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Martha Williamson and Jon Andersen
Martha Williamson describes Huntington Hospital as the hospital of choice for her family. Through their philanthropy, she and her husband, Jon Andersen, are helping to safeguard world-class care for our community, here.
Martha Williamson and Jon Andersen Trusted care, thoughtful giving.
Martha Williamson and her husband, Jon Andersen, trust Huntington Hospital when it matters most. Whether for major illness, surgical needs, or injury, “We’ve always gone there,” Martha says, “because we know they’ll take good care of us. It’s the best combination of a major medical center and a neighborhood hospital.”
Gifts made through our COVID-19 Response Fund help ensure that our dedicated caregivers (including members of our emergency department team pictured here) have what they need to deliver safe patient care during the pandemic.
Grateful for exceptional care received, Needless to say, Martha’s demanding work schedule Martha and Jon have also been frequently results in heavy deadline pressures. Some faithful donors for many years. “The years ago, while working on a project into the night, she hospital has always been here when began to feel something was wrong. Her symptoms were we needed it,” Martha says, “and troubling enough that she was rushed to our emergenwe want to be here for the hospital.” cy department. Our staff responded “in less than two
After the virus hit, they wanted to do more — and in- minutes,” she recalls. Careful examination and a series creased their giving via a contribution to our COVID-19 of tests thankfully determined that she did not have a
Response Fund. “Especially now, we want to support life-threatening condition, but that she was severely the incredibly committed medical professionals who dehydrated and exhausted. With expert care from our work at the hospital,” Martha says. “We believe it’s best team she was returned to good health promptly. to give to an organization that we know will manage our A life-threatening condition did bring Martha’s gift well and have a direct impact on our community.” husband, Jon, to the hospital in the past. She speaks
In addition to supporting the hospital through mon- gratefully of the “immediate and skillful care” he reetary donations, Martha is an enthusiastic supporter of ceived from Huntington Hospital Stroke Center, which our S. Robert and Denise Zeilstra Gift Shop. She partic- is certified as a Comprehensive Stroke Center. ularly relies on it to buy special presents for friends and family at the holiday season, she notes.
Confidence in care.
Martha moved to Pasadena after completing college also both been patients at the hospital. Most recently, and notes that her own affection for the hospital goes Martha brought Abigail — who just turned 18 — to our back to her early time in the community: She became a emergency department in the middle of the night. “She patient after she was injured, falling out of a tree. With was in terrible pain,” Martha says, “and of course I was many family members working in the medical field and very worried — but because of the pandemic, I couldn’t a daughter in medical school, she adds, she has grown go in with her. Watching her go in on her own was very to appreciate the importance of high-quality care even hard,” Martha acknowledges, “but as I waited, I felt such more fully over the years. “We’re thankful to have this comfort knowing she was getting the very best care and world-class medical institution nearby,” she says. support at Huntington Hospital. That helped so much.”
A respected writer and producer, Martha currently As a result of such confidence, “We’ve never reworks with CBS on a pilot for a new family drama. She gretted a dollar we’ve given to Huntington Hospital,” also continues to produce other projects, including the Martha adds. “We know it will go toward changing
Hallmark movie series “Signed, Sealed, Delivered,” as someone’s life for the better.” well as writing and producing two feature films.
Giving to improve lives.
Martha and Jon’s daughters, Isabel and Abigail, have
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