Fall 2005 - Arkansas Children's Hospital

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CHILDREN’S MIRACLE NETWORK Will Golf 4 Kids The 12th annual Will Golf 4 Kids event benefiting Arkansas Children’s Hospital was held August 31-September 1 at Kingswood and Berksdale Golf Courses in Bella Vista. The main activity was golf...two flights a day for two days on two courses...with golfers only breaking for a celebration dinner, program and auctions after the first day of play. Keynote speakers for program were Celia Swanson, executive vice president of change management for Wal-Mart People Division and Scott Burt, COO of Children’s Miracle Network in Salt Lake City, Utah. Will Golf 4 Kids raised $575,000 this year, and proceeds will be used to support the hospital’s transportation program and to purchase monitors for anesthesiology. During the Will Golf dinner and program, guests were given small helicopter keychains as a reminder that their participation will help support the Angel One Transport program. Will Golf 4 Kids is a highly successful collaboration of Wal-Mart vendor and supplier representatives, and it is the largest single event to benefit ACH. “The success of this event is due to the hard work and dedication of this great group of volunteers who work tirelessly throughout the year,” says Tammy Cox, community development coordinator for the Northwest office of Arkansas Children's Hospital Foundation. John Bel (center), Arkansas Childrenís Hospital Foundation president, accepts a check representing an early estimate of $550,000 from Mike White (left) and Mike Sewell (right), co-chairs of the Will Golf 4 Kids committee.The final amount raised by the event was $575,000. The Charity Challenge of Champions ‘Keeping Dreams Aglow’ Joanie and Dale Grant, second and third from left, were speakers at the Charity Challenge Friday night event.The Grants’ daughter, 9-year-old Abby, was treated for bone cancer last year at Arkansas Children’s Hospital.The Grants are pictured with, from left, John Bel, president of the Arkansas Children's Hospital Foundation, and Carolyn Trumbo and Tammy Cox from the Northwest Office of the ACH Foundation. For 14 years, the Charity Challenge of Champions has been working to keep dreams aglow in the lives of those served by beneficiaries of the event. Held every September in Rogers, the Charity Challenge of Champions is a weekend of tennis, golf and social events for a good cause. Event proceeds benefit the Northwest Arkansas Crisis Center, Arkansas Children’s Hospital and scholarships for area high school seniors. Tennis was definitely the highlight of the four-day event. Participants in the tournament had an opportunity to play with pros including Owen Davidson, Ross Case, Johan Kriek, Kathy Rinaldi and Ann Grossman. Non-tennis activities included a golf outing, a cocktail party and auction on Friday night and a celebration dinner on Saturday evening. 10
an alliance of premier hospitals for children Wal-Mart’s Miracle Mile Walk More than 300 associates representing many Arkansas Wal-Mart stores came together in a collaborative fundraiser for Arkansas Children’s Hospital (ACH). District and store managers and associates gathered in Little Rock to participate in the “Miracle Mile” walk that took them from the State Capitol to a route around ACH, then back to the Capitol. Each walker raised at least $50 in order to take part, and the entire project raised more than $70,000. “Typically, Wal-Mart stores have independent fundraising activities to raise money for the hospital,” says Heather Cass, community development coordinator for the ACH Foundation. “This is one of the first times they have come together as a larger group. Not only was it hugely successful financially, but everyone also had a great time working toward a shared goal.” Arkansas Federal Credit Union From left, John Bel, Arkansas Children’s Hospital Foundation president, and hospital CEO Dr. Jonathan Bates recently accepted a check for $47,000 from Arkansas Federal Credit Union representatives Larry Biernacki, CEO and president, and Rodney Showmar, vice president of marketing. During the first part of 2005, Arkansas Federal members donated $23,500 through various collection points and special fundraising events. Arkansas Federal’s board of directors matched the money donated by members, doubling the amount to $47,000. Arkansas Federal Credit Union participates in the Credit Unions for Kids program, a national sponsor of Children’s Miracle Network (CMN). Arkansas Children’s Hospital is one of 170 participating CMN hospitals in North America. Employees are the ‘Caring Hands of ACH’ In a show of their support of the work of Arkansas Children's Hospital (ACH) and the ACH Research Institute (ACHRI), 600 ACH employees have pledged more than $418,000 to the 2005-08 Employee Campaign, “The Caring Hands of ACH.” “Beyond ensuring that the Hospital and the Research Institute remain at the forefront of pediatric health care, this expresses to the people of the community and state our commitment to children and our pride in being part of the ACH ‘family,’” says campaign committee member Craig Gilliam, director of infection control at ACH. Campaign pledges will be paid over a three-year period, and money raised will go toward uncompensated care, ACH equipment and endowment, a new nursing endowment and ACHRI equipment and endowment. "This campaign gives all employees the opportunity to use their dollars in direct support of areas they are interested in...they can be personal in their giving,” explains Gilliam. “For example, I am interested in the nursing endowment, which gives us a chance to increase the level of scholarship in our nursing staff. All of us are focused on the child, but the nursing staff is the group of individuals at ACH most involved in their care." The campaign was orchestrated by more than 150 volunteer team leaders. “By choosing to give, each employee is making a powerful and positive statement about how he or she personally values this healing work. This is a great statement by Team ACH members...giving care, love and hope,” notes John Bel, president of the ACH Foundation. 11
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