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Contents

The Medical Center Foundation Staff

Nancy D. ColstonPresident & Chief Development Officer

Ellen DeFoorDirector of Development

Maggie JamesCampaign Manager

Charity SullensFinancial Systems Administrator

Brian BaileyMajor Gifts Officer

Cheryl ShippeyDevelopment Officer

Sonya SmithAnnual Gifts Officer

Joy GreenSpecial Projects Coordinator

Linda HollifieldOffice Coordinator

Vicky WalkerAdministrative Assistant

The Medical Center Foundation is a 501(c)3organization whose mission is to improve the

health of our community.

On the cover: The Wilheit-Keys Peace Gardenat Northeast Georgia Medical Center – totallyfunded by a generous gift of The Wilheit-Keys

Family.

The Medical Center Foundation Board of Trustees

Jim Moore, Chairman, Board of Trustees

Richard and Lona Pope, Laurel Society Co-Chairs

Dr. Pepper Brown, Downey Society Co-Chair

Dr. Buddy Langston, Downey Society Co-Chair

Scott McGarity, Arbor Circle Chair

Beth Baldwin, Legacy Circle Chair

Bo and Laurie Weber, Trellis Society Co-Chairs

Heath Gurr, W.A.T.C.H. Tri-Chair

Mary Ingram, W.A.T.C.H. Tri-Chair

Jennifer Stoeckig, W.A.T.C.H. Tri-Chair

Jennifer Bagwell, President, The Medical Center Auxiliary

Peter Rocco, President, The Medical Center Auxiliary

It is through the passion, dedication and commitment of the volunteer leaders ofThe Medical Center Foundation's Board of Trustees that Healthy Journey has achievedtremendous success to improve the health of our community. We are truly gratefulfor their generous gifts of time, talent and resources.

The Medical Center Foundation2150 Limestone Pkwy., Ste. 115

Gainesville, GA 30501770-219-8099

www.TheMedicalCenterFoundation.org

Letters 1

Caring Beyond the Bedside 2

Extraordinary Gift, Unassuming Source 4

Firm Belief in Giving Back 6

The Medical Center Open Celebrates Record Year! 8

22nd Annual Marketplace 10

Lighting of the 2013 Love Light Tree 11

The Pope Family Garden 12

Trellis Society Members See Emergency Heart Care Close-Up 13

Volunteer Impact 14


As a Hall County native, my family and I have longrelied on Northeast Georgia Health System(NGHS) for many of life’s expected and unex-pected health events -- the birth of our children,emergencies and surgeries, caring for aging par-

ents and end of life experiences with loved ones and friends. I continue tobelieve a great hospital system helps keep a community strong and grow-ing, and I want members of our donor family to know their contributionsplay a significant role in helping Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC)become Georgia’s most awarded hospital. (See page 13) Your gifts areespecially important as NGMC is a community, not-for-profit hospital thatreceives no local tax payer support.

I am pleased to introduce The Medical Center Foundation (TMCF) AnnualDonor Report and share shining examples of the impact donations makeon improving the health of our community. In 2013, 3,704 donors mademore than 55,500 gifts, pledges and planned gifts for a combined totalof $3.5 million.

Including our NGMC Braselton friends, I want to thank our loyal donorfamily and volunteers for their generous support to help TMCF reach $40million raised since 1999 through the Healthy Journey campaigns. Inorder to equal the impact of this $40 million in donations, NGHS wouldhave to increase its net operating revenue by more than $1 billion. Whilethis achievement is significant, our healthy journey continues as the needsalways outweigh the resources available.

I am proud of our community, our hospital and those who partner withTMCF to make a difference in the lives of others.

Sincerely,

James H. MooreChairman

Our organization recently clarified its core values,and deep interdependence is one of the pillarsthat resonates so clearly with me --- we cannot dowhat we do without YOU.

Reflecting on the past year, The Medical Center Foundation is privileged topartner with so many passionate individuals and organizations who givetheir time, talents and resources to ensure that the work we do to improvethe health of our community will have a lasting impact. Your unique finger-prints are seen in the many projects in and around Northeast GeorgiaHealth System and in our community. Without this crucial involvementfrom you – our donors, volunteers and friends – we would not have hadthe success we enjoyed in 2013.

Thank you for joining with us to create and excel in providing exceptionalhealth care both in Gainesville and in Braselton. Because of you and yourwillingness to embrace opportunities to improve community health, ourfuture is bright.

Together we celebrate the past and look forward to our exciting future.Thank you for your contributions that come in a variety of forms – fromfinancial gifts to volunteer gifts of time – we are grateful for each andevery one.

With grateful appreciation,

Nancy D. ColstonPresident & CDO

Your Gifts Make a Differenceby Jim Moore, Board of Trustees Chairman, The Medical Center Foundation

Special Thanks to Our Donorsby Nancy Colston, President & Chief Development Officer, The Medical Center Foundation

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James Jackson, MD, grew up in a very different Braselton than the one he now servesas a physician at Northeast Georgia Physicians Group Braselton Clinic.

The Braselton of his childhood was sparsely populated, and many of the people whocalled it home made their living as farmers.

Today, the area is booming with new businesses, industries and subdivisions now dot-ting the landscape. It’s an area that touches four counties – Hall, Jackson, Gwinnett andBarrow – and it’s an area to which Dr. Jackson willingly returned.

He left to go to medical school and complete a residency in internal medicine at EmoryUniversity. Dr. Jackson practiced at the Diagnostic Clinic in Gainesville for 16 years, but, in2005, he returned to Braselton to practice medicine. He said the construction of NorthGeorgia Health System’s (NGHS) new hospital – Northeast Georgia Medical Center Brasel-ton – will be a boon for the growing region when it opens in Spring 2015.

Today, Dr. Jackson sees many patients he knew growing up, but the growth and pros-perity brought in a lot of patients who weren’t in the area even just a few years ago.

“There’s a significant population that needs services in this area,” Dr. Jackson said.“Once the hospital opens, it will provide convenient access to emergency care, surgeryand other advanced services. But there’s already a growing physician community here,including primary care providers and specialists, which means patients don’t have to drive20 or 30 miles to see their doctor.”

As a native of Braselton, Dr. Jackson said he is proud to be a part of the growing, excel-lent care NGHS brings to his hometown. He also believes he and other physicians shouldsupport the work of The Medical Center Foundation as a way to both give back to the com-munity and help ensure the top-quality care continues.

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BEYOND THE BEDSIDE

Signature GiftsAnonymous Donor +Mrs. Eleanor Dunlap Mr. James A. Dunlap*Grady & Lillian Fraser*Frank Green* Lillie Mae Green Hamilton State Bank +The Jim Syfan Family

Foundation Mrs. Claribel Jones* Richard Leet*Phyllis LeetJack & Robbye McKibbon, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Ray McRae* The Medical Center Auxiliary +Muriel H. Nathan +Parker, Hudson, Rainer &

Dobbs LLP Richard & Lona Pope +Mr. & Mrs. Wilbur Ramsey* Lawrence B. & Sherrie N.

Schrage +Lessie Smithgall Bob & Wanda Swoszowski George & Anne ThomasJames A. Walters Family Philip & Mary Hart Wilheit

Laurel Society – PlatinumLeaf 2 Anonymous Donors + Steve & Carol Burrell +John & Lydia Ferguson +Dallas & Bobbie Gay Anthony & Cathy Herdener +Mary Helen Hosch James D. & Diane S.

Magnus Foundation + Margaret Merritt Wm. David Merritt*Donald R. Myers*

Laurel Society – Gold Leaf John & Loveanne Addison Mrs. Phyllis Anderson +Dr. Robert H. Anderson, Jr.*Joanne & W. A. Bagwell Ray & Madge Burch Jerry & Karen Coker Wayne & Nancy Colston Connie Cottrell +Mary Lynn & John Coyle + Dr. John & Sally Darden Robert & Linda Fowler +Dr. Jack T. & Barbara K.

Griffeth John Jacobs, Jr.* Martha Jacobs, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Frank G. Lake III Dr. & Mrs. William T.

Langston +Peter & Cathy Miller +Alice & Tom Paris, Jr. +Dr. Dan & Elizabeth Procter Strother & Cindy Randolph LeTrell E. Simpson Lynda T. Stewart W. Woodrow Stewart*Frank & Nell Wiegand*

Laurel Society – Silver Leaf7 Anonymous Donors +America’s Home Place Benny & Susan Bagwell +Emily Bagwell Dr. and Mrs. Wiley S. Black Jane & Charles Bradley +Tom & Maria Bower +Clarissa & Pierpont

Brown III, MDDr. James A. & Wynelle L.

Butts Charles & Dianne

Cammarata

caring

The continued health improvement of our community ismade possible by The Medical Center Foundation's gen-erous family of donors. With genuine gratitude, we pres-ent to you donors contributing $100 or more. A plus (+)sign indicates a new or renewed donor from January 1 -December 31, 2013. An asterisk (*) signifies a deceaseddonor. Every effort has been made to publish an accu-rate list. Please call any error to our attention by calling770-219-8088.

Foundation Family of Donors


“The Foundation supports so many services in our community, such as Hospice ofNortheast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) and Good News Clinics,” Dr. Jackson said. “Thefunds raised through the Foundation are able to enhance those services, which makesthis a much stronger community.”

Dr. Jackson said older doctors have told him about the days when cardiac care was firstcoming to Northeast Georgia, long before the Ronnie Green Heart Center was created atNGMC in Gainesville in 2002.

“Cardiac care was pretty new. They were going out to raise money for these services,and the first thing that people would ask is what are the physicians doing to support thiseffort,” Dr. Jackson said.

He understands the question.“People want to make sure we are committed to our practice and to our community.

People want to know that we are going to be here and to be accountable. It makes sensethat people would want that from their doctors.”

Dr. Jackson particularly thinks physicians should support the Foundation as a way toshow their commitment.

“Our support of the Foundation is a reflection of who we are as a community,” Dr. Jack-son said. “It shows what we value. It may be for something that we don’t use every day,but it’s important that it’s there and enhanced by the Foundation. We are part of a greathealth system here, and the Foundation makes it stronger.”

As construction of NGMC Braselton continues, and more people continue to move intothe area, Jackson predicts the role NGHS plays in the region will continue to grow in a waythat will help shape future generations.

“I’m appreciative of what the hospital has allowed me to do as a physician,” Jacksonsaid. “It’s wonderful to be part of something that has such support throughout the com-munity. I think as doctors, we need to truly appreciate that.”


Rives & Kathleen Carter David & Gail ChesterJohn & Cathy ClevelandCounte & Jackie Cooley Mike & Lynn Cottrell +Don & Gerri Crane +Al & Ginny Crumley Allana L. Cummings Roger & Violet Dailey Carole Ann Daniel Murray & Daphne David Jim & Franny DeLong W.E. Dunlap* Mr. & Mrs. Joe Estes Ruth Faulkner Dr. & Mrs. Harry H. Ferran, Jr.Jim & Judy Gardner Dr. Casey J. & Mrs. Susan L.

Graybeal Heath & Valerie Gurr Nat & Sonya Hancock + Clifton & Donna Hastings David & Ann Haynes Jack Hodge Martha Hodge Dr. Jim & Judy Holcomb Jack Hough Vicki Hough Betty W. HowardGary Hutchins The Jim Mathis Family

Fund at the North Georgia Community Foundation

Ray C. Jones Starlet & George Jones +Dr. & Mrs. Ellis B. Keener C. Neil KelleyDr. & Mrs. Linton L.

Kuchler Dr. Richard & LeeAnn

LoCicero +Virgil & Carol Lovell Paul & Glenna ManeyGreta & Wesley E. Martin McKibbon Hotel Group +Scott & Sonja McLendon John & Mary Lou Melvin Dr. & Mrs. John Delano

Mixon Jim & Evanda Moore Dr. Larry Morris Ben Mundy Gwen Mundy* Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C.

Mundy

Ken & Cathy Nix +Betty & Frank Norton, Sr.Nancy & Frank Norton, Jr. Bradley Nurkin Bob Painter Martha Painter* Jeff & Hart Payne Don & Pat PirkleRudy and Melissa Pittman John D. Prien, Jr. Joanne Frances Eppard

Prien*Ralph & Mary Cleveland

Foundation Dr. & Mrs. Sam Rauch +Bill Rezak Henry & Jo Ann Rigdon Billy & Mary Rogers Darrell & Russella Scales +Mr. & Mrs. Jack Scarpellino Danny & Glenda Scroggs George & Francis Seelke Harold Smith +Jamie & Warren Stribling Mrs. Warren Dickey

Stribling III Tread & Debbie Syfan Doris Tipton James Tipton Dr. & Mrs. Frank Waggoner +Bo & Laurie Weber +Dr. Dave & Faye Westfall +Philip & Addie Wilheit Bob Willis Pamela WillisDr. Jim & Liz Winham +Charlie & Dancy Wynne

The James H. DowneySociety 2 Anonymous Donors Robert H. Anderson, Jr., MD*Danny E. Askew, MD Nancy Stead Atwood, MD David R. Bailey, MD +James Bailey, MD Preston A. Ball, MD +Emily Anne Black, MD +Wiley S. Black, MDCharles K. Bradley, MD Pierpont F. Brown III, MD Allen Butler, MD Allen Butts, MD James A. Butts, MD Armando Castillo, MD +

Northeast Georgia Medical Center Braselton under construction – December 2013



Susan Archer didn’t seem like the kind of person who might leavebehind a sizeable estate when she died.

By nearly all accounts, Archer was an unassuming woman who livedcomfortably, but modestly, in Habersham County, where she taught highschool English before she retired in 2000.

She devoted much of her life to helpingothers, often putting their needs above herown.

“That’s just the way she was, always lend-ing a hand, from the time I knew her,” said LilReed, a friend who had known Archer sincethey met as little girls in Cornelia.

After her mother’s death, Archer became a volunteer for Hospice ofNortheast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC), where she often comforted twoor three patients at a time until her own illness forced her to slow down.

“She was always there to serve,” said Teresa Warren, director of Hospiceof NGMC. “She was always available if we needed her. It was not easy forher to slow down.”

What Reed and other friends didn’t realize was that Archer was manag-ing her teacher’s salary and retirement very wisely. When she died in 2009

at the age of 69, she left a special gift toHospice in her will – a bequest of more than$237,000. Her bequest is the largest singlegift in the history of Hospice.

“It was a pretty astounding gift,” saidCarol Jewell, volunteer coordinator for Hos-

pice of NGMC. “We’re just touched by her generosity. Susan had a bigheart and a generous spirit.”

Reed said she was surprised at the size of the gift Archer left to Hospicebecause she never realized her friend had that kind of money. But she

Extraordinary Gift,unassuming source

Hospice of Northeast Georgia Medical Center isan initiative of The Medical Center Foundation’s

Healthy Journey Campaign.



wasn’t surprised Hospice was in Archer’s will.“She didn’t participate in a lot of the charities that you hear a lot about,”

Reed said. “She was always looking to help those groups that weren’t theobvious ones to help. And Hospice became her favorite.”

Reed said Archer’s mother may have set the example for her daughter.The two used to volunteer for a group that helped mentally challenged chil-dren. But when Archer’s mother became ill, Archer became her full-timecaregiver.

“It was during that time that she learned about Hospice,” Reed said. “Itwas obvious once she started talking about it that she was going to startvolunteering. And she did.”

Warren said Hospice of NGMC will use the gift to continue to provide thetype of services that drew Archer to the organization in the first place. Shehopes to add more massage ther-apy sessions, which are impor-tant for patients who aren’t ableto get out of bed. She also wantsto add more music therapy, whichhas proven therapeutic for pa-tients with serious illnesses.

Warren also added the moneywill help patients who need helpwith basic essentials, like keep-ing the heat and lights on.

“Even people who have savedwisely can find they quickly de-plete a lot of their resourceswhen they have a serious illness,”Warren said.

Archer began volunteeringwith Hospice of NGMC in 2001.She continued in that role fornearly nine years, until she be-came ill. At her most active,Archer would be assigned as

many as three patients, and she’d spend up to four hours a week with eachone.

“Our volunteers play a lot of roles,” Jewell said. “They go into a patient’shome to provide company for the family and give the caretakers a break sothey can run errands or just talk to their neighbors. Susan was outstandingat providing that type of support.”

Reed said her friend’s desire to help others wasn’t something that justcame along later in life. It had always been what motivated her.

“She loved her students, and I think they really loved her,” Reed said ofthe students at Habersham Central High School, where Archer taught Eng-lish. “She had a unique sense of humor and I think the students really re-acted to that.”

Once, Archer helped pay for one of her students to attend college. Reedsaid Archer had described thestudent as extremely bright, butthe family was unable to affordthe tuition.

“So she handled it, withoutany fanfare at all. That’s justthe way she did things,” Reedsaid.

Warren is grateful forArcher’s generosity in death,saying gifts of any size are im-portant for Hospice to continueits work.

“Our success depends ongifts from our community,” shesaid. “It would be hard to con-tinue without them. Gifts toHospice really help make thequality of life so much better forsomeone at the end of theirlife, and it means so much tothe families as well.”

Misty Caudell, MD Jack M. Chapman, Jr., MD Chad Copper, MD John W. Darden, MD Mohak Davé, MDMitch Davis, MDWilliam E. Davis, MD Greg DeLong, MD Cassandra B. Evans, MDHarry Ferran, Jr., MD John W. Forrest, MD Edward Foxhall, MD Don Freeman, MD Jack Freeman, MD

Philippe Gadegbeku, MD Ahbishek Gaur, MD Robert Gisness, MD +John L. Givogre, MD Casey J. Graybeal, MD Andrew E. Green, MD Jack T. Griffeth, MD Sujoy Gulati, MD William C. Hallowes, Jr., MD Doug Harkrider, MD Clifton Hastings, MD Wesley D. Head, MDJohn L. Hemmer, MD Wayne Hill, MD

Stephen Hodes, MD +James D. Hogue, DO James W. Holcomb, MD Michael A. Hollifield, MD James D. Jackson, MD Sam Johnson, MD Bill Jones, MD Todd H. Jordan, MD +Andre Kallab, MD Ellis B. Keener, MD C. Neil Kelley, MD Gary Kempler, MD Linton L. Kuchler, MD Georges Lafleur, MD

Frank G. Lake III, MD William T. Langston, MD + Michael Lebow, MD James H. Leigh, Jr., MD Jason Lemons, MD +John Lewellen, MD* Henry Lewis, MD Ronald C. Lewis, MD Richard LoCicero, MD +Rebecca Loomis, MD Dev Mangalat, MD Holmes B. Marchman, MD J. Jeffrey Marshall, MD Frank McDonald, MD

Paul Merlis, MD Stephen Moore, MD Larry Morris, MD Charles H. Nash, MD +Harvey M. Newman, MD*Monica Newton, DO Wylie Newton, MD Heidi Nicholson, MD Bruce J. Nixon, MDRoger Owens, MD Rafael Pascual, MD Jeff Payne, MDDerek Pendarvis, MDSam Poole, MD*

Foundation Family of Donors Continued



The Gainesville law firm of Whelchel, Dunlap, Jarrard and Walker has a storied historyof community support that dates back to the days of Edgar B. Dunlap, one of the firm’searly partners.

Dunlap was very community oriented, devoting countless hours to organizations thathelped make Gainesville a better place to live. One of his favorite organizations was thelocal hospital, then called Hall County Hospital.

“Mr. Dunlap believed in the hospital and helping it grow,” said Tom Cole, managing part-ner of the firm. “He always said one of the best things we can do as a community is sup-port the hospital.”

Today, Whelchel, Dunlap, Jarrard and Walker continues its support of community activi-ties, chief among them support of the hospital, today known as Northeast Georgia MedicalCenter (NGMC).

“We don’t really do a lot of donating as a firm,” Cole said. “We look to individuals withinthe firm to do that. But the hospital and the Foundation are among the very few excep-tions. These are excellent places to spend our charitable dollars.”

Cole said supporting NGMC became easy for him after he attended the Medical CenterOpen, a golf tournament sponsored by The Medical Center Foundation. Proceeds from theannual event have helped countless community organizations such as Good News DentalClinics, Challenged Child and Friends, Gateway Domestic Violence Center and the GeorgiaMountain Food Bank, just to name a few.

“I’m moved to tears when I see where this money is going, and it’s all going back intoour community,” Cole said. “A hundred thousand, two hundred thousand is real moneyfor these groups. The Medical Center Foundation is obviously an organization that isdoing good things.”

Cole said he and others at the law firm feel led to philanthropic efforts because of theservant leadership provided by Dunlap and other predecessors in the firm.

FirmBelief

Julie Pardue Presley, MD Dan Procter, MDSam D. Rauch, Jr., MD +Christina Rich, MDEd Rigel, Sr., MDAntonio Rios, MD Ethan Rogers, MD Darrell Scales, MD +Timothy A. Scully, MD Rodney L. Smith, MD Richard Trent, MD +Gonzalo Villalobos, MD Geoffrey J. Weidner, MD Joey West, MDDavid Westfall, MD +Christopher Whitson, MD +Jim Winham, MD +Dan Winston, MD Victor Zubar, MD +

Arbor Circle – SignatureWellCare of Georgia

Arbor Circle – Diamond Alkermes Pharmaceuticals +Brasfield and Gorrie, LLC Fieldale Farms Corporation Gainesville EmergencyDepartment Services +

HKS, Inc. Regions Bank Roy C. Moore Foundation +Stewart, Melvin & Frost, LLPWhelchel, Dunlap, Jarrard

& Walker, LLP

Arbor Circle – Platinum Crystal Farms, Inc. Gainesville Bank & TrustHamilton State Bank + Jackson EMC Foundation +Jones Lang LaSalle Lanier Cold Storage, LLCMcGarity’s Business

Products ProCare Rx + SunTrust Bank Syfan Logistics +

Arbor Circle – GoldBrenau University Fox, Chandler, Homans,

Hicks & McKinnon, LLP +Jackson EMC Corporation

Lawson Air Conditioning and Plumbing, Inc. +

Marel Stork PoultryProcessing

Slack Auto Parts Turner, Wood & Smith

Insurance United Community Bank +Wells Fargo +

Arbor Circle – Silver Babies “R” Us BatesCarter +Busker Communications Chevron Petrofast Food

Stores Fockele Garden Company Georgia Power Foundation,

Inc. Independence Bank +Peach State Bank & TrustPrimerica +Smith, Gilliam, Williams &

Miles, P.A. Whitehead Die Casting

Arbor Circle – BronzeAnesthesia Associates of

Gainesville + BB&T Carroll Daniel Construction

Company CoBank Community Bank & Trust Don Carter Realty Eckardt Electric Company JE Dunn Construction

Company New Leaf LandscapePark Avenue Bank

Grants Anonymous Donor Amerigroup +Babies ‘R’ UsE. Rhodes & Leona B.

Carpenter FoundationThe Cottrell Foundation,

Inc. Fund at the North Georgia CommunityFoundation

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“We feel like it is an important thing that we are doing,” Cole said. “We all live here,and we want to have a good place to live and raise our kids. We want to support thosethings that can make this a better community for everyone.”

Cole said he hopes other businesses and individuals will consider supporting the Foun-dation. He believes the Foundation is a strong entity that uses all the gifts it receives forgood works.

“If you look at the list of who the other donors are, you will see a wide range of all kindsof people from across our community,” he said. “They all want their money spent in a posi-tive way. Then look at a listing of where that money goes and you see that the communityis a better place because of your generosity.”

Cole also believes the Foundation is worthy of financial support because of the reputa-tion it has earned over the years.

“When you look at the people who are running the Foundation, you see a lot of peoplewith impeccable reputations,” he said. “A lot of trust and faith has been put into thosepeople who are raising funds, and you can feel comfortable knowing that they are spend-ing the money well.”

Cole said he is proud of the support his firm offers the Foundation.“When I look at all the organizations it helps and the lives it touches, it becomes some-

thing that you can really feel good about.”


Murray & Daphne David Fund at the North Georgia Community Foundation

Francis Hollis BrainFoundation

Georgia Power Foundation, Inc.

The Luther & SusieHarrison Foundation

Jackson EMC Foundation +The Starlet Rhodes Jones

Fund at the North Georgia Community Foundation

Junior League of Gainesville-Hall County

J. Cleon Nalley Educational Enhancement Fund, at United Way of Hall County

March of Dimes The Ken & Kathy Nix Fund

at the North Georgia Community Foundation

Oncology Nursing Society Foundation

PfizerRichard & Lona Pope Fund

at the North Georgia Community Foundation

Quadramed Corporation The Randolph Fund at the

North GeorgiaCommunity Foundation

Safe Kids Worldwide SunTrust Directed Funds -

Nell Warren & William Simpson Elkin Foundation

United Way Hall County, Inc.University of Georgia –

Georgia Health Sciences University

WellCare Georgia Wells Fargo Foundation +The Wilheit Family

Foundation Fund at the North Georgia CommunityFoundation

The Dancy H. & Charles S. Wynne Fund at the North Georgia CommunityFoundation

Legacy Circle4 Anonymous Donors The Estate of Betsy Adams +The Estate of Clara L.

Anderson

The Estate of Susan Irene Archer

Stan Applebaum Danny & Lynda Askew John & Patti Atwill Beth Baldwin W. Michael Banks The Estate of Charlotte

Berston Tracey A. Biles Dr. Arthur E. & Pamela H.

BilyeuThe Estate of Myrtie A.

Black Clarissa & Pierpont

Brown III, MD Steve & Carol Burrell Dr. James A. Butts Doug Carter Wayne & Nancy Colston Leonard & Peggie Colvin Mr. & Mrs. James M. Coyle John & Mary Lynn Coyle Dr. John W. & Sally Darden Murray & Daphne David Carlos L. Dominguez The Estate of William E.

Dunlap John & Lydia FergusonThe Estate of Grady &

Lillian FraserJim & Judy Gardner Frank Green* Lillie Mae Green Adam S. Hicks William E. Hicks, Jr. Philip & Shirley Hudgins Elizabeth P. Johnson Christina D. Jones Rick Kimpling Dr. & Mrs. William T.

LangstonThe Estate of Victor L. Lee Sara Eleanor Lloyd James E. Mathis, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. J.B. McKibbon, Jr. Dana Miller The Estate of Donald R.

Myers Richard & Lona PopeLawrence B. & Sherrie N.

Schrage The Estate of Margie

Nadine Sealy The Estate of Joanne

Smith

Whelchel, Dunlap, Jarrard and Walker is a long-time supporter of the MedicalCenter Open Golf Tournament. Left to Right: John Gram, Tom Cole, JerryMcConnell and David Dickerson.



The Annual Medical Center Open hasbecome a tradition not to be missed forgolfers in Northeast Georgia. It was stand-ing room only in the packed tent for the19th Hole Reception as co-chairs, MarthaNesbitt, PhD, and Michael Callahan, MD,unveiled the giant check and announcedthat the 2013 Open set a new fundraisingrecord. Golfers, sponsors and volunteersalike cheered as $238,550 was pre-sented to Northeast Georgia Speech Cen-ter, far exceeding the event’s $175,000goal.

Thanks to Bank of America MerrillLynch’s premier sponsorship and McGar-ity's Business Products/Xerox Corpora-tion's 19th Hole Reception sponsorship,100% of tournament proceeds will allowthe Speech Center to improve quality oflife for children with speech and hearingchallenges by helping them communicatemore effectively.

Philip Wilheit, Jr., Sam Hulsey, CliffOliver and Jason Brian with the WilheitPackaging team (shown below) took homethe big prize by winning the Woody Stew-art Trophy with the lowest gross score.

The Medical Center Open Celebrates

More than $2.7 million hasbeen given to support community

health improvement projectswithin our community through

the Open.

RECORD YEAR!




Accidental injuries are the #1 killer of children age 14 and under inthe United States. Safe Kids Gainesville/Hall County has been leadingthe battle locally against preventable childhood injuries since 1992.

Shoppers and sponsors of The Medical Center Auxiliary’s 22nd AnnualMarketplace made 2013 a record-breaking year by raising $163,491 tobenefit Safe Kids Gainesville/Hall County and its efforts to preventaccidental childhood injuries. Tri-chairs Kristin Daniel, Emily Embry andEllen Toms and more than 160 volunteers shared their incredible talentand many hours of service to make this holiday shopping event a grandsuccess. More than 70 merchants from eight states were on-hand withtheir wares to tempt shoppers getting an early jump on their holiday giftpurchases.

Willis Investment Counsel led the way by partnering with The Medical Center Auxiliaryfor the fifth consecutive year as the presenting sponsor and was joined by 30 additionalcommunity sponsors.

LeTrell E. Simpson Lynda Stewart W. Woodrow Stewart*Robert W. Swoszowski Tracy Tesmer George Thomas The Estate of Ruth

Johnson WhelchelThe Estate of Nell W.

WiegandPhilip & Mary Hart Wilheit Robert T. Willis, Jr.

Trellis Society – PlatinumAnonymous DonorDanny & Lynda AskewDavid & Brandy Bailey +James & Rachel BaileyAndy & Jennifer Ball +Dr. Emily Anne Black &

Mr. Douglas P. Black +Dr. Allen & Valerie ButtsArmando & Shirley Castillo +Jack & Leslie ChapmanChattahoochee Bank of

GeorgiaDr. Chad & Nancy CopperDr. & Mrs. Mohak DavéDr. & Mrs. John W. ForrestEd & Barbara Foxhall Don & Susan Freeman Dr. & Mrs. Jack Freeman Philippe & Lesley

GadegbekuJay & Linden Gaspar +Dr. & Mrs. Abhishek GaurRobert & Chris Gisness +Drs. Andrew & Kristen

GreenSujoy & Creighton Gulati Dr. & Mrs. William C.

Hallowes, Jr.Dr. Doug & Deb HarkriderDr. & Mrs. John L. HemmerVann Herring +Wayne & Ruth HillStephen & Beth Hodes +Jim & Karen JacksonTom & Leanne Johnston +Todd & Tammera Jordan +Andre & Nayla KallabArt & Kay Kunzer +Ben & Ginger Lancaster +Michael & Lori Lebow

Jason & Heather Lemons +Dev & Sheetal Mangalat Holmes & Mary Marchman Dr. & Mrs. Frank

McDonald, Jr. Paul & Judy MerlisCharles & Mary Nash +John P. & Martha T. Nesbitt +Newman & Company +Wylie & Monica NewtonHeidi Nicholson & David

PotterRafael & Angela PascualJohn & Carol Perkins +Mrs. Bess Poole +Julie & Clint PresleyDr. & Mrs. Sam RauchTim & Mary ScullyJane Shockley +Mr. & Mrs. W. H. Slack III +Dr. & Mrs. Rodney L. SmithStarlet R. Jones

Foundation +Gaines P. Sturdivant +Robert & Alae Thomas +Faron & Linda Thompson +Patrick & Ellen Toms Dr. & Mrs. Richard Trent +Gonzalo & Cathy Villalobos +Jimmy & Jackie Wallace Bo & Laurie Weber Geoffrey & Michelle WeidnerJoey & Meredith WestChris & Sheryl Whitson +Dan & Mollie WinstonDr. & Mrs. J. Alan Wolfe +Dr. & Mrs. Victor Zubar +

Trellis Society – GoldJoe & Diane Chipman +Dr. & Mrs. Greg DeLong +Larry & Kathy Dent +P. Martin Ellard +Bill & Suzanne Greene +Griff & Nikki Law +Mr. Enrique Montiel Yale & Donise Moore +John & Linda Nix +Sam & Mary Stanford +

Trellis Society – SilverDrew & Shanna Addison +Kim & Jeff AgnewLarry & Elisabeth Baldwin

Pictured above: Tri-chairs Kristin Daniel andEllen Toms (left), Emily Embry (right) and Aux-iliary President Jennifer Bagwell (second fromright) are joined by Presenting Sponsor WillisInvestment Counsel representatives Jay Kilroy,Peter Miller, Bob Willis, Brett Slattery and KelliWright at the Marketplace Preview Party

At right: Shoppers enjoyed a sneak peek atThursday evening’s Preview Party that alsoincluded hors d’oeuvres and a live and silentauction. More than 550 attended.

Marketplace22nd annual

November 7 – 9, 2013




Lighting of the

Greg & Barbara Bostwick +Jeanne Buffington +Elizabeth Carswell +Brent & Christy CochranJonathan & Ashley CollinsMatt & Kate Cook +Mrs. Eunice C. Davis +Chris & Magill Fleming Carrie Hatfield +Dr. Ben & Suzie Hawkins +Dr. & Mrs. Henry S.

Jennings, Jr. +Jack & Caroline Keener +Mrs. Deborah K. Mack +Jeff & Beth Martin +Ranjit & Pushpa Patel +Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Patton +Mr. & Mrs. George Romberg +Barclay & Miriam Rushton Mary D. Transue +Pradyumna Tummala Mr. & Mrs. Edmund

Waller, Sr. +

Trellis Society – BronzeAccusite Surgical Services Jimmy & Betsy Adams Juanita K. AdamsSteve & Brenda Adams +Eddie & Susan Allen +Edith Anderson +Stan & Susie Appleton +Scotty & Angela Ball +J. Harvey Beall, MD +Ms. Gloria E. Bearden +Virginia M. Benefield +Steve & Merry Blair +Bill & Diane Blalock +Butch & Tinkie Bowling +Mrs. Margie Braff +Mr. Robert W. Braff +*Chris & Ana Bretchtel +Frances L. Brown +Patricia & John Burd +Mr. & Mrs. Walter Byrd +James & Shirley Cantrell +Jane E. Carter +Bobby & Patti Chambers +E.D. Cheek +Daniel & Sarah Cobb Gene Coker +Doug & Lisa Collins +Tony & Deborah Collins +Gene & Linda Conyers Jody & Lora Cooley +

Brian & Bebe Cunningham Mrs. Elver S. Davis +Mr. & Mrs. Allen S. Dean, Sr. +Larry & Joanne Durisch +Dot & Gene Dusenberry +Mr. & Mrs. William B.

Edmonds +Regina & Austin

Edmondson +Lyndon Evans +Charlie Cason Farr +Jimmy & Marie Faulkner +Dr. & Mrs. Robert C.

Ferguson +Robert & Linda Fowler +Barry & Judi Garofalo +Hank and Ann Goble +Mr. & Mrs. Joseph H. Goble +Mr. & Mrs. James Gravitt +Dr. & Mrs. Ben E.

Hampton, Sr. +Phil & Lisa Hartley +Charlotte Hayes Barbara Heartz +Barbara J. Hermann +Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth B.

Herock +Dick & Sandy Herrmann Mike & Lynn Hulsey +Johnny & Betty Gail Jones +Henry & Cecily Kannapell +John Knowlton +Dianne L. Kosmala +Mrs. Joan Kosmala +Betty W. Kruzdlo +Charles Langford Shane & Jennifer Lazenby Laura & Bruce Ledford +Mary M. Lemm +Marvin & Cleda Locey Maggie R. Lowe +Dr. Alex Lowrey Bethany & Matt Magnus +Doug & Tricia McDuff Doug & Ann L. McMahan +Ted & Sandy Meredith Robert & Deanna Milledge +Mahmoud & Laila

Mohamed +Anna & Stuart Moore +Clyde & Jackie Mynatt +Dr. & Mrs. Robert J. Nealy +Chester & Joyce Nowacki +Mr. Doyle T. Odell Reuben & Glenda Pierce +

2013 Love Light TreeThe Medical Center Auxiliary’s 34th Annual Love Light Celebration was held on Mondayevening, December 2, in the Medical Center’s North Entrance Rotunda due to a cold, rainynight. Despite the uncooperative weather, it certainly was a heart-warming evening! Musi-cal groups from Enota Elementary, North Hall Middle and Flowery Branch High Schools,along with soloist Heather Farr, delighted the audience with their performances. Guestswere able to see the beautiful Love Light Tree in the Auxiliary’s Love Light Garden as theyleft the campus, and it was enjoyed by all who visited the campus during the holidays.

Love Light donations benefitingHospice of Northeast GeorgiaMedical Center are acceptedthroughout the year and are trulyappreciated for the differencethey make in the lives of termi-nally ill patients of all ages. Giftsto Love Light totaled $180,537,including an $82,000 estate giftfrom an anonymous dear friend.

Special thanks to Dr. Ricky andLeeAnn LoCicero for their out-standing leadership as 2012 and2013 Love Light Chairs (picturedbelow).

The Love Light Tree greets visitors atNortheast Georgia Medical Center’sNorth Entrance


Debra & Neil Pittman +Andy & Michele Piucci +Louis H. Propes Heather & Andy Ramsey Perrin C. Reynolds +Richard & Tena Riley +Mr. & Mrs. Peter J. Rocco +Travis & Janice Rogers Claude & Mary Schneider +Jon & Kara Scroggs Richard & Donna Shaw +Evelyn Shi Mr. & Mrs. David Shuster +Fred & Olivia E. Skey +

Alex & Claire Sloan Milton & Gail Smith +Peggy D. Smith +Ron & Becky Smith Susan Smithson +Andy & Angela Sparks Priscilla Strom, MD +Dr. & Mrs. John C.

Sundstrom +Charles & Sue Tate +Johnny & Peggy Vardeman Ted & Michelle Versteeg +Cathy & Seth Vining Stuart Virgin +

Margaret S. Walker +Robert & Doris C. Watson +Michael & Mickie Westbrook C.B. Wilder, Jr. +Selena Womac +Dawn & Brennan Wood

NGHS Employees -W.A.T.C.H. The followingemployee donors joined2,405 total W.A.T.C.H. mem-bers to support the NGHSemployee giving campaignat various giving levels

January 1 – December 31,2013:

60 Anonymous DonorsMelissa AdamsApril H. AdkinsRaymundo AguilarMarsha C. AlbinoSusan AlbrittonBrian AllenErica AllenJane N. AllenLyn D. AllenManja Allen

Stephanie AlvarezAshley AntleyPamela ArmfieldBrandi AshleyBeverly A. AvelloCristina AyalaChristopher W BaduraKimberly BagwellBrian BaileyLaurie BaileyJessica L. BakerMelanie L. BakerMeredith BanksLeanne Jenkins Barden

Expectant parents, siblings and familymembers anxiously awaiting the arrival oftheir newborn child now have the pleasure ofretreating to the beautiful Pope FamilyGarden, located in the South Tower off themain lobby of the Women & Children’sPavilion.

The

Pope Family

The Pope Family

garden

Dedicated October 28, 2013, the garden is madepossible and totally funded by a generous signaturegift to The Medical Center Foundation by long-timehospital supporters Richard and Lona Pope and theirfamily (pictured right).

The Popes’ gift creates a very special legacy andalso encourages their family to continue the spirit ofvolunteerism in the same place Richard’s parentsserved for 60 years. Beginning in the late 1950’s,Richard’s father, the late Ralph Pope, served on theHospital Authority, and his mother, the late Ocie RichPope, worked as a nurse and at one time acting ad-ministrator of Hall County Hospital. “Mrs. Ocie,” asshe was affectionately known, was the motivatingforce behind the establishment of the Hall School ofNursing, which is now the Brenau University NursingSchool.

Today, Richard and Lona are life members of TheMedical Center Auxiliary and serve as trustees of

The Medical Center Foundation.The Pope Family Garden is one of six therapeutic

landscapes on the NGMC Gainesville campus (TheAuxiliary Patio Garden, Anne’s Garden, The AuxiliaryLove Light Garden, Wilheit-Keys Peace Garden andNell’s Prayer Garden), which have been completelyfunded through philanthropy. Each garden has atremendous impact on the Medical Center’s abilityto provide destinations of hope and healing as wellas stress-reducing environments for patients, theirfamilies, visitors and staff.

At left: Young visitors can enjoy the Pope FamilyGarden Scavenger Hunt.




Amber BarnellCorey BarronKristin BatchelorAmanda P. BattlesJoy BeasleyAngela L. BeckerTammy BeezleySeigfried J. BehalCatherine BellJamie B. BenefieldLacey BennettPhyllis BennettSheyenne BerndtLeslie BerryMindy BerryTannish Billingsley

Vann BlankenshipMarsha J. BoltonSara L. BooneAmanda BornAllison M. BottoneDenese BoulandJuli BowmanKathy A. BoyleChristina BradleyKelly BraswellBrittany BrooksLea BrooksHope BrownJo BrownSharon BrysonKatherine Buchan

Penni BuianiAshley B. BurceBetsy BurnsAllison CaldwellTracey CampbellSpring CanadyCynthia CannKeith L. CantrellGedrick CardonaYesenia CarmonaAllyson CarterMerab CartyKatie CarvilleLavette CatheyMichelle ChambersSanta Chanon

Althea CharlesStephanie ChastainRoyena ChungCandi ClarkJenny CleggChristine ClerizierPatricia CochranAmber D. CodyDesiree ColeJoan ColeyFrancis CombierDaina ComeauxGail ConnorJohn ConvertinoMelissa CorlanJordan Corley

Traci CoyneKimberly A. CravenKristen CrearerKacee CriddleSamantha CruceRobin DanielChristine DanielsSharon DavidsonJanie E. DavisTeresa H. DavisQuanisha DawsonJoyce DeckerEllen DeFoorKimberly DeleonAmy DelToroAmber Densmore


Members of The Trellis Society, The Medical Center Foundation’sAnnual Giving Club, recently participated in a VIP Behind the ScenesLook at emergency heart care. Participants were given an opportunityto see what happens when a person has a heart attack, from themoment they first experience symptoms to when they receive life-savingcare at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Tom Edwards, director ofHeart and Vascular Services, shared the importance of performing chestcompressions at the scene. He explained how information is relayed byEmergency Medical Technicians to medical personnel at the MedicalCenter, so the cardiac team is in place and cardiac intervention beginsthe instant the patient arrives.

Edwards thanked Trellis Societymembers for their support of TheMedical Center Foundation throughtheir annual gifts, remindingmembers that The Ronnie GreenHeart Center expansion was fundedin part by their donations.

Trellis Society Members SeeEmergency Heart Care

At right: Trellis Society Co-ChairsLaurie and Bo Weber shared theirfamily’s personal experience with theRonnie Green Heart Center. Lauriesuffered heart failure following their son’sbirth. They attribute her positive out-come to the excellent care she received atNortheast Georgia Medical Center.

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Lindsey DentonWes DentonDarla DobbsAmanda DockeryAngelia DominquezDebra M. DoninoFlorence DonkorPierre Ntekwa

Don-LomingoRebecca DonovanSherry DorseyChrissy DoverKari DuckworthAndrea DunnCathy DychesJeff DykesMichelle EckenrothCarlye ElrodElizabeth ElrodRoselande EmmanuelJohn EnglishAna EscobedoCaresa EtienneTracie FakoredeSharon FarleyStephanie FearmanSara FergusonRia FewoxStacey L. FlemisterJinette FowlerJonathan FowlerMeredith FoxRhonda FrancisJennifer FrazierSheena FreemanTina FreyAngelique FriasCaren GahringParis GalvanMartha GarayiAna K. GarciaKimberly GardnerMeah GarrisonTaylor GazawayGera GeeKristina GeisDestiny GilderPatrick GinnSummer GinnMonica GiraldoSharon GlennHolli GloverStanya Gomes

Marlen GomezMisty Dawn GomezSherrie GordonSaisha GowderDawn GracePatricia GrahamMirissa GrantKelsie GrayChristopher C. GreeneJamie GriffithJessica GrindleAngela GuerreroLawana F. Guess-BaileyJulie GuidoLisa GunnDaniela GuntherLauren HaddonBrendan HaddowDeAndrea G. HaginsAshley HallLynn HalsteadCynthia HamiltonKristin HamiltonApril HammondKatie M. HammondJeff HancockKellie HancockDana R. HansonPatric R. HardemanJasmine HarperDoug HarringtonAngela HarrisKennesha HarrisMichael J. HarrisAlicia HarrisonCourtney HawkinsLiberty HawkinsChristy R. HayesBrooke A. HeathLindsey HendrixMisty HensonArianna HernandezDavid HernandezAnabel Hernandez GarciaSandra D. HicksKelly HoganBridget HolbrookTracy HollenbeckWhitney HolmanShirley J. Damron HoltzSandra HudsonStacy HudsonMary Huffine

In 2013,638 volunteersdonated61,627 hoursto NGHS,

which is equivalent to36 full-timeemployees

and a value of $1.3 millionto the organization.


Volunteers

Jennifer K. BagwellPresident, The Medical Center Auxiliary

Improving the health of our community



Diana HuffmanJamie HulseyDeidre A. HumphreyDalena HuttoSara HyersHayley Robinson HynsanWendy IrigoyenJessice IvesMarie IvesterSheryl Dawn IveyMelissa JachelskiAmelia JamesZoe JenkinsApril JohnsonJacqueline P. JohnsonJermaine JohnsonTyler JohnsonShemeka JonesCandi JordanKrista JoynerEspy JuarezLeiha KahanAmy KempErica E. KheelerCamera KiddAngelica KingJennifer S. KnightMandy KnowlesCortney KoshiolJessika KrauseNicole KrummelAshley KrusBallard KyraJohnathan B. KytleBeth LaddChristy LanierBarbara N. LattyStory LawrenceTina J. LeCroyJennifer LedfordMary A. LeonardChristie Ann LittleBobbie Sue LittlefieldLeah L. LittlejohnRobin R. LogginsShelby LogginsMarjorie LottJennifer LoudermilkRhonda LoudermilkRosalyn LoveLinda LoweJennifer LunsfordMichelle MackTanesha MaddoxRhonda MagerCynthia Malcolm

April MartinLauren MartinKaren Tyler MartinezCatherine MataroLauren McDonaldJillian McFarlandSonja McLendonMakita McMullenBradon McNealSusan McQueenTammy MeeksMelissa MendozaSally S. MengwasserDustin MerckMelissa MidkiffAllison MilfordJessica MillerMichael MillerGlenda MilsteadMelissa MiltonHayley MitchellVera MizeManuela MontoyaSeth MooneyJohn P. MorenoLaTreece MottleyRobyn MulderAlana D. MundayAmy MunnMary NelsonJennifer NicholasSally A. NiksCristin NorrisWichelle NortonSusan OgleMartha OlivasMarlen P. OrtizSonya M. OstranderRachel ParhamMelanie PartinLisa M. PateMike PatinoAmy PauleySelena PayneRobyn M. PearsonLaurie PerryConstance PhillipsRosa PhillipsKaren PietzykKelsey PikeAngela PirkleBrittany PirkleJonathan PortilloShantel PowellCamille PresberryCherie Quarles

Michelle QuirkKayla J. RachelsMike RaderstorfJennifer RadosevichLisa RampleyJennifer RecordAmy N. ReedMarquese ReedHannah ReeseCeleste ReneLisa ReyesElizabeth A. RiderNydia E. RiosDawn RitchieNatalie RizqallahAngela RoachKarla Michelle RoachConsepcion RodriguezJessica RomeroStefaney RomeroGabino RosasAllison RothYonnaka RuanoAmber N. RudasillBillie B. RussellRobert RussellJullie SailorsLeticia SanchezCarolyn Brown SandersCarmen A. SantiagoLori SappNicholas SchockeAlan SchoenJan M. SchulteJaVonnica ScottDusty ShandyCheryl Caddell ShippeySharron J. ShirleyTimothy ShirleyAshley ShultsTodd SigmonMana SilvaZach SkipperChelsea SletteSonya SloanChristina SmithKristen SmithPamela E. SmithPhillip SmithSuncererae SmithJane SpartaApril StanfillEnid StarzerDonelle StephensonStacey StephensonShanta Stewart

Jennifer StillChristy StiwinterMelinda S. StoneKayla StricklandJohn Michael StumpJane H. SwainSusan SweeneyMargie TannerAshley TarteStormie TenchAmy B. TennantDonna ThomasMaggie ThomasFrances ThomasonDenise Cleveland ThompsonKasey ThrasherRebecca ThurmondJennifer TiptonKim TiptonRhonda TolbertJennifer TownsendBrian TrochessetHannah TurnerMarcy TurnerNancy TurnerTeri TurpinMissy UnderwoodJordan VaughanBranden VautrinSummer VautrinKayla VickeryEdie WaldroupMarcia WallAshley WareAngela WatkinsKaren WattsCarmen WaughMyra WheelerDeanna WhitacreSusan J. WhiteAlexis WilliamsCurtis WilliamsDelaine WilliamsKatherine WilliamsRachel WilliamsWanda WilliamsVickie H. WilliamsonKimberly WillisGregory WinnettJanice WoodallJennifer WorkmanCarissa WorleyTaylor WorleyCharlotte WrightRachel WrightHeather K. Yaughn

Jennifer YebraSuzanne Yost

The following donors havemade memorial or honorar-ium gifts of $100 or morefrom January 1 - December31, 2013.

Donations to Bob’s Trainsin Memory of: Robert Tether, MDMarie HarrisonJimmy & Carolyn Wilkins

Donations to the BreastCancer Navigator ProgramMr. & Mrs. J. Herbert HendleyThe Medical Center Auxiliary

In Honor of: Lisa BridgesGeorgia Center for Oncology

Research and EducationGeorgia Society of Clinical

Oncology

Donation to Camp BraveheartIn Memory of: Jeff ZurblisMark & Eileen Zurblis

Donations to Cancer ServicesAnonymous Donor

In Memory of:The Nowacki & Lasche FamilyChester & Joyce Nowacki

Donations to Cardiac ServicesIn Honor of: Joon Ahn, MDEvanda Moore

Nursing Staff of Ronnie GreenHeart CenterEvanda Moore

In Memory of:The Nowacki & Lasche FamilyChester & Joyce Nowacki

Donations to Case Manage-ment Indigent PatientJackson EMC FoundationThe Wachovia Wells Fargo

Foundation

Donation to Chaplain EndowmentAnonymous Donor


Donations to ContinuingMedical EducationAbbott LabsMerck

Donations to Healthy JourneyWilliam Campbell Greg DeLong, MDDr. & Mrs. Henry S. Jennings, Jr.Stephen Moore, MD

In Honor of: BraseltonCommunity Planning StudyVoluneersThe Medical Center Foundation

Carol BurrellPhoenix Healthcare

Management Services, Inc.

Allana CummingsHIMSS

Hall School of Nursing Classof 1963Sonya Hancock

Scott McGarityChattahoochee Country Club, Inc.Peach State Bank & TrustElizabeth C. UmbersonCarrie Woodcock

Jim MooreMr. & Mrs. Jay Moore

Lorry & Sherrie SchrageThe Medical Center Foundation

In Memory of: Barbara T. KingPrimerica

Richard LeetThe Medical Center Auxiliary

Betsey D. Poorman PirolaJoseph F. Pirola

Gary PitnerThe AFOOFA'S and Friends

Katheryn ReckerTed & Michelle Versteeg

Rosemarie ReillyMr. & Mrs. Peter Bertuccio

Donations to HospiceAnonymous DonorThe Estate of Betsy AdamsTom & Maria BowerMrs. Connie CottrellCity of GainesvilleMr. & Mrs. Webster C. EnglishLost & Found Sunday School

Class Gainesville FUMCThe Medical Center AuxiliaryTed & Sandy MeredithThe Estate of Joann SmithMr. & Mrs. Wendell W. Whiteside

In Honor of: Deborah BoldingPaulette Hicks

Rolf LegbandtTim & Deborah Patrick

Hospice StaffBob & Dee MIlledge

Rhonda RogersFirst Baptist Church

In Memory of:Maryanne AlbrechtDick & June Cunneen

Hugh AtkinsonMr. & Mrs. Roy Atkinson

Lew E. AyersEmmanuel Sunday School

Class – GFUMC

James AzzinaroCatherine Azzinaro

Arispah BarrettWilliam A. OliverJames & Susan WeidnerErnest H. Woods III

David BrandstetterBill & Judy AlgerClarence Dieter

H.L. BrantleyGeorgia Association of

Housing & Redevelopment Authorities

Mr. & Mrs. James Karmozyn

Kitty BrooksMark & Nancy CrevistonMargo & Greg DexterMr. and Mrs. Hugh Hayman

Yvonne Lunsford BurnsDr. & Mrs. David T. Hill

Thelma Fussell ByrdTwila S. Tryan

Tony CaldwellFUMC of Toccoa

Jean CarrickJohn Carrick & Bill Carrick

John Stewart ClarkJames Davidson & Cooper

Davidson

George CrimminsOncology Research & Registry

Staff, Elida Lopez, Alicia Harrison, Todd Sigmon, Penny McCall, Vicki Murphy, and Jan Jameson

Charles DavisTodd Fay

Phyllis DavisAtlanta Road Church of ChristCondo Employees of

Kinder-Morgan, Inc.

Ruth DavisRussell Davis

George DobbsBob & Linda FowlerState Mutual Insurance

Company

Lucille EdwardsFour of the Fab Five

Jacques EsformesMs. Yvonne Carney

Marilee FickelMrs. Helen Neely

Betty FinneyMr. & Mrs. Philip SteinBobbie & Thomas Wade

Edgar FlandersMike & Nancy CalvertThe Leventis Family

Sim & Joy Whorley & Family

Daniel FranklinScott & Melanie Futrell

Richard H. GiffinDorothy Wansor

Virginia GilesJudith Koepnick

Natalie GilmoreAbby Lee

James GimottyCharles & Katherine Steelman

Elsie GunterMs. Cheryl Purcell

Aubrey HallDavid & Vonnie McLeod

Stephen HamlinClaire Hamlin

William “Bill” HendrixMiriam Vandiver

Dorothy HillMadeline Woolf, John &

Margie Berkenkoff &Children, Edward & Joanne Woolf & Children, Eileen Woolf

Kathryn JamesEd & Pam Goforth

Wyatt JoinerCaryl & Christine Carlson

Robert KaufmanDell Services

Nancy A. KautzDizzie Dames Bowling LeagueMr. Thomas Halpern

Ursal KirkBarbara CrozierWinfred & Sammye Kirk

Frank KruseWilliam & Maxine EiserlohSheila KruseMcMath ConstructionMcNichols Co.Doris Murphy Gus & Tivie Reinhard

John & Shirley RossMr. & Mrs. Ernes Verges

Delores Joann LangbehnBlue Creek Baptist Church

James McAlisterMartin Eldredge

Evenly MormanCharles Little

Pat MorrowGina McCarthy

Joel MoyerMr. James Moyer & Mrs. Joan

Moyer

Robert & Carol PokornyLinda C. Luce

Catherine J. PorterDeborah SmithWilliam Barnet & Son, LLC

William QuickMrs. Siv M. Blanck

Harriet RainwaterMrs. Allison FrancisDr. Charles Lee III

Aloie ReganArthur IsaacsMiss Christine KitsonLinda & Robert MerkerSteven, Peter, Niro, Edward,

and J.P.

Harry RobisonDr. & Mrs. Paul Binnig and

Ms. Karen SlaughterDr. & Mrs. M. L. ButterworthMr. Jack B. RobisonDebbie & Greg StillTom & Barb Watson, Toni

Callan, Kelli Dreher, Ric & Kara Custar

William RodesMelva & Ray Wilson

Tony RoughtonJudith & Wayne RoughtonU.S. General Construction, Inc.

Hans O. SchaeferMarion McCaskill




Eloise ShultzSuzanne Baeszler

William SigmundCalvin & Theresa AndrewsFriends at AT&T

Alley TerrellPatrick & Tracy BatesThe Classic CenterWilliam B. EdmondsClark & Carol FerrellMr. & Mrs. Stephen L. HughsRichard & Glenda PalmerMr. Charles RolandCarolyn TerrellBrian & Cynthia TerrellMr. & Mrs. Max F. Ward

Ben TerrellPatrick & Tracy BatesWilliam B. EdmondsMr. & Mrs. Stephen L. HughsRichard & Glenda PalmerMr. Charles RolandAlex & Clair SloanCarolyn TerrellBrian & Cynthia TerrellMr. & Mrs. Max F. Ward

Dr. James ThompsonBillie Thompson

Ola Louise ThompsonTim Stewart Funeral Home, Inc.

Jack TuftsScott & Linda Adams

Linda M. TullisMcMullan & Company

Terrell WaltonRaychel BartekFamilies of GarrisonElizabeth Megginson

John Terrell WarwickHallie Warwick

Jack WinburnVictor & Carolyn Curtis Bob & Marlese Gourley

Luie A. WisenbakerArcher Family FundGene & Sylvia Hodges

Donation to the John A.Ferguson ScholarshipRoy C. Moore Foundation

Donation to Lucas Device FundIn honor of: Rob & LeslieFowler, Robin & Jerry Willis,Dawn & Luis Rivas, Robert L.Fowler III, Brett & LauraFowler and the people ofWhite CountyBob & Linda Fowler

Donations to The MedicalCenter Foundation Endow-mentEstate of Victor LeeEstate of Dr. Barton & Mrs.

Ada McCrumThe Estate of Ruth Johnson

Whelchel

Donation to NICU ReunionThe Medical Center Auxiliary

Donation to the Nursing &Allied Health ContinuingEducation FundIn Honor of: Lorena CollinsThe Medical Center Auxiliary

Jolinda MartinAnonymous Donor

Staff of Pre-Op, Peri-Op,PACU, N6GErvin & Mary Ingram

Donations to RadiationOncologyThe Medical Center Auxiliary

In Memory of:Linda PendergrassHorace & Ruby Rogers

Donation to Ron KutayMemorial ScholarshipIn Memory of: Ron KutayAnesthesia Associates of

Gainesville, LLC

Donations to Ronnie GreenHeart CenterAnonymous DonorHoodenpyle Management IncThe Medical Center AuxiliaryMyrtie A. Black Trust

In Honor of: Lillie Mae GreenThe Medical Center Auxiliary

Phillip & Joyce PotterMr. Phillip Potter III

Ronnie Green Heart CenterStaffMr. & Mrs. Colin R. Tanner

Dr. Dan Winston, Dr. MarkLeimbach, and the CardiacTeam and NursesMr. & Mrs. Colin R. Tanner

In Memory of:Richard Kyle LinvilleHotard & Hise LLCHoward SlaughterMajor Daniel and

Mrs. Jennifer SmithT.A. & Kitty Smith

Rosemarie ReillyAVS MarketingMr. Joseph LePageMelno Inc.Phillips Insurance AgencyJames & Eleanor VarianFrances Young, Paul Sclafani

& Family

Donations to Safe KidsAmerigroupThe Medical Center AuxiliarySafe Kids Worldwide

Donation to Sim NewBProgramThe Medical Center Auxiliary

Donation to The Wilheit-KeysPeace GardenIn Honor of: Philip A. WilheitLakeview Academy Auction

Committee

Donation to The Window ShopThe Medical Center Auxiliary

Donations to Woody StewartHeart Failure Treatment Unit2 Anonymous DonorsAnderson FamilyAnesthesia Associates of

GainesvilleBatesCarterCharles & Jane BradleySteve & Carol Burrell

Gene CokerWayne & Nancy ColstonConditioned Air Systems, Inc.The Cottrell Foundation, Inc.John & Mary Lynn CoyleAllana L. CummingsDr. John W. & Sally DardenMr. & Mrs. Martin Ellard John & Lydia FergusonRobert & Linda FowlerJay & Linden GasparDallas & Bobbie GayBill & Suzanne GreeneNat & Sonya Hancock Anthony & Cathy HerdenerVann M. HerringDavid & Shannon HughsStarlet R. Jones FoundationArt & Kay KunzerBuddy & Evie LangstonMcKibbon Hotel GroupThe Medical Center AuxiliaryJohn & Mary Lou MelvinPeter & Cathy MillerDr. & Mrs. J.D. MixonJim & Evanda MooreMr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Mundy Clyde & Jackie MynattMuriel H. Nathan Newman and CompanyKen & Cathy NixAlice & Tom Paris, Jr.Richard & Lona PopeStrother & Cindy RandolphDr. & Mrs. Sam RauchRoy C. Moore FoundationLawrence B. & Sherrie N.

SchrageJane ShockleyHarold SmithStewart, Melvin & Frost, LLP Lynda T. StewartGaines P. SturdivantBob & Wanda SwoszowskiAnne & George ThomasJeff & Pam ThompsonDr. & Mrs. Frank WaggonerJ.A. WaltersBo & Laurie Weber

In Honor of: Dr. PepperBrown, Carol Burrell, MaryLynn Coyle, John Ferguson,Dr. Casey Graybeal, Dr. JackGriffeth, David Hughs, Dr.Frank Lake, Dr. Mark

Leimbach, Dr. Ron Lewis, Dr.Jeffrey Marshall, ScottMcGarity, Pete Miller, JohnNix, Ricky Presley, SpencePrice, Dr. Antonio Rios, LyndaStewart, RK Whitehead, BobWillis and Dr. Dan WinstonAnthony & Cathy Herdener

In Memory of:Dr. Robert H. Anderson, Jr.The Anderson Family

Gary RakesGovernor & Mrs. J. Nathan DealSusan & Wayne JessupBarbara SavageWauka Mountain Multiple

Intelligences Academy

Donation to the WoodyStewart & Nancy ColstonEndowmentAnonymous Donor

Gifts-in-KindAnonymous DonorAlene's Flower CottageAwesome Events Group Bruce ChambersCharter CommunicationsChestatee Golf ClubChicopee Woods Golf CourseCooper EmbryHeaden EmbryFairway Outdoor AdvertisingFotografikGainesville WhiteprintGraingerHampton Golf VillageLuna’sThe Medical Center AuxiliaryMilton Martin HondaMossy Creek Golf CourseAndy Piucci with CloroxProCare RxScott’s DowntownCorey Strahan

Philanthropy

Greatis the difference

between a good

hospital and a hospital.

Woody Stewart, Chairman,Board of Trustees, 1997-2012


The Medical Center Foundation2150 Limestone Pkwy., Ste. 115Gainesville, GA 30501

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