SOMC
Development Foundation
Newsletter Winter 2021
IN THIS ISSUE Winner Wonderland 2020 Recap Hospice Expansion Project Update Cooking with Heart SOMC Employees Give Back
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Winner Wonderland Due to COVID-19, we transformed our traditional Winter Wonderland Ball into Winner Wonderland. On the evening of December 4, 2020, we hosted our first ever Facebook Live event so that our guests could enjoy a virtual Winner Wonderland from the comfort of their homes. Our Facebook Live event consisted of a reverse raffle for an assortment of prizes and cash. Thanks to our over 300 participants and a generous anonymous donation of $35,000, we were able to purchase six Ultrasound Guided IV Placement units. These units allow for quick and easy IV placements for our patients. While our raffle participants had the chance to win big money, the patients are the real winners.
2020 Recap Let’s celebrate everything you made possible in 2020! » You fed 863 employees through the
Feed Our Frontline Campaign
» You helped establish the COVID-19
Emergency Relief Fund
» You provided 10 Jerry Bears to help
children with type 1 diabetes learn how to manage their condition
» You provided wigs, medication,
transportation, and more for cancer patients
» You made end-of-life wishes come
true for hospice patients
» You provided coats, school supplies,
clothing, and more for local schools
And most importantly… you made a difference!
Hospice Expansion Project Update The newest wing of our hospice center will soon be available for patients! Once this area becomes available, we will continue construction on each wing, one at a time, until the entire center has been renovated. In the meantime, here is a sneak peek of our donor wall that will be installed in the main entrance of the hospice center.
Cooking with Heart
LIVE at 6 p.m. on the SOMC Development Foundation Facebook page
Join us for a Facebook LIVE cooking demonstration created by SOMC and Pastor’s Pantry Cooking School. Create a heart healthy meal for you and your family by tuning in and following along. Throughout the evening, we will be cooking, sharing heart healthy tips and raffling off FIVE purses. Purses sponsored by SOMC Heart & Vascular Associates Raffle tickets can be purchased by visiting www.somc.org/cookingwithheart One raffle ticket | $10 Six raffle tickets | $50 Every raffle ticket purchased includes an ingredient list to purchase your items ahead of time so that you can cook along with us. Ingredient lists will be emailed the week of the event. Please be sure to include your email on the registration page. All proceeds benefit the SOMC Heart & Vascular Fund. This year’s special project will be purchasing blood pressure monitors for patients at home. For more information, please contact us at (740) 356-2505 or burchehd@somc.org
SOMC Employees Give Back Each year, employees have the opportunity to give back through the annual Employee Giving Campaign, Make a Difference. Even through tough times, our employees show an abundance of generosity and love for our community. With more than 600 employees participating, more than $102,000 has been pledged to local charities and to our own SOMC Development Foundation funds. In the fall of 2020, employees selected Steven Hunter Hope Fund, Homeless Shelter, Southern Ohio Task Force on Domestic Violence, Salvation Army, and Sierra’s Haven to donate to through payroll deductions throughout 2021. We are grateful for our employees and all that they do!
Upcoming Guild Sales VENDOR
DATE
LOCATION
TIME
Sweet Shop Sale (Pleasure Guild)
Feb. 8-14
In-Store (Jet’s Gourmet Popcorn)
10am-6pm
Books Are Fun (Hope Guild)
Feb. 19-24
Virtual: https://mystore.collectivegoods.com/Account/SetEventPromo/0000228964
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Save the Date
(Sunday hrs 10am-4pm)
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Our mission is to make a difference by identifying the community’s health and wellness needs while bridging the gap between those needs and the cost of the solutions.
The SOMC Development Foundation encompasses fundraising efforts for Hospice, Cancer, Employee Relief, Heart & Vascular, Pediatrics, Community Health and Wellness, the Endowment Fund and the areas of greatest need. These funds
Mary Arnzen Major Gift & Planned Giving Officer
Hayley Burchett Donor Relations Coordinator
740-356-2504 ArnzenM@somc.org
740-356-2505 BurcheHD@somc.org
Angela Wells-Coburn Director 740-356-2787 CoburnA@somc.org
generate much needed support and enable SOMC to continually deliver extraordinary care for future generations to come. We consider it our responsibility to serve our community and we take pride in doing so.
Shaye Coburn Development Database Coordinator
Kelli Richardson Assistant & Friends Center Coordinator
740-356-2794 CoburnS@somc.org
740-356-6160 RicharKL@somc.org