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pHILANTHROpY: THE JOY Of GIVING

Board member Madolyn Agrimonti understands giving. “Philanthropy has been around for a long, long, time. I think it started with Benjamin Franklin and tithing. In small towns, when there were people who were needy, everyone put in a certain amount of money to support those needy people. I see it as an opportunity to do something special, beyond the wonderful things that go on at the Hospital every day.”

“I’m always gratified when people work together for a common goal, and everybody works together and everybody has something that they want to do, according to their interests and talents. For me, it’s my own commitment to my life. You know, the way an artist has eyes to look at color, my eyes look for areas that could be improved.”

“I’m especially interested in these garden, and the Skilled Nursing facility. The money we raised for Skilled Nursing, and seeing the beautiful result – that is instant gratification.”

“More than the money, it says, ‘I believe in your future.’ That’s how I see money that comes to the hospital through donations. Regardless of the size of the money, we’re all saying, ‘I believe in the importance of the future of the hospital.’ It’s really in my soul. It’s what motivates all the things we do. All the wonderful things that happen in this hospital, when people give money, it says, ‘I really believe in what you do and I believe there is a future of the hospital.’”

Madolyn Agrimonti, pictured opposite, a member of the Sonoma Valley Health Care District Board of Directors, is especially proud of the community’s participation in raising the money to refurbish the Skilled Nursing Facility

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