BHF Newsletter 12-15.indd - Brazosport Health Foundation

Brazosport Health Foundation, building philanthropic support
for Brazosport Regional Health System.
December 2015
As I reflect back on all of BRHS’s accomplishments during 2015, I feel that we continue to raise
the bar and reach new heights in our service to the community. We continually strive to live out
our mission of Healthcare with Excellence and Compassion.
During 2015, we continued the renovations of our physical plant. We have completed the
replacement of the windows in the bed tower, which will result in improved energy efficiency.
We are well into the construction of a new emergency room, which should be open for use
in the spring of 2016. We have also begun to renovate the 4th floor, turning these rooms into
private suites, and upon completion in mid-2016, will be the new home for our Telemetry unit.
We continue to strive for excellent customer service, and 2015 saw us significantly improve our
service scores in the emergency room and inpatient units over last year.
On the clinical side, we continue to work to ensure our results can be benchmarked with
hospitals across the state. This collaborative effort with our physicians means that when you
receive medical care at BRHS, it is consistent with best practices across the state. We are
especially proud of our designation as a center of excellence in minimally invasive gynecologic
surgery, and also our work this year to attain designation as a primary stroke center.
None of our accomplishments are ever achieved in a vacuum. We enjoy a strong partnership
with our community stakeholders, and the friends of the Brazosport Health Foundation are
some of our strongest supporters. Through your gifts of time, talent, and treasure, we have
had one of the most successful years in our history. We accomplished the monumental feat of
exceeding our goal of raising $5 million in pledges towards our Cornerstone of Caring Capital
Campaign. This remarkable achievement helped to ensure that we would be able to continue
our facility renovations, which will be utilized by our community for decades to come. This
campaign was successful because we had all aspects of our philanthropic community involved—
industry, other private foundations, physicians, community members, and employees.
Finally, I want to close by looking forward—what’s next for BRHS? Of course we will continue
to work on enhancing our services to the community, in the physical setting, the clinical care,
and our customer service. All of these aspects need to continue to improve; we can never be
satisfied with the status quo. To help ensure a bright future for our hospital as our national
healthcare sector undergoes rapid change, we continue to be engaged in seeking a strong
partner for alignment. We are nearing the end of this process and hope to make a formal
announcement soon.
Thank you for all you have done in partnership with BRHS, we truly appreciate your support.
Al Guevara, Jr., FACHE
President and Chief Executive Officer
Brazosport Regional Health System
Welcome
Chuck Jeffress, Leslie Lowrey and Al Guevara
IN THIS ISSUE
We Look Back :
Major Donors to the Capital Campaign . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Cornerstone of Caring Capital Campaign Donors . . . . 4
Power of the Pur$e Fund Raiser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Community Donations at Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Power of the Pur$e silent auction items
E X E C U T I V E MES SAGE
Judith Pepper
Executive Director
Brazosport Health Foundation
Assemble the smartest and most dedicated people, give them the resources and facilities
they need, and they’ll change the face of philanthropy. Looking back over 2015 with a sense
of great pride and a renewed sense of caring for our hospital, the Foundation’s Board of
Directors, the Cornerstone of Caring Capital Campaign Committee and Power of the Pur$e
Committee raised over $5,600,000 for BRHS.
Access to health care is essential to all people. It is only natural that the people who can benefit from our hospital services
will take the lead in supporting their community hospital. To our campaign committee who actively participated
in raising funds and to all of our community members who actively gave through donations, sponsorships and event
attendance, this newsletter is dedicated to you.
Brazosport Health Foundation is committed to advancing BRHS through philanthropy and 2015 is a year the entire
community came together to support excellent and compassionate health care.
Making A Difference - 2
Michael Smith, FLNG President, presents $500,000 to
Al Guevara
Al Guevara, BRHS CEO, receives $500,000 from Chris Witte, BASF VP
Earl Shipp, Dow VP, presents $500,000 to campaign committee
J.L. & L.E. Mabee Foundation donates $500,000 to the campaign
Sharon Rogers, Ravi Singahni, Judith Pepper receive
Fondren’s $200,000
Making A Difference - 3
Major Donors to the Capital Campaign
Mike and Leslie Lowrey
donate $1,000,000 to the
capital campaign
Cornerstone of Caring Capital Campaign Donors
Thank You
Brazosport Community, Businesses and Corporate
Partners for Exceeding our $5,000,000 Goal
Brazosport Health Foundation would like to thank all of
its generous donors to the Cornerstone of Caring Capital
Campaign. Gifts like yours are crucial to the health care
services provided by Brazosport Regional Health System.
Thank you for your support.
Chuck Jeffress, Leslie Lowrey and
Al Guevara at the construction site
$1,000,000 +
$10,000 - $24,999
Mike & Leslie Lowrey
Anonymous
Aplin Family Foundation
Bay-Houston Towing Co.,
Suderman & Young Towing Co.
& Moran Towing Corp.
Brazosport Radiology
The Facts Newspaper
Dr. Emerardo & Mary Falcon
Gertrude B Nielsen Charitable Trust,
Linda & Ric Bennett
Dr. Michael & Rebecca Gilliland
Camille & Samuel Hudson, MD
Gerry Lebow
John Maxwell & Zita Witte
Dr. Bruce & Mary Meyers
Deanna R. Monical
Steve & Ann Polemenakos
Sharon & Speedy Rogers
Union Pacific Foundation
George & Janis Warny
$500,000 - $999,999
BASF Corporation Freeport
The Dow Chemical Company
Freeport LNG
The J. E. & L. E. Mabee
Foundation, Inc.
Brazosport Regional Volunteers
$100,000 - $499,999
Shintech, Inc.
Anonymous
Bluebonnet Social Club 2014
Brazosport Regional Volunteers
The Fondren Foundation
Power of the Purse 2013
Power of the Purse 2015
Shintech, Inc.
Texas Dow Employees Credit Union
The Wright Family Foundation
(SI Group)
$25,000 - $99,999
First State Bank
Anu & Alkesh Amin
Brazosport Rotary Club
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Clark
Texas Crewboats,
The Cundieff Family
First National Bank of Lake Jackson
First State Bank
Mr. & Mrs. George Franklin
Al & Becky Guevara
Lake Jackson E.M.S.
Corky & Vicki Melass
Dr. & Mrs. Perry Mueller, Jr.
Offshore Oil Services, Inc.
Rollin M. Gerstacker Foundation
Off Shore Oil Services, Inc.
Wright Family Foundation
Making A Difference - 4
Brazosport Rotary Club
After Five Rotary
Sanjay & Kamini Aggarwal
Johanna A. Alborzi
Jeff & Krista Alexander
American Realty, Charles
Castleberry
Quinton Anderson
Anonymous
Lisa R. Baker, RN
Joyce Barefield
Dr. & Mrs. Lyndon Forbes Barnwell
Joan Bell
Ed & Kay Birdsong
Virginia & Larry Bollinger
Brent & Lauren Bowles
Brazos Pipe &
Steel Fabricators, Inc.
Scott & Desiree Briner
Bryan & Lisa Cochran
Gloria Coker
Harold & Wanna Cox
Debra Crook
Jim & Harriet Cutshall
Dr. Raj & Sonal Dalal
Kathy & Greg Davis
Mark & Cheryl Davis
Ben & Nell Denman
David & Margaret Dingee
Sammye L. Dingle
Steve Elbert
Keith & Arleen Frank
Butch & Sharre Gentry
John & Nancy Gilbert
Ranelle Hampy
Martha Harvey, RT(R)
Hays Insurance Agency, Jack Hays
Eric & Lucilla Henderson
Iso Therapeutics Group, LLC
Chuck & Linda Jeffress
Raymond C. Jess, MD
Kennemer, Masters & Lunsford
Afzal Khan, MD
Laurie Lee Kidd
Patricia & Robert Kilian
Harry & Dianne Koester
Dr. Philip & Christy Koury
Nancy LaChance
Pin K. Lam, M.D.
Dr. Jane & Hugh Leidlein
Charla Little
Lowrey Community
Service Grants
Dr. & Mrs. Thomas M. Lunsford
Dusty & Danette Martin
Gary & Leah Martin
Lova Monaghan
Drs. Roman & Crystal Nieto
Anupama Pant Dhodapkar, MD
Judith Pepper
Scott & Kristen Pforr
Shane & Linda Pirtle
Dr. Roland & Brenda Prezas
Tom & Carolyn Pruett
Kevin & Deanna
Rittger, MD, FACEP
Dick & Barbara Robie
Ravi & Pam Singhania
Norman & Donna Tetlow
Texas Gulf Bank. N.A.
Linda Thomerson
S.R. Thompson, Jr., MD
Vernor Material & Equipment Co.
Lloyd & Marilyn Washington
Bobby A. & Nancy C. Weaver
Anne & Clarence Witson
Up to $999
Anonymous
Kalen Bailey State Farm Ins.
The Bakers’ Crown Jewels,
Lara Baker
Lee & Nancy Berry
Brazosport Pediatric Clinic, PA
Blanca E. Bustos
Adam Corley, MD
Jerry & Sharon Craig
Robert & Jacquelynn Danford
W. Edwin & Bettye Denman
Sue Dumesnil
Pauline Edwards
Thomas Fowler
Kelley Frey
Nicola Grindle
Dr. Richard & Arlette Hardoin
David Landsborough
Lonita Lynette Lewis
Donna Mason
Robert McClure
Ronnie D. McDonald
Bonnie Mettetal
R.E. & Joan Monical
Nate & Evelyn Moore
Henry Newman
Dr. John C. O’Leary
Timothy Owens
Commissioner Dude Payne
Pat & Julie Pessarra
Jim & Marcia Pierce
Wayne Reitmeyer
Mary Ruth Rhodenbaugh
Joe K. & Erin Ripple
Ken & Louise Smith
The Source Weekly
Janie Tenalio
Debbie Thevenet
Ethel Tracy
Alan Tullos
Kenny & Nancy Vernor
Robert & Michelle Walker
Ken & Ann West
Royce & Diann Williams
Physicians Leadership
Society
Dr. Emerado Falcon, Dr. Sasi Yallampalli, Dr. John Maxwell,
Dr. Bruce Meyers and Dr. Anne Witson with the newly
installed Physicians Leadership Society plaque in the
physicians lounge
Dr. Bruce Meyers, Co Chair of the Capital
Campaign, is extremely proud of the local doctors’
generous response to the campaign as it is the
largest physician giving in the history of the
hospital. Through letter writing, direct phone calls
and one to one meetings, the Physicians Leadership
Society gave $189,600. “It’s very simple,” explained
Dr. Meyers, “our physicians have compassion for
those in need of healing care. We see the value of
giving back to our community in many ways – in
this case to BRHS capital improvements – and we
are pleased to join the other community leaders
and members in giving to the Cornerstone of
Caring Capital Campaign”.
Making A Difference - 5
Cornerstone of Caring Capital Campaign Donors
$1,000 - $9,999
Power of the Pur$e
Southern Charm Luncheon
Keynote Speaker, Jeanne Robertson
Power of the Pur$e Committee
For the past three years, TDECU Mortgage, the Presenting Sponsor of Power of the Pur$e, and the event
committee, have raised over $450,000 for women’s health initiatives at Brazosport Regional. The 2015 event
exceeded all expectations with over 600 guests and raising $147,000.
The event proceeds were designated for the Cornerstone of Caring Capital Campaign. The Committee members
will be acknowledged with a plaque in an exam room in the soon to be opened Mike and Leslie Lowrey
Emergency Services Pavilion.
Loretta Williams, TDECU Mortgage Manager, presents
check to the hospital
Power of the Pur$e silent auction items
Making A Difference - 6
The Mermaid Project provides financial assistance to women and men who are uninsured or unable to pay for
mammograms and other breast health care diagnostics. The Mermaid Project is funded by donations to the
Brazosport Health Foundation.
These pictures are from just a few of the groups that recently held fund raisers for Mermaid. Please call
979-297-6190 for information about The Mermaid Project.
Al Guevara receives $3,000 check from Brazoria County
deputies, Wade Nichols and Ulysses Velez
Sock it to Cancer golf tournament raised $5,000 for Mermaid
Athena Garcia, 6th scholarship recipient with Rob Heckendorn, Judith
Pepper and Jacque Cundieff
The Adelaide Thorpe Nursing Scholarship assists in
removing financial barriers for those interested in
pursuing a nursing career. The $10,000 scholarship
is awarded annually to a nursing student enrolled in
the Brazosport College Associate Nursing Program.
Contact Brazosport Health Foundation for more
information.
Making A Difference - 7
Community Donations at Work
Christy Bull and Linda Ortiz-Davis present a $16,500 check from the
Mermaid Biker Ride
Presents
PO Box 90
Lake Jackson, TX 77566
Friday, April 22, 2016
Brazosport College Dow Academic Center
Lake Jackson
Bluebonnet Social Club is an event
to raise funds for
For sponsorship and ticket information please call 979.297.6190 or visit
www.Brazosport-Health-Foundation.org
As you become busy with
the holiday festivities,
take time to enjoy those
people and things that are
most important.
Merry Christmas and
2016 bluebonnet social club committee
Happy New Year.
L-R: Al Guevara, Emelda Moreno, Terri Bernhardt, Olivia Rizzo, Joe
Ripple, Judith Pepper and Mary Meyers. Mary Heckendorn and Rob
Heckendorn, Event Co-Chairs. Not Pictured: Cindy Suggs, BASF
Presenting Sponsor
Brazosport Health Foundation, building philanthropic support for
Brazosport Regional Health System.