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<strong>SPRING</strong> 2012<br />
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T.J. Martell Foundation Honors Arnold<br />
Palmer with Lifetime Achievement Award<br />
Chatlos Foundation Pledges $100,000<br />
for Alexander Center for Neonatology<br />
Arnold Palmer Invitational Presented<br />
by MasterCard®<br />
Runway To Hope Pledges $1 Million for<br />
Pediatric Brain Tumor Program<br />
Club Managers Association of America<br />
Raises $321,000 for Arnold Palmer<br />
Hospital for Children<br />
Women Playing For T.I.M.E.® Raises<br />
$510,000 in 2011<br />
Securing the Future through<br />
Endowments<br />
Doctor’s Day<br />
Travel Program<br />
Life Rewards<br />
3160 Southgate Commerce Blvd., Suite 50<br />
<strong>Orlando</strong>, FL 32806<br />
orlandohealthfoundation.com<br />
407.841.5194 | fax 407.425.8545<br />
<strong>Orlando</strong> <strong>Health</strong> Foundation<br />
Board of Directors<br />
Executive Committee<br />
Kathy Johnson, Chairman<br />
Philip W. Rich, Vice Chairman<br />
Gregor Alexander, MD<br />
Immediate Past Chairman<br />
John W. Bozard<br />
President, <strong>Orlando</strong> <strong>Health</strong> Foundation<br />
Kenneth M. Smith, Secretary<br />
Kelly Miller, Treasurer<br />
Amy Saunders<br />
Clarence H. Brown III, MD<br />
President/CEO, MD Anderson Cancer<br />
Center <strong>Orlando</strong><br />
Sherrie Sitarik<br />
President/CEO, <strong>Orlando</strong> <strong>Health</strong><br />
Frantz E. Alphonse<br />
Don R. Ammerman<br />
Jess Bailes<br />
Rilous Carter<br />
James P. Caruso<br />
Roger Chapin<br />
Kenneth M. Clayton<br />
Bill Dillard<br />
Phillips A. Easterling<br />
Annette Ford<br />
Peter Fox<br />
M. Kathryn Garrett, MD<br />
Jane Gibson, PhD<br />
Carolyn Gosselin<br />
Lee Heard<br />
Alan C. Helman<br />
John W. Hillenmeyer<br />
Jim Hinson<br />
Sally Hoch<br />
Richard T. Hurt<br />
R. Brock Kelsey<br />
Edward F. Kinney<br />
Helen Leon<br />
Elaine M. Lustig<br />
R. Randolph Lyon<br />
Rafael E. Martinez<br />
Richard T. McCree Sr.<br />
Sheryl Meitin<br />
Diane O’Dell<br />
Cynthia C. Perry<br />
Donald A. Plumley, MD<br />
W. Russell Prather, MD<br />
Ray Sandhagen<br />
Joanne Santiago<br />
Robert N. Serros, MD<br />
Arnold Palmer Medical Center<br />
Foundation Board of Directors<br />
Founders Group<br />
Gregor Alexander, MD, Chairman<br />
Amy Saunders, Vice Chair<br />
John W. Bozard, President<br />
Arnold Palmer Medical Center Foundation<br />
Kathy Swanson, President<br />
Winnie Palmer Hospital<br />
Kathy Johnson, Chairman<br />
<strong>Orlando</strong> <strong>Health</strong> Foundation Board<br />
Arnold Palmer<br />
Honorary Chairman & Founder<br />
Jay Albright, MD<br />
Amanda Caruso<br />
Veenod Chulani, MD<br />
Ray Easler<br />
Bill Gillaspie*<br />
Dee Haley<br />
R. Brock Kelsey<br />
Chris King<br />
Edward F. Kinney<br />
Helen Leon<br />
David Nykanen, MD<br />
Diane O’Dell<br />
Meredith Olavarria<br />
Chris Peters<br />
Lisa Pierzynsky<br />
Donald A. Plumley, MD<br />
W. Russell Prather, MD<br />
Jorge Ramirez, MD<br />
Ramon Ruiz, MD<br />
Tilly Starling<br />
Scott Weisz<br />
Scott Wellington<br />
Fonts: Futura Light and KuenstlerScript<br />
*Honorary Member<br />
Please Consider a Life-Saving Gift!<br />
You may call us at 321.841.5194, send a check in<br />
the envelope enclosed or make a secure online gift at<br />
orlandohealthfoundation.com. Thank you!<br />
Editor & Writer: Camilla Chapman<br />
Writer: Tricia Weiss<br />
Foundation & Friends is published by the <strong>Orlando</strong> <strong>Health</strong> Foundation<br />
© 2011 <strong>Orlando</strong> <strong>Health</strong><br />
John W. Bozard<br />
President<br />
<strong>Orlando</strong> <strong>Health</strong> Foundation and<br />
Arnold Palmer Medical Center Foundation<br />
It began with a promise….<br />
Isn’t that how many truly great,<br />
noble accomplishments begin?<br />
My thoughts turn to the visionary<br />
community leaders who promised<br />
to build Arnold Palmer Hospital<br />
for the children of Central Florida;<br />
our commitment to Arnold Palmer<br />
that “good” would never be “good<br />
enough” and our donors, who<br />
generously pledge to support<br />
our mission.<br />
In this particular instance, it began<br />
with a promise from a father to his<br />
dying son.<br />
T.J., a 17-year-old high school<br />
student, was battling leukemia. He<br />
asked his father, music industry<br />
executive Tony Martell, to raise a<br />
million dollars for cancer research<br />
so that “no one else will have<br />
to experience what I am going<br />
through.”<br />
Although Tony had no fundraising<br />
experience, he agreed. Two years<br />
later T.J. passed away, and Tony<br />
set forth on his journey to fulfill<br />
Dear Friends<br />
The best use of life is to invest it in something, which will outlast life.<br />
- William James<br />
the promise he had made to his<br />
son. Over the years, Tony has been<br />
joined by hundreds of volunteers<br />
and musician friends, including Ella<br />
Fitzgerald, Benny Goodman and<br />
Duke Ellington, who have worked<br />
passionately to help raise more<br />
than $250 million for treatment<br />
and research – far surpassing T.J.’s<br />
million dollar dream.<br />
T.J.’s selfless thoughts for others<br />
– people he would never know<br />
– set into motion a vision that<br />
would captivate the hearts and<br />
imaginations of countless others.<br />
His story has brought together<br />
some of the most well-known and<br />
accomplished recording artists,<br />
entertainment executives and,<br />
most recently, legendary golfer<br />
Arnold Palmer who was chosen<br />
by the T.J. Martell Foundation as<br />
the honoree of the 2011 Lifetime<br />
Achievement Award.<br />
As I traveled to New York to attend<br />
the awards gala, I could not help<br />
but reflect on how one measures a<br />
life well-lived. Is it determined by<br />
how far we climb in our careers?<br />
Fame and fortune? The material<br />
possessions we accumulate?<br />
Perhaps it is as simple as linking<br />
our personal passion, our life’s<br />
work, and the resulting fruits<br />
to ultimately benefit people for<br />
generations into the future.<br />
Within every person there is a story.<br />
Something meaningful that has<br />
touched and inspired them to make<br />
a difference for others through<br />
their gifts of time, talent, fortune<br />
or influence. Whether born from<br />
sorrow or the wings of inspiration,<br />
the resulting promises are reassuring<br />
– they evoke feelings of anticipation<br />
and good things to come.<br />
We are honored to know and be<br />
able to share a few of these stories<br />
in the following pages. From<br />
the Chatlos Foundation that is<br />
empowering our tiniest, most<br />
vulnerable patients in the Neonatal<br />
Intensive Care Unit to begin life<br />
as strong and healthy as possible<br />
(page 4); to Runway To Hope,<br />
the Give Hope Foundation and<br />
<strong>Orlando</strong> Calling that are focused<br />
on easing the plight of children<br />
affected by cancer; to those who<br />
make planned gifts through their<br />
wills or trusts (Heritage Circle,<br />
page 17); to the many others who<br />
are actively making a difference in<br />
their own way for those who we<br />
serve at <strong>Orlando</strong> <strong>Health</strong>.<br />
May they encourage you to<br />
pause and consider how others<br />
may have made your own way<br />
a little smoother, and perhaps<br />
how you may do the same…as I<br />
am choosing to do in this spring<br />
season of renewal.<br />
Sincerely,<br />
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