OLYMPIC MEDICAL CENTER'S
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2010 Community Benefit Report<br />
What a Difference<br />
For the Olympic Medical Center Foundation, 2010 provided another opportunity to celebrate the<br />
support and generosity of residents across the North Olympic Peninsula.<br />
T<br />
hroughout the year, Olympic<br />
Medical and the Olympic Medical<br />
Center Foundation played host<br />
to a variety of exciting and fun events<br />
that marked a tremendous outpouring<br />
of support in both Sequim and Port<br />
Angeles. Read on for a closer look at<br />
some of the events that made 2010<br />
memorable for Olympic Medical and the<br />
Olympic Medical Center Foundation.<br />
2010<br />
Winemaker’s Gala<br />
Marking the eighth annual celebration<br />
of the Harvest of Hope Winemaker’s<br />
Gala, the 2010 event invited guests to<br />
celebrate “An Evening in the Pacific<br />
Northwest.” Nearly 200 people gathered<br />
at the SunLand Golf and Country Club<br />
in Sequim to enjoy a four-course feast<br />
of Northwestern fare prepared by Chef<br />
Doug Seaver. Along with the delicious<br />
meal, attendees participated in an<br />
educational course about wines from<br />
Oregon’s Willamette Valley offered by<br />
Matt McCleary of Noble Wines.<br />
Guests at the Harvest of Hope event<br />
also participated in a live auction to raise<br />
funds for the Thomas Family Cancer<br />
Center at Olympic Medical. Participation<br />
was overwhelming, and the event raised<br />
$125,000, a nearly $15,000 increase<br />
from the 2009 event.<br />
“The generosity of guests at the 2010<br />
Harvest of Hope Gala helped make<br />
the event the second most successful<br />
in the eight years we have hosted<br />
the celebration,” says Sara Maloney,<br />
associate executive director of the<br />
Foundation. “The exciting auction<br />
and the powerful testimony of cancer<br />
survivor Dennis Lefevre truly made the<br />
night memorable.”<br />
Red, Set, Go!<br />
Heart Luncheon<br />
Held in February 2010, the third<br />
annual Red, Set, Go! Heart Luncheon<br />
set a fundraising record of its own,<br />
raising close to $49,000. Marking<br />
Olympic Medical’s yearly celebration<br />
of heart health, the luncheon educates<br />
guests about the importance of knowing<br />
the dangers of heart disease. The event<br />
sold out two weeks in advance, and 200<br />
guests attended the luncheon.<br />
Participants were treated to a<br />
keynote address by Larri Ann Mishko,<br />
DO, from Jamestown Family Health<br />
Clinic, and a discussion of heart-healthy<br />
living presented by Michael Crim, MD,<br />
family practice physician, and Kara Kurtz<br />
Urnes, MD, board-certified cardiologist.<br />
Throughout the event, donations<br />
were accepted to support Olympic<br />
Medical’s cardiac services department<br />
and the community-wide Automated<br />
External Defibrillator Program, which<br />
works to ensure the presence of<br />
these lifesaving devices in surrounding<br />
communities.<br />
Hollywood Nights<br />
Hosted at the Vern Burton<br />
Community Center on March 7, 2010,<br />
the second annual Hollywood Nights<br />
event celebrated the 2010 Academy<br />
Awards ceremony, raising nearly<br />
$36,000. Guests spent a glamorous<br />
Trisa Chomica, Karen Rogers and Julie Hatch, seen here with Bruce Skinner,<br />
executive director, joined the Olympic Medical Center Foundation board in 2010.<br />
Volunteers, donors and employees work to<br />
8 www.olympicmedical.org
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