Spring 2010 - Arkansas Children's Hospital
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CONTENTS<br />
Ambassadors Make a<br />
Difference Across the State<br />
<strong>2010</strong> Ambassadors include: (from<br />
left, front row) Joshua Lewis, Karson<br />
Weitkamp, Aubrey Maynard, Olivia<br />
Jackson, (second row) Noah Sarkin,<br />
Mhalik Donahue, Luke Jackson, (back<br />
row) Adam Jackson, Hannah<br />
Mathews. Not pictured: Belinda<br />
Bube, Spencer Ewing, Austin Jones,<br />
Sadie Medlock, Jacob West, Trinity<br />
Wilson.<br />
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ACH<br />
Peanut Allergy Research<br />
Changing Lives<br />
Alex Orum, shown here with his<br />
mother, is a participant in the<br />
peanut allergy research study being<br />
conducted at the 6ACH Research<br />
Institute. Alex can now eat almost<br />
half a peanut butter sandwich, an<br />
action that would have sent him to<br />
the emergency room two years ago.<br />
Walmart and Sam’s Club<br />
Miracle Day<br />
More than 150 Walmart and<br />
Sam’s<br />
20<br />
Club associates, like these<br />
from the Hot <strong>Spring</strong>s Sam’s Club<br />
location (right), visited the ACH<br />
campus in April for Walmart and<br />
Sam’s Club Miracle Day.<br />
■ HOSPITAL & RESEARCH<br />
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9<br />
Also In This Issue<br />
Audiology/Speech Pathology<br />
CareHub<br />
<strong>Arkansas</strong> Drive Smart Challenge<br />
■ GIVING TO ACH<br />
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15<br />
18<br />
Pat Walker<br />
Pugh Family<br />
B98 Radiothon<br />
ARKANSAS CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL<br />
BOARD OF DIRECTORS<br />
Dorsey Jackson, Chairman<br />
Tom Baxter, Vice Chairman<br />
J. French Hill, Secretary<br />
Paul Hart, Treasurer<br />
Charles Bower, MD, Chief of Staff<br />
Pat McClelland, Past Chairman<br />
Jonathan Bates, MD, President & CEO<br />
John Bale Jr.<br />
Patrick H. Casey, MD<br />
Ron Clark<br />
Haskell Dickinson<br />
Edward Drilling<br />
Harry C. Erwin III<br />
Rhonda Forrester<br />
Judge Marion Humphrey<br />
Richard F. Jacobs, MD<br />
Lisa Kirkpatrick<br />
Diane Mackey<br />
Holly Marr<br />
Mark McCaslin<br />
RESEARCH INSTITUTE<br />
Ron Clark, Chairman<br />
Richard F. Jacobs, MD, President<br />
Ross Whipple, Treasurer<br />
Jonathan Bates, MD<br />
Debra Fiser, MD<br />
Edward Drilling<br />
Ellen Gray<br />
Charlotte Hobbs, MD<br />
Laura James, MD<br />
Dee Ann English<br />
Mark Millsap<br />
ACH FOUNDATION<br />
Jonathan Bates, MD, Chairman<br />
Charles B. Whiteside III, Vice Chairman<br />
John E. Bel, President<br />
Pat Allen<br />
Sharon Bale<br />
Tom Baxter<br />
Frances Buchanan<br />
William Clark<br />
Robert G. Cress<br />
Harry C. Erwin III<br />
Hayden Franks, MD<br />
Robin George<br />
Bill Hannah<br />
James Harkins<br />
Anne Hickman<br />
Ray Hobbs<br />
Sharon Lamb<br />
Mark Larsen<br />
Robin Lockhart<br />
Barbara Moore<br />
Beverly Morrow<br />
Jeffrey Nolan<br />
Daniel Rahn, MD<br />
Katie Ransdell<br />
Skip Rutherford<br />
Mark Saviers<br />
Philip Schmidt<br />
Robert L. Shults<br />
Bonnie Taylor, MD<br />
Everett Tucker III<br />
Charles B. Whiteside III<br />
Kathy Perkins<br />
Robert Porter, MD<br />
Daniel Rahn, MD<br />
Mark Saviers<br />
Robert Shults<br />
Diane Mackey<br />
Mark McCaslin<br />
Jim McClelland<br />
Jeffrey Nolan<br />
Robert Porter, MD<br />
Sara M. Richardson<br />
Vicki Saviers<br />
Philip Schmidt<br />
Patrick Schueck<br />
Clara Sims<br />
Witt Stephens Jr.<br />
Stephen L. Strange Sr.<br />
Marianne Thompson<br />
Sue Trotter<br />
Tom Womack<br />
ACHiever Staff<br />
Editor:<br />
Chris McCreight<br />
Senior Writer:<br />
Kila Owens<br />
Design:<br />
Lori Barlow, The Graphic Design + Web Shop, Inc.<br />
Photographers:<br />
Kelley Cooper, ACH Foundation Staff<br />
Contributors:<br />
John Gregan, Phaedra Yount,<br />
ACH public relations department<br />
THE ACHIEVER<br />
is published by<br />
<strong>Arkansas</strong> Children <strong>Hospital</strong> Foundation<br />
for friends of ACH.<br />
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Ambassadors<br />
<strong>2010</strong> ACH<br />
ACH Ambassadors: Some are young, barely able to walk, some are older,<br />
preparing to head to college. Some tell their own stories, others rely on their<br />
parents to share their experiences. Some live near the hospital, others live in<br />
different states.<br />
Despite their differences, Ambassadors and their families have one thing in<br />
common; their lives have all been touched by <strong>Arkansas</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong>.<br />
In March, the <strong>2010</strong> Ambassadors were announced at a luncheon held in their<br />
honor. ACH Ambassadors are a group of current and former patients who are<br />
giving hope and inspiration to other patient families, donors and volunteers by<br />
sharing their stories. For one year the Ambassadors and their families will share<br />
their ACH stories in their communities by attending events and speaking engagements,<br />
through publications and by being goodwill ambassadors for the hospital.<br />
Editor’s Note: Watch the next two issues of the ACHiever for the rest<br />
of the Ambassador stories. You can also view all Ambassador stories<br />
online under the Foundation section of www.archildrens.org.<br />
Belinda Bube<br />
In 1991, Belinda was born with a cleft<br />
palate. Belinda and her family lived in Kansas<br />
at the time, and at 10 months, she underwent<br />
her first surgery to repair the cleft.<br />
The surgery was unsuccessful, due to the<br />
thinness of her soft palate tissue. A fistula,<br />
a large hole, appeared within a month<br />
after the surgery. At age 5, she had a pharyngeal<br />
flap surgery, which resolved<br />
many of her problems. Belinda’s family<br />
moved to <strong>Arkansas</strong> when she was 10<br />
years old. Immediately after the Bubes<br />
arrived in <strong>Arkansas</strong>, Belinda began seeing a cleft palate<br />
specialist at ACH. Within the year, she had surgery to repair a second fistula.<br />
When she was 12 years old, Belinda received braces. All of her orthodontia<br />
work was overseen by the cleft team at ACH. Belinda attends college at Oklahoma<br />
City University, where she is studying music theater. In 2009, she won the Miss<br />
Batesville pageant and will participate in the Miss <strong>Arkansas</strong> pageant in July <strong>2010</strong>.<br />
Mhalik X. Donahue<br />
PEDIATRIC CARE<br />
Are Making an Impact in<br />
Communities Across the State<br />
Ambassadors<br />
are a group of former and current<br />
patients who share their ACH stories<br />
with others in their communities.<br />
For one year, the Ambassadors<br />
and their families will inspire<br />
others through printed<br />
materials and at<br />
speaking engagements.<br />
Mhalik was born at just 26 weeks gestation with<br />
underdeveloped lungs. When he was 6 months old, he<br />
was diagnosed with RSV, a respiratory infection, and<br />
treated at ACH. He recovered from the RSV, but a<br />
month later, he was back at ACH. He had a cold, which<br />
was causing his breathing to be erratic. Mhalik was so<br />
severely ill he was admitted to the Pediatric Intensive<br />
Care Unit (PICU), where he was placed in a medically<br />
induced coma. As he<br />
recovered, doctors<br />
noticed when he ate,<br />
he was silently aspirating<br />
into his<br />
lungs. To repair his<br />
aspiration problem,<br />
Mhalik underwent<br />
surgery to have a<br />
gastrostomy-button<br />
(G-button)<br />
implanted, giving<br />
his family a way<br />
to provide nutrition<br />
and medicine<br />
directly into his stomach. Mhalik was fed through the<br />
G-button for a year. Mhalik visits the ACH pulmonary<br />
clinic for an annual check-up. He enjoys playing<br />
basketball at school and singing in his church and school<br />
choirs. Continued on page 10<br />
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PEDIATRIC CARE<br />
Michelle Leach, an ACH speech therapist,<br />
works with Ella Lindsey each week on speech<br />
development. Ella, who received a cochlear<br />
implant last year, has been a patient of the<br />
Audiology/Speech Pathology clinic at ACH<br />
since she was six months old.<br />
When the ACH South Wing expansion<br />
opens in 2012, the Audiology/Speech<br />
Pathology department will move into a<br />
completely new, larger space, allowing<br />
the team to see more patients and<br />
families than ever before.<br />
ACH Audiology/Speech Pathology Department Is Growing<br />
■ Kila Owens<br />
Immediately after she was born, Ella Grace Lindsey failed a<br />
newborn hearing screening. Ella’s parents, Jared and Ashley,<br />
were concerned, but a nurse assured them their daughter was<br />
fine. A second hearing test was scheduled for the next week,<br />
and Jared and Ashley tried not to worry.<br />
When Ella failed the second hearing test, Ashley felt scared<br />
and uneasy.<br />
“I just knew something was wrong,” she says. “Ella’s pediatrician<br />
assured us that our daughter could not be deaf, but<br />
we weren’t convinced.”<br />
A few months later, Jared and Ashley made an appointment<br />
for Ella with an audiologist at <strong>Arkansas</strong> Children’s<br />
<strong>Hospital</strong>. When she again failed all of the hearing tests, her<br />
parents learned the extent of her deafness. Ella had severe to<br />
profound hearing loss in both ears, meaning she was almost<br />
completely deaf.<br />
“It felt surreal,” says Ashley. “Finding out our baby girl<br />
was deaf was hard. It was a very bad day, but the staff members<br />
in the Audiology Clinic were so helpful. They explained<br />
hearing loss to us in a way we could easily understand.”<br />
That very day, impressions were taken of Ella’s ears so custom<br />
hearing aids could be made. The Lindsey family came<br />
back a week later and six-month-old Ella heard her first<br />
sounds with the new hearing aids.<br />
“When Ella first received her hearing aids, we were so<br />
excited,” Jared says. “The staff at ACH walked us through<br />
everything – how to use the hearing aids and how to work<br />
with Ella. They worked at our pace. They helped us understand<br />
what she was going through and how we could make<br />
this as easy as possible for her.”<br />
The Audiology staff members also began talking with Jared and Ashley about<br />
Ella’s future. Because Ella’s hearing loss was so severe, she could eventually receive a<br />
cochlear implant, a surgically implanted device that would improve her hearing.<br />
“We debated the pros and cons of the cochlear implant for a long time,” says<br />
Jared. “This surgery would allow Ella to hear better, but it is permanent. She will<br />
have this device for the rest of her life. We decided to have the implant surgery.<br />
We want Ella to have the best life she can possibly have, and we feel like we made<br />
the right decision.”<br />
Ella received a cochlear implant for her left ear a few days after her first birthday.<br />
She continues to wear a hearing aid in her right ear.<br />
Jared and Ashley appreciate the care their daughter receives at ACH.<br />
“We will never be able to say enough about the wonderful team at ACH,” says<br />
Ashley. “Everyone goes above and beyond to answer any question we may have<br />
and help us any way they can. They work so hard for the kids and it really shows.”<br />
Audiology/Speech Pathology Helps Kids Communicate<br />
The Audiology/Speech Pathology department at ACH is involved in evaluating,<br />
diagnosing and improving any hearing or speech disorders in children.<br />
Hearing loss and speech disorders are common in <strong>Arkansas</strong>. More than 20,000<br />
patients are treated in the department each year. Ninety-five percent of all<br />
<strong>Arkansas</strong> children who are diagnosed with hearing loss are diagnosed at ACH,<br />
according to the <strong>Arkansas</strong> Department of Health.<br />
“Nationally, three of every 1,000 children will experience hearing loss,” says<br />
Patti Martin, director of Audiology/Speech Pathology at ACH. “All children with<br />
hearing loss require speech and language therapy to develop spoken language. We<br />
want to help these children communicate as well as possible, so they can go on to<br />
lead healthy, full lives.”<br />
Audiologists conduct a wide variety of specialized testing to determine the exact<br />
nature of a child’s hearing problem. They present a variety of treatment options to<br />
families, as well as dispense and fit hearing aids, administer special tests of auditory<br />
processing and provide hearing rehabilitation training.<br />
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PEDIATRIC CARE<br />
Speech-language pathologists work with children with a variety of communication<br />
and oral motor/feeding/swallowing disorders. Speech-language<br />
pathologists also help patients like Ella who are just beginning to hear, thanks<br />
to hearing aids or cochlear implants.<br />
When the new South Wing opens on the ACH campus in 2012, the<br />
Audiology/Speech Pathology department will move into a significantly bigger<br />
space, which will allow staff members to see and treat even more patients.<br />
More Patient Care Space in South Wing<br />
In the South Wing, the entire Audiology/Speech Pathology Clinic will be<br />
divided into pods. Each pod will contain an interview/family consult room, a<br />
sound room, an amplification lab and office space for staff members.<br />
Currently in the department, there are four sound booths, which are used<br />
for testing. In the South Wing, there will be seven sound booths, which will<br />
decrease family wait times. Each pod will host an amplification<br />
lab/workroom, which will be used for programming hearing aids and<br />
implants and creating ear molds.<br />
In the current space, only one of the sound booths is wheelchair-accessible.<br />
All sound booths in the South Wing will be wheelchair-accessible.<br />
“We try to be as accommodating as possible, but our small space sometimes<br />
makes it difficult,” says Martin. “We want families to come into our<br />
waiting room and feel as if they have found the place that will take care of<br />
them. When the new clinic opens, we will have a more family-focused, childfriendly<br />
atmosphere for the patients we serve.”<br />
The Audiology/Speech Pathology Clinic currently only has one room designated<br />
for visiting with families, which can make conferring privately with parents<br />
difficult.<br />
“The pod system in our new clinic will be a great gift,” says Martin. “Each<br />
pod will have a special private area for us to use when we are talking with<br />
family members, customizing equipment or fitting technology. The pod system<br />
will be fantastic for the staff, because everything they need will be right<br />
in the area.”<br />
The new space will also contain a research sound suite, which will accommodate<br />
extra equipment to be used for various clinical research projects.<br />
BetterService forPatients and Families<br />
The first place a family usually visits when they come to ACH is the waiting<br />
area. In the new Audiology/Speech Pathology waiting room in the South<br />
Wing, the area will be larger, more inviting and more comfortable, with an<br />
atmosphere designed to put children and families at ease.<br />
In the new clinic, there will also be an updated patient<br />
alerting system. When the staff is ready to see the patient, a<br />
handheld device will provide a visual alert. For hearing<br />
impaired patients and families, this system will be very<br />
beneficial.<br />
Because technology is vital to Audiology/Speech Pathology<br />
patients, the new space in the South Wing will contain a<br />
“technology wall.” This device display area is designated for<br />
hands-on viewing of hearing aids, implants and devices to help<br />
those with hearing loss, such as telephones, alarm clocks and<br />
other alerting devices.<br />
“Patients and family members will be able to see and test<br />
things that could improve their quality of life,” Martin says.<br />
“Currently, we have to order these pieces from a brochure<br />
without being able to test them. The technology display will<br />
basically be a hands-on ‘show and tell’ for our families.”<br />
Audiology/Speech Pathology<br />
Helping Patients Like Ella<br />
The Audiology/Speech Pathology Clinic at ACH is making<br />
a difference in the lives of children like Ella.<br />
“Communication is a basic birthright,” says Martin. “We<br />
want every child we see to be able to communicate with their<br />
families and friends.”<br />
Ella continues to visit ACH once a week for speech therapy,<br />
which is helping her develop speech and language consistent<br />
with other children her age. She may have another cochlear<br />
implant in the future, but for now, she is enjoying being a<br />
lively, outgoing 2-year-old.<br />
“We are so thankful to <strong>Arkansas</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> for the<br />
wonderful things they did for our daughter,” says Ashley.<br />
“We will be visiting ACH for several more years, so I am excited<br />
about the South Wing expansion. It will be fantastic not<br />
only for our family, but for all the other families who are<br />
helped each day by the amazing people at ACH.”<br />
Hamlen Endowed Fund Benefits Patients and Families<br />
In 2007, the James H. Hamlen II Endowed Fund for Audiology/Speech Pathology was created, thanks to a gift<br />
to ACH through Mr. Hamlen’s estate. The principal of the endowment will last forever while the interest earned<br />
supports the work of the Audiology/Speech Pathology department at ACH. This year, proceeds from the Hamlen<br />
Endowed Fund will be used toward a weekend camp for parents of children with hearing loss. The camp will<br />
emphasize opportunities to develop exceptional listening, spoken-language and pre-literacy skills for children.<br />
ACH Audiology/Speech Pathology<br />
patient Ella Lindsey.<br />
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RESEARCH<br />
For the past few years, Alex Orum<br />
has participated in a peanut allergy<br />
study through the <strong>Arkansas</strong><br />
Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> Research<br />
Institute.When Alex first began<br />
the study, he had a severe allergic<br />
reaction when he ingested onefiftieth<br />
of a peanut. His allergy to<br />
peanut protein has improved so<br />
drastically, he can now eat half a<br />
peanut butter sandwich.<br />
Researchers at ACHRI Are Finding Ways to Allow<br />
Children with Peanut Allergies to Live More Normal Lives<br />
Imagine a child who cannot visit a friend’s house<br />
or eat anything not handed to him by his mother,<br />
for fear of a deadly food allergy.<br />
In 2005, Alex Orum was a healthy 2-year-old.<br />
That November, Alex’s mother, Caren, fed him a<br />
food containing almond butter and he immediately<br />
developed a rash on his stomach.<br />
“After we saw the rash from the almond butter,<br />
we had Alex tested for food allergies,” says Caren. “I<br />
heard back from his doctor the day before<br />
Thanksgiving and I remember thinking, ‘For her to<br />
call us at home today, this cannot be good.’”<br />
The doctor informed Caren that Alex had a mild<br />
allergy to almond butter, but an extreme allergy to<br />
peanuts. The Orums immediately rid their home of<br />
any peanut-related food products and made every<br />
effort to protect their son. Alex’s parents were worried<br />
– inadvertent exposure to peanuts is always a<br />
possibility, and the fear of a fatal or near fatal reaction<br />
is always present.<br />
Over the next few years, Alex had a few severe<br />
allergic reactions, requiring several emergency room<br />
visits. Like many parents of children with severe medical concerns, Caren tracked<br />
news of any developments in the treatment of peanut allergies.<br />
Caren’s extensive research into peanut allergy treatments led her to clinical studies<br />
occurring at ACH and Duke University. At ACH, Dr. Stacie Jones* and colleagues are<br />
conducting a variety of food allergy studies. Dr. Wesley Burks pioneered early food<br />
allergy research at ACH and now continues this important work at Duke in collaboration<br />
with Dr. Jones’ team.<br />
Food allergies are common in America. Twelve million people in the United States<br />
have a food allergy and more than 4 million of those people are children.<br />
In the peanut allergy study at the ACH Research Institute (ACHRI), children are<br />
given a small amount of peanut protein under close supervision. If the child continues<br />
with the study after the initial amount, he or she is slowly given more peanut protein<br />
every two weeks with the theory that the child will become less allergic over time.<br />
Caren and her son Alex came to ACHRI’s Pediatric Clinical Research Unit (PCRU)<br />
for his initial treatment as well as standard blood and allergy skin testing.<br />
“On that first day, Alex was given tiny increments of peanut protein to build up to<br />
an initial dose,” says Caren. “At the equivalent of one-fiftieth of a peanut, Alex had a<br />
very strong reaction. It was such a small amount, but he had a very strong allergic<br />
reaction. At that point, we knew we were in the right place and doing the right thing<br />
for Alex.”<br />
Alex was enrolled in the study and the Orums moved from their hometown of San<br />
Francisco to Memphis to participate in the research trial. Caren and Alex traveled<br />
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RESEARCH<br />
“We wanted to give back somehow<br />
to the institution that made life<br />
so much better for our son,” Caren says.<br />
from their new hometown of Memphis to Little Rock every two weeks. At each visit<br />
Alex was given a supervised increased dose of peanut protein at the PCRU. The family<br />
returned home with new daily doses to last until the next visit.<br />
After a year of treatment, Alex received a food challenge to determine how much<br />
peanut protein he could tolerate. Before the study he could not handle even a tiny portion<br />
of peanut protein. After a year, he could eat half a peanut butter sandwich with no<br />
harmful reaction.<br />
“He was safe, but it was a struggle for him to eat that sandwich,” says Caren. “After<br />
all these years of not being able to have it, he doesn’t like the taste of peanut butter!”<br />
“We are very proud of this research,” says Dr. Richard Jacobs*, president of ACHRI.<br />
“Can you imagine a parent who has had a child suffer from a peanut allergic reaction<br />
being comfortable with their child spending the night with a friend or another<br />
family? It would be nice if science and medicine could help. At ACHRI in our<br />
allergy/immunology research program, we are working on a novel way to allow<br />
children with peanut allergies to live more normal lives.”<br />
Alex currently visits the PCRU every four months for allergy check-ups. Although<br />
he does still have a peanut allergy, he is not having any negative reactions to his daily<br />
doses, which are a blend of peanut butter and strawberry jelly.<br />
“The research being done at ACH is life-saving,”<br />
says Caren. “We are so grateful to the hospital and<br />
the research institute. It has completely changed<br />
Alex’s life and allows him to live like a normal kid.”<br />
*Stacie Jones, MD, holds the Dr. and Mrs.<br />
Leeman King Endowed Chair in Pediatric<br />
Allergy, is chief of the allergy/immunology<br />
department at ACH and professor of pediatrics,<br />
UAMS College of Medicine.<br />
*Richard F. Jacobs, MD, holds the Robert H.<br />
Fiser Jr., MD Endowed Chair in Pediatrics, is<br />
president of ACHRIand chairman of the<br />
department of pediatrics, UAMS College of<br />
Medicine.<br />
Paying ItForward<br />
Family Helped by ACHRI Shows Gratitude by Raising Funds<br />
to Help Other Children Affected by Food Allergies<br />
Last year, the Orum family launched a fundraising campaign to benefit the ACH Research Institute. Caren<br />
and Nick, Alex’s father, wrote letters to close friends and family members, asking them to consider making a gift<br />
to the hospital. Alex, now 6, signed each letter.<br />
“We wanted to give back somehow to the institution that made life so much better for our son,” Caren says.<br />
“The field of food allergy research is just beginning. Think of all the things Dr. Jones and the research institute<br />
could accomplish if they had even more funding!”<br />
The Orum’s fundraising campaign was a success, raising almost $55,000 for peanut allergy research.<br />
“We were surprised – and humbled, really – at the total amount raised,” Caren says. “We are so grateful to<br />
all of our friends and family members who supported the hospital.”<br />
The Orums, who have now returned to California, will continue to visit the hospital and raise<br />
money for the research being done at ACHRI.<br />
“Because of the amazing results of the study, Alex can go on play dates with other children,”<br />
Caren says. “He can play on a playground; he can attend a public school. Dr. Jones and her team<br />
at ACH essentially gave my child a chance to live. And for that, I will always be grateful.”<br />
After his experience in a peanut allergy research<br />
trial, six-year-old Alex participated in a fundraising<br />
campaign for the ACH Research Instititute.<br />
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EDUCATION<br />
CareHub System<br />
Is Transforming <strong>Hospital</strong><br />
Experience for ACH Patients<br />
CareHub, a communication, education and<br />
entertainment system available in each<br />
patient room at ACH, provides education<br />
opportunities and entertainment options<br />
for patients and families.<br />
Haley Curtis, a patient at ACH, enjoys using CareHub, a communication,<br />
entertainment and education system placed at each patient’s<br />
bedside in the hospital.<br />
■ Kila Owens<br />
Haley Curtis is used to being in the hospital.<br />
As a cystic fibrosis patient, Haley has been visiting <strong>Arkansas</strong><br />
Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> for several years. And she always thought her visits<br />
were a little…boring.<br />
“Let’s face it – being in the hospital isn’t fun,” she says. “But if there<br />
wasn’t anything good on TV, and if a gaming system wasn’t available,<br />
there just really wasn’t a lot to do.”<br />
That all changed in 2007 when ACH introduced CareHub, a customdeveloped<br />
communication, entertainment and education system placed<br />
at each patient’s bedside.<br />
The project was initiated by the hospital’s Education Council, which<br />
includes representatives from several areas of the hospital, as well as<br />
patient families. The council brainstormed ideas and worked with the<br />
ACH information technology department to make the system a reality.<br />
“For families who haven’t experienced it, it’s difficult to understand<br />
how isolating a prolonged hospital stay can be for a child,” says Penny<br />
Ward, nursing director of the ACH Adolescent Unit. “For these young<br />
people, being removed from everyday contact with peers and families is<br />
a great challenge. Today, kids are completely ‘hooked up’ – to the<br />
Internet, to gaming. We needed to meet those needs because a hospital<br />
stay can feel like an eternity.”<br />
The project was piloted in the Adolescent Unit of the hospital and<br />
rolled out hospital-wide six months later.<br />
With a parent’s permission, CareHub allows patients and families to<br />
communicate with family and friends back home. Also, patients can chat<br />
online with other patients in their hospital unit, essentially forming a<br />
mini-support group. Through CareHub, each patient has access to the<br />
Internet, so patients and parents can send emails, correspond with work<br />
or update patient websites.<br />
CareHub also contains entertainment features such as an Xbox 360<br />
gaming system and movies, games and music available on-demand.<br />
Previously, gaming systems were shared between patients, which required<br />
extensive cleaning after each use, due to infection control issues.<br />
“The CareHub system far surpasses any other system of its kind,” says Dr. Chris<br />
Smith*, associate medical director at ACH. “From entertainment to communication<br />
to education, the system has had a positive effect on how kids view their time in the<br />
hospital.”<br />
CareHub helps ACH patients learn more about their disease or condition – both<br />
during and after their stay in the hospital. Patients and families can access educational<br />
videos through CareHub while the child is an inpatient at ACH. For patients and<br />
parents dealing with new diagnoses, educational videos can improve their understanding<br />
of the disease or condition.<br />
Once they leave the hospital, patients can access videos and information available<br />
on CareHub from their home computer through the ACH website.<br />
“The external access to CareHub is a huge extension of our education plan,” says<br />
Ward. “There is great support for patients while they are hospitalized, but they could<br />
only take written material home. Access to education from home is very valuable<br />
because needed information can be shared with others, such as the babysitter or<br />
next-door neighbor, so they can know how to properly take care of these kids.”<br />
Physicians also use CareHub to educate patients and families. Once a doctor<br />
swipes his or her identification badge through a card reader for verification, he or she<br />
can access patient records, x-rays and other medical information directly at the<br />
patient’s bedside.<br />
“Young patients are very visually oriented,” Ward says. “When you are talking to<br />
adolescents and can pull up a picture of their lungs right there, it has a great impact.<br />
This encourages patients to be involved in their own care.”<br />
The placement of CareHub units in all patient rooms in the hospital has been a<br />
great success.<br />
“Connecting patients and families to the outside world, providing them with<br />
entertainment options and teaching them more about their illness has really changed<br />
the patient experience at ACH,” says Dr. Smith. “CareHub will continue to expand<br />
to meet the needs of patients and families.”<br />
CareHub has the stamp of approval from patients, including Haley.<br />
“Being in the hospital is not like being in a five-star hotel, but CareHub definitely<br />
makes being in the hospital a lot less boring,” she says.<br />
*Chris Smith, MD, is associate medical director of ACH, medical director of the<br />
PULSE Center, and vice chairman for education, associate professor of pediatrics<br />
and director of hospitalist service, UAMS College of Medicine.<br />
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PREVENTION<br />
Teens Are Driving Smarter,<br />
Thanks to Peer-Led Challenge<br />
Made Possible By Donor Funding<br />
The <strong>Arkansas</strong> Drive Smart Challenge, funded<br />
by the Allstate Foundation, is helping<br />
students encourage their peers to always<br />
wear a seat belt and eliminate cell phone<br />
use while driving.<br />
■ Kila Owens<br />
In <strong>Arkansas</strong>, teen drivers are involved in car crashes at a much higher rate<br />
than the national average. Several groups of teenagers in central <strong>Arkansas</strong><br />
want to change those numbers and educate their peers through the<br />
<strong>Arkansas</strong> Drive Smart Challenge.<br />
Each year, nearly 6,000 teens are killed and 300,000 injured in vehicle<br />
crashes in the United States. In <strong>Arkansas</strong>, motor vehicle crashes are the leading<br />
cause of death for youth ages 14-19, and studies have shown the risk of<br />
crashing is four times higher when a driver is using a cell phone.<br />
To reverse these statistics, the ACH Injury Prevention Center (IPC) has<br />
issued the <strong>Arkansas</strong> Drive Smart Challenge to students at seven high<br />
schools in Pulaski County. The Drive Smart Challenge, which is funded by<br />
the Allstate Foundation, is a peer-leadership project aimed at increasing seat<br />
belt use and decreasing cell phone use while teens are driving.<br />
“We wanted to get students involved so they can encourage their peers to<br />
drive smarter,” says Olivia Wilson, youth outreach coordinator with the<br />
IPC. “This Drive Smart Challenge, which would not be possible without<br />
support from the Allstate Foundation, is very much a student-led project.<br />
Students know the best way to reach their peers and we want the Drive<br />
Smart Challenge to make as much of an impact as possible.”<br />
Each of the seven schools participating chose a group of four to 25 students<br />
to coordinate the project. Each group was led by two student leaders<br />
and one faculty advisor.<br />
Wilson visited each school, sharing the startling statistics about teen<br />
motor vehicle crashes and presenting information about the Drive Smart<br />
Challenge. The students and advisors were enthusiastic about the project<br />
and immediately began brainstorming ideas on how to share the safe driving<br />
message in their schools. Each school received a mini-grant of $250 to<br />
implement their strategies.<br />
According to Donald Richardson, advisor for the Parkview High School<br />
group, the Drive Smart Challenge is a perfect opportunity for students to<br />
learn other skills as well.<br />
“These students are sharing an important message with their peers,” he<br />
says. “Through the Drive Smart Challenge, they are informing their peers<br />
of better driving methods and also learning the best way to work together as<br />
a team. They are learning how to brainstorm and be creative when coming<br />
up with new ideas and they are learning important leadership qualities.”<br />
“Buckle Up” stencils have been added to the<br />
parking lots of several high schools, thanks to<br />
the <strong>Arkansas</strong> Drive Smart Challenge, funded<br />
by the Allstate Foundation.<br />
Through the <strong>Arkansas</strong> Drive Smart Challenge, teens from<br />
seven Little Rock schools are working together to educate<br />
their peers on the dangers of reckless driving. Here, a group<br />
from Parkview High School prepares a presentation for their<br />
fellow students.<br />
Several schools have hosted safe driving assemblies, hung posters<br />
in hallways and painted “Buckle Up” messages in their student parking<br />
lots. One school is involving parents through a special website<br />
where they can learn more about the dangers of teen driving.<br />
Another school has handed out candy during lunch, with each piece<br />
wrapped in a message about why wearing a seat belt is so important.<br />
The students, with help from the IPC, recorded data on student<br />
driving practices before the project began. Standing in each school’s<br />
parking lot, the students counted the number of students wearing<br />
seat belts and the number of students using their cell phone while<br />
driving. When the project concludes in early May, data will again be<br />
collected to determine the effectiveness of the Drive Smart<br />
Challenge.<br />
The IPC has applied for funding with the Allstate Foundation to<br />
continue the project next year, when they will target more high<br />
schools.<br />
The Drive Smart Challenge has been introduced in high schools<br />
in Michigan and Colorado, and in both instances, data showed students<br />
practicing safer driving methods. Wilson is confident that the<br />
project will be a success here in <strong>Arkansas</strong>.<br />
“The students are enjoying the project, and they are excited about<br />
sharing this information with their peers,” says Wilson. “To see these<br />
kids so excited is very rewarding. They are working hard, and they<br />
are getting the message out there. The Drive Smart Challenge is definitely<br />
working.”<br />
For more information on the Drive Smart Challenge, please contact<br />
the Injury Prevention Center at 501-364-3400.<br />
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PEDIATRIC CARE<br />
Ambassadors<br />
Continued from page 3<br />
Spencer Ewing<br />
When Spencer was 3 years old, tests<br />
revealed he had a very large tumor on<br />
his brain stem, which was causing<br />
paralysis on the left side of his body.<br />
He and his family lived in Louisiana<br />
at the time and doctors informed<br />
Spencer’s parents he needed surgery<br />
and sent them to New York City to<br />
a specialist. The Ewings were told<br />
Spencer would need extensive rehab and<br />
sent them to ACH. Because the tumor was located on<br />
Spencer’s brain stem, the surgery temporarily paralyzed him from the neck<br />
down. The therapy staff at ACH worked with Spencer every day to help him<br />
regain feeling and range of motion. He was an inpatient at ACH for five<br />
months. In February 2009, Spencer was diagnosed with pneumonia and<br />
admitted to the ACH Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), where he<br />
remained for 20 days. Spencer finally overcame the pneumonia and underwent<br />
more rehab. He has been cancer-free for eight years. Spencer is very active in<br />
sports. He loves to play both baseball and flag football.<br />
Olivia, Adam<br />
and Luke<br />
Jackson<br />
Each of the Jackson children<br />
were born near Xi’an,<br />
China, and adopted by<br />
American parents. Adam<br />
and Luke, the two oldest<br />
children, were both born<br />
with cleft lip and palate, a<br />
common birth defect that affected<br />
the boys’ upper lips and the roof of their<br />
mouths. Before he moved to America, Adam underwent surgery to<br />
repair his cleft lip and palate. Since arriving in Little Rock, he has visited ACH<br />
for follow-up surgeries and medical care. Sometimes having a cleft lip and<br />
palate can cause issues with a child’s ears, so Adam has had tubes placed in his<br />
ears several times. Luke, who moved to America when he was only 15 months<br />
old, had his cleft lip repaired in China, and his palate repaired at ACH. When<br />
she was born, Olivia, the youngest of the three, was diagnosed with ptosis, an<br />
abnormally low position of the upper eyelid. She visits ACH often for checkups<br />
with the ophthalmologist and surgery may be necessary in the future. The<br />
Jackson siblings are very active. Each enjoys playing soccer and other outdoor<br />
activities.<br />
Austin<br />
Jones<br />
Austin was born<br />
with hemophilia, a<br />
rare, genetic blood<br />
disorder. After<br />
Austin was born,<br />
doctors recommended<br />
he visit<br />
ACH for further<br />
tests and treatment.<br />
After Austin was tested and the hemophilia<br />
diagnosis was confirmed, doctors worked out a treatment<br />
plan with Austin’s parents, which is still in place. When<br />
Austin begins bleeding, Austin’s mother calls the hematology<br />
nurse at ACH, who evaluates the situation and advises the<br />
family. Sometimes Austin’s bleeds are minor and can be<br />
treated in Jonesboro, the town nearest his hometown of<br />
Tuckerman. Often, the bleeds require treatment at ACH.<br />
When Austin was 4 years old, he was diagnosed with a hernia,<br />
which was repaired with surgery. Austin enjoys hunting,<br />
riding horses and working outside with his father.<br />
Do you<br />
know an ACH<br />
Ambassador?<br />
Each year, ACH Ambassador participants<br />
are chosen by a committee at ACH<br />
in the winter and begin their<br />
year of service in the spring.<br />
If you are interested in nominating<br />
your family or a family you know,<br />
please call 501-364-1476 or email<br />
achfdn@archildrens.org for<br />
more information.<br />
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HOSPITAL NEWS<br />
ACH team members have hosted several live chats on<br />
Facebook answering questions posted by fans in real time.<br />
ACH recently became the first pediatric hospital in the<br />
nation to provide families live, unfiltered chats on<br />
Facebook with doctors and other medical professionals.<br />
On a day-to-day basis, ACH provides updates and event<br />
listings via social media sites Facebook and Twitter.<br />
These social media platforms give the public an easy way<br />
to stay connected with the hospital and give the hospital<br />
another way to provide education and information.<br />
Social Media Extends ACH’s Reach<br />
Sometimes it’s easy to write off Facebook and Twitter simply as<br />
a fun way to catch up with high school pals or get the latest news<br />
alerts. <strong>Arkansas</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> discovered last fall that these<br />
platforms can have greater power; they can provide the ability to<br />
connect with the community during a public health crisis.<br />
The 2009 H1N1 flu epidemic had even well informed parents<br />
unsure of where to turn for reliable information. ACH saw a great<br />
increase in inquiries about the flu around the same time it was<br />
launching its Facebook page. Just six fans signed up the first day<br />
ACH launched on Facebook. By the next week, the page had more<br />
than 6,000. Fans started posting questions and comments on the<br />
page, many of them about H1N1.<br />
In response to the interest in the topic, twice during October<br />
ACH medical staff answered questions in what is believed to be<br />
the first H1N1 live chat hosted by a pediatric hospital on<br />
Facebook.<br />
In February, to mark Congenital Heart Defects Awareness Week, ACH invited<br />
Facebook fans to a live chat with a pediatric cardiologist and a cardiothoracic<br />
surgeon. ACH plans to hold more of these types of events in the future.<br />
Today ACH boasts more than 45,000 fans on Facebook and more than 1,800<br />
Twitter followers who keep up with the hospital’s daily updates and event listings.<br />
Fans can also view ACH videos on YouTube.<br />
PLEASE FOLLOW US:<br />
facebook.com/arkansaschildrenshospital<br />
twitter.com/archildrens<br />
youtube.com/achwebman<br />
ACH South Wing Rising<br />
Over the past ten years, the need for more beds and<br />
more emergency department space at ACH has grown<br />
at a steady and steep rate. ACH has seen growth in not<br />
only numbers of patients but also in the seriousness of<br />
illness and injury. To keep up with this growth, a new<br />
patient tower is being built to add urgently needed<br />
beds and clinic space.<br />
The South Wing expansion is now beginning to take<br />
shape as a recognizable building. Steel beams are<br />
being set in place and a huge crane is doing the heavy<br />
lifting for construction crews.<br />
The South Wing, which will add 258,000 square-feet<br />
of bed and clinic space, now has the skeleton of two of<br />
its four stories. The building will open in 2012 and will<br />
house a new emergency/trauma center, new and<br />
expanded inpatient units and five new outpatient<br />
clinics as well as support spaces and a rooftop garden.<br />
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Your Gifts Make Us Better<br />
W<br />
Thank you for supporting our efforts to make<br />
<strong>Arkansas</strong> a healthier place for children<br />
e celebrate you and others who gave to <strong>Arkansas</strong> Children’s<br />
<strong>Hospital</strong> and the ACH Research Institute in 2009. Thanks to your<br />
support, ACH was able to continue to offer daily care, love and<br />
hope to our patients, while planning for the future care of this<br />
most precious population.<br />
In what was the toughest economic climate this country has seen<br />
in years, donors continued to give to our mission.<br />
“We are fortunate that our role is not about keeping the lights<br />
on,” says John Bel, ACH Foundation president. “Because the hospital<br />
is well-managed financially, we are able to raise money to<br />
improve the margin of excellence – taking everything good the hospital<br />
can do and making it better.”<br />
In 2009, the ACH Foundation raised $21.1 million. That figure<br />
represents 40,928 gifts. The major areas supported by donor gifts<br />
included construction, research, equipment, current program support<br />
and endowment. Within each of these broad categories are<br />
hundreds of projects that are near and dear to our donors.<br />
Thank you. Your gifts make us better and put us in a position to<br />
face the future for our children with confidence.<br />
Editor’s Note:<br />
The spring issue of ACHiever is where we have listed<br />
our annual Donor Roll of Honor each year for<br />
many years. We have been proud to share with<br />
readers the names of those individuals, corporations,<br />
charitable organizations and others who<br />
made gifts of $1,000 and more in the previous calendar<br />
year.<br />
We are pleased that our list of donors continues to<br />
grow each year. We are so grateful for the continued<br />
support you give.<br />
The growth of our donor list means we must devote<br />
more and more space in the magazine. In an effort<br />
to celebrate donors, but also manage costs, we will<br />
not print our Donor Roll of Honor in the magazine,<br />
but it will be posted on the web at<br />
www.archildrens.org, as it has been in previous<br />
years.<br />
If you would like a print version of our 2009 Donor<br />
Roll of Honor, please call us at 501-364-1485 or<br />
800-880-7491, or send a written request to<br />
<strong>Arkansas</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> Foundation,<br />
1 Children’s Way Slot 661, Little Rock, AR 72202.<br />
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“Our mission to bring care, love and hope to children and their families<br />
did not stop because the economy was bad, and we are grateful<br />
to the donors who continued to support us.”<br />
— John Bel,<br />
ACH Foundation President<br />
We<br />
need<br />
your<br />
help<br />
There is still more to do.<br />
With your help, we are making <strong>Arkansas</strong> a healthier place for our children, but there is still so<br />
much good that is possible.<br />
We will continue to focus on four key areas affecting children’s health: pediatric care, research,<br />
education and prevention. As long as we have work to do in those areas, we need your help.<br />
As long as children face serious illnesses and injury, we need your help.<br />
As long as we are searching for the answers to allergies, birth defects, diabetes, cancer and other<br />
illnesses, we need your help.<br />
As long as there is a need to educate and prepare professionals to care for children, we need your help.<br />
As long as children continue to be injured, disabled or killed in preventable accidents, we need your<br />
help.<br />
With your help, we can do more for children and we can do better for children. Every dollar<br />
makes a difference.<br />
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DONORS<br />
Pat Walker, chairman of the<br />
Willard and Pat Walker<br />
Charitable Foundation, is a<br />
lifetime member of Children’s<br />
Circle of Care, a giving society<br />
made up of individuals, family<br />
foundations and privately held<br />
companies that support ACH<br />
with annual gifts of $10,000<br />
or more.<br />
Children’s Circle of Care Spotlight:<br />
Pat Walker<br />
■ Kila Owens<br />
Helping children lead happy, successful lives has always been a passion for Pat<br />
Walker.<br />
As the chairman of the Willard and Pat Walker Charitable Foundation, which she and<br />
her late husband founded, she has built a legacy of generosity, helping numerous nonprofit<br />
organizations, including <strong>Arkansas</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong>, better serve the people in<br />
this state.<br />
Pat, who was born Amy Seamens, was raised in Oklahoma before she and her mother<br />
moved to Kansas in 1942. Pat, who was 22 at the time, went looking for work at S.H.<br />
Kress, the local five-and-dime store. Willard Walker, an employee at the store, was smitten<br />
and told his friends, “I’m going to marry that girl.”<br />
Willard was right. Later that year, Pat married Willard and the two began their life<br />
together. Willard began to lovingly call Amy “Pat,” and over the years, the nickname has<br />
stuck.<br />
During the next twelve years, Pat and Willard moved several times before finally settling<br />
in <strong>Spring</strong>dale with their two children, Patricia and Johnny Mike.<br />
In 1954, Willard became the store manager of one of Sam Walton’s first five-and-dime<br />
stores, which was located on the square in Fayetteville. In the early 1960s, Walton had<br />
begun to launch his Walmart stores and Willard became the manager of the third<br />
Walmart store, which was in <strong>Spring</strong>dale.<br />
“Those early days were hard because we really didn’t have a lot of money,” Pat says.<br />
“But Willard was devoted to his job and he loved his work. Sometimes he would even<br />
sleep in the back room of the store.”<br />
Willard remained a store manager at the <strong>Spring</strong>dale Walmart until 1972, when he<br />
took a sabbatical and never returned. Pat and Willard enjoyed their retirement. They<br />
spent the next few years raising cattle, traveling throughout the world and playing with<br />
grandchildren.<br />
In 1986, the Walkers started their charitable foundation.<br />
“We always had an interest in supporting health and education, so we decided to start<br />
the foundation, which would enable us to do even more,” Pat says. “Over the years, we<br />
found that giving back to our community and our state was very rewarding and we<br />
wanted to do it on a larger scale.”<br />
The Willard and Pat Walker Charitable Foundation made its first<br />
gift to <strong>Arkansas</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> in 2001 to support a capital<br />
campaign. The next year, the foundation gave $1 million to ACH<br />
toward the purchase of new ventilators for the Neonatal Intensive<br />
Care Unit (NICU).<br />
“Willard and I both always loved children and we always wanted<br />
to do anything we could to help families,” Pat says. “We decided to<br />
support the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit because we want all<br />
babies to get off to a good start.”<br />
The $1 million gift the Walker Foundation gave to the hospital<br />
made them lifetime members of Children’s Circle of Care, a giving<br />
society made up of individuals, couples, family foundations and privately<br />
held companies who support ACH with annual gifts of<br />
$10,000 or more.<br />
Willard passed away in 2003 and Pat has continued her work<br />
with the foundation, donating millions of dollars to several nonprofit<br />
organizations each year.<br />
“Pat is such an amazing woman,” says Debbie Walker, executive<br />
director of the Walker Fundation. “She is kind, caring and giving,<br />
and people all over the state look up to her.”<br />
In May, Pat visited ACH for an event celebrating the foundation’s<br />
support of the hospital. As part of her tour of the NICU, she<br />
was able to see for the first time the area that has been named in<br />
her honor.<br />
“Thousands of children are treated at <strong>Arkansas</strong> Children’s<br />
<strong>Hospital</strong> each year,” she says. “Through the foundation, we want to<br />
make a difference for these children and their families, giving children<br />
the best healthcare available and enabling them to enjoy<br />
healthy, happy lives.”<br />
For more information on Children’s Circle of Care, please contact<br />
Leah Greenfield at 501-364-1807 or greenfieldlw@archildrens.org.<br />
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DONORS<br />
The Pugh family, including (from left) Tip,<br />
his mother, Mary Dean, and his wife,<br />
Suzanne, has supported the hospital since<br />
2003. The Pughs have created endowments,<br />
which are permanent funds that will support<br />
programs at the hospital forever.<br />
■ Kila Owens<br />
Tipton “Tip” Pugh has a personal experience with ACH, though it differs from<br />
most ACH patient experiences. At the age of 52, Tip had open-heart surgery at<br />
<strong>Arkansas</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong>.<br />
Tip was diagnosed with a congenital heart defect when he was a child and had<br />
two surgeries in Memphis to repair his heart problems. After his surgeries, he and his<br />
parents made an annual trip to Memphis for a follow-up visit with a cardiologist.<br />
As an adult, Tip continued visiting a cardiologist once a year. In 1998, Tip was<br />
referred to a cardiologist in Little Rock, who, upon learning about Tip’s heart condition,<br />
referred him to a pediatric cardiologist who specialized in the field of congenital<br />
heart defects.<br />
“The doctor, who was the head of pediatric cardiology at ACH at the time,<br />
explained my entire condition in detail,” says Tip. “He drew my heart on a sheet of<br />
paper and showed me exactly what it looked like and explained exactly what was<br />
wrong. He told me I would need surgery in the future, due to too much pressure on<br />
my aorta.”<br />
Rarely does an adult patient receive treatment at ACH. In fact, the Heart Center<br />
and the Burn Unit are the only areas of the hospital that see adults. Tip’s condition<br />
was rare, and his heart surgeon preferred to perform the surgery at ACH.<br />
In April 2003, Tip had his surgery. His mother, Mary Dean Pugh, and his wife,<br />
Suzanne, stayed at the hospital with him.<br />
“It doesn’t matter how old he was, he’s still my child,” says Mary Dean. “It was<br />
hard to see him taken back to surgery.”<br />
Tip spent 10 days at ACH recovering from his operation. He and his family experienced<br />
the hospital first-hand – visiting with social workers, conferring with physicians,<br />
being entertained by members of the Child Life and Education staff.<br />
“It was an interesting experience to say the least,” Tip says. “We got a big kick out<br />
of me being 52 and being treated in a children’s hospital. But I’ll tell you, the care<br />
they provided was fantastic. I saw nurses and other staff members interact with other<br />
patients and families and I saw that our experience was just like everyone else’s.<br />
Everyone received the one-on-one attention we did. It was amazing.”<br />
As an only child, Tip has always been close to Mary Dean. She and his late father,<br />
Hampton, imparted to Tip the importance of giving. After Tip’s experience at ACH,<br />
he and Mary Dean decided to support the hospital with an endowment, a permanent<br />
fund that will last forever, the earnings from which will support the heart program<br />
at the hospital.<br />
The Pugh Family Builds<br />
a Legacy of Giving<br />
with Endowments<br />
Pugh funds supporting cardiology,<br />
neonatology and research programs at<br />
ACH will benefit children and families<br />
for generations to come.<br />
“We decided to support cardiology, because of Tip’s time in the hospital,”<br />
Mary Dean says. “We were all so impressed with the care he<br />
received, we wanted to make sure every child has a chance to receive<br />
that same level of care.”<br />
Over the next few years, the Pugh family would visit ACH several<br />
times. Two of Tip and Suzanne’s grandsons received treatment in the<br />
hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Because their experience was<br />
also very positive, the Pughs decided to create another endowment –<br />
this one to benefit the neonatology program.<br />
The Pugh grandchildren continue to visit ACH for check-ups, but<br />
they are now doing well. Tip occasionally has a heart murmur that can<br />
be treated at an adult hospital, but overall, he is feeling healthy.<br />
“Having that surgery was great,” he says. “I feel better and I have<br />
more energy. <strong>Arkansas</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> not only helped me, they<br />
helped my grandchildren. I’m sure there aren’t many families who can<br />
say that.”<br />
The Pughs recently met with the director of genetic research at<br />
ACH.<br />
“We were interested in learning more about why birth defects happen,”<br />
Tip says. “Why were two of our grandsons born almost three<br />
months early? Why did I have a congenital heart defect? How can we<br />
prevent these problems for children in the future? These questions can<br />
one day be answered through genetic research.”<br />
The Pughs recently established a third endowment – this one supporting<br />
genetic research at ACH.<br />
“There are a lot of people who are not in the position to support<br />
the hospital with gifts,” says Tip. “So those of us who can give, need<br />
to. That’s how we have always felt.”<br />
For more information on supporting <strong>Arkansas</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong><br />
through endowments, please contact the ACH Foundation at<br />
501-364-1476 or achfdn@archildrens.org.<br />
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DONORS<br />
Because they were impressed with the<br />
care their daughter Sadie received from<br />
<strong>Arkansas</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong>, Rob and<br />
Vicky Wood decided to support the<br />
hospital financially. The Woods are<br />
members of the Ruth Beall Society, a<br />
group of individuals who have committed<br />
to support the hospital through<br />
wills or other estate plans.<br />
Rob and Vicky Wood, parents of an ACH patient, decided to<br />
name <strong>Arkansas</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> as a beneficiary of a life<br />
insurance trust. Through this gift, the Woods became members<br />
of the Ruth Beall Society, a group of individuals who<br />
have named ACH and the ACH Research Institute in their<br />
estate plans.<br />
Personal Experience Drives Wood Family’s Giving to ACH<br />
■ Kila Owens<br />
When Rob and Vicky Wood’s youngest daughter Sadie was 6, she<br />
complained of a sore finger.<br />
“At the time, we kind of brushed it off, thinking she had a bug bite or<br />
something else that would go away on its own,” Rob says. “When the<br />
pain in her finger persisted, we decided to take her to the pediatrician.”<br />
At the pediatric clinic in Fayetteville, the Woods’ hometown, the doctor<br />
made a startling diagnosis. Six-year-old Sadie had arthritis.<br />
“We thought, ‘Arthritis? Can he be serious?’” Rob says. “We had never<br />
heard of a child having arthritis.”<br />
The pediatrician referred Sadie to <strong>Arkansas</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong>. Once<br />
at ACH, the Woods learned more about the disease. Sadie had juvenile<br />
rheumatoid arthritis, a long-term, chronic disease resulting in joint pain<br />
and swelling.<br />
Sadie began treatment immediately, visiting the hospital every six weeks<br />
for checkups, evaluations and routine blood tests. Once her arthritis<br />
symptoms were fairly controlled, she decreased her visits to four times a<br />
year.<br />
During the past 10 years, Rob has witnessed the care his daughter<br />
received at ACH.<br />
“Sadie always received first-class treatment,” he says. “<strong>Arkansas</strong><br />
Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> has always provided excellent care to Sadie and to<br />
thousands of other children with a variety of other illnesses or injuries.”<br />
In 2007, Rob inherited some money he was not expecting. With this<br />
money, Rob and Vicky established a trust that, upon his death, would<br />
provide funds to ACH. The gift made the Woods eligible for the Ruth<br />
Beall Society, which is made up of individuals and families who have<br />
included ACH in their wills, trusts, insurance policies, retirement plans<br />
and other estate plans.<br />
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“We talked it over and just felt that it was right,” he says.<br />
“We want to make a difference for children, so some of the<br />
money will go to <strong>Arkansas</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong>.”<br />
Rob, who has five children, seven grandchildren and several<br />
great-grandchildren, wanted to make sure his family was taken<br />
care of, while also providing funds for well-deserving charities.<br />
“We wanted to be able to take care of our kids and grandkids,<br />
while also supporting a charity we know does great work,”<br />
Rob says. “<strong>Arkansas</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> has given my family so<br />
much. We are happy to give back.”<br />
The Ruth Beall Society<br />
You can change children’s lives by including <strong>Arkansas</strong><br />
Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> in your estate plans. The Ruth Beall<br />
Society, named after the second superintendent of the<br />
hospital, is an organization of individuals, couples and<br />
families whose wills, trusts or other estate plans include<br />
ACH as a beneficiary.<br />
Over the past few years, hundreds of individuals,<br />
many of them of modest means, have left meaningful<br />
legacies for children’s care at ACH through the Ruth<br />
Beall Society. If you are interested in becoming a member,<br />
please contact Mary Starr Brock at 501-364-5308<br />
or brockms@archildrens.org. For additional information,<br />
please visit www.archildrens.org/giftplanning.
AUXILIARY GROUPS<br />
Five-Night Phone-a-Thon Raises More Than $103,000 for ACH<br />
R ecently, several volunteers came together to call for a cause.<br />
In March, more than 200 people volunteered their time during the<br />
Committee for the Future Phone-a-Thon, held on the ACH campus.<br />
The five-night event, with volunteers calling past hospital donors and<br />
asking them to continue their support, added a new texting campaign,<br />
which encouraged donors to send a text message and automatically donate<br />
$10 to the hospital.<br />
Special thanks to all members of the Phone-a-Thon committee,<br />
including Rogers Cockrill, chair, and Robert Klein, co-chair.<br />
Committee for the Future is a group of young professionals in central<br />
<strong>Arkansas</strong> who raise funds and awareness for <strong>Arkansas</strong> Children’s<br />
<strong>Hospital</strong>. For more information on Committee for the Future, contact<br />
the ACH Foundation at 501-364-1476 or achfdn@archildrens.org.<br />
<strong>Arkansas</strong> a la Carte a Tasty<br />
Success for ACH Auxiliary<br />
Food and fun were on the agenda at <strong>Arkansas</strong> a la Carte, held in April<br />
at Chenal Country Club.<br />
The food-focused event, which featured tastings from more than 20<br />
central <strong>Arkansas</strong> restaurants and caterers, raised more than $65,000 for<br />
<strong>Arkansas</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong>.<br />
More than 375 people attended <strong>Arkansas</strong> a la Carte and enjoyed all<br />
kinds of treats – from sushi to cupcakes, soup to barbecue. Live music<br />
was provided by Josh Green and guests enjoyed a silent auction filled<br />
with goodies of all shapes and sizes. The auction raised a record $33,000<br />
for the hospital.<br />
<strong>Arkansas</strong> a la Carte is presented by the ACH Auxiliary. Sponsors of<br />
this year’s event included Jones and Son Fine Jewelry, BancorpSouth,<br />
Burge’s In the Heights, Commerce Title, Cromwell Architects and<br />
Engineers, Kinco Constructors, OneBanc, Rebecca Rice & Associates,<br />
Capital Bank, Honda World, Pathway Financial Management and Pat<br />
Riley at the Little Rock Athletic Club.<br />
An <strong>Arkansas</strong> a la Carte patron admires and bids on artwork<br />
in the silent auction.<br />
Among the guests at <strong>Arkansas</strong> a la Carte were Debbie Jines<br />
(left), past president of the Auxiliary, Joyce Peck and Sue<br />
Frank, <strong>Arkansas</strong> a la Carte restaurant chair.<br />
Lisa Kirkpatrick (left), president of the ACH<br />
Auxiliary, enjoys the festivities with Kathy<br />
McConnell, the chair of <strong>Arkansas</strong> a la Carte.<br />
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CHILDREN’S MIRACLE NETWORK<br />
The Weather Could<br />
Not Stop the Support:<br />
B98.5 Champions for<br />
Children Radiothon a Success<br />
The sixth annual Radiothon,<br />
which was delayed for half a<br />
day due to an <strong>Arkansas</strong> snowstorm,<br />
pushed the total amount<br />
raised for ACH over six years to<br />
more than $1.2 million.<br />
Delores Meadows, a patient at ACH, “chats” with a donor at<br />
the sixth annual B98.5 Champions for Children Radiothon.<br />
No amount of snow or ice could keep people from supporting the B98.5<br />
Champions for Children Radiothon held in February. The sixth annual event<br />
raised a significant amount for the patients and families who visit <strong>Arkansas</strong><br />
Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong>, bringing the total raised over six years to more than $1.2<br />
million.<br />
The Radiothon, which was held over three days, began<br />
six hours later than scheduled due to the weather. People<br />
from all over the state and region called in and pledged<br />
their support. Several Citadel Broadcasting Company<br />
stations broadcasted live from the ACH lobby during<br />
the Radiothon, including Alice 107.7, Power 92,<br />
KOKY, the Praise Network and KARN 920.<br />
Proceeds from the Radiothon come from pledges, sponsorships<br />
and Change Angels, a group of individuals and organizations who<br />
collected donations of change. The Change Angels program had<br />
more than 200 active participants this year.<br />
The <strong>2010</strong> B98.5 Champions for Children Radiothon was presented<br />
by Wendy’s. Other key sponsors include Landers Toyota,<br />
Cricket, Electric Cooperatives of <strong>Arkansas</strong> and Crye-Leike Realtors.<br />
A young donor delivers<br />
his bag of change to be<br />
donated to the hospital.<br />
Through the Change<br />
Angels program, more<br />
than 200 individuals<br />
and businesses collected<br />
change from friends,<br />
family and co-workers.<br />
B98.5 DJs Kevin Miller and Becky Rogers share a smile with<br />
ACH patient Whittney Edwards during the Radiothon.<br />
At the Champions for<br />
Children Radiothon,<br />
B98.5 DJs Jeff Matthews<br />
and Lisa Fischer visit with<br />
Jenna and Chris Wiley<br />
about their son Brayden’s<br />
ACH experiences.<br />
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CHILDREN’S MIRACLE NETWORK<br />
Children’s Miracle Network<br />
Announces 2009 Fundraising Totals<br />
CMN<br />
Roundup<br />
<strong>Arkansas</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> is a proud<br />
member of Children’s Miracle Network, a nonprofit<br />
organization dedicated to helping kids by<br />
raising funds for 170 children’s hospitals across<br />
North America. Children’s Miracle Network<br />
funds raised in <strong>Arkansas</strong>, north Louisiana, eastern Texas and eastern Oklahoma<br />
benefit ACH.<br />
Children’s Miracle Network national sponsors raise money at the local level<br />
with fundraising activities led by employees and supported by members of the<br />
community. The grassroots efforts add up quickly and, in 2009, resulted in a<br />
total donation of more than $2.9 million. These sponsors are key in helping<br />
the hospital provide care, love and hope to every child, every day.<br />
For the 2009 Children’s Miracle Network fundraising campaign supporting<br />
<strong>Arkansas</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong>, we thank the following national sponsors:<br />
Walmart and Sam’s Club<br />
Log A Load For Kids<br />
B98.5 Champions for Children Radiothon<br />
Credit Unions for Kids<br />
Fred’s Inc.<br />
La Pantera 1440 AM “Milagros Para la Vida” Radiothon<br />
RE/MAX International<br />
At Credit Unions for Kids Day in January, credit unions were<br />
honored and recognized for their fundraising efforts. At the<br />
event, employees of <strong>Arkansas</strong> Federal Credit Union (AFCU)<br />
celebrated their recent $89,634 gift to the hospital. AFCU<br />
employees and members raised money for the donation,<br />
which will help fund the waiting area in the ear, nose<br />
and throat clinic in the new South Wing, through several<br />
fundraising events. Since 1998, AFCU has contributed<br />
more than $500,000 to ACH.<br />
IHOP National Pancake Day, held in February, raised more than<br />
$25,000 for ACH. A number of IHOP locations in <strong>Arkansas</strong> participated,<br />
including Benton, Bryant, Little Rock, North Little Rock, Conway,<br />
Searcy, Rogers, Fayetteville, Hot <strong>Spring</strong>s and Russellville.<br />
RE/MAX of Conway hosted the sixth annual Texas Hold’em Poker<br />
Tournament in March. More than $27,000 was raised through the event.<br />
ACE Hardware<br />
Brookshire’s and Super One<br />
Carmike Cinemas<br />
Combined Federal Campaign<br />
CROSSMARK<br />
Dairy Queen International<br />
Express Personnel Services<br />
Foresters<br />
Golden Corral<br />
Great Clips<br />
International House of Pancakes<br />
Kiwanis and Key Club International<br />
Kroger Company<br />
Love’s Travel Stops and Country Stores<br />
Marriott International<br />
Microsoft<br />
Miss America Organization<br />
Phi Mu Sorority<br />
Rite Aid<br />
Sigma Chi<br />
USA Gymnastics<br />
Valero Energy Corp.<br />
In March, representatives from Log A Load of <strong>Arkansas</strong> visited<br />
ACH for the group’s annual fundraising campaign kick-off.<br />
The Log A Load volunteers toured the hospital and helipad<br />
and learned more about the new ACH trauma center, which<br />
will open in 2012 in the South Wing.All funds raised through<br />
Log A Load over the next several years will helpfund the<br />
trauma center. ACH will have the only pediatric trauma<br />
center in the state, thanks to support from Log A Load.<br />
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CHILDREN’S MIRACLE NETWORK<br />
Walmart #57, located in Walnut Ridge, raised $8,731 in 2009, making it the<br />
number one Walmart fundraising location. Associates (from left) Doug<br />
Hutsell, Sandy Morris, Cindy Wilson and Dorothy Brady celebrate their win<br />
with ACH patient Cason Peoples.<br />
With help from his mother, Erica, Cason Peoples,<br />
the <strong>2010</strong> <strong>Arkansas</strong> Children’s Miracle Network<br />
(CMN) Champion Child, shares his story with<br />
Walmart and Sam’s Club associates who were at<br />
Miracle Day celebrating their fundraising successes,<br />
benefiting ACH through CMN.<br />
Walmart and Sam’s Club<br />
Associates Are Celebrated and<br />
Honored for Support of ACH<br />
In April, Walmart and Sam’s Club associates<br />
attended Miracle Day, an annual<br />
celebration that honors the group’s<br />
fundraising efforts. Through Children’s<br />
Miracle Network, Walmart and Sam’s<br />
Club associates in <strong>Arkansas</strong>, northern<br />
Louisiana, eastern Texas and eastern<br />
Oklahoma raised more than $950,000<br />
for the hospital last year.<br />
More than 150 Walmart and Sam’s Club associates visited the ACH campus in<br />
April for the annual Miracle Day celebration. During the event, associates kicked off<br />
their new fundraising year and were recognized for the previous year’s success.<br />
The theme of this year’s Miracle Day was “Explore the Possibilities,” as associates<br />
were encouraged to think of different and creative ways to raise funds for the hospital.<br />
Cason Peoples, the <strong>2010</strong> <strong>Arkansas</strong> Children’s Miracle Network (CMN) Champion<br />
Child spoke at the event with his mother, Erica.<br />
During the Miracle Day festivities, Shirley Rogers, senior vice president of CMN,<br />
congratulated the associates for their past fundraising success and urged them to boost<br />
efforts this year. Top fundraising awards for 2009 were given and associates received<br />
tours of the hospital.<br />
In 2009, associates and customers from the Walmart<br />
and Sam’s Club locations in ACH’s CMN market<br />
raised more than $950,000 for the hospital. The funds<br />
raised from last year and this year will go toward the<br />
South Wing expansion at ACH, which is scheduled to<br />
open in 2012. The South Wing will add 258,000<br />
square feet of space to the hospital, designated for both<br />
inpatient and outpatient areas.<br />
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CHILDREN’S MIRACLE NETWORK<br />
You can help by making a gift at your local Walmart or Sam’s Club<br />
Six-Week Miracle Campaign to Benefit ACH<br />
From May 1 – June 15, associates at<br />
Walmart and Sam’s Club locations in<br />
<strong>Arkansas</strong>, northern Louisiana, eastern<br />
Texas and eastern Oklahoma will be<br />
raising funds for <strong>Arkansas</strong> Children’s<br />
<strong>Hospital</strong> through the annual Miracle<br />
Campaign. These associates raised more than $950,000 for ACH<br />
last year, and this year are hoping to raise more than $1 million.<br />
During the Miracle Campaign,<br />
associates will ask customers to purchase<br />
a virtual Miracle Balloon for $1,<br />
$2 or $5. If you visit Walmart or Sam’s<br />
Club during this time, please purchase<br />
a balloon and encourage your fellow<br />
shoppers to purchase one as well. Every dollar raised goes directly<br />
to <strong>Arkansas</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong>.<br />
Team Zoe Raises Spirits of Young Cancer Patient and Funds for ACH<br />
In 2008, 4-year-old Zoe Goss was diagnosed with high-risk neuroblastoma, a form of<br />
cancer. As she underwent surgery and chemotherapy at ACH, her parents, Erin and<br />
Ben, witnessed the care Zoe was given.<br />
“Zoe, and all of us in the family, received amazing support from the ACH hematology/oncology<br />
staff,” says Erin. “Because of our experiences there, we had an overwhelming<br />
urge to ‘pay it forward,’ so we started Team Zoe.”<br />
Team Zoe, based in Camden, is a group of the Goss’s friends and family members<br />
who have teamed up to raise money for the cancer program at ACH. In November<br />
2009, the group held a Team Zoe kickoff, and in January, Team Zoe hosted a spaghetti<br />
supper and silent auction, which raised $6,000.<br />
In March, the group participated in the Little Rock<br />
Marathon and in June, they will participate in a “lockup”<br />
fundraiser at the Ouachita County Jail. So far, the<br />
group has raised more than $20,000 for ACH.<br />
“We would have never imagined that overnight, the<br />
hospital would feel like home for us,” says Erin. “Every<br />
person we see has a smile on their face and is eager to<br />
help. We want to do anything we can to give back to<br />
<strong>Arkansas</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong>.”<br />
Six-year-old Zoe<br />
Goss, a cancer<br />
patient at ACH,<br />
cheers on members of<br />
Team Zoe, a group of<br />
friends and family<br />
members who raise<br />
money for the ACH<br />
hematology/oncology<br />
department.<br />
Volunteers at the Team Zoe dinner and silent auction<br />
serve spaghetti to guests. The event raised funds for<br />
the hematology/oncology department at ACH.<br />
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AUXILIARY GROUPS<br />
CIRCLE<br />
Quarterly<br />
OF FRIENDS:<br />
Roundup<br />
Circle of Friends events held<br />
January - April <strong>2010</strong><br />
Special Events<br />
• Faulkner County, Diamond Ball, $5,000<br />
• Faulkner County, Keegan’s Bash for Cash, $5,000<br />
• Garland County, This Heart’s For You, $15,396<br />
• Greene County, Cupid’s Cuties Pageant, $3,300<br />
• Harrison Regional, KBCN Radiothon, $32,000<br />
• Jefferson County, Fishing Tournament, $6,000<br />
• Lawrence County, Tips for Tots, $37,000<br />
• Magnolia, KZHERadiothon, $17,000<br />
• <strong>Spring</strong> River, The River Radiothon, $9,000<br />
Kampaign for Kids<br />
Kampaign for Kids is a community corporate campaign.<br />
• <strong>Arkansas</strong> River Valley, $27,000<br />
• Harrison Regional, $20,000<br />
• Northwest <strong>Arkansas</strong>, $72,000<br />
The Harrison Regional COF chapter recently accepted a donation<br />
from First Federal Bank to benefit the chapter’s Kampaign for Kids<br />
corporate pledge drive. Present for the donation were (from left): Mike<br />
Moore, Boone County Judge and Kampaign for Kids Chair; Jessica<br />
Reese, First Federal Bank; Roz Slavik, Circle of Friends; Clara Sims,<br />
Circle of Friends; Addi Jones, First Federal; and Jeff Pratt, Circle of<br />
Friends.<br />
Kids Caring for Kids<br />
Through the Kids Caring for Kids program, students participate in fundraising<br />
events that combine learning math, spelling and reading along with the<br />
value of helping others. Activities include trike-, bike- or walk-a-thons or<br />
multi-school challenge events.<br />
• Fort Smith Regional, $11,394<br />
• Texarkana USA, $2,300<br />
Join the Circle<br />
Circle of Friends members work to promote children’s health through education,<br />
advocacy and fundraising for <strong>Arkansas</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong>. There are 13<br />
COF chapters statewide, including <strong>Arkansas</strong> River Valley, Faulkner County,<br />
Fort Smith Regional, Garland County, Greene County, Harrison Regional,<br />
Jefferson County, Jonesboro,<br />
Lawrence County, Magnolia,<br />
Northwest <strong>Arkansas</strong>, <strong>Spring</strong> River<br />
and Texarkana USA.<br />
If you are interested in joining a<br />
group, please contact the ACH<br />
Foundation at 501-364-1476 or<br />
email achfdn@archildrens.org.<br />
At the second annual Diamond<br />
Ball, presented by the Faulkner<br />
County Circle of Friends chapter,<br />
several young girls enjoyed<br />
dancing with their fathers. All<br />
proceeds from Diamond Ball<br />
benefited ACH. (Photos courtesy<br />
of Terri Files)<br />
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GIVING<br />
Thanks to You!<br />
The following individuals, businesses, foundations and organizations held fundraising events or made special gifts<br />
to benefit <strong>Arkansas</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> during the last quarter. The time, talents and true acts of generosity from<br />
these special people help us in our mission to provide care, love and hope to patients and families.<br />
The third annual ARKIE<br />
Cup was held in April<br />
at Devil’s Fork on Greers<br />
Ferry Lake. The annual<br />
bass tournament had<br />
more than 125 participants<br />
and raised $4,000.<br />
The tournament winners<br />
celebrated their victory<br />
with ARKIE Cup<br />
organizers and ACH<br />
staff members.<br />
The fifth annual Chase<br />
Race & Paws, held in Conway in March, raised $7,000 to benefit neuroscience<br />
research.<br />
The Northside Rotary<br />
Club of Fayetteville<br />
held its third annual<br />
Kidney Walkathon<br />
in October, raising<br />
$12,600 for both<br />
kidney research at<br />
ACH and a summer<br />
camp for ACH kidney<br />
patients. Kolby<br />
Eiland, an ACH<br />
patient, helps Myck<br />
Scott hand out awards at the event.<br />
Held in March,<br />
the Old<br />
Washington Trail<br />
Ride raised<br />
$18,200 to benefit<br />
the hospital.<br />
The event featured<br />
more than<br />
40 horseback riders<br />
and nine covered wagons.<br />
In March, the Conway Firefighters Association Local 4016<br />
donated $2,000 to benefit Camp Sunshine, an annual summer<br />
camp for burn survivors. The funds were raised through the<br />
group’s 10th annual golf tournament, which was held in<br />
September in Jacksonville.<br />
ACH recently received a donation of 28 red wagons<br />
from Thermo Fisher Scientific. Wagons are a fun, easy<br />
way to move patients around the hospital. The wagon<br />
donation, which came from a team-building exercise at<br />
Thermo Fisher, was delivered by the J.M. Bozeman<br />
Enterprises trucking company, which transported the<br />
wagons from Tennessee to Little Rock.<br />
The Fraternal Order of Eagles #0208 in Fort Smith recently held a<br />
motorcycle ride to benefit the hospital. The event raised $2,500 for cancer<br />
research.<br />
Gardner-Strong Elementary, located in Strong, raised $1,162 to benefit<br />
the hospital.<br />
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<strong>2010</strong><br />
THE<br />
RUTH OLIVE BEALL<br />
& BETTY A. LOWE<br />
AWARDS<br />
MD<br />
<strong>Arkansas</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> and the ACH Foundation are proud to present the Ruth Olive Beall & Betty A. Lowe, MD Awards.<br />
These outstanding physicians have been honored for their tireless efforts and dedication to <strong>Arkansas</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong>.<br />
Elizabeth A. Frazier, MD<br />
Ruth Olive Beall Award<br />
Horace Green, MD &<br />
The Children’s Clinic of Pine Bluff<br />
Dr. Tom Ed Townsend Award<br />
Joe Elser, MD<br />
Drs. Joanna J. &<br />
Robert W. Seibert Award<br />
Bettye Caldwell, PhD<br />
Betty A. Lowe, MD Award<br />
To learn more about the Ruth Olive Beall and Betty A. Lowe, MD Awards honorees,<br />
visit www.archildrens.org/RuthOliveBeall