Glennon Magazine Spring/Summer 2015

Cardinal Glennon Children’s Foundation

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Spring/Summer 2015, Volume 34, Number 1

VIEWPOINT

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ardinal Glennon is an amazing place of faith, hope, and healing.

Many people refer to the feeling you get when you walk into Cardinal Glennon as the Glennon-factor. This was on display recently when I was giving a tour of the hospital. A small child was about to go into surgery preparation, and was afraid of what was ahead of her. The nurse held the tear-faced child on her hip while the physician pushed an empty bed in front of them. As they journeyed through the hall of the surgery center, the nurse started to sing “Old McDonald Had a Farm” and the physician chimed in “with a quackquack here and a quack-quack there.” The child look surprised for a second, then smiled and nestled against the nurse’s shoulder. She knew that she was safe, with people that truly cared for her.

One of the many ways the Foundation can help deliver that same compassionate care is by funding the creation of child-friendly environments with world class technology. Recently the Costas Center, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and the Imaging Center have been transformed into playful and imaginative spaces.

The new Imaging Center offers the lowest dose of radiation for children in the region. In addition, the patients can watch their favorite movie and adjust the color of the room to whatever they want it to be. They feel more in charge, and because of this the fear is reduced and often less sedation medicine is needed. In addition, the Foundation has also been able to provide warm, comfortable spaces for the families that are visiting (and spending the night in new sleeper sofas) with the more than 200,000 sick and injured children that are cared for every year at Cardinal Glennon.

The mission of Cardinal Glennon today is the same as it was when founded in 1956 - “Through our exceptional health care services, we reveal the healing presence of God”. The Cardinal Glennon sun symbolizes the hope, warmth, caring and commitment to excellence that every caregiver and staff member has for the children that come to us in need of care.

With your help, Cardinal Glennon will continue to live out this mission and provide hope and healing for every child and their families. On behalf of all of us at the Foundation, thank you for your continued generosity and support.

Sandy Koller, Executive Director Cardinal Glennon Children’s Foundation

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Volume 34, Number 1 Cardinal Glennon Children’s Foundation BOARD OF GOVERNORS Archbishop Robert J. Carlson Chairman of the Board James G. Brennan President Craig E. LaBarge First Vice President James G. Koman Second Vice President

James G. Castellano Chairman Finance Allen D. Allred Secretary Sandy Koller Executive Director June L. Pickett Assistant Sccretary

Jack Schreiber Chairman Investment Subcommittee Kate Becker Brian C. Behrens Galen D. Bingham Cheryl Boushka J. Michael Bruno Julian L. Carr Jr. Molly N. Cline, PhD Bob Costas Dan Dierdorf John F. Eilermann Douglas Fabick Dennis G. Gipson Shawn Hagan Sherlyn Hailstone John F. Hefele Edward T. Hempstead Edward D. Higgins Thomas E. Hilton Nicole Holland Leslee Holliday Dennis J. Jacknewitz Candace Jennings

Dana M. Labarge Bob Leonard Marian V. Mehan Maureen Moore Chrissy Nardini Dennis O’Connor David Peacock Christopher R. Pronger Jerry E. Ritter Sr. Mary Jean Ryan, FSM Farouk Sadiq Daniel J. Sullivan Bryan M. Swift William P. Thompson Raymond T. Wagner, Jr. James F. Whalen Robert J. Witterschein Jim Woodcock EX-OFFICIO

Robert Hawkins Virginia Hartman Mike Sluhan

Contents

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FEATURES

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The Legacy Continues Glennon Sunday

Spiritual Connections Andy Benes connects Ukrainian family to SSM Cardinal Glennon

3D evolution

The use of 3-D models in medicine

Shining Star School

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DEPARTMENTS

2 AROUND GLENNON Find out the latest news

8 GLENNON GATHERINGS Pictures from recent events

12 CORPORATE CORNER Laclede Gas Company

26 GLENNON KIDS Averi Budde

School is in session

28 CMN UPDATE

Truly a Miracle

48 GLENNON AMBASSADORS

Pulseless for 30 minutes

Homers for Health

Another year has kicked off again!

ON THE COVER Glennon kid, heart patient Averi Budde To share a grateful patient experience, a donor story or a volunteer effort, please contact Rose Fogarty, Director of Marketing and Communications at 314.577.5605 or Rose_Fogarty@ssmhc.com

A Miracle for Patients Tasty Tuesdays

50 PARTNERS in PARENTING Pet Therapy

70 WHERE are they NOW?

Julie Ferguson, DO and Jenny Pekny

GLENNON FRIENDS

52 OUR FRIENDS The Glennon Circle

55 GIFTS RECEIVED

Listing of our supporters

Around Glennon

The St. Louis Football Club visits the hospital

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Celebrities Giving Back Left: Chris Pronger and family visit the Dan Dierdorf Emergency and Trauma Center Below: Jaden Schwartz visits a patient

Below Left: Cody Davis and Mason Brodine visit patients Below Center: Austin Davis and Rampage visit patients Below Right: Jaden Schwartz, Steve Ott, Vladimir Tarasenko and Louie visit patients

Mallory Landry, Mrs. Missouri 2014 shares her crown

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Around Glennon

Rocking a Stocking for Kids!

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orking Spaces Inc. once again held their annual ROCKING A STOCKING event on December 4, 2014. Sixteen local design firms participated in the competition to see which firm could come up with the most creative stocking designs for patients. Judges included Amy Wagner and her son Michael, a patient in the Knights of Columbus Developmental Center, who won the crowd over with his humor! Also on hand to judge was Mrs. Missouri 2014, Mallory Landry and Risito Pecson, Owner of Twigs & Moss in Clayton, specializing in artistic, and very modern arrangements.

The night ended with a

surprise announcement that Michael was going to receive a complimentary remodel of his bedroom! After the event, the stockings were stuffed with toys and delivered our patients for Christmas.

Build a Bear Visit December 15, 2014

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llison’s Hope Foundation, created to honor Allison Cassens’ final wish to raise money for cancer research. Since 2004, the organization has raised over $1 million and supported cancer research efforts at the Mary Crowley Medical Research Center in Dallas, Texas. Allison’s Hope Foundation wanted to share joy this Christmas so they teamed up with Build-ABear to spread the Christmas spirit throughout SSM Cardinal Glennon. The two organizations passed out more than 100 BuildA-Bears including the famous Ninja Turtles, Rudolph, Clarice, and “Frozen” classics like Olaf, Elsa and Anna!

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Firetruck O’Toys December 8, 2015

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ire Truck O’Toys has created a Christmas tradition at SSM Cardinal Glennon where Mackenzie Scott, former SSM Cardinal Glennon patient, her family and Santa pull up to the medical center and deliver more than 1,000 toys to SSM Cardinal Glennon kids. Fire Truck O’Toys was created by Children’s Miracle Network Ambassador, Mackenzie Scott in 2011. As a child she was diagnosed with a degenerative bone disease called Legg-Calves Perthes and was treated at SSM Cardinal Glennon and St. Louis Children’s Hospital.

During her hospital stays, she noticed many children and families missing the

opportunity to share in the joy of the holidays. To fix this issue, she created Fire Truck O’Toys to spread joy and hope to all of the children spending their holiday inside a hospital by delivering toys, straight from Santa (and the community). The community comes together to donate toys that are delivered to children during Christmas time!

For more information visit

firetruckotoys.org

Transport Team Expansion

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or the past year, SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center has stationed a neonatal/pediatric transport team two hours north of St. Louis in Hannibal, Mo. It has had a neonatal/pediatric team stationed in Cape Girardeau since 2011. The two off-site teams are a way for SSM Cardinal Glennon to speed up the time it takes to reach and then transfer ill and injured infants and children to the medical center campus.

We’ve had a team at the medical center for the past 35 years,” says neonatal nurse Cristie Rossel, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, Director of the Transport Team. “Today, we log more than 1,300 air transports a year within a 150-mile radius of St. Louis.”

SSM Cardinal Glennon was

the first hospital in the region to establish a neonatal transport team. Rossel and respiratory therapist Mary Fairchild, MM, RRT-NPS, team leader for respiratory care, were among the first team members in 1979 when helicopters Transport Team Then and Now first landed on the doing CPR the entire way.” roof at the former Over the years, the Firmin Desloge Hospital (now SLU helicopters have gotten lighter, Hospital). faster, and equipped with some “We would hand carry a of the most advanced technology 350-pound isolette down the available, making them seem like steps, through the tunnel to mini NICUs or ERs in the sky. Says Cardinal Glennon, and into the Rossel, “Our track record shows emergency department,” recalls that we have saved lives and our Fairchild. “More than once I was transport service has been very

successful with the community we serve and the families we care for.”

As for flying in the tight quarters of a helicopter for more than 34 years before switching to management, Fairchild says, “I’d do it all over again.”

“This was a way to improve care throughout the region and we’ve done that.”

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Around Glennon

Nuclear Medicine Open House Dedication

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new $1.6 million Nuclear Medicine Suite at SSM Cardinal Glennon is the only radiology and imaging department with the newest nuclear medicine technology in the St. Louis and surrounding area. This state-of-the-art equipment allows the nuclear medicine images and computed tomography (SPEC/CT) imaging to be performed at the same time. With this technology, the information from two different exams to be correlated and interpreted on one image, therefore leading to precise information for diagnoses.

Upcoming Events

Join us for our upcoming events in 2015!

June 3, 2015

Ambassador Choice Awards

June 7, 2015

Glennon Sunday

June 13, 2015

Scoops of Fun

September 11, 2015

Glennon Golf Classic

September 12, 2015

Glennon Gallop

October 19, 2015

Dierdorf/Pronger Golf Classic

For more information, call 314-577-5605 or visit glennon.org.

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KIDS HELPING KIDS!

Saturday, June 13, 2015 The Magic House • 6-9 p.m. $15 • Register at glennon.org

Check our website for details about how you can win a private cupcake truck party from Sarah’s Cake Stop!

Proceeds benefit the Children’s Fund at

PRODUCT/TOPPING SPONSOR

Featuring performances by the School of Rock St. Louis House Band

GLENNON GATHERINGS

Glennon Art Pull November 21, 2014 Gallery 618

Inaugural Glennon Art Pull to benefit the Children’s Fund.

Glennon Art Pull guests

Dr. Charles Huddleston with his winning artwork

Dr. John Peter, Mary Peter, Dr. Martin Schmidt, Margaret Schmidt

Tree of Hope and Light up Glennon November 20, 2014 SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center

Raised: $372,034 for SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center Powered by:

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Dr. Tim Staed

Dr. Robert Wilmott, Cathy Wilmott, Alissa Duel, Dr. Barry Duel

Holliday’s Heroes Dinner January 18, 2015 Missouri Athletic Club

Matt and Leslee Holliday hosted a reception for donors who made a Holliday’s Heroes pledge in 2014.

Dr. Ken Schowengerdt and Dr. Joyce Koening

Bob, Nick, Maggie, Nolan and Karyn Bohannan

Ray Wagner

David Freese and Vivien Kozeny

Matt and Ashley Carr and family

Brian and Molly Hartman and family

Lindsey and Trevor Rosenthal, Matt and Leslee Holliday

Fred, Dave and Justin Peacock

Chris Howard

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GLENNON GATHERINGS

April 14, 2015 • Ballpark Village

Jon and Nikki Jay

Matt and Mackenize Carpenter

John and Kristina Lackey, Lauren and Lance Lynn

Matt Carpenter and Camryn Akerson

Audrey Prywitch and Mary Hill

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Matt and Leslee Holliday

Mark and Kathleen Reynolds

Peter Bourjos and Randal Grichuk

NOW 96.3’s Curt Copeland

Lindsey and Trevor Rosenthal, Adam and Jenny Wainwright

Carlos Martinez and family

Dave Mack, Cindy Preszler, Francene and Dan Tumminello

Martha and Bob McArthur

Damon and Michelle Harbison

Mayor Francis Slay, Leslee and Matt Holliday, Jim Brennan

Kelly Bick, Tricia Davies, Christina Schellhardt

Richard Cain, Butch Egan, Fallon Egan, Doug Stephan

Scott Adamec hangs with partygoers and Emmis Communications team

Sophie Beckmann, David and Michelle Pokorny

Chuck Jackson, Brian Albers, Morgan Perry, Ashleigh Anton

Jim Hayes with Fox Sports Midwest girls

Randal Grichuk, Rose Fogarty, Peter Bourjos

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CORPORATE CORNER

Joins the Lineup

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AS PRESENTING SPONSOR

o one has been taking care of St. Louisans longer than Laclede Gas Company.

The company celebrated its centennial in 1957 – when there was one candle on the anniversary cake of SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center. As the medical center approaches its 60th anniversary, Laclede Gas continues to keep St. Louis warm and is going to bat for the region’s children as presenting sponsor of Homers for Health.

“We’ve been around for more than 150 years, and throughout that time Laclede Gas has used our energy to enrich the lives of families in the St. Louis area.

Many of us are parents ourselves and we want to do everything we can to help children at Cardinal Glennon and provide a healing environment for the patients and their families,” says Steve Lindsey, the company’s president. “Partnering with Homers for Health, the Cardinals and Cardinal Glennon was a natural fit for us.”

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More than $1.7 million has been raised since 2012 through Homers for Health, which asks St. Louis Cardinals fans to make a pledge for every home run hit by a Cardinal hitter or every strikeout thrown by a Cardinal pitcher. The contributions have improved departments and programs at SSM Cardinal Glennon and built child-friendly spaces in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Imaging Center and the Costas Center.

“M any of us are parents ourselves and we want to do everything we can to help children at Cardinal Glennon and provide a healing environment for the patients and their families...”

In addition to presenting Homers for Health through the 2015 season, Laclede also returned as presenting sponsor of the second annual Homers for Health Game

Shows, along with Fox Sports Midwest.

Laclede Gas Company is the largest natural gas distribution utility in Missouri. Its 1,600 employees serve approximately 625,000 residential, commercial and Lindsey, President industrial customers Steve Laclede Gas Company being in the city of St. Louis interviewed at Homers for Health Game Shows. and ten counties in Photo courtesy of dianeandersonphotography.com eastern Missouri.

Holliday serves as an ambassador for DollarHelp, Laclede’s energy assistance program that helps struggling families with winter heating bills. Laclede customers can add $1 to their monthly gas payment to fund the program and the company provides matching funds. Laclede Gas and the United Way of Greater St. Louis provide administrative services to DollarHelp at no charge. Last year DollarHelp assisted more than 3,000 families.

Left: Laclede’s Christine Johnson speaks at the 2015 Homers for Health press confernece.

“Laclede Gas teamed up with Matt Holliday and the Cardinals to spread awareness for our DollarHelp campaign in 2014 and again this year,” Lindsey says.

“As we worked with Matt, we learned more about his role leading Homers for Health with our friends at Cardinal Glennon. To support the cause, Laclede employees stepped up to run in the Game Ball Relay, volunteered to work at the Game Shows event and support Cardinal Glennon with their pledges and donations.

“Supporting this program and investing in the Cardinal Glennon Children’s Foundation is another great way to help those who need it most, just like our DollarHelp program, which provides support for the neighbors in our communities who need it most,” he says.

A Laclede Gas construction crew working at SSM Cardinal Glennon last winter befriended a 7-year-old cancer patient.

“ ...We sent him a signed hard hat and toy excavator set.

It was our way of saying ‘stay strong’ and reminding him that we are thinking of him.”

Many Laclede Gas employees are very familiar with SSM Cardinal Glennon.

“My twins Andrew and Danielle were born premature and lived in the neonatal intensive care unit for the first four months of their lives. Cardinal Glennon was our second home,” says Dan Adolphson, a company truck driver.

A Laclede Gas construction crew working at SSM Cardinal Glennon last winter befriended a seven-year-old cancer patient after learning from his father that the boy passed his days watching their progress through his window. “He loves the tractors and the whole construction thing,” says Laclede foreman Nick Wooten.

After sending gifts to the boy, “His father gave us some little yellow ‘hope’ rings to wear for his son,” Wooten says. “We had our picture taken in front of the hospital wearing the rings. We sent him a signed hard hat and toy excavator set. It was our way of saying ‘stay strong’ and reminding him that we are thinking of him.”

“My experience with Cardinal Glennon is 35 years old,” says Diane Mize, customer relations supervisor in the Laclede Gas call center. “My son Nicholas was six weeks old when he contracted bacterial meningitis. The staff at Cardinal Glennon was extremely compassionate to Top: Laclede Group SVP Craig Dowdy with Matt Holliday. my family and friends and was there for us when we Above, L to R: Melody Allen, Berkley Office Manager; Ramona Borney, Clerical Support, Transportation Operations; needed them the most.

Nicholas Adam Mize

The nurses in the PICU cared for my son with love and compassion. He passed away on August 11, 1981. I have nothing but love in my heart for the staff at Cardinal Glennon and that’s why I participate in Homers for Health each year.

“ I have nothing but love in my heart for the staff at Cardinal Glennon and that’s why I participate in Homers for Health each year.”

“Homers for Health is a fantastic way to ensure that young patients continue to receive the best medical care they need and deserve,” Lindsey says. “You can’t do any better than supporting the kids and what Cardinal Glennon does, what Laclede does to serve our customers and what the St. Louis Cardinals do collectively to make our community great.”

and Lauren Durand, Marketing Research Specialist

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Cardinal Glennon was devoted to children and left a legacy of schools across the St. Louis Archdiocese.

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legacy c o n ti n u e s

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“It was something I really felt very blessed to be part of – telling people what we do at Cardinal Glennon every day,” says Pamela Brouder, a nursing director at SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center.

Glennon SUNDAY S June 7, 2015

he was one of many members of the medical center families who spoke at parishes throughout the St. Louis area in support of Glennon Sunday last year. This program has been celebrated for more than six decades by the Archdiocese of St. Louis to honor its

“On the happy occasion of the dedication of the Cardinal Glennon Memorial Hospital for Children, we cordially extend to you, Venerable Brother, our sincere felicitations,” he wrote.

“Very appropriately this memorial, combining as it does a hospital for the care of children and facilities for pediatric

donors who feel that their families built the hospital and sustained it. Every Glennon Sunday they celebrate that partnership and legacy.”

The building campaign for the original hospital buildings drew $6.2 million in donations. “They took the architects’ model of the medical center from parish to parish,” Koller says.

In recent years annual contributions to Glennon Sunday have approached half a million dollars.

“We have seen a steady growth. We think that is attributable to the incredible things that people have seen accomplished with the Glennon Sunday money,” Koller says. “They have seen a new Heart CardioCath Suite, a new Radiology Department, expansion to The Costas Center and a new Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. People see their dollars are being put toward those kinds of world-class advancements that keep Cardinal Glennon at the forefront of medicine and technology.”

“We rejoice, therefore, and give thanks to God for the realization of a noble project inspired by the memory of a great prelate of the Church.”

“You really feel fulfilled,” says Pamela Brouder, chatting with Frank Snow IV.

longest-serving leader and raise funds for the hospital built as his memorial.

Cardinal John Joseph Glennon led the Archdiocese from 1903 to his death in 1946. In 1952 a week of June was designated “Cardinal Glennon Week for Children” by Archbishop Joseph Ritter to celebrate the 90th anniversary of Glennon’s birth and launch fundraising for construction of what is now SSM Cardinal Glennon.

Ritter, who was elevated to Cardinal in 1961, continued to dedicate a ‘Glennon Sunday’ each year. On April 15, 1956, the tradition was blessed by Pope Pius XII, who sent a hand-written apostolic benediction for the hospital’s dedication.

research, reflects the life-long interest of Cardinal Glennon in the welfare of the child. The only institution of this kind under Catholic auspices in your country, the memorial will fittingly perpetuate his Christlike solicitude for the little ones. We rejoice, therefore, and give thanks to God for the realization of a noble project inspired by the memory of a great prelate of the Church.”

“More than 60 years after the first Glennon Sunday we are still seeing the outpouring of love and support from Catholics who see this as their children’s hospital,” says Sandy Koller, executive director of Cardinal Glennon Children’s Foundation. “We have fourth-generation

Glennon Sunday weekend will be celebrated in the Masses of June 6-7.

“I told short stories about families who had been going through difficult times in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit or the Transitional Care Unit, where I work,” Brouder says of presentations in her parish, St. Joseph Parish in Cottleville, Mo. “I told them there are so many ways they can support those families. I think it makes them want to feel like they are a part of something bigger.”

Brouder gave first-hand endorsement of the new Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.

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they are here, which sometimes is difficult.”

“Glennon Sunday speakers have varied bonds with the medical center,” says Laura Wulf, grateful patient coordinator at Cardinal Glennon Children’s Foundation.

“Some are employees, members of the

“Many donors have experienced our care firsthand through a loved one, classmate or the child of someone they know,” Koller says. “They understand the mission at an intimate level.”

Glennon Sunday also is a day to

“Glennon Sunday raises the most money, but we see the love and generosity throughout the year from all parishes in the Archdiocese, even from other parishes around the country.”

Board of Governors, past patients, grateful parents who are Glennon Ambassadors, and Knights of Columbus. Each impacted

by Glennon in their own unique way and they share personal testimony about how faith and healing united for them at Cardinal Glennon.”

Volunteer speakers are provided with general background about the medical center’s operations.

“SSM Cardinal Glennon is the only free-standing Catholic pediatric hospital in the country. Each year providing for more than 200,000 infants and children from the St. Louis area, Metro East Illinois, across the country and around the world,” Wulf says. “The best doctors give them the best treatments and compassionate care.”

“Personal stories bring the medical center’s work to life,” Wulf adds. “The guest speakers give witness to the exceptional health care services provided by our physicians, nurses, caregivers and staff.

The speakers make a significant impact on parish giving to Glennon Sunday.”

Monsignor Lloyd Sullivan, center, shows a model of the planned hospital to civic leaders.

report, Koller adds. “It is a phenomenal opportunity to tell parishioners what we did with the money they contributed last year and what we will do next year with the money they contribute today.”

The mission awareness created on Glennon Sunday lingers, Koller says.

“Glennon Sunday raises the most money, but we see the love and generosity throughout the year from all parishes in the Archdiocese, even from other parishes around the country. During other fundraising activities – memorial gifts, Tree of Hope, Homers for Health – people are aware of Cardinal Glennon’s mission.”

Brouder spoke last year of families who suddenly found their children hospitalized for lengthy stays. “We see many indigent families and families who may not be indigent. A lot of you have dual-income families. If one of your children was sick and in the hospital for months and one of you had to take off work, just imagine how that would affect your financial state. These are the families we see every day.”

After last year’s Mass, Brouder says, fellow parishioners expressed surprise at the real dramas she described. “They said they appreciated hearing the stories and knowing their money enabled Cardinal Glennon to continue accomplishing its mission.”

The experience of speaking before Mass would be rewarding for any friend of Glennon, Brouder says. “I know people are nervous about getting up in front of a group of people. At the end of the day, you realize what good it brings to Cardinal Glennon, how it affects all of the things that Glennon Sunday has facilitated over the last several years. You really feel fulfilled.”

Glennon S U N D AY

2014 Contributors to Glennon Sunday in 2014 raised

$493,201

for patients and programs at SSM Cardinal Glennon.

The top 24 parishes last year were: Ascension (Chesterfield) Christ, Prince of Peace Parish Christ the Savior Parish Immaculate Heart of Mary (St. Louis) Mary, Queen of Peace Parish Queen of All Saints Parish Saint Cronan Parish Saint David Parish (Arnold) Saint Gabriel the Archangel Parish Saint Genevieve Parish Saint Gerard Majella Parish Saint Joseph Parish (Cottleville) Saint Joan of Arc Parish Saint Joseph Parish (Imperial) Sacred Heart Parish (Valley Park) Saint Justin Martyr Parish Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque Parish Saint Angela Merici Parish Saint Catherine Laboure Parish Saint Cletus Parish (Saint Charles) Saint Martin of Tours Parish Saint Mary Magdalen Parish (Brentwood) Saint Francis Xavier Church (College) Saint Peter Parish (Kirkwood)

Glennon Sunday Where Faith and Healing Unite

June 7, 2015

1465 S. Grand Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63104 314-577-5605 • 1-800-269-0552 • glennon.org

“God made us aware of

a family in need

for a reason.”

Former Cardinals pitcher Andy Benes connects Ukrainian family to SSM Cardinal Glennon Emiliya with Andy Benes

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Valeriia, Emiliya and Borys Konovalenko with SSM Cardinal Glennon pediatrician Lauren Draper, M.D.

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sk former Cardinals pitcher Andy Benes if he believes in spiritual connections linking people all over the world, and he answers with an enthusiastic ‘yes.’

“Christians are all part of the same spiritual family and we are called to put our faith into action,” says Benes. “God made us aware of a family in need for a reason.”

Half a continent away, a young Ukranian In St. Louis, a family was facing the second miracle was Her heart stopped unthinkable. On the under way. In a local on the way to the hospital and I knew last day of a vacation to Starbucks, Andy Benes Florida to visit family and leads several Bible then that crying wouldn’t help; CPR friends last December, studies each week and wouldn’t help; the Konovalenko family has come to know the was settling down to a employees. Over time, to find a flight to the United States. “I celebratory dinner when, he and his wife became friends with had a big night of prayer. I was fighting unnoticed by anyone, 3-year-old the Ukrainian barista, Marina Antipova, with God and trying to understand Emiliya wandered into the backyard and her sister Anna. what happened,” he says. “When I and fell into a swimming pool. She was “Anna knew Valeriia from when got to the hospital, I saw my daughter underwater for more than 10 minutes they both worked at a Ukrainian in a little bed with lots of medical before she was found. orphanage,” explains Benes. “When war equipment all around her. It was a “I was crying so loud and I broke out in Ukraine, Valeriia’s father, a really hard, really dark time in my life.” couldn’t find a pulse,” says Emiliya’s Christian pastor, was killed. Her sister, They prayed for miracles. And on mother Valeriia. “Her heart stopped Stella, was sent to live with Anna here January 6, the first miracle occurred. “I three times on the way to the hospital in St. Louis.” prayed that my daughter would wake and I knew then that crying wouldn’t Marina told Andy and Jennifer up out of her coma on our Christmas, help; CPR wouldn’t help; only prayer.

Benes that Stella wanted to enroll which is celebrated January 6 and 7 in That’s it.” in Westminster Christian Academy.

Ukraine,” says Valeriia. “That morning, Her husband, Borys, who had Because the Benes’ had enrolled four she opened her eyes.” remained in Ukraine to work, rushed of their six children at the same school, they agreed to help. A lasting friendship started.

In January, Andy Benes got a desperate call from Anna. “She told me about Stella’s sister and asked if we knew any doctors here that they could contact. The family didn’t have any insurance and wasn’t going to be able to find the care Emiliya needed back in Ukraine.”

Andy Benes didn’t think twice.

He picked up the phone and called the Foundation. That’s when the third miracle started to unfold.

Benes, now a Fox Sports Midwest commentator, has co-hosted an awardwinning and wildly popular show across the Midwest called “Cardinals

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The Konovalenko family with Jennifer and Andy Benes in the local Starbucks where Benes leads several Bible studies each week.

Kids TV” for the past 13 years. He also has come to the medical center to visit patients and is an enthusiastic supporter of Homers for Health each year.

“I know that Cardinal Glennon is a faith-based hospital,” says Benes.

“The first thing I said was, ‘There is this tragedy, a little girl is badly hurt, and insurance won’t be part of the equation, but could they help?’ Staff at the Foundation said they would look into it and they called the Florida hospital asking for information about the case.”

Borys Konovalenko was sitting beside his daughter in a hospital room on a Saturday morning when, out of the blue, his phone rang. “They said they had reviewed our case and it was approved.

I didn’t understand. I said, we can’t pay; that was impossible. But they said, ‘Don’t worry about this. Just connect us with the hospital team there and we will help.’

I started crying when I heard that. Our prayers were being answered.”

“They said they had reviewed our case and it was approved. I didn’t understand. I said, we can’t pay; that was impossible. But they said, ‘Don’t worry about this. Just connect us with the hospital team there and we will help.’”

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The Foundation, along with Andy and Jennifer Benes, gathered more miracles for the family — transportation from Florida to St. Louis and full medical care at SSM Cardinal Glennon. After contacting administrators at partner rehabilitation hospital, Ranken Jordan, arrangements also were made for free comprehensive rehabilitative care for Emiliya there as well.

Jennifer Benes says, “We have children, and we couldn’t imagine what it would be like for us if that were one of our children going through that, especially in a foreign country,” she says. “I think it’s our privilege, Ranken Jordan’s privilege, and Cardinal Glennon’s privilege to do what we can

to provide for this family.”

Emiliya arrived in St. Louis in late January. Her care is now overseen by a multidisciplinary team including: • SSM Cardinal Glennon pediatrician Lauren Draper, M.D. • SSM Cardinal Glennon pediatric neurologists • Ranken Jordan rehabilitation specialists (physiatrists) SSM Cardinal Glennon sees anywhere from 12 to 30 kids each year that have fallen into water and drowned. Medical recovery depends upon a wide variety of factors, including length of time underwater.

“Anytime a brain is deprived of oxygen for a long period of time, it can cause severe damage,” admits Dr.

“We don’t know God’s plan for us, but he sent angels, I really think he did.”

Draper. “Emiliya did very well postresuscitation and didn’t have a lot of damage to her kidneys or liver, but she does have a hypoxic brain injury and we all need to work together to ensure that we maximize her recovery efforts.”

Emiliya also came to SSM Cardinal Glennon with paroxysmal sympathetic hyperactivity or neuro-storming, a condition with a series of symptoms

were able to relax her brain with medication and allow for some recovery.”

The Benes family stays in regular contact with the family and continues to reach out with both support and prayers. “We know we cannot help every unfortunate situation that occurs, but this was an opportunity to help a family that could not help themselves and were running out of options,” says Benes. “We have adopted two kids from Russia and have spent quite a bit of time in Siberia.

My wife actually had an appendectomy while in Siberia to adopt our son, Brock. It’s tough to be in a hospital for any reason, let alone a foreign country. We wanted to show them the love of Jesus, as we have been truly blessed in so many ways.”

Borys’ eyes fill with tears as he

“The connections all came about because of God.” including a rapid heartbeat, increased blood pressure and muscle stiffness.

“It occurs after traumatic brain injury when the brain is on uncontrolled hyper-drive,” says Dr. Draper. “We

talks about all of the people who have helped along the way. “You know, my wife got on the internet, she kept asking, ‘Who are these people who are helping?’ And then she found out Mr. Andy Benes used to be a famous baseball pitcher — and who are we?

Just citizens of Ukraine.”

In response, Andy Benes says it’s about putting faith into action. “This really is about one Christian family dealing with another Christian family,” he says simply. “The connections all came about because of God.” Foreheads touching during an intimate moment, Valeriia looks deep into her daughter’s eyes and smiles. “It is such a blessing to be here and have Emiliya’s rehabilitation here,” she says.

“We don’t know God’s plan for us, but he sent angels, I really think he did.”

Emiliya with father Borys Konovalenko

Emiliya’s Story

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“It was eye-opening; this was really what her heart looked like,” she said as she recalled holding the model in the palm of her hand at SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center. “I was in awe that it was even possible to make something like this to see where everything was positioned.”

Brystol Carter was born last September with a series of medical conditions, including two holes in her heart and a missing segment in the heart’s main circulatory pathway called the aortic arch.

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s a newborn, her with very unusual anomalies that were heart was so small, located close to the brain or other vital surgeons wanted to structures.” be sure to “map” out By also having his models printed the best way to make in surgical-grade materials instead of the complicated repairs. Instead of plain plastic, Lin has the added benefit reviewing multiple two-dimensional CT of being able to take his models directly scans, however, this time, they were able into surgery. to touch, rotate and look at an exact “By having the sterilized model plastic replica of Brystol’s heart, made by next to me in the operating room, I a 3-D printer in an engineering lab at can make continual measurements on Saint Louis University. it to ensure greater accuracy during the “We’ve been doing 3-D modeling actual surgery,” Dr. Lin says. for heart patients at Cardinal Glennon Especially with facial surgery, for more than a year now,” says Dr. Lin is adept at minimizing cardiologist Wilson King, MD, one incisions to avoid long-term scarring Chad, Amanda, Brayden celebrate Brystol’s repaired heart, of the medical center’s first advocates in children. By having his 3-D models thanks to 3-D modeling. of 3-D modeling for complex pediatric printed commercially, he can separate like a standard office printer, printing heart surgery. “Brystol’s heart when she was copies of whatever is sent to the printer. just 18 days old was among the first we did The difference is that instead of ink, and it dramatically showed the benefits of 3-D printers print substances, such as this technology for both education and preplastic or metal. Over the course of 12-24 surgical planning.” hours, 3-D printers move back and forth, The use of 3-D models is gaining building layer upon layer, until an accurate momentum in medicine. At SSM Cardinal model is created.

Glennon, they are used for some complex 3-D modeling is expensive due to the cases in: time involved for multiple imaging scans • Cardiology and software manipulation, as well as for • Plastic Surgery-Craniofacial surgery the cost of equipment and materials. To • Neurosurgery prove the medical benefits related to 3-D • Orthopedics printing, Dr. King paid for the first few “It’s an evolution from what we’ve been key components — jawbone, cheekbone, models out of pocket. “When we started able to offer in imaging,” says radiologist orbits, forehead, etc. — so that they can showing the models to other people, they Nadeem Parkar, MD, Chief of Cardiac and be manipulated to determine the best came and asked if we could do it for their Thoracic imaging. “For years, we would surgical approach. specialty,” he says. “Currently the demand look at the heart and other structures in is so overwhelming, we don’t have enough two dimensions. Then, several years ago, we time, manpower and equipment. We need started using computer software that used our own fully staffed and equipped 3-D multiple two-dimensional images to create center at Cardinal Glennon.”

Alexander Lin, M.D., is Chief of Pediatric Plastic Surgery and Director of the St. Louis Cleft-Cranofacial Center at SSM Cardinal Glennon. He is nationally recognized for his expertise in treating complex craniofacial anomalies as well as congenital deformities in infants and a virtual 3-D image on the computer screen children. He has dozens of colorful 3-D that we could rotate and examine. Now, models in his office that the Plastic Surgery with the rapid technological advancement, Department has used for pre-surgical we can create a 3-D printed model using planning over the past several years. the two dimensional images from CT or “Access to the technology is limited MIRI and post-processing those images and it’s expensive,” he admits. “Because using advanced software and a 3-D printer.” of that, we use 3-D modeling only for Alexander Lin, M.D., uses 3-D models for complex facial In theory, 3-D printers work much exceptional cases, such as for children reconstructions.

“By having the sterilized model next to me in the operating room, I can make continual measurements on it to ensure greater accuracy during the actual surgery.”

“It’s an evolution from what we’ve been able to offer in imaging.”

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3-D Center of Excellence

Dr. Lin now is pursuing grants to fund the purchase of a 3-D camera system that would take highly accurate images of craniofacial patients. “A 3-D camera is a complex set of 12 cameras in a ring on the ceiling,” he explains.

“In only a few milliseconds, the camera would take about one thousand photos from all angles, which we can then use to create better 3-D models.”

“We have a lot of faith and I had a great sense of peace that this was where God placed us.”

He wants to bundle that system with a 3-D cone beam scanner, which functions like a typical CT scanner, but at a lower dosage, and therefore safer for children. Add to that a large 3-D printer onsite that could be used by multiple pediatric specialists and print with surgical grade materials, and SSM Cardinal Glennon envisions a premier 3-D Center of Excellence.

“With this center, I think we could innovate very rapidly,” Dr. Lin says.

All totaled, pediatric specialists here say that the cost to establish and then staff a 3-D Center of Excellence would run into the hundreds of thousands of dollars.

“It is expensive, but it’s applicable to many, many fields of medicine,” says Dr. King.

It’s incredibly beneficial to educating the next generation of physicians, too.

“It absolutely can revolutionize how we teach the next generation of surgeons because trainees will know the individual patient’s anatomy in three dimensions before going into surgery,” says Dr. Parkar. “Over a period of time, you can have a library of 3-D models of different pathologies for medical students and trainees to study.”

Cardiologist Wilson King, M.D., and radiologist Nadeem Parkar, M.D., collaborated to print and use the first 3-D model for an infant’s successful heart surgery.

The Patient Impact

Amanda and Chad Carter don’t really know all about the far-reaching implications of 3-D printing in medicine. What they do know is that they came to the right place for Brystol’s medical care. The family lives in East Prairie, down in southeastern Missouri.

After Amanda had an earlier miscarriage, six-year-old Brayden prayed for a sibling to join the family. “I became pregnant soon after and I thought, wow, Brayden’s prayers were answered,” says Carter.

Visits to her obstetrician in Cape Girardeau identified early medical concerns with the baby and Amanda was referred to the St. Louis Fetal Care Institute at SSM Cardinal Glennon. The family focused on one bible verse they picked for their unborn child: Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. James 1:17

“This 3-D modeling is wonderful, but the real miracle is how God brought all of this together.”

“We have a lot of faith and I had a great sense of peace that this was where God placed us,” said Amanda. “I knew we had some serious things to overcome, but everyone at Cardinal Glennon was so compassionate and caring.”

Today, at almost 8 months old, Brystol’s heart is functioning well. In the coming year, she is expected to undergo surgeries by plastic surgeons to repair her cleft palate and foot anomalies, but Amanda says faith in God and SSM Cardinal Glennon keeps them going.

“We have an amazing church family that continues to lift us up in prayers and we have an amazing team of doctors that continues to take care of Brystol,” says Amanda. “This 3-D modeling is wonderful, but the real miracle is how God brought all of this together.”

Be a Part of the 3-D Center of Excellence Campaign!

Please consider a charitable contribution to fund the creation of a 3-D Center of Excellence at SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center. For more information or to send a contribution, contact Andrew Sutton at 314-678-6647 or email him at Andrew_Sutton@ssmhc.com.

Benefits of 3-D Center of Excellence • Highly accurate pre-surgical planning • Patient/Family education • Medical training for

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“They kept my daughter alive. I want to give back and help other people have the same kind of care we’ve had,” says Staci Budde.

Averi Budde, her 7-year-old daughter, is well known at SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center. She was born with five heart defects, strabismus and a rare chromosomal deletion, which may be responsible for her immune deficiency.

To give thanks for the gifts of Averi’s health, her family formed the Averi Budde Foundation to raise funds that assist other children with congenital heart disease. In the past three years, the foundation has donated more than $50,000 to the Dorothy and Larry Dallas Heart Center at SSM Cardinal Glennon.

Staci and husband Ryan also have become Glennon Ambassadors, volunteering their advocacy and time. “I’ve written ‘Messages of Hope’ for families and I helped with Glennon 101 last year,” Staci says.

“I’ve gotten donations for the Food Truck and Code Lavender Cart.”

The Food Truck cart delivers snacks to parents on in-patient floors. The Code Lavender Cart holds treats for the nursing staff.

Staci visited Washington, D.C. in March on behalf of the Pediatric Congenital Heart Foundation to ask Missouri and Illinois legislators for increased federal research funding. “The earliest kids who have grown up with congenital heart diseases are living into adulthood and we don’t have any information to tell us how we can improve outcomes.”

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icki Isom, Averi’s grandmother, created an annual fundraiser featuring horse-drawn carriage rides, music, barbecue, a silent auction and dancing. The 9th Annual Trail Ride and Family Fun Day will be September 12 at the family’s Blue Springs Ranch in Bourbon, Mo. Last year’s Fun Day was attended by 800 friends of Averi and other heart patients, as well as members of the Bourbon community and doctors and nurses from SSM Cardinal Glennon.

Averi and Adison display their foundation t-shirts.

Averi’s story began when Staci and Ryan learned through a prenatal ultrasound that they would have twins – and Averi would have a combination of heart defects named tetralogy of Fallot with pulmonary atresia. The condition occurs about seven times in 100,000 births.

The Buddes were referred to Angela M. Sharkey, M.D., a pediatric cardiologist who specializes in prenatal diagnosis of heart disease at SSM Cardinal Glennon.

She is a professor of pediatrics at Saint Louis University School of Medicine.

“She had no valve that would allow blood flow to the lungs,” Sharkey says. “She had her first surgery to place a tube graft that would allow blood to go from her aorta into the lungs.”

Averi has undergone five cardiac surgeries, four cardiac catheterizations and three ophthalmologic surgeries.

“In general her health is good,” says Charles Huddleston, M.D., a cardiothoracic surgeon at SSM Cardinal

Glennon and professor of surgery at Saint Louis University School of Medicine. “Her heart is not normal but it is functioning pretty well. She is a happy-go-lucky kid.”

Averi’s twin sister, Adison, has a normal heart. “We see many twins with one who has a normal heart and the other does not. It is more unusual to see twins who both have congenital cardiac anomalies,” Huddleston says.

Dr. Charles Huddleston visits with Averi.

“At school Averi ran a quarter-mile in gym class, which is pretty awesome.”

Reconstructive surgery was performed on Averi’s heart when she was three months old. She has needed additional procedures to replace or open the conduit between the heart and lungs.

“Three years ago Averi was beset with repeated infections. Tests determined she had another serious health hurdle, hypogammaglobulinemia, an immune deficiency caused by low immunoglobulin antibody levels in the blood,” says Alan Knutsen, M.D. He is director of allergy and immunology at SSM Cardinal Glennon and professor of pediatrics at Saint Louis University School of Medicine.

“Kids with these immune deficiencies are prone to infections, have increased fatigue and sleep a great deal,”

Knutsen says. “Once we start intravenous immunoglobulin that improves.”

Averi visits the infusion center at SSM Cardinal Glennon monthly for IVIG treatment. “She is doing very well, to the point that she is not having infections at all,” Knutsen says. “At school Averi ran a quarter-mile in gym class, which is pretty awesome,” says Staci.

It is not known whether Averi’s chromosomal defect – a partial deletion of chromosome 19 – caused her heart defects or immune deficiency.

“She was the second kid ever found with that deletion,” her mother says.

“The geneticists said they have zero idea what this chromosome does.”

That deletion has not been linked to heart defects, Huddleston says. “It may be related, but the findings have not been consistent.”

“It is like family here.

I want to reach out to other parents and let them know things are going to be okay.”

As for the immune deficiency, “We can’t tell for sure,” Knutsen says.

“Many chromosomal defects have not been evaluated for contributions to immune deficiencies, and hypogammaglobulinemia is not rare.”

Averi’s life includes gymnastics, cheerleading and dancing -- ballet, tap, jazz and hip-hop. On her last visit to the hospital, she skipped into the infusion center and jumped into a nurse’s hug.

“It is like family here,” Staci says.

“Everybody knows Averi and is so gracious. I want to reach out to other parents and let them know things are going to be okay.”

Ryan, Staci, Averi and Adison Budde

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CMN UPDATE

CMN - A Miracle for our Patients!

Children’s Miracle Network (CMN) Hospitals of Greater St. Louis is a non-profit organization dedicated to raising funds and awareness benefiting local children’s hospitals, including SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center. Donations stay local to fund critical treatments and health care services, pediatric medical equipment and charitable care. Since 1988, CMN of Greater St. Louis has raised more than $40 million dollars of support, most of it $1 at a time, through the Miracle Balloon icon. Various fundraising partners and programs support their mission to save and improve the lives of as many children as possible.

Meet our 2015 CMN Ambassadors!

Michael Wagner, 10 years old Michael has been “on the go” all of his life! After months of preterm labor, Michael was born 3.5 weeks early in March 2005. While he was a very happy and content baby, he wasn’t meeting all of his developmental milestones in a timely fashion. Michael began receiving occupational and physical therapy services as a toddler and had many physician consultations that left the family with more questions than answers. The list of possible diagnoses became as long as the list of Michael’s social and academic struggles.

In 2012, Michael was evaluated at SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center’s Knights of Columbus Developmental Center. The family finally found a team that was patient and thorough enough to piece together 28 • Cardinal Glennon Children’s Foundation

2015 CMN Ambassadors Michael Wagner, 10 and Dessalyn (Desi) Pattman, 10 all of Michael’s previous diagnoses and set a plan in motion for behavioral and social skills therapies. After working with

“ Michael is growing more confident each day, utilizing social skills to initiate and maintain conversations with his peers..” the developmental pediatrician and a psychologist, Michael was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. Had it not

been for the genuine care and concern of the entire Knights of Columbus team, the Wagners would still be searching for answers. Michael is growing more confident each day, utilizing social skills to initiate and maintain conversations with his peers.

Michael loves to play video games and browse the car lots with his Dad. He enjoys playing sports with his friends at TASK, and he loves riding “Dakota” during equine therapy.

Jennifer Lopez joins CMN as national spokesperson Dessalyn (Desi) Pattman, 10 years old At age 6, Desi was diagnosed with very high acute lymphoblastic leukemia at SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center. From diagnoses, Desi had a difficult time with treatment which required hospital stays of over a month.

In the middle of treatment in late 2011, Desi relapsed; the leukemia was back. Early 2012, Desi was on the fast track to a bone marrow transplant.

In April 2012, she endured extensive cranial/spinal radiation to kill the remaining leukemia cells in her body. In May 2012, Desi received a bone marrow transplant from the bone marrow of her little brother Gabriel who was 5 years old at the time.

“ Desi is really into fashion, clothes and design, and makeup.

She is very much a girly girl.

If she had her way, everything would be pink and have glitter all over it.“ In August 2012, Desi was diagnosed with graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) while recovering from the transplant which completely shut down one of her

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kidneys. In the spring of 2013, while on medication to help her recover from the GVHD and the bone marrow transplant, Desi lost mobility in her lower body and had to undergo several months of physical therapy. Today, Desi is well enough to go to school full time. She has been cancer free since the transplant and only requires regular doctor’s visits and medication to keep her body healthy and strong.

Desi is really into fashion, clothes and design, and makeup. She is very much a girly girl. If she had her way, everything would be pink and have glitter all over it.

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Children’s Miracle Network – Dance Marathon The CMN Dance Marathon is a year-round effort to raise funds and awareness for the community’s local children’s hospital. The culminating event of the year is a Dance Marathon where students stay on their feet for 4 to 40 hours while dancing, playing games and celebrating their fundraising efforts. Dance Marathon has become a nationwide movement involving college and high school students at more than 255 schools across the country. In the St. Louis region, Washington University in St. Louis, Saint Louis University, Ladue Horton Watkins High School, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and Western Illinois University produce Dance Marathons raising funds to directly benefit SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center. Between the five institutions, over $470,000 has been raised within the last six months with over 3,000 students participating in the Dance Marathon movement. glennon.org Spring/Summer 2015 • 29

shines bright!

While in dialysis, Ajecia Garrard works on her homework with her favorite teacher.

The sun is just peeking through the windows at SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center and, already, school is in session.

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“I’ll work on Algebra on Monday, English the next day, personal finance another day,” says 17-year-old Ajecia Garrard from Cahokia, Ill. “Whatever I need to work on, I do it here.”

Three days a week, up to four hours at a time, Garrard undergoes dialysis as a result of failed kidneys. Do the math and it adds up to a lot of missed school hours over the past five years Garrard has come to the hospital.

This year, however, while she sits in dialysis, Ajecia is a regular student in SSM Cardinal Glennon’s Shining Star School, working one-onone with Brenda Wilson, the

hospital’s full-time educator.

“It has a big effect on you and might be embarrassing if you can’t keep up with your friends at school, especially if you’re a teenager,” says Ajecia.

“To be here and still keep up with my class, it means a lot.”

The Shining Star School debuted in January 2014.

Although the hospital previously had tutors available for patients, there was a critical need for in-house certified teachers to support chronically ill and long-term care patients such as dialysis, cystic fibrosis, or cancer patients, all of whom spend many hours each week in the medical center.

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hen kids are here a lot, they miss the socialization of school and they miss the work that other kids are doing,” explains Wilson. “They need help to stay caught up academically, which also makes them they feel they are a part of what is going on at their school.”

Wilson and a part-time teacher, Courtney Erickson, work with doctors, nurses, child life specialists and even parents to identify children between the ages of 5 and high school who are in the hospital for three days or longer. They also assist patients who are admitted frequently or who miss school often because of outpatient treatments. They then serve as a liaison between families and schools to ensure young patients are able to work on the same learning goals in the hospital that their peers are working on in school. When necessary, Wilson has attended school meetings with families as an advocate to ensure children receive the special services they need to succeed.

“I never imagined working in a hospital,” says Wilson. “In addition to

Trinity Greenwood keeps up with her class thanks to her teacher Brenda Wilson.

student had just started his freshman year in high school when he was diagnosed with leukemia in November 2013. Rushed to SSM Cardinal Glennon, he was in intensive care for almost two months. Subsequent cancer treatments caused him to miss so much school that his teachers raised the possibility of repeating 9th grade.

“I didn’t really like it at first,” he says of doing homework in the hospital. “But I would have flunked if I didn’t.”

“There were days I’d have to push him hard to do his homework in the hospital and then I’d sit in the corner and cry,” says Braxton’s grandmother Brenda Pitzer. “It took all of us to keep him on track but we succeeded, together.”

Braxton spent two-thirds of his

“You can fall behind so fast in school and it’s extremely hard to try and stay ahead.

I’d give the Shining Star School an A+!” learning about the medical issues, we have to think differently about how we teach children here. They may be in pain, or unable to sit up or use their hands, so we adapt to fit their needs on that given day.”

Wilson is very aware that the idea of homework in the hospital is not necessarily appealing. She says, however, school can serve as a distraction to a child’s medical routine. That is why, even though many of her students are taught at the bedside, she has a dedicated classroom in the hospital.

The cheerful room has a library, computer access, toys and games as well as a bulletin board filled with the names of her students written on colorful stars.

Braxton Pitzer was one of Wilson’s first students. The Bowling Green, Mo.

freshman year at SSM Cardinal Glennon but when he walked back into school this past fall after also having a summer tutor, he was with his friends in 10th grade. “Same level, like I never left,” he says with pride.

With tears in her eyes, his mother, Andrea Orf says, “You can fall behind so fast in school and it’s extremely hard to try and stay ahead. Brenda was amazing. I’d give the Shining Star School an A+!”

Wilson still sees Braxton when he returns for monthly check-ups.

“She still texts me to get my work done,” Braxton adds with a laugh.

Braxton Pitzer credits his hospital teacher with keeping him on track in school.

“Usually work is not fun, but she made it fun while I was here. She’s just a wonderful person and she still cares.”

Help the School Shine Brighter!

Support the Shining Star School with your gift to SSM Cardinal Glennon. Donations of any amount support the purchase of educational materials, computers and salaries for teachers. We also have a unique way of acknowledging gifts of $5000 or more — by putting your name as a contributing “author” on the planned “Doorway to Learning” into the Shining Star School.

Shining Star If you would like to find out more about supporting the Shining Star School contact Andrew Sutton at 314-678-6647, or Andrew_Sutton@ssmhc.com.

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In 2000, Joyce and Brian Smith adopted their son, John, from Guatemala. They had two adult sons from previous marriages, but were not able have a child together.

John was the light of their lives, and Joyce decided she wanted to be a full-time, stay-at-home mother while Brian continued to work. Faith has always been a large part of their lives and they knew God had a plan for them. Fast forward 14 years.

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t was 57 degrees outside on Monday, January 19.

Kids were off school in celebration of Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday. Like most 14-year-old boys, John Smith and his two pals are interested in sports. For these three, their love is basketball.

After spending the night at a friend’s house, John called his mom to let her know that they would be going to the recreation center near his friend’s home to practice their jump shots before returning home.

What happened in the next fifteen minutes forever changed their lives. The water at Lake Sainte Louise, a smaller body of water near Lake St. Louis, had frozen the week prior due to the cold weather. John and his friends wandered out on the ice and decided to take a photo of themselves with a cell phone, thinking it would be cool. Shortly after that photo

was taken, the trio fell into the 40-degree water.

Emergency crews were called and three departments—Lake St. Louis Police and Fire District, St. Charles County Ambulance District, and Wentzville Fire District—responded to the place where the boys fell in the lake.

It was a familiar scene for responder Tommy Shine from Wentzville Fire District: “We were just practicing cold water rescue a week ago,” he said. Shine and his crew went out on the ice and rescued John’s two friends, but couldn’t locate John. By all accounts he had been under water for nearly 15 minutes.

Suddenly, Shine moved two feet to his right and located the 14-year-old.

“Immediately we got him out of the lake and started CPR,” Shine said. “The land rescue team used the AED twice and gave him several doses of epinephrine to get his heart started.”

As the team continued to work for a sign of life, they transported John to SSM St. Joseph Hospital West. Twenty emergency personnel continued to perform CPR on John. Never before had anyone come back after being pulseless for 30 minutes and their efforts were continuing at 46 minutes.

Dr. Kent Sutterer, John’s Emergency Room doctor was preparing to tell his mother that she needed to come say goodbye to her son.

“I asked Joyce to come into the room, so she could see her son,” Dr. Sutterer said.

“She was crying as is to be expected. Then she cried out ‘ I believe in a mighty God and he can perform miracles. Lord please bring John back to us. God, please send your Holy Spirit to heal this boy!’ Just then the Holy Spirit came in that room and started that boy’s heart once again. His heart was jumpstarted by the Holy Spirit listening to the request of a praying mother.”

The team continued warming John and transported him via helicopter to SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center. Dr. Jeremy Garrett, pediatric critical care and drowning specialist, was waiting for him with a specialized care team.

“When he arrived, John had irregular gasping-type breathing, but even the most basic brainstem functions continued to be absent,” Dr. Garrett said.

SSM Cardinal Glennon nurse Wendy Hoff, a 23-year PICU veteran,

“I know that God has given me back life for a reason, He performed a miracle for a reason.”

John shares his gratefulness to God for being alive with Pastor Jason Noble.

reflected on what she witnessed just 24 hours after the accident.

“His brother came to get me and told me that John was awake and could move his arms,” Hoff said. “His eyes were open and I asked him if he knew who was in the

“His heart was jump-started by the Holy Spirit listening to the request of a praying mother.”

room. He gave me a thumbs up. I asked him if he could move his feet and he did.

I had never seen anything like that before and I began sobbing. Everyone around me began sobbing. We knew that John being here was a miracle.”

Loving mother, Joyce, is grateful to God for John’s miracle recovery.

At 48 hours after the accident, Dr. Garrett performed a unique and highlevel neurological function exam tailored just for John. John answered questions about his favorite basketball players, Michael Jordan and LeBron James, by raising either his right or left hand. He correctly answered all of the questions.

No one knew what to expect. He was defying all medical knowledge.

“I knew that God would finish the job,” Joyce said. “He wouldn’t just give us half a miracle. He was going to give us the whole thing and finish the job He started.”

Even the physicians were in awe.

“Results like this are not what knowledgeable physicians specializing in pediatric emergency or intensive care would expect, even with the best of care,“ Dr. Garrett said. “If I had not been part of John’s care from presentation to recovery, I’m not sure I would have believed it myself.”

On February 4, John walked out of SSM Cardinal Glennon bouncing a basketball. Later that day he ate at his favorite restaurant, O’Charley’s and got to sleep in his own bed. John continues to receive physical therapy for his hands but he is doing well and has a newfound appreciation for his life.

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CARDINAL GLENNON DAYS COMES TO ROGER DEAN STADIUM t’s hard to believe another year of Homers for Health has kicked off again!

Thanks to the support of Presenting Sponsor, Laclede Gas, it started off with a bang with Cardinal Glennon Days at Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter Florida.

A team of 40 volunteers joined us in sunny Florida for Cardinal Glennon Days March 5, 6, 8 and 9. Our Homers for Health volunteers (aka Team Rally) ready to work and dressed in their fluorescent yellow shirts, descended upon the stadium, along with their 40 foot RV, courtesy of St. Louis RV and Bus and the Gatesworth.

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ith raffle tickets in hand and eager to raise money for Cardinal Glennon kids, our volunteers rose to the challenge, arriving at the stadium each morning to set up and start the pre-game festivities.

Team Rally engaged Cardinals fans to participate in raffles for autographed items, they sold Homers for Health tshirts and invited fans to try the baseball challenge kiosk, raising thousands of dollars for Cardinal Glennon kids!

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Katie Lineberry and Libby Nolan (Emmis Communications), Sandy Koller, Jim Brennan and Christine Johnson of Laclede Gas get ready for the press conference.

The new kiosk, set up just behind the left field stands, invited fans to make a donation to try the baseball challenge, take their swing in the batters’ box or try throw a few pitches to get the K, attempting to win great prizes and autographed items!

Each day brought new donors to Homers for Health and K’s for Kids; but what was even more exciting was hearing all the stories about the lifesaving work performed at SSM Cardinal Glennon, all the way from Florida! It was amazing to have people stop by the kiosk just to share how grateful they are for the care they received. Some would tell us a miraculous story of a family member or friend whose life was saved by our world class medical care; some would stop by to participate, just to thank everyone for their work. It was a week full of sun, smiles and moments that left Cardinal Glennon in the hearts of thousands of fans across Cardinals Nation.

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Above: Rally Squirrel mingles with fans outside Roger Dean Stadium.

e held our Homers for Health/K’s for Kids press conference on field after Thursday’s opener, where Matt Holliday thanked Cardinals Nation for raising more than $1.7 million dollars in just three years. Matt also announced

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... Matt Holliday thanked Cardinals Nation for raising more than $1.7 Million dollars in just three years. that he was “Going to the Matts” this year, introducing his new co-chairs, first baseman Matt Adams and third baseman Matt Carpenter. Following that announcement was starter Adam Wainwright’s declaration that he was bringing in closer Trevor Rosenthal to join him on the K’s for Kids side. The players talked about their love for the kids at Cardinal Glennon, and thanked the community for all they do, clearly excited to be back again this year!

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Choose your side!

H4H and K4K co-chairs lead the slo-mo wave at Roger Dean Stadium.

Cheer on the St. Louis Cardinals and support SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center at the same time!

Make your pledge to support the pitchers with Homers for Health or the hitters with K’s for Kids. Pledge online

Each day brought new donors to Homers for Health and K’s for Kids; but what was even more exciting was hearing all the stories about the lifesaving work performed at SSM Cardinal Glennon, all the way from Flordia!

at glennon.org or pick up a pledge form at any of our participating retailers.

Fans can make a pledge for either home runs or strikeouts in the 2015 regular season.

You can pledge as little as 25 cents for every Cardinals home run or 5 cents for every Cardinals strikeout.

Matt Carpenter, Matt Adams, Adam Wainwright and Trevor Rosenthal address the crowd at Roger Dean Stadium.

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Board of Governors president Jim Brennan was on hand to thank all over our generous sponsors including presenting sponsor Laclede Gas, Coca-Cola, Petro-Mart, UGas, Lids Foundation, Lids, Lids Locker Room, Cardinals Clubhouse, Dierbergs, Johnny Macs, St. Louis RV and Bus, The Gatesworth and our media partners Fox Sports Midwest, KTVI Fox 2, KPLR11, FMNews Talk 97.1, NOW 96.3, 105.7 The Point, CBS SportsRadio and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, who without them, we could not be successful.

One of the most fun parts about Spring Training is filming the Homers for Health and K’s for Kids commercials each year! This year was unique as we asked hundreds of fans to stay in their seats after the game for the filming of “The Homers for Health Slo-Mo Wave” commercial … where our co-chairs ask fans to start the Slo-Mo Wave after every home run at Busch Stadium. The fans were great, getting the commercial filmed in just a few takes! Now let’s all rally around our co-chairs and get it started at Busch Stadium – Left field – you’re first – Holliday is watching!

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n a winter night this past January 18, Matt and Leslee Holliday could have been doing a number of things, given the limited time off that Major League Baseball players have in the off-season. But they chose to spend that particular Sunday evening hosting a dinner celebrating with and thanking all of the St. Louis Cardinals fans who made the Homers for Health Holliday’s Heroes pledge.

Matt and Leslee welcomed more than 200 guests at the downtown Missouri Athletic Club which included donors who made a pledge of $7 or more per home run or 75 cents or more per strikeout.

Don’t worry, the Holliday’s didn’t want your donations to pay for this celebration, so they picked up the tab!

Starting off the evening, Matt and Leslee spent The Holliday’s with Candance and Phil Jennings the first hour of the night greeting and taking photos with the donors who generously made the pledge. From there, they joined guests for a three-course meal, followed by a program celebrating the mission of SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center.

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The Wangerin family

Eleven-year-old cancer survivor Alex Wangerin and his family shared their story of Alex’s incredible journey, one that included Matt Holliday bringing his home run ball to the hospital the evening after he met him on his 10th birthday. The Hartman family also shared 8-year-old Ian’s journey, which brought the guests to tears, applauding David Freese, Matt Holliday and as they admired their strength Trevor Rosenthal and courage.

What was most important to the Holliday’s that evening was to be able to thank the donors in person, and bring them together to celebrate the mission of SSM Cardinal Glennon. A personal touch — something no email, no commercial, no billboard can do.

That is what makes us so lucky to have Matt and Leslee as part of our family – they not only care about the patients and their families, they make sure they take the time to show the donors they care too. Thanks Matt and Leslee, for all you do for Homers for Health, and our donors, our patients and their families!

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The Hartman family

Matt embraces Ian Hartman

LOU BROCK BRINGS IN THE GAME BALL WITH ALEX! his year, GBR15 kicked off at SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center despite a small rain delay in the morning. At the opening ceremony, presenting sponsor Laura Wasson from Tech Electronics took to the podium to thank the crowd and start the relay.

With Laura was with patient Addie Ames, who was running in honor of her sister Cheyenna, a cystic fibrosis patient who passed away in February of this year.

It was a touching moment to see her proudly carry the torch, something that we know would make Cheyenna smile.

The relay made its way downtown greeting 11-year-old cancer survivor Alex Wangerin, along with Dr. Chris Hugge as they joined Cardinals legend Lou Brock to carry the ball through the crowd at Ballpark Village and through the sea of

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red in the streets. From there, they took the ball inside Busch Stadium, where Alex delivered the ball to home plate. And a special surprise – just after that, Alex got to jump in a car with Matt Holliday for the opening ceremonies.

GBR15 The Cardinals may have lost the home opener, but they brought home a winner for the kids at Cardinal Glennon!

TEAM RALLY takes Homers for Health to the community

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eam Rally didn’t stop at Spring Training – they came back to St. Louis and are making stops around the community!

For a donation to help the kids of SSM Cardinal Glennon, Team Rally can come to your school or business, creating a fun day for your students and employees. They set up shop for a day of fun, complete with their 40 foot luxury RV and baseball challenge kiosk, raffle tables with autographed baseball memorabilia, Cardinal tickets and more. For more information on Team Rally visit glennon.org/team-rally.

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at Cardinal Glennon Children’s Foundation, there is an unspoken trust that God will bring miraculous things together to make things happen for the kids at Cardinal Glennon. One would not call a partnership with former game show host Chuck Woolery miraculous in the biblical sense, but in the fundraising sense – you betcha!

Thanks to all of our sponsors, including presenting sponsor Laclede Gas and Fox Sports Midwest, we knew

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the Homers for Health Game Shows was going to be a hit even before the lights went on at Ballpark Village on Tuesday April 14. But it was the friendship of Todd Newton, host of Now 96.3 FM – who is very well connected in the Game Show industry, hosting the traveling Price is Right himself – brought Woolery into mix. Woolery, only slightly familiar with St. Louis, or at the very least knowing, as he said “having the most rabid fans in baseball” the former host of the hit TV show “Love Connection” agreed to Todd Thomas pumps up the Game Shows crowd with help from Team Fredbird.

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volunteer his time and fly in from his hometown of Austin, Texas and host “All-Star Match,” the second game of the evening.

Before that, the night started off with energy abound, with fans clamoring to buy “Wanna Play” tickets – a chance to play games on stage with their favorite Cardinals – get a guaranteed win with the “Autographed Mystery Ball Pull” or buy a ticket for the “Mystery Photo Booth” and get their picture with the unknown Cardinal behind the curtain.

The first game played was “Andy Benes’ Wheel of Chance” where a surprise appearance from Jon Jay made patient

Camryn Akerson Game Shows leap for joy in his arms! From there, “Clubhouse Feud” started, where once again it was the pitchers (Adam Watch the video Wainwright, Trevor Rosenthal, Lance Lynn and John Lackey) against the hitters (Matt Holliday, Matt Carpenter, Matt Adams and Peter Bourjos) in a little friendly competition. The crowd roared with laughter during Matt Holliday’s speed round response of “Matt Holliday”the answer to Martin Kilkoyne’s question “Name a famous Matt.” The pitchers prevailed in the end, with the contestant winning a new patio set, courtesy of Amini’s Home Rug and Game Room.

More fun was to be had when Woolery went into hosting his game “All-Star Match,” bringing in three Cardinals wives to compete against Kolten Wong, John Lackey and Lance Lynn. Leslee Holliday, Lindsey Rosenthal and Lauren Lynn showed us their playful side when asked what they would bring if they were stranded on a deserted island, they answered respectively Matt, Trevor and Lance!

Trevor Rosenthal playing around during Clubhouse Feud.

Curt Copeland hands out Cardinals tickets to contestants.

Jon Jay hugs Camryn Akerson.

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A dream come true!

When we first started talking to Chuck Woolery about the Homers for Health Game Shows, he innocently told us his lifelong dream was to throw out the first pitch at a Major League Baseball Game. Well, once we shared that with our friends at the St. Louis Cardinals, they were quick to respond!

On April 15, the day after the Homers for Health Game Shows, Woolery spent the morning touring SSM Cardinal Glennon and visiting patients. He was so impressed with the hospital and the warmth of the staff, who welcomed him as he walked the halls.

Later that evening, we brought him over to Busch Stadium where he fulfilled his lifelong dream, throwing out the first pitch, right before the Cardinals beat the Brewers 4-2 on Jackie Robinson Day! Chuck thanks the fans St. Louis for making him feel welcomed during his visit!

Adam Wainwright in Dugout Doodle.

Jason Isringhausen reveals himself as the “Mystery Cardinal!”

The third game, “Triple Play” was a series of fun, interactive games including “Mystery Cardinal,” where contestants had to guess who was in the silhouette behind the curtain, with a disguised voice and wearing a giant wig – which ended up fan-favorite Jason Isringhausen. Next came the “60 Second Challenge,” as Matt Carpenter and Jon Jay hit ping pong balls into a kiddie pool full of peanut butter bread with their contestants, followed by “Dugout Doodle” where Holliday, Waino and Rosenthal played a hilarious (and hard to decipher!) game of Pictionary with the winners as their wives judged.

The night ended in a “Deal or no Deal” style game where contestants were called to pick one of 10 suitcases held

by Cardinal wives along with Holliday and Adams. The winner picked lucky number suitcase 4, held by Lindsey Rosenthal, which she opened to a cannon full of confetti dropping on the stage,

Lindsey Rosenthal opens the winning suitcase, a new car!

and a brand new Jeep was won by Tina Garrison, courtesy of Dave Sinclair Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram. Lots of laughter was lingering as partygoers were filing out of Ballpark Village at the end of the night. Summing up the night was a comment overheard by one guest “This was the best night of my life, better than the birth of my children!”

In her defense – no pain was involved in the Homers for Health Game Shows!

We hope to see you next year for the third annual event!

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A spirit of community and gratitude makes Tuesdays “tasty” for SSM Cardinal Glennon parents

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irst in line at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, at the long table outside the Ronald McDonald Family Room is mom Rachel Davis. As a growing group of parents forms steadily behind her, she smiles, grabs a plate and says, “This is like date night, you know!”

Davis, who spent many weeks with her son at SSM Cardinal Glennon, referred to Tasty Tuesdays as “the one thing I look forward to get me through the week”.

Tasty Tuesdays were initiated in October 2014 through the hospital’s Glennon Ambassador program. On

EVERY Tuesday of the month, parents can look forward to a free meal, camaraderie and support. From Pizza Night to Italian night, the Glennon Ambassadors serve meals to approximately 50-80 people on average each week, all sponsored by generous donations from local restaurants. Parents can enjoy their dinner in the comfort of the Family Room, or take their meal “to go.” Dinner is offered to ALL parents staying on the inpatient units, and in just six short months of operation, it has become “culture” in the hospital as a

special “healing touch.”

Ambassador Joe Rohatsch spearheaded the weekly event. Since joining Glennon Ambassadors in 2012, Joe has channeled his gratitude, his friendships and appreciation of food into compassionate efforts to help families.

Joe is a former patient and owner of Frank’s Autobody. At one of his earliest Ambassador meetings, he remembers how parents discussed the power of simple comforts like food and snacks to “take the edge off ” and provide a smile during what can often be longer than

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unanticipated or stressful hospital stays.

Since that very first meeting, Joe was driven to maximize what HE can do to make those smiles happen. Joe recruited local businesses in 2012 so Glennon Ambassadors could offer a MONTHLY dinner to families. It didn’t take long to recognize the impact those meals played for many parents. “So many people need food. And some of them just need to get away for a bit. But ALL of them are smiling when they leave. And that just feels so good,” says Joe. After just a few months of dinners, SSM Cardinal Glennon’s Food Service Department generously stepped in to offer providing the meal for families.

With the monthly dinner provided internally, Joe immediately looked for how he could do MORE. He joined forces with friend, Joe Weinmann, owner of Kenrick’s Meats & Catering, and together they provided an additional

monthly free meal. As the smiles and gratitude from families multiplied over the year so did Joe’s zest for expanding the effort further. He has recruited a total of nine additional businesses that all donate meals to the program.

This hearty, community engagement has led to many more smiles and a lesser financial burden to hundreds of SSM Cardinal Glennon families.

Joe invested in temperaturecontrolled transport boxes so he can take care of the pick-up and delivery of food from each establishment. He does this every week and enjoys giving feedback to each of the contributors. “They all ask if everyone is enjoying the food they provide. They love hearing that it makes parents smile and that for many it relieves a financial burden. For many of them that’s thanks enough to know that their donation is really touching someone,” says Rohatsch. Steve Weinmann of Kenrick’s Meats & Catering states, “All of us at Kenrick’s believe that part of having a business is helping others. My father and Joe Weinmann (Kenrick’s owner and Joe’s uncle) mentored my cousin Tim and me that way as children, and we are fortunate to continue that philosophy and help the kids and families at Cardinal Glennon.”

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Gianino’s Restaurant states the Gianino family got involved with SSM Cardinal Glennon years ago. For well over 10 years, the Gianino family has supported the hospital’s Footprints program through participation in the Holly Krieg Memorial Golf Tournament. “Joe is one of our best customers. When he approached us to help with the dinner program, it was a natural connection. We love helping families at the hospital, and providing some nights where dinner is on us so they don’t have to worry about it,” says Julie.

Restaurants currently participating in the Tasty Tuesday effort currently include: • Bill Gianino’s •K enrick’s Meats & Catering • Joey B’s • Joe Boccardi’s • Joanie’s Pizzeria • Dewey’s Pizza • Bartolino’s • Favazza’s • Rizzo’s • Jimmy John’s

Tasty Tuesdays Sign up to help!

If you own a business or know of a business that would like to be a part of the Tasty Tuesday dinner program at SSM Cardinal Glennon, contact Grateful Patient Coordinator, Laura Wulf at Laura_Wulf@ssmhc.com or 314-678-6635.

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Kids Best Friend

“I don’t know what the magic is, but there is something that puts him at ease,” says Michele Middleton as son Brayden, 6, plays in a room filled with therapy dogs.

Brayden did not speak or interact with others when he arrived three years ago at the Knights of Columbus Developmental Center at SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center. After diagnosis for an autism spectrum disorder, his early behavioral therapy sessions often included a dog.

The magic of the human-to-dog bond brought Brayden out of his shell and prepared him for speech and occupational therapy.

“Brayden would get face-to-face with the dogs,” his mother says. “He made eye contact with the dogs before he made eye contact with a lot of humans. Now he makes eye contact with just about everybody.”

Research suggests that humans and dogs bonded around 36,000 years ago. Wolves may have followed early Europeans to enjoy the scraps left after a successful hunt. Eventually a child brought an orphaned wolf pup into camp.

Brayden plays doctor with therapy dogs Quincy and Clark.

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ids with autism spectrum disorder relate better sometimes to animals because the dogs give them unconditional love and acceptance,” says Rolanda Maxim Gott, M.D. She is associate professor and director of the division of developmental pediatrics at Saint Louis University School of Medicine and medical director of the Knights of Columbus Developmental Center and Missouri Autism Center.

“He made eye contact with the dogs before he made eye contact with a lot of humans.

Now he makes eye contact with just about everybody.”

“Animals can have a role in decreasing anxiety of adults and children with autism spectrum disorders. We are also seeing therapy dogs as a model of training for things such as brushing teeth and improving social interactions,” Gott says.

Higgins, the first therapy dog “hired” at SSM Cardinal Glennon, is handled by Elizabeth Miller, R.N., B.S.N., a clinical nurse in the center, and Cathy Wilmott.

Higgins since has been joined by Quincy, Clark, Gretchen, Zoey and other canines who work in the Knights Center.

Other dogs visit hospital playrooms. The dogs and handlers volunteer from two local not-for-profits, CHAMP Assistance Dogs and iMpower K9.

The dogs’ assignments include role modeling of medical procedures and simply providing the enjoyment of hugging a big, friendly ball of fur.

The Knights Center conducts research in therapy animal roles and has joined the International Association of Human-Animal Interaction Organizations.

The Knights staff recently presented a dog therapy study at an international autism symposium in Toronto. After 22 children underwent therapy sessions with dogs, parents reported increased

Lynn Bock conducting speech therapy with Brayden.

socialization and compliance with directions along with decreased anxiety.

Higgins boosted Brayden’s social interaction, says his father, Stanley. “It blended into the speech program and he has really taken off.”

“He went from not being able to tell me he wanted to eat to telling me what he wants to eat,” his mother says.

“He doesn’t have as many issues with frustration.”

Dog therapy assists children in learning many skills, says speech pathologist Lynn Bock, M.S., CCC/ SLP. “Schools use them for kids who are struggling with reading. The kids can sit with the dog and practice their reading without someone judging them.”

autism, Gott says. “We are going to expand in equine-assisted therapy to explore its impact for kids. We also are trying to build some vocational training skills for people with autism to teach them how to care for pets as professional trainers or dog walkers.”

The American Psychological Association has formed a Section on Human Animal Interaction to study effects on development and health promotion.

“There is something calming and soothing about a dog,” says Sarah Grafeman, Ph.D., a psychologist at the center. It is amazing for parents to hear their kid, who hasn’t been verbal, talk to the dog.”

Logan Neckermann, 6, of Desoto, Mo., is a new patient. “The nurse walked by with the dog and got his attention.

They played basketball together,” says his mother, Emily. “When he left he was on cloud nine. That probably made him more comfortable and open up more.”

“There is something calming and soothing about a dog.”

Psychologist Sarah Grafeman introduces therapy dog in training to Logan.

The Knights Center is offering dental visit familiarizations with therapy dogs for children who have anxiety issues and is collaborating with schools to study classroom dog therapy for students with

Brayden travels from his home in Irondale, Mo., twice weekly for speech and occupational therapy.

“He is able to sing the alphabet,” says his mom Michele. “He can count backward and read and write.”

Brayden’s vocabulary is a source of family celebration, Michele says. “If your kid plays sports, you applaud when they hit a home run. For us, every time a new word comes we applaud.”

“It is amazing what you can get out of kids when you bring a dog,” says handler Darla Golden. “How, I don’t know.”

“The dogs can reach a place we can’t as humans,” adds handler Janet Cole.

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Glennon glennon.org CELEBRATING THE FAITH, COMMITMENT, AND GENEROSITY OF OUR SUPPORTERS.

New Donor Recognition

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Gifts of $250 and above are listed in Friends. To view the full listing of gifts received by our Glennon Friends visit glennon.org

Thanks to the

Development Board for their continuous support of our events and programs.

President Michael Sluhan

President Elect Matt Carr

VP of Public Relations and Marketing Stephanie Moll VP of Event Support Tracey Swabby Board Members

Tony Bommarito Jason Buhlinger Anthony Caleca Hannah Castellano Michael Garner Lacie Good Elizabeth Grana Marti Gurley Marcy Handlan James Heffner C.G. Hintmann Karen Kelly David Kilper Rick Kuhlman Libby Nolan Kevin Rejent Chad Silker David Skaggs Matt Stack Patrick Van Cleave Katie Werner Steve Wynd

The best gifts under the sun for America’s leading Catholic children’s medical center

The Glennon Circle supports our mission to reveal God’s healing presence by providing for the unrestricted needs of SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center. The generous spirit of donors in the region and across the United States allows the Cardinal Glennon Children’s Foundation to build and sustain dozens of critical departments, programs and treatment centers at the medical center.

Members of the Glennon Circle enhance the health care and treatments of those we serve by making annual contributions of $1,000 or more:

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President’s Circle . . . . . . . . . . . $10,000 and above Champion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000-$9,999 Heroes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,500-$4,999 Guardians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,000-$2,499

Members of the Glennon Circle enjoy the following courtesies: » Invitations to donor appreciation events, lectures and receptions » Monthly e-newsletter » Annual report recognition » Glennon Magazine recognition » Glennon Circle lapel pin

Charter Membership: »

2014-2015 Members will receive permanent recognition in the medical center on the Glennon Circle of Hope

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Exclusive communications from SSM leadership regarding the state of SSM Health Care

For more information please contact Sarah Kleekamp at (314) 678-6624 or sarah_kleekamp@ssmhc.com.

Thank you!

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Every Gift Counts President’s Circle $10,000+ could fund... »a family room on the Oncology floor that would allow parents a comfortable place to relax and have private conversations with their physicians while their child is undergoing treatment Champions $5,000–$9,999 could fund... »e cho cardiogram exam tables, which assist in the diagnosis of heart-related conditions Heroes $2,500–$4,999 could fund...

»a hospital-grade sleeper sofa for parents

who are spending the night with their child in their room

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Camp Braveheart for heart transplant patients

Guardians $1,000–$2,499 could fund...

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children served by multiple programs

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who are bonding with and holding their premature infants during their critical first

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activities used by Child Life therapists to play with children throughout the hospital

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to keep up with schoolwork and interact with peers when hospitalized for long periods

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George Erker

Investment Banker and generous contributor

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eorge Erker offers great advice for investments and for charitable contributions — pick what you know. For the past several years, his acumen for investments has resulted in multiple opportunities to support philanthropic interests, including SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center.

“I play the market instead of playing tennis,” he says with a twinkle in his eyes. “I’m not a broker; I look for stocks to hold for long-term investments.”

Erker is all the more remarkable because at age 92, he still is active as a Senior Vice President for Morgan Stanley in Clayton, Mo. A 1939 graduate of Country Day School in St. Louis, Erker went from playing tight end for the high school football team to a two-year stint at Princeton University before enlisting in the Navy during World War II. He served for five years as a pilot in the Pacific. It was while stationed in Guadalcanal that the investment bug took hold.

“My grandfather had given me a few shares of stock when I was younger and I was interested,” Erker says. “Being a pilot, I could see what we were using and what companies were providing those products.”

He picked up an investment book to learn about stocks and bonds in between flying missions and then started to invest in what he saw. “I bought shares of McDonnell Aircraft, General Dynamics and Bendix first,” he recalls vividly. “Then, after the war, on February 11, 1947, I took up the investment business full-time.”

“I invest in Cardinal Glennon and several other St. Louis-based charities because I believe in the St. Louis region. The result is that my donations are like investing in stocks. I’m picking what I know.”

He moved on to investing in leading St. Louis companies — Emerson, Anheuser Busch, May Department Stores, to name a few — as well as picking stocks for a growing list of clients. Along the way, he married Patricia Noyes. Between the two of them, they brought to the marriage a daughter and four sons, one of whom grew up to become a doctor. After 25 years of marriage and lots of great memories, Patricia became ill and passed away “too soon” at the age of 61.

To honor her memory, Erker turned to his stepson, Dr. Blakeslee Noyes, Director of Pulmonary Medicine at SSM Cardinal Glennon. Erker established the Patricia Erker Pulmonary Fund at the Cardinal Glennon Children’s Foundation to support program needs in the pulmonary department as well as the research activities of Dr. Noyes. He does that primarily by rolling over his annual IRA disbursements into charitable contributions.

“I don’t think many people realize that they can tap their IRAs to make charitable contributions,” he says thoughtfully.

“Having been successful in business, I now have the opportunity to be generous and this is a good way to do that.”

“My stepfather and other family members have been extremely generous in their support of the Patricia Erker Fund, in honor of a beloved wife and a beloved mother,” says a grateful Dr. Noyes.

“Those funds have helped with advanced educational opportunities for many of the staff in the Pulmonary division and, with my stepfather’s most recent gift, have allowed us to gather the extensive data needed to support our application to the US News and World Report for ranking in Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine.”

Erker pauses to look out the window and reflect on his years of investing. “I come from a Catholic family and Cardinal Glennon is the only free-standing Catholic children’s hospital in the country. I invest in Cardinal Glennon and several other St. Louis-based charities because I believe in the St. Louis region.

The result is that my donations are like investing in stocks.

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Tribute Sister Nora Therese Buckley

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ister Nora Therese Buckley, FSM, a former administrator at SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center, passed away on January 6 at the age of 88. She served as Vice President of the hospital’s Board of Governors from 1978 to 1984 and Vice President of Patient Care Services from 1984 to 1989.

Born in Cambridge, Mass., Sister Nora entered the Sisters of St. Mary in 1941. She earned a bachelor’s degree in nursing at Saint Louis University in 1951, a bachelor’s degree in theology at St. Joseph’s College in Rensselaer, Ind., in 1964 and a master’s degree in nursing of adults and adolescents with a minor in nursing administration at New York University in 1972.

Prior to her appointments at SSM Cardinal Glennon, she was a Clinical Instructor and Assistant Director at St. Mary’s Infirmary and surgical nursing supervisor at SSM St. Mary’s Health Center.

After leaving St. Louis, she worked with Florida Children’s Medical Services to establish a home-care program for infants and children with HIV/AIDS. She served as a visitor to women with AIDS and ministered as a licensed medical foster parent to special-needs infants and toddlers.

She also served at hospitals in Madison, Wis., Kansas City, Mo., and Myrtle Beach, S.C.

Sister Nora returned to St. Louis in 2001 and worked at Almost Home, a transitional place for homeless teenage mothers and their children.

Her funeral Mass was celebrated in The Sarah Community Chapel in Bridgeton, Mo. Survivors include a sister, Mary Beechy of Monee, Ill. Burial was in Resurrection Cemetery.

MATCHING GIFTS Thank you to the corporations that supported gifts to our mission made by their employees.

October 1, 2014 to March 31, 2015 Anheuser-Busch, Inc. Aon Foundation GlaxoSmithKline Foundation Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals Matching Gift Program MasterCard Matching Gift Program

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Merck Foundation The Monsanto Fund Peabody Energy Matching Gifts The Pfizer Foundation Scottrade

Tribute Father Raymond J. Oge

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ather Raymond J. Oge visited his young parishioner for a couple of years, driving from St. Agnes Church in Bloomsdale, Mo., to SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center.

“The child had a rare disease and was in the hospital on and off,” recalled Jill Oge, his sisterin-law. “At the end, the child was there for several weeks and passed away. Father was impressed with what he saw people at the hospital doing for that child.”

Father Oge, 72, passed away November 30, 2013, and left a significant contribution from his estate to the Cardinal Glennon Children’s Foundation. The gift will impact the lives of patients for years to come.

The native St. Louisan was ordained

by Cardinal Joseph E. Ritter, who oversaw construction of SSM Cardinal Glennon. Father Oge was a retired U.S. Army colonel, a member of American Legion Post 150 and a fourth-degree member of the Knights of Columbus. His brother, Glennon Oge of St. Louis, was named for Cardinal John Joseph Glennon.

Glennon’s son Aaron is a former hospital patient. “He had surgery when he was 14 and was there for five days. Now he is 41 and absolutely fine,” Mrs. Oge said.

friends Anonymous Mrs. Deborah Abbott Abbott Ambulance Inc. Abbott Laboratories Employee Giving Campaign Mr. and Mrs. William G. Abkemeier Mr. and Mrs. Larry Abright Frank Adam Foundation Advanced Vision Care LLC Mr. and Mrs. Keith Ady Dr. Naila A. Ahmad Mrs. Patricia Ahrens Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Ake Mr. and Mrs. Alan W. Akerson Mr. and Mrs. David B. Albers

Gifts of Friendship

SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center warmly thanks the following benefactors for their gifts of $250 and above designated for specific programs or for the unrestricted Children’s Fund.

Dr. and Mrs. Gary M. Albers Mr. and Mrs. Douglas A. Albrecht Mr. and Mrs. Gary R. Aldenderfer Dr. and Mrs. Jorge M. Alegre Mr. and Mrs. Giafranco Alleruzzo Ameren Corporation Charitable Trust American Direct Marketing Resources LLC Mr. and Mrs. Robert Amsler, Jr. Ancient Order of Hibernians in America Saint Clair Division Dr. Teresa L. Andreone and Mr. Jon Deuchler Mr. and Mrs. Carl W. Andris Anheuser-Busch, Inc.

Mr. Ronald Anthony AppealMasters Archdiocese of Saint Louis Ms. Sarah M. Asinger Dr. Sarah AuBuchon and Mr. Jacob D. AuBuchon Mrs. Josephine H. Auffenberg Mr. and Mrs. Denis A. Backer Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Baer Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Bakula Mr. and Mrs. Dan H. Ball Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Ballenger Bank of America Barking Dogs, LLC Mr. and Mrs. Timothy G. Barrett

Mr. and Mrs. Timothy R. Barrett Mr. Edward Bartelme Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Basler Ms. Katherine C. Bauer Mr. Delbert P. Bauersachs Ms. Anna Baumann Mr. and Mrs. Greg H. Baumann Reverend Lawrence L. Baumann Mr. and Mrs. Philip J. Baumgarth Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Baur Ms. Margaret T. Bayer Ms. Jane F. Beato Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Beck Mrs. Kathleen R. Becker and Mr. Howard Becker

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Tribute Brandt’s Story continues

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have been a nurse at Cardinal Glennon for 27 years. Brandt was like no other child I had ever met. He was so brave! He lit up the room,” recalls Joy Baltz, R.N. Brandt Ballenger of Swansea, Ill., then 7, came to SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center in October 2011. His diagnosis was Wilms’ tumor, a rare pediatric kidney cancer.

His mother knew he would seek care at The Costas Center. “I was a patient at Cardinal Glennon when I was 11 months old,” says Robin Ballenger.

“I had a Wilms’ tumor as well. They were so nice to me and my mom and dad.”

Brandt’s outgoing personality flourished in the hospital. “He loved all of the doctors and nurses,” his mom says. “He had to tell them his jokes or show them a game on his iPad.”

“It makes me happy to know his story continues. He makes me remember why I chose to be a nurse and work at Cardinal Glennon.”

Brandt also enjoyed giving gifts to other patients and sharing his iPad. After courageously battling cancer for 20 months, he passed away on July 23, 2013. He was nine.

“We still keep in touch with a lot of nurses,” his mother says. “We have donated to Homers for Health and have a gift card program for people

Gifts of Friendship Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Beetz Mr. Brian Behrens and Mrs. Laura Behrens Mr. and Mrs. Larry F. Behymer, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John Bender Mr. and Mrs. Raymond D. Benner Mrs. Dorothy L. Bequette Mr. Daniel Berglund Ms. Lori Bergman and Mr. Mike Shannon Mr. and Mrs. Lee A. Bernstein Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Berron Mr. Rodney Berry Mr. and Mrs. Ike Bibas Mr. and Mrs. James P. Bick, Jr.

who would like to donate in Brandt’s memory.

Brandt would want us to help other kids.”

Donors may make a contribution for gift cards from Brandt’s favorite website, vat19.com, which sells gifts, puzzles and games. Friends have given approximately $1,300 to “Team Brandt ” to purchase cards for dozens of patients.

“It makes me happy to know his story continues,” Baltz says. “He makes me remember why I chose to be a nurse and work at Cardinal Glennon.”

Donations to Team Brandt may be made by calling Cardinal Glennon Children’s Foundation at 314-577-5605. Gift cards also may be purchased from vat19.com then printed and mailed to Cardinal Glennon Children’s Foundation, Attn: Team Brandt, 3800 Park Avenue, St. Louis, Mo. 63110.

SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center warmly thanks the following benefactors for their gifts of $250 and above designated for specific programs or for the unrestricted Children’s Fund.

Mrs. Kelly S. Bick Mr. and Mrs. Brian Billhartz Mr. Galen Bingham and Mrs. Monique Bingham Mr. and Mrs. Paul D. Biolchini Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Bishop Mr. Robert E. Bittick Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Blansett Captain and Mrs. James R. Blum Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Bodine Bodine Aluminum, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Body The Boeing Company Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bohannan Dr. Robert E. Bolinske

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Mr. and Mrs. Fred A. Borges Mrs. Tricia A. Bouton and Mr. Donald N. Bouton Mrs. Mary Bower Mr. and Mrs. Gregory H. Boyce Ms. Laura Boyce Ms. Marie C. Boyce Ms. Clare Brady Mr. and Mrs. Terry Brakhane Ms. LaTasha Y. Bramlett Mr. and Mrs. Edward S. Braun Mr. and Mrs. Greg Bredenkoetter Mr. James G. Brennan and Mrs. Rose Brennan Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Breuer

Ms. Carol Bright Mr. and Mrs. Douglas A. Brockhaus Mr. and Mrs. Michael Brooks Dr. and Mrs. Matthew A. Broom Mr. and Mrs. Scott Brothers Mrs. Jacqueline R. Browde Ms. Rose Brower Mr. Clayton C. Brown Mr. Fred E. Brown and Mrs. Carole Ann Brown Dr. Jeffrey Brown Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Brown G.J. Brown Charitable Trust Mr. John M. Bruno and Mrs. Kathleen L. Bruno

Spotlight Miss Merry Christmas

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ola, Illinois teenager MaKenna Mette shares an interesting statistic with SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center. At 15 years of age, she already has undergone 15 surgeries at the pediatric hospital, three for a major brain condition called Chiari malformation, a structural defect in the part of her brain that affects balance.

“She also was diagnosed at nine months of age with selective primary immune deficiency disease,” says MaKenna’s mother, Valerie Goodin. “She basically had no immunoglobulin antibodies to protect her against infections. She later was diagnosed with hypogammaglobulinemia.”

Being in an out of hospitals initially left a toll on MaKenna’s self-esteem. Her mother decided to enter her in a local beauty pageant and she won first place. “It was a wonderful and amazing result and she was so happy!”

Over the years, MaKenna has competed in hundreds of beauty pageants and taken home major titles in between her trips to the hospital and going to school.

“Cardinal Glennon has meant the world to us. It’s a second home and I can’t say enough about the great people who work there and take care of kids like MaKenna.”

“We basically come to the hospital every three weeks,” says Valerie. “When MaKenna became a teenager, though, we noticed almost immediately that there was nothing for an older child to do in the hospital playroom — no nail polish or toys or games for children of her age. We decided to do something about that.”

Ms. Maureen A. Brusati and Mr. Tony Brusati BSI Constructors, Inc The Donald H. and Mary Jane Buchanan Foundation Mr. Daniel D. Buck and Mrs. Holly K. Buck Mr. and Mrs. Eugene K. Buckley G.A. Buder, Jr. and Kathryn M. Buder Charitable Foundation Mr. and Mr. John Bukovac Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bunton Bunzl USA, Inc. Dr. and Mrs. Max H. Burgdorf Mr. and Mrs. Stephen G. Busekrus Bussen Quarries, Inc. Mr. John F. Byrnes Mr. and Mrs. Mike W. Bytnar Mr. and Mrs. Philip B. Cady, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Callahan

Mr. and Mrs. Craig R. Campbell Ms. Patricia Campbell Ms. Rosemary Campbell Ms. Gloria Canaley Mr. and Mrs. James R. Canova Mr. Thomas W. Capritta Mrs. Allison Carapazza Mr. and Mrs. Mark Carnes Mr. and Mrs. T. Michael Carpenter Mr. Julian L. Carr and Mrs. Eileen M. Carr Mr. Matt L. Carr and Mrs. Ashley E. Carr Mr. James M. Carron Mr. Terry L. Carter CASCO Diversified Corporation Ms. Vivian Casey Mr. James G. Castellano and Mrs. Karen M. Castellano Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Castellano

The first year, the family requested toy and game donations at a local beauty pageant.

The result was more than 200 toys, which they donated to HIS KIDS, an organization that supports kids with cancer.

The next year, the family decided to focus on SSM Cardinal Glennon because of their tight and ongoing connection to the hospital. “We also wanted to do something locally and get some of the pageants involved,” says Goodin.

MaKenna Mette Miss Merry Christmas, delivers Four different pageant presents to the kids at SSM Cardinal Glennon. systems in Illinois are now involved in Valerie’s mission to support teens undergoing treatment at SSM Cardinal Glennon. They include: International Fresh Faces (IFF), Runway Beauties, Perfectly Perfect and Sparkling Dollas.

“Together we’ve donated close to 1,000 toys, pajamas, socks, hats, gloves, robes, games, nail polish and stuffed toys over the past three years we have supported the hospital,” says Goodin. “We hope to keep doing this for a long time.”

“Cardinal Glennon has meant the world to us,” she says softly.

“They were family to MaKenna and me when we didn’t have family down there. It’s a second home and I can’t say enough about the great people who work there and take care of kids like MaKenna.”

Mr. and Mrs. David A. Chaput Dr. Kaveer K. Chatoorgoon Children’s Tumor Foundation Christ the King Parish Mr. John J. Christian, Jr. Christner, Inc. Dr. Catherine C. Cibulskis Mr. and Mrs. Richard G. Cisiewski City of Saint Louis Dr. Colleen Claassen and Mr. Thomas Claassen Mr. Robert N. Clark, III Mr. and Mrs. Terry L. Clark Mr. Robert Clarkson Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Clayton, Jr. Dr. Molly Cline and Dr. Steven Cline Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Clithero Code Consultants, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Donald C. Coffey Mr. Demetrick Coleman

Ms. Mary F. Coles Collaborative Strategies, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Collier Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Collins Colormaster Automotive Paint, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. William Colp Commerce Bank, N.A. Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Conley, Sr. Conner Ash P.C. Consort Homes Mr. Joseph J. Conway Dr. and Mrs. Marvin A. Cook Dr. Amber Cooper Mr. and Mrs. Matthew T. Copeland Mr. and Mrs. Daniel H. Cordes Mr. Joseph E. Corrigan Mr. Harold D. Cosma Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Costigan, Jr.

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Spotlight Alley Oop!

Mary McDermott Basketball Tournament Raises Funds for Cardiac Catheterization Suite

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SM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center continues to be honored through the memory of a former heart patient. Hundreds of people turned out in early January for the 6th Annual Mary McDermott Basketball Tournament in the St. Louis Archdiocese. The tournament, which raises money for the medical center and included 16 teams of third-grade boys and girls, was exciting and filled with lots of slam dunks, alley oops, and high-fives in Mary’s memory.

Gifts of Friendship Monsignor Thomas E. Crane Mr. and Mrs. Daniel L. Creech Crown C Supply Company, Inc. Ms. Kimberly Crowning-Hoffman Ms. Susan W. Cutright Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Czajka Mr. Robert D’Alessandro Mr. and Mrs. Gerald R. D’Angelo Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Danis Danis Charitable Trust Ms. Jennifer Daugherty Ms. Carol J. Daughtry Mrs. Tricia B. Davies Mr. Derrel D. Davis Ms. Pamela L. Davis

“It was another great success,” says Mary’s father, Bill McDermott. “We are committed to keeping Mary’s memory alive and to supporting Cardinal Glennon because of the great care she received there.”

Mary, who was born premature, was diagnosed with heart problems that then led to liver complications. She passed away in 2008 at the age of 24.

In her name, the McDermott’s and their friends have held the basketball tournament to raise funds to support the hospital’s Pediatric Hybrid Cardiac Catheterization Suite, the only one of its kind in the region.

The hybrid suite,

which debuted in 2011, enables a cardiac interventionalist to work side by side with a heart surgeon to diagnose and fix a heart problem in one procedure, thereby enabling faster healing and recovery.

“Mary’s problems initially were with her heart, so our first experience at Cardinal Glennon was with the doctors and nurses involved in heart procedures,” explains McDermott. “Because of our experience with this team, we had the feeling from the beginning that this was absolutely the right place to be.”

“We are committed The 2015 tournament to keeping raised just over Mary’s memory alive and to bringing the total raised in supporting Mary’s memory to more than Cardinal Glennon over the past six years. because of the great care she received there.”

$31,000 $227,000

SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center warmly thanks the following benefactors for their gifts of $250 and above designated for specific programs or for the unrestricted Children’s Fund.

Mr. Thomas M. Day, Jr. DCRS Solutions The Deaconess Foundation Mr. and Mrs. George Dempsey Mrs. Georgia Denneen Mr. and Mrs. Frank Descant Mrs. Mary Rose Desloge Mr. and Mrs. Louis Deutschmann Ms. Frances C. Dickerson Digital Intersection Dr. Ann M. DiMaio-Ricci Mr. John E. Distler Mrs. Elizabeth A. Diveley and Mr. Douglas Diveley Diversified Packaging Corporation

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Dr. and Ms. William R. Dodd Mrs. Nettie Dodge Dr. Faye E. Doerhoff Ms. Janet A. Doll Mrs. Betty J. Donahoe Donatic Dr. Alla Dorfman Mr. Michael Doyle Mr. and Mrs. Ted R. Drewes, Jr. Mr. Jared Droste DRS Technologies Political Action Committee T. Drury Contracting, Inc. Mr. Shawn Dryden Mr. and Mrs. William DuBois

Mr. and Mrs. Victor Dubrowski Dr. and Mrs. Barry Duel Mr. and Mrs. Samuel W. Duggan Ms. Martina Duperret Dr. Justin Durel and Mrs. Kathleen Durel Mr. and Mrs. Kevin E. Dwyer Dr. and Mrs. Gerald A. Dzurik Bluff City Eagles Aerie #3730 Harry Edison Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Eisele Dr. Samer K. Elbabaa Ms. Jan Elsbach Ms. Sandra Emerson Mr. Aaron R. Emig

Spotlight KOC Evansville

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n Saturday, May 24, 2014, the Knights of Columbus Council 1952 of Evansville, Il. held their first SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center Jeep

Rally. The rally began with a moving ceremony honoring the veterans of wars and those who have served in the Armed Forces

by American Legion Post #1172.

Commander Tyrus Becker led the ceremony. Following the ceremony, Chaplain Father Ben

Stern led everyone in prayer and then blessed the vehicles and people. With a shotgun start, the rally was off and running with over 150 vehicles participating and 400 people in attendance.

Highlights of the day included a delicious chicken dinner and

cold drinks served along with music playing in the street.

Thanks to their generosity, $7,200 was raised, making this event a huge success.

That event, along with a $1,600 donation by the Fort Kaskakia Fourth Degree from their 2014 Mother’s Day dinner, and a $1,500 donation from the 9th Annual KOC Council 1952 4-man golf scramble on October 18, 2014, accumulated in a check presentation in the amount of

$10,300

to BENEFIT the

Knights of Columbus

DEVELOPMENTAL

Center at SSM

Cardinal Glennon.

Thank you Knights of Columbus Council 1952 for your continued support.

Mark McConachie, Past Grand Knight, Erin Hentz and Elizabeth Williamson of Cardinal Glennon Chidren’s Foundation.

Dr. Elizabeth Engel Enterprise Holdings Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Richard O. Erdmann Ms. Barrett S. Erker Mr. George H. Erker Mr. David R. Espinoza Mr. and Mrs. John E. Evans, III Mr. Steve Fafoglia Mr. Allen K. Fagin and Mrs. Christina A. Fagin Mr. Patrick Fahey Mr. and Mrs. Keith FaQuin Mr. Mark Fedak Mr. Helmi Felfel Reverend Joseph F. Felker Mr. and Mrs. Joe Fels Mr. John Ferrell Ms. Debra K. Fickenwirth

Fiduciary Advisors, Inc. Mr. Robert T. Fischer Fischer-Bauer-Knirps Foundation Fishco Group Dr. Colleen M. Fitzpatrick Mr. and Mrs. William L. Fleschner Mr. and Mrs. William Flis Ms. Bonnie A. Flynn Mr. and Mrs. Raymond R. Fournie Mr. and Mrs. Craig C. Fowler Ms. Margaret Fowler Mr. and Mrs. Steven N. Frank Franklin Mechanical, Inc. Dr. and Mrs. Daniel M. Fraser Ms. Gloria M. Frigo Mr. Albert J. Froesel Miss Klara E. Frommherz Mr. and Mrs. Mark J. Fronmuller

Mr. Robert E. Frost Mr. and Mrs. Albert H. Fuchs Mr. Scott Funke Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Galli Garden View Care Center Inc. Gateway Combined Federal Campaign Gateway Grizzlies Gateway Harmonica Club, Inc. Genex Financial Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Genovese Ms. Mary Ann Gephardt Mr. Richard M. Getz Reverend John J. Ghio Mrs. Rita Gibbons and Mr. James Gibbons Mr. and Mrs. William E. Giese Mr. Dennis G. Gipson and Mrs. Mary E. Gipson

Mr. Denis J. Glennon Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Goltermann Ms. Tamara Gonzales Good Shepherd School Mr. Joseph M. Grana, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Donald L. Granger Grant Veterinary Clinic Great Central Lumber Company Great Southern Bank Greensfelder, Hemker and Gale, P.C. Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Grellner Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Greminger Mr. David S. Grossman Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas P. Guehlstorf Mr. Mark A. Guethle Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Guilander Mr. David J. Gund Mr. Jeffrey B. Gundlach

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Spotlight Home Run Partnership

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Wells Fargo Donates To Homers for Health

omers for Health is the wonderful beneficiary of an innovative business contest and program created by Wells Fargo. The company launched its national Wells Fargo Works Project Contest last year to support fledgling companies needing tailored business solutions and professional guidance. Five grand prize winners were selected, including Giant Project, Inc./ProXR, LLC, a company founded by St. Louis inventor Grady Phelan. Phelan, a creative consultant, developed a new, ergonomically designed baseball bat that cradles the hand and reduces compression in the hand and increases performance.

ProXR was awarded $25,000 by Wells Fargo to further a business plan and then was given $5,000 to designate a local non-profit in their community to support. Thanks to Wells Fargo, Phelan chose SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center and the Homers for Health program.

“The Wells Fargo Works Project award has allowed me to invest in prototypes for metal bats, testing and new product development,” says Phelan. “We have made amazing progress since winning this award and are poised to close our first round of investments to further expand the business. Selecting Homers for Health as the Wells Fargo community partner was the perfect charity to honor because helping kids is clearly a wonderful mission. The additional tie-in to the St. Louis Cardinals also fits well with our goal to improve the health and performance of baseball players through a totally redesigned baseball bat that gives batters more precision and power in their swing.”

“Selecting Homers for Health as the Wells Fargo community partner was the perfect charity to honor because helping kids is clearly a wonderful mission.”

Grady Phelan, founder of ProRX, a company that designed a new ergonomic baseball bat, was the recipient of the Wells Fargo Works Project Award and designated his community partnership donation to Homers for Health at SSM Cardinal Glennon.

Gifts of Friendship Mrs. Patricia Gundlach Mr. and Mrs. John M. Gunther Ms. Marti Gurley Mr. and Mrs. Mark J. Guyol Mrs. Kathleen M. Haferkamp Dr. and Mrs. Dean D. Hageman Ms. Linda Hagen Mrs. Sherlyn Hailstone and Mr. William Hailstone Dr. Donna R. Halloran Mr. Mark Hanneke Mr. and Mrs. Carey Hannum Mrs. Christina Hansen Mr. and Mrs. Damon R. Harbison Mr. and Mrs. Larry A. Harrington

The Wells Fargo Works Project contest drew more than 3,600 entries and was part of an innovative initiative to engage and inspire small business owners across the United States.

SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center warmly thanks the following benefactors for their gifts of $250 and above designated for specific programs or for the unrestricted Children’s Fund.

Mr. and Mrs. Jeff A. Harris Mr. Brian Hartman Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Hartman Mr. and Mrs. Gary F. Hartnell Mrs. Michelle A. Hawk Mr. John F. Hefele and Mrs. Diane Hefele Ms. Minnie Heitkamp Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Hellwig Dr. Thomas Helmrath Mr. and Mrs. Terry Henderson Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hendrickson Mr. and Mrs. Jerome J. Hennek Miss Heather Henson Mr. and Mrs. John F. Herber, Jr.

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Mrs. Faith Herbers Dr. Virginia Herrmann Mrs. Patricia J. Heutel Mr. and Mrs. Gregory A. Hewett Mr. and Mrs. Andrew R. Higginbotham Mr. Edward D. Higgins and Mrs. Lynne Higgins Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Hill Mr. and Mrs. John M. Hillhouse Mr. Cory Hillmann Mr. Richard Hilmes Mr. Thomas E. Hilton and Mrs. Barbara Hilton Ms. Rosemary Hoehn

Mr. and Mrs. Ronald W. Hoenninger Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hogan Mr. and Mrs. John J. Hogan Mr. and Mrs. Michael R. Hogan Mr. and Mrs. Chad Holderle Ms. Audrey M. Holdsworth The Holekamp Foundation Mrs. Nicole Holland-Hong and Mr. Justen Hong Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Hollenkamp Ms. Debra A. Holley Mr. Matt Holliday and Mrs. Leslee Holliday Ms. April J. Hood Dr. and Mrs. J. Joseph Horan

Spotlight TEE OFF for the Kids

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TEE OFF for the Kids golf outings

n Saturday, September 13, St. Alban Roe Council 12022 held their 14th Annual TEE have raised more than OFF for the Kids at the Missouri Bluffs Golf Club. This year’s event raised $28,000 to benefit for SSM Cardinal Glennon Medical Center. the Knights of Columbus Developmental Center at SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center. Dan Burke, Chairman for the event, indicates that the key to the event is an enthusiastic Committee who shares a common dedication to the work of the Center.

This event was started by a dedicated, passionate St. Alban Roe Knight, Herb Driscoll. Mr. Driscoll commented that “from a humble beginning our growth has far exceeded our expectations and encouraged us to work diligently to expand our efforts in the future.

Beyond the financial impact the event has, we benefit from a wonderful Council camaraderie that is evident during planning and playing.” TEE OFF for the Kids golf outings have raised more than $290,000 for SSM Cardinal Glennon Medical Center.

Please join us September 12, 2015 as we “TEE OFF for the Kids.” For more information Judy Delaney, Erin Hentz (Event Coordinator, Cardinal Glennon Children’s Foundation), Steve MacKanos, call 314-577-5605.

$290,000

Kaycee MacKanos, Heather MacKanos, Chelsie MacKanos, Celeste Litton, Dan Burke, Ruth Burke and Gail Albers.

Mr. and Mrs. Gregg Hosch Mrs. and Dr. Stephanie M. Hosler Mr. Christopher D. Howard and Mrs. Linda Howard Mr. and Mrs. Richard Howe Mr. and Mrs. John M. Howell Mr. and Mrs. James W. Hrubes Dr. Charles B. Huddleston Mr. and Mrs. Paul Huff, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence W. Hunter Mrs. Priscilla Huot Ms. Gloria E. Hurley Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Hurst Hussmann Corporation Ms. Amy Huston Hutton and Jost Memorial Trust Icon Mechanical Contractor, LLC Mr. and Mrs. John J. Inkley, Jr.

Mrs. Ethel Innello Innovative Construction & Roofing Interstate Cleaning Corporation Ms. Janet Y. Jackson Mr. and Mrs. Donald L. Jacobs Mr. Joseph J. Jaeger Ms. Marilyn Jaffke Mr. and Mrs. Vincent J. Jansen Jennings, Jacknewitz & Schrader, P.C. Mrs. Patricia L. Johaningmeyer John Thomas NKH Foundation Johnny Mac’s Sporting Goods Stores, Inc. Ms. Kathy M. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Ron D. Johnson Ms. Stephanie L. Johnson Robert E. Jones Foundation Mrs. Diane H. Joseph Ms. Pamela Jozwiakowski

Roger Dean Stadium, Ltd. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Jurgensmeyer Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John T. Kaestner Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Kanik Mr. and Mrs. Ray N. Karasek, Jr. Ms. Patricia E. Karraker Mr. Ray E. Keefe Mr. and Mrs. Gerald A. Keeven Mrs. Ashley Kemper Ms. Marcella M. Kennedy Mr. Tom A. Kenyon Mr. and Mrs. William T. Keough Mr. Paul E. Kerkemeyer Sister Eileen Kersgieter Mrs. Ann J. Key Mr. Michael F. Kickham, Jr. Kicking Cow Promotions, Inc. Theodore A. Kienstra Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. William M. Kikas Mr. and Mrs. Robert Killion Mr. and Mrs. Eugene J. King Ms. Kathleen Kinsella Dr. and Mrs. Laurence Kinsella The J.W. and Mildred A. Kisling Charitable Foundation Mr. Eric Kittner Ms. Lisa Klempert KLS Martin, L.P. Mr. and Mrs. Gary L. Klucker Clifford L. Knight Foundation Knights of Columbus 4th Degree Fort Kaskaskia General Assembly Knights of Columbus Bishop Althoff General Assembly No. 0193 Knights of Columbus Columbian Charities of Missouri, Inc.

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Spotlight On a Crusade Against Cancer

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$26,000

ighting back against cancer has become a community The group raised affair in Clay County, Ill. Since 2011, the Clay more than County Cancer Crusaders have held an annual last year, donating half that to SSM Cardinal Glennon. With the carnival-type celebration called “The Crusade” in a significant monies raised, the group also has been the impetus for local park. The Crusade, complete with game booths, increased support of cancer patients through the Clay County entertainment, and food, is an opportunity for local organizations to Cancer Support Group. come together and raise money to fight cancer and support cancer “The Clay County Cancer Support Group was able to increase patients in their area. its donations to cancer patients in our area from $100 to $500,” “We ask local organizations such as churches and scout troops says Haycock. “Our county, for whatever reason, is really affected by or individuals to sell food or run a game booth to raise money for cancer and there are so many needs in the community.” cancer research and care,” says Lisa Haycock, one of the founders of Clay County Cancer Crusaders and now its treasurer. “A highlight of the Crusade is the recognition of cancer survivors at the event. It’s really a celebration of their fight against cancer.”

The Crusaders fundraise all year long. In addition to the large Crusade event, the group puts on an annual Celebration Dinner that is free for any cancer survivor in the county and their guest. This spring, the Crusaders held their 2nd annual “Splattering For A Cure” color run as a fun outdoor fundraising event.

Money raised is split between helping local cancer patients through a community organization called the Clay County Cancer Support Group and offering the rest to hospitals and physicians on a rotating basis for use in cancer programs and research.

The Clay County Cancer Crusaders held its second “Splattering for a Cure” Color Run this spring to raise money for the fight against cancer.

“We have donated medical equipment and furniture to enhance the infusion therapy room at Clay County Hospital in She continues, “Hundreds of people and businesses participate our area,” explains Haycock. “Last year, our group came together in the fundraising activities of the Clay County Cancer Crusaders. and realized that there were several little kids from our community We are so grateful for the opportunity to celebrate survivors and to who were being treated for cancer at Cardinal Glennon. We decided support cancer efforts in any way we can. As our logo states, we are to donate half of the 2014 proceeds to The Costas Center to help ‘Joining hands and hearts against cancer.’” support the program.”

Gifts of Friendship

SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center warmly thanks the following benefactors for their gifts of $250 and above designated for specific programs or for the unrestricted Children’s Fund.

Knights of Columbus Council No. 2932 Trenton Fr. G. H. Neteme Knights of Columbus Crusaders Council No. 11146 Knights of Columbus District 44 Clown Club Knights of Columbus Illinois State Council Knights of Columbus Ladies Auxiliary Desmet Council No. 742 Knights of Columbus Marian Council No. 9522 Knights of Columbus Msgr James Patrick Burke Council No. 2964

Knights of Columbus St Joseph of Freeburg Council No. 13197 Mrs. Jane F. Knobbe Mr. and Mrs. Leonard A. Knobbe Mr. Robert E. Koberlein Mr. and Mrs. Chris T. Koenemann Kohl’s Department Stores Mr. Alois J. Koller, Jr. Mrs. Sandy Koller and Mr. Al Koller Mr. James G. Koman and Mrs. Jennifer Koman Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Komnick Mr. and Mrs. James R. Korbelik Ms. Jennifer Korte

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Mr. and Mrs. Frederic Kotcher Mr. and Mrs. Gerald E. Krausz Mr. Jacob B. Krebsbach Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Kroenke Ms. Mary Krummenacher Mr. John C. Kueneke and Mrs. Sharon A. Kueneke Mr. Thom Kuhn Kuhn Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Chris Kult Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Kult Mr. Donald P. Kusterer Mr. Craig E. LaBarge and Mrs. Andrea LaBarge

Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. LaBelle Mrs. Eleanor Laney Dr. and Mrs. Donald E. Lang Laps for Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Mr. Joseph W. Larrew and Mrs. Mary P. Larrew Larus Corporation Mr. and Mrs. Gregory P. LaVigne Ms. Sara Layman Mr. John C. Leahy Mrs. Patricia Lengermann Mr. Robert G. Leonard and Mrs. Marcia Leonard Mr. and Mrs. Chris Leuthauser

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’m happy to do something to help others and put smiles on the kids’ faces,” says 8-year-old Rachel Saferite, who has learned a lot at her school about the importance of helping others.

She also has heard about members of her favorite team, the St. Louis Cardinals, volunteering on behalf of kids at SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center.

Those ideas became merged on Rachel’s eighth birthday when she decided to have a party for the hospital’s patients.

“We were having a family birthday party but she wanted to have a birthday party with her girlfriends, too,” says her mother, Angela Saferite. “She felt like she was fortunate enough to have a lot of things, so she didn’t want more presents. She thought, ‘How about giving the presents from my friends to children who are not as fortunate?’”

After her party, Rachel and her mom delivered dolls,

Dr. Gretchen Levey Mr. and Mrs. Daryl Lewis Lewis, Rice and Fingersh, L.C. Dr. Donald Lighter Dr. Alexander Y. Lin and Dr. Katherine Lin Mrs. Carol P. Lister and Mr. James Lister Mr. Mark Livingston and Mrs. Susannah Livingston Mr. Eric Lobser Dr. Mark Lobstein Mrs. Laurie Lock Mr. and Mrs. Steven N. Lohe Mr. Thomas J. Lohse Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Lorenz Ms. Katherine D. Lottes The John Allan Love Charitable Foundation

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crafts and puzzles to the Cardinal Glennon Children’s Foundation offices.

“Rachel loves the Cardinals and knows they do a lot of things for Cardinal Glennon,” Angela says. “She knows a lot of children are in the hospital for a long time and could use some cheering up.”

“How about giving the presents from my friends to children who are not as fortunate?”

Rachel participates in a leadership program in her second-grade class at Chesterfield Elementary School.

“They talk a lot about service projects in the community,” her mother says. “She has done presentations at the school about leadership. She is very mature for her age.”

Rachel Saferite dropping off her birthday presents.

Mr. Stanley Lubiewski Mr. and Mrs. Bernard E. Luebbert Lumara Health Ms. Karen Lynch M & M Transmission Ms. Shirley J. Macaron Madonna Della Rocca Society Mr. and Mrs. Steven J. Madras Mr. James C. Maender Mr. William Maher Ms. Diane M. Mandle Mr. and Mrs. Herman G. Mangold Mr. and Mrs. Edmund T. Mann Mr. Steve Manno Maple Leaf Gun Club Marcone Supply Mr. and Mrs. Bart J. Margiotta Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Marquitz

Mr. Paul M. Marshall, III Mr. Donald R. Martin Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey T. Martin Mr. and Mrs. R. Patrick Martin Martin Family Foundation Mary, Mother of the Church Parish Mathew’s Kitchen, LLC Mr. Louis Matustik Miss Janet M. May Ms. Joanna May Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Mayer Captain and Mrs. Darren Mayes, VIII The McAuliffe Law Firm, LLP McBride and Son Management Co. Monsignor Robert L. McCarthy Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. McCarthy McCarthy Grittinger Weil Financial Group LLC

Mrs. Sandra J. McClarty and Mr. Patrick McClarty Mr. Timothy McCoy Judge and Mrs. David P. McDonald Mr. Warren D. McGowan Mr. and Mrs. James McHugh McKelvey Homes Mr. Dale F. McKenna Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. McMillin Mr. Kevin McMullan Mr. and Mrs. Gerald T. McNeive, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. George L. McNichols Mr. and Mrs. Michael P. McWhorter Judge Mary Ann L. Medler Reverend Gerald A. Meier Dr. and Mrs. Hagop S. Mekhjian Mr. George T. Mell, Sr. Mr. Andrew Mellies

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Spotlight Optimist Club

Supports Hospital School Program

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pecial thanks to the St. Louis Optimist Club for supporting SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center’s Shining Star School.

The school provides in-hospital teachers and educational resources to support chronically ill and hospitalized patients. The

$20,000 donation will help support teacher salaries and supplies for the upcoming year.

This giving program sponsored by Glennon Ambassadors allows families to honor a caregiver who especially impacted them, by making a financial gift in their name. Staff members recognized as a Light of Hope from October 1, 2014 to March 31, 2015 with a gift made in their name include:

Maureen A. Brusati Michael Calabrese Lauren Capps If you would like to make a donation in honor of a caregiver please visit

glennonambassadors.org

Gifts of Friendship

SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center warmly thanks the following benefactors for their gifts of $250 and above designated for specific programs or for the unrestricted Children’s Fund.

Mr. Robert Mellor Dr. and Mrs. Stephen V. Menzel Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Merenda Mr. Albert Metzger Mr. Martin P. Metzler Mr. Gene J. Meyer Mr. and Mrs. George E. Meyer Mr. and Mrs. Leo J. Meyer Mr. William L. Meyer Mr. and Mrs. Steven C. Middendorf Mr. and Mrs. James A. Middleton Midwest Elevator Company, Inc. Midwest Trust Company of Missouri Mr. and Mrs. Corky Miller Mills Truck and Tractor Service, Inc.

Mr. and Mrs. David Mintert Mrs. Patricia L. Minzes Misfitz Too Missouri Foundation for Health Missouri State Employees Charitable Campaign Mr. Peter Montana Mr. Michael Montgomery Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. Monzyk Mr. Donald B. Moore and Mrs. Elaine Moore Ms. Joan M. Moran Mr. and Mrs. Eugene A. Morgenthaler, Jr. Mr. Larry C. Morris

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Mr. and Mrs. Jason L. Motte Mrs. Kimberly Motz Mr. and Mrs. Christopher C. Mower Mr. Michael L. Mudd Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Mueller Mr. John P. Mulderig Mr. Louis I. Mund Mr. and Mrs. Michael Murphy Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Murphy Mr. and Mrs. John J. Napoli Mr. and Mrs. Ken Naumann Nestle Purina Company Mr. James Newton Ms. Corissa Nichols Mr. and Mrs. James W. Nichols

Mr. Robert Nichols Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Niemann Dr. and Mrs. David A. Nile Mr. Michael E. Nolan Nordstrom, Inc. Dr. and Mrs. Blakeslee E. Noyes Mr. and Mrs. Christopher B. Noyes Nu Way Concrete Forms, Inc. Mr. Michael O’Brien Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. O’Brien Judge Sheila R. O’Brien and Judge Wayne Andersen Mr. and Mrs. John T. O’Connell Mr. James J. O’Connor and Mrs. Helen K. O’Connor

GRANTS Grants Meet Multiple Needs

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ast year, Cardinal Glennon Children’s Foundation procured almost three million dollars in grant awards and pledges, and the impact of these funds is being felt all over SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center. We wish to thank these sponsors for their commitment to our kids!

• The Knights of Columbus Developmental Center is helping youngsters with autism and other developmental disabilities to gain social skills and overcome many challenges — St. Louis County Children’s Service Fund, Variety Club, Sidney R. Baer Foundation, and Autism Speaks.

• The Outpatient Pediatric Dialysis Unit is replacing much of its worn equipment and lending blood-pressure monitors to families of children with advanced kidney disease — Deaconess Foundation and Phyllis Weber.

• The Cleft-Craniofacial Center will be acquiring high tech diagnostic equipment; also, some of its physicians attended an informative conference — Donald and Mary Jane Buchanan Foundation and KLS Martin.

• The Costas Center continues to participate in clinical trials to find treatments and cures with the least levels of toxicity — St. Baldrick’s Foundation, Priger Foundation, and the Vernon and Mae Thompson Foundation.

• The Social Services Department assists patient families who are in danger of being evicted, having their utilities terminated or are lacking basic needs — St. Louis Affordable Housing Trust Fund, Kuhn Foundation, Kisling Foundation, Boeing Employees Community Fund, Mary Ranken and Ettie A. Jordan Foundation, Frank Adam Foundation, Pillsbury Foundation, and Echo Valley Foundation.

• Shining Star School Hospitalized and chronically ill children are keeping up with their schoolwork and classmates with the help of certified teachers in SSM Cardinal Glennon’s Shining Star School — Kallaos Family Foundation, U.S. Bancorp Foundation, Pott Foundation, and John Allan Love Foundation.

• Keeping Kids Safe! Children are safer in their cars, on their bikes and in their homes — Kohl’s Department Stores and the Arthur and Helen Baer Foundation.

• The Dana Brown NICU will soon have an endowed chair, and NICU families are learning skills necessary to cope with their children’s special needs — Dana Brown Charitable Trust, Children’s Trust Fund, and John R. Goodall Trust.

• Kids with advanced kidney disease attended a special summer camp — Genentech, Mid-America Transplant, and the American Kidney Fund.

• SSM Cardinal Glennon launched a new program to enable children in foster care to have the medical services recommended for their ages and conditions — Missouri Foundation for Health.

• Children from low-income and uninsured families are overcoming mental-health issues — St. Louis County Children’s Service Fund, and the Missouri Department of Economic Development Youth Opportunities Program tax credits.

• Hospitalized kids are enjoying brand-name toys and games — Mattel Toy Company.

• EMS workers are learning how to save the lives of children with special healthcare needs who reside in their communities — Missouri Foundation for Health.

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. O’Neal Mr. and Mrs. Jerome H. O’Neil, Sr. Father John O’Shea Mr. and Mrs. Keith Obermark Ms. Rose Ockenga Mr. and Mrs. John J. Oefelein Mr. and Mrs. William L. Offermann Mr. and Mrs. Michael P. Oliger Optimist Club of St. Louis Queen Anne Grand Chapter Order of Eastern Star Mr. and Mrs. Adam ORourke Mr. David T. Orthwein Our Lady of Lourdes Parish (University City) Mr. and Mrs. Michael Pailer Ms. Terry Palmisano

Dr. and Mrs. Santiago B. Plurad, Jr. Ms. Joan M. Ponder Mr. and Mrs. Marc S. Potrzeboski Pound 66 M.O.D.D. Ms. Rhonda Pour Miss Adelaide M. Powers Premium Retail Services Mr. and Mrs. Vernon S. Prinster Priority Properties Mr. and Mrs. Daniel L. Prosser Miss Claudia Pyatt Mr. and Mrs. John Rabenau, III Ms. Melissa Radabaugh Ms. Colleen G. Raley Mr. James B. Rascher Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Rauth Ms. Mirella Ravarino

Ms. Diane Paneitz Mr. and Mrs. James R. Paterson Dr. and Mrs. John J. Paterson Patriot Machine, Inc. Pattonville School District Mr. David Peacock and Mrs. Jane Peacock Mr. Donald S. Pearson Mr. and Mrs. David J. Peer Mr. Redford A. Perrine, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. John R. Peter Mr. Scott Peterson Mrs. Mary J. Petruska-Nordmann The Pillsbury Foundation Mr. and Mrs. James O. Pitlyk Ms. Rosemary Pitlyk Mr. and Mrs. Raymond C. Plas

Dr. Robert S. Ream and Dr. Sheryl Ream Red-Card Systems, LLC Mr. and Mrs. Gavin Rehkemper Ms. Jennifer L. Reinard Mr. and Mrs. Frank Reinholz Rengaw LLC Resurrection of Our Lord Parish Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Richter Ms. Helen A. Riechmann Mr. and Mrs. Douglas A. Ries Mr. James Riley Mrs. Ava R. Ringhausen Mr. and Mrs. James E. Ringhofer Mr. Jerry E. Ritter and Mrs. Margaret A. Ritter Andrea Rizzo Foundation

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Spotlight Celebrating a Decade of Memories

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ith extended family expected to arrive in St. Louis from around the country in June, the Mary Carroll Alonso Golf Tournament is gearing up to again be another “family love affair” to celebrate the memory of Mary Carroll Alonso.

Alonso worked in the Dana Brown Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center for almost 18 years before losing a longrunning battle against melanoma. She passed away in 2004. The third of eight children in her family, Alonso’s siblings and parents wanted to do something to honor Mary’s memory and bring the family together. For the past decade, they have held a golf event.

“Last year, our tenth year, we were able to donate $10,500 to Cardinal Glennon.”

Together, the family has extended the tournament over the years to include friends from church, work and around their neighborhoods. Over the last 10

years, the tournament has donated more than

$120,000 in Mary’s name.

Funds are used for The Costas Center, which cares for hundreds of children diagnosed with cancer each year.

This year, the Mary Carroll Alonso Golf Tournament is scheduled for June 12. “We’ve always just wanted to have family and friends around to remember Mary and talk about her life,” says Noonan.

She adds, “The money is just icing on the cake. The fact that we could do both and help children with cancer is amazing. Mary would be so tickled!”

“It’s always like a family reunion of sorts,” says September Noonan, Mary’s sister-in-law, who, along with Mary’s daughter Jenny, are working in the same neonatal intensive care unit at SSM Cardinal Glennon that Mary worked in.

“Last year, our tenth year, we were able to donate $10,500 to Cardinal Glennon.”

Gifts of Friendship Mr. and Mrs. Tim Roberts Ms. Sandy Robinson Reverend Robert L. Roedig Mr. John Roessler Mrs. Rebecca Rohan Mrs. Rosalinda M. Rosemann RubinBrown, LLP Mr. Thomas Rudnik Mr. and Mrs. Jerald W. Rumph Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Ryan Mr. Michael P. Ryterski Sacred Heart Parish (Florissant) Sacred Heart Parish (Troy) Dr. H. Farouk Sadiq and Mrs. Rubenah Sadiq

SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center warmly thanks the following benefactors for their gifts of $250 and above designated for specific programs or for the unrestricted Children’s Fund.

Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Saeger Miss Kyle Sainato Saint Alphonsus Parish - (Millwood) Saint Ann Parish (Normandy) Saint Anthony Parish - High Ridge Saint Baldrick’s Foundation Saint Dominic High School Saint Ferdinand Parish Saint John, Apostle and Evangelist Parish Saint Joseph Health Center Saint Joseph Parish - (Cottleville) Saint Louis Cardinals, LLC Saint Louis County Children’s Service Fund

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Saint Louis County Treasurer Saint Louis Italian Invitational Golf Tournament Saint Louis Street Rod Association Saint Louis University Saint Louis University High School Saint Margaret Mary Boy Scout Troop 671 Saint Margaret of Scotland Parish Saint Stephen Protomartyr Parish Mrs. Dana Sandweiss Mr. and Mrs. David P. Sauerburger Mrs. Melissa Sauter Mrs. Christine Savage Dr. James E. Schaberg

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur F. Scheer, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Dale J. Schillinger Mr. and Mrs. Michael Schlipmann Mr. Patrick C. Schlitt Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Schlueter Mr. Jason Schmidt Mr. and Mrs. John W. Schmidt Dr. and Mrs. Martin P. Schmidt Mr. Roy F. Schmidt Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Schmittgens Mrs. Joanne R. Schneider Mr. and Mrs. Albert F. Schoendienst Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Schowe Dr. Kenneth O. Schowengerdt and Dr. Joyce M. Koenig

Spotlight 2015 Glennon Card Shopping Dates Announced October 23 - November 1

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he 2015 Glennon Card shopping days will be held October 23 through November 1. Throughout this 10-day shopping period, shoppers who purchase a Glennon Card will receive a generous 20 percent discount at more than 300 stores, restaurants and salons. All card purchases benefit the patients at SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center.

During the 2014 program, 3,200 Glennon Cards

$159,991 resulted in a total of $182,494 raised.

were purchased, raising to benefit the medical center. Additional sponsor contributions “Our patients, staff and physicians are blessed beyond belief to have such a supportive Guild,” said Damon Harbison, vice president of operations at SSM Cardinal Glennon.

Ms. Marcia Schroeder Mr. and Mrs. Daniel T. Schultes Mrs. Kristie Schulz and Mr. Dale A. Schulz Ms. Mary Beth Schumacher Ms. Catherine E. Schwarz Mr. and Mrs. David A. Scroggs Mr. and Mrs. Scott Seaton Mr. and Mrs. Arthur A. Seise Seven Holy Founders Parish Mr. and Mrs. Dan Shaffer Ms. Carol Shahriary Mr. Mike Shannon and Ms. Lori Bergman Dr. Angela J. Sharkey and Mr. Gerry Lauber The Shaughnessy Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Michael E. Shea

Mrs. Joan B. Sheehan Mr. and Mrs. David K. Sheppard Mr. and Mrs. Donald Shewmake Ms. Susan B. Shriver Mr. Frederick P. Silva Mrs. Loretta C. Simon Mr. and Mrs. Randall J. Singer Mrs. Darlene Skaggs Mr. and Mrs. Dale G. Sluhan Mr. and Mrs. Dakota J. Smith Mr. and Ms. Dennis L. Smith Mrs. Elaine Smith Mr. Patrick Smith Mr. and Mrs. Terrance M. Smith Mr. John F. Sommer Mr. and Mrs. Dale E. Sondgeroth Mr. and Mrs. David R. Spence Mr. Michael Spiegel

“The funds from the 2014 Glennon Card efforts created enough capital to purchase new, advanced procedural and surgical scopes for numerous areas of the hospital. Patients undergoing general surgery, ear, nose and throat procedures, urological interventions, orthopedic surgeries or pulmonary procedures will benefit greatly from the new scopes. On behalf of everyone at Cardinal Glennon, we thank them for their continued support.”

The Glennon Guild, a ladies auxiliary made up of 300 volunteers, has been spearheading the Glennon Card program since 2011. In just four years, more than $591,000 has been raised to meet the needs of the medical center.

To become a Glennon Card sponsor or participating merchant, call 314-577-5605.

Dr. Sherri M. Sprehe and Mr. G. David Sprehe SSM Health Care - Corporate Marketing and Public Relations Dr. and Mrs. Tim W. Staed Mrs. and Mr. Christy Stansifer State of Missouri Mrs. Susan Staub Ms. Betty A. Stebbins Mr. Brian A. Steiner Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Stern Mr. Mark Stewart Mr. Kent Stock Mr. and Mrs. David J. Stockman Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Straatmann Mrs. Judy R. Streif Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Streit Mr. and Mrs. James M. Strubberg

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth J. Sudholt Ms. Cheryl J. Suedkamp Mr. Daniel J. Sullivan and Mrs. Kathryn C. Sullivan Ms. Dorothy Sullivan Mr. Andrew R. Sutton and Mrs. Tricia Sutton John S. Swift Family Charitable Trust Mr. and Mrs. Earl W. Swink Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Szwargulski Mr. and Mrs. Julian Szymanski Tacony Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. David Taiclet Ms. Katie T. Tarka Tech Electronics, Inc. The Compass Group Mr. and Mrs. Allen J. Thomas Mr. and Mrs. Jerome W. Thomasson

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Spotlight Tee It Up Fore Kids!

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ompassionate employees and superb care at SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center is one of several reasons why a local business has hosted an annual golf fundraiser to raise money for two St. Louis pediatric hospitals.

Kozeny-Wagner, a full-service construction firm in St. Louis that offers competitive solutions to challenging design and engineering projects throughout the Midwest, held its 5th annual “Tee It Up Fore Kids!” tournament last September at Sunset Hills Country Club. More than 120 golfers participated and many more joined in for a reception and silent auction afterwards.

KOZENY WAGNER surgeries in total, with the last one being open heart surgery, she is blossoming as any normal ten-year-old.”

Kozeny recalls one day they were in the hospital trying to make the hospital stay for Vivien the best possible under the circumstances. When the Cardinal Glennon Children’s Foundation heard that Vivien was a huge St. Louis Cardinals fan, they gave her a baseball gift basket, including a photo of David Freese. “Her eyes lit up because David was her favorite player,” says Kozeny. “The Foundation subsequently arranged a personal visit from David after one of the surgeries. It was an experience my daughter will never forget. Seeing that personal touch and relentless devotion to the children from all departments made it an easy decision to give back.”

Patrick Kozeny’s daughter was diagnosed with brain cancer at a young age and was treated at another St. Louis hospital. Today, she is in remission and thriving. The experiences of the two families led them to make the tournament an annual event.

Kozeny-Wagner has raised more than $150,000

Michael Kozeny, Dr. Charles Huddleston, and Scott Johnson

Kozeny-Wagner vice president Mike Kozeny and his brother, Patrick, started the tournament. “My daughter was born with a large hole in her heart and has been coming to Cardinal Glennon since she was one month old,” said Mike Kozeny. “After three

Gifts of Friendship Mrs. Kelly Thompson Mrs. Elaine Thomure Ms. Betty Ann Keller Timmer TivoliToo, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Todd H. Tobiasz Mr. and Mrs. John M. Tracy Tracy Family Foundation TRUiST Mr. and Mrs. Steven L. Trulaske Mr. and Mrs. David G. Tucek Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Tumminello Mr. David Uhercik UMB Bank of Saint Louis, N.A. Ms. Nancy T. VanCleave

in the five years since the tournament began, with half going to support SSM Cardinal Glennon and, specifically, the Dorothy and Larry Dallas Heart Center, where Kozeny’s daughter still receives regular check-ups.

Adds Kozeny, “This is a way to support the very institutions responsible for the health of not only our children but also the children of other family members, employees, clients and partners.

We are committed to making this an ongoing fundraiser.”

Join Kozeny-Wagner for their 6th Annual “Tee It Up Fore Kids” Charity Golf Tournament on Saturday, September 26, 2015 at the beautiful Sunset Hills Country Club. For registration and sponsorship forms, please email golf@kozenywagner.com.

SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center warmly thanks the following benefactors for their gifts of $250 and above designated for specific programs or for the unrestricted Children’s Fund.

Mr. Steven F. VanDinter Dr. and Mrs. Dennis W. Vane Variety the Children’s Charity of Saint Louis Mr. and Mrs. John H. Veidt Mr. Adam Vercimak Mr. Daniel A. Viers Mr. John A. Villa and Mrs. Suzon Villa Reverend Harold Voelker Dr. Carole A. Vogler Ms. Susan Vogt Ms. Bernice M. Voosen Mr. Michael J. Voss Mr. and Mrs. James C. Wachtman

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Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Waechter, Jr. Mr. Raymond T. Wagner and Representative Ann L. Wagner Mr. and Mrs. Richard Waidmann The Wal-Mart Foundation Mrs. Carroll B. Waldner Mr. David Walentik Ms. Deborah G. Walkenhorst Brother Michael H. Wallace F.S.D. Mr. and Mrs. Brian T. Walsh Mrs. Marguerite Walsh Mr. Patrick J. Walsh Mr. Thomas P. Walter and Mrs. Linda Walter

Mr. and Mrs. Steven Walters Dr. and Mrs. Christopher Wangard Mr. and Mrs. Edward K. Warner Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Warren Washington University in St. Louis Ms. Eliza L. Watson Mr. Donald V. Webb Mrs. Phyllis L. Weber Mr. and Mrs. Scott L. Weber Ms. Susan C. Weilbacher Mr. Donald N. Weis Reverend John H. Weis Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC Wells Fargo Community Support Campaign

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GIFTS OF Bequests

Thanks

to all who participated in supporting our events: AmazonSmile Budde Family Fun Day Cartwheel-a-thon CDH Awareness - Campbell Family Clay County Cancer Crusaders Fundraisers CMN Donations Edison’s Entertainment - Proceeds Fundraiser Evansville Council 1952 KOC Four Man Golf Scramble Glam Pass Glory Riders Motorcyle Ride Halloween Candy Buy Back Holly Krieg Memorial Golf Tournament HollyBerry Baking Company-The Gift That Gives Back Kozeny-Wagner Golf Tournament Local 148 Bass Fishing Tournament Lovin from the Oven Charity Pancake Breakfast Mary Carroll Alonso Golf Tournament Mary Hilton and Friends Gift Tags Mary McDermott Basketball Tournament Miracle May-Children’s Miracle Network Moto Europa Bike Raffle Oran Jaycees BBQ Competition Ride for Rocky Tee Off for the Kids The Richard L. Salinardi, Jr. Memorial Golf Tournament Thrivant Financial - Baseball Fundraiser Wendy’s Bonus Buck Program

Ms. Dorothy Wennemann Mr. and Mrs. James F. Wennemann Ms. Kathleen M. Wennemann Mr. and Mrs. James B. Werle Western Construction Group Mr. James F. Whalen and Mrs. Dana Whalen Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Wiegers Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Wilhelm Mr. and Mrs. William F. Willbrand, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William L. Willhite Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Williams Ms. Linda Williams Mr. and Mrs. Steve Williams Dr. Susan P. Willman Mr. and Mrs. Wayne W. Willman Dr. and Mrs. Robert W. Wilmott Mr. and Mrs. D. Paul Wilson

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Dr. Joshua Wilson Dr. Warren J. Wimmer and Mrs. Bonnie L. Wimmer Mrs. Mildred L. Winscott Mr. and Mrs. Richard Winter Mr. Robert J. Witterschein and Mrs. Jill M. Witterschein Mr. and Mrs. Don Woelbling Mr. Leonard A. Woker Dr. Ellen G. Wood and Dr. Robert E. Lynch Ms. Jean Woodard The John R. Woods Foundation Dr. Jamie L. Wooldridge World Wide Technology Foundation Mr. Michael J. Worley and Mrs. Leslie Worley Ms. Pamela Wright

SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center warmly thanks the following benefactors for their gifts of $250 and above designated for specific programs or for the unrestricted Children’s Fund.

Estate of John E. Adamove Estate of Reverend William Ahrens Estate of Cletus Ahrens Estate of Warren Barrios Estate of John Patrick Comer Estate of Dr. John Coughlin Estate of Dora Emnett Estate of Teresa Emnett Estate of Dorothy Huelsman Estate of Harry Hynes, Jr. Estate of Nick Kiriakos Estata of Henrietta C. Ley Estate of Hubert P. Macklin Estate of Marco Matranga

Estate of Mary Nunemaker Estate of Doris O’Brien Estate of Fr. Raymond Oge Estate of Leroy and Georgianna Schneider Estate of Sidney and Sylvia Souers Estate of Vincent F. Stotko Estate of Mary Thole Estate of Catherine Tillman Estate of Virginia Trochta Estate of Mary O. Winkler Estate of Alan A. and Edith L. Wolff Estate of June Zoellner

We regret the passing of the following Glennon Society members Oct. 1, 2014 to March 31, 2015 Ms. Gladys P. Anderson Mr. Palmer L. Conran Ms. Lorraine D. Dickherber Mrs. Lorraine K. Dirkers Ms. Nell S. Fincke Reverend Howard K. Krick Reverend Joseph V. Maynard Mrs. Kathleen McClain Mr. John T. McGoldrick Mrs. Mary E. Norris Mr. Thomas I. O’Brien Mr. Robert A. Peter Mr. and Mrs. Edward R. Schallom Mr. John Schrader Mrs. Dorothy Schrage Mr. Albert L. Simpkins Ms. Martha Sinopole Mrs. Dorothy Wolf

Mrs. Irene E. Wuertz Dr. Deborah J. Yersky Ylang-Ylang Mrs. Cathy Yost Mr. and Mrs. James A. Young Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Zaitz Dr. Joan K. Zawin Mr. and Mrs. E. George Zeilman Ann and Ken Zimmermann Mr. and Mrs. Peter G. Zimmermann Mr. Ralph C. Zinck Ms. Dorothy M. Zinn Mrs. Lynn Zond

Scan and see the Glennon Friends Gifts Received To view a complete list of gifts received from Oct. 1, 2014 to March 31, 2015, visit glennon.org and click Ways To Give.

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Where are they now

Trained at the Best

Julie Ferguson, DO 2003-2006 Pediatric Resident, SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center • now Board-Certified Pediatrician in Bridgeton, MO

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o Dr. Julie Ferguson, working for SSM Cardinal Glennon Pediatrics at SSM DePaul Health Center in north St. Louis County is like coming home.

The pediatrician was herself a patient for years at SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center.

She says her early experiences here shaped her decision to become a doctor.

“I had Crohn’s disease, so I spent tons of time in the hospital and had five surgeries while I was growing up,” says Dr. Ferguson. “I knew when I was eight years old that I wanted to be a doctor and I never wavered from that decision.”

After completing undergraduate studies in Virginia, Dr. Ferguson graduated from Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine in Kirksville, Mo. in 2003.

Andre Irvin, Jr. visits Dr. Ferguson for a check-up.

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“Even in undergraduate school, I would fly back into town to see my gastrointestinal doctor,” says Dr. Ferguson. “When the time came after medical school to apply for pediatric residency training, I selected Cardinal Glennon.”

What she found when she returned were many of the same nurses who took care of her when she was a child.

“It was amazing because so many of them welcomed me back as a resident,” she says fondly. “It felt like a privilege, coming full circle. It was the realization of a long-standing dream to return to Drs. Josh and Julie Ferguson, DO, on graduation day. the same institution that I credit with saving my life as a kid.”

Her own experiences in the hospital were often shared with other young patients and their families while she trained to become a pediatrician.

She recalls a time when a young girl was admitted with an inflammatory bowel problem. She was afraid of major lifestyle changes that might occur by having to undergo a surgical underinsured, uninsured or on Medicaid. procedure called an ileostomy, which With her interest in integrative medicine, re-directs waste disposal through an she focuses a lot of her time on wellness opening in the abdomen and into an and disease prevention and the benefits external colostomy bag. of exercise and healthy eating. She also is “She was sad and thought she one of two pediatricians in her practice couldn’t swim or have fun,” says who oversee a cavity prevention program Dr. Ferguson. “I was able to talk with for newborns to age 3. “If we can prevent her about my own procedure and then cavities at an early age, we can prevent about being on the swim and basketball unnecessary dental procedures and future teams. Instead of being devastating, it health risks to the patient,” she says. was liberating for her to realize she could With two children of her own, participate in normal, every day activities Dr. Ferguson has realized that SSM with her friends.”

Cardinal Glennon is a unique place. “It After residency, Dr. Ferguson really is one big family and everyone is remained at SSM Cardinal Glennon for always going above and beyond to not a year as a general pediatrician before only care for you but to make you feel joining the Bridgeton, Mo. office of SSM special.

And they treat the whole patient Cardinal Glennon Pediatrics. She is boardand the whole family.

That’s how I certified in pediatrics and works with approach the care of my patients now.” many patients and their families who are

“It was the realization of a long-standing dream to return to the same institution that I credit with saving my life as a kid.”

Our love for kids just keeps on growing!

Jenny Pekny CHRONIC EAR INFECTION PATIENT

now GLENNON AMBASSADOR AND MOTHER OF VINCENT, TETRALOGY OF FALLOT PATIENT AT SSM CARDINAL GLENNON

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am doing everything I can for the place that saved my son’s life,” says Jenny Pekny, mother of 18-month old Vincent.

Vincent was born with a combination of four heart defects known as tetralogy of Fallot and referred to the Dorothy and Larry Dallas Heart Center at SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center. A shunt was placed between his heart and lungs by cardiothoracic surgeon Charles B. Huddleston, M.D. “Unfortunately, a lot of very serious complications followed that procedure. We were in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit for more than two weeks and finally went home 23 days later,” Jenny says.

“I never in a million years thought I would experience half the stuff I went through.”

“I never left the hospital.

Vincent received such exceptional care from his doctors and nurses and all the staff. They treated me very well, too. They went above and beyond.”

Vincent is the youngest of the seven children of Jenny and Marc Pekny. Vincent’s older brothers and sisters have occasionally visited the Dan Dierdorf Emergency and Trauma Center at SSM Cardinal Glennon.

“There was nothing major,” Jenny says. “One of my daughters stuffed a popcorn kernel up her nose one day and we couldn’t get it out. We took her up to Cardinal Glennon.”

The family lives not far from the hospital and attends St. Francis de Sales Oratory Catholic Church in South St. Louis. Jenny grew up in the same neighborhood and was a frequent visitor to SSM Cardinal Glennon. “I had chronic ear infections from

infancy until I was six or seven years old. I developed an immunity to penicillin. I finally had tubes put in my ears when I was in the first grade and have only had five or six ear infections since. Whatever they did for me, it did the trick.”

Since his first stay at SSM Cardinal Glennon, Vincent has returned often for exams, cardiac catheterizations and a major reconstructive heart operation performed by Huddleston.

“He has been doing great since then,” his mother says.

“He is going to need some physical therapy because he is a bit behind developmentally due to everything that happened when he was so young. He is wearing glasses and has some eye issues so we’ll be following up with the ophthalmologist.”

Jenny home-schools her children, who range from Vincent’s age up to 13. She somehow finds the time to serve as a Glennon Ambassador and undertake many volunteer projects that support hospital families and staff.

“I make the little purple fabric bags that are given to parents,” she says. “They’re called a ‘spa in a bag’ and are filled with little toiletry The Pekny Family - Back row: Joseph, Angela, Grace, Marc and Jenny holding items that are really

handy for families who are going to be in the hospital for a while.”

She also prepares official notification letters for hospital staff members who are nominated to be ‘Ambassadors Choice’ honorees. “I put them in gold envelopes with purple ribbons so they look sort of like ‘Oscars’ awards! I also write thank-you notes to people who nominate caregivers,” Jenny says.

Marc visits a nearby St. Louis Bread Company every Thursday evening to pick up day-old breads, bagels and pastries in partnership with the restaurant’s Day-End DoughNation. “Our family packages them so they can be distributed to the hospital staff on what they call ‘Fun Food Fridays,” Jenny says.

“Jenny is an incredible resource,” says Glennon Ambassador Coordinator Laura Wulf. “Her feedback as a parent is so valuable. The whole hospital benefits from her gifts.”

“Vincent is doing very well,” Jenny says. “I am really happy to be giving back.”

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