Caring Relationships - Gundersen Health System
Caring Relationships - Gundersen Health System
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A New Online Portal for<br />
<strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran<br />
Visitors<br />
Each day, <strong>Gundersen</strong><br />
Lutheran’s website (gundluth.<br />
org) is visited an average of 5,000<br />
times. Every one of those visits<br />
is an opportunity for <strong>Gundersen</strong><br />
Lutheran to connect with<br />
potential patients, employees,<br />
referring providers, and people<br />
around the nation and world<br />
interested in our world-class care<br />
and programming. At the end of<br />
October, the launch of a newly<br />
designed <strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran<br />
website offered these visitors a<br />
brand new experience. Some of<br />
the enhanced features include:<br />
• New navigation capabilities.<br />
• Achievements and announcements<br />
on the home page.<br />
• Ability to send E-greetings to a<br />
loved one in the hospital.<br />
• Ability for patients to register<br />
and pay for classes online.<br />
• A resource section for clinicians.<br />
• Ability to post video and audio<br />
clips.<br />
The Foundation section of the<br />
site is also updated with a fresh<br />
new look and exciting features.<br />
If you haven’t visited yet, check<br />
it out! Our goal is to make our<br />
virtual space as welcoming<br />
and visitor-friendly as our new<br />
Foundation offices, which you<br />
can read about to the right.<br />
Tanke Honored as Mrs. Oktoberfest<br />
La Crosse’s annual Oktoberfest<br />
celebration included recognition<br />
for the Foundation’s own Robyn<br />
Tanke, CFRE, Senior Director of<br />
Development, who was selected as<br />
Mrs. Oktoberfest 2008. A lifelong<br />
resident of the area and a dedicated<br />
Thinking Spring? Think Heritage!<br />
April 22, 23, 24, 2009<br />
Heritage Celebration is an invitation-only event that honors<br />
donors whose cumulative gifts total $200 or more in calendar year<br />
2008. An evening of friendship and fun is guaranteed!<br />
New Space Brings Foundation Home<br />
“We’re very happy to be here,”<br />
says David Amborn, CFRE, Senior<br />
Director of Development, referring<br />
to the handsome space <strong>Gundersen</strong><br />
Lutheran Medical Foundation has<br />
occupied since April. The new<br />
office suite, centrally located on the<br />
third floor between the main clinic<br />
and hospital, “puts us on one of the<br />
busiest thoroughfares in the medical<br />
center. We’re closer to patients<br />
and staff, right in the main flow<br />
of <strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran business,”<br />
says Amborn, who served as project<br />
manager during the long months of<br />
planning and construction.<br />
community volunteer, Tanke assumed<br />
the role of goodwill ambassador with<br />
her signature professionalism and<br />
enthusiasm. “The Mrs. Oktoberfest<br />
role is really one of the greatest forms<br />
of recognition a woman can receive<br />
in our community,” Tanke noted. “To<br />
be included amongst what I think are<br />
some of the most respected women<br />
in our community is an honor.” In<br />
the coming year, Tanke will be even<br />
more visible throughout our region,<br />
promoting community service<br />
and sharing her personal passion<br />
for the local arts and humanities.<br />
Congratulations to Robyn, as well as<br />
her family: husband Michael, sons<br />
Ryan and Matthew, daughter-in-law<br />
Katie and grandson Carson.<br />
The project was seen as a special<br />
opportunity to bring together<br />
personnel working within the<br />
Foundation’s mission—medical<br />
education, research, development,<br />
and administration—into a unified<br />
space for the first time, with all<br />
the accompanying synergy and<br />
efficiencies. Modern amenities<br />
include enhanced conference space<br />
and advanced media capabilities,<br />
including distance education links<br />
to over 120 sites in the <strong>Gundersen</strong><br />
Lutheran network. The most striking<br />
design feature incorporates the<br />
original façade of the 1929 clinic<br />
entrance into an open atrium concept.<br />
www.gundluth.org/foundation<br />
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