Inside: • Heart Center Update • Cancer and

Inside:
April 2014
•Heart Center Update
•Cancer and Baseball
•Thank You to Our Donors
Munson Healthcare Regional Foundation
& Paul Oliver Foundation
The Carls Foundation has given a $1.5 million grant to Munson Medical Center for the new Cowell Family Cancer Center. Bill Carls immigrated
to the United States from Osnabruck, Germany in 1924 at the age of 21. Like many immigrants, he arrived in New York with next to nothing.
The Carls Foundation Gives $1.5 Million to Cancer Center
“He wanted to do something special
for Munson because he had received
such wonderful care there.”
- Elizabeth Stieg, Executive Director
The Carls Foundation
Bill Carls lived the American dream.
He was a true patriot and later in his
life used The Carls Foundation to
express his appreciation for the great
opportunities he found in America
after immigrating from Germany.
Nineteen years after his death, his
Foundation’s board – made up of
individuals he knew and trusted –
continues his lifetime of generosity
with support for community projects,
particularly those that help children.
The Carls Foundation has given a
$1.5 million grant to Munson Medical Center for the new Cowell Family
Cancer Center. Since 1986, The Carls
Foundation has supported Munson
with $3.6 million in gifts.
The Man
Behind the
Foundation
Bill immigrated
to the United
States from
Osnabruck,
Germany in
1924 at the
age of 21.
Like many
immigrants,
he arrived in
New York with next to nothing. He
took the train to Detroit, and leveraged his four years of experience as
an apprentice toolmaker to work his
way up through a series of die shops,
including 11 years as a die engineer
for Chrysler Corporation.
Bill immigrated to the United States from Osnabruck, Germany in 1924 at the age of 21. In 1945,
Bill and two men formed Numatics Operating Valve
Company in Milford. In addition to his engineering
skills, Bill was a talented pen and ink artist.
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In 1945, Bill and two men formed
Numatics Operating Valve Company
in Milford, opening their first facility
in a three-car garage. Four years later,
Bill invented a unique spool-and-
sleeve pneumatic valve. His design
uses a film of air millionths of an inch
thick to suspend the spool inside the
sleeve. The cushioning effect allows
the valve to operate longer, more consistently, and with fewer breakdowns.
The air valve was considered a totally
new concept that is still used worldwide today in manufacturing everything from automobiles to textiles.
Bill became sole owner of the
company in 1951 and served as
chairman and chief executive officer
of Numatics, Inc., until 1990 when,
at age 87, he sold the company and
its 10 manufacturing plants to the
corporation’s management executives. Bill always shared credit for
the success of Numatics with his first
wife, Marie, who worked beside him
for nearly 30 years until her death in
1981. The couple was well known for
two things: exceptionally hard work
and open-handed generosity.
When asked what college he attended, Bill would reply, “I’ve seen it from
the outside.”
A Genuine, Generous, Genius
Bill was first and foremost a brilliant
inventor, industrialist, and philanthropist. His active mind was always
working on ways to make things
better right up until his death in 1995
at age 92. Bill treated his employees
like extended family and had a strong
desire to help (and feed) people. On
his birthday each March 13, every
employee at every facility was treated
to donuts and coffee. If an employee
or an employee’s family member
died, he often quietly paid the funeral
expenses. Private acts of generosity
In addition to his engineering
skills, Bill was a talented pen and
ink artist. He loved classical music,
rhododendrons, well-behaved
children, photography, and boating.
He also had a great sense of humor,
with a telltale twinkle in his eye.
As a youth in Germany, he enjoyed
participating in “wandervogel,”
singing and playing the guitar
while hiking.
The Traverse City Connection
Bill and Marie loved northern
Michigan and often traveled to
Leland to go fishing. Bill continued
to visit the north after Marie’s death,
and met his second wife in Cadillac.
He wanted to live in Traverse City
and they built a home on the Old
Mission Peninsula.
In 1986, a gift from The Carls
Foundation established the William
and Leni Carls Speech and Hearing
Clinic at Munson Medical Center.
Subsequent gifts allowed Munson to
purchase and equip mobile hearing
labs so that audiologists could travel
to do children’s hearing screenings at
schools around northern Michigan.
The Carls Foundation has supported
many speech and hearing programs
around the state, a special interest
that stemmed from Marie’s hearing
impairment.
Past grants from The Carls Foundation to Munson Medical Center have
supported the Women’s Pavilion,
outpatient Diabetes Education, an
endowment fund for Patient Ser-
Other Major Grants from The Carls Foundation
Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy $1.3 million
The Detroit Science Center
$1 million
Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Detroit Medical Center
$8.5 million
The Carls Pediatric Medical Center at William Beaumont Hospital
$5 million
The Carls Stem Cell Processing Lab at Karmanos Cancer Institute
$1 million
The Carls Center for Clinical Care and Education at Central Michigan University $1.5 million
Detroit 300, Inc., Project and Conservancy Endowment
$1 million
The Kellogg Eye Center, University of Michigan $2 million
C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, University of Michigan
$4 million
William and Marie Carls Family YMCA, Detroit/Huron Valley
$3 million
©2014 Doriguzzi Photographic
frequently benefited friends,
employees, and others in need.
The Carls Foundation Board Members from left: Donald DeLong, Bruce Fleischer, Edward Stieg,
Robert Sajdak, Homer Nye, Teresa Krieger Burke. Seated in Front: Elizabeth Stieg, Henry Fleischer
vices, Munson Manor Hospitality
House, the new Emergency Department, and hearing screenings for all
newborns. The gift for the cancer
center will support infusion services
within the center, a service Bill used
later in life. “He wanted to do something special for Munson because
he had received such wonderful care
there,” said Elizabeth Stieg, executive
director of The Carls Foundation.
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Special Label ‘All Hands In Against Cancer’
L. Mawby Wine Supports Cancer Center
“All Hands In Against Cancer” will be
available in the Grand Traverse area
throughout 2014. “We’re contributing
$1 to the campaign for every bottle
sold, so it’s really simple.”
“...everyone has some relationship with
someone who has experienced cancer.
This is an opportunity to do something
to strengthen our human ability to thrive.”
-Larry Mawby
L. Mawby Vineyard in Suttons Bay
produces a special sparkling wine
each year to support a local charity.
“For 2014, we decided the fundraising effort for the Cowell Family
Cancer Center at Munson Medical
Center is the charity of choice for us,”
Larry Mawby said.
Larry was approached about supporting the cancer center by fellow
Leelanau Peninsula fruit grower Ann
Gregory, who sits on the Munson
Healthcare Regional Foundation
Board. A cancer survivor himself,
Larry thought it was a great fit. “Personally, I’ve always felt it is very important as an individual to give back
whatever you can to the community.
I always encourage my fellow business people to look into their heart
and see what is really important to
them, to their family, to their employees, to their customers, to their
community, and do something to
help support that. In this case, I think
the Cowell Family Cancer Center is a
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really, really worthy cause deserving
of everybody’s support.”
Larry’s own experience gives him
empathy for what others face when
given a cancer diagnosis. “I had colon
cancer 21 years ago and had surgery
and chemotherapy at Munson. I definitely understand the need for a local
cancer center and I appreciate the
work that Munson has done for all
these many years to support patients
in the area who have cancer.”
Larry’s family has grown fruit for
generations. When he graduated
from college, he decided to grow
wine grapes. “My passion for the last
40 years is trying to find what grapes
will grow here and to make the best
wines we possibly can from those
grapes.”
The sparkling wine selected for the
“All Hands in Against Cancer” label
is called “Us.” “I think of ‘Us’ as our
relationship wine,” he said. “This recognizes that everyone has some relationship with someone who has experienced cancer – a friend, yourself, a
loved one – we all have a relationship
with cancer. This is an opportunity to
do something to strengthen our
human ability to thrive.”
“It feels wonderful to be able to do
something,” he added. “Everybody
recognizes this is a really large project. All too often we feel that what
we as individuals can do is such a
small thing. The fact is, everything
helps. Every hand in against cancer
is another hand helping in the right
direction.”
For a list of locations and to watch
a video about the special L. Mawby
wine, go to munsonhealthcare.org/
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Local Author Writes Poignant
Novel about Cancer (and Baseball)
your heart and keep you engaged
well beyond the final sentence.
“You could be a wish come true
for someone today.”
-Jake Smith
If you love hearing the “thwack”
of a bat connecting with a fast
pitch, you will enjoy a new book
by local author Jake Smith. And,
if you love or have ever loved a
child, you will be moved to tears
by this must-read of a father’s
devotion. Jake is the associate
publications director at Village
Press, and Wish is his first published novel. It is “fiction with a
mission.”
Jake’s story chronicles a young
family’s odyssey after their son’s
leukemia returns following a brief
remission. Whether you’ve had
cancer, known someone with
cancer, or been spared from the
cancer journey, the story will grab
The message in the subtext is
clear: Everyone has a role to play
in supporting children who are
battling cancer. “Every children’s
hospital has a wish list of things
needed, whether it is gas cards
for the family when they need to
travel for treatment, or something
to help make it just a little easier
for a child going through chemotherapy,” Jake said.
Readers of Wish also are encouraged
to join the bone marrow registry. “A
cheek swab – that’s it, and you could
save someone’s life so their family
doesn’t have to live without their
loved one’s smiles and laughter,” Jake
writes. “You could be a wish come
true for someone today.”
Wish is a tribute to all families who
have endured a child’s cancer diagnosis, and to those in the medical
community who work with pediatric
patients, perform cancer research, or
raise funds for cancer treatment.
Jake and his wife, Vickie, are the
parents of three healthy children.
They used a portion of Jake’s book
advance money to support hospitals that serve children with cancer,
including a donation to Munson
The Stats
Medical Center in memory of Katie
Heintz, a Traverse City teenager who
battled leukemia with great faith (see
page 11 for photos from the annual
Katie Heintz Basketball Tournament). Jake’s goal is to share his
book’s success with hospitals around
the state and nation that provide
pediatric cancer care.
Wish is scheduled for release in May
and will be available on Amazon.
com and Christianbook.com. It is
published by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., a company committed
to “faith-filled books that make a
difference.” You can learn more at
jakesmithbooks.com.
For more information on how to
support pediatric cancer care at
Munson Medical Center, call the
Foundation at (231) 935-6482.
Someone is diagnosed with a blood cancer every four minutes.
70 percent of patients who need a bone marrow transplant must turn to nonfamily members for a match.
13,000 new cases of childhood cancer will be diagnosed each year.
For more information, visit BeTheMatch.org.
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Heart Center Update:
Donor-Supported Programs Impacting Lives
Lisa Aldrich is a walking testimonial
for the life-changing care taking place
at the Webber Heart Center. As a
Munson volunteer, she greets visitors, provides directions, and wheels
patients where they need to go. Not
too long ago, Lisa couldn’t walk 100
feet without having to stop because
of severe shortness of breath. She was
on oxygen 24 hours a day, the result
of pulmonary hypertension, a secondary diagnosis to lupus.
Webber Heart Center. Within the
center, The Dan and Debra Edson
Cardiac Diagnostic Suite is playing
a critical role in delivering outstanding cardiac services to patients
in northern Michigan. The facility
houses state-of-the-art non-invasive heart imaging technology and
is home to specialty cardiac clinics,
including pediatric cardiology and
a clinic for adults with congenital
heart disease.
“Patients and their families are now
being saved hundreds of hours of traveling
because we are able to do their testing
and monitoring here.”
-Dino Recchia, MD, FACC
Medical Director, Webber Heart Center
“We also have been able to create
a program that allows patients in
northern Michigan to have their
testing done in their local hospital
Lisa, 50, needed specialty care, but
living alone on a disability income,
she didn’t have the funds to travel to
Ann Arbor to be seen in a clinic at
the University of Michigan Health
System. “Even the thought of going
down there was stressful,” she said.
Munson’s new Heart Failure Clinic
opened in late 2012 and was designed
specifically for patients like Lisa. Today, under the innovative care of cardiologist Dino Recchia, MD, FACC,
Lisa no longer needs to be on oxygen.
Her condition improved so much she
began volunteering at Munson Medical Center five months ago. She calls
herself “a fragile success” and is well
enough to share some of her time and
energy with Munson. As she wheels
patients to their tests, she likes to
reassure them that they are in good
hands. “It’s just major having specialized heart care up here,” she said. “I’ve
been getting great care.”
Generous donor support has made
the lives of countless people better
through enhanced programs, treatments, technology, and services at the
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Patients born with abnormalities of
their heart or major blood vessels
previously had to travel to either the
University of Michigan or Spectrum
Health in Grand Rapids to see subspecialists not available in northern
Michigan. “Patients and their families are now being saved hundreds
of hours of traveling because we are
able to do their testing and monitoring here,” said Dr. Recchia, Medical Director of the Webber Heart
Center.
and have the studies reviewed and
interpreted by a cardiologist here at
Munson,” he added. “We have implemented this program in communities including Frankfort, Charlevoix,
Gaylord, Manistee, and Grayling
which has saved countless patients
and their families many hours of
driving, while still giving them access
to expert cardiac diagnostic services.”
To learn how you can support
heart services at Munson Medical
Center, call the Foundation at
(231) 935-6482.
When Life Throws a Curve,
Munson’s Patient Needs Fund Can Help
Family finances were unexpectedly tight. The family’s insurance
would not cover name brand
medication, and the $60 a month
needed for Ezra’s daily dose of
Prevacid just wasn’t there.
Ezra was enrolled in Munson’s
Pediatric Feeding Program and
was making progress, but without medication, he could not eat
without pain.
Occupational therapist Dawn
Brown was working with Ezra and
told his parents that funds might
be available through Munson’s
Patient Needs Fund. She successfully applied for a grant for the
Kladder family to cover the cost
of Ezra’s medication. “It was just a
relief because we didn’t know how
we were going to pay for it,” Holly
said. “We had made all of the
adjustments we could make and
there was not any extra money.
When that money was available, it
was a real blessing. We could have
asked our parents for help, but it
was nice to know there was an
option right there at Munson.”
Photos courtesy of Katharine Smith Photography
The timing couldn’t have been
worse. Ben and Holly Kladder’s
little son Ezra needed medication
to help manage gastroesophageal
reflux disease (GERD). The generic brand of medication Ezra took
was discontinued about the same
time Ben’s employer announced a
20 percent pay cut for all employees.
Ben and Holly adopted Ezra shortly
after his birth on Valentine’s Day
2011. He had his first episode of
GERD when he was five days old.
“He started flailing his arms and
legs and it was obvious he was in
distress,” Holly said. “It was a helpless feeling. There are babies who
spit up, but this was so obviously
accompanied by pain.”
likes to sing and he is very musical.
He was singing little tunes before
he could talk.”
After multiple trips to the pediatrician and multiple attempts to
find the right medication, Ezra
started taking generic Prevacid
when he was one month old.
The Kladders enrolled Ezra in the
Pediatric Feeding Program when
he was 14 months old.
For information on how you can
support the Patient Needs Fund, call
the Foundation at (231) 935-6482.
Munson’s Patient Needs Fund is
largely supported by the generous
donations of Munson Medical
Center employees. Last year,
employees donated $33,497 to
the fund.
He’s now a healthy three-year-old,
doing well at home, enjoying his
two big sisters, Bereket and Ellie,
and his dog Leo. “He’s not an A+
eater but his weight and development are on track,” Holly said. “He
loves cars, trucks, and anything else
that has an engine and wheels. He
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Board Member Profile
David Hunter
David and Nancy
Hunter met as
college students
the summer they
both worked
as water safety
instructors at the
National Music
Camp in Interlochen. Their romance
has spanned 52 years of shared life
that has taken them around the globe.
David’s career in international business found the couple and their two
daughters making homes in Stuttgart,
Germany; in a 1630-circa house on the
canal in the medieval city of Brugge,
Belgium; in Arco, Italy surrounded
by the “jaw-dropping” splendor of the
Italian Alps; and in the old Spanish
colonial city of Queretaro, Mexico.
After a career that involved flying three
million miles, the Hunters decided to
look for a retirement home in Leland,
where they had enjoyed camping and
summer days with their girls. In 2002,
they settled into a home on the north
end of Lake Leelanau.
As they had in every stateside and
international town they called home,
David and Nancy became involved in
the local community. Nancy, a pianist
and organist, served on the Traverse
Symphony Orchestra Board. David,
interested in science and sailing,
joined the Inland Seas Board, the
ShareCare™ of Leelanau, Inc. Board,
and several other boards.
He met Munson Healthcare Regional
Foundation President Des Worthington when the Inland Seas Board asked
her to speak at their board retreat
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about ways to be more effective. After
he and Nancy hosted an in-home
gathering for the new Cowell Family
Cancer Center, Des and board chair
Charlie Bumb approached him about
serving on the Foundation board. “I
was flattered,” he said. “I think it will
be fun and I’m looking forward to it.”
It was an easy sell. Despite being
“wonderfully healthy” for most of his
life, a health problem in 2012 gave
David first-hand experience with
surgical services at Munson Medical
Center that made him a fan. After
playing golf downstate for several
days in some discomfort, Nancy
insisted they go home so David could
see his doctor. They went to Munson’s
Emergency Department instead,
where David learned his appendix
had burst four days earlier. Surgeon
Thomas Quinn, MD, removed his
appendix laparoscopically. “He did
such an extraordinary job. I had a
wonderful experience at Munson.”
“All of us at some point will have a
need for Munson services,” he added.
“As that need is wonderfully fulfilled,
people become passionate about
Munson and many of them
are people who can and would like
to be more involved in giving.”
David is currently pursuing his
“unfulfilled aspiration to play good
golf ” and fishing off the shore of
Boca Grande, Florida until spring
returns to northern Michigan. The
Foundation, however, did not give
him the winter off – he was sent a list
of donors to call and thank, a job he
is happily doing between tee times.
Munson Healthcare Regional
Foundation Board of Trustees
Charlie Bumb, Chairman
Kathy Dixon, Vice Chair
Kyle Carr, MD, Secretary
Ron Yocum, Treasurer
Desiree Worthington, President
Lorraine Beers
Preston Dilts, MD
Cindy Glines, MD
Ann Ward Gregory
Charles Havill
David Hunter
Leslie Youngflesh Julian
Ray Ludwa
Bill Montgomery
Edwin Ness, President and CEO,
Munson Healthcare
Brad Platt
Barbara Smith
Sarah Trippe
David Wright, MD
Paul Oliver Foundation
Board of Directors
Honnie McClear, Chair
Preston Dilts, Jr., MD, Vice Chair
Hallie Christian, Secretary
Phillip Meek, Treasurer
Desiree Worthington, President
Jon Armstrong
Paul Clulo
Phyllis Foster
John Haddick
Jerry Jehle
J. Chris Kantgias
Chuck King
David Leavenworth
Dick Lewis
Peter Marinoff, President
Paul Oliver Memorial Hospital
Peggy Nelson
Irene Nugent
William C. Parris
George Ryckman, DO
Des Worthington Named
One of the ‘25 Most Powerful Women’ in GT Area
Desiree Worthington, President
of Munson Healthcare Regional
Foundation and Paul Oliver
Foundation, has been named one
of the 25 Most Powerful Women
in the Region by the Traverse City
Business News.
Des assumed the leadership role
at the Regional Foundation in
June 2006. She has been leading
philanthropy efforts for nonprofit
organizations since 1991, resulting in more than $80 million
raised to support health, human
services, youth, and conservation.
Her passion for nonprofit organizations was ignited at age 19
when Des became a volunteer
fundrasier for hospice. Twentythree years later, she is still
enthusiastic about her role.
“Being ‘a powerful woman’ in
northern Michigan is a privilege,”
Des said. “I love my work –
meeting amazing people who
want to make a difference. When
we all work toward that common
goal, magic happens!”
“Des is a dynamic leader and
she is doing a remarkable job
for Munson Healthcare,” said
“Des is thoughtful about who needs
to be engaged, and creative about
getting them there. She’s an extraor dinary person. As big as you think
Des is, she’s bigger.”
- David Hunter
Foundation board member
Ed Ness, President and CEO
of Munson
Healthcare.
“She is successfully leading
the fundraising
campaign to
help construct
the new $45 million Cowell Family
Cancer Center, which represents
the most ambitious goal in the
Foundation’s history. Her strengths,
personality, and passion are well
suited for her position and I’m
pleased she is being recognized in
the community for the considerable
contribution she is making.”
“Des has a huge passion for
Munson and the success of the
Munson Healthcare Regional
Foundation,” added Charlie Bumb,
chairman of the Munson Healthcare
Regional Foundation Board. “Her
understanding of effective fundraising is outstanding and she demonstrates excellent leadership in getting
the board, staff, and many Munson
employees committed and supporting the mission of the Munson
Foundation. And, she does it all in
a caring and sincere way.”
In addition to her responsibilities at
Munson Healthcare, Des currently
serves as a board member of HeadWaters Land Conservancy located
in Gaylord, Mich., and is on the
Strategy Planning Committee of
St. Francis Parish in Traverse City.
She and her husband, Greg, have
four children: Tristan, 19; Brianna,
17; Ciara, 14; and Tegan, 11.
Contact Us
Desiree Worthington | President
(231) 935-6509
[email protected]
Ruth Bloomer | Leadership Giving Specialist
(231) 935-6484
[email protected]
Kelly Broderick | Development Assistant
(231) 935-6482
[email protected]
Nan Brown | Database/Research Specialist
(231) 935-6448
[email protected]
Denise DaFermo | Executive Assistant
(231) 935-6480
[email protected]
Debra Henderson | Annual Giving Coordinator
(231) 935-7668
[email protected]
Beth Karczewski | Senior Leadership Giving
Specialist
(231) 935-7689
[email protected]
Alyson Olivier | Leadership Giving Specialist
(231) 935-7901
[email protected]
Tracy Wittkopp | Special Events
& Database Coordinator
(231) 935-2368
[email protected]
Sharon Wilkins | Department Secretary
(231) 935-7913
[email protected]
Kris Zimmerman | Data Entry Clerk II
(231) 935-7909
[email protected]
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Chuck Havill Update:
Returning to Good Health
At the end of
January, Chuck
Havill and his
wife, Anne, got the
news they’d hoped
for: a PET scan
showed no presence of cancer cells
in Chuck’s body.
Last August, Chuck was diagnosed
with oropharyngeal squamous cell
carcinoma (cancer of the throat),
caused by a virus. In the December
2013 issue of Focus, Chuck shared
some thoughts about how the new
Cowell Family Cancer Center would
improve care and lessen the burden
on people with cancer. As a member
of the Munson Healthcare Regional
Foundation Board, he knew the facts.
As a person suddenly battling cancer,
he knew the stark reality.
One of the most trying parts of the
experience, Chuck said, was the 90day wait between the end of treatment and the first scan to see if the
treatment worked. “That’s the difficult
time – the waiting,” he said. Chuck
had an appointment with his physician two days after his PET scan in
January, but he couldn’t wait for the
results. He logged into his physician’s
online patient portal where the results
were posted within 24 hours. “I don’t
know if he gets happiness in telling
you good news, so we tried to act surprised when we saw him,” he said.
Chuck will now have a blood test
every three months to monitor his
progress. What lingers is the certainty
that coordinated cancer services
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delivered in one location is a critical need. “I’ve never, ever felt more
certain that this cancer center is so
incredibly important,” he said. “I just
know what these people with cancer
are going through out there. I cannot
express how important it will be to
have a navigator in place at the cancer
center who is educated on all kinds of
cancer and can answer questions.”
Through his experience, Chuck
developed a profound respect and appreciation for Munson staff who work
with cancer patients. “I’m so very glad
I had my treatment done here,” he
said. “The phenomenal heroes were
the staff members – the nurses, the
receptionists, the technicians. That is
the number one thing that blew me
away, the 50 to 60 staff people I encountered. The doctors are brilliant,
but it’s the everyday workers who give
you hope and reassurance, and they
are very, very knowledgeable.”
Looking ahead, Chuck is enthusiastic
about the floor-by-floor drawings he’s
seen for the new cancer center, which
incorporate elements from some of
the best cancer centers in the nation.
“It is going to be an incredible place of
healing and a peaceful place for those
who are going through something
that is horrendous and scary.”
Chuck continues to recover from the
after effects of treatment, but can now
spend a little less time thinking about
cancer. “I am so incredibly grateful to
my family, my friends, and God. I’m
very happy, but my heart still goes out
to people who are diagnosed with less
than a year to live and to those who
don’t go through treatment because
they can’t afford it.”
Foundation Board
Member Pens
Heartfelt Memoir
Munson
Healthcare
Regional
Foundation Board
Member Bill
Montgomery
has written a
candid, personal memoir about
his life, including his ongoing
fight with advanced prostate
cancer.
In “Prayer for Time,” Bill chronicles his experiences, including
four major threats to his life, his
family’s long-time enjoyment of
cottage life at Lake Skegemog,
his move from Dallas, Texas to
Traverse City, his faith, and his
devotion to his wife, Anne.
Bill’s memoir is dedicated to
the life of his good friend,
Arnold Van Zanten, who died of
prostate cancer in August 2013.
“Prayer for Time” is available
at Horizon Books and on
Amazon.com.
For more information about how you
can help, go to munsonhealthcare.
org/imaginehealinghere or call the
Foundation at (231) 935-6480.
Events Combine Fun and Good Causes
Hoops For A Cause
For the ninth consecutive year, the Katie Heintz Basketball Tournament
was held at St. Francis High School in March. The tournament raises
money for pediatric oncology at Munson Medical Center and was
established as a memorial for Katie Heintz, a 16 year old St. Francis
student who lost her battle to leukemia in 2005. Students from the
Grand Traverse Area Catholic Schools took on the faculty during the
contest and the finale was a battle between teams coached by John
Cueter, Director of Fox Motors and Otto Belovich, owner of Cherry
Capital Subaru Cadillac and Traverse Motors. More than $8,000
was raised to benefit pediatric hematology and oncology patients
at Munson.
L-R- Jake Smith, St. Francis alumnae; Debra Henderson, MHRF; Sandy Coil, RN,
Infusion Clinic; Leslee Heintz (& Charlotte); Pat Heintz.
The Castle Family from left: Jaime, Keira, Dave, Mason
and Dave Sr. enjoy a Taste of Summer at Moomers.
Moomers held its annual “A Taste of Summer”
event on Saturday, March 15 with proceeds of the
Sundae Bar benefitting Munson Hospice. This year’s
event raised more than $1,400.
Save the Date: June 28, Noon - 5 pm
The Paul Oliver Memorial Hospital Auxiliary will present “Wine and
Stein” – a wine, beer, food, and music festival on Saturday, June 28,
in downtown Frankfort to benefit Paul Oliver Memorial Hospital.
Tickets: $25 (includes four beverage tickets and entertainment)
Location: Open Space on Main Street, downtown Frankfort, Mich.
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Thank You to Our Donors in 2013
We are deeply
grateful to all
of our donors.
The following list
represents those
who made cash
gifts and payments
of $100 and above,
between January 1
and December 31,
2013.
We have taken great
care to ensure the
accuracy of our donor
listing. If an error has
been made, please call
the Foundation at
(231) 935-6480.
Thank you!
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President’s Circle
($25,000 and above)
Champions
Partners ($5,000 - $9,999)
($10,000 - $24,999)
American Proficiency Institute, Inc.
Gary & Judy Anderson
Edmund F. & Virginia B. Ball
Foundation Inc.
Richard & Lorraine Beers
Biederman Foundation
Blue Waters Foundation
Ruth L. Brakel Estate
Richard & Carolyn Chormann
Consumers Energy Foundation
Casey Cowell & Family
Herbert H. & Barbara C.
Dow Foundation
Dorothy Dowd
Daniel & Debra Edson
Daniel & Cameron Farley
Fifth Third Bank of Traverse City
Jeff & Nancy Fisher
Foster Family Foundation
Frey Foundation
David & Penelope Gordon
Grand Traverse Radiologists, PC
Grand Traverse Regional
Community Foundation
Elizabeth C. Hosick, MD
James & Diana Huckle
Hattie Hannah Keeney Trust
Kohl’s Department Stores
Martin & Olivia Lagina
Bill Marsh Automotive Group, Inc.
Maxon Foundation
Bob & Janice McKee
Phil & Nancy Meek
Nickum Foundation
Ramin Sarrafizadeh & Amy Noffke
The Noverr Family
The Oleson Foundation
Bill & Marty Paine
Priority Health
Rock Oil
Richard J. Schilling, MD
Paul Schmuckal
Schmuckal Oil
The Art and Mary Schmuckal
Family Foundation
The David & Mary Sheetz
Foundation
Dudley and Barbara Smith
Shaw & Betty Walker Foundation
The Wayne and Joan Webber
Foundation
Bob Weber
Ronald & Martha Yocum
Robert & Pauline Young
Charles & Judy Andrews
Robert J. & Jennifer J. Banks
Charitable Trust
Julius H. & Barbara Beers
Family Foundation
Charles & Barbara Benson
Robert & Felicia Bloom
Frederick & Denise Campbell
Daniel & Pamella DeVos
Foundation
Michael, Rhonda & Vincent Estes
David Friar & Rorie Lewis
Jack Maddox & Jan Garvey
Robert & Wendy Goodenow
Larry & Barbara Graves
Donald & Ann Gregory
Allan John Heffron
Ralph & Peggy Jackson
Roger & Mary Jane Jacobi
William & Susanne Janis
Randy & Bonnie Johnson
George & Barbara Kausler
Charles & Joanne Knight
Richard & Sherry Koenig
Aaron & Kristy Kurjan
Leelanau La-Tea-Da
Jack Maddox & Jan Garvey
Peggy Martin
Richard & Johanna McClear
William & Anne Montgomery
William Ramseur &
Gaylord Ramseur
Jim & Jean Richards
Lu Rorick
Robert & Elaine Schafer
Estate of Arthur Schmuckal
Mark Smith & Ann
Timmermann-Smith
Craig & Rebecca Tester
Edward & Tamara Vomastek
Bruce & Betsy Wagner
Theodore & Joy Whittlesey
Randy & Joan Woods
Mike & Kathy Wysocki
George & Patricia Bearup
Duane & Jean Bingel
Chuck & Nancy Brickman
Gordon & Susan Brown
Jerry & Linda Carlson
Kyle & Betsy Carr
Ross & Helen Childs
Steve & Hallie Christian
William & Doreen Dean
Rick & Connie Deneweth
Thomas & Kim Dickinson
Thomas E. & Jean Ann Donley Trust
Doris J. & Donald L. Duchene, Sr. Foundation
Mike & Rhea Dow
Henry & Pamela Drettmann
Beverly & James Duff
John & Gina Erb
Dennis & Barbara Fedorinchik
Donald & Janice Fleming
Russell & Jane Gesme
The Donald C. Hayden Family
Geoffrey & Mary Sue Heidbrink
Pat & Leslee Heintz
In Memory of Kim Koss
David & Nancy Hunter
Michael & Catherine Jasinski
John C. & Mary Jane Howard Foundation
Jim & Eileen Kelly
Lester & Rebecca Knight
Dave & Marty Leavenworth
In Memory of Rusty Orr Lewis
Douglas & Lynne Luciani
Helga Meeker
Ed & Laura Ness
Edward & Patricia Petrick
Richard & Mary Pisarczyk
Ronald & Donna Reffitt
The Schwartz Family
Joanne L. Sprouse
Hal & Shirley VanSumeren
Garett Zubok
August A. Busch III Charitable Trust
Bras for a Cause TC Inc.
Chip In For Hospice at
LochenHeath
Fox Motors
HighTower Anderson Wealth Management
Northern Michigan Chapter
Women’s Council of Realtors
Running 4 Babies
Tom’s Food Markets
Traverse Anesthesia Associates, PC
Traverse City Track Club
The Pinkerton Foundation
The Seabury Foundation
Spence Brothers Construction
Stadheim Foundation
Thompson & Holloway Trust
Tri County Medical Society Alliance
Stewards ($1,000 - $4,999)
Michael & Barbara Aja
Dr. and Mrs. Robert D. Allaben
Dennis Ambo
David & Jacqueline Amos
Ben & Jody Andrus
Jon & Mary Armstrong
Kris & Jerry Auger
Ches Augspurger
Sally J. Augspurger
Jim & Donna Austin
John Ball
John & Nancy Banks
Ned & Jane Barthelmas
Theodore & Dorothy Batzer
Scott Craig & Carol Bawden
Patsy & Bill Beck
Emily Beers
The Beia Family
Bret & Linda Bell
Otto & Kathleen Belovich
Nancy & Joe Belton
Carl & Sally Benner
Ward & Mary Bevans Gillett
Sandra Biagini
Ross & Brenda Biederman
Michael & JoAnn Bigford
Tim & Mary Binder
Albert & Jacqueline Bingham
Richard & Susan Bingham
Brian W. Blood
Dr. & Mrs. Harry M. Blount
Ray & Stephanie Bohrer
Judy Brouwer
John Bruder & Carolyn Keith
Charles & Nora Bumb
Lawrence & Susan Burks
Donna J. Burt
William Blair & Company, LLC
Susan Buschmann
Calvary Lutheran Church & St. Paul’s Bruce & Mary Byl
Episcopal Church
Brian & Debra Cairns
Century 21 Northland
Douglas & Mary Candland
The Cold Heading Foundation
Margaret Carmody
Corona Resources
Bill & Sandy Cartwright
Critter Control
Charlotte Marx & Felix Casillas
D & W Mechanical
Ralph & Maureen Cerny
Elmbrook Golf Course
Elizabeth Chappell
From Women’s Hands
Jim & Sue Childs
The Grainger Foundation
William & Connie Clark
Grand Traverse Area Catholic Schools Charles & Donna Clarke
Huntington National Bank
Dale & Virginia Claudepierre
mBank of Traverse City
Kevin & Janell Clayton
NW Michigan Osteopathic
Bob & Suzy Cline
Endowment
Albrecht & Susan Cogswell
Olmsted Products
Clare Coles
Bill & Nina Collins
Robert & Janet Condon
Thank You Heritage Circle Members
Gordon & Constance
“Joan” Converse
Amy & Norton Cooksey
Bill & Paula Cordes
Charles & Laura Cox
Scott Craig & Carol Bawden
The Barry Cutler Family
Barry & Renie Cutler
Carl & Polly DeFaria
Jerry & Mary DeGrazia
Kathryn Denny
Mark & Tamara Deponio
Preston & Mary Dilts
Mark & Kathy Dixon
William & Phyllis Donberg
Charles & Barbara Dotterrer
Mike & Stephanie Dow
Gary & Sandra Drew
Jim & Sue Dutmers
Arline Dzwonkowski
Mark & Renee Eckhoff
John & Dawn Ellis
Keith & Gail Evans
Brian & Crystal Feeney
Neal Fellows & Deborah
Wyatt Fellows
Donna Fellows
Robert Fillion
James Finke and Ruth
Lovingood-Finke
Bernard & Marilyn Finn
James & Kathryn Fischer
Mike & Dawn Fisher
William A. Fisher, II
Family Foundation
Paul & Charlene Fitzpatrick
Katherine & Richard Ford
Gordon & Christine Forsyth
Jim & Carol Frederick
Chuck Fultz
Gene & Kathrine Garthe
Tom & Karen Gartland
Charles & Rebecca Geer
Branko & Diane Gegich
Gerberding/Fackler Family
Foundation, Inc.
Ward & Mary Gillett
Mark Girardin
Norbert & Paula Gits
Thor & Susan Goff
Paul Grattarola
Jay & Susan Griner
William & Nancy Grosskopf
Eric & Kathy Guttenberg
John & Penny Haddick
Harvey S. Firestone Foundation
Jim & Terry Haslinger
Charles H. Havill Family
Nick & Diana Hein
Mark Hepler
David & Maureen Herr
The Herrington-Fitch Family Foundation
The Hillquist Family Foundation
Russell Hjelmstad, MD
Dr. Steven Hodges & Janet Zolnierek-Hodges
Justin Hollander
Jay & Joan Hook
Walter J. Hooper &
Marie K. Jannausch-Hooper
Lisa A. Hughes, DO
Bruce & Marlene Hulteen
T. Michael & Joan L. Jackson
Brian & Jennifer Jaffe
James & Catherine Haveman
Family Foundation
Walter Hooper &
Marie Jannausch-Hooper
Gerald & Patricia Jehle
Bernard & Barb Johnson
Charlotte Johnson
Paul T. & Frances B. Johnson Foundation
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
James & Leslie Julian
Chris & Cindy Kantgias
John Bruder & Carolyn Keith
Todd W. Kennell
Jonathan & Sue Kinne
Clinton & Rhoda Kinney
Mike & Judy Kneale
Charles & Diane Kopec
Richard Kosinski & Deborah Ochs
James & Amy Kostrzewa
Joseph Kostrzewa
Larry & Christine Kuhnke
Ken & Jill Kummer
Robert & Marilyn Laidlaw
Vernon & Tina LaLone
Steven & Stacey Lamie
Steven & Michele Leach
James & Marjorie Leenhouts
Kenneth & Jocelyn Lesperance
Wayne & Terry Lobdell
Raymond & Nancy Ludwa
Christopher & Kristin Lutz
James & Christina MacInnes
Carl & Diane Madion
Michael & Susan Madison
Gerard & Jean Mahoney
Dennis & Debra Malone
Terry & Sally Malone
Roger & Rita Manka
Peter & Kristin Marinoff
Bonnie Marshall
Dr. David Martin & Mrs. Cathie Martin
Charlotte M. Marx &
Felix T. Casillas
John & Jane Matz
Gary & Cheryl Mazurek
Richard & Florence McBrien
Jeremy & Lynda McClellan
Dan & Susan McDavid
Thomas & Shelle McElwee
David & Kathy McGreaham
Joseph & Joanne McGurn
Jim & Joane McIntyre
Tom & Sheila McIntyre & Family
Douglas & Elizabeth McKay
James & Barbara McKenna
David & Kathleen McManus
Jean McNeil
Mark Nesbitt & Sara McVay
Rod & Mary Jo Meade
Michelle Mercer
David & Cindy Michelin
Wally & Jo Miller
Hugh & Mary Beth Morrison
Eric & Amy Mueller
Michael & Teri Mulcahy
Robert Jimmie Munn
Daniel & Kristine Navin
Edward & Elizabeth Neithercut
James & Deborah Norling
Joseph & Barbara Novak
George & Marilyn Nugent
Charles & Sara Ofenloch
Robert & Ann Ogur
Richard & Clarine Olson
John & Sandra O’Neal
Ken & Becky Osborne
Stephen & Deona Paine
William & Joetta Parris
Thomas Patton
Dennis & Joann Pearsall
John & Theresa Pelizzari
Perry & Heidi Pentiuk
Roger & Heather Perry
Marshall & Terrill Persky
Sue Peters & Dave Murphy
Molly Phinny
Alfred & Lori Pilong
Bruce & Linda Polizotto
George & Nancy Powell
Derk & Shannon Pronger
David Wright & Julie Quinn
Dino & Michelle Recchia
Richard & Leslie Redmond
Dan Remahl
Kent & Mary Ann Reynolds
Andrew & Tracy Riddle
Terry & Roberta Rogers
Jeff & Eva Rose
Marcia Rose
John Ruckrich
Mr. & Mrs. Charles A. Ruibal
Edward & Sharon Rutkowski
Verna & James Sak
Jacquelyn M. Sandel
Ron & Mary Sanders
Louis & Nancy Sanford
Robert & Kathryn Schwert
John & Jane Shannahan
Paul & Joan Shirilla
Mike & Alice Shirley
Albert & Eva Sickinger
Jerome & Marge Slack
Jason Smith
Thomas & Marilyn Sommerfeldt
Jean Spencer
Heritage Circle represents a list of donors who
have named Paul Oliver Foundation or Munson
Healthcare Regional Foundation in their will
or estate plans to support Kalkaska Memorial
Health Center, Munson Hospice, Munson Medical
Center, or Paul Oliver Memorial Hospital. It also
includes those who have made a Charitable Gift
Annuity or other life income arrangement.
If interested in becoming a Heritage Circle
member, call Ruth Bloomer at (231) 935-6484.
Jon & Mary Armstrong
George & Suzanne Basta
George & Patricia Bearup
Marsha J. Browning
Tony & Helen Buday
Kenneth & Linda Carroll
Ralph & Maureen Cerny
B. Jane Johnson
David & Helen Cussins
Gilbert & Annette Deibel
Jock & Sue Denio
Jim & Sue Dutmers
John & Gina Erb
Bernard & Marilyn Finn
Jeffrey & Nancy Fisher
Phillip & Jane Goethals
Jane C. Hardwicke
David & Nancy Harris
Charles H. Havill Family
Calvin & Verla Jamieson
George & Barbara Kausler
James W. & Marjorie O. Leenhouts
Richard & Sally Lewis
Wayne & Terry Lobdell
John & Freda MacLeod
Terry & Sally Malone
David & Cathie Martin
Beverly McCamman
Dan & Susan McDavid
Robert & Janice McKee
James & Barbara McKenna
Diantha Naftali
Roy & Patricia Olk
Richard & Clarine Olson
Dennis & Joann Pearsall
Sarah Elizabeth Pierson
Agnes M. Plagens
Marjorie E. Power
Bruce & Laurie Reavely
Sheila Rose
Robert & Barbara Rosso
Thomas A. Rutkowski Foundation
Betty J. Schelling
Dudley & Barbara Smith
Melvin & Deborah Yates
Ronald & Martha Yocum
Jay & Judy Zrimec
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Thank You to Our Donors in 2013
Joan M. Sprague
Roy Sprague
David & Mary Ann Spray
Robert & Leeann Sprunk
Robert & Melanie Stanton
Cyril & Jacqueline Thiel
Three Sisters Foundation
Bill & Sharon Timmins
Steve & Amy Tongue
Jeanne Townsend
Marvin VanderArk
Norm Veliquette
Tim & Jill Vollbrecht
Edwin & Elaine Wall
Lewis & Nancy Walton
Allen & Jennifer Weaver
Raymond & Micki Weigel
Max & Mary Wendell
Mary Sue Wilkinson
Joseph & Michelle Will
Shari & David Wilson
Beverly & Frank Winders
Gordon & Sally Winstanley
Henry & Michelle Witkop
Daniel & Julie Wolf
Doug & Lorri Wolf
Guy & Elaine Wood
Woodward Family Foundation
Endowment Fund
Wayne & Sharon Workman
Gregory & Desiree Worthington
Kurt & Kamala Wright
Kenneth & Nancy Wyckoff
John C. & Jacquelyn L. Zimmerman
Air Flow Equipment, Inc.
Air Services, Inc.
Alden State Bank
Anchor Capital Advisors, LLC
Angels on the Rail
Art Van Furniture
Association for Hospital
Medical Education
Bay Winds Federal Credit Union
Benjamin Twiggs
Calcutt, Rogers & Boynton, PLLC
Cherry Bay Orchards, Inc.
Cherry Central
Cherryland Electric Cooperative
City Opera House
Community Foundation
Rotary Endowment
Crystal Downs Country Club Auxiliary
Custer Workplace Interiors
DeRoy and Devereaux Private
Investment Counsel, Inc.
Elk Rapids Ladies Golf League
Floor Covering Brokers
Forest Area Federal Credit Union
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Golden Shoes
Grainger Matching Gifts
Grape Harbor Inc
Independent Wealth
Management, LLC
Jimmy John’s
Donna Johnston’s Really
Big Art Show
Kingsley Athletic Boosters
Leelanau Club at Bahle Farms
Leone’s
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
Loon River Productions
Mackinaw Brewing Company
Members Credit Union
Meridian Health Plan of
Michigan, Inc.
Michigan Blood
Michigan Credit Union League
Michigan Health & Hospital
Association
Michigan State University
Midlake Builders
MMC Employee Activities
Committee
North Bay Produce, Inc.
Onekama Consolidated Schools Staff and Students
Packaging Corporation of America
Plante & Moran
R. M. Young Company
Rehmann
Rotary Camps & Services of Traverse City
Rotary Club of Elk Rapids
Rotary Club of Traverse City
Ryan Dobry Diabetes Charity
S & S Innovations Corp
Scrubs R Us
Smith & Johnson, Attorneys, PC
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.
SYM Financial Advisors
TBA Credit Union
Textron Cone Drive
The Bank of Northern Michigan
The Columbus Foundation
Toyota Dealer Match Program
Traverse Bay Radiation
Oncologists, PC
Traverse City Beach Bums LLC
Traverse City State Bank
Traverse Motors, Inc.
Tree Tops Resort
Vernon D. Lalone CPA PC
Wexford Community Credit Union
Windemuller Electric
Women’s Association of the
Congregational Summer
Assembly
Zimmerman Landscaping
Zonta Club of Traverse City
Gold ($500 - $999)
Edward & Ingrid Abbey
Bruce Ahlich
Elizabeth Allaben
Paul & Melisse Anderson
Larry & Sharon Andringa
Thomas & Barbara Auer
Michael & Kimberly Babcock
Peter & Sharon Bacon
Carol & Steven Baker
Frank Ball
Robert Ball & Jeanine Ball
Andrea Ballast
Thomas & Mary Barker
Stephen & Carol Bartholf
Diane Barton
Ruth Bay
Ivor & Marci Berry
Ruth Bloomer & Fred Shipman
William & Joyce Braeuninger
Robert C. & Janice Brammer, Jr.
Rod & Nan Brown
Peter & Elizabeth Bruning
Pete & Connie Bruski
Brian & Sharon Burke
Chuck & Sue Cady
Harvey & Kathryn Calcutt
Glenn & Lisa Canning
Grant & Terry Carrithers
Christopher Cashman
Andrew & Brooke Chapman
Paul & Carolyn Clulo
Richard Coates
Robert & Donna Cochrun
John & Madelyn Coleman
George C. Comden
Langdon & Lyn Cook
Christopher & Merrie Corbett
Michael & Lorna Corso
David & Marcia Courtney
Yvonne Cunkle
Clarence Darga
Eleanor Darga
Richard & Ann DeBoer
Geraldine Demma
Janine Diebel
Willard Dow
Sydney Dryer
Art Dundon
Carol Duvall
Richard Entz, MD
Franklin & Mary Jane Erickson
Kenneth & Sheila Falk
Carl & Amy Ferguson
Daniel & Catherine Fly
Lee & Jill Foerster
Jones & Marion Forsman
James & Kimberlee Foster
Ron & Jan Frenchi
Donald Frost & LaVerne Atrostic
Diana Gaines
Laurel Gainor
Janet Gasnik
Carolyn & William Gauthier
James & Lucy Gerlach
Helen Getty
Donald & Diane Glowicki
Terry & Linda Gretzma
B. Scott & Jennifer Groseclose
Michelle Guitar
Matt & Renae Gurthet
Janet Haley
David W. Hauser
Zachary Hector-Word &
Erin Hector-Word
Walter Herrick
Brad & Laurel Heywood
Carolyn Hollenbeck
Ron & Donna Hollister
Raymond Hosek
Michael & Marsha Howard
Dennis Irelan
Ken & Bette James
Jill Jennings
Mark Jensen
Barbara Johnson
Joseph & Kristine Johnson
Susan A. Johnson
Wendell & Linda Johnson
Ian & Heidi Jones
Edward & Ann Kalat
David & Elizabeth Karczewski
Joe & Elin Kiernan
Albert & Judith Kilinski
Jeff & Julie Kimpton
Chuck & Pat King
Bill & Jane Kirschke
Jonathon & Mary Klein
Thomas & Diane Klingler
Teri Konyha
John & Sylvia Koschara
Paul & Jeanne Koss
John & Mary Kovacs
Harvey & Mary Krantz
Laurence & Anne Krawczak
Dr. & Mrs. Edmund Krigbaum
Karl & Kaye Kristen
Bruce & Maurine Kuiken
James & Kris Kunz
Kevin H. Lamb
George & Pat Lindner
Donald & Jean Livingston
Mark & Catharina Lundmark
Jerry & Donna Lutke
Brent & Alicia Maitland
Reverend Homer Nye &
Rebecca Mang
Carol Maxon
P. Michael & Kathryn May
Woody McCally
John McGee
Brian & Cornelia McGrath
William Melick
Lizbeth Messing
James & Nancy Mogle
Richard & Elizabeth Morris
Robert & Marian Morris
Richard & Virginia Mouch
Margaret Murphy
Timothy & Rebecca Nelson
Michael & Marilyn Niebel
Michael Nizzi & Megan Madion
Alyson Olivier
Karin Olson
The Robert Pacer Family
Jacob & Erica Paddock
Michael & Nancy Patterson
Kathleen Pefferly
Elmer & Ruth Peterman
Clark & Marie Phelps
Robert & Nancy Piche
Robert & Donna Pickard
Ken Pickering
Timothy & Patricia Plucker
David & Karen Popa
Brian Potter
Arnold & May Prosch
Richard & Clara May Purvis
Kenneth Bloem & Royce Ragland
John & Mary Helen Ray
Bruce & Laurel Reavely
Connie Riopelle
Paula Robertson
Troy & Kim Robertson
Charles & Clara Rodes
Bruce & Joyce Rogers
Lucas Rokosz
Roger & Beth Roskamp
Joshua & Deana Russell
Carolyn & George Ryckman
Janet Sala
Mary Sanders
Louis & Nancy Sanford
David & Linda Sanger
Pat Sawin
Karl & Marilee Schlack
Fred Schlegel
Kevin & Leana Schlueter
Sally Schmerheim
Paul & Shaun Schneider
Deborah Sielski
Louis & Yvonne Simsa
Laurence & Jean Skendzel
Robert & Sharon Snell
John & Karen Soderholm
Ron & Mary Lynn Sondee
Carol Spangler
Brad & Cathy Spanski
Barbara Springer
James & Theresa Stachnik
James & Martha Stapleton
Elfie Steigerwald
James & Donna Stevens
Thomas & Kathleen Stocklen
Fred & Barbara Stoye
Elizabeth Straebel
William & Dolores Strobel
Amy & Brian Tennis
Grafton Thomas Family
Herm & Laurie Thomas
Samuel & Emily Todd
Ron & Liz Tousain
Steve & Sarah Trippe
Toby & Christy Tull
Christopher Twork
Timothy & Sue Unger
Arthur & Beatrice Van Eck
Russell & Susan Van Houzen
Paul & Robin VanDeVelde
Suzanne Voltz
Brian & Elizabeth Vos
Lawrence & Jamie Warbasse
Kathleen Warnes
Eric & Sofia Warren
Norman & Lucille Weichelt
Bruce & Gail Westover
James Whall
Bob & Jodie Wick
Robert J. Wilcox
Dave & Nancy Williams
Ken & Kim Williams
Bart & Patty Wilson
Carl & Ann Wissner
Michael & Laverna Wittkop
Jim Wurtz
John & Peggy Zachman
John & Marylou Zaloudek
Robert & Pam Zimmerman
ABI Mechanical Contractors
AIDS Walk Silent Auction
Anonymous
American Express Employee
Giving Program
Andy J. Egan Company, Inc
Benzie Area Chapter #405
Order of Eastern Star
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Endowment Fund
Cherryland Auxiliary
Post 2780 VFW
Congregational Summer Assembly
Credit Bureau of Traverse City, Inc.
Dale L. Hardy Memorial Fund
Dee Cramer
Delta Dental
EQT Foundation
Gee Orchards LLC
Grand Traverse Academy
Grand Traverse Area Sport
Fishing Association
Grand Traverse Nursery Sales
Grand Traverse Women’s Clinic PC
Hagerty Family Office
Hospitalists of Northern Michigan
Lautner Irrigation, Inc.
Moomers Homemade Ice Cream
New York Apple Sales, Inc.
Northern Sports Officials
Association
Professional Solutions Plus, Inc.
Quota Club
Shoreline Fruit
Silver Leaf Vineyard & Winery
Spectrum Health
Tandem Ciders
Traverse City West High School
Silver ($250 - $499)
Bruce Fisher & Julie Adams
Frances Alexander
Michael & Diane Anderson
Stephen & Mary Anderson
Frank & Janet Andress
Sarah & Dan Angers
Rex & Theresa Antinozzi
Fred Auch
Gail Bader
Robert & Nancy Baglan
Joel & Foy Baillie
Jonathan & Kathleen Ball
Julie & Jeff Banktson
Jeffrey Barker
Michael & Carroll Barr
Dr. Neil Bavikatty &
Dr. Christin Martin
Sheryl Beeman
Ernest & Mary Behnke
George & Barbara Benisek
Jack Gillen & Barbara
Bensley Gillen
John & Pamela Bergman
Ralph & Lynda Bergsma
Phyllis Bertram
Bruce & Gretchen Bieneman
John & Susan Bolde
Roy & Alma Bolles
Julie Botsford
Vern & Jennifer Bowling
Richard & Barbara Bowzer
Dean & Sharon Branson
Paul & Arlene Brennan
Michelle Brockie
Anton & Denise Broghamer
Robert & Elaine Brooks
Robert & Helen Brugger
John & Della Bryan
Paul & Velma Brzezinski
Michael & Michele Buday
Keith & Mary Bunting
Thomas & Cindy Buss
Daniel & Diane Butler
Edward & Leslie Butt
Mark & Jennifer Byland
Bruce & Linda Campbell
John & Gail Carlson
Harold & Laura Carlton
Kathie E. Carpenter, MD
Doug North & Elisabeth Case
Craig & Deborah Chmielewski
Kelly Clark
Joan Cloutier
Donna Cook
Cathi Cornelius
Stephen & Therese Cousins
Michael & Susan Craig
Katherine Cramer
Roberta Cross
Christopher Podges &
Barbara Cunningham
Susan Curnow
Patrick & Margaret Curtin
David & Renee Dean
Joseph & Venetta Dechow
John Delong
Ernst & Donna Dengel
Michelle Devore
Doug Dingwall
Charles & Lisa Donaldson
David & Maureen Doran
Lawrence F. & Nancy A. Draper
Fund of The Greater
Cincinnati Foundation
Joseph & Marilyn Dressel
Steven & Betsy Duede
Mary Dunn
Jeffrey Durkin
William & Sharon Edson
Harry & Sara Eick
William & Nancy Ellis
Robert & June Ely
Lucretia Erickson
John & Mary Lee Faichney
Alanna Fant
James Fegan
Tim & Pearl Feike
Melvin & Beverly Fennell
Jean Fenton
Miguel & Kristin Fernandez
Robert & Barbara Fisher
Brian & Vera Fisher
Beth & Joseph Fitzsimmons
David & Carol Fleisher
Robert & Beverly Forslund
Kathy Fortin, Allen Omoto & Loren Omoto
Steven & Deborah Francis
Arthur & Sharon Frank
Leonard & Karen Franseen
Len & Karen Franseen
David & Ruth Fry
Joseph & Ann Gadbaw
Martha Garber
Patrick & Erin Gartland
James & Lauri Gartner
Glen Gauld
Jack Gillen & Barbara
Bensley Gillen
William & Karen Gilmore
David & Leslie Ginsberg
David & Deborah Glicker
Mitchell & Jane Glover
Robert LeRoy Goff
Roberta Goff
Dorothea M. Goodson
Patrick & Nancy Griffin
Paul & Kathryn Groesbeck
Richard & Marion Grout
Marilyn Grueber
Pat & Kathy Hall
Patrick & M. Kathryn Hall
Myrtelina Hammond
Gerald & Betty Hansen
Linda Hansen
Dale & Nancy Hanson
Walter & Sherwood Hardie
Glen & Mary Lou Harding
Debra Hart
Colleen Hathaway
John Heald & Suzanne Hilgendorf
Richard & Mary Heglin
Patricia Hendry
William & Ann Henning
Edward & Cindy Hertenstein
Philip & Elizabeth Hill
Chris & Rebecca Hoffman
William & Myrna Holland
Ann Holmes
Edward & Bette Hoos
Andrew & Susan Howard
Jack & Joan Hughes
Alice Huitink
Deborah Hultquist
Jerry Huron
Lynda Huston
Calvin & Verla Jamieson
George & Nancy Johnson
Jeffrey R. Johnson
Dr. Richard S. Johnson, MD
Robert & Muriel Joldersma
Scott & Mary Joseph
Phyllis Kashazta
Mark & Mary Keelor
Brooke Keiser
Robert & Janet Kerlin
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Mary Waters
Birge Watkins
Charles & Glenda Watling
Charles & Carol Watson
Rick & Karen Watson
Scott & Gloria Weaver
Thomas & Polly Webb
George & Patricia Weber
Andrea Weinzimer
Peter & Nancy Weir
Kay Wells-Riorden
Dawn Wesenberg
Robert & Nancy Whaley
Ellen Wheaton
Frank & Cheryl Wheeler
Robert & Jenedel Wilcox
Arthur & Louise Wilkes
Gary & Sharon Wilkins
Devere & Beverly Willey
Robert & Catherine Williams
Kim Williams
Mike & Jamie Williams
Randall & Linda Williamson
Ronald T. Williamson
Bonnie Willings
Stephen & Rebecca Willsey
Christine Wilson
David R. Wilson
John & Penelope Wilson
Saundra Wilson
Doug Wilterdink
Helen Winogrodzki
Barry Witt
Linda Witt
Maurice & Elizabeth Witteveen
Jered & Tracy Wittkopp
Bill Wolfersheim
Patrick Wood
James & Susan Woodburne
Ronald & Joyce Wooters
Norman Worm
Brad Wortman
Kathy Wright
Frances Wyatt
Rosemary Yocic
Thomas & Kaye Yocum
Connie Yonka
Joby Catterton, Megan Young,
Amy Vansickle, and
Leslie Young Families
Jude & Susan Younker
Michael Zacharias
Michael & Christine Zenn
Kris Zimmerman
Bill Zinser
Nancy Zobel
Dan & Jan Zolik
Jay & Judy Zrimec
Alexis Zubok
Henry & Christina Zuilhof
Rebecca Zvonek
AFT Michigan Staff Union
Alcotec Wire Company
Antrim County Employees
Avon Automotive
Bay Area Urology Associates, PC
Ben Franklin Crafts
Burnheimer & Company, PC
Carolina Blueberry Cooperative Association Inc.
Carter Farms Inc
Cherry Growers Association
County of Kalkaska
Employee Trust Fund
Cousin Jenny’s
Crystal Downs Country Club
Golf Shop
Disability Determination Service
Eagle Machine Tool Corp
Easling Construction Company
Embroidered Sportswear, LLC
Financial Management Center
Dept of HUD
Fincor Solutions/Coverys
Foster, Swift, Collins, & Smith, PC
Gordon Food Service
Grainger Inc.
Grand Bay Promotions
Grand Traverse Leelanau Benzie
County Medical Society
Great Lakes Central Railroad
H & W Farms LLC
Hachette Book Group Matching
Gift Program
Hardenbergh Group LLC
Hayes Manufacturing, Inc
Interlochen Eagles FOE 3503
Ladies Auxiliary Social Fund
J & S Hamburg
Johnson Clark Printers, Inc.
Kalkaska Auxiliary #4496 FOE
Kaufman Engineered Systems, Inc
Kewadin United Methodist
Womens Society
Lake Leelanau Excavating Company
Lakeside Pic-N-Pac LLC
Lakewood Process Machinery LLC
Lambert, Leser, Isackson, Cook
& Giunta, PC
Lions Club of Sugar Island
M.J. Foley Company
McNish Agency Inc
Meemic Insurance Co
Metron Intergrated Health System
Miner’s North Jewelers
MMC Occupational Therapy
Mobile Giving Foundation
Munson Emergency Department
Sane Program
Munson Home Health Services
Munson Medical Center
Clinical Quality
N2N Global Company
National Cherry Festival
Northern Vision Eye Care
Northwest Michigan Council
of Governments
Northwestern Michigan Region
Antique Automobile Club
Orchard Creek Health Care
Oryana Food Cooperative, Inc.
PA Apple Marketing Program
Raven’s Child-Wings
Richter Farms LLC
Rysso & Wingfield, PLLC
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
She Skis
Side Traxx, Inc.
Southeast Produce Council, Inc
Southwest Michigan Dermatology
St. James Catholic Church
Stein Motors Inc.
Sugar Loaf - The Old Course
Sugarloaf Mountain Corporation
Sunday River Skiway Corporation
Surrender Today
Suttons Bay Dental Center PLLC
TBA Career Tech/
Allied Health I Class
The Cancer Poetry Project
Traverse Heart & Vascular
Trillium Piecemakers Quilt Group
United Way of Northwest Michigan
Walton, Smith, Phillips &
Dixon, PC
Webber Insurance Agency
WELCA Trinity Lutheran
Church Women
Whiteford Associates
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TRAVERSE CITY MI
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1150 Medical Campus Dr. • Traverse City, MI 49684
Countdown to Cancer Center
Groundbreaking
After years of planning and preparation, a ceremonial groundbreaking
for the $45 million Cowell Family
Cancer Center will take place on
Thursday, May 1, at 1:30 pm. Donors,
physicians, employees, and the media
are invited to be on hand for a brief
ceremony.
The new three-story cancer center
is expected to open in 2016 and
fundraising for the center continues.
Preliminary work has been com-
pleted at the site on
Beaumont Place just
north of Munson
Medical Center.
Eight buildings have
been removed on
adjacent parcels to
create a park-like setting. More than
300 members of Munson’s support
staff have been relocated to Copper
Ridge to reduce traffic congestion.
An historic section of Kids’ Creek
has been restored to its natural
setting and flows just north of
the cancer center.
Employee Donations
Complete Campaign
The annual employee giving
campaign in March gave employees
another opportunity to support the
new cancer center. Employees have
donated more than $100,000
toward the new center, in addition
to supporting the Patient Needs
Fund, Munson Hospice, and a
variety of other funds.