July 2011 Newsletter - Wentworth

Thank you to our supporters
Classic Car Show
A Classic Car Show was held on June 11
at the Wentworth-Douglass Hospital’s
Professional Center at Members Way near the
Spaulding Exit 9.
Mystery Dinner raises
over $7,000
The show was held in conjunction with the
TSC Classic Car Club. Even though it
rained for the better part of the day the event
raised $330 to support WDH’s Community
Assistance Programs, which includes the
Dental Center, Care-Vans and Medication
Bridge programs. Attendees also enjoyed
music and food provided by Fat Boys
Concessions.
A “Best In Show” trophy was presented to
Michael Demetrio for his red Thunderbird.
Trophies were also presented for first, second,
and third choice, Car Club choice and
Foundation Choice. This year an Honorable
Mention went to Melissa Milanopolous for
her Chalkboard Purple Scion.
A big thank you goes out to all of the
volunteers for the event - Valerie Milot, Terri
Hilterman, Jason Hartnett, Julie Dickson,
Rose O’Hare and Susan Houghton.
Thank you for your support of our Second
Annual Classic Car Show.
The Byrne Foundation Donates $5000 to support the
Wentworth-Douglass Community Dental Center
The Wentworth-Douglass Community Dental Center was awarded a $5000
grant in June 2011 by The Jack and Dorothy Byrne Foundation. Based
in Etna, NH, The Byrne Foundation has been a long-time supporter of
the Community Dental Center. Since 2006, The Byrne Foundation has
contributed $14,000 to help provide dental services to those who would
otherwise not be able to afford oral healthcare. The Byrne Foundation’s
generous contribution will be used to purchase replacement dental
instruments to keep the Center’s equipment up to the highest standards.
The Wentworth-Douglass Dental Center opened in 2005 to provide routine
and emergency oral healthcare to low-income, uninsured, underinsured and
underserved members of our community. With the help of generous donors
such as The Byrne Foundation, the Dental Center has served nearly 6,000
patients. The Hospital subsidizes the Dental Center by approximately
$500,000 annually. This philanthropic partnership with The Byrne
Foundation is essential to the Center’s ability to care for the underserved.
The Community Dental Center is an important part of how WentworthDouglass Hospital achieves its mission of partnering with individuals and
their families to attain their highest level of health. The entire Dental
Center staff is committed to delivering the best oral healthcare to all
patients. Thank you to The Jack and Dorothy Byrne Foundation for joining
the individuals, businesses and foundations that make the Dental Center
possible.
The Murder Mystery Dinner
Event on May 14th raised $7,899
in proceeds for the Hospital’s
Women & Children’s Center
in the new expansion project.
The expansion will include
new construction of a 4-story
136,169 square foot addition to
the Hospital. Level 2 of the new
addition will be the location for a
new 24-bed Women & Children’s
Center. This new facility will
feature a specially designed and
furnished inpatient Pediatrics unit
and a new Special Care Nursery.
Thank you to our generous
sponsors for making the Murder
Mystery Dinner possible and
for supporting our Women &
Children’s Center: D.F. Richard
Energy; CGi Employee Benefits
Group; Sodexo; The Beacon
Retirement Group; Bellamy &
Watson Fields Assisted Living
Facilities; Bill Dube Ford, Toyota,
Scion; Federal Savings Bank;
Harvey Construction; Knights
Construction; RELYCO; TriCity Dodge & Subaru; Laconia
Savings Bank; Jewelry Creations;
Leone, McDonnell & Roberts,
PA; Centrix Bank and Coldwell
Banker—The Peggy Carter Team.
Heritage event (cont’d from page one)
Daniel Dunn’s presentation highlighted the construction project that will add a four-story 136,000 square foot
addition to the existing hospital. The first floor of the building is dedicated to education and the community featuring
a Community Center with auditoriums and classrooms for staff training, community lectures and continuing medical
education. Nearby are offices for Human Resources, Community Relations, Education/Organizational Development,
Social Work Services, Chaplain and a Family Resource Center. A new Women & Children’s Center will occupy the
second floor and includes a family playroom, C-section operating room, waterbirth room and a special care nursery.
With the new addition, the Hospital will be able to provide its tiniest patients and their families the highest level of
comfort, privacy, quality and safe care.
The third and fourth floors will each have 32 private, patient-centered rooms with large windows, private bathrooms,
carpeted hallways and improved access to medications and supplies. The construction project also includes renovations
to convert all current patient rooms to private rooms. The third floor will feature a Joint Replacement Center for
orthopedic patients with a specially designed rehab gym to help promote a quick recovery.
Chairman Hagan thanked the newest Heritage Society members and all current members that were in attendance
for their leadership support and for believing in the future of Wentworth-Douglass Hospital. All Heritage Society
members receive a special lapel pin and framed picture of the Hospital when it was built in 1906 and a current picture
inscribed with the saying “From a foundation of philanthropy…comes a future of possibilities.”
New members of the 1906
Heritage Society inducted
on June 24, 2011:
(l-r) Standing:
Tom Levasseur, Lisa Torr
and Tom Torr
Seated: Robert MacDonald
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital
Health Foundation
&
Happenings...
A Not For Profit Charitable Organization
July 2011 Newsletter
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Wentworth-Douglass
Hospital & Health
Foundation Board
of Directors
Linda Hagan - Chair
Michael Bolduc - Vice Chair
Rick Card - Treasurer
Jay Levy - Secretary
Gregory Walker, FACHE
President & CEO
Neil Garvey
Michelle Kurtz
Thomas Levasseur
Kenneth Money, Jr.
James J. O’Neill
John Pomerleau
Babu Ramdev, MD
Debbie Reed
Michael Steinberg
Ann Torr
Peter Walcek
Deborah Shelton, MS
Vice President of
Philanthropy
Emeritus Director:
Maryann Wentworth
Honorary Director:
James Kageleiry
On the inside:
Classic Car Show ........... p. 2
Bryne Foundation ......... p. 3
Mystery Dinner ............. p. 3
1906 Heritage Society Luncheon Honors Donors
O
ver 40 people attended the seventh annual luncheon honoring
members of the 1906 Heritage Society, held on June 24th at The
Regatta Room in Eliot, ME. Wentworth-Douglass Hospital
President & CEO Gregory Walker and Sr. VP of Operations Daniel Dunn
were the guest speakers. President Walker thanked everyone for attending
and said this event is a very special one for the Foundation and the Hospital.
The honorees have included the Hospital in their estate plans and partnered
with the Foundation to support the Hospital long into the future. Foundation
Chair Linda Hagan inducted four individuals into the society.
The first was Foundation Board member Thomas Levasseur who named the
Hospital as the beneficiary of an annuity. This is in addition to a $10,000
pledge he made last year to support the new Cardiovascular Interventional
Lab. The second honoree was Robert MacDonald. He and his recently
deceased wife informed the Foundation the Hospital was named as a
beneficiary in their wills. The third and fourth honorees were Lisa and Thomas
Torr who pledged $10,000 to the Wentworth-Douglass Hospital & Health
Foundation Endowment Fund. Their gift was from the sale of a donated
vehicle and cash.
continued on page 4
Tom and Lisa Torr
received 1906
Heritage Society
pins from
WentworthDouglass Hospital
& Health Foundation Chair Linda
Hagan and VP of
Philanthropy
Deborah Shelton
Good Things Happen.