December 2013Inside:• Cancer becomes personal for board member• Cancer Center Campaign continues• Foundation has moved

Munson Healthcare Regional Foundation& Paul Oliver Foundation

Robert and Pauline Young donated $1 million to the Cowell Family Cancer Center in a very special tribute to her brother.

TC Couple’s $1 Million Gift Supports Cancer Services, Honors Brother’s Work in Radiation Oncology

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Tecumseh. Her father, a self-educated man, was a city engineer and business owner. Dickie had developmental disabilities and could not read or write. “I think that was part of the reason Mal decided to go into medicine,” Pauline said.

Pauline studied social sciences at Michigan State University, where she met Bob, who was a mechanical engineering student. Bob completed a two-year stint with the U.S. Air Force and they married in 1955 – three days after Pauline graduated from college. They moved to Ann Arbor, where Bob partnered with a meteo-rology professor at the University of Michigan to launch R.M. Young Company, which manufactures and markets precision meteorological instruments.

As they raised their family, the Youngs and their sons, Tom, Mike, and Pete, began spending increas-ing amounts of recreational time in Traverse City. In 1971, they took the plunge and moved their busi-ness and family north. The sons and the company flourished. As their company expanded to worldwide markets, Pauline worked part-time as advertising manager and they trav-eled together extensively for business and pleasure. Tom and Mike, both engineers, have now taken over the family business and Pete is a graphic designer. All of the immediate family, including seven grandchildren, live in the Traverse City area. Bob and Pauline have generously supported many community projects, including “Dickie’s House” at the Grand Traverse Area Community

Robert and Pauline Young knew they wanted to make a significant gift to Munson Medical Center because it is a “vital and necessary community re-source.” The right opportunity came along as Munson developed plans for a new cancer center.

A $1 million donation from the Youngs is one of the lead gifts that will support construction of the $45 million Cowell Family Cancer Center just north of the hospital.

Bob and Pauline’s generous gift honors her late brother, Malcolm A. Bagshaw, MD, who helped pioneer radiation therapy, first as a resident at the University of Michigan, then during a brilliant career at Stanford University in California. (see page 3).

When the new cancer center opens in 2016, patients will receive the most technologically-advanced cancer treatment Munson offers in the stereotactic radiosurgery suite, which will be dedicated to the Young’s generosity.

Interestingly, Dr. Bagshaw delivered opening remarks for the dedication of the Biederman Cancer Treatment Center in July 1987. He was invited to attend by Traverse City Urolo-gist Tom Hall, MD, who was excited about the prostate cancer research Dr. Bagshaw was doing in California.

“We were raised in very humble beginnings,” Pauline said. “Mal’s achievements were all on his own – it was pretty amazing.” Pauline and her brothers, Mal and Dickie, grew up in

Pauline and Bob Young with drawing of Malcolm Bagshaw, MD.

“Thinking about my brother’s contributions inspired us to make a significant commitment to Munson. He would have loved it.” - Pauline Young, Traverse City

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Living Center, now known as Brick-ways, in honor of Pauline’s brother.

“Over the years we have supported a number of things around town – those things we feel are important to us and to the community,” Pauline said. “Munson was always up there on the list. We’ve respected the way it has operated and grown.” “It’s such a great hospital,” Bob added.

“We have no personal experience with cancer,” Pauline said. “How-ever, thinking about my brother’s contributions inspired us to make a significant commitment to Munson. He would have loved it.”

Malcolm A. Bagshaw, MD: ‘A Visionary in the Field of Radiation Therapy’Malcolm A. Bagshaw, MD, made overwhelming contributions to the advancement of cancer treatment during his career. He was one of the world’s foremost experts in radiation therapy and led the radiology department at Stanford University School of Medicine for two decades.

Dr. Bagshaw described in an interview when he retired how he hand computed the very first doses of radiation for cobalt units while in residency at the University of Michigan.

“My real interest was cancer and I rationalized that it didn’t matter how I treated the cancer, whether I did it with surgery or with radiation. Then I ran into a most extraordinary man who was head of the radio-therapy division in Ann Arbor –Isadore Lampe. We were the first depart-ment in the United States to get an Atomic Energy Commission of Canada cobalt unit. I had quite an opportunity because when we first got the cobalt unit, all of the construction of depth dose curves had to be done. They didn’t come with the machine. We had a good physi-cist and good physics department, so Dr. Lampe assigned me to the physicist who assigned me to taking all the data and drawing all of the depth dose curves. I sat at a large drawing table and constructed the whole set of depth dose curves for the cobalt machine.”

After his residency, Dr. Bagshaw joined Stanford University School of Medicine. “We had the only linear accelerator in the United States at that time. It was handmade in our physics department...we were one of the first places to really develop super voltage radiation at those energies.”

From Dr. Bagshaw’s 2011 obituary: “He helped pioneer the medical use of high-energy radiation as produced by a medical linear accelerator in the treatment of various cancers. Fifty years and 40 million patients later, medical linear accelerators became the backbone of radiation therapy for cancer worldwide. Roughly half of all cancer patients receive radiation therapy, primarily from radiation beams generated by a linear accelerator.”

Radiotherapy techniques for localized prostate cancer devised by Dr. Bagshaw have become a standard of care. His innovation and creativity was legendary outside of the research laboratory, as well. He built his own photography darkroom, guitar, and constructed a glider airplane in his living room. A big fan of Stanford football, he was thrilled to have the opportunity to lead the Stanford marching band – a gift won for him at an auction by his residents. He rigged a baton with a screw so that it twirled constantly, despite his lack of baton-twirling skills.

After retirement, Dr. Bagshaw took up painting with fervor. His sister, Pauline Young of Traverse City, hopes to procure at least one of his paintings to hang in the new stereo-tactic radiosurgery suite in the Cowell Family Cancer Center.

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Chuck Havill remembers the first time he met with oncologist David Gordon, MD, more than 10 years ago to talk about a cancer center in Traverse City. At the time, Chuck was actively working to raise funds for Munson’s new Emergency Depart-ment, and a cancer center was the next big need.

Chuck is a past chairman and current member of the Munson Healthcare Regional Foundation Board and served on the Munson Healthcare Board of Directors. “I have had hundreds of hospital meetings and thousands of hours of discussion, planning, and education,” he said. “I would have thought after all of my involvement and passion to get this building built, that I understood it better than most. But until I was diagnosed with cancer, ‘collaborative, coordinated care’ were just words. Once I got cancer, I finally really got it. This isn’t a building for cancer – it’s a multidisciplinary state-of-the-art, coordinated cancer service center that is patient friendly, close to home, and a healing environment.”

Chuck, 61, was diagnosed with oro-pharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (cancer of the throat) in August. His illness is part of a rising epidemic of throat cancer caused by a virus, largely seen in men of his age group. He underwent a regimen of radiation and chemotherapy over seven weeks. Surgery was not an option.

“Just the word cancer by itself is destructive,” he said. “It immediately instills massive amounts of fear, confusion, and stress. You think, ‘What do I do? Where will I go? What are my odds?’ I cried for my family – it’s not fair for them to have to go through this. I felt helpless.”

Chuck sought treatment for a sore throat and difficulty swallowing. With a cancer diagnosis, he found himself dropped into a baffling maze of appointments and figuring out next steps. “The problem with cancer is it requires a multidisciplinary approach to successfully treat – not only the disease but the person,” he said. “We have a great medical community but they don’t have a central location to diagnose, discuss, and treat – leaving the patient to stressfully fend for themselves.”

One of Chuck’s immediate concerns was that he would have to seek treat-ment elsewhere. “I didn’t want to go anywhere. I wanted to be here,” he said. “I want the safety and comfort of home, of friends, of family. I need to work. I was scared, confused and I was bombarded with questions. I needed a point person – that doesn’t exist right now.”

Board Member’s Cancer Diagnosis: ‘I Get it Now’

Soon after his diagnosis, Chuck went to Mercy Hospital Cadillac for a PET scan in Munson’s mobile imag-ing unit that serves all of northern Michigan. Three days later, he had a CT scan at Munson Medical Center. Four days after that, he met with a medical oncologist in his office, and five days later he met with a radiation oncologist. “It was chaotic. The stress of cancer is enough for one person, but traveling the maze is a nightmare. When you have cancer, you don’t just need to call a plumber – your house has burned to the ground. You need a plumber, a surveyor, a carpenter, an electrician, a builder, a claims adjuster, a landscaper...It’s absolutely overwhelming.”

“We’ve got phenomenal physicians,” he added “We are blessed to have such a high quality of health care in northern Michigan. The doctors, the nurses, and other employees are unbelievable. Their expertise, compassion, and their human spirit is phenomenal.”

“It’s not fair to the staff, and most importantly to the patients, to have cancer services spread out all over the place. Care is fragmented. We can do it better, quicker, and with greater success.”

“A cancer center will be a place of hope, of answers – it will be a healing environment,” he added. We’ve got $1 million to go. As a community, we need everyone’s help. I won’t use the cancer center. I’ll have beaten this by 2016. It is for you – because someone very close to you will be diagnosed with cancer. Won’t you please help?”

“My wife Anne has been a stalwart angel through this. I would be remiss not to mention the quarterback on my team. She’s smart, she’s organized, she’s caring and loving. She’s my hope for a brighter tomorrow.”

Patients in northern Michigan no longer need to go downstate for stereotactic radiosurgery of brain tumors and lesions.

Munson’s stereotactic radiosur-gery team recently performed its first case involving an older female patient with a benign brain tumor using the hospital’s TrueBeam™ STx stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) device. Munson Medical Center’s Chief of Neurosurgery John Cilluffo, MD, said his patient’s brain tumor threatened her life because of its location.

“We could treat her as an out-patient,” he said. “It took about -an hour to do. I expect she will not have to worry about this tumor the rest of her life. It illustrates graphically our new capability.”

Dr. Cilluffo recently completed training for using the SRS device on brain patients. Unlike the “Gamma Knife” machines downstate, the TrueBeam™ STx stereotactic radiosurgery device does not require a locating frame to be screwed to a patient’s skull. The machine can treat five or six lesions in the brain caused by metastatic lung, breast, or other cancers at the same time.

It also may be used to treat lesions on the spine that are located in areas too sensitive for surgery, as well as tumors in any other area of the body. SRS focuses high-powered x-rays on a small area of the body. Munson’s SRS device can target a lesion or tumor within a fraction of a millimeter.

Patients referred for SRS treatments have a treatment plan crafted by

‘Outpatient’ Brain Radiosurgery Now Available at Munson Medical Center

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“We have one of the most accurate, best machines to do radiosurgery in the world,” he said. “We have a center here with the staff that can do it very well and do it accurately.”

Munson was among the first hospi-tals in the United States to install the TrueBeam device, which radiation oncologists call a “game-changer” because of its speed, power, and precision.

“We have one of the most accurate, best machines to do radiosurgery in the world.”

- John Cilluffo, MD

a team that includes a radiation oncologist, medical physicist, and radiation therapist in consultation with a neurosurgeon. Dr. Cilluffo estimated he would refer 20 - 50 of his own patients to downstate hospitals for brain radiosurgery. Other neurosurgeons and physicians were doing the same.

Patients now can find that care close to home.

Donor support, including a $250,000 gift from the Art and Mary Schmuckal Family Foundation, made it possible to complete the $9.5 million SRS project in 2012.

The SRS machine will be relocated to the Cowell Family Cancer Center when it is built.

For more information on how you can help support advanced medical technology, please call the Foundation at (231) 935-6482 or 1-866-927-6482.

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Efforts to restore a section of historic Kid’s Creek north of Sixth Street culminated with a “grand opening” ceremony in late September. Water was released into a new stream bed in front of a crowd of school children, donors, neighbors, staff, and well-wishers.

“We were excited to see the Kid’s Creek restoration project take root and literally grow before our eyes this summer,” said Steve Tongue, vice president of Facilities at Munson Medical Center. “We appreciate the significant efforts of our design firm, contractors, Munson staff, the invest-ments of several donors, and our

partnership with The Watershed Cen-ter and Grand Traverse Conservation District that have brought us this far.” Timing for the opening was chosen to allow vegetation to become estab-lished while still preceding the trout and salmon spawning season.

The restored creek offers improved fish passage and enhanced wildlife and aquatic habitat. The project is part of a larger effort coordinated by The Watershed Center and Grand Traverse Conservation District to remove Kid’s Creek from the Michi-gan DEQ’s “Impaired Waters” list.

Kid’s Creek Receives TLC from Munson and Friends

Funding for the project was provided through the generosity of the Consumers Energy Foundation, Edmund F. and Virginia B. Ball Foundation, EPA’s Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Program, Great Lakes Fishery Trust, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, and Rotary Charities of Traverse City.

In addition to the ecological benefits of Kid’s Creek restoration, the creek and associated natural area act as a buffer between the hospital campus and area neighborhoods and will help control flooding caused by rain runoff. Moving the creek also sets the stage for future construction of the Cowell Family Cancer Center.

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Paul Oliver Memorial Hospital’s new president, Peter Marinoff, took over the helm at the Frank-fort hospital in September.

Peter replaces Jim Austin, who will continue to serve at Kalkaska Memorial Health Center as administrator until his retirement in late February. Jim had been president at Paul Oliver for nearly 20 years and was instrumental in establishing a highly successful model for rural health care in Michigan.

Peter, 38, joined Munson Health-care in 1999 as an accountant, after serving at public accounting firms in Virginia and Traverse

City. In 2007, he was named director of operations at Paul Oliver. He be-came chief operating officer in 2009.

“Peter has demonstrated leadership and ability as chief operating officer at Paul Oliver,” said Ed Ness, President and CEO of Munson Healthcare. “He is well acquainted with the health needs of the region and is focused on ensuring Benzie County residents will continue to enjoy access to quality medical care that is close to home.”

“It is an honor and a privilege to be asked to serve the residents of Benzie County,” Peter said. “The hospital has a great staff and we intend to continue providing quality care for our communities.”

Peter received his master’s in business administration and health care certificate from the University of Michigan in Flint, Mich. He is a member of the Michigan Health Hospital Association, Small and Rural Hospital Council, and Board of Directors of the Grand Traverse Bay YMCA. He also is treasurer for the Benzie County Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Benzie Sunrise Rotary.

Paul Oliver Memorial Hospital Has New President

“He is well acquainted with the health needs of the region and is focused on ensuring Benzie County residents will continue to enjoy access to quality medical care that is close to home.”

-Ed Ness, President and CEO Munson Healthcare

Paul Oliver Memorial Hospital Employee Giving Increases Paul Oliver Memorial Hospital completed its 2013 employee giving campaign with a record number of employees participating. Highlighted in this year’s campaign were much needed improvements to the Paul Oliver Outpatient Laboratory. These upgrades will greatly improve workflow efficiency and enhance conditions for both patients and lab technicians.

The names of two lucky participat-ing employees were selected from a drawing to receive a day off with pay. Pictured are this year’s winners: Loretta Guerra and Kate Withington-Edwards with Paul Oliver President Peter Marinoff.

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Cancer Center Campaign Continues: Goal $17 Million

The public phase of fundraising for the Cowell Family Cancer Center kicked off in June with an event featuring Michigan State University (MSU) men’s basketball coach Tom Izzo. MSU fans and others, enjoyed having their photos taken with the coach and getting his autograph. The Traverse City West High School marching band provided “pep rally” music for the event. To date, $16.1 million has been raised toward the $17 million goal. Donations made before the end of the year will be matched by a Fifth Third Bank community challenge grant, up to $100,000.

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Cancer Center: Our ‘Answer to Cancer’ Needs Your Support

Residents of northern Michigan are fortunate to have first-class health care providers close to home. However, some cancer patients and their families have expressed serious concerns regarding the difficulty of navigat-ing the current system of cancer care. Some people repeatedly travel to another part of the state or country for treatment. It upsets their lives and causes them additional emotional and financial hardships. A cancer diagnosis requires a high level of coordination and timing of care and treatment. With a minimum of 20,000 new cancer diagnoses expected in our five-county region in the next 20 years, we need to build a cancer center that will provide comprehensive and coordinated cancer treatment locally. The Cowell Family Cancer Center is being designed to anticipate the physical, emo-tional, and psychological needs of each patient, and will trans-form the standard for cancer care in northern Michigan.

“The cancer center also will attract physicians, professionals, and businesses,” said Casey Cowell, co-chairman of the cancer center capital campaign. “It will continue to set our area apart with an excla-mation point. This is a crucial next step for our community.”

The cost of this facility is projected to be $45 million, and about one-third of this amount must come from donations. The fundraising goal is $17 million. To date, more than 1,200 donors and community families have given more than $16 million toward the cancer center.

“We really need your help to make this happen,” Casey said. “We have a great community. We are extremely fortunate to have such a wonder-ful place to live, a wonderful place to vacation, and a wonderful place to raise our families. But, we must continue to work to keep it great.”

Right now, the impact of each donation will be doubled with a Fifth Third Bank community

challenge grant that will match every dollar raised for the cancer center, up to $100,000 through the end of this year.

“We sincerely appreciate Fifth Third’s acknowledgement that the cancer center is a critical need for our region,” said Ed Ness, President and CEO of Munson Healthcare. “We are grateful for their support and we hope it inspires others to join the effort.”

“We are getting close to our goal, but we’re not there yet,” added Desiree Worthington, President of Munson Healthcare Regional Foundation. “This is the time to become part of this amazing project. Your gift today will allow you to say that you had a hand in making the Cowell Family Cancer Center a reality.”

For more information, go to munsonhealthcare.org/imagine-healinghere or call the Foundation at (231) 935-6480.

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Both of my daughters were born there and my wife had a serious health scare last year and had her treatment there.”

Raised in Houghton Lake, Brad graduated from Central Michigan University in 1994. He wanted to experience a winter in the mountains out west and he moved to Vail, Colo. He stayed for six years, and then moved to Chicago, Ill. for another six years, saving his money to fulfill his lifelong dream of being a business owner in Traverse City.

Brad and his partners opened Century 21 Northland in 2006 and currently operate six offices in the area. The company is the fastest growing real estate broker-age in northern Michigan and also recently opened Northland Property Management and Northland Vacation Rentals. Brad was nomi-nated for the Traverse City Business News “40 under 40” in 2008, 2009, and 2010 and was recently awarded the Entrepreneur of the Year by the Women’s Council of Realtor’s Chapter in Traverse City.

He also is a writer and published his first novel, Deadstream, in December 2005. “We opened our brokerage a few months later and I just haven’t made the time to write again, but I plan on pursuing that in the future.”

Brad lives in Traverse City with his wife, Julia Lilley (also a part-ner in the company) and their two daughters, Grace, 3, and Eliza, 1.

Brad Platt believes a person has to give to receive. So do his business partners. It’s a personal philosophy that has

served them well over the years. When they launched a start-up real estate company in Traverse City seven years ago, they decided support for a local charitable organization would be an important part of their business plan.

Following that plan, all agents at Century 21 Northland donate $25 from each closing to the Healthy Futures program at Munson Medical Center. Healthy Futures promotes the health of mothers-to-be and young children in the area. “We just hit the $30,000 mark,” Brad said. “I have one- and three-year-old daughters, so I like supporting this program.”

Brad, 42, is beginning a three-year term on the Munson Healthcare Regional Foundation Board. He brings an entrepreneurial spirit, energy, and passion to the board. “I’d like to think I can help raise money – I’m very comfortable approaching anyone,” he said. “We’re huge fans of Munson.

Brad Platt

Munson Healthcare Regional Foundation Board of Trustees

Charlie Bumb, Chairman Kathy Dixon, Vice ChairKyle Carr, MD, Secretary Jon Armstrong, Treasurer Desiree Worthington, President Edwin Ness, President and CEO, Munson HealthcareLorraine Beers Cindy Glines, MDAnn Ward Gregory Charles HavillDavid HunterLeslie Youngflesh Julian Bill MontgomeryHomer Nye Brad PlattBruce Reavely Alice Shirley Barbara Smith Sarah Trippe David Wright, MDRon Yocum

Paul Oliver FoundationBoard of Directors

Honnie McClear, ChairPreston Dilts, Jr., MD, Vice ChairHallie Christian, SecretaryPhillip Meek, TreasurerDesiree Worthington, PresidentPeter Marinoff, President Paul Oliver Memorial HospitalJon ArmstrongPaul Clulo Paul Oliver Memorial HospitalPhyllis FosterJohn HaddickJoAnn HolwerdaJerry JehleJ. Chris KantgiasChuck KingDavid LeavenworthDick LewisPeggy NelsonIrene NugentWilliam C. ParrisGeorge Ryckman, DO

Board Member Profile

Heritage Circle represents a list of donors who have named Paul Oliver Foundation or Munson Healthcare Regional Foundation in their will or estate plans to support Kalkaska Memorial Health Center, Munson Hospice, Munson Medical Center, or Paul Oliver Memorial Hospital. It also includes those who have made a Charitable Gift Annuity or other life income arrangement.

If interested in becoming a Heritage Circle member, call Ruth Bloomer at (231) 935-6484.

Jon & Mary ArmstrongGeorge & Patricia BearupMarsha J. BrowningTony & Helen BudayKenneth & Linda CarrollRalph & Maureen CernyGary Clark & Jane JohnsonDavid & Helen CussinsGilbert & Annette DeibelJock & Sue DenioMonon DunnJames & Susan DutmersJohn & Gina ErbBernard & Marilyn FinnJeff & Nancy FisherPhillip & Jane GoethalsJane C. HardwickeDavid & Nancy HarrisCalvin & Verla JamiesonGeorge & Barbara KauslerJames W. & Marjorie O. LeenhoutsRichard & Sally LewisWayne & Terry LobdellJohn & Freda MacLeodTerry & Sally MaloneDr. David Martin & Mrs. Cathie MartinBeverly McCammanBob & Janice McKeeJames & Barbara McKennaBob & Diantha NaftaliRoy & Patricia OlkRichard & Clarine OlsonDennis & Joann PearsallSarah Elizabeth PiersonAgnes M. PlagensMarjorie E. PowerBruce & Laurie ReavelySheila RoseRobert & Barbara RossoThomas A. Rutkowski FoundationBetty SchellingDudley and Barbara SmithMelvin & Deborah YatesRonald & Martha YocumJay & Judy Zrimec

Thank You Heritage Circle Members

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The Rest of the Story

A long-time Munson Medical Center oncology nurse was recently featured in the Record-Eagle for her patient care – care so extraordinary that it led to a major donation for what became the Biederman Cancer Treatment Center.

Marge Wagner took care of WTCM radio station mogul Les Biederman when he had cancer and he was impressed by her compassion, strength, and pro-fessionalism. Toward the end of his treatment in 1984, he handed her a check for $500,000 and said, “‘You’re getting a bigger radiotherapy department, a new building’,” she told the Record-Eagle. He later convinced Rotary to match his donation and the Biederman Cancer Treatment Center was built.

Marge spent 43 years taking care of cancer patients at Munson Medical Center, devoting her life to what she called “cancer combat.” When Marge started nursing in 1950, Traverse City did not have an oncologist. She was recruited to work in Radiology as radiation

therapy was developing. She served as a nurse, as well as a radiology oncology technician. She told the Record-Eagle, “In the early days I figured out the mea-surements on my own. I had to reach

5,000 R (radiation to the tumor) over a five-week period. I actually used a slide rule to measure it out, based on the patient’s body size.”In addition to her technical skill, Marge was known for the personal attention and connection she had with cancer patients and their families. She followed their progress long after treatment, especially the children who had been in her care.Today, Marge is 83 and lives at Grand Traverse Pavilions, where she is battling her own cancer. She told the Record-Eagle, “I never knew how they could do it – my patients – go through it all. But now I get it. First, what are you going to do? And then, I have my faith.”

Events Combine Fun and Good Causes

La Tea Da

The La-Tea-Da High Tea was held in June at Black Star Farms. In addition to sponsor donations and tickets sales for the tea, funds were raised through a silent auction with many spectacular gift items. Event organiz-ers partner with Munson Healthcare Regional Foundation to distribute the funds raised through the event. Through community support, the Leelanau Cancer Fund assists cancer patients who need help paying for basic necessities, such as gas, food, pharmacy, and utilities. To date, the event has raised more than $78,000.

L-R: Linda Guess, Angie Jedinak, Kathy Fralick, and Gail Bunnell

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The Mentalist

An Evening of Intrigue with Magician of the Mind, Sidney Friedman was held in Octo-ber at the City Opera House to benefit the Cowell Family Cancer Center. Guests were treated to a fun and captivating night of mind games, telepa-thy, and music mind reading. Local resident Natalie Shirley shared her own personal cancer journey and Homer Nye closed the evening, which was presented by The Grainger Foundation and sponsored by Air Flow Equipment, Inc., Michigan Blood, URS, and Zimmerman Landscaping, Inc. The event generated more than $35,000 for the Cowell Family Cancer Center.

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UPCOMING EVENT

December 8, 2 - 4 pm

Love Light Celebration at Traverse City Art & Design Studio

For more information about events, call the Munson Healthcare Regional Foundation at (231) 935-6482.

Running 4 Babies

The 3rd Annual Running 4 Babies Lauren and Theresa’s Run was held in August and raised more than $14,000 for the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Munson Medical Center. This event reflects the passion and dedication of Dru O’Connor and Diane Frechette and their families and has raised more than $33,000 in three short years.

The 3rd Annual Chip in for Hospice was held in September at LochenHeath Golf Club. Participants were treated to a day of spectacular views, golf, food, and music and raised more than $28,000 for Munson Hospice. In just three years, this event has become the largest external fundraising event for Munson Hospice.

L-R: Rebecca Rewa, LochenHeath; Barbara Maitland, event co-chair; Shari Wilson, President, Munson Home Health; Julie Valade, event co-chair; and Kevin O’Brien, Lochenheath.

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Roscommon High School Senior

Cheyenne Barror chose fundraising for the Munson Women’s Cancer Fund as her Senior Project. Cheyenne’s grandmother benefitted from the fund when she was going through cancer treatment and Cheyenne wanted to give back to the fund in hopes of helping other women. Cheyenne raised $200 through a glow-golf event and solicitation of donations and succeeded in paying it forward. L-R: Cheyenne Barror with Laurie Patrick, Munson Oncology Nurse Educator

Tanks vs. Banks

Schmuckal Oil mini marts and local banks engaged in friendly competition to see who could raise the most money for the Cowell Family Cancer Center by selling “All Hands In” pin ups. “Tanks” won and the winner was treated to Moomer’s ice cream. The total tally raised was $150,000. Shown above, (L-R) is Paul Schmuckal, President of Schmuckal Oil; Derk Pronger, Munson Vice President of Operations; Connie Deneweth, CEO, Traverse City State Bank; and Ann Bollinger, Chief Financial Officer, Traverse City State Bank.

Events Combine Fun and Good Causes

Huntington Bank

Huntington Bank showed its community support and belief that a cancer center is a critical need for our region by donating $20,000 to the Cowell Family Cancer Center.

Shown are: Derk Pronger, Munson VP Operations; Dan Stoudt, Community President; Alyson Olivier, Foundation; and Mike Witkop also from Huntington Bank.

Benzie Central-Kingsley HS Football

Benzie Central and Kingsley High School varsity football teams battled cancer by putting their efforts into raising $1,670 for the Breast Health Center.

L-R: Team members presented a check to Breast Health Services Coordinator Jane Rolf.

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Contact Us

Desiree Worthington | President (231) 935-6509 DWorthington2@mhc.net

Ruth Bloomer | Leadership Giving Specialist (231) 935-6484 RBloomer@mhc.net

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Beth Karczewski | Senior Leadership Giving Specialist (231) 935-7689 EKarczewski@mhc.net

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Tracy Wittkopp | Special Events & Database Coordinator (231) 935-2368 TWittkopp@mhc.net

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Regional Foundation has Moved to 1150 Medical Campus Drive

Munson Healthcare Regional Foundation has been on the move – literally. The Foundation packed up its office in late October and moved into a recently-renovated historic building just south of Munson Medical Center. The Foundation occupies part of the ground floor of 1150 Medical Campus Drive, known as Building 29.

The 30,000 square-foot, four-story structure was part of the Northern Michigan Asylum, later renamed Traverse City State Hospital. James Decker Munson, MD, was the asylum’s first superintendent. Building 29 origi-nally served as a residential cottage. During renovation, handwritten graffiti on brick walls in the upper loft

documented events of the day, from weather to war. In April 1924, a woman from Provemont, Mich. wrote “Better every day.” Some of the graffiti is still exposed in the renovated structure. Munson’s Facilities Design team was required to receive design approval from the State Historic Preservation Office in Lansing. The elevator addition on the south side of the structure had to look distinctly different from the historic part of the building to meet state requirements.

The renovated building currently houses the Foundation, Advance Care Planning, and Volunteer Services. A total of 120 Munson staff members from various departments will move into the structure in the future. Public parking for the building is on the east side of the building, adjacent to the employee parking deck. All phone numbers remain the same.

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Annual Love Light Ceremony Honors Loved Ones

The 18th annual Munson Hospice Love Light Ceremony will take place at 2 pm on Sunday, Dec. 8, at Traverse City Art and Design Studio, 1207-C Woodmere in Traverse City. This year’s ceremony will include inspirational thoughts from the Rev. Homer Nye, former pastor at The Presbyterian Church in Traverse City, as well as an opportu-nity to enjoy inspiring artwork and

experience quiet reflection. A reception will follow.Donations are accepted and will be used to fund the work of Munson Hospice.

Information about donating to Munson Hospice is available through the Munson Healthcare Regional Foundation at (231) 935-6482 or 1-800-252-2065.