Hospice of Emanuel - Emanuel Medical Center

Volunteers Shine!
Barbara Oliver
ran her own
interior design
business and
was well paid
for work
she loved.
You know
what she
does now?
She gives
away hugs for free.
“And it’s my best job yet!” Barbara says,
smiling broadly from her concierge station
at Emanuel Medical Plaza. “I get to greet
people and give them a hug. It does my
heart good!”
Barbara is one of almost 700 volunteers
who contribute some 64,000 hours in 14
different service areas throughout
Emanuel Medical Center. They work in
the gift shop. They organize medical
charts. They volunteer at blood-pressure
clinics. They play cards with people with
terminal illnesses.
They range in age from 14 to 88, and
that’s part of the magic.
(Voluteers, Cont. on page 6)
Volunteers Flora Jacob and Mary
Jerner help a patient.
Heart Beat
S P R I N G
April 2008
Hospice of Emanuel
Providing Comfort and Care
The battle against life-threatening diseases
can sometimes be long and grueling.
Sometimes, with the help of their medical
team, patients decide they’ve had enough.
They want to stop the fight.
That doesn’t mean
life is over. It doesn’t
mean they don’t need
medical care.
“Patients need our
help more so, not less
so, when they enter
this stage of their
life,” says Dr. James
MacLaren, Turlock
family practitioner
and medical director
of Hospice of
Emanuel. “It’s our
duty to prepare
patients and their
families for the dying process. There’s no
reason anyone should suffer excessively.”
Hospice of Emanuel helps patients and
their loved ones through every step of their
final stage of life. Staff is available 24
hours a day for symptom management,
caregiver support, financial assistance and
bereavement aid. Hospice of Emanuel is
small and locally based, so their care is
personalized, immediate and dependable.
Bob Ranes with Hospice of Emanuel team members
(from left) Pauleen Borgesi-Campbell, Sandy
Ricardo, Tammy McCorkle and Robin Cannon.
SPRING 2008
“Like some kind of angel,” is how Bob
Ranes describes the Hospice of Emanuel
nurse who showed up at his door last
November when he was helping his wife,
MaryAnn Ranes, stay comfortable during
her final weeks of life.
The Ranes’ story is
remarkable, and yet
typical of the
courageous families
who experience
Hospice of Emanuel
care. Bob and
MaryAnn were
childhood sweethearts
in the 1950s living in
Eugene, Oregon. In
1987, they reunited,
married and settled
in Turlock, where Bob
had lived for many
years. Bob retired from his long career in
school administration so the couple could
fully enjoy their new found love.
Soon after his retirement, Bob was
diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis.
“So we decided to travel while I could
still get around,” Bob says. “We bought a
fancy RV and traveled all over the country.
It was a wonderful life.”
(Hospice, Cont. on page 4)

SPRING 2008
Dear Friends,
Looking back on Emanuel Medical
Center’s 90th year, it’s easy to focus on the
new buildings and the new partnerships
and new programs. And believe us, we’re
proud of them all.
It’s more important, though, to remember
what all these buildings and programs
and partnerships mean in the lives of
real families.
For instance: Our new Critical Care
Center is the most complete and modern
emergency department in Stanislaus
County. But what we’re proud of isn’t the
building; it’s that last year we were able
to treat nearly 57,000 people in that
emergency department. Some were sick,
many were injured, and some just didn’t
have any other place to go. They found
care here.
Children who would have had to go to
hospitals out of town were able to stay
in Turlock because our new pediatric
hospitalists provided care here.
Jennifer Larson- Chair
Walter de Bruyn- Vice Chair
Art DeRooy- Treasurer
John Ferrari- Secretary
Amin Ashrafzadeh, M.D. - Chief, Medical Staff
Joseph Higgins, M.D., PhD. - Vice Chief, Medical Staff
Paul Carmichael, M.D. - Secretary, Medical Staff
Jim Ahlem
We delivered more than 3,000 babies,
conducted more than 10,000 surgeries,
and made some 17,000 home health and
hospice visits. Whatever the stage of life
and whatever the need, the people of this
community found care here, at Emanuel.
Not everyone could afford their
care, and Emanuel provided $39
million in community benefit activities
– uncompensated care, reimbursement
shortfalls and the like. We’ve worked hard
to attract new physicians to Turlock and
the communities nearby – bringing more
than two dozen to the area in the past two
years – and will continue those efforts.
BOARD MEMBERS
John R. Sigsbury - President & CEO, ex-officio
And for all of this, we want to thank
you. None of our accomplishments
would be possible without the
tremendous support from this community,
and all these new buildings and
equipment and programs wouldn’t
have opened last year without your
generosity. But please don’t just look at
the buildings. Think about the people
they serve – the babies coming into the
world, the kids hurt and scared after
a bicycle spill, the families facing an
illness and the people at the end of
life, able to approach it with dignity
and grace.
Because of you, they find care here.
John R. Sigsbury, President & CEO
Jennifer C. Larson, Board Chair
David Dwight - ex--officio
Bob Field
Wade Fullmer
Rob Hillberg
Jim Pallios
Marlene Stante
Tom Wilson, M.D.

A Knockout 90th Year
There are good years, there are great
years, and then there’s 2007 – Emanuel
Medical Center’s 90th year.
“We accomplished many things in 2007,”
said Emanuel CEO and President John
Sigsbury, understating things wildly. “It
started on January second and just
kept going.”
It all began with the emergency room and
intensive care unit opening in the new
Emanuel Critical Care Center that second
day of January.
The Emanuel Medical Plaza followed soon
after, with the Stanford
Emanuel Radiation
Oncology Center
treating patients
by March.
The third floor of the
Critical Care Center
opened in May with
private patient rooms.
Emanuel launched
a partnership with
Children’s Hospital
Central California to
provide full-time pediatric
hospitalists at Emanuel,
helping local children
receive the care they
need right in Turlock.
Hospice of Emanuel
$351,418.65
The hospital opened
the Emanuel Physician’s
Center in October, not only bringing more
new primary care doctors to town, but
giving patients without a primary care
physician a convenient new option
for treatment.
And if that wasn’t enough, the hospital
began the Emanuel Cancer Endowment,
a permanent fund that will provide cancer
services to Turlock-area patients for
generations to come.
Shirley Pok, the hospital’s Vice President of
Development, led the fundraising
efforts that helped pay for many of
2007’s accomplishments, and even she’s
staggered by all they’ve done.
“You just have to be in awe of the growth
that’s happened here in the last seven
years,” she said. “The face of the hospital
has changed.”
Sigsbury said the changes have come
after years of planning and work,
and all of them have been made to
give Turlock the health services the
community deserves.
“Our focus is always on the highest
quality,” Sigsbury said. “We never want
*Estate Gift Expectancies
$500,000.00
Thank You!
Fundraising Totals
Gifts In-Kind
$62,100.00
Emergency Department
$369,721.68
Total Generosity from our Community in FY2008
$2,601,977.63
* Includes Receivables
to provide just a so-so response.
People can get a so-so response a
half-hour away. We are committed to
providing the highest quality physicians,
the highest quality technology, and an
attractive facility to put it all in.”
And community support helps make it
happen. Since the hospital’s Legacy Circle
annual giving campaign began in 2001,
community volunteers have raised $9.2
million for Emanuel projects. Projects like
the Mary Stuart Rogers Birthing Center,
the Critical Care Center, and the newly
SPRING 2008
established Emanuel Cancer Endowment.
“It’s become an essential part of the
business model,” Sigsbury explained.
“You can’t rely on philanthropy for all
the funding, of course, but we really do
rely on community support to make these
projects happen.”
The community support has another
important benefit as well. It’s one of the
factors that helps the hospital attract new
doctors to the area.
“They see the commitment to the
community being made
by the hospital and the
commitment to the hospital
being made by the
community, and they know
they’ll have a successful
General Operating
$201,716.79
Education
Scholarship
Endowments
$12,270.00
*Emanuel Cancer Endowment
$1,104,750.51
practice here,”
Sigsbury said.
So what’s left to do
in 2008? A lot of
reorganizing.
Emanuel plans to double the
size of its laboratories and
pharmacy and relocate the
pediatric unit to a new area
in the hospital. A cardiac
catheterization lab is also in
the works, but not scheduled
to open in 2008.
“This next year, we’re going
to try to get all of our 24/7 departments
in the right place with the right square
footage to do their jobs,” Sigsbury said.
“We’ve grown a lot and have to address
the infrastructure.”
The hospital has another long-term plan
as well.
“Our goal is to have a huge celebration
for our 100th anniversary,” Sigsbury said.
If the hospital’s 90th year is any indication,
it ought to be a heck of a party.

SPRING 2008
Hospice of Emanuel Helps Families at Life’s End
(Hospice, Cont. from page 1)
They slowed down a bit in 2003 when
Bob’s mobility started to slip. But their
days were still busy and happy, filled with
family, friends and each other.
In July 2007, life changed. MaryAnn was
75 and very active – swimming laps,
riding her bike – but all of sudden even a
trip to the store would wear her out. Their
family physician ran tests and didn’t like
what we saw. He sent her to Emanuel’s
cancer center, where doctors ran more
tests. They, too, didn’t like what they saw.
In November 2007, the Ranes learned that
MaryAnn had pancreatic cancer that had
migrated to her liver. Surgery, chemotherapy
and radiation were long-shot options.
“Doctors didn’t see much light at the end
Hospice of Emanuel staff Sandy Ricardo and
Tammy McCorkle with Bob Ranes.
of the tunnel, even with all that,” Bob says.
“MaryAnn said, ‘No.’ She just wanted to
live out the time she had left.”
Bob got around with a walker and a
scooter. His doctor worried that he
wouldn’t be able to care for MaryAnn
by himself.
“But I convinced him I could do it,”
Bob says.
“I was just standing there, blinking my
teary eyes, and they called all the shots,
gently and sweetly. I don’t know what I
would have done without them.”
-Bob Ranes
And he did, for a while, until MaryAnn
could no longer make it from the recliner
(where she preferred to sleep) to the
bathroom. Bob called his doctor and said,
“I can’t do it anymore.”
Within 20 minutes, a Hospice of Emanuel
nurse showed up at his door.
“She was like some kind of angel.” Bob
said. “I knew she couldn’t make MaryAnn
well, but she could make her comfortable.”
By the end of that day, Hospice of
Emanuel had a hospital bed set up in the
Ranes’ living room. They helped arrange
for 12-hour, and then 24-hour, home
health care.
“That allowed me to get some sleep,” Bob
says. “Not much, but some. So I was able
to stay healthy.”
Hospice of Emanuel staff did what they
always do: Whatever needed to be done.
They helped manage MaryAnn’s pain.
They answered questions – not over the
phone but in person. They showed up and
helped the couple prepare for and understand
what would come next.
Bob woke up fairly rested on the morning
of December 13, 2007. As always, he
made his way down the hall to MaryAnn’s
bed, took her hand, kissed her fingers and
said, “Good morning, sweetheart.”
MaryAnn was just barely awake. Bob
went to the kitchen and shared a cup of
coffee with the home health care nurse.
The nurse went to check on MaryAnn a
few minutes later. She returned in tears.
MaryAnn had passed away.
“I called Hospice immediately,” Bob says.
“They were here in 12 minutes. And they
did everything. They called the funeral
home, they stripped the bed. I was just
standing there, blinking my teary eyes,
and they called all the shots, gently and
sweetly. I don’t know what I would have
done without them.”
That’s the line you hear over and over
when people talk of their Hospice of
Emanuel experience. Nancy Santos lost
her husband, Melvin, on April 4, 2007.
She says Hospice helped her before,
during and after.
“They came out four months before my
husband died and took a huge burden off
my shoulders,” Nancy says. “They were
such a comfort. They helped us through the
process, step by step.”
Melvin was well until the last week of his
life, Nancy says.
“And he was never in horrible pain,”
she says. “They were so good about
managing his pain.”
Scott Atherton says Hospice of Emanuel
helped his mother, Dorothy Atherton,
through her final months of life.
“You should have seen her face when
they arrived at her home to sing Christmas
carols,” Scott says. “It made her feel so
special. They were so attentive to all of us,
when she was feeling badly and when
she was feeling well.”
That’s exactly the care Dr. MacLaren wants
Hospice of Emanuel to provide.
“Death is a part of life,” Dr. MacLaren
says. “We need to do all we can do to
ensure our patients live their fullest lives,
right to the very end.”
For more information about Hospice of
Emanuel, call (209) 664-2550.

Chief of Medical Staff Sees Emanuel’s Role Clearly
On a particularly
cold and wet
November day in
Boston in 2001, Dr.
Amin Ashrafzadeh
decided to find a
job in California.
But it was more than
the weather that brought him to Turlock.
“The hospital is an incredibly important
pillar of a community,” he explained.
“You look at the schools, the
universities, the fine arts, and you
look at the hospitals.”
Ophthalmologist Dr. Ash (as he’s widely
known) liked what he saw in Turlock - and
not just at Emanuel.
“I love the people in this community,” he
said. “You can’t find a greater group of
people; they’re so appreciative and kind.
It’s a wonderful community to practice in.”
Dr. Ash came to Turlock in 2002 at the
Turlock Eye Physicians Medical Group,
where he is now a partner with Daniel
Lee, MD. He recently succeeded Dr. Tom
Wilson as the Chief of Medical Staff
at Emanuel.
An eye surgeon and a fellowship-trained
cataract, cornea and LASIK specialist, Dr.
Ash brings many advanced techniques
and ever-changing technology to Turlock
and Stanislaus County. How advanced?
“We offer bifocal lens implants during
cataract surgery” he said. “Then the
patients don’t need glasses after cataract
surgery at all, not for reading, not
for distance.”
Dr. Ash opened the Central Valley’s
only iLASIK vision center, the Northern
California Laser Center. iLASIK
(CustomVue, Iris Registration, IntraLase
LASIK eye surgery) is the most advanced
form of LASIK eye surgery and the only
laser vision correction surgery approved
for the U.S. Air Force, Navy TopGun
pilots and the NASA astronauts. Dr. Ash
is also one of only a handful of surgeons
worldwide performing many of the newer
and more advanced corneal transplant
techniques. In fact he is the first in
Northern California to offer a new laser
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SPRING 2008
corneal transplant surgery called IntraLase
Enabled Keratoplasty.
“Our work can dramatically improve
a patient’s quality of life and it is very
gratifying,” he said. “It is very rewarding
to be able to provide some of the most
advanced, cutting-edge technology
available for patient care, and furthermore
to have the opportunity to introduce them
to this community.”
Dr. Ash’s role at Emanuel is to be the
liaison between the medical providers and
the hospital administration, helping ensure
excellence across the board.
“Emanuel is a wonderful place that
provides incredible care for its patients,”
he said. “We must support and nurture
this strong community pillar to continue
improving. I’m proud to be a part
of that.”
Dr. Ash’s office is at 880 Delbon Avenue,
and he can be reached at 634-2925.
You can find him on the web at
www.McHenryLASIK.com and
www.TurlockEye.com.
Emanuel Medical Center is grateful for our relationship with civic-minded businesses that distinguish themselves as “Corporate Partners of
Emanuel” through their annual Legacy Circle gift. This past year, our partners helped to establish the Emanuel Cancer Endowment.
We admire their philanthropic spirit and thank them for supporting our advancements in patient care.
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SPRING 2008
(Volunteers, Cont. from page 1)
“I love seeing the students and our
veteran volunteers working side-by-side,”
says Regina Amador, director of the
hospital’s volunteer services. “Every day
I see teaching, guidance and new
friendships developing.”
More than a third of the volunteers are
students seeking experience and a testing
ground to make sure the medical
profession is where they want to be. The
rest are men and women – many of them
retired – who volunteer to stay active and
involved in a good cause.
“If I didn’t volunteer, I’d just be bored at
home,” says Corrie VandePol, who’s been
working in the gift shop for 10 years.
School age volunteers serve patients and
families, too!
“Besides, it makes me feel good.”
Volunteer Carol Litfin agrees.
“It feels good to give back to the
community,” she says, stocking shelves with
big-eyed stuffed animals. “And I like the
girls I work with. We’ve become friends.”
Colleagues wonder how Regina does it.
How does she manage to recruit so many
excellent volunteers?
Volunteers Give Much More Than Time
Volunteers show off their brand new uniforms.
“The truth is, volunteers are our best
recruiters,” she says. “People tell their
friends and they decide to volunteer, too.”
Placement and training are the keys to
retention, Regina says.
“It’s important to put volunteers in areas
where they can shine,” she says. “We try
to determine their strengths and interests so
they can serve where they best fit.”
And training matters, Regina says.
“You need to give them the tools they need
to get the job done.”
Back at the concierge desk at Emanuel’s
cancer center, Barbara Oliver says she’s
right where she belongs.
“I really get to know the patients and the
families who come here,” she says. “I greet
them when they enter and sometimes sit
with them while they wait. The other day, I
saw one of our patients at Taco Bell, and I
got to give him a hug there, too!”
“You get what you pay for”, the old adage
goes, but it’s not always true.
The compassionate, hard-working
volunteers at Emanuel Medical Center
prove sometimes you can find excellence
for free.
New Volunteer
Orientation Training Sessions
2008 Schedule
All new volunteers are required to attend
an orientation. For 2008, the orientation
classes will be held from 6:30 to 8:00
p.m. on the dates listed below. For more
information, call the Office of Volunteer
Services at 664-5190.
May 20, 2008 Conference Rooms D & E
June 17, 2008 Conference Rooms D & E
July 15, 2008 Conference Rooms D & E
August 19, 2008 Conference Rooms D & E

Tribute Gifts
The following commemorative gifts represent
contributions received between October 1, 2007
and February 29, 2008. The names of the
individuals honored and memorialized are
listed in bold print, followed by the name(s) of
the donors.
IN HONOR OF:
MR. & MRS. DOUGLAS D.
DUNFORD
Mrs. Dotti Wilkinson
MR. & MRS. JOHN FERRARI
Mr. & Mrs. Manuel Alvernaz
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Shabazian
MR. & MRS. ROGER MINABE
Mrs. Dotti Wilkinson
MR. & MRS. HARRY NISHIHARA
Mrs. Dotti Wilkinson
MR. & MRS. DAVE WILKINSON
Mrs. Dotti Wilkinson
MR. & MRS. RON WILKINSON
Mrs. Dotti Wilkinson
YOUNGDALE’S
Ms. Daphne Ritchie
IN MEMORY OF:
ELMER ANDERSON
Mr. & Mrs. Norman Lucas
Mr. & Mrs. Ed McCart
MRS. MAJKEN ARAKELIAN
Dr. Charles Balisha
RICK ARDIS
Mr. & Mrs. Theodore Dykzeul
Mr. Teryl Jackson
Teichert Construction
MRS. DOROTHY ATHERTON
Dr. Charles Balisha
LAURENE BABELLE
Mr. & Mrs. Fred Honore
ALICE P. BAILEY
Mrs. Ardath B. Rhoads
LUETTA BAKER
Ms. Diana Brown
MRS. LILLIAN E. BALISHA
Mr. & Mrs. Steve Volk
Mrs. Karal Yohanan
FRED BELTRAN
Mrs. Julie Bettencourt
MR. CECIL BERTALOTTO
Mr. & Mrs. Merl Clark
Mr. & Mrs. Scott J. Fernandes
Mr. & Mrs. C.A. Pinheiro
Ms. Audrey Sumpter
ROLLY BIGELOW
Dr. Wayne Bigelow
VIRGIE FLORENE BOYD
Mr. & Mrs. Gerry Jensen
Ms. Helen Martin
DOROTHY BUCK
Mr. & Mrs. Walter H. Brown
BARBARA BUCKMASTER
Ms. Dory Brizendine
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Erickson
Mr. & Mrs. Nel E. Gardenhire
Mr. & Mrs. Frank Hardester
Mr. & Mrs. Jerry M. Hougland
Mr. & Mrs. John Schwab
MAXINE MAY CARLSON
Mrs. LoRayne Holmes
GUY L. CLINTON
Mr. & Mrs. H.G. Porter
MRS. JANIE COATS
Mrs. Emma M. Smith
MR. JOE COELHO
Mr. & Mrs. Norman Lucas
DR. JAMES COLLINS
Mr. & Mrs. Hugh Coppinger
Mrs. Esther Norton
MS. ELIZABETH CRANSTON
Mr. & Mrs. Harold E. Jandebeur
GERALD CROWLEY
Mr. & Mrs. Fred Honore
JO DE-JONG
Turlock Newcomers & Friends Club
RAYMOND DEVENPORT
Mr. & Mrs. John Heuer
EMILY DIAS
Mr. & Mrs. Joe Cabral
MR. ARLET DICKEY
Mr. & Mrs. A. George Johnson
Mr. & Mrs. David J. Vasconcellos
DONNA DOORNEWAARD
Mr. & Mrs. Derk Van Konynenburg
DANNY DUGRANRUT
Mr. & Mrs. Dallas Bache, Jr.
SHERREE DUTEY-RAY
Mr. & Mrs. William Doerksen
CHARLES DAVID EASTMAN
Mr. Jerry Bauerlein Cox
Mr. & Mrs. Francis D. Hart
Ms. Dorothy Larson
Sunshine Committee Sonoma
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Zank
MRS. DUELINDA ESPINOLA
Ms. Olive Avila
Ms. Diane and Mary Barcellos
Mr. Alan Damas
Ms. Mildred Damas
Mr. & Mrs. R.C. Marriott
SAMIA FAHMY
Mr. & Mrs. Bob Field
Mr. & Mrs. Kenny Fischer
Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Freeberg
Mr. & Mrs. Peter Gemperle
Mr. & Mrs. William Gibbs
Mr. & Mrs. Mark M. Kirkes
Mr. & Mrs. Kirk Larson
Ms. Gloria Ramos
Mr. & Mrs. John R. Sigsbury
Ms. Sue Streeter
MANUEL FARIA
Mr. & Mrs. John Souza
Mrs. Margaret Tosta
EMMA LEE FARRIS
Ms. Annabelle Pinhiero
ALICE FERRERIA
Mr. & Mrs. Reginald Spensley
TORREY FIORINI
Mr. Brent Bohlender
Mr. & Mrs. Duane Fiorini
Ms. Joan A. Griffin
Ms. Beverley P. Harrison
Ms. May O. Mikkelsen
Mr. & Mrs. Dieter Renning
Mr. & Mrs. Ivan T. Stinson
Mr. & Mrs. Kirk Stinson
Mrs. Pamela Ann Taylor
Mr. & Mrs. David J. Vasconcellos
MARIBETH FLEMING
Capt. & Mrs. Alan Wilson
E.V. & RILLA FLETCHER
Mr. Danny Fletcher
Mr. & Mrs. Eugene V. Fletcher
Mr. Jimmy Fletcher
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Fletcher
Mr. Martin Fletcher
Mr. & Mrs. Mike Fletcher
Ms. Renie Fletcher
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Fletcher
Ms. Pauline Ina Mode
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Spurlock
Mr. & Mrs. Michael R. Summerlot
Mr. & Mrs. John Vandeburg
MRS. RILLA FLETCHER
Ms. Edrie F. Dick
Ms. Yvonne Fortado
Valley Distributors, Inc.
SALLY FRANCESCHINI
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Gonsalves
DORIS FROST
Mrs. Lillian Jerome
ANITA GARDNER
Mr. & Mrs. David J. Vasconcellos
LUIZ F. GOMES
Mrs. Inez Gomes
DONNA GORE
Mr. & Mrs. Roland Ferrari
MRS. KAY HALL
Mrs. Sandra Berger
MR. ED HALSEY
Mr. Dave Hallberg
ROBERT HAMPTON
Mr. Bill Caruso
Mr. & Mrs. Louie Mendonca
HELEN BODIN HARRIS
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Benson
Mr. & Mrs. Brian E. Elliott
Mr. Robert T. Harris, Sr.
IMOGENE HENDON
Ms. Linda Hendon
ALICE HERRMANN
Mr. & Mrs. Wally Ray
JO ANNE HOBBS
Mr. Dan Hobbs
WANDA HUTCHISEN
Mr. Jerry Cerro
HARRY E. JOHNSTON
Mr. & Mrs. John R. Adams
Mr. & Mrs. Dallas Bache, Jr.
Mr. Charles ‘Al’ Cortopassi
Mr. & Mrs. John Ferrari
Ms. Barbara Gray
Mr. & Mrs. Doug Merritt
SHARON JOHNSTON
YLI El Gabilon Institute #172
HENRY JOY
Mrs. Margaret Tosta
GURMET KAUR MANN
Ms. Celeste Ameer
JAMES KING
Ms. Mary Chiesa
Mr. & Mrs. Larry Date
Mr. & Mrs. Roland Ferrari
Fraser Farms
Ms. Kimberly Anne Kajioka
Mr. & Mrs. John L. Machado
Magallon Construction Co, Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. J. Dane Mills
Mr. & Mrs. Ralph J. Serpa
Mr. & Mrs. Leon E. Stone
Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Vierra
BONNIE LARSON
Mr. & Mrs. William Doerksen
ERWIN LEE
Mr. & Mrs. Roy Wayne Blevins
ELAINE LIBBY
Mr. & Mrs. Norman Lucas
OUIDA MARCHANT
Mr. & Mrs. Elwood Berglund
CHARLENE MARSHALL
Ms. Bonnie Alexander
Mr. Joseph Mederios
MRS. BETTY MAR-ELIA
Ms. Anna Marie Calabrese
MARY’S MOTHER
Mrs. Betty Carder
PATRICK MC GILL
Dr. Wayne Bigelow
ARLINE MORD
Mr. & Mrs. Dick Bergstrom
Mr. & Mrs. John Ferrari
Mr. & Mrs. Jerry De Graff
Mr. & Mrs. Rod V. Nylund
MS. LUCILLE MORD
Mr. & Mrs. Dick Bergstrom
Hilmar Beauty Salon
Mr. & Mrs. A. George Johnson
Ms. Barbara Julien
Mr. & Mrs. John Kling
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Prine
BESSIE MYERS
Mr. & Mrs. Lauren Campbell
JIM NELSON
Mr. & Mrs. William Doerksen
Mr. & Mrs. Rod V. Nylund
RUTH IVY O’BARR
Ms. Wyona Hovick
KEN OLIVER
Mr. & Mrs. Ray Falke
Mr. & Mrs George L. Price
ALBERT OUSHANA
Ms. Julia Roberts
Mrs. Karal Yohanan
MRS. ARGERY PALLIOS
Dr. Charles Balisha
MARIAN PALMER
Mr. & Mrs. Charles S. Cox
Hillberg & Co. CPA
Ms. Cynthia Palmer
PAM’S FATHER
Mr. & Mrs. William L. Huffman
ANNE PASSADORI
Mr. & Mrs. Dallas Bache, Jr.
Mrs. Riva Lee
MS. RUTH E. PERRY
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Cooper
ALEXANDRA JANE POINDEXTER
Dr. Wayne Bigelow
LILLIAN POSEY
Ms. Paula Hill
PEGGY POSSON
Mr. Robert T. Harris, Sr.
MARYANN RANES
Mr. Clark Hollis
Mr. & Mrs. Hal W. Skinner, Jr.
BUD G. RAYMOND
Mr. & Mrs. Joe Brawley
Ms. Jo-Ann Green
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Hazlett
Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas J. Poplawski
Steiner Development LLC
MR. WILSON L. REESER
Mr. Robert T. Harris, Sr.
ADELINE M. ROCHA
Mr. & Mrs. Edward George
Ms. Kathy Vaz
ERNEST ROSE
Mrs. Belmira H. Rose
ROBERT SCHENKE
Mr. Robert T. Harris, Sr.
Mrs. Hope Schenke
DONNA BELLE SCOTT
Ms. Eunice Kline
Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. O’Hair
Mr. & Mrs. Loren Scanlon
SHARON SERPA
Mr. & Mrs. Roy Wayne Blevins
LOWELL SESE
Mr. & Mrs. David J. Vasconcellos
NORMAN SHAPIRO
Agri Health System, Inc.
RUTH SHERMAN
Mr. & Mrs. Jim Ahlem
B & D Dairy
Mr. & Mrs. Walter H. Brown
Mr. & Mrs. J.D. Burnette
Clauss Dairy Farms
D & E Jerseys
Mr. & Mrs. Leonard J. Gomes
Mr. & Mrs. Sam Minturn
Nyman Brothers Dairy
Mr. & Mrs. Victor F. Perry
Mr. & Mrs. Eldon R. Rash
Mr. & Mrs. Chris C. Seward
Mrs. Pauline Seward
Mr. Raymond Sherman
Mr. Roger Sherman
Ms. Evelyn J. Silva
Mr. & Mrs. Gilbert Teixeira
Mr. & Mrs. Vernon Wickstrom
Yosemite Farm Credit, ACA
Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Yotsuya
CHRIS SMITH
Mr. Dave Hallberg
HERBERT SMITH
A. L. Gilbert Company
A.M. Electric, Inc.
Allen Mortuary
Mr. Joe Areias
The Bianchi Family
California Nut Company
Mrs. Janie Coats
Mr. & Mrs. William Doerksen
Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Fernandes
Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Gilbert
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Gioletti
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald A. Harden
Merced Hesston, Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. W. H. Nelson
Mr. & Mrs. Darrold Nutcher
Mr. & Mrs. Danny C. O’Day
Mr. & Mrs. Edward Olson
Mr. & Mrs. Stan H. Olson
SPRING 2008
Mr. & Mrs. Morris E. Ramont
Mr. & Mrs. Jerald Sanders
Schmidt, Bettencourt & Medeiros
Mrs. Beverly Smith
Stanislaus Farm Supply Co., Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. Gilbert Teixeira
Mr. & Mrs. Trace Thomas
Valley Fresh Foods
Valley Vettes
Ms. Edna Yoshino
Mr. & Mrs. James T. Young
STANLEY SMITH
Mr. & Mrs. Ed McCart
Mr. & Mrs. Doug Merritt
STANLEY A. SMITH
Ms. Diana Brown
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Cooper
Ms. Deborah Sue Estes
Mr. & Mrs. Don Hicks &
Mary Santos
Ms. Donna Hoover
Ms. Susan L. Labuga
Peterson’s Garage
Mr. & Mrs. D. Robles
Ms. Norma Severance
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Silva
DORTHY SOUZA
Mr. & Mrs. Norman Lucas
JESS WILLIAM STEED
Mr. & Mrs. Gordon D. Robinson
Mr. Don A. Sorrells
HAROLD SWANSON
Mrs. Belletta Swanson
VERLE SWENSON
Mr. & Mrs. Steve Volk
MR. EDWARD VACSONCELLOS
Mr. & Mrs. Elwood Berglund
Mr. Tomas Bettencourt
Mrs. Dorothy Matheron
Edwin H. Smith & Sons
RITO VELAZQUEZ
Mr. & Mrs. Mike Heller
Mr. Ernest Quinones
Ms. Jean Weinhardt
Westvalley Construction
ALFRED VIERRA
Ms. Kathy Vaz
ROBERT AND MARY WALTERS
Mr. & Mrs. Everett Allen
LELAND WALTON
Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Reinitz
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Reinitz
JANA WARDA
Mr. & Mrs. Steve Volk
JOHN & LEONA WING
Mr. & Mrs. Gordon J. Lundgren
MRS. LEONA WING
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Adams
Ms. Camille Boyd
Mrs. Shirley Doerksen
Mr. Robert T. Harris, Sr.
Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Johnson
Mr. & Mrs. Dan Olson
Ms. Linda Posegate
Mr. & Mrs. Louis G. Rubino
Mr. & Mrs. David L. Stevens
Ms. Lynda Vaughan
Mr. & Mrs. Neil Ward
Mr. & Mrs. William P. Youngdale
COY WRIGHT
Mr. Robert T. Harris, Sr.
FERN YEAGER
Ms. Diana Brown

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Office of Development
825 Delbon Avenue • Turlock, CA 95382
(209) 664-5180
825 Delbon Avenue
Turlock, CA 95382
Information and Patient Rooms ... (209) 667-4200
Central Scheduling/Admitting ...................669-4600
Chaplain....................................................669-2399
Diabetes Services......................................664-2584
Education Department...............................664-2580
Emergency Services..................................664-2790
Home Care Services of Emanuel...............664-2500
Hospice of Emanuel ..................................664-2550
Human Resources.....................................664-5900
Laboratory ................................................664-2800
Legacy Circle/Office of
Development.............................................664-5180
Medical Records/Health
Information Services.................................664-5650
Radiology/Imaging....................................664-2820
Social Services..........................................664-2870
Surgery Center..........................................664-2770
TTY-Hearing Impaired Only.......................632-4102
Volunteer Services ....................................664-5190
951 E. Monte Vista Avenue
Patient Billing Office..................................664-5100
1801 N. Olive Avenue
Brandel Manor..........................................667-5600
Cypress of Emanuel ..................................664-2990
2121 Colorado Avenue
Emanuel Physician Center.........................664-5175
Emanuel Rehabilitation Center..................664-2520
Ruby E. Bergman Women’s Center...........664-5168
3900 Geer Road
Turlock Imaging Services..........................669-0600
880 E. Tuolumne Road
Stanford Emanuel Radiation
Oncology Center .......................................664-5030
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Community Health Education
Class Schedule April – August 2008
CHILDBIRTH PREPARATION
Call (209) 664-2580 for further information.
Pre-registration is required.
Weekend Childbirth Preparation Class
Saturday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Sunday, 1 p.m.– 5 p.m.
Conference Room C
Fee: $40
May 17 & 18, June 7 & 8, July 12 & 13
August 9 & 10
Seven Week Childbirth
Preparation Series
7 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Conference Room C
Fee: $55
May 15, 22, 29, June 5, 12, 19, 26
July 10, 17, 24, 31 August 7, 14, 21
Sibling Preparation Class
Wednesday, 6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Conference Room C
Fee: $15
May 21, July 16
Spanish One Day Intensive
Childbirth Class
Saturday, Noon – 4 p.m.
Conference Room D&E
Fee: $25
April 19, June 21, August 16
Car Seat Safety Class
Monday, 6 p.m.– 7:30 p.m.
Conference Room D&E
May 20
(Merced County Classes: Call 381-1136)
Spanish Car Seat Safety Programs
Seated for Safety: Call 668-5580
Keep Baby Safe: Call 558-5656
CARDIO PULMONARY RESUSCITATION
Call (209) 664-2580 for further
information. Pre-registration is required.
CPR Renewal
Wednesdays Thursdays
9 a.m. – noon 2 p.m. – 5 p.m.
May 7, July 16 Apr. 10, Jun. 5, Aug. 7
HOSPICE OF EMANUEL ONGOING SUPPORT GROUPS & CLASSES
Please call (209) 664-2550 for more information.
Adult General Grief and Education Support Group
(Evenings)
Loss of Spouse
(Evenings)
Bereaved Parents - Loss of a Child
(Evenings)
Children’s Grief Class
(After school Ages 6-12)
Adolescents Grief Class
(Evenings Ages 13-18)
Caring for the Caregiver Support Group
(Evenings)
One-on-One Grief Support
(Available by Appointment)
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