Inside pages - Allina Health
Inside pages - Allina Health
Inside pages - Allina Health
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Dear Friends:<br />
This past year was truly a celebration of giving for Mercy<br />
& Unity Hospitals Foundation. In early January 2006,<br />
we celebrated the conclusion of our “Heart of the<br />
Community” Capital Campaign. I am pleased to announce<br />
that we raised more than $1,550,000 toward the purchase<br />
of the $2.7 million Magnetic Resonance Imaging for<br />
Angiography (MRI) technology. It was through your<br />
generosity that we were able to achieve this outcome. I want<br />
to personally thank Lary Carlson and Doris Schulte for their<br />
campaign leadership as well as our board of directors and<br />
campaign committee for their work on behalf of our patients.<br />
Another reason to celebrate is that this year we were able to<br />
award more than $400,000 in grants to hospital programs<br />
and community initiatives. Examples of these awards are<br />
Automatic External Defibrillators (AED’s) for Anoka<br />
County’s first responders, medical and nursing scholarships,<br />
the community based Parish Nurse Program and the Maternal<br />
Child Tobacco Intervention Program.<br />
My experience on the board since its inception as a<br />
Foundation has been one of the most rewarding aspects of<br />
my community service. It is because of your generosity that<br />
Mercy & Unity Hospitals continue to be an integral part<br />
of our community, providing the highest level of care to our<br />
neighbors. As I have said before, you remain, as always,<br />
our most valuable asset and the Foundation board and staff<br />
are very grateful for your support.<br />
Sincerely,<br />
Jim Amundson<br />
Chairman, Board of Directors<br />
Mercy & Unity Hospitals Foundation<br />
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