Honoring Philanthropy
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Thank You for Improving the Birth Experience for Growing Families in Our Community Thank you to all of the generous donors who helped provide new fetal monitors for the Woodland Memorial Hospital Family Birth Center! Together, you gifted over $230,000, which will purchase eight new monitors, carts to hold them, staff training, and two base stations, which will allow laboring mothers to be accurately monitored during labor, even when they choose to walk around the room. In addition, a portable fetal monitor was purchased to monitor mothers and their babies when ambulance transport is necessary. “Fetal monitors are important because they provide the data that empower us to give minute by minute care to all moms and babies,” explained Lindsey Lyon, a Family Birth Center nurse. “These monitors are our eyes and ears, helping us ensure our babies are safe,” adds Nurse Lucy Thietz. A healthy delivery starts with a healthy heartbeat. This advanced monitoring technology will provide more information for caregivers, including maternal pulse and blood pressure measurement, uterine activity, and fetal movement, with the capability to monitor twins or triplets. They are also used for internal fetal monitoring, an essential practice that has become standard during difficult labors to ensure that a baby remains stable. The touch display is larger, with intuitive color coding that offers caregivers the numbers and graphics needed to quickly assess the situation and make more informed decisions regarding care. Continued on page 2
Message from our VP of Philanthropy At Woodland Healthcare Foundation, we believe it’s always a good time to say thank you! We recently had the opportunity to express our gratitude and celebrate some of the most generous and amazing members of our community at our inaugural Fairchild & Legacy Societies Celebration. These newly formed recognition societies honor the lifetime contributions of our current and past donors who have cumulative giving of over $25,000 and those who have remembered Woodland Healthcare Foundation in their estate plan. Collectively, these donors, many of whom have been making gifts to Woodland Healthcare Foundation for decades, have led the effort to raise over $27 million since Woodland Healthcare Foundation’s founding in 1967. The combined impact of all of our donors has been inspirational. With a community that truly supports it at multiple levels, Woodland Healthcare has been able to deliver world-class care, close to home, for over a century. Most recently, your generosity has enhanced the Surgical Services and Advanced Imaging departments, provided for important equipment needs at the Family Birth Center, and enabled the purchase of many new and technologically advanced pieces Continued on page 3