Fall 2005 - Arkansas Children's Hospital
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CONTENTS<br />
3<br />
4<br />
10<br />
3 FROM BROKEN HEART TO<br />
BROKEN TRACK RECORDS<br />
Allison Lowery, of Alexander, has been a heart<br />
patient at <strong>Arkansas</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> since<br />
birth, but you wouldn’t know it by all the<br />
track records she is breaking today.<br />
Pictured:Allison was flown to <strong>Arkansas</strong><br />
Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> on the Angel One helicopter<br />
soon after birth, and she had her first heart<br />
surgery at 4 months old. At 16 months of age,<br />
she had a major surgery to repair her heart.<br />
4 HELPING OUR NEIGHBORS<br />
During two different hurricane evacuations —<br />
Katrina and Rita — ACH teams helped transport<br />
patients to safety.<br />
Pictured: Many members of the ACH team were<br />
involved in planning and implementing the<br />
hurricane evacuations. Connie Eastlee, director of<br />
Angel One Transport, says she is proud of the staff<br />
members who volunteered and responded when<br />
patients and hospitals in Louisiana and Texas<br />
were in need.<br />
10 WILL GOLF 4 KIDS<br />
More than 1,000 golfers from all over the country<br />
descended on two courses in Bella Vista to<br />
participate in Will Golf 4 Kids, the largest single<br />
fundraising event for <strong>Arkansas</strong> <strong>Children's</strong> <strong>Hospital</strong>.<br />
Pictured: Hitting the links for kids is not a bad<br />
way to spend a few days.Will Golf 4 Kids<br />
participants enjoyed good weather and good<br />
times, all for a good cause.<br />
President and Chief Executive Officer: Jonathan Bates, M.D.<br />
Medical Director: Bonnie Taylor, M.D.<br />
President, <strong>Arkansas</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> Research Institute: Richard F. Jacobs, M.D.<br />
President, <strong>Arkansas</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> Foundation: John E. Bel<br />
Editor: Chris McCreight<br />
Design: Lori Howard Barlow, The Graphic Design Shop, Inc.<br />
Photographer: Kelley Cooper<br />
Contributors: Alyssa Anderson<br />
THE ACHIEVER<br />
is published by <strong>Arkansas</strong> Children <strong>Hospital</strong> Foundation for friends of ACH.<br />
800 Marshall Street, Slot 661, Little Rock, AR 72202-3591.<br />
(501) 364-1476 • FAX (501) 364-3644 • TDD (hearing imparired) 364-1184<br />
www. archildrens.org<br />
ARKANSAS CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL<br />
BOARD OF DIRECTORS<br />
Harry C. Erwin III, Chairman<br />
Pat McClelland, Vice Chairman<br />
Tom Baxter, Secretary<br />
Dorsey Jackson, Treasurer<br />
Michele Moss, M.D., Chief of Staff<br />
John Bale Jr., Past Chairman<br />
Gregory E. Barnes<br />
Jonathan Bates, M.D., President & CEO<br />
Larcie Burnett<br />
Ron Clark<br />
Michael Cronkhite<br />
Haskell Dickinson<br />
M. Edward Drilling<br />
Debra Fiser, M.D.<br />
J. French Hill<br />
Judge Marion Humphrey<br />
Michael Joshua<br />
Beverly Keener<br />
Diane Mackey<br />
Barbara Moore<br />
Beverly Morrow<br />
Eduardo Ochoa, M.D.<br />
Skip Rutherford<br />
Mark Saviers<br />
Philip Schmidt<br />
Robert L. Shults<br />
Bonnie Taylor, M.D.<br />
Everett Tucker III<br />
Rick Watkins<br />
Charles B. Whiteside III<br />
I. Dodd Wilson, M.D.<br />
ACH RESEARCH INSTITUTE<br />
Ron Clark, Chairman<br />
Jonathan Bates, M.D.,<br />
Vice-Chairman for Finance & Admin.<br />
Debra Fiser, M.D., Vice-Chairman for Research<br />
Robert Porter, M.D., Secretary/Treasurer<br />
Richard F. Jacobs, M.D., President<br />
Kanwaljeet "Sunny" Anand, M.B.B.S., D.Phil<br />
LaDonna Bornhoft<br />
Kathy Counce<br />
Dale Dawson<br />
M. Edward Drilling<br />
James Gaston<br />
Ellen Gray<br />
Tommy Hillman<br />
Roger Rank, Ph.D.<br />
E. Albert Reece, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A.<br />
Mark Saviers<br />
Robert Shults<br />
I. Dodd Wilson, M.D.<br />
ACH FOUNDATION<br />
Jonathan Bates, M.D., Chairman<br />
Charles B. Whiteside III, Vice Chairman<br />
John E. Bel, President<br />
Susan Adam<br />
John Bale, Jr.<br />
Jackie Barker<br />
Gregory E. Barnes<br />
Tom Baxter<br />
Frances Buchanan<br />
William Clark<br />
James Cobb<br />
Sue Cooper<br />
Robert G. Cress<br />
Don Edmondson<br />
Harry C. Erwin III<br />
Robin George<br />
Barnett Grace<br />
Barbara Hanna<br />
Anne Hickman<br />
Ray Hobbs<br />
Ross Honea<br />
Diane Mackey<br />
Jim McClelland<br />
Julia Peck Mobley<br />
Bobby J. Neill<br />
Jeffrey Nolan<br />
Robert Porter, M.D.<br />
Sara M. Richardson<br />
Stan Roberts<br />
Vicki Saviers<br />
Philip Schmidt<br />
Witt Stephens, Jr.<br />
Sue Trotter<br />
Tom Womack
PATIENTS & FAMILIES WE HAVE KNOWN<br />
Allison Lowery<br />
She Was Born with a<br />
Broken Heart but It<br />
Never Broke Her Spirit<br />
■ By Alyssa Anderson<br />
Allison Lowery had major heart surgery at<br />
<strong>Arkansas</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> when she was<br />
16 months old. She was on ECMO for a week<br />
following the surgery.<br />
At 13, Allison Lowery broke the high jump record<br />
for her junior high track team. At 14, she broke the<br />
record again...and she did it with a heart condition<br />
that never broke her spirit.<br />
When Allison was born on September 30, 1989,<br />
her heart was on the right side of her body instead of<br />
her left, she had two holes in her heart and the main<br />
vessels of her heart were reversed. Her family was living<br />
in El Dorado at the time, and doctors there called<br />
<strong>Arkansas</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> to send the Angel One<br />
helicopter. Allison had her first heart surgery, performed<br />
by Dr. Steve Vandevanter, at 4 months old,<br />
and she had a major surgery at 16 months of age.<br />
“They didn’t go in there to do her major surgery,”<br />
says Allison’s mother, Tara. “They were trying to hold<br />
her off until she got bigger. But when they got in<br />
there, they couldn’t do what they were hoping to do,<br />
so they ended up fixing her heart.”<br />
Allison was on ECMO (a heart-lung bypass<br />
machine) for a week following the surgery. Her parents<br />
describe that time as a “very long and scary<br />
week.”<br />
“There was nothing we could do except sit and<br />
wait,” says Allison’s father, John. “When she was on<br />
ECMO, we’d only have 10 minutes an hour to see<br />
her. Her chest was open, and they had a piece of<br />
saran wrap over her chest so you could see her heart<br />
beating.”<br />
“I believe in miracles and prayers.<br />
As bad as it was, we feel blessed<br />
the way everything turned out.”<br />
“She looked terrible,” Tara says. “It was definitely<br />
hard seeing your daughter that way.”<br />
But Allison made it through that week, and the<br />
Lowerys say they are thankful for the way things<br />
turned out. They credit the team at <strong>Arkansas</strong><br />
Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> for taking such good care of<br />
Allison.<br />
“I was amazed at their dedication,” John says.<br />
Tara complimented Allison’s cardiologist, Dr.<br />
Elizabeth Frazier, whom she says they “love and think<br />
is wonderful.”<br />
Today, Allison is just like any other 16-year-old.<br />
She enjoys shopping, going to the movies, talking on<br />
the telephone and participating in her church youth<br />
group. When she was in the eighth grade, Allison<br />
joined the track team, and she won second place in<br />
the high jump competition during her first meet. She<br />
tied for the record in her next meet, and during the<br />
Conference meet, she jumped 4 feet, 10 inches and<br />
broke the junior high record. This past year, she<br />
broke her own record and jumped 5 feet, 2 inches<br />
before the season was over.<br />
“Next year, her goal is to break the senior high<br />
record,” Tara laughs.<br />
Allison still visits <strong>Arkansas</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong><br />
every six months for check-ups. She will have to<br />
have additional surgeries as her valve and other parts<br />
need to be replaced, but her family remains positive<br />
and grateful for ACH.<br />
“I believe in miracles and prayers. As bad as it<br />
was, we feel blessed the way everything turned out,”<br />
Tara says. “It’s a wonderful hospital.” She says the<br />
best thing about her family’s experience at <strong>Arkansas</strong><br />
Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> is that Allison is alive and well.<br />
— Tara Lowery<br />
3
HOSPITAL NEWS<br />
Angels in a<br />
■ By Alyssa Anderson<br />
This was the scene from the back of an<br />
ACH ambulance, which transported 17<br />
Louisiana patients in response to emergency<br />
calls from MASH Units (federal<br />
medical shelters) and 911.<br />
Tulane <strong>Hospital</strong> in New Orleans<br />
was one of eight hospitals Angel<br />
One Transport helped evacuate<br />
during Hurricane Katrina.<br />
<strong>Arkansas</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong><br />
transported patients to its own<br />
facility as well as to other hospitals<br />
and medical facilities.<br />
When Hurricane Katrina’s wrath ravaged the United States Gulf Coast in<br />
late August, many hospitals in New Orleans and surrounding areas needed to<br />
move their patients to other facilities. <strong>Arkansas</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> was<br />
among the first responders to desperate victims, transporting critically ill and<br />
injured patients by helicopter, fixed-wing jets and ground ambulance. Some<br />
patients were transferred within Louisiana, while others went to hospitals in<br />
Texas. Forty-two patients were transported by Angel One from eight different<br />
hospitals, and 16 patients from Louisiana were admitted to ACH in the days<br />
and weeks following Katrina.<br />
Soon after, when Hurricane Rita was scheduled to hit, <strong>Arkansas</strong> Children’s<br />
<strong>Hospital</strong> was once again called upon to help with evacuations in Texas.<br />
“I am so proud of the Angel One staff who volunteered and responded to<br />
both disaster situations,” says Connie Eastlee, director of Angel One<br />
Transport. “Learning that there were critically ill pediatric and neonatal<br />
patients to evacuate from multiple hospitals in New Orleans and Texas, Angel<br />
One coordinated a response with other children’s hospitals and successfully<br />
transported all critical patients — and many parents — safely out of harm’s<br />
way. It is a collaborative model that all hospitals and transport teams can use<br />
for any future disasters and evacuations.”<br />
“The Transport Team at <strong>Arkansas</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> was absolutely<br />
spectacular during Hurricanes Katrina and Rita,” says CEO Dr. Jonathan Bates.<br />
“The spontaneous way they came together, drew on others around ACH and<br />
beyond, and got the job done was unparalleled. The thinking and planning<br />
was quick and decisive and led to action that was life-saving. That kind of<br />
agility and professionalism is rare and precious.”<br />
An ACH ambulance was one of many rescuing patients<br />
following Hurricane Katrina. Among the most exciting<br />
transports by ambulance was that of a pregnant mother<br />
who gave birth to twins (one breech) on the highway<br />
en route to Baton Rouge.Two Angel One medical team<br />
members delivered the twins.<br />
This 13-year-old heart patient was among the most critically-ill<br />
patients transported to <strong>Arkansas</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> from Louisiana.<br />
4
Time of Crisis<br />
This was one of the many<br />
devastating scenes that ACH<br />
medical teams saw looking<br />
down on New Orleans from<br />
the Angel One helicopter.<br />
The Angel One Transport Dispatch<br />
Center stayed busy during both<br />
hurricanes Katrina and Rita. In<br />
addition to normal patient consults<br />
and requests for transport,<br />
dispatchers implemented an emergency<br />
operations center to provide<br />
support for the teams at the disasters.ACH<br />
and Angel One continued<br />
serving <strong>Arkansas</strong> citizens by<br />
transporting 64 neonatal and<br />
pediatric patients during the six<br />
days teams were in Louisiana<br />
and Texas.<br />
In addition to transporting patients, the Angel One team<br />
transported food and water to victims of Hurricane Katrina<br />
— approximately 1,000 pounds on August 30 alone!<br />
Prior to Hurricane Rita, a group of ACH staff members<br />
traveled to Houston aboard an <strong>Arkansas</strong> National<br />
Guard C130 to pick up 13 ventilator-dependent children<br />
and 25 family members.The patients and families were<br />
moved to Dallas Children’s, just ahead of the weather.<br />
5
RESEARCH<br />
ACHRI Researcher<br />
Leads National Heart<br />
Transplant Study<br />
■ By Alyssa Anderson<br />
Organ rejection is one of the leading causes of death in<br />
heart transplant recipients, with only half of recipients living<br />
longer than nine years. Pediatric heart transplant recipients<br />
taking the medication CellCept® (mycophenolate mofetil) as<br />
part of their anti-rejection treatment regimen experienced significantly<br />
fewer early rejection episodes and greatly<br />
improved survival, according to a study of nearly 400 pediatric<br />
patients nationwide, including those from <strong>Arkansas</strong><br />
Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong>.<br />
A lead investigator of the study is Dr. W. Robert Morrow,<br />
chief of pediatric cardiology at <strong>Arkansas</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong>,<br />
professor of pediatrics at UAMS and holder of the David and<br />
Stephanie Clark Endowed Chair in Pediatric Cardiology.<br />
Morrow says the purpose of the research was to compare<br />
different ways of providing immuno-suppression to prevent<br />
heart transplant rejection.<br />
“With pediatric heart transplant recipients, it is especially<br />
important to focus on long-term transplant success,” Morrow<br />
says. “Our research shows that we can achieve very high<br />
survival rates by using therapies such as CellCept in our<br />
pediatric transplant recipients.”<br />
Morrow and his colleagues in the Pediatric Heart<br />
Transplant Study Group compared the incidence of rejection<br />
and survival in 395 pediatric patients (surviving greater than<br />
two weeks post-transplant), ranging in age from one day to<br />
17.9 years. They found that freedom from rejection after 12<br />
months was 10 percent higher for those treated with<br />
CellCept than those treated with a different drug called azathioprine<br />
(AZA). The study also determined that the one-year<br />
survival rate was significantly better in CellCept patients (96<br />
percent) compared to only 87 percent of the AZA patients.<br />
“We were very encouraged by those results,” Morrow says.<br />
“But most good research raises a lot of additional questions,<br />
and so you have more questions than you have answers by<br />
the time you finish.”<br />
Morrow says he and his colleagues are now collecting<br />
additional data on approximately 1,000 patients, covering a<br />
longer period of time (from 1995-2003). They will be studying<br />
both patients who stayed on a particular anti-rejection<br />
medication, as well as those who changed medications to<br />
see how that affected their incidence of rejection.<br />
“It’s a much more detailed study,” Morrow says.<br />
Dr. Robert Morrow is a lead investigator in a national<br />
study focusing on long-term pediatric heart transplant<br />
patients.<br />
Under Dr. Morrow’s direction as chief of cardiology<br />
since 1996, the pediatric heart transplant program at ACH<br />
has consistently been recognized as one of the top programs<br />
in the nation. In 1999, the program was named one<br />
of the 10 best nationally by the U.S. Department of Health<br />
and Human Services in the vital areas of one-year survival<br />
rate and speed of transplant receipt. In 2001, ACH became<br />
the only children’s hospital in the nation approved as a<br />
Medicare cardiac transplant center and one of only three<br />
approved by the BlueCross BlueShield Association.<br />
“We’re very fortunate in <strong>Arkansas</strong> to have a pediatric<br />
heart transplant program like this. Most states this size do<br />
not have a program,” Morrow says. “It’s sort of an obligation<br />
when you’re doing heart transplantation to have a<br />
research program to go with it. This is a changing field,<br />
and you can’t possibly offer your patients the best if you’re<br />
not participating in research.”<br />
Dr. Richard Jacobs, president of the <strong>Arkansas</strong> Children’s<br />
<strong>Hospital</strong> Research Institute, says he is very excited about<br />
Dr. Morrow’s research and looks forward to the continuing<br />
progress of the Pediatric Heart Transplant Study Group.<br />
“This is exactly the type of clinical research effort that<br />
is being promoted at a national level and will be most likely<br />
to answer significant questions to improve the outcomes<br />
of children with heart transplants,” says Jacobs.<br />
6
GIVING<br />
Bill and Ginger Ball:<br />
They Give to <strong>Arkansas</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> ‘from the Heart’<br />
■ By Alyssa Anderson<br />
Bill Ball and his wife, Ginger, have been supporters<br />
of <strong>Arkansas</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> for many years, both<br />
personally and through their company, BRM Foods,<br />
which owns more than 20 KFC locations throughout<br />
<strong>Arkansas</strong> and Missouri.<br />
Bill Ball says he supports the hospital because he<br />
has a special place in his heart for children.<br />
“I have worked with Down Syndrome children at<br />
the Sonshine School in Searcy since 1972,” Bill Ball<br />
says. “My son, Ricky, worked as a volunteer at<br />
<strong>Arkansas</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> for a while, and I could<br />
see what it was doing for our kids. Also, one of our<br />
grandsons was born with a little problem and ACH<br />
took care of him and he’s wonderful now. All those<br />
things worked up to our supporting the hospital.”<br />
In 2003, Bill and Ginger established an endowment<br />
in pediatric psychiatry, in memory of their son who<br />
passed away 12 years ago. BRM Foods also supports<br />
<strong>Arkansas</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> through various promotions,<br />
including selling helicopter cardstock.<br />
“People can donate a dollar, and their names go on<br />
the helicopter and it’s hung up in the KFCs,” Ball says.<br />
“Also, whatever I give to the hospital, I try to include<br />
BRM in giving close to the same dollar amount.”<br />
Bill and Ginger Ball recently celebrated their 50th<br />
wedding anniversary. The couple met in their hometown<br />
of Batesville and later moved to Searcy. They are<br />
members of Saint Paul United Methodist church in<br />
Searcy, and Ginger played the organ at First Methodist<br />
Church in Searcy for 30 years. Bill and Ginger have<br />
two daughters, three sons-in-law, one daughter-in-law,<br />
six grandchildren and a great-granddaughter.<br />
Bill Ball says he would encourage others to consider<br />
supporting <strong>Arkansas</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> because of<br />
the wonderful job the hospital does taking care of families<br />
from all over our state.<br />
“I give to <strong>Arkansas</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> out of my<br />
heart,” Ball says. “It’s just a tremendous place.”<br />
Ginger and Bill Ball are long-time supporters of<br />
<strong>Arkansas</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong>.<br />
Tax Benefits of Giving to<br />
<strong>Arkansas</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong><br />
While altruism is the reason why many people such as<br />
Bill and Ginger Ball give to their favorite charities, there<br />
are also great tax incentives that exist for those who give.<br />
A gift to <strong>Arkansas</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> may entitle you to<br />
a charitable contribution deduction against your income<br />
tax, if you itemize deductions. All gifts made to the hospital<br />
are fully tax-deductible. Charitable gift annuities and<br />
trusts offer special tax benefits or other incentives such<br />
as life income. Non-cash gifts such as appreciated stock,<br />
securities, real estate or life insurance also offer tax<br />
incentives. For more information on the tax advantages<br />
of supporting <strong>Arkansas</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong>, contact<br />
Libby Smith at 501-364-5309.<br />
7
HOSPITAL NEWS<br />
Jaquiss to Lead Pediatric<br />
Cardiovascular Program at ACH<br />
Robert D.B. Jaquiss, M.D., has been<br />
named director of the pediatric cardiovascular<br />
surgical program at ACH. Jaquiss<br />
joined the ACH medical staff and the<br />
faculty of the University of <strong>Arkansas</strong> for<br />
Medical Sciences College of Medicine on<br />
November 1.<br />
Jaquiss was associate professor of<br />
surgery and senior cardiothoracic attending<br />
physician at the Medical College of<br />
Wisconsin in Milwaukee. His practice<br />
focuses on neonatal cardiac surgery, pediatric cardiac surgery,<br />
including transplantation, and the surgical care of adults with<br />
congenital heart disease.<br />
“We are absolutely delighted to have someone of Dr. Jaquiss’<br />
caliber as part of our team,” says Jonathan Bates, M.D., president<br />
and CEO of ACH. “Our cardiovascular program is recognized as<br />
one of the top pediatric programs in the nation. Under Dr.<br />
Jaquiss’ leadership, we will continue this tradition of excellence.”<br />
Dr. Jaquiss will take the post held by the late Jonathan<br />
Drummond-Webb, M.D.<br />
ACH Foundation Names<br />
Smith Vice President<br />
Libby Smith has<br />
been named vice<br />
president for the<br />
<strong>Arkansas</strong> Children’s<br />
<strong>Hospital</strong> Foundation.<br />
She is responsible for<br />
managing all functions<br />
of the major<br />
gifts program.<br />
Smith has been<br />
with the Foundation<br />
for 10 years, most<br />
recently as director of development.<br />
She holds a bachelor of science and a<br />
master of arts in speech communication<br />
from the University of <strong>Arkansas</strong> at<br />
Fayetteville.<br />
Smith was recently honored by the<br />
<strong>Arkansas</strong> chapter of the Association of<br />
Fundraising Professionals as its <strong>2005</strong><br />
Outstanding Fundraising Professional.<br />
ACH Physician to Speak<br />
at National Conference<br />
Each year, the Children’s Circle of Care North American Leadership<br />
Conference features presentations by three prominent physicians or<br />
scientists selected from among the 22 hospitals participating in the<br />
Children’s Circle of Care program. This year, Dr. James Aronson, an ACH<br />
physician, has been chosen as one of the three presenters.<br />
Dr. Aronson will present “The Discovery of Guided Bone<br />
Regeneration: Harnessing the Power of Biology” to a gathering of<br />
individual philanthropists who are dedicated to supporting pediatric<br />
health care and research.<br />
A pioneer and leader in the clinical applications of bone-lengthening<br />
and healing, Dr. Aronson is also an active basic research investigator,<br />
focusing on bone healing.<br />
Dr. Aronson is chief of pediatric orthopaedics at ACH, director of the<br />
laboratory for limb regeneration research at <strong>Arkansas</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong><br />
Research Institute and professor of orthopaedics at the University of<br />
<strong>Arkansas</strong> for Medical Sciences College of Medicine.<br />
8
FOUNDATION EVENTS<br />
Frueauff and Windgate Foundations Co-Host<br />
Special Day for Foundations at ACH<br />
It was a day of inspiration for<br />
foundation representatives who<br />
attended <strong>Arkansas</strong> Children’s<br />
<strong>Hospital</strong>’s second “Face Behind the<br />
Place” event on September 27. The<br />
event, co-hosted by the Charles A.<br />
Frueauff Foundation in Little Rock<br />
and the Windgate Charitable<br />
Foundation in Siloam Springs,<br />
included a tour of the hospital<br />
followed by lunch with CEO Dr.<br />
Jonathan Bates.<br />
“Wonderful stories abound at<br />
ACH — from miraculous surgeries<br />
to expert diagnoses to the ACH<br />
crews who hurried to the Gulf<br />
Coast to help with relief efforts<br />
there,” said John Brown, executive<br />
director of the Windgate<br />
Foundation. “Around every corner<br />
Dr. Steve Schexnayder speaks to Mary<br />
Elizabeth Eldridge with the Ross Foundation<br />
(right) and Carolyn Warren with Alcoa about<br />
the special features of ACH’s Donald W.<br />
Reynolds Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.<br />
at ACH is a portrait of hope,<br />
healing and caring that is just<br />
overwhelming.”<br />
During the tour, guests<br />
received a sneak preview of the<br />
Research Institute and Nutrition<br />
Center expansion. They also saw<br />
<strong>Arkansas</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong>’s<br />
pediatric intensive care unit,<br />
neonatal intensive care unit and<br />
third floor playroom.<br />
Gifts from foundations allow<br />
<strong>Arkansas</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> to<br />
build buildings, purchase medical<br />
equipment, fund programs,<br />
expand research and create<br />
endowments — all projects that<br />
allow the hospital to better<br />
serve the needs of its young<br />
patients.<br />
ACH Friends go ‘Back to School’<br />
In a room filled with schoolthemed<br />
decorations including<br />
blackboard table signs, apple<br />
centerpieces and lunch in<br />
aluminum pails, more than 330<br />
guests at the Anne Hickman<br />
“Back to School” Lectureship took<br />
classes in children’s issues from<br />
local and national specialists.<br />
Keynote lecturers for the day<br />
were world-renowned specialist<br />
in pediatrics and child development,<br />
T. Berry Brazelton, M.D.,<br />
and his associate, Joshua Sparrow,<br />
M.D., both of the Brazelton<br />
Touchpoints Center at Children’s<br />
<strong>Hospital</strong> Boston. Brazelton and<br />
Sparrow discussed their signature<br />
topic, “Touchpoints: Stresses and<br />
Supports for Families.”<br />
Other subjects on the schoolday<br />
agenda included “Unraveling the Mystery of Autism,”<br />
Prior to the Anne Hickman Lectureship,<br />
speakers Joshua Sparrow, M.D.,<br />
and T. Berry Brazelton, M.D., of<br />
Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> Boston (third and<br />
fourth from left) took a tour of the<br />
hospital, stopping to visit patients in<br />
various units, including the cardiovascular<br />
intensive care unit.<br />
taught by Jill James, Ph.D., and<br />
“Childhood Obesity — Is it an Epidemic,”<br />
presented by Karen Young, M.D.<br />
James is director of the biochemical<br />
genetics laboratory at the ACH Research<br />
Institute and professor of pediatrics at<br />
UAMS College of Medicine.<br />
Young is medical director at the ACH<br />
Pediatric Fitness Clinic, assistant professor<br />
of pediatrics at UAMS College of Medicine<br />
and director of the UAMS Child and<br />
Adolescent Bariatrics Center.<br />
The Hickman Lectureship Fund was<br />
established in 1995 by friends of Anne<br />
Hickman, a long-time volunteer, board<br />
member and supporter of the hospital,<br />
who wanted to honor her because of her<br />
incredible involvement with ACH. Each<br />
lectureship event features a presentation<br />
by a person or persons of national and<br />
international importance in the areas of<br />
child health and development.<br />
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CHILDREN’S MIRACLE NETWORK<br />
Will Golf 4 Kids<br />
The 12th annual Will Golf 4 Kids event benefiting <strong>Arkansas</strong><br />
Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> was held August 31-September 1 at Kingswood<br />
and Berksdale Golf Courses in Bella Vista.<br />
The main activity was golf...two flights a day for two days on<br />
two courses...with golfers only breaking for a celebration dinner,<br />
program and auctions after the first day of play.<br />
Keynote speakers for program were Celia Swanson, executive<br />
vice president of change management for Wal-Mart People<br />
Division and Scott Burt, COO of Children’s Miracle Network in<br />
Salt Lake City, Utah.<br />
Will Golf 4 Kids raised $575,000 this year, and proceeds will<br />
be used to support the hospital’s transportation program and to<br />
purchase monitors for anesthesiology. During the Will Golf dinner<br />
and program, guests were given small helicopter keychains as a<br />
reminder that their participation will help support the Angel One<br />
Transport program.<br />
Will Golf 4 Kids is a highly successful collaboration of<br />
Wal-Mart vendor and supplier representatives, and it is the largest<br />
single event to benefit ACH.<br />
“The success of this event is due to the hard work and<br />
dedication of this great group of volunteers who work tirelessly<br />
throughout the year,” says Tammy Cox, community development<br />
coordinator for the Northwest office of <strong>Arkansas</strong> <strong>Children's</strong><br />
<strong>Hospital</strong> Foundation.<br />
John Bel (center), <strong>Arkansas</strong> Childrenís <strong>Hospital</strong><br />
Foundation president, accepts a check representing<br />
an early estimate of $550,000 from Mike<br />
White (left) and Mike Sewell (right), co-chairs of<br />
the Will Golf 4 Kids committee.The final amount<br />
raised by the event was $575,000.<br />
The Charity Challenge of Champions<br />
‘Keeping Dreams Aglow’<br />
Joanie and Dale Grant, second and third from left, were<br />
speakers at the Charity Challenge Friday night event.The<br />
Grants’ daughter, 9-year-old Abby, was treated for bone cancer<br />
last year at <strong>Arkansas</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong>.The Grants are<br />
pictured with, from left, John Bel, president of the <strong>Arkansas</strong><br />
<strong>Children's</strong> <strong>Hospital</strong> Foundation, and Carolyn Trumbo and<br />
Tammy Cox from the Northwest Office of the ACH<br />
Foundation.<br />
For 14 years, the Charity Challenge of Champions has<br />
been working to keep dreams aglow in the lives of<br />
those served by beneficiaries of the event. Held every<br />
September in Rogers, the Charity Challenge of<br />
Champions is a weekend of tennis, golf and social<br />
events for a good cause. Event proceeds benefit the<br />
Northwest <strong>Arkansas</strong> Crisis Center, <strong>Arkansas</strong> Children’s<br />
<strong>Hospital</strong> and scholarships for area high school seniors.<br />
Tennis was definitely the highlight of the four-day<br />
event. Participants in the tournament had an opportunity<br />
to play with pros including Owen Davidson, Ross<br />
Case, Johan Kriek, Kathy Rinaldi and Ann Grossman.<br />
Non-tennis activities included a golf outing, a cocktail<br />
party and auction on Friday night and a celebration<br />
dinner on Saturday evening.<br />
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an alliance of premier hospitals for children<br />
Wal-Mart’s<br />
Miracle Mile Walk<br />
More than 300 associates representing many <strong>Arkansas</strong><br />
Wal-Mart stores came together in a collaborative fundraiser<br />
for <strong>Arkansas</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> (ACH).<br />
District and store managers and associates gathered in<br />
Little Rock to participate in the “Miracle Mile” walk that took<br />
them from the State Capitol to a route around ACH, then<br />
back to the Capitol. Each walker raised at least $50 in order<br />
to take part, and the entire project raised more than<br />
$70,000.<br />
“Typically, Wal-Mart stores have independent fundraising<br />
activities to raise money for the hospital,” says Heather Cass,<br />
community development coordinator for the ACH<br />
Foundation. “This is one of the first times they have come<br />
together as a larger group. Not only was it hugely successful<br />
financially, but everyone also had a great time working<br />
toward a shared goal.”<br />
<strong>Arkansas</strong> Federal Credit Union<br />
From left, John Bel, <strong>Arkansas</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong><br />
Foundation president, and hospital CEO Dr.<br />
Jonathan Bates recently accepted a check for<br />
$47,000 from <strong>Arkansas</strong> Federal Credit Union<br />
representatives Larry Biernacki, CEO and president,<br />
and Rodney Showmar, vice president of marketing.<br />
During the first part of <strong>2005</strong>, <strong>Arkansas</strong> Federal<br />
members donated $23,500 through various collection<br />
points and special fundraising events.<br />
<strong>Arkansas</strong> Federal’s board of directors matched the<br />
money donated by members, doubling the amount<br />
to $47,000.<br />
<strong>Arkansas</strong> Federal Credit Union participates in<br />
the Credit Unions for Kids program, a national<br />
sponsor of Children’s Miracle Network (CMN).<br />
<strong>Arkansas</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> is one of 170<br />
participating CMN hospitals in North America.<br />
Employees are the ‘Caring Hands of ACH’<br />
In a show of their support of the work of <strong>Arkansas</strong><br />
<strong>Children's</strong> <strong>Hospital</strong> (ACH) and the ACH Research<br />
Institute (ACHRI), 600 ACH employees have pledged<br />
more than $418,000 to the <strong>2005</strong>-08 Employee<br />
Campaign, “The Caring Hands of ACH.”<br />
“Beyond ensuring that the <strong>Hospital</strong> and the<br />
Research Institute remain at the forefront of pediatric<br />
health care, this expresses to the people of the<br />
community and state our commitment to children<br />
and our pride in being part of the ACH ‘family,’” says<br />
campaign committee member Craig Gilliam, director<br />
of infection control at ACH.<br />
Campaign pledges will be paid over a three-year<br />
period, and money raised will go toward uncompensated<br />
care, ACH equipment and endowment, a new<br />
nursing endowment and ACHRI equipment and<br />
endowment.<br />
"This campaign gives all employees the opportunity<br />
to use their dollars in direct support of areas<br />
they are interested in...they can be personal in<br />
their giving,” explains Gilliam. “For example, I am<br />
interested in the nursing endowment, which gives<br />
us a chance to increase the level of scholarship in<br />
our nursing staff. All of us are focused on the<br />
child, but the nursing staff is the group of individuals<br />
at ACH most involved in their care."<br />
The campaign was orchestrated by more than<br />
150 volunteer team leaders.<br />
“By choosing to give, each employee is making<br />
a powerful and positive statement about how he or<br />
she personally values this healing work. This is a<br />
great statement by Team ACH members...giving<br />
care, love and hope,” notes John Bel, president of<br />
the ACH Foundation.<br />
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COMMUNITY EVENTS<br />
ACH Employee<br />
Cruises for Kids<br />
Neither rain, mountains, road construction nor heavy<br />
traffic kept ACH employee George Cobb from completing<br />
his 1,140-mile bike ride around <strong>Arkansas</strong> to raise<br />
money and awareness for <strong>Arkansas</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong>.<br />
When Cobb, an employment recruiter in the ACH<br />
human resources department, was planning his summer<br />
vacation, he decided he wanted to do something different.<br />
“I thought about the children that I see every day in<br />
the halls at ACH, and I wanted to do something for<br />
them,“ he says.<br />
His 14-day ride around <strong>Arkansas</strong> in July raised more<br />
than $10,400 for the hospital. Beginning in Fort Smith,<br />
Cobb traveled clockwise around <strong>Arkansas</strong>, visiting all<br />
four corners, before returning to Fort Smith and heading<br />
back to Little Rock and ACH.<br />
“George Cobb has exhibited the best of care, love<br />
and hope in his journey around the state,” says Andree<br />
Trosclair, vice president of human resources at ACH.<br />
“What I am most proud of is his courage and enthusiasm<br />
in taking on this physically challenging ride for the<br />
sake of the children we care for at ACH.”<br />
JM Products Hosts Tournament<br />
The 11th Annual JM Products Invitational Charity Golf Classic<br />
was held August 29 at North Hills Country Club in Sherwood.<br />
Participants attended a welcome reception held at the hospital<br />
on the evening prior to the event. As part of the reception<br />
activities, guests were treated to tours of the new lobby,<br />
the helipad, the neonatal intensive care unit, the pediatric<br />
intensive care unit and one of the hospital’s playrooms.<br />
This year’s tournament proceeds totaled $32,912 and have<br />
been designated for areas of greatest need.<br />
Pictured at the after-tournament reception are, from left:<br />
Michael Joshua, CEO of JM Products; John Bel, <strong>Arkansas</strong><br />
Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> Foundation president; and Vicki Meyers<br />
and Bobby Wilson, both with International Paper, the co-sponsor<br />
of the event.<br />
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After a bike ride of 1,140 miles around <strong>Arkansas</strong>,<br />
George Cobb ended his journey with a welcome<br />
home rally at the hospital. Cobb, riding the final few<br />
blocks with fellow ACH cyclists, arrived at the front of<br />
the hospital to cheers from children at ACH’s daycare,<br />
employees, patients and families.<br />
Capital City Classic Benefits ACH<br />
The first football game of the season in the state of <strong>Arkansas</strong><br />
featured the University of Central <strong>Arkansas</strong> (UCA) Bears<br />
taking on Eastern New Mexico State Greyhounds in the<br />
Capital City Classic.The Bears won and so did ACH, benefiting<br />
from a portion of ticket proceeds from the game.The<br />
amount donated from the Classic was $11,642.<br />
One of the many activities held the week leading up to<br />
the game was a visit by some of the UCA players and coaches.<br />
Players visited patients in one of the playrooms where<br />
they distributed miniature footballs, signed autographs, had<br />
photos taken and played.<br />
UCA Bears Leroy Hamilton (left) and Kentrel Rogers<br />
(right) read with one of the ACH patients during their visit<br />
to the hospital.
AUXILIARY GROUPS<br />
Castaways<br />
&<br />
Played for Kids<br />
Golfers<br />
Island wear, island fare and numerous references to the original castaways<br />
from “Gilligan’s Island” were the hallmarks of the evening during<br />
the Castaways Party on Sunday, September 11, at Pleasant Valley County<br />
Club in Little Rock. A desire to tie the party to the hospital led to a cast<br />
art idea and the castaways theme. Artists, celebrities and ACH patients<br />
decorated and/or signed hand casts for the silent auction.<br />
The party was a prelude to the <strong>Arkansas</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> Today’s<br />
THV Classic, presented by Committee for the Future. The golf tournament<br />
was held the Monday following the party and featured morning and<br />
afternoon tee times.<br />
The two combined events netted more than $60,000. Because respiratory<br />
problems are one of the main reasons for emergency room visits at<br />
<strong>Arkansas</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong>, Committee for the Future is committing these<br />
funds to the hospital’s asthma and allergy departments.<br />
In addition to title sponsor Today’s THV, the Classic was supported by<br />
headline sponsors Isle of Capri Casino, Nabholz Construction and<br />
Northland and Southland Hyundai. Steven Ransdell and Curtis Cook cochaired<br />
the Classic committee, and Mary Ellen Richards and Dana Yates<br />
co-chaired the Castaways committee.<br />
Committee for the Future is a group of young professionals and<br />
community leaders from central <strong>Arkansas</strong> who support the hospital through<br />
fundraising and awareness projects. If you are interested in more information<br />
about this group, please contact Carissa Wagnon at 501-364-1250.<br />
Going, going, gone. Sportscaster,<br />
entertainer, and sometimes auctioneer<br />
Craig “Gilligan” O’Neill, of Today’s<br />
THV, had the crowd going and reaching<br />
into their pocketbooks during the<br />
live auction at the Castaways party.<br />
The Cal-Ark sponsor team of (from<br />
left) Trey Szarmach, Scott Golden, Sam<br />
Allison and James Holloway were just<br />
one of about 60 teams who enjoyed a<br />
great day of golf for a great cause.<br />
Tasty Event Enjoys Huge Growth<br />
Food stations at <strong>Arkansas</strong> a la Carte featured<br />
menu offerings from 28 restaurants and caterers<br />
from around the state.The event was hosted by<br />
the ACH Auxiliary and Chenal Country Club.<br />
Presenting sponsors were Advanced Tissues and<br />
One Banc.<br />
More than 425 people attended “<strong>Arkansas</strong> a la Carte”<br />
(formerly Taste of <strong>Arkansas</strong>), hosted by <strong>Arkansas</strong><br />
<strong>Children's</strong> <strong>Hospital</strong> Auxiliary and Chenal Country Club,<br />
on October 18 at Chenal Country Club in Little Rock.<br />
This year’s event raised $72,000, a substantial increase<br />
in comparison to its first-year earnings of $20,000.<br />
“The Auxiliary has done a fantastic job this year<br />
to really make this event a success,” says Fred<br />
Scarborough, vice president of the ACH Foundation.<br />
“They assembled a very strong host couple committee<br />
who really concentrated on putting together a wonderful<br />
event.”<br />
The event featured tastings from 28 <strong>Arkansas</strong><br />
restaurants and caterers. Guests also enjoyed live<br />
and silent auctions and live music by The Bob Boyd<br />
Sounds.<br />
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AUXILIARY GROUPS<br />
Circle of Friends Quarterly ROUND-UP<br />
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ROUNDTABLE<br />
Circle of Friends members gathered on the ACH campus<br />
August 13th for their annual Betty A. Lowe President’s<br />
Roundtable. The Roundtable, a training session geared to<br />
prepare chapters for their upcoming fundraising year, was<br />
attended by chapter officers and committee chairmen.<br />
Chapter leaders learned valuable techniques and benefited<br />
from the expertise of State Board members and ACH staff<br />
members who held in-depth sessions during the day-long<br />
training.<br />
During the various sessions, chapter officers had an<br />
open exchange of ideas and creativity. In addition, the<br />
members ended their day with a goal-setting session that<br />
resulted in promises of more than $500,000 in funds being<br />
raised in the upcoming fiscal year for the benefit of the<br />
patients at <strong>Arkansas</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong>.<br />
“It is really a tremendous thing to see when all of the<br />
chapters come together for a planning session of this<br />
design,” says Cristy Holland Sowell, Circle of Friends director.<br />
“They are determined to achieve great things in the<br />
year ahead. I have no doubt that this year will be another<br />
stellar performance by the Circle of Friends.”<br />
CHAPTER DEVELOPMENT<br />
Circle of Friends is again expanding its family! In addition<br />
to the two new areas of development for Circle of<br />
Friends last spring, Batesville and Carroll County, this new<br />
year will bring two others — Texarkana and Blytheville.<br />
Texarkana community leaders tried their hands last fall<br />
at raising funds for ACH, resulting in an event that generated<br />
more than $16,000. That success made them realize<br />
just how many people in their community have been<br />
impacted by <strong>Arkansas</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong>.<br />
After relocating to Blytheville, a former Lawrence<br />
County Circle of Friends member was anxious to get a<br />
new chapter founded and operating on behalf of the kids.<br />
There will be a formal membership social hosted this fall<br />
to begin the new chapter.<br />
If you would like more information about these or any<br />
chapters of Circle of Friends, please contact the <strong>Arkansas</strong><br />
Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> Foundation at 501- 364-5307 or 800-<br />
880-7491.<br />
MEMBERSHIP<br />
All chapters of Circle of Friends are busy hosting<br />
their fall membership events statewide. If you would<br />
like more information about a chapter in your community,<br />
contact the <strong>Arkansas</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong><br />
Foundation at 501-364-5307 or 800-880-7491. We would<br />
be happy to put you in touch with chapter leaders in<br />
your area. Chapters not only are in need of new members,<br />
but also local business partners and volunteers.<br />
Additionally, if you have an <strong>Arkansas</strong> Children’s<br />
<strong>Hospital</strong> story, members in your community would love<br />
to meet you! Currently, Circle of Friends chapters are<br />
working for <strong>Arkansas</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> in the following<br />
communities:<br />
<strong>Arkansas</strong> River Valley<br />
Batesville<br />
Blytheville<br />
Carroll County<br />
Central <strong>Arkansas</strong><br />
Faulkner County<br />
Garland County<br />
Harrison<br />
Izard County<br />
Jefferson County<br />
Jonesboro<br />
Lawrence County<br />
Magnolia<br />
Monticello<br />
Northwest <strong>Arkansas</strong><br />
Paragould<br />
River Delta<br />
Spring River<br />
Texarkana<br />
Union County<br />
Western <strong>Arkansas</strong><br />
Firestone of Russellville recently presented a<br />
check for $5,000 to <strong>Arkansas</strong> Children’s<br />
<strong>Hospital</strong>.The donation was part of the River<br />
Valley Circle of Friends “Kampaign for Kids”<br />
corporate campaign. Pictured are (from left):<br />
Karla Staton, Firestone; Amy Brantley, ACH<br />
Foundation senior community development<br />
coordinator; and Scott Gateley, Firestone<br />
plant manager.
AUXILIARY GROUPS<br />
Greetings that Give<br />
Cards featuring original art by ACH patients offer a<br />
meaningful way to send your holiday greetings while<br />
supporting programs and services at <strong>Arkansas</strong><br />
Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong>.<br />
Through the Holiday Card Project, an annual project<br />
of the ACH Auxiliary, patrons can purchase holiday<br />
cards, gift tags, photo cards and stationery. In addition<br />
to the cards by ACH patients, a card by this year’s featured<br />
artist, Sandra Graves, is available. Two of the<br />
patient artists are also Star ACHievers. The Star<br />
ACHiever program is another Auxiliary project, providing<br />
volunteer and learning experiences at the hospital<br />
for 9th grade girls.<br />
Cards and other items may be ordered online, by<br />
phone, or at one of more than 30 retail outlets throughout<br />
<strong>Arkansas</strong>, including many Exxon gas stations.<br />
For full-color photos, descriptions and prices of<br />
all products, log on to www.archildrens.org and click<br />
on “Holiday Cards,” or call for a brochure, 501-364-1259<br />
or 800-595-6498.<br />
<strong>2005</strong> Cards<br />
(gift tags, photo cards, stationery and note cards not shown)<br />
WREATH<br />
By Elizabeth Fiser, 15, Little Rock,<br />
Patient and Star ACHiever<br />
Message: Have a Joyous Season<br />
TREE<br />
By Sarah Stern, 16, Little Rock<br />
Message: Wishing You a<br />
Merry Christmas<br />
PENGUINS<br />
By Megan Fosler, 15, Cabot,<br />
Patient and Star ACHiever<br />
Message: Happy Holidays!<br />
SNOWMAN PARTY<br />
By Lindsey Crowder, 5, Bentonville<br />
Message: May Your Holiday Be Filled<br />
with the Love of Family and Friends<br />
Order<br />
To day !<br />
LANDSCAPE<br />
By Featured Artist<br />
Sandra Graves, Little Rock<br />
Message: Peace on Earth<br />
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Doctor T. Berry Brazelton<br />
Headlines Hickman Lecture Series<br />
During “recess” at the Anne Hickman Lectureship on September 29 (from left), keynote speakers<br />
Joshua Sparrow, M.D. and T. Berry Brazelton, M.D., Foundation board member and lecture<br />
namesake Anne Hickman, and <strong>Arkansas</strong> <strong>Children's</strong> <strong>Hospital</strong> (ACH) president and CEO Jonathan<br />
Bates, M.D., took a break from the subjects being presented at the “Back to School” program.<br />
In 1995, Anne Hickman’s friends decided to honor her with a lectureship because of her<br />
incredible involvement with ACH. Each lectureship event features a presentation by a person or<br />
persons of national and international importance in the areas of child health and development.<br />
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