs. Frieda Semet Mrs. MaryEllen G. Sharp Mia Sharp Mrs. Mildred Shoemaker Mr. Gerald P. Sigal Ms. Debra Silfies Mr. Heber A. Silfies Ms. Rose Skepton Mrs. Gwendolyn Skripko Mr. Robert G. Slack, Jr. Mr. Erwin Sliker Ms. Ruth Sliker Mr. Adam Smicker Mrs. Elaine G. Smith Mr. Gordon W. Snyder, Sr. Mrs. Rosalie F. Snyder Ms. Shirley M. Snyder Mrs. Sandra Sodl Ms. Theresa Sodl Mr. Robert Sofranko, Sr. Mrs. Kathleen M. Solderitch Ms. Anne K. Sproger Mrs. Maggie St. Louis Mrs. Helen Staley Dr. Harry W. Stephens Ms. Shirley S. Stetzler Ms. Kathryn J. Steward Mrs. Leigh Stonehouse Mr. George Strauss Ms. Barbara C. Streibly
Mrs. Betty V. Stringer Ms. Kerri Lee Suchy Mrs. Betty Swenson Mrs. Marguerite G. Taylor Mr. John P. Thomas Mr. John W. Thomas, Sr. Mrs. Kathryn E. Toczek Mr. Scott A. Transue Ms. Margaret R. Trinkl Mr. J.R. VanAnglen Mr. Richard M. Vandegrift Mr. John Vidoni Mrs. Maryann E. Wagner Ms. Daphne Wambold Mrs. BettyLou Warner Mr. Edward J. Watro Mrs. Evelyn V. Weber Ms. Marian Weil Dr. Edward Weiner Mr. Jeremy D. Welch Mr. William H. Wenner, Jr. Mr. Gerald W. Wertman Mr. Roy E. Wharton Ms. Roslyn A. Whitner Mrs. Jean M. Wieand Ms. Eva L. Willard Ms. Hazel Williams Ms. Deborah E. Willis Mr. Charles C. Wisser, Jr. Mr. Edward B. Yapsuga Mr. Edward Zoski Mr. Robert Zweifel, Sr.
Correction The name of Mr. Gordon W. Snyder, Sr. was listed incorrectly in the Inspire Spring 2010 memorial list. We apologize for this error.
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Supporting Melanoma Education and Research
DANCING FOR A CAUSE Community Warriors, an organization that works to cultivate positive change in our community, hosted Operation SMILE (Stopping Melanoma In Leading Education) at Applebee’s on Cedar Crest Boulevard. The event honored Jessica Coleman and Susan Fazio, two women who lost their battle with melanoma. Operation SMILE featured information about this dangerous skin cancer as well as a pancake breakfast, bake sale, car wash and crafts. It raised more than $800 to support melanoma education and research at Lehigh Valley Health Network. (R-l) Community Warriors founder Tracey Saab and The Susan Fazio Foundation for Melanoma Research founder Joe Fazio presented the gift to Dore Shepard, vice president of cancer services.
After eight years of training, Ragha Narasimhan (front) was eager to perform her graduation recital from the Nrithyanjali Institute of Dance. As her friends from the institute, (rear l-r) PadmaSri and Priva Ashish, helped her get ready to perform, Narasimhan thought about the special guests she had invited—members of Lehigh Valley Health Network’s amputee support group. Narasimhan, daughter of health network employee Mala Salanthamam, R.N., decided to donate proceeds from the event to the support group because she wanted to give back to the community. “I wanted to do my dance for a good cause,” Narasimhan says. “I realized that this support group may not be as well-known as others, and they need help.”
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