Giving Hope: 2020 Donor Impact Report

2020 Donor Impact Report

THANK YOU for giving hope and extending healing in a year when our communities needed us — and we needed our communities — more than ever.

Thank You for Your Generosity and Partnership Watch this video message from AMITA Health President & CEO Keith Parrott to learn about the impact you have made on our communities in fiscal year 2020.

Visit AMITAhealth.org/ThankYou2020

Message from AMITA Health Foundation Board Co-Chairs Dear Friend,

THANK YOU for everything you’ve done this year for the AMITA Health Foundations and our mission to extend the healing ministry of Jesus through these challenging times.

This year has taught us a lot about caring for each other. Together, we have strengthened our connections to our communities and supported people in their time of need. We have gained purpose through our shared commitment to help our families, neighborhoods, schools and businesses overcome struggles.

THANK YOU for being a special part of this support and healing.

Based on a strong legacy from AdventHealth, Alexian and Presence, AMITA Health is, above all, a faith-based organization. This year has taught us a lot about faith — how to have faith in ourselves, in each other, and in the higher power that calls us together in the midst of suffering to help others.

Today, with Keith Parrott leading the way as President & CEO, and thanks to you, we continue to fulfill that mission. The path ahead of us is exciting. The opportunity before us to make a difference is greater than ever. Thank you, again, for giving of yourselves so generously.

With gratitude,

Mike Benoit Kenneth Bauwens Co-Chair, AMITA Health Foundation Board Co-Chair, AMITA Health Foundation Board

Table of Contents 3...................................................Financials 4–5............... Adeel’s & Robert’s Stories 6–7............................................. Telehealth 8–9............................. In-Kind Generosity 2

10–12........................... COVID Response 13........................Community Outpouring 14–15.................... Reaching the Margins 16..................................... Associate Relief

17........................................................ Events 18–19..................Looking Back & Ahead

FROM OUR LEADERS

You and our fellow AMITA Health Foundations community members contributed more than $17.2 million in fiscal year 2020 to support the faith-based mission of AMITA Health.

More than $1.7 million was invested to help AMITA lead in the fight against COVID-19 — providing funding for critical equipment and supplies, in-kind donations of personal protective equipment and meals, emergency assistance for frontline workers and resources to roll out telemedicine solutions for patients in hospitals, hospices and outpatient sites of care.

o M ore than $602,000 to support COVID-19 response and capital needs.

$361k

$602k $417k

o M ore than $361,000 to rapidly expand telemedicine. o N early $417,000 in in-kind gifts of meals and personal protective equipment.

$475k

o M ore than $475,000 to nearly 450 associates in need of emergency assistance.

Changing Lives in Our Communities Responding to community needs is core to our heritage. Our community benefit flows from our mission. In fiscal year 2019*, AMITA provided $253 million in community benefit including care of people living in poverty.

OUR TOTAL CONTRIBUTION IN FY2019 Community Health Improvement & Community Building: $3.9M

Community Donations & In-Kind Contributions: $1.9M Community Benefit Operations: $337K

Health Professions Education & Research: $58.8M

Subsidized Services: $3M

Financial Assistance (Charity Care): $63.2M

Unpaid cost of public programs (Medicaid shortfall): $121.7M

*The fiscal year for which community benefit information is most recently available.

FINANCIALS

TOTAL: $253M 3

DURING THE INITIAL COVID-19 SURGE IN THE GREATER CHICAGO AREA, THE MOST VULNERABLE IN OUR COMMUNITIES, OUR COMMUNITIES TO

“ Every Minute, Every Second to Not Be Away from Him Is a Blessing.” — ADEEL KHAN, MRI MANAGER “It was the beginning of COVID. You’re worried. You don’t know what you may be bringing home. My family’s quarantined, staying home, social distancing. I had friends who were sleeping in their garage or in a hotel room, who wouldn’t go inside their house.

“During COVID, I’d go through the patio, sneak in, shower, change my clothes. Eventually, my son started catching on. The day this picture was taken, he heard my car and was waiting for me in the back. I refused to go inside because he wouldn’t move. He tried to hold my hand through the glass door. ‘Daddy, hold my hand. Daddy, hold my hand.’

“You can see the hurt in his eyes. He doesn’t understand what’s going on. But you can’t really explain it to him.

“Our communities really did help. It felt good knowing that they’re there for us, seeing what we’re doing. They were always reaching out and making sure we had what we needed to take care of our patients.”

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ADEEL’S & ROBERT’S STORIES

AREA, AS AMITA HEALTH RESPONDED TO THE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF IES TOOK AMAZING CARE OF US.

“They Loved Us, I Don’t Know How Else to Say It.” — ROBERT CONLIN, HUSBAND AND FATHER OF PATIENTS

“When Shona’s water broke at five months pregnant, we were told there was less than a 1 percent chance the baby would survive. Day after day, he kept hanging on. When we got to 23 weeks, our doctor said they were going to admit Shona.

“This is right when COVID was really happening this spring. I called the AMITA line at Hinsdale and spoke to the charge nurse on the floor. They told us about visitor restrictions and she said, ‘We will take exquisite care of her.’

“I felt like it was divinely guided and inspired. When we found out Shona was in a room with a window out to the courtyard, I got to see her from outside for the first time in a few days.

“About a week later, I asked her on a date. I got her favorite meal from her favorite restaurant, had it delivered to her room. I’d visit three or four times a week, we’d do one or two date nights a week. I would make signs every time I would go.

“She was in the hospital on bedrest for 81 days. When Forest was born, it was a win for everyone.

Forest spent 20 days in the NICU. We were so cared for and held the whole time. I don’t know if that experience could have been created anywhere else.”

ADEEL’S & ROBERT’S STORIES

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A Connection of Hearts

STAYING TOGETHER THROUGH TECHNOLOGY

When Illinois started shutting down in mid-March, AMITA Health had to immediately innovate new ways to safely see and treat patients. Rapidly expanding telemedicine capabilities was essential. Generous donors throughout AMITA put technology in the hands of caregivers, patients and families, many of whom would have had no way to reach each other during the initial surge when patient visitors were not allowed.

With the help of donors, AMITA rapidly deployed telehealth options for up to 9,000 patients per week.

Philanthropy helped AMITA implement new strategies and solutions to continue to deliver compassionate care at an intense and frightening time for patients and providers. Telemedicine allowed assessments and communication with primary care providers and specialists to continue while patients stayed home. It facilitated inpatient evaluations. In behavioral medicine, it allowed therapists to run groups remotely, see patients for individual sessions safely and for physicians to continue to treat patients at the behavioral health hospital. And it gave chaplains a new way to be present with patients and families, when they could not physically be together.

“We still find ways to be present,” says Chaplain Rosalinda Pastrana. “We connect through these things, but it’s a connection of hearts.”

• W ith the nurse holding the iPad, Chaplain Mary Hahn dialed in via video conference. After being in the hospital for some time, the patient — who was COVID positive and quadriplegic — said how nice it was to see someone else who cared.

• T he son of one patient had come to town to visit his parent when the parent wound up in the hospital. The chaplain connected the patient with the son by iPad. “Hearing him just made the patient’s whole life at that moment. The family was so gracious,” says Hahn.

• S taff and nurses joined a patient’s family in singing happy birthday to the patient via iPad. A few weeks later, when it was clear the patient was not going to recover, they used the iPad again so the patient’s children could share their final words. “The patient heard those words of love, of gratitude, whatever was shared between them, and took a last breath,” says Pastrana.

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We cannot thank donors enough for immediately recognizing the benefits and need to implement a telemedicine strategy quickly at a time when the pandemic suddenly created disruption for patients and physician practices.

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— REINHOLD LLERENA, MD, CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER, AMITA HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP, AND AMITA HEALTH FOUNDATION BOARD MEMBER 6

TELEHEALTH

Birck Family Fund and Tellabs GIVING BACK IN A BIG WAY

For Kay and Chris Birck, the wife and son of the late Michael Birck, who served as CEO and co-founder of Tellabs, providing funding for telemedicine and technology to aid AMITA Health’s COVID-19 response was a natural fit.

“My dad’s whole thought process was if you do the right thing, then you’re going to be successful in life,” Chris Birck says.

“So, when he got to the point when he could give back, he gave back in a big way.”

The Bircks continue to do that, with Kay Birck leading the way through her commitment to “make sure the organizations she’s been associated with continue to thrive,” Chris Birck says. Kay and Chris Birck decided early on to get out in front of the COVID-19 crisis. Hinsdale Hospital Foundation Board Chair Jay Pollitt’s email asking friends to support the hospital’s COVID-19 response spurred them on.

Their family’s investment in AMITA’s COVID-19 response helped healthcare workers deliver virtual care. It put devices in front of patients, enabling them to virtually visit with loved ones, caregivers and chaplains when in-person visits were not possible.

“No one up until now would have thought that you wouldn’t be able to visit someone in the hospital,” says Chris Birck. “Both for the people at home and for the person in the hospital, just seeing someone else’s face gives great comfort and brightens someone’s day. From our point of view, if we helped a little bit in that regard by helping people see each other, we are glad.”

In keeping with Michael and Kay Birck’s commitment to give back in a big way, the Birck family helped far more than a little bit. Many patients and families stayed connected with one another and with their caregivers during a time of crisis because of the Birck family’s generosity.

TELEHEALTH

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BEAR Construction

DOING THEIR PART IN THE WORLD From day one, BEAR Construction’s essential workers were on the front lines alongside AMITA Health, working to protect AMITA’s healthcare team. BEAR built temporary partitions, installed air filtration systems and constructed isolation rooms to create a safer, more functional environment for frontline workers and patients.

When BEAR’s owners George and Jim Wienold learned that AMITA needed isolation gowns to protect healthcare workers as they performed COVID-19 tests, they were determined to find a way to help. Learning that AMITA was seeking rain gear as an alternate solution, BEAR found a supplier in California who shipped overnight 400 rain suits and 400 ponchos — all of which arrived at AMITA on Easter weekend — a true testament that we are all in this together. From the supplier in California to the logistics company driving cross-country overnight, getting the product to these healthcare heroes was BEAR’s number one priority.

“Growing up, our parents’ biggest thing was help others where you can,” says George Wienold, CEO & Owner, BEAR Construction. “You do your part in the world.”

Family and integrity are very important to BEAR and it shows in the firm’s philanthropy efforts. George Wienold is active on the AMITA Health Foundation Board, while Jim Wienold is co-chair of the AMITA Gala Committee. “We have tried to instill the same values our parents provided in our upbringing to our own children,” says Jim Wienold. George Wienold’s son, Nick, is a member of the Ambassador Board, which supports AMITA through fundraisers such as Rock the Boat and the Christmas Toy Drive.

Their drive and mission to serve extends to the entire BEAR family and is reflected in the relationships they have established — some more than 30 years ago — with many people within the AMITA legacy health systems.

And still BEAR’s compassion extends beyond AMITA to numerous other organizations and causes throughout the world. This is about more than any one gift, the Wienolds say. “It’s about our company and our workers stepping forward to help as best we can, everywhere we can,” says Jim Wienold.

“We have to thank everybody that has been onsite working very diligently to protect all of us — our field staff, our corporate team, the frontline workers. You are the heroes that have helped us overcome the fears and unknowns of 2020 and have helped keep our families safe and healthy,” says George Wienold.

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IN-KIND GENEROSITY

KemperSports

PITCHING IN FOR THE CAUSE In April, due to global shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE), AMITA Health held a limited inventory of protective gowns for frontline healthcare workers. AMITA Health Foundations’ Father James Swarthout called his childhood friend Steve Skinner, Chief Executive Officer of KemperSports, to tell him that AMITA was looking into golf rain suits as a possibility for PPE. KemperSports operates golf courses and properties in 27 states, including 14 in Illinois. At that time, nearly all of its facilities around the country were closed due to the coronavirus.

“So many people felt helpless or lost in how to help,” says Skinner. “And here was a way we could help the healthcare professionals and feel like we were part of the fight. It was a small thing we could do in the golf business, and it made us feel like we were pitching in for the cause.”

KemperSports enlisted the support of Illinois PGA Foundation, FootJoy and Wadsworth Golf Charities Foundation, and together they launched Rain Suits for Responders. In a matter of weeks, more than 250 new and gently used golf rain suits were donated to AMITA from as far away as Hawaii to be worn by frontline healthcare workers.

The initiative got a nod during a national TV spot of a broadcast golf event with Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson. And the partnership continued with AMITA’s Foursomes for the Front Lines golf outing, which offered golfers the chance to play golf at one of four KemperSports properties — while supporting AMITA’s ongoing COVID-19 response.

“We’ve always been big believers in being fully ingrained in the local community,” Skinner says.

“Giving back is something that’s really been part of our core mission. We were able to get our teams together to come up with a creative fundraising solution where we could still get people out on the golf course and most importantly, raise money for AMITA.”

IN-KIND GENEROSITY

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BAPS Charities

FINDING JOY IN THE JOY OF OTHERS Disaster relief is a core pillar of BAPS Charities. In response to the pandemic, the organization’s vast volunteer corps of medical workers and community of supporters swiftly mobilized to provide relief to healthcare organizations across the country — including AMITA Health.

“It comes back to servant leadership and playing a role in the community,” says Yagnesh Patel, BAPS Charities Program Coordinator. “We live in the community. We are part of a community.

And we want to be there for the community when it’s in need. That really drives this.”

When the first COVID-19 case in Chicago — the second in the U.S. — came to AMITA Health St. Alexius Medical Center Hoffman Estates, BAPS Charities recognized right away that AMITA was on the forefront and immediately got involved. At that time, medical equipment to help with patient care in the intensive care units in Elk Grove Village and Hoffman Estates was most needed, so BAPS Charities made a generous monetary gift for their purchase. They also delivered food and beverages to healthcare workers.

The credo of the BAPS temple’s spiritual leader is “in the joy of others lies our own.” BAPS Charities allows the temple’s supporters to put the spirit of service into action through philanthropy.

“Our job is to give,” says Patel. “We didn’t do this to get the gratitude. If you’re happy, we’ve made ourselves happy.”

Gifts poured in from every corner of our community. View the photo gallery highlighting some of the numerous, incredibly generous in-kind donors who supported our patients, associates and local ministries.

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COVID RESPONSE

ExxonMobil

INVESTING IN PEOPLE Many of the more than 700 employees at the ExxonMobil refinery in Joliet live within the region — and know AMITA Health Saint Joseph Medical Center Joliet is there for them and their families. If the refinery’s emergency response team ever needed additional medical support, the medical center would be there for them.

When the pandemic struck, ExxonMobil, in turn, was there for AMITA Saint Joseph Joliet and its workers, providing masks to protect frontline healthcare workers during the initial COVID-19 surge.

ExxonMobil Midwest Public Affairs Manager Pete Colarelli says social responsibility, at its core, is about relationships — and the relationship between ExxonMobil and AMITA Saint Joseph Joliet goes back decades.

“It’s about knowing who people are and the kind of things they have done in the past for the community.

AMITA Saint Joe’s has a strong record in that area,” Colarelli says.

As someone who has lived in Joliet his whole life and whose mom, dad, sister and brother-in-law worked at the hospital, he added, “I personally have a deep love for what Saint Joe’s and what AMITA mean to our community.”

COVID RESPONSE

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AMITA has been a core figure in the Joliet area.

Directly to ExxonMobil, it has been that even more so. We see all the good that AMITA Saint Joe’s does for the community and we want to be a part of supporting that.

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— PETE COLARELLI EXXONMOBIL MIDWEST PUBLIC AFFAIRS MANAGER

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Atlas Tool Works

PUSHING THROUGH FEAR TO KEEP THE MISSION GOING

When the COVID-19 crisis first struck the Chicago area this spring, Atlas Tool Works Chief Alignment Officer Zach Mottl says his friend and mentor Al Koplin reached out and urged him to get in touch with AMITA Health to see how he could help.

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We’re going to stick together. Through the good times and the bad times. This whole concept of community and supporting each other is really important.

“He inspires me,” Mottl says of Koplin.

Following Koplin’s lead, Atlas Tool Works made a generous donation to help the COVID-19 response at AMITA Health Adventist Medical Center Hinsdale.

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— ZACH MOTTL CHIEF ALIGNMENT OFFICER ATLAS TOOL WORKS

Mottl understands firsthand the difficult position essential workers are in: Atlas Tool Works, which was founded in 1918 by his great-grandfather in Chicago, employs more than 80 people. From day one of the crisis, they were busy making parts for medical equipment including sanitizing robots and X-ray and MRI machines. The company took every precaution to keep them safe, and to date none of their employees has come down with the virus.

Mottl was born at AMITA Adventist Hinsdale, and his family continues to go there for care. “This hospital has been my go-to place. It’s trusted,” he says.

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COVID RESPONSE

In the Spirit of Service, Local Communities Lead the Way Generosity and compassion helped people stay connected — and stay hopeful — this year. From rotaries to restaurants, businesses to volunteer organizations, community groups to individuals and families, the strength of local communities shone through.

Everyone wanted to help, and every instance of giving back led to another. Here’s a closeup of how one community rallied around its local hospital: • A l Koplin, his late wife Jean and their family extended their lifetime commitment to AMITA Health Adventist Medical Center Hinsdale by leading an effort to raise $250,000 for ventilators and other medical equipment.

• T he donation of the Hinsdale Assembly Board — which has given more than $3 million since 1963 to AMITA Adventist Hinsdale — allowed the hospital to purchase a mechanical chest compression system used in treating patients with COVID-19. “We saw the need and we knew it absolutely was something we needed to do for them,” says Board Chairperson Laurie Eichelman.

• T he Hinsdale Junior Woman’s Club made a gift to help the hospital with capital equipment needs, then followed it with a donation of 375 rain suits. “These are wonderful, generous, dedicated women who want to make a change and impact our immediate community and beyond,” says Lauren Kavanaugh, Club President.

• T he Hinsdale Rotary Club’s donations helped the hospital buy a portable patient monitor and face shields. “We and many other groups I know rallied around the hospital,” says President Tom Norton.

“That’s the idea. Service above self is our driving directive.” compassionate friend of the Foundation helped secure wipes, goggles, gloves, cleaning • A supplies, isolation gowns, gift cards and much more. From a car parade to months of meals provided by local residents, the entire town rallied around frontline staff.

COMMUNITY OUTPOURING

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Fogelson Family Foundation

ALIGNING AROUND A MISSION TO CARE FOR ALL From Resurrection to Presence to AMITA Health, the Fogelson Family Foundation has generously supported AMITA Health Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical Center for many years. Healthcare is a top focus for the family foundation, and Molly Heilmann and her stepbrother Doug Fogelson have strong ties to the Chicago neighborhoods around the hospitals. They knew when COVID first hit that they wanted to help.

First, Fogelson delivered meals to the Emergency Department. Shortly thereafter, the family held an emergency meeting, deciding to invest wherever possible in COVID-related support — and providing much-needed aid to frontline responders.

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It feels great to be able to help, especially in an area that was particularly impacted.

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— MOLLY HEILMANN FOGELSON FAMILY FOUNDATION

“The first responders and the ER were just under attack for months,” says Heilmann. “To be able to provide additional funding and support so that they could get through it, it feels good.”

The family has seen how the neighborhoods around the hospitals have changed over the years — and how AMITA Saints Mary and Elizabeth have stayed true to their mission to care for everyone in those neighborhoods, regardless of income or insurance status. The Fogelson Family Foundation and AMITA align around that mission.

“I have a really strong desire to help people have access to health,” says Heilmann. “I’m a big fan of Saints Mary and Elizabeth.”

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REACHING THE MARGINS

Chicago Community COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund HELPING THOSE LIVING ON THE MARGINS

Three AMITA Health ministries in Chicago were among hundreds of healthcare and social service providers awarded funding from the Chicago Community COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund to help patients with emergency needs resulting from the pandemic.

A middle-aged man who is HIV positive and lives at home, where he takes care of his elderly mother, started to cry when he learned he would receive help. “You don’t know how much this means to me.”

Many people were moved to tears upon learning they would get help: A woman who recently suffered her third stroke and can no longer work. A single mother who works only a few hours a week. A young man whose parents were out of work. “My family would love this extra help. I’m struggling to make ends meet. Thank you, very much. May God bless you.”

Some of Chicago’s largest private foundations and corporate entities spearheaded the fund on March 16. Funding has allowed first-line providers to assist patients in purchasing food, buying childcare supplies, paying for utilities and household cleaning supplies so they could stay safely housed.

• T he parents of a patient at AMITA Resurrection’s Family Practice Clinic were not working, and the family’s food stamp assistance ended as the pandemic hit. The patient was overwhelmed with emotion when offered assistance to purchase food.

• M any patients at AMITA Saint Joseph Hospital Chicago Labouré Clinic are undocumented house cleaners, nannies, and construction or landscape workers, who have lost jobs and essential income. Some have passed away due to COVID-19, leaving spouses with the financial burdens of a household.

• F ormerly homeless clients of the AMITA Health Housing and Health Alliance often are recovering from addiction. In the pandemic, many have struggled. Funds have helped pay for utilities and additional cleaning services in facilities that keep a roof over their heads — giving them the stability they need to maintain their recoveries.

REACHING THE MARGINS

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AMITA Health COVID-19 Associate Relief CARING FOR THOSE WHO CARE FOR OUR COMMUNITIES

Like many AMITA associates, Monica’s husband was furloughed from his job this spring. She didn’t know how they would pay their mortgage. So, she applied for help from AMITA’s COVID-19 Emergency Assistance Fund. She and nearly 450 AMITA associates received help.

“I was so proud of what we were able to do,” says AMITA President & CEO Keith Parrott.

“We raised and distributed nearly half a million dollars to associates.”

This extra help allowed hundreds of associates whose spouse or other family members lost income because of COVID-19 to pay for housing, utilities, transportation and other emergency needs.

“When you have someone come alongside you and help you in a time of need, I just wanted to cry,” says Monica. Other associates are equally grateful: • “ It was a very dark time for us. When we got those two bills paid for it was a light of sunshine.

Whoever these funds come from, let them know it helped a family of four immensely. It was an act of kindness and generosity I will never forget.”

• “ We were in financial crisis. I was so happy and grateful to get assistance to pay our mortgage.

Thank you for being so compassionate and kind to help people like me who are in great need.”

• “ These are unprecedented times, and to expect someone to give during this time is already hard.

I’m thankful for them. I love AMITA. This is an inspiration for me to do more in the future.”

• “ This support was just what I needed. What a great Foundation. What a great community investment. You guys were amazing to me. I really, really appreciate everything.”

Thank you to our medical staffs for their generosity in supporting associates!

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AMITA Adventist Bolingbrook Medical Staff

AMITA Alexian Brothers Medical Staff

AMITA Saint Joseph Joliet Medical Staff

AMITA Adventist GlenOaks Medical Staff

AMITA St. Alexius Medical Staff

AMITA Resurrection Medical Staff

AMITA Adventist Hinsdale Medical Staff

AMITA Saint Francis Evanston Medical Staff

AMITA Adventist La Grange Medical Staff

AMITA Saint Joseph Chicago Medical Staff ASSOCIATE RELIEF

Thanks to Our Generous Event Sponsors and Guests RAISING MORE THAN $2.65 MILLION

Our fiscal year 2020 events culminated with the first AMITA Health Gala in late February, which raised more than $1.5 million.

The tremendous fundraising success of Foundation events supporting local ministries throughout the greater Chicagoland area was only possible thanks to the commitment of our event committee members, and the generosity of hundreds of guests and dozens of sponsors. Thank you!

2020 AMITA Health Gala 2019 GlenOaks Hospital Foundation Fall Festival of Flavors 2019 Saint Joseph Hospital Elgin Auxiliary Fashion Show 2019 Saint Joseph Medical Center Joliet Gala 2019 Saint Joseph Hospital Chicago Lift a Spirit 2019 AMITA Health Chicagoland Regional Golf Classic 2019 Saint Joseph Medical Center Joliet Auxiliary Chef Tasting 2019 AMITA Health South Regional Golf Outing 2019 AMITA Health Northwest Regional Golf Outing 2019 Saint Francis Hospital Day at the Races 2019 La Grange Memorial Hospital Foundation Golf Classic 2019 Ambassador Board Rock the Boat

TOTAL RAISED $2.65 Million Thanks to all who have supported our Foundation golf outings in 2020, and we look forward to the day we can safely come together again to celebrate our mission!

EVENTS

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Last Year, Because of You …

Across the Greater Chicagoland Area

Millions of people received access to highly specialized behavioral healthcare.

Hoffman Estates

AMITA Health broke ground on a 15,000-square-foot behavioral health hospital expansion that will give hundreds more people every year access to specialized outpatient treatment.

Joliet

AMITA Health Saint Joseph Medical Center Joliet launched the first structural heart program in Will County, providing a comprehensive heart hospital to hundreds of thousands of people.

La Grange

A 51,000-square-foot outpatient pavilion opened, providing patient-centered orthopedic and cardiovascular care.

A Lasting Impact Thank you to the following estates, which will have a lasting impact on our communities through planned giving: • T he La Verne S. and Dorothy M. Brown Charitable Trust for supporting cardiac services and the Heart Hospital within a Hospital at AMITA Saint Joseph Joliet.

• T he Kenneth F. Miles and Josephine K. Miles Trust for supporting patients served by AMITA Saint Joseph Hospital Elgin.

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LOOKING BACK & AHEAD

This Next Year, Because of You …

Hinsdale

A renovation of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit will strengthen AMITA Adventist Hinsdale’s reputation as the community’s destination for expecting mothers — including those with high-risk, complex pregnancies — and for the tiniest and sickest babies.

Glendale Heights

At a time of unprecedented stress and isolation due to the pandemic, hundreds of youth and adolescents will receive the safe, supportive learning environment they need at AMITA Health GlenOaks School.

Hoffman Estates

An immediate community need will be addressed when the AMITA St. Alexius Emergency Department is reconfigured, giving 60,000 people access to the safe, specialized care they need and deserve — in the right time and place.

Across the Greater Chicagoland Area

After suffering the negative mental health effects of living through a pandemic, hundreds of thousands of people of all ages will find help and regain hope through accessible behavioral health treatment.

And millions of people with medical needs will continue to find a trusted healthcare home in AMITA — where they are cared for, above all, as people.

Thank You for Your Ongoing Partnership LOOKING BACK & AHEAD

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You helped families like Robert and Shona’s through this challenging year.

THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO GIVE HOPE AND EXTEND HEALING THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITIES.

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There were a lot of forces at play with what Shona and I did, what Forest did, what everyone at AMITA did, what God did. All hands were on deck for this little baby. It was magical.

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— ROBERT CONLIN, HUSBAND AND FATHER

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