2005 Community Report - Brandywine Health Foundation

OUR SAFETY NET JUST GOT STRONGER
Brandywine Health &
Wellness Foundation
Community Report 2005

OUR MISSION
The Brandywine Health & Wellness Foundation’s mission
is to initiate and support programs to improve
the health and well-being of our community.
La mision del Brandywine Health & Wellness Foundation
es la de iniciar y darle apoyo a programas para mejorar
la salud y el bienestar de nuestra comunidad.
www.brandywinefoundation.org

IMPROVING OUR COMMUNITY’S HEALTH
“We have launched the
foundation, established
grantmaking priorities
and expanded the
healthcare safety net
in meaningful ways –
all in partnership with
you, our community.”
As the Brandywine Health & Wellness
Foundation completes its fourth year
of operation, we’re pleased to reflect
on how far we have come in that short
amount of time. We have launched the
Foundation, established grantmaking
priorities and expanded the healthcare
safety net in meaningful ways – all in
partnership with you, our community.
Without the inspired contributions – in
so many different ways – of our many
friends, volunteers and partners, such
rapid, encouraging progress would not
have been possible. Most notably,
during this past year, together we
succeeded in making both primary
healthcare and preventive dental care
available to Coatesville’s uninsured
and underserved, thanks to the arrival
of the ChesPenn Health Center Inc.
and Community Dental. We’re also
tremendously excited about our plans
to give these two agencies, as well as
the Child Guidance Resource Center
and Human Services, a permanent
home with a new four-story building
planned for Coatesville.
As you review the valuable projects
we have supported this year, we hope
you’ll see evidence of our efforts to
address problems that have always
been with us, such as improving
healthcare for the poor. We also seek
to use the Foundation’s resources as
efficiently as possible to help our
community take the big leaps forward
in addressing newer problems. For
instance, how can we help our
burgeoning county expand the number
of professionals trained to help you
and your neighbors in an emergency
And, through our grantmaking, we
hope to help all of us better understand
those problems about which we still
know so little. For instance, how can
we help our young people live healthy
lives if they have increasingly inactive
lifestyles and make poor food choices
The answers may seem obvious, but
with limited foundation resources, we
must choose wisely to have the
greatest impact – both in serving
people now and in learning how to
serve them in the future.
Looking forward as our fifth anniversary
approaches, we are in the early stages
of a major planning process to
determine where to focus our energies
during our next five years. Our planning
committee will be guiding our board of
directors in identifying our long-term
goals and the best means to achieve
them. But as we begin this exploration,
we also want to hear from you, our
loyal community supporters. Please
let us know how you think we can
continue to strengthen our community’s
safety net and improve overall health.
Finally, if you are new to the
Foundation and our work motivates
you, we would love
to have you
join us as a donor.
With many thanks,
Albert W. Eastburn
Board Chair
Frances M. Sheehan
President/CEO
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OUR SAFETY NET JUST GOT STRONGER
Since its inception, the primary mission
of the Brandywine Health & Wellness
Foundation has been to ensure health
coverage for those unable to obtain
care for themselves and their families.
Underscoring that commitment, the
Foundation has given a $1 million,
three-year grant to ChesPenn Health
Services Inc. The grant will help cover
the operating expenses required to
provide quality primary care services to
at-risk populations in the Coatesville
area.
ChesPenn is already filling the void.
Within three months of its July 5
opening at 1029 E. Lincoln Highway
in Coatesville, ChesPenn had served
more than 500 patients and
anticipates serving more than 5,000
within three years. Many of them are
patients who speak another language.
“We provide primary care services,
principally to the underserved and
uninsured who might have language
or cultural barriers to obtaining care,”
says Robert J. Smith, executive
director of ChesPenn Health Services.
“For example, many of the area’s large
Latino population, even if they have
insurance, would have a difficult time
finding a provider who speaks Spanish.”
Juan Reyes was one of ChesPenn’s
early patients. In an interview with The
Philadelphia Inquirer, he had nothing but
praise for the facility. “Any place that is
going to help someone who is down on
his luck is a benefit, a blessing.”
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“Any place that is going to help someone
who is down on his luck is a benefit, a blessing.”
Juan Reyes, Health Center patient
Chester County is the nation’s 12th
richest county, but a 2002 Foundationcommissioned
study discovered
significant health problems in pockets
of poverty in central and western
Chester County. A year later, the U.S.
Department of Health and Human
Services declared Coatesville a
“medically underserved area.”
ChesPenn’s project development team
found that the principal problems in
the area include an inability to pay
for health services, lack of health
insurance coverage and a shortage
of physicians willing to accept
reduced fees from uninsured patients.
ChesPenn is the only primary care
provider offering a full range of
services to patients of all ages,
without regard to their ability to pay or
the type of insurance a patient might
have. These include an in-house
laboratory and an on-site pharmacy.
The staff includes physicians, nurse
practitioners, a nurse site manager,
a licensed clinical social worker, a
community health educator, and clinical
and administrative support personnel.
For more than three decades, ChesPenn
has provided quality healthcare to the
economically depressed in Chester, PA,
where it currently operates three health
centers. It provides quality care
regardless of a patient’s ability to pay.
It accepts all medical insurance, and
uninsured patients are cared for at
reduced rates and sliding-scale fees
based upon their income.
As a designated Federally Qualified Health
Center in Chester, it receives federal
funding and intends to file for a similar
designation and funding in Coatesville.
In addition to its financial support, the
Foundation has played a key role in
helping ChesPenn reach out to other
foundations, businesses and individuals
to raise $600,000 of the additional
$800,000 it needs to operate in
Coatesville for the next three years.
“The Brandywine Health & Wellness
Foundation definitely has its ear to
the ground regarding community needs,
and they took a big step forward in ➢
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esearching the project, finding the
right provider and bringing other
funders together so they could make
the dream a reality and share in the
funding responsibilities,” says Karen
Simmons, the president/CEO of the
Chester County Community Foundation,
which represents 200 families with
charitable trusts. “We rely on the
Foundation to tell us the most
important needs in the Coatesville
area and were delighted to be a
funding partner invited to the table
during the planning stages for the
ChesPenn project.”
According to Smith, his organization
would not have been able to come to
Chester County without the leadership
of the Brandywine Health & Wellness
Foundation.
“They were really the catalyst that
made things happen,” he says.
Succeeding, he adds, requires
leadership, commitment and interest –
all of which the community and the
Foundation have amply demonstrated.
“In addition to the money the
Foundation has given us and helped
us raise, the Foundation has given us
immediate credibility and entrée into
the community. It’s a great opportunity
to do good for the Coatesville area.”
New Health and Housing Center
Planned for Downtown Coatesville
The Brandywine Health & Wellness Foundation is the driving force behind a new
building that will bring together for the first time a variety of health and social
services for the under- and uninsured, as well as provide low-income senior
housing: the Brandywine Health & Housing Center.
Scheduled to open in two years, the 39,000-square-foot building will serve as
the permanent location for the new ChesPenn Health Center, Community Dental,
the Child Guidance Resource Center and Human Services, Inc.
This fall, the Chester County Department of Community Development’s grant of
$1.5 million enhanced the Federal Home Loan Bank’s loan of $300,000 to support
the inclusion of 24 units of low-income senior housing in the building. This
enables the Foundation to help meet the housing needs of our community’s
neediest while improving health – and contributing to Coatesville’s revitalization.
We give special thanks to the following funders who have joined the Foundation
in our efforts to support ChesPenn Health Services: 1675 Foundation, 1957
Charity Foundation, Chester County Community Foundation, Chester County
Fund for Women & Girls, Claneil Foundation, First Financial Bank, Gallagher
Belmont, Gunard Berry Carlson Foundation, Marshall-Reynolds Foundation,
Jennifer and Robert McNeil, Nelson Foundation, Philadelphia Foundation and
United Way of Chester County.
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TRAINING PARAMEDICS TO ENHANCE
EMERGENCY SERVICES
As Chester County has grown and the
number of hospital-based paramedics
has declined, the need for more people
trained in advanced emergency
medical services has never been greater.
“More and more local ambulance
services are filling the void by providing
their own paramedic-staffed Mobile
Intensive Care Units, and more
advanced life support-trained paramedics
will be needed,” says Timothy
N. Bossert, chief operating officer of
Good Fellowship Ambulance and EMS
Training Institute in West Chester.
To support such efforts, the
Foundation issued a $50,000 challenge
grant enabling Good Fellowship to
offer Chester County’s first-ever
Advanced Life Support (ALS) Training
Institute. As a result, 21 dedicated
emergency medical volunteers are now
undergoing a rigorous yearlong training
program at Good Fellowship.
When an ambulance responds to a
medical emergency, those aboard the
ambulance can provide one of two
different levels of emergency service –
depending on their training and
certification. Most ambulances are
staffed by emergency medical
technicians trained in basic life support
skills. These are noninvasive services,
including oxygen therapy, spinal
immobilization, basic cardiac life
support, splinting fractures and
controlling bleeding.
But many patients need advanced life
support skills that involve invasive
treatments. These include providing
intravenous fluids, administering
medications, monitoring heart
arrhythmias and intubating patients
who are having trouble breathing. All
such ALS skills are performed by
paramedics or registered nurses.
Typically, in the past, these hospitalbased
professionals have responded in
separate vehicles and have followed
ambulances to the scene whenever
dispatchers determine they are needed.
But with more of that responsibility
falling to local ambulance units, the
need for ALS training within Chester
County is becoming more essential.
Good Fellowship’s extensive training
runs September through August, and
includes work at ambulance units,
Chester County and Brandywine
hospitals and 120 hours in the field
with local paramedic units.
“It gives you more tools to provide
patient care,” explains Scott Runge, a
Cochranville custom cabinetmaker and
two-year EMT with the West Grove
Fire Company’s Ambulance Division. He
recalls the frustration of answering a
call from a woman with diabetes
whose sugar levels were so low she
was barely conscious. The 911
dispatcher hadn’t been given enough
information to determine if a paramedic
also should have been sent. But
because Runge was not certified for
advanced life support, he could not
give the woman medication to help
her. All he and his colleagues could do
was rush her to a hospital.
The training also couldn’t be more
convenient – and that’s one of the
major attractions for the trainees.
Most county paramedics in Chester
County have received their training in
Lancaster County, but that program is
now closed, and the closest training
now available is in Philadelphia.
“This is the only way I could pursue
something I really want to do,” Runge
says. “With a wife, three children, a
full-time job and living in the western
part of Chester County, taking this
course in the city would have been
virtually impossible.”
“This is the only way I could pursue something
I really want to do. With a wife, three children,
a full-time job and living in the western part
of Chester County, taking this course in the city
would have been virtually impossible.”
Scott Runge, paramedic trainee
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ADDRESSING CHILDHOOD WEIGHT MANAGEMENT
The incidence of overweight children
has reached epidemic proportions in
the United States. According to the
American Obesity Association,
30 percent of children ages 6 to 19
are overweight and 15 percent are
obese. In Coatesville, approximately
37 percent of children ages 6-12 and
26 percent of children ages 13-17 are
at risk for obesity, according to the
Philadelphia Health Management
Corporation’s 2002 Community Health
Database.
While the overweight problem affects
children at all income levels, one of
the factors at work in Coatesville is
low socioeconomic status: Nearly a
third of Coatesville children under 18
come from families living below the
poverty level, according to the 2000
U.S. Census. Also, while weight
management programs exist in
surrounding communities, transportation
problems and fees charged by such
programs prevent many Coatesville
residents from participating.
To address this critical issue, which
has significant implications for the
healthcare system, the Foundation
funded a pilot project in spring 2005 at
South Brandywine Middle School. The
project was a collaborative effort of
the Southeast Pennsylvania Area
Health Education Center of West
Chester, the West Chester University
Department of Public Health and the
Coatesville Area School District.
The 16-week pilot, in which 19 girls
participated, included two 90-minute
sessions after school each week. Each
session involved hands-on nutrition
education and a half hour of walking or
hip-hop dance instruction. The goal:
increase the girls’ awareness of the
lifelong benefits of physical activity
and healthy eating and eliminate
sedentary lifestyles.
“I needed to learn more about how to
eat healthy, and I really liked the
hip-hop classes,” says Laura Selin.
“It inspired me to just get out there
and move.” Currently a 7th-grader at
South Brandywine, she now snacks on
vegetables instead of potato chips and
sweets, and walks home from school
with a friend.
Laura, in turn, inspired her mother,
Polly Selin. She rethought the food she
was preparing for her family, joined
Weight Watchers, lost 18 pounds and
is now working out regularly at the
local YMCA. “It made me realize Laura’s
really following my lead,” she says.
The Foundation not only funded the
program, but also an evaluation of its
effectiveness. Tammy James, Ph.D.,
associate professor of health
education at West Chester University,
conducted the evaluation and
surveyed respondents like the Selins
to determine program effectiveness
and potential improvements.
She concluded that the after-school
nature of the program was convenient
and effective and that the girls felt
more comfortable with the all-female
“It inspired me to just get out there and move.”
Laura Selin, student
South Brandywine Middle School
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program. The girls either lost or
maintained their weight, enhanced
their nutritional knowledge and
moderately increased their physical
activity.
As a result of James’ evaluation, the
program will be repeated at South
Brandywine Middle School this school
year. And as a parents’ survey
requested, the program will incorporate
more parental involvement, particularly
enhanced education on the benefits of
healthy eating and exercise for these
influential role models.
“It requires a comprehensive approach,”
concludes James. “We can’t expect
parents or schools to address this
issue alone. It takes a coordinated
effort among parents, schools and
communities.”
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GRANTMAKING
The Brandywine Health & Wellness
Foundation has developed a framework
for grantmaking that targets
three discrete areas for change.
They are:
1) to increase access and remove
insurance and language barriers
to healthcare;
2) to remove healthcare disparities;
and
3) to support areas identified as
being in severe need.
To achieve the first set of goals, our
grantmaking has concentrated on the
following:
* providing general operating support
to the existing network of safety
net providers serving the uninsured
and underinsured;
* expanding the number of service
providers and programs to fill
geographic and service gaps;
* supporting information and
outreach to the uninsured to
promote their enrollment in
AdultBasic, CHIP, PACE and
pharmaceutical companies'
prescription assistance programs;
* engaging in advocacy efforts with
elected and appointed government
officials to increase insurance
coverage; and
* giving priority to programs offering
bilingual services for the Latino
population.
The Foundation’s second area of
concern, reducing healthcare disparities
in the region, is being accomplished by
funding the following:
* community health screening and
education efforts with special
emphasis on minority communities;
and
* efforts to increase the number of
minorities and Spanish speakers in
health professions, with special
emphasis on nursing.
The Foundation has limited funding for
other needs identified in the 2002
Philadelphia Health Management
Corporation (PHMC) study of the
Foundation’s service area, including:
* providing free after-school
programming for low-income
children in areas such as Atglen,
Parkesburg and Coatesville;
* increasing substance abuse
prevention efforts for children as
young as 9 years old; and
* expanding services for victims of
domestic violence in the Coatesville
area, with accessible services for
Spanish-speaking victims.
The Brandywine Health & Wellness
Foundation also has limited funding
available for emergency medical
services.
The Foundation is pleased
to provide grants that
improve health in the
following communities:
Atglen
Chester Springs
Coatesville
Cochranville
Downingtown
Elverson
Exton
Glenmoore
Honey brook
Parkesburg
Thorndale
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COMPETITIVE GRANTS
SAFETY NET FOR THE UNINSURED
$1 million to ChesPenn Health Services
(over a three-year period)
To bring a Federally Qualified Health
Center to the city of Coatesville to
provide primary care services to
people of all ages and incomes,
with a focus on the uninsured and
underinsured.
GIFT RECIPIENTS
$15,000 to The Chester County Hospital
Foundation
To provide prenatal care for low-income
women from central and western Chester
County in the hospital’s Prenatal Clinic.
$17,500 to the Child Guidance Resource
Center
To support mental health services for
children and families in the Coatesville
area, including providing these services
in the Coatesville Area School District’s
public schools.
$7,500 to Family Service of Chester County
For Spanish-language mental health
counseling for low-income Latino
residents and for the counseling of
women with postpartum depression as
identified by the Maternal and Child
Health Consortium.
$30,000 to La Comunidad Hispana’s
Project Salud
To support this nurse-managed
primary care health center in Kennett
Square that serves uninsured and
underinsured residents in central and
western Chester County. Funds included
a $15,000 challenge grant that was
provided after meeting expansion goals
to improve services.
$20,000 to Planned Parenthood of
Chester County
For reproductive healthcare for the
uninsured and underinsured provided at
the Coatesville Center for Community
Health.
OUTREACH AND ADVOCACY
FOR THE UNINSURED
$7,500 to the AIDS Law Project
For legal advocacy for HIV/AIDS patients
in western Chester County.
$7,500 to the Center on Hearing
and Deafness
For outreach and advocacy efforts for
the deaf and hearing impaired in
central and western Chester County.
$75,000 to Chester County CARES
For the second year of the Prescription
Assistance Program, which enrolls
residents in pharmaceutical companies’
free and low-cost prescription programs
for low-income, uninsured individuals.
$50,000 to the Maternal and Child Health
Consortium
For the second year of funding to address
the need to reach out and enroll
uninsured residents in such health
insurance programs as CHIP and
AdultBasic to reduce the number of
uninsured persons in the community.
Funds also were used to support the
consortium’s efforts to serve as the
training and coordinating agency for
other providers and nonprofit
organizations that come into contact
with low-income uninsured families in
Chester County.
$20,000 to the Mental Health Association
of Southeastern Pennsylvania
For the second year of funding for
Advocacy LINK (Linking Mental Health
Consumers With Medical Insurance,
Need-Based Services and Self-Advocacy
Knowledge), a new advocacy project to
link consumers in western Chester
County to medical insurance and other
benefits. Funds also were used to
develop an educational campaign to
counter stigmatization and discrimination
against mental health consumers,
and to promote public policy on the
local, state and federal level that
advances the interests and protects
the rights of mental health consumers.
HEALTH SCREENING AND EDUCATION
$12,500 to Chester County Health
Department Nurse-Family Partnership
To provide frequent visits by nurses
to the homes of low-income pregnant
and parenting families in the Coatesville
area, with a focus on health promotion,
assessment and education. This
program has nationally recognized
success rates promoting healthy
pregnancies, maternal health, infant
care and positive parenting practices in
high-risk, largely minority families.
$5,000 to fund the Coatesville Area Senior
Center’s Healthy Living Program
To provide seniors with the information
and services they need to live healthy,
independent lives.
$10,000 to Coatesville Center for
Community Health
For collaborative programming by
nonprofit health providers located in the
Coatesville Center for Community Health
to better serve low-income residents
with multiple health and human service
needs.
$5,000 to fund the Downingtown Area
Senior Center’s Fit and Fun Wellness
Program
To provide exercise, health seminars,
information and referral services, and
the APPRISE program that counsels
seniors about Medicare concerns.
$12,500 to the Maternal and Child Health
Consortium Healthy Start Program
To provide 80 uninsured and
underinsured women in the Coatesville
area each year with prenatal and
postpartum support. Healthy Start
bridges cultural, language and financial
gaps, expanding access to care for
families.
$25,310 to the Southeast Pennsylvania
Area Health Education Center
To help adolescents learn how to
maintain healthy weight through lifelong
nutrition, exercise and weight control
programming in an after-school setting
at the South Brandywine Middle School.
$10,000 for West Chester University
College of Health Sciences’ Guanajuato
Education and Exchange Program In
Health
To allow four area health and human
services staff members to participate in
an annual health education trip to
Guanajuato, Mexico, the original home of
the majority of the Mexican community
in Chester County.
$25,000 to the YMCA of the Brandywine
Valley
To launch Activate Chester County,
a community health initiative to
encourage youth and adults to make
exercise an important part of their
everyday lives. This Chester County
Healthy Communities Challenge is part
of a nationwide YMCA effort to reduce
obesity and improve the overall health
status of Americans.
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AFTER-SCHOOL CARE
$10,000 to Art Partners Studio
For its after-school program partnering
children with senior citizens in Coatesville.
$12,500 to Big Brothers Big Sisters
For a mentoring program partnering older
students at Coatesville Area High School
with children at Friendship Elementary
School.
$9,750 to the Children, Youth, and
Women’s Alliance (CYWA)
To operate a free after-school program
serving 60 low-income children, ages
6-12, in Coatesville.
$12,500 to the YMCA of the Twin Valley
To continue the Encore Healthy Kids
Club, a free after-school program for
children in northwestern Chester County
at the new YMCA in Honey Brook.
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
$10,000 to Domestic Violence Center
of Chester County
For services to victims of domestic violence
served by the agency’s Coatesville
Center for Community Health office.
EMERGENCY-RELATED PROGRAMS
AND SERVICES
$2,500 to Chester County Health
Department’s Cribs for Kids Program
For a collaborative child death
prevention initiative, coordinated by the
Health Department, that provides free
cribs to low-income families in western
Chester County.
$12,500 to Downingtown Area
Communities That Care
For a Parent Awareness Campaign that
offers training to parents of children ages
9-18 using the Parenting Wisely
curriculum designed to improve parenting
skills and dynamics, and thus decrease
substance abuse and problem behaviors
among youth.
$4,000 for two challenge grants to
Downingtown West and Octorara High
Schools’ Post-Prom Parties
To reduce substance abuse among teens
by providing students with a fun, safe
environment in which to celebrate their
proms without using drugs and alcohol.
$50,000 challenge grant to Good
Fellowship Ambulance and EMS Training
Institute
For this 1:1 match contribution program
enabling the West Chester-based
ambulance company to launch the
county’s first and only advanced life
support training institute.
$13,220 to Washington Hose Company No. 1
For the purchase and equipping of
two EMS bicycles for this local volunteer
fire company to use at events such as
the Coatesville Area High School football
games, Coatesville’s July fireworks and
the Strawberry Festival.
OTHER
$2,000 to Grantmakers in Health
For annual membership/grant to this trade
association of health-related grantmakers
across the country. GIH’s annual meeting,
variety of publications and Web site are
the Foundation’s best resources for
information related to building a quality
health foundation.
TOTAL COMPETITIVE GRANTS: $1,494,280
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OTHER GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
ROUSE/CHAMBERLIN HOMES 2005
STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL GRANTS
$7,000 to the Brandywine YMCA
$4,000 to the Coatesville Public Library
$16,000 to the Rotary Club of
Coatesville
$13,000 to the Thorndale Volunteer
Fire Company
TOTAL STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL
GRANTS: $40,000
PASS-THROUGH COMMUNITY GRANTS
$105,000 to ChesPenn Health Services
$500 to The Chester County Chamber
of Business and Industry
$500 to Community Volunteers in
Medicine
$500 to Planned Parenthood of Chester
County
$235 to Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer
Foundation
$1,000 to the YMCA of the Brandywine
Valley
TOTAL PASS-THROUGH COMMUNITY
GRANTS: $107,735
NON-COMPETITIVE
COMMUNITY DONATIONS
Chester County Community Foundation
Chester County FOP
Family Service of Chester County
Glen Moore Fire Company
The Hickman
Hutchinson Memorial UAME Church
La Comunidad Hispana
Maternal and Child Health Consortium
Operation Thanksgiving/Christmas
United Way of Chester County
Washington Hose Company
Western Chester County Chamber of
Commerce
Women's Referral Network of Chester
County
TOTAL COMMUNITY DONATIONS: $4,945
2005 NURSING AND HEALTH
PROFESSIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS
Alumni Association Award:
Kristen Nellius
Cardiac Rehab Scholarship Awards:
Malinda Kilby, Christine Kleppe, Jennifer
L. Marschalok and Holly Weaver
Coatesville Athletic Association
Scholarship: Jennifer Winchester
Egoville Scholarship Award: Linda Long
Morris, August 2004; Suzanne
Whitenite, August 2005
Ethel G. Charlton Award: Nancy Jones
Gunard Berry Carlson Recognition
Award: Maria Chepak
Henrietta Potter Hankin Award:
Alanna Cox
James Loren Cox Memorial Awards:
Nina Malliard, L'Tanya Taylor,
Marianne Daily, William Belmonte and
Suzanne Whitenite
Margaret Barnes Award:
Linda Long Morris
Myrtle Harvey Award & Doris K. Cumber
Memorial Award: Amy Mastrangelo
TOTAL SCHOLARSHIPS: $21,450
GRAND TOTAL: $1,668,410

FINANCIAL REPORT
INVESTMENT POLICY: It is the Brandywine
Health & Wellness Foundation’s policy to
invest funds with an asset mix of 65 percent
equities and 35 percent fixed instruments and
cash. A volunteer committee of experienced
business managers regularly reviews the
Foundation’s portfolio and evaluates the
performance of our investment managers,
trustees and auditors. The committee’s
investment strategy is designed to protect
the Foundation’s current and long-term
benefit to the community by balancing the
goals of growing to meet future need while
prudently minimizing risk.
AUDIT COMMITTEE: The Foundation’s Audit
Committee is an independent group of
volunteers, chaired by former County
Comptroller and current Commissioner Carol
Aichele, joined by two experienced accountants
who do not serve on the board of directors.
It is this Committee’s responsibility to hire,
evaluate, and oversee the work of the
Foundation’s auditors. The Audit Committee
is proud to report that for the years ended
June 30, 2004 and 2005, a clean letter of
opinion was provided by Maillie, Falconiero
& Company, LLP. To view the full Foundation
audit report and 990 IRS tax filing, please
visit: www.brandywinefoundation.org.
CASH AND INVESTMENTS
HELD AS OF JUNE 30, 2005
Dodge and Cox Stock Fund $ 2,813,323
G.E. Premier Growth Fund 2,638,933
T. Rowe Price REIT Fund 1,126,534
PIMCO Moderate Duration Fund 3,929,049
PIMCO Total Return Fund 1,507,727
PIMCO Total Return II Fund 2,412,497
Royce Pennsylvania Fund 1,188,907
Vanguard Explorer Fund 1,136,697
Vanguard Global Equity Fund 4,450,461
Vanguard Index 500 Fund 2,493,002
Vanguard REIT Index Fund 486,017
$ 24,183,147
NOTE: Funds held by the BHS Transitional Corporation are
housed at First National Bank of Chester County. These
funds are used to repay certain financial obligations of
Brandywine Hospital prior to its sale to Community Health
Systems. All funds remaining at BHS after the resolution of
these issues will be donated to the Foundation.
Statements of Financial Position
Years Ended June 30, 2005 and 2004
Assets
Cash
Investments
Accounts Receivable
Furniture and office equipment, less
accumulated depreciation of $47,251 (2005)
Other assets
Total Assets
Liabilities and Net Assets
Liabilities
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
Grants payable
Total Liabilities
Net Assets
Unrestricted
Temporarily Restricted
Permanently Restricted
Total Net Assets
Total Liabilities and Net Assets
Statements of Activities
Years Ended June 30, 2005 and 2004
Support and Revenue
Contribution from Brandywine Health Services, Inc.
Contributions
Special events
Investment Income
Total Support and Revenue
Expenses
Program services
General and administrative
Fundraising
Total Expenses
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets
Net Assets at Beginning of Year
Net Assets at End of Year
Investment Managers: PFM Advisors / Trustees: First Financial Bank
Auditors: Maille, Falconiero & Co, LLP
2005 2004
$ 302,947 $ 1,112,480
24,183,147 21,739,005
666,667* 15,462
68,976 89,434
88,073 27,563
$ 25,309,810 $ 22,983,944
$ 48,841 $ 37,771
810,000 70,000
$ 858,841 $ 107,771
$ 23,024,106 $ 21,259,749
1,320,545 1,510,106
106,318 106,318
$ 24,450,969 $ 22,876,173
$ 25,309,810 $ 22,983,944
2005 2004
$ 200,000 $ 1,424,317
1,255,723* 162,715
121,945 93,825
2,140,688 2,516,245
$ 3,718,356 $ 4,197,102
$ 1,853,178 $ 779,464
157,858 163,540
132,524 114,354
$ 2,143,560 $ 1,057,358
$ 1,574,796 $ 3,139,744
22,876,173 19,736,429
$ 24,450,969 $ 22,876,173
*Contributions: includes $1 million from Brandywine Hospital provided as part of a court-approved settlement
between BHS Transitional Corporation and Community Health Systems, Inc. This contribution is payable in three
annual installments of $333,333. The first installment was received in August 2004.
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WHY THEY GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY
For those interested in making a
difference in their community, it's often
hard to determine where their support
will be most effective. In Chester
County, individuals, corporations and
foundations increasingly are relying on
the growing expertise of the
Brandywine Health & Wellness
Foundation for guidance and sound
financial management.
As the area president of Gallagher
Belmont, a health insurance firm with
offices in Rosemont, Thomas Belmont,
Jr. constantly sees the impact of
people suffering due to the lack of
community-based care. That's why he
was so receptive to the Foundation's
overtures soliciting a pass-through gift
to support ChesPenn Health Services
Inc.'s move into Coatesville.
“Once we got involved with the
Foundation we became very much
interested in their goals,” says Belmont.
“Knowing our interests, they did a very
nice job educating us about the
opportunities and challenges facing
ChesPenn. From a medical and
educational standpoint, putting money
into the community to benefit the really
underserved makes a lot of sense to us.”
The Foundation’s activities also include
overseeing several nursing scholarship
funds and providing additional
scholarships to encourage young
people in the community to pursue
careers in healthcare. Among the
scholarships managed by the
Foundation are the Cardiac Rehab
Nursing Scholarship and the Ethel Gee
Charlton Nursing Award Scholarship.
Twelve years ago, Roger Brown was
one of three cardiac patients, along
with Louise DePedro and William Keen
Jr., Esq., who launched the Cardiac
Rehab Nursing Scholarship. He and his
wife have also set up the latter scholarship
in memory of his mother-in-law,
a long-time Coatesville Hospital nurse.
“Since they took over, the Foundation's
overall management, including their
goals and investment strategy, has
been excellent, and I've been very
pleased with the fundraising help
they have provided,” says Brown.
Fundraising Highlights
Throughout the year, the Foundation
is involved in endeavors to heighten
awareness, raise charitable funds for
such community health projects as the
new Community Dental Center and
ChesPenn Health Services, and
maximize the effectiveness of the
funds it manages. This year's Rouse/
Chamberlin Homes Strawberry Festival
on the grounds of Brandywine Hospital
was the most successful Strawberry
Festival yet. The Foundation partnered
with Brandywine Hospital, continuing
the tradition that their nursing staff
started more than 30 years ago.
This year's event raised almost $90,000
in net proceeds, a 40 percent increase
compared with 2004. Hundreds of
volunteers and supporters helped to
make that possible. The event was
chaired by Susan J. Catanese, vice
president, PAC Strapping Products Inc.
To kick off the Rouse/Chamberlin
Homes Strawberry Festival, more than
300 guests attended the Foundation’s
third annual Garden Party. Co-chaired
by Mary Holleran and Barbara
Travaglini, it was held at the
Springbank Farm home of Jennifer and
Robert McNeil. The party included “The
Battle of Berries at Brandywine,” First
Financial Bank's welcome of ChesPenn
Health Services into the Chester
County community and a fireworks
display. The event grossed nearly
$60,000 and netted more than
$30,000, all additional funds that the
Foundation was able to distribute as
grants to improve the community.
The Brandywine Consignment Shop,
located on Route 113 just east of the
Route 30 Bypass, also had its grand
reopening at the end of the summer.
Prior to the reopening, the staff and
volunteers spent several months
renovating and updating the interior
and exterior and computerizing their
systems. The shop has contributed
more than $550,000 to health-related
programs and services over the last
13 years.
How You Can Help
Funds administered through the
Foundation can help maximize tax
benefits without the expense and legal
obstacles sometimes encountered
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when setting up a private foundation.
The Foundation's experts are available to
offer advice on donor strategies that can
protect personal assets while achieving
philanthropic goals.
With gifts of cash, stock, real estate or
other assets, donors can entrust a fund
of permanently held principal to the
Foundation for investment, while
distributing the earnings to the causes
that will help the community most.
Options include the following:
FUNDS
Donor-Advised Funds
An advised fund allows you ongoing
involvement and maximum flexibility in
mapping the direction of your gifts. You
recommend organizations for benefit in
keeping with your concerns and leave the
administrative duties in the hands of the
Foundation. Our staff will keep you
apprised of the many programs that
could benefit from your generosity.
Donor-Designated Funds
A designated fund is an excellent option
if you want the proceeds to benefit a
specific nonprofit in our community. The
Foundation will respect your wishes in
perpetuity, and the tax benefits to you –
as with all of our funds – are immediate.
Field-of-Interest Funds
Donors with pronounced allegiance to
particular issues often elect to establish
field-of-interest funds. You select the
purpose of the fund, such as meeting the
needs of the chronically ill or combating
“Since they took over, the Foundation’s overall
management, including their goals and
investment strategy, has been excellent,
and I’ve been very pleased with the
fundraising help they have provided.”
Roger Brown, Cardiac Rehab Nursing Scholarship founder
substance abuse in teens, and we identify
the programs making the strongest
progress towards your objectives.
Scholarship Funds
The Foundation houses several nursing
scholarship funds and provides additional
scholarships to encourage young people
in our community to pursue careers in
healthcare. To bolster health resources
in our area, you can establish a
scholarship fund or give directly to the
Foundation, specifying that your gift be
restricted for scholarship purposes.
Bequests and Planned Gifts
The Foundation currently receives income
from charitable lead and remainder trusts
established to promote health in our
community. Naming the Foundation in
your will or making a planned gift in your
lifetime creates tax advantages for you
and leaves a legacy that benefits your
community forever.
Unrestricted Gifts
Unrestricted contributions to our mission
reinforce our operational security and
assist the Foundation in funneling
maximum resources back to local
programs. Join the growing circle of
support for our Annual Fund by making
gifts directly to the Foundation or
through either the Combined Federal
Campaign or the Donor Choice Program
of any area United Way.
Memorial and Honorarium Gifts
Honor a loved one by establishing a
charitable fund at the Brandywine Health
& Wellness Foundation, or recognize a
special anniversary or birthday by asking
others to join you in making a charitable
gift to support health and wellness in
general, or for a specific purpose
important to the person being recognized.
The Foundation will send a note to the
person in whose name you are giving (or
their family) informing them of your gift.
For more information on establishing a
scholarship or charitable fund, or on
making a gift to the Foundation, please
contact Dana Heiman at 610.380.9080 x102
or visit www.brandywinefoundation.org.
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The Brandywine Health & Wellness Foundation improves the scope and impact of
health services in our area through partnership with a growing community of
informed and thoughtful donors. The following people made gifts to the
Foundation between July 1, 2004 – June 30, 2005. Their generosity has enhanced
our ability to serve as a lasting advocate for health in central and western
Chester County.
THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS DONORS
(July 1, 2004 – June 30, 2005)
Champions ($10,000 or more)
Brandywine Consignment Shop
Brandywine Hospital
Chester County Conference & Visitors Bureau
Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. McNeil
Mrs. J. Maxwell Moran
Rouse/Chamberlin Homes
Trust of Regna Farmer
Pacesetters ($5,000 - $9,999)
Thomas and Elizabeth Belmont, Jr.
Brandywine Hospital Medical-Dental Staff
Claneil Foundation, Inc.
Gunard Berry Carlson Memorial Foundation
Visionaries ($2,500 - $4,999)
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Eastburn
First Financial Bank
Mr. and Mrs. L. William Kay, II
Sally Mock Trust
Mr. and Mrs. A. Frederick Travaglini
Partners ($1,000 - $2,499)
Bob Wagner’s Mill Carpet, Inc.
Brandywine Valley Cardiovascular Associates
Mr. and Mrs. Roger J. Brown
Mr. and Mrs. George Butz
Mr. and Mrs. William Campbell
Coatesville Savings Bank
DNB First
Mrs. Richard Egoville
Dr. and Mrs. William Elkins
First National Bank of Chester County
Fox Rothschild
Freedom Village at Brandywine
James and Bonnie Friedman
Ms. Carol Ware Gates
Ms. Anne Hearn and Michael Temin, Esq.
HSC Builders & Construction Managers
Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Huston, III
Mr. and Mrs. Richard I. G. Jones
Mr. and Mrs. Duane Knecht
Mr. and Mrs. Dale Krapf
Di and Dallas Krapf
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Lasko
Majestic Midways
Oberod Foundation
PECO, An Exelon Company
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Rittenhouse Builders, Inc.
The Roemer Foundation
Frances M. Sheehan and Ricardo Gelman, M.D.
Mr. Samuel Slater and Ms. Eleanor H. Forbes
Mr. and Mrs. George Strawbridge, Jr.
Butch Sweigart
Ms. Anne French Thorington
Trust of L. Howard Thompson
Trust of Margaret Henson
YMCA of the Brandywine Valley
Mr. and Mrs. Victor E. Ziegler
Leaders ($500-$999)
Allegheny East Conference of the Seventh
Day Adventist Church
Milt and Ginny Allen
B. G. Balmer & Company
Dr. Andrew Chuma
Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth P. Collins
Gibbons and Mary Cornwell
Donna and Keith Coughey
Donald A. Pusey, Inc.
ENTACC-Ear, Nose & Throat Associates of
Chester County
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Frame, Sr.
Fulton Bank
Gateway Medical Associates
Dr. and Mrs. Leonard C. Giunta
Ms. Doris Grassi
Mrs. William Halpern
Hammond & Company, Inc. Plumbing &
Heating
Heatherwood Retirement Community
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Kelly
LandAmerica
The Lung Consultants
Dr. Christine and Dr. Christopher Lyons
Mr. and Mrs. Ian MacKinnon
Maillie, Falconiero & Company, LLP
Ms. Mary Alice Malone
Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman &
Goggin
Rebecca and Michael McBratnie
Mr. David W. Moser
National Penn Bank
Dr. Gregory Ochsner and Ms. Maureen
Murphy-Ochsner
Paoli Hospital
Pepperidge Farm, Inc.
PFM Advisors
Mr. Richard Reich
Jeff Lewis and Mary Ann Rossi
Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. Spackman
Spatola Wines, Inc.
Sterling Kitchen Sales
Stewart Huston Charitable Trust
Sunrise Assisted Living of Exton
Mr. and Mrs. Gunard Travaglini
Mr. Thomas Varley
David and Kathleen Wierz
Dr. and Mrs. Levi Wingard
Ms. Cynthia Zielinski
(2 Leaders wish to remain anonymous.)
Sustainers ($250 - $499)
The Hon. Carol Aichele and Stephen
Aichele, Esq.
Alstin Advertising, Inc.
Ms. Irma Bailey
Jack and Celeste Barr
Dr. John Bartels and Dr. Jean Mihelcic
Mr. and Mrs. William Batteiger
Mr. and Mrs. Rick Berger
Blue Moon Florist
Brandywine Emergency Physician
Associates
Brandywine Gastroenterology Associates, Ltd.
Kathleen Deets-Price and Rev. Stephen
Price
Donna Brennan Associates
Brite Realty Services, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin A. Brownley, Jr.
Cansler Investment Group
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Catanese
Coatesville Area Senior Center
Commerce Bank
Comprehensive Oncology Care, L.L.C.
Countryside Consulting, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. DeLone, III
Dr. Kenneth Doroski and Ms. Dawn Fastiggi
Downingtown Area Senior Center, Inc.
Eastburn Photography
F. Frederick Breuninger & Son Insurance, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Fantanarosa, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Franklin
Congressman Jim and Karen Gerlach
Mr. and Mrs. Paul W. Givler, Jr.
Debra and Kenneth Goldblum, M.D.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Greenfield, Jr.*
Thomas and Jane Greenleaf
Greg A. Vietri, Inc.
Hankin Foundation
Dr. and Mrs. Robert Hanna
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Harris
HealthFirst Benefits
Dana and Peter Heiman
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Holleran
Mary T. Holleran and David J. Proctor
Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Holling
Dr. and Mrs. James Holstein
Mr. and Mrs. Alan Jarvis, Esq.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold B. Jensen
John’s Pizza & Pasta
Dr. Guillermo R. Juncos
Mr. and Mrs. J. Ross Kershey
Stacey and Blake Krapf
Mr. and Mrs. Keith M. Ladd
The Law Firm of Barry S. Rabin
Dolores and Marshall Learn
Mr. and Mrs. James Lennon
Dr. and Mrs. Gary Levin
Mrs. Joan S. Lindstrom
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher J. Lovell
John H. Lymberis and Anastasia Filopoulos
Maternal and Child Health Consortium
Bud and Lynette Mauger
Mr. and Mrs. Ivan S. Morris, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Nauta
Northlight Advertising, Inc.
Patrick C. O’Donnell, Esq. and Hannah
Gardner, Esq.
O’Rourke & Sons
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald J. Parsons
Dr. Lynne Kotranski
Dr. Maria and Dr. Richard Plotzker
Quik-Stop Pharmacy
Riley, Riper, Hollin & Colagreco
Margaret and Tom Rivello
RJK Medical Associates
Rooney Associates, Inc.
The Honorable and Mrs. Chris Ross
Royal Paper Products
Albert Sardella, Esq.
Laura Sauer Palmer and David Palmer
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Scaccia, III
Representative Curtis Schroder
Service Wholesale, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Smith
Ronald and Dianna Smyser
Ms. Elizabeth Spackman
Mr. John Spackman
Mr. and Mrs. Neal Stone
Suburban Wholesale Lighting
Senator Robert Thompson
Betsy Weaber
West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.
Wheeler Wolfenden & Dwares, CPA
Kitty and Ray Williams
Mr. and Mrs. William M. Wright
Dr. Maureen and Dr. Richard Yelovich
(2 Sustainers wish to remain anonymous.)
(*Mr. Albert Greenfield, Jr., deceased)
Supporters ($100 - $249)
Mr. Christopher Alikakos and Ms. Margaret
L. Boyer
Allergy, Asthma, Clinical Immunology
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Bell
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Bernard
Mr. Philip A. Brown
Dr. and Mrs. John D. Caggiano
Mr. and Mrs. Louis J. Callazzo, III
Chertok’s Furniture
Chester County Community Foundation
Coatesville Area Arts Alliance
Davis Lumber
Ms. Anne DeLosso and Mr. Alan Krasnick
Mr. and Mrs. David England
Frame Group, Ltd.
Mr. and Mrs. Alan Gay
Ms. Mae Godra
Dr. and Mrs. Alan Goldfine
Greystone Benefits, Inc.
Ms. Carol Grow
Mrs. Joan Hedberg
Robert and Ann Hennessy
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Hopton
Mr. Samuel L. Horton, Jr.
Mr. Allan Horwitz, Esq.
Dr. and Mrs. R. Michael Hughes
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Janssen, Jr.
Kauffman Gas
Mr. and Mrs. William Keen, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. James Logan
Maclean-Chamberlain Funeral Home
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Metkus
Mr. and Mrs. David Mills, III
Ms. Linda M. Moore
Paul and Judy Munscher
Ms. Megan Murphy
Mr. and Mrs. John Pawlowski
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Plourde
Amy and David Pollack
Mr. and Mrs. William Recchiuti
Dr. Arthur Schless and Ms. Suzanne
Schapiro-Schless
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Shaw
Dr. and Mrs. Steven Siepser
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick J. Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Steele
Ms. Eleanor Sullivan
The Ann Satterthwaite Company
Dr. and Mrs. Herbert L. Tindall
TRWhite, Inc.
Dr. and Mrs. Laurence Weinberg
Wellington Management Company, LLP
West Chester University
Ms. Helen Whiteman
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Woodward
Ms. Edna Woodward
Mr. and Mrs. James Woodward
Yerkes Associates, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Morey Young
(4 Supporters wish to remain anonymous.)
Friends ($99 and below)
ACM Advisors
American Express Financial Advisors
Mr. Chris Annas
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Arters, Jr.
Ms. Sonia Balmer
Bee Enterprises, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Brewster
Ms. Anita Cavuto
Chester County Chamber of Business and
Industry
Coatesville Veterinary Hospital, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Cohen
Community Impact Legal Services
Steven and Cynthia Cunningham
Ms. Laura Dennis
Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas M. DePedro
Mr. C. Dale Dickerson
Mr. James P. Dickinson, Jr.
Domestic Violence Center of Chester County
Mr. Alexander Dunlap
Mr. Earl Dunlap, Sr.
Mr. Donald Eicher
Ms. Kathleen Esposito
Mrs. Betty Filippone
Fireside Hearth & Home
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Frederick
Ms. Jean Funk
Isidoro Gonzalez
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hannum
Harrison Senior Living
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Hatt
Ms. Gladys Heckman
Mrs. Violet Helenthal
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Mr. Noah L. Hershey
Ms. Susan Higginbotham
Drs. Jody and Marcia Hochberg
Deborah Holt Weil
Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Holtzman
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hughes
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Hummler
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Johnson
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Kramer
Labs Funeral Home
Ms. Jeannette Lake
Ms. Charlotte Lakey
Ms. Zelinda LeBoutillier
Mr. and Mrs. William Leike
Leon Slobodzian, Jr. Real Estate
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Lewis, Sr.
Mrs. Betty Margolis
MCM Consultants
RADM Meinig and Mrs. Meinig
Ms. Tessie Monko
Mr. and Mrs. John Newswanger, Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. T. Barry Norton
Mr. Robert Oberholzer
Ms. Roberta Odell
Mr. Robert Pyle
Ms. M. Cynthia Quinn
Ms. Ruth Rainer
Ms. Geraldine Reigle
Ms. Carol Dickol Revak
Mr. and Mrs. William Richards
Mr. and Mrs. Warren Robinson
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Ruth
Ms. Doris Saalbach
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Schlimme
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Scott
Ms. Mary Segal
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Shank
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Shank
Mrs. Blanche K. Sharp
The Honorable and Mrs. Robert Shenkin
Ms. Robin B. Shipman
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Shupp
Ms. Judy Skolnik
Ms. Mildred Smith
Southeast Pennsylvania AHEC
Ms. Kathleen Stevens
Mr. J. Malcolm Stuber
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Stump
Ms. Christine Taylor
Mrs. Robert Thomas
Ms. Margaret Thompson
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Tracy
Michele Tucker, RN
Mr. Joseph Urban, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ursini
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Valocchi, Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey J. Valocchi
Eva Verplanck, Ph.D.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Waite
Ms. Eileen Helm Weaver
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Weber
Western Chester County Chamber of
Commerce
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Whiteman*
Wilde Funeral Home
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Wilkinson
Rekha Yagnik, M.D.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Yahres
Mr. Richard Ziobro, II
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Ziobro
(7 Friends wish to remain anonymous.)
(*Mrs. Herman (Marion) Whiteman,
deceased)
Thanks to donors who gave through the
following United Ways:
United Way of Chester County
United Way of Lancaster County
United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania
United Way of Southern Chester County
Gifts In Memory of:
Marian McDowell
Dr. Sanda Rajan
Buddy Schultz
Julius Schwab
2005 Garden Party
“Battle of the Berries at Brandywine”
Drafting Room/Brickside Grille
Duling-Kurtz House and Country Inn
The Gables/Turk’s Head Inn
General Warren Inne
Kelly Caterers
The Restaurant at Doneckers
Simon Pearce Restaurant on the
Brandywine
Tierra Mar Grille
In-Kind Donors
We are deeply grateful to Brandywine
Hospital for providing the grounds and more
than $20,000 in in-kind support to the
Strawberry Festival.
Allegheny East Conference of the Seventh
Day Adventist Church
Amelia's Grocery Outlet
Mr. John Applegate
Beer Mill of Chester County
BFI Waste Systems
Brandywine Valley Interiors, Inc.
Broody Chiropractic
Caln Township Board of Commissioners
Caln Township Police Department
Ms. Carla Cavanaugh
Charles Blosenski Disposal Company
Chester County Chamber of Business and
Industry
City of Coatesville
Coatesville Area School District
Coatesville Coca-Cola Bottling Works
Coatesville Cultural Society
Colonial Electric Supply
Cropper's Market, Inc.
Dairy Queen of Chester County
Downingtown Golf Club and Ingleside Golf
Club
The Drafting Room/Brickside Grille
Duling-Kurtz House & Country Inn
Mr. Chris Dunlap
eCountyInfo.com
Mr. Mike Edwards
F.A.M.I.L.I.E.S.
Fastsigns
The Gables/Turk's Head Inn
General Warren Inne
Green Mansions Nursery
Greg A. Vietri, Inc.
GTS Gas Technolgies and Services
Hesler and Associates Photography
Hiram Peoples Fish Hatchery
Kelly Caterers
Krapf Bus Companies
Lamb Beverage, Inc.
Maclean-Chamberlain Funeral Home
Mr. John Moravitz
Music Memories Inc.
Neptune Moon Design
Page One Publishers, Inc.
Paragon Business Gifts, Inc.
The Paul Green School of Rock Downingtown
Pepperidge Farm, Inc.
Pickering Valley Feed and Farm Store
PSC Info Group
Purple Mantis Consulting
Ransome Engine CAT Power Systems
Ms. Catherine Rawlings
The Restaurant at Doneckers
Royal Paper Products, Inc.
Mr. Craig Shaffer
Mr. Todd Shaffer
Simon Pearce Restaurant on the Brandywine
Square D Company
Studio 3
Tierra Mar Grille
Ms. Bonnie Timmons
Total Rental
Twist'nShout Editorial and Design
Mr. Greg Veltri
Wagontown Volunteer Fire Company
Walter & Jackson, Inc.
Washington Hose Company
WCOJ Radio
Wentz Funeral Home
West Brandywine Police Department
Western Chester County Chamber of
Commerce
Wild Fruitz Beverages, Inc.
Zambelli Fireworks Internationale
Mr. Robert Zynn
List incomplete.
We apologize for any inaccuracies
and welcome your corrections
to our Donor List.

The Brandywine Health & Wellness Foundation would not exist without the
continued involvement of many remarkable people – our committed staff, volunteers
and board of directors. Generous with their time, financial support and
sage input, this growing group continues to broaden and enrich our community.
STAFF, VOLUNTEERS AND BOARD MEMBERS
OUR VOLUNTEERS
David Aberts, Bud Adams, Jean Aikman, Virginia Allen, Karen Babiak, Irma Bailey,
Daniel Bair, Cathy Barbalace, Celeste R. Barr, CPA, Vickie Berger, Chief John
Bennett, Mitch Bernstein, Virginia Bledsoe, Marion Brady, Caroline Butz, Bobbi
Callazzo, Caroline Cassells, Sue Catanese, Arlene Condon, Peg Cook, Kathleen
Deets-Price, Carolyn DeLone, Mary Deveise, Margaret Donlin, Jane Eastburn,
Laurie Eastburn, Bob Edge, Cathy Fantanarosa, Dot Fischer, Ola Flick, Theresa
Forstrom, Jeanne Franklin, Anthony Frederick, Julie Friedman, Mike Geary, Ann
Gerbron, Gloria Gleichert, Judy Good, Sue Haldeman, Thelma Hallman, Joan
Hedburg, Lena Hershey, Stephen Heumann, Debbie Hockman, Mary T. Holleran,
Priscilla Holleran, Carlyle Holling, Roseanne Ippolito, Denise James, Jackie Johnson,
Annie Jones, Georgene Kaster, Brit Kay, Linda Kipp, Sandy Kraft, Dolores Learn,
Joan Lindstrom, Katherine Lovell, Janet MacMurray, Ann MacNeil, Gertrude
McElyer, Mark McGill, Ann McNally, Janet Meinig, David Mills, Gail Morris, Bruce
Mowday, Kelly Mummert, Janet Nathan, Anne Newhart, Barbara Noble, Carol
Northeimer, Carolyn O'Brien, Robert Patterson, Barbara Pawlowski, Carol Poinier,
Lee Pringle, Marie Raws, Marlene Recchiuti, Nancy J. Reece, Becky Reeves, Matt
Roberts, Larraine Ruggeri, Pat Rugh, Chris Saello, Barbara Santucci, Joan Schumann,
Randy Scott, Barbara Shea, Sue Shrum, Debbie Shupp, Karol Smith-Williamson, Illaria
Steele, Muriel Storrs, Pam Streamer, Kay Stroman, Val Stubinski, Mary Jane Stump,
Tony Sweigart, Sue Teitelman, Cathie Terpack, Ruthie Thomas, Dottie Tottser,
Barbara Travaglini, Susan Travaglini, Eleanor Tuttle, Dave Varner, Evelyn Walker,
Beau Weisman, Kitty Williams, Leah Williams, Ruth Wolfarth and Gary Zenker.
A special thank you to the Consignment Shop volunteers and the hundreds of
Strawberry Festival volunteers including those from the Brandywine Hospital,
Coatesville Public Library, First Financial Bank, Rotary Club of Coatesville, Thorndale
Volunteer Fire Company, United Way of Chester County and the YMCA of the
Brandywine Valley.
OUR STAFF
Frances M. Sheehan, President/CEO
Dana M. Heiman, Vice President for Development & Communications
Mark McKendry, Accountant
Joanne E. Pacana, Executive Assistant
BRANDYWINE CONSIGNMENT SHOP STAFF
Nancy Oliver, Manager
Anastasia Zarsky, Assistant Manager
Standing left to right: Frances M. Sheehan, Victor
E. Ziegler, Dr. Levi Wingard, Albert W. Eastburn
and James J. Friedman. Seated left to right:
Frederic A. Meyers, M.D., The Hon. Carol Aichele
and Harry Lewis, Jr. Not pictured: David C.
England, Anne L. Hearn, Doris A. Grassi,
Congressman Jim Gerlach, L. William Kay, II, Carla
E. London, M.H.S. and Michael C. McBratnie, Esq.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Albert W. Eastburn, Chairperson
Anne L. Hearn, Vice Chairperson
Doris A. Grassi, Secretary
James J. Friedman, Treasurer
The Hon. Carol Aichele
Milton Allen **
The Hon. Robert L. Davis**
David C. England*
Congressman Jim Gerlach
L. William Kay, II
Harry Lewis, Jr.*
Carla E. London, M.H.S.*
Michael C. McBratnie, Esq.
Frederic A. Meyers, M.D.
Barbara C. Travaglini**
Dr. Levi Wingard
Victor E. Ziegler (Chairman, May 2001 –
June 2004)
*new member
**retiring member
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Photography: Rick Davis

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