Summer 2007 - Arkansas Children's Hospital

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HOSPITAL NEWSGov. Mike Beebe, alongwith ACH and UAMSleaders and other friendsand supporters werejoined by children servedby the center for the ceremonialribbon-cutting toofficially open the Centerfor Children in Lowell.Center for Children in Lowell First Step in Effortsto Bring Pediatric Health Care Closer to HomeThe Center for Children in Lowell celebrated its grand openingin mid-May as part of a collaborative project of ArkansasChildren’s Hospital and the University of Arkansas for MedicalSciences (UAMS). The new facility provides developmental andsubspecialty medical care by physicians from ACH and UAMS tochildren in northwest Arkansas.The center houses the Schmieding Developmental Center, theSchmieding KIDS FIRST program and various regional clinics, allpreviously located in Fayetteville and Springdale.“With this new, shared outreach, thousands of families will nothave to make the long trip to Little Rock for their child’s initialevaluation or clinic visits for follow-up medical attention,” says Dr.Jonathan Bates, ACH president and CEO.During 2006, patients from northwest Arkansas made nearly14,000 visits to ACH. The extension of services in Lowell isexpected to improve the flow of appointments in Little Rock,which will help children from all areas of Arkansas.The statewide working collaborative between ACH and theUAMS Department of Pediatrics is collectively called Centers forChildren and includes the Lowell location. The collaborative wasformed to enhance access to pediatric subspecialty care acrossArkansas and strengthen and expand the 24 existing regional clinicslocated in El Dorado, Fort Smith, Harrison, Helena/WestHelena, Jonesboro, Mountain View and Texarkana.Pediatric subspecialty services offered in Lowell include adolescentmedicine, allergy, cardiology, endocrinology, gastroenterology,nephrology, neurology, pulmonology and rheumatology.The center is expected to offer 298 clinics in the next year.NEWLY ELECTED —Photo comingfrom ACHACH BoardSkip FrantzChairman,Windstream Corp.Little RockACH BoardWhit Hall, M.D.ACH Chief of Staff,Neonatology professorand director of intensivecare nursery at UAMSACH BoardKate SchafferState BoardPresident-electCircle of FriendsHot SpringsACH FoundationSteven RansdellFinancial Consultant, MetropolitanInvestment ProfessionalsPresident,Committee for the FutureLittle Rock8
TheQuietANONYMOUS DONORS:Heroesof ACHGIVING■ Alyssa AndersonWhen a gift is made to Arkansas Children’s Hospital, staffmembers in the ACH Foundation do their best to appropriatelypublicize and recognize the contribution. In addition to anyexternal publicity the donor may receive, all donors who give$1,000 or more annually are listed on the Wall of Honor in themain hospital lobby and are published in the Donor Roll in theACHiever magazine.“We always hope we can recognize donors’ gifts publiclybecause it’s another way their gift helps us,” says Libby Smith,senior vice president of the ACH Foundation. “We ride on theshoulders of our good friends, and our reputation is enhancedby friendships with people whose reputations are admired. It’salso an encourager for others who know them to think, ‘Well,if my friend can make such a gift to Arkansas Children’sHospital, maybe I can do something similar.’”But not all donors are interested in receiving publicity fortheir gifts to the hospital. Many of these donors choose to giveanonymously – they are quiet heroes.At Arkansas Children’s Hospital, anonymous donors don’tfall into any specific “category” of giving. Some are big givers,some are small givers, some give to specific programs, somegive undesignated gifts. Among the programs/areas supportedby anonymous gifts in 2006 year were research, cancer, endowmentand child life.One donor who gives anonymously to ACH says she andher husband support the hospital because their child has beena long-time patient.“Over the years, we have come to love this place, and weare thankful we are able to help,” she says. “The doctors, nursesand staff truly love our child. The care and respect that ourchild – and our entire family – receives consistently exceedsour expectations.”Their reason for giving anonymously is a humble one:“The Lord has blessed our family in so many ways and hasprovided for us amazingly. God is the one to be recognized forany gifts we are able to give, and we are happy to be able topass the blessings on to help others.”The largest donation from an anonymous donor last year –$745,330 – was made in support of the autism research currentlybeing done by Dr. Jill James*, director of the AutismMetabolic Genomics Laboratory at the Arkansas Children’sHospital Research Institute (ACHRI). The donor is an out-ofstateparent of an autistic child that Dr. James had workedwith previously. The gift will fund a three-year autism study.“We hope to determine whether targeted nutritional supplementationwill normalize the metabolic imbalance in these childrenand whether improving their metabolism will also improvetheir behavior,” says James. “The major gift from this donormakes such a big difference in what we are able to do for thechildren.”Not all anonymous donors support Arkansas Children’sHospital because of a personal experience. One donor recentlymade a very generous gift in honor of work partners to whomhe credited his business success. The donor had never needed theservices of ACH, but some of his employees had been involvedin a volunteer group that raised money for the hospital. Thedonor was so private about the gift that he asked his partners topresent it to ACH, rather than present it himself.Whatever their reason for giving anonymously, Smith says theArkansas Children’s Hospital Foundation takes great care in protectingthe identity of its anonymous donors.“Certainly we don’t publish the gift on our donor wall. Wedon’t publish it in any of our publications. We don’t discuss it inthe company of others. Any staff member who may know aboutthe gift is pledged to confidentiality. We would even be carefulabout inviting the donor to events,” Smith says. “Regardless ofhow much we might wish to publicly recognize the donor, wewill not do it. We will safeguard that confidentiality.”*Jill James, Ph.D., is director of the ACHRI Autism MetabolicGenomics Laboratory; professor of pediatrics at UAMS College ofMedicine; and a member of the Arkansas Center for Birth DefectsResearch and Prevention.Miracle Ball— December 8, 2007 —The second annual Miracle Ball,hosted by the ACH Auxiliary, will be heldSunday, Dec. 8 at 6:30 p.m.at Children’s Hall on the ACH campus.For more information on the Miracle Ball,contact Robin Rhoades, 501-364-1491.9
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