Kite TalesProtecting the Most Precious Gift of All

Fall 2016

Meet Kosair Kid®

Lily Singleton

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2016 Board of DirectorsMatthew L. BrotzgeKirk Carter, PPEddie Chrisman, PPRandy Coe, AIF®, PPLarry CraigBarry DunnRobert W. Flowers, TreasurerJohn B. Hitt II, SecretarySteve Hueston, PotentateTom LarimoreHarry LuskPatrick Philip MillerGary MorganDavid L. NicholsonDavid Owen, PPKenneth Reiss, PPJ.R. Riggs, Jr., PPH.I. Stroth, Jr., Vice ChairmanJeff SchilffarthGlen E. StuckelJames E. SzoferFrank TexasMartin R. WaltersJerry W. Ward, Chairman Board Members EmeritiC. Brown Allen, PPSamuel G. Swope*

*Deceased

2016 Advisory CouncilChandler BlewettBob BonsuttoGina CalvertJerry CantrellBobby ClarksonJoan ConradReba DoutrickRobert HartDavid JamesJean West LosavioTom O’BryanJohn B. Roth, MDLester SandersCraig SchermanSandy Metts SnowdenSam Watkins, Jr.

Ex Officio MembersRandy Coe AIF®, PP, President Kosair CharitiesJerry Ward, Chairman of the Board

Executive StaffRandy Coe, AIF®, PP, President Aimee Sapp, CPA, Senior Vice President & CFOMike Schneider, Senior Vice President of Facility Management & PlanningVicky Weber, Senior Vice President of Business Relations & Marketing

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Ballerina Wendy Whelan:Dancing beyond scoliosis

Top/ “Wendy’s Louisville” banner is located at the J.

Graham Brown School (corner of 1st and Muhammad Ali Blvd.)Above/ X-ray of Wendy’s back with scoliosis.

Kosair Kid® Wendy Whelan

Wendy Whelan began taking ballet classes when she was 3 years old, and like many little girls, she

dreamed of growing up to be a ballerina. By age 12, Wendy was determined to make those dreams a reality. But despite her immense talent and overwhelming drive, she had one challenge that could potentially derail her — she was diagnosed with scoliosis.

Scoliosis is a condition that causes the spine to curve to the side, and in Wendy’s case, her spine was shaped like an S. This was not ideal for a sport that required perfect posture and balance, but Wendy was determined to overcome this challenge.

Wendy spent the summer of 1980 in and out of Kosair Crippled Children Hospital. She would spend one week a month at the hospital in hopes of straightening out her spine. She would spend all day in traction and the night in neck and waist halters. After her first visit, she was an inch and a half taller, and she knew her treatment was working. Her physician, Dr. Kenton Leatherman, told her that the best sports for those with scoliosis were swimming and ballet, and Wendy knew her dreams were not lost.

Keeping dreams aliveAfter spending a week at KCCH, Wendy

would go home for a month to resume her normal life — with the addition of a 15-pound plaster cast she had to wear on her back. Wendy’s Louisville Ballet instructor encouraged her to come to class every day and do everything she could even though she was very limited. Her teacher knew that she had worked hard to get to the level she was at, and needed to keep her focus if she wanted to keep her dreams afloat. So that’s just what Wendy did.

Once Wendy’s final cast was removed, she said she felt like a bird that had been freed from its cage. She could jump and kick higher and she felt more powerful than ever. She could feel the change in her body from her newly straightened back.

In 1981, Wendy auditioned and was accepted into a summer ballet program in New York. She was invited to stay through the winter, and within a year and a half, she was attending the School for American Ballet on full scholarship and living in New York City at age 15. She joined the New York City Ballet just 2 years later and by the age of 24, she was promoted to principal dancer.

A proud Kosair Kid®

Wendy performed with the NYCB for 30 years. Her final performance with the company was in October 2014 and sold out within minutes. Wendy has traveled around the world thanks to dance, and has been a guest artist with The Royal Ballet and with the Kirov Ballet. Wendy says she still has a lot of dance left in her, and is now working in the world of contemporary dance.

Wendy’s current hip surgeon is amazed at how balanced her hips are and how centered her head is over her pelvis, and believes that was what helped make her into such an incredible dancer. Wendy attributes her balance to the doctors at Kosair. Wendy said, “I tremendously valued my time at Kosair Crippled Children Hospital. It made me mentally, emotionally, and physically who I am now.” Wendy is a proud Kosair Kid® and an advocate for those with scoliosis.

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Meet Kosair Kid®

Lily SingletonLily Singleton just learned how

to swim underwater. She enjoys playing Pokemon Go, Sims and

Dream Gym. She loves crafts and makeup. In other words, she is a normal 9-year-old girl full of energy and happiness, but just four years ago, these activities seemed like a pipe dream.

Lily was born with cystic fibrosis, a genetic disease that causes persistent lung infections. Symptoms began to show when she was

only 5 months old, and Lily endured many hospital stays. At 5½ years old, when Lily should have been in kindergarten surrounded by friends, the lower lobe of one of her lungs collapsed and she spent four months on constant oxygen. She weighed only 28 pounds and doctors suggested she might need a lung transplant. Then everything changed.

‘A true miracle’The FDA approved Kalydeco, a new drug

that treats the specific mutation of cystic fibrosis that Lily has. Within weeks of taking the medicine, Lily’s health began to improve significantly.

“The only way I can describe it is witnessing a true miracle,” says Cari Wagner, Lily’s mom. “She started to be able to walk around and play without losing her breath. Her complexion started to become better. Her cheeks became rosy again.”

While Kalydeco changed her life immeasurably, Lily still has to fight cystic fibrosis every day. She does breathing treatments twice a day—sometimes more often if she is sick. She also does her airway clearance therapy for 20 minutes twice a day, in which she wears a vest that shakes the mucus from her lungs. She has a feeding tube in her stomach and receives high-calorie shakes to supplement her diet because she is still small for her age.

Lily’s playhouseThis is a lot for a 9-year-old to deal

with, but Lily faces each day with a positive attitude. Her attitude was

one of the reasons she was selected to receive a custom-made dream

playhouse built by YouthBuild Louisville in partnership

with the Building Industry

“I just wanted her to have somewhere she could go where her medical equipment didn’t have to take up space and remind her she has CF.”

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Charitable Foundation of the Building Industry Association of Greater Louisville and Kosair Charities.

Wagner calls the playhouse “the biggest blessing” for her family.

“Lily’s bedroom has always had medical equipment in it,” she explains. “I just wanted her to have somewhere she could go where her medical equipment didn’t have to take up space and remind her she has CF.”

Instead, her playhouse is filled with only things Lily enjoys—the colors teal, pink and gold, a chandelier, a dry erase board and a loft bed.

Lily says, “I love everything about it!”Her mom loves it, too.

A special feeling“I know she will get a lot of use out of the

playhouse and will have so many memories to look back on, from the building process and seeing it under construction at YouthBuild, to the reveal party, to the slumber parties and game nights that will take place in our own backyard,” Wagner says “We are very grateful to have been given

the opportunity to receive this gift from Kosair Charities.

Lily felt so special the day of the playhouse reveal. I love seeing her be able to spend time in her new playhouse, and it would not have been possible without Kosair Charities.”

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Making progress in the battle against cystic fibrosis

Cystic fibrosis is a rare disease, but thanks to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation it has been able to get

the attention and funding needed to propel tremendous medical advancements that have saved countless lives.

Today, for the first time in history, more than 50 percent of the estimated 30,000 people nationwide who live with cystic fibrosis are adults, and their average life expectancy is almost 40. Compare that to the 1950s when the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation was formed. Back then, most children with cystic fibrosis did not live to see elementary school.

What changed? The answer is twofold. First, new drugs have been developed to better manage the disease and address underlying causes. Cystic fibrosis is a progressive genetic disease that causes persistent lung infections and limits the ability to breathe over time. Second, most children are now screened for CF at birth through newborn screenings, and the majority are diagnosed by age 2.

“That is one of the big things about the foundation,” says Ruth Hans, the development director for the Kentucky-West Virginia chapter of the foundation. “It’s here to end cystic fibrosis. It not only does research funding, it does everything.”

Beth Denham, executive director of the chapter, elaborates: “We have a holistic approach. We are one of the few diseases

where at clinics there are respiratory therapists, social workers, dieticians, pulmonologists, a whole team of people. Because you care for every element of the disease and the person.”

Bringing patients togetherOne of the challenges the Cystic Fibrosis

Foundation faces is that people with the disease run the risk of contaminating one another if they come into close contact. There are more than 1,800 different mutations of cystic fibrosis. This makes supporting one another very difficult and sometimes isolating.

The foundation has embraced technology to create alternative channels for people to interact. Things like video conferencing and phone calls can bring patients together without compromising health.

“We are working really hard to work that component into everything we do,” Denham says.

Blessed by supportThe Kentucky/West Virginia chapter, which

is based in Louisville, is best known for its Celebrity Dinner Party, an annual black-tie fundraiser held since the 1960s. Hall of Fame basketball coach Denny Crum and his wife, Susan Sweeney Crum, are longtime supporters and co-chairs of the event.

They also host the local leg of the nationwide Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Great Strides walk event, which raises millions of dollars for research and patient care.

Finally, they receive money through donations and grants from organizations, including Kosair Charities. This year Kosair Charities awarded a $5,000 grant to the foundation to support individualized care for children in our community. Thanks to donors like you, Kosair Charities has been able to provide $110,000 in support to CFF over the years.

“We are happy with the support we have received,” Hans says. “We have been blessed by support from local celebrities and organizations. A lot of these things we do wouldn’t be possible without that support.”

The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation of Kentucky and West Virginia staff Lena Iwu, Beth Denham, Claire Trotter, and Ruth Hans.

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Kosair Charities® 2O16-17 Grants

Awarded Millions

of Dollarsfor Our Kosair Kids®

Americana Community Center, Inc.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Kentuckiana

Bluegrass Center for Autism, Inc.

Boys & Girls Club of Kentuckiana, Inc. (The)

Boys & Girls Haven, Inc.

Camp Quality USA, Inc. – Kentuckiana

Carriage House Educational Services

CASA of the Heartland, Inc.

CASA of the River Region, Inc.

CASA Program for Bullitt County, Inc.

Center for Nonprofit Excellence

Center for Women and Families, Inc. (The)

Central Louisville Community Ministries, Inc.

Custom Quality Services, Inc.

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

Dare to Care, Inc.

Dorman Preschool Center

Down Syndrome of Louisville, Inc.

DREAM Foundation (Duchenne Research

Education and Miracle Foundation, Inc.)

Dreams with Wings, Inc.

Eastern Area Community Ministries

Epilepsy Foundation of Kentuckiana, Inc.

Family & Children’s Place

Family Community Clinic, Inc.

FEAT (Families for Effective Autism Treatment,

Inc.)

Food Literacy Project at Oxmoor Farm (The)

Friends School, Inc.

Fund for the Arts, Inc.

Gilda’s Club of Louisville, Inc.

Girl Scouts of Kentuckiana

Green Hill Therapy, Inc.

Hardin Memorial Health Foundation

Healing Place (The)

Heuser Hearing & Language Academy

Home of the Innocents

Hope Southern Indiana, Inc.

Hosparus

House of Ruth, Inc.

Huntington’s Disease Society of America, Inc. –

Kentucky Chapter

Jewish Family & Career Services of Louisville

Jewish Hospital & St. Mary’s Healthcare –

Children’s Peace Center

Kentucky Children’s Hospital

Kentucky Diabetes Camp for Children, Inc.

(Camp Hendon)

Kentucky Hemophilia Foundation, Inc.

Kentucky School for the Blind

Kentucky Youth Advocates (Face It®

Movement Project Management)

Kids Cancer Alliance, Inc.

Kids Center for Pediatric Therapies (The)

Lake Cumberland Children’s Advocacy Center

Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Inc. (The)

Lighthouse Promise, Inc.

Lindsey Wilson College (Nursing Program)

Louisville Central Community Centers, Inc.

Louisville Metro Police Foundation, Inc.

Louisville Olmsted Parks Conservancy, Inc.

Louisville Pediatric Therapy Center, Inc.

Maryhurst, Inc.

Meredith-Dunn School, Inc.

Miracle Dancer Scholarship Foundation, Inc.

Muscular Dystrophy Assoc. of Greater Louisville,

Inc.

NAMI Louisville, Inc.

National Multiple Sclerosis Society (Kentucky/

Southeast Indiana Chapter)

Nativity Academy at St. Boniface, Inc.

One Plus One Equals U, Inc.

Parklands of Floyds Fork (The)

Pitt Academy

Plymouth Community Renewal Center

Proclamation of the Word Ministries, Inc.

Project One, Inc.

Recipe to End Hunger, Inc. (A)

Ronald McDonald House Charities

of Kentuckiana, Inc.

Scottish Rite Club of Bullitt County Scholarship

Program

Shively Area Ministries, Inc.

Shriners Hospital for Children-Lexington

Shriners National

Silver Heights Camp and Retreat Center

South East Associated Ministries, Inc.

South Louisville Community Ministries, Inc.

Spalding University, Inc.

SPAVA (Society for the Prevention

of Aggressiveness and Violence among

Adolescents)

Special Olympics Kentucky, Inc.

Speed Art Museum

Spina Bifida Association of Kentucky, Inc.

St. Joseph Children’s Home

St. Matthews Area Ministries

St. Vincent de Paul of Louisville, Inc.

Summit Academy of Greater Louisville, Inc.

Trust for Life

United Crescent Hill Ministries, Inc.

University of Louisville Autism Center

University of Louisville Department of Pediatrics

University of Louisville Pediatrics

University of Louisville School of Dentistry

Advanced Education Program in

Pediatric Dentistry

University of Louisville’s Kosair Charities

Center for Pediatric Neurorecovery

Upside Therapeutic Riding, Inc.

Uspiritus, Inc.

VIPS (Visually Impaired Preschool Services, Inc.)

Volunteers of America Mid-States, Inc.

WHAS Crusade for Children, Inc.

YouthBuild Louisville, Inc.

Working hand in hand with more than 100 organizations for nearly 100 years to help kids in need.

We’ve always been there. We’ll always be here.

982 Eastern Parkway • P.O. Box 37370Louisville, KY 40233502.637.7696 • 1.888.454.3752 • Kosair.org

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Corporate Kite Club Spotlight: Park Community Credit Union

Who would like a cute debit card that also benefits Kosair Kids®? In 2011, Park Community Credit

Union selected Kosair Charities to benefit from a new innovative fundraising idea. The plan is simple: When a customer opens a Park account, he or she has the option to donate $5 to receive a Kosair Charities debit card. Five years later, with 2,800 issued cards and employee donations, the Park Community debit card program has raised over $40,000 for Kosair Charities. A portion of the funds raised from the Park Community debit card program contributed to the new playground at the Kosair Charities East Campus (see page 9). The Kosair Kids® at Bluegrass Center for Autism now enjoy a safe environment to have fun! “At Park, part of our fundamental mission is to work for the success of our members and our communities,” says Jim Spradlin, president of Park Community Credit Union. “For many years we have had a valuable relationship with Kosair Charities through our charity debit card program. We feel that this gives us the chance to give back

to those in our communities that need a helping hand.  Our organization considers it an honor to work with Kosair Charities and to have the opportunity to make a positive difference in the lives of those that Kosair Charities serves.” Park Community does not stop there. If you attend a Kosair Charities event and meet a volunteer, there is a strong possibility it is a Park Community employee. Kosair Night at the Zoo, St. Matthews Mid-Summer’s Night 5K and the Gaslight Festival are just a few of the events where they have helped as volunteers. Their staff, family and friends have also volunteered at Kosair Charities to wrap toys and books for Kosair Kids® during the holiday season. Park Community also raises awareness about Kosair Charities at their branch locations and events. Park Community has received a number of honors, including Louisville Business First 2016 Partners in Innovation Award and the Chamber of St. Matthews 2016 Community Champion. Thank you, Park Community Credit Union, for being a true partner of Kosair Charities and a champion of Kosair Kids®!

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Bluegrass Center for Autism playground dedication

Three years ago, Kosair Charities East Campus opened to help expand services for Kentuckiana’s

children with special needs. Formally known as Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Center – Easter Seals, Kosair Charities’ East Campus provides a charitable lease to The Kids Center for Pediatric Therapies and the Bluegrass Autism Center to operate “rent free.” On Sept. 29, community leaders gathered to dedicate a new playground located on the Bluegrass Center for Autism wing. This playground replaced outdated equipment that was not fully accessible. All of the new equipment is not only recreational. Each activity at the playground also has therapeutic value for the children. At times, the project’s goal to raise $120,000 to build the playground seemed out of reach. The new playground is now an example of the generosity and overwhelming support for kids in our community. Thank you to our Premier Partners: Park Community Credit Union, City of Jeffersontown, Louisville Metro, Councilwoman Marilyn Parker, Councilman Glenn Stuckel, and the DREAM Foundation of Kentucky. Thank you for being project leaders to help make the playground a reality. Generous contributions were also

provided by the Cralle Foundation Inc. - Jim Crain, Home Foundation Inc., Koch Charitable Trust, Walmart Community Fund, FEAT, Landscape Structures, Jeffersontown Mayor Bill Dieruf, and the Jeffersontown City Council. Also, Louisville Metro Council members Kelly Downard, Robin Engel, Tom Owen, Kevin Kramer, Madonna Flood, James Peden, Cindy Fowler, and Marianne Butler. Thank you all for your support!

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Kosair Charities Crystal Ball: Honoring those who build a better future for our kids

The Kosair Charities Crystal Ball, a gala of gifts and grants, was held at the Kosair Shrine Center

on Saturday, Oct. 1. This annual event celebrates more than 100 organizations that are supported by Kosair Charities and the work they do for our community’s children.

Thanks to our generous donors, we will grant over $10 million to these agencies in 2017. The grants will help organizations build state-of-the-art facilities, make transportation available for children, provide critical medical research and create better tomorrows for children across Kentucky and Southern Indiana.

In addition to honoring our supported agencies, two individuals were recognized with awards for dedicating their lives to helping Kosair Kids®.

Elaine “Cissy” Musselman received the Sam Swope Community Leadership Award. This award recognizes an individual who has advanced children’s goals for the future through vision, innovation and self-sacrifice. Cissy is the founder of Women 4 Women Inc., a nonprofit organization that raises money and public awareness for programs to improve the health

Above/ Kosair Charities Board Member H.I. Stroth with wife Ann, with a table of grant recipients. Right/ Advisory Council Member, Jean West Losavio, was a wonderful emcee. Below/ Dr. Charles Woods, Associate Vice Chairman U of L Pediatrics and Randy Coe, President of Kosair Charities, presented Dr. Stephen Church with The Roger Fox Award.

Right/ Marlys and Patti Swope presented Cissy Musselman with The Sam Swope Community Leadership Award.

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Kosair Charities Crystal Ball: Honoring those who build a better future for our kids

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and economic well-being of women and girls.

Dr. Stephen Church was honored with the Roger Fox Award. This award, named for a dedicated member of Kosair Charities who passed away prematurely, recognizes a physician’s dedication to children. Church is one of the founders of East Louisville Pediatrics. He is a clinical professor in pediatrics at the University of Louisville and is active in the American Academy of Pediatrics and its advocacy programs. He also works with the Coalition for Healthy Kentucky.

Congratulations to our award winners and all of our grant recipients. Kosair Charites

is proud to partner with some of the area’s

most distinguished members of the medical

community.

Left/ Potentate Steve Hueston poses with Epilepsy Foundation Executive Director Deb McGrath and her husband. Below/ Kosair Charities granted over $10 million to over 100 supported agencies.

Greg Neilsen, CNPE, and Hal Hedley, Ronald McDonald House Charities, pose with their guests.

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12 | K i T e Ta l e s | F a l l 2016Kosair Kids® Night at the Zoo was a ‘roaring’ good time!

Over 1,500 Kosair Kids® and their families showed up in their “merry, not scary” Halloween

best on Oct. 19 for our annual Kosair Kids® Night at the Louisville Zoo. Every October, Kosair Charities shuts down the zoo for one night so that children from our Special Kids Program, as well as our supported organizations, such as Heuser Hearing Institute, Visually Impaired Preschool Services and Spina Bifida Association of Kentucky, can go trick-or-treating with ease. Keeping the zoo closed to the general public during this event allows for a line-free and safe environment for kids of all abilities and their families to enjoy.

This event would not be possible without you, our generous donors. Without your monetary support

and time spent volunteering, many Kosair Kids® would have been unable to trick-or-treat this year. Each child who attended left with a big smile on their face and an even bigger bag of candy! We can’t wait until next year!

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2016 Celebration of Philanthropy

On Sept. 8, we gathered at the Olmsted to celebrate the good work our donors do through

their gifts to Kosair Charities. This annual event honors members of our W. Barnett Owen Society, made up of people who have arranged planned gifts to leave a lasting legacy for Kosair Kids®; our 982 Society of donors, whose cumulative lifetime giving totals $10,000 or more; and our Platinum 1000 Club of generous people who pledge to give $1,000 or more to Kosair Charities annually. We also paid tribute to several friends of Kosair Kids® who passed away this year and who remembered Kosair Charities as one of their final acts of kindness.

Photo credit: Lynn Stinson©

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Top/ Special thanks to Jean West Losavio and Debe Skidmore for volunteering their time.Above/ Seventeen-year-old Ben Otten shared his story of overcoming the debilitating effects of a stroke after birth.

Above/ Bob & Rusti SilverthornRight/ Father-daughter team, Allan Parnell and Cindy Collier

For more information on the W. Barnett Owen

Society, 982 Society, or

Platinum 1000 Club, contact

Melissa Kratzer, Vice President

of Mission Advancement

at 502-637-7696 ext. 115

mkratzer@kosair.org

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As a pediatric ER physician with the University of

Louisville Department of Pediatrics, Dr. Keith Cross has been caring for patients in Louisville for 10 years. In that time, he has come to appreciate Kosair Charities as both a donor and medical professional. Beyond caring for children in the ER, Keith conducts research and helps train the next generation of physicians. “I know that when I support Kosair Charities, my donation has a multiplying effect. Kosair Charities invests in technology and equipment that not only enhance the quality of the care we can provide, but make us more effective in teaching future pediatricians, nurses and hospital staff,” he says. Keith knows firsthand how beneficial that training can be. His

first three years at the University of Louisville were spent in an advanced fellowship in pediatric emergency medicine. “I trained on the very first ultrasound machine that was purchased 15 years ago with assistance from Kosair

Charities,” he says. Ultrasound machines are especially useful in the pediatric ER. They allow doctors to look for internal bleeding, diagnose appendicitis and even detect increased brain pressure while limiting a child’s exposure to radiation. Keith says that grants from Kosair Charities have enabled the Department of Pediatrics to stay on the cutting edge of medical technology. Each month, 25 medical residents (physicians in training) benefit from equipment and

technology purchased with the help of Kosair Charities donors like you. One key piece of technology that Keith finds very helpful is video recording equipment for the trauma bay. Doctors can review footage with residents to discuss what they’re doing well and what they could improve. This not only ensures that the 150 to 200 children seen in the ER each day are well cared for, but also prepares their future doctors to provide the best care for generations to come. Keith says, “These investments allow me to not just take care of the kid in front of me, but to teach future physicians how to use these tools as well. The knowledge and skills they gain here will follow them throughout their medical careers, impacting countless children throughout the state.” We’re honored to partner with Keith to help ensure quality healthcare for Kosair Kids®.

Dr. Keith Cross and Kosair Charities:Training tomorrow’s physicians

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Second Annual Pie Auction plus Cakes – A sweet success for Kosair Kids®

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The second annual “Pie Auction plus Cakes!” fundraiser was held on Nov.

6 and raised nearly $20,000 for Kosair Kids©. In addition to delectable pies, cakes were added to this year’s auction due to popular request. This seasonal event featured a performance by Vault 1031’s Dessert Theatre performing arts group.

Special thanks to the Legion of Ladies Pie Auction Committee, Volunteer Auctioneer Allan Parnell, and Vault 1031 Dessert Theatre troupe!

Courtney Wheatley, Pie Auction Chair, showed off baked goods at the Pie Auction.

Vault 1031 Dessert Theater stunned with their performance

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Over the course of six weeks, Kosair Charities hosted four incredible golf tournaments that raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for Kosair Kids®. Thank you to all of the committees, sponsors, volunteers and golfers who make each of these tournaments possible. We couldn’t do it without you!

Just Fore Kids® Golf ClassicWhen: Monday, Aug. 29Where: Hurstbourne Country Club Who: 29 teams, 116 players Money raised: Over $100,000What makes it great: This year the Just Fore Kids® Golf Classic, formerly known as the Foster Brooks Pro-Celebrity Golf Tournament, celebrated its 20th anniversary. This first-class tournament features a deluxe brunch, $1,000 shootout, a hole-in-one contest with a chance to win a new car, a steak dinner and a special testimonial from the University of Louisville’s Dr. Brad Keller and Dr. Gerard Rabalais, who spoke about the impact Kosair Charities has on our community.

Flexible Packaging Golf TournamentWhen: Tuesday, Sept. 20Where: Lake Forest Country ClubWho: 30 teams, 120 playersMoney Raised: Over $50,000What makes it great: The 8th annual Flexible Packaging Golf Tournament was a huge success. The day began with golf and wrapped up with a silent auction of more than 100 items and a live auction featuring a Napa Valley trip, ultimate golf package, GE wine refrigerator with a case of wine, and a trip to Fort Lauderdale with Miami Heat tickets. This tournament benefits Kosair Charities and Home of the Innocents.

UPS Golf ClassicWhen: Saturday, Sept. 24Tee Time: 8 a.m.Where: Quail Chase Golf CourseWho: 40 teams, 160 playersMoney Raised: Over $75,000What makes it great: This is the 22nd year for this tournament and it continues to impress year after year! This tournament had a fantastic raffle that included Yeti accessories, big screen TVs, Bluetooth speakers and much more. Golfers also got a chance to win an ATV by hitting a hole in one.

Kosair Clown Golf ScrambleWhen: Saturday, Oct. 1Where: Glasgow Country ClubMoney Raised: $2,000What makes it great: Some clowns are golfers, some golfers are clowns! Thanks to Ronnie Taylor, sponsors and golfers for helping us raise $2,000 for Kosair Kids®. Your hard work and generosity are greatly appreciated!

Kosair Golf events on ‘par’ to raiseover $225,000

High Flyers

Gaslight 5K Kosair Charities and The Chamber Jeffersontown partnered once again to present the Gaslight 5K. The evening began with a 1K portion of the 5K route completed by Team Kosair Kids®. The Derby City Mustang Wheelchair Basketball Team, as well as other Kosair Kids®, raced to the finish line before the 5K runners took off. Each child who completed the route got to break through a paper finish line and was awarded a medal. Thank you to everyone who came out to show your support for Team Kosair Kids®!

Kentucky State Fair Robert Hart and his dedicated group of volunteers spent the week at the Kentucky State Fair selling $10 chances to win the 2016 Kosair Shrine Classic Car. This

year’s car is an orange and black 1957 Chevrolet Z-57 convertible. Thank you, volunteers, for all your hard work!

Victoria Masticola Victoria stopped by Kosair Charities in September with a donation of $200 that she and other Rainbow Girls of Valley Lodge #8 collected through a penny war. Thank you, Victoria, for always thinking of Kosair Kids®!

Leadership Louisville Last month, Kate Biagi-Rickert, Director of Community Engagement, graduated from Leadership Louisville’s Ignite Louisville leadership program. In addition to professional development training from the region’s top corporations, she and her team partnered with Americana Community Center to develop the agency’s new Young Ambassador Board, helped jump start the organization’s rebranding, and provided coordination and consulting of Americana’s annual gala and other fundraising events.

Laura Ferris Thank you, Laura, for donating new Boyd’s Bears to Kosair Charities. Thank you for supporting Kosair Kids®!

Suzannah Parrish Thank you, Suzannah, for donating 50 new sock monkeys to Kosair Charities. The kids are going to love them!

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Headbands of Hope During the month of September, The Prickly Pear Boutique in Middletown sold headbands from the company Headbands of Hope. For each headband purchased, an additional headband was donated to a child with cancer. The headbands were distributed to children at the Gold Ribbon Festival at Kosair Charities on Sept. 18.

V-Dub Derby The 2016 V-Dub Derby was held on Sept. 10 at Bachman Volkswagen. A total of 85 cars registered for the show and hundreds of spectators attended. This annual event raised $2,000 for Kosair Kids®. Thank you to all of the sponsors and volunteers!

Congratulations, Jerry Ward! Congratulations to Kosair Charities Board Chairman Jerry Ward for receiving the 2016 Lifetime Community Service & Professional Achievement Recognition Award from the Louisville Defender newspaper.

Funeral Directors Convention Thank you to the Funeral Directors Association of Kentucky for choosing Kosair Charities as one of their charities of choice for this year’s convention. They raised $9,760 for our Kosair Kids®.

Mark Twain Shrine Club Mark Twain Shrine Club held a fundraiser at a local Aaron’s furniture store and raised $1,000 for Kosair Charities. Thank you to the members of the Mark Twain Shrine Club in Columbia, Ky., for their year-round commitment to improve the lives of children across the state.

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MarissaInstead of requesting presents for herself on her 10th birthday, Marissa asked her family and friends for donations to Kosair Charities. On Oct. 10, she visited our Eastern Parkway campus and donated $325 to help kids in need. Thanks for thinking of kids like you, Marissa, and welcome to the Kids Club!

Trace, Ty & TuckerIn early October, Trace, Ty and Tucker stopped by to donate the money they collected back in June at the Funeral Directors Association of Kentucky Convention to help Kosair Kids®. They walked around with child-sized fez hats and asked people for cash. Welcome to the Kids Club!

Levi, Lilly & LukeThere’s nothing better than starting your week with a visit from three Kosair Charities Kids Club members. Levi, Lilly and Luke stopped by Kosair Charities on Oct. 3 to donate new toys and stuffed animals to Kosair Kids® that they collected at their joint birthday party. Thank you for thinking of Kosair Kids®, and happy belated birthday! 

Olivia AllenOlivia Allen continued to show her commitment to Kosair Kids by baking two Sweet Potato Pies for the annual ‘Pie Auction, plus Cakes!’ Her contribution helped to raise $800. Thank you for being a strong role model for kids in our community.

Tyler, Hannah, and KarolineOn November 7, Tyler, Hannah and Karoline spent their day off from school wrapping books for Kosair Kids. Thank you for helping us get ready for the holidays...welcome to The Kids Club!

Rollin’ on the River Rollin’ on the River, a dinner cruise down the Ohio River on the Belle of Louisville was held on Sept. 1. This first time event was organized by the Kosair Shrine,

and raised $1,000. Funds werre donated to Kosair

Charities to be directed to the Lexington Shriner Hospital. 

City BBQ’s First Anniversary City Barbeque Hurstbourne celebrated its first anniversary on Oct. 22 with a barbeque sauce contest. Local pit bosses gathered to see who had the best barbeque sauce in the ‘ville. As their way of saying thanks for a great year, 5 percent of sales that day were donated to Kosair Charities. Thank you for being such a great community partner!

Ms. BaRBaRa adaMs Noble Paul J. MarroEugEnE H. alvEy Noble Kenneth L. MeredithlilliE MaE andERsOn Judy Dabneydiana BagBy Martha A. LloydMRs. FanniE BailEy Mr. Lonnie R. BaileynOBlE RicHaRd BallingER Marjorie Morgan Applegate Mr. and Mrs. Thomas and Mary Beeler Carl and Sue Bell Robby and Vicky Binion Diane Burton Georgana Clark Henry and Rebecca Conn Noble Charles O. Distler Cheryl Harrington Ms. Linda L. Holman IPEG Industrial Group Jean M. Johnson Noble Ronald L. Miller Noble John E. Moyers Pauls Star Truckers Sammy and Jo Ellen Perkins William C. Perry, II Victoria Richardson Karl M. Sebree Noble James L. Simpson, III Noble Jerry W. Ward Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Wiglesworthdavid BEdEnBaugH Noble James C. RichdaRdanElla BOkER Harriet Ayres and Ronald Ayres Doris Hetherington and Carol Bogle Nancy L. Rapp UPSsusan BOOk Edward and Rowena HoehncHRisTinE “MiMi” kaREM BORdERs

Mr. Stephen D. Boone Patti Coury Becky Edmondson Sam and Glenna Hazen Karen and Jay Klempner Mrs. Doris Raidt Dick, Cheryl, Christy and Byron Sipes The Herrington FamilyTOMMy s. BORdERs Dick, Cheryl, Christy and Byron SipesnOBlE and MRs. dOn W. BRadEn AnonymousMaRTy W. BRay Ruby PedigolaWREncE g. BREckEl Noble Tom W. OBryanann BROck Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. BrockdusTin BROWning Lowell and Pamela BrowninglElia iREnE BRyanT Deana JamesBETTE BuckaWay C. Brown Allen, P.P. Noble Chandler Blewett Noble John B. Hitt, II Donald and Mary Lynn Kissling Noble Kenneth L. Meredith Noble Ronald L. Miller Anthony J. Passafiume, P.P. Noble Arthur H. Raderer Noble Jerry W. WardROnniE, danny and ROgER BuRcHETT Ms. Audrey BurchettMRs. TEllys dixiE caMpBEll Steve and Sue CampbellillusTRiOus siR JOHn cannOn Henry and Rebecca ConnMR. THOMas J. caRROll Mr. Ernst CamentzROgER cEcil Ms. Margaret Ketcham

BRian cHRisTOpHER Judy McMillenBETTy c. claRk Noble James R. Ferguson, IIJaMEs kEnnETH clEMEnTs Mrs. Marjorie EarlyMicHEllE lEE cOlliER Patricia Barton Voris and Debbie Buck Karen and Robert Crick Dairyman’s Supply Co., Inc. Casey and Joni Goodman Hilda McGuire Linda Sydney John Taylor and Family Donna WhitefieldMRs. MildREd a. cRavEns Mrs. Carol Sewelldavid l. daugHERTy Barbara TaylorJOann daus Vennie BrotzgeJulia dEaRTH Ms. Evelyn TaylornOBlE HERBERT R. dOdsOn, JR. Mary Jane Dodson Kosair Shriners Scott Kephart / Michael Dodson Mr. and Mrs. Dale Rutherford and Families Freida Stepp, Shari Carrico and Families Lynn and Judy VanDykegEORgE dunn Noble Jerry W. WardBOyd lindsEy Edlin Shirley Edlinlydia k. EggERs Noble Paul J. MarroMR. JaMEs EldRidgE Thomas GilmanclaRa EllERMan Diane L. BagwellOlliE and gRacE p. Ellis Tilden and Vervie Ellis

lORRainE ElsWick Daniel ElswickBOB EMBRy Weigel and Fink FamiliesRayBuRn EplEy Wayne and Brenda ReevesJaMEs J. ETHERidgE Ms. Barbara D. ManleykiMBERly HaWkins and FayE WaldRidgE Ms. Reva M. AtkinsElisHa FERRy Mrs. Rose Marie TaylorMR. JOHn F. FiHE, sR. Joe and Annette Bergamini Mary K and Ed GriffinEdWaRd Ray FiTcH Mrs. Rose Marie CorollaJOHn and ZilpHa FlaHERTy Mr. Ryan ScheckelhoffnOBlE WilliaM a. FOsTER Mark and Karen FosterMs. dORis k. FROsT Rudolph and Dana SchmidtdOROTHy MaRiE “dOTTy” gilBERT Ralph W. Gilbert Ms. Marsha HarringtonnOBlE cHaRlEs W. (JiM) glanZ Bob and Cindy Anderson Bill and Marsha Branham Kosair Shriners Terry and Betty Szwarc John and Ruth Teeple Bob and Cherie YatesJOHnniE gOdsavE Mrs. Dorothy GodsavelEsliE E. gOFF Helen GoffpaRa lEE gOOdE Georgia KelleynOBlE ElZiE Hack Kosair ShrinerscaMRyn d. HaRdin Buel and Linda Cutsinger

Memorials: August-October 2016

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WaynE HaRMOn Bettie B. TatecHaRlEs E. HaydOn Patricia C. HaydonavERy RaEann HEBEl Mary HebelWanda HEsTER Kathy SpauldingBEn HEWlEy Mr. Maurice UhlJOsEpH, david and danny HOFFMan Laverne HoffmannsydnEy Elaina HORslEy Emma J. GravesnOBlE ROBERT a. HOTTlE Kosair Shrinersnancy HugHEs Jenni McCallHOlly HuMpHREy Janice FieldsnOBlE glEnn M. HunTER Mrs. Diane HunterMR. pHillip l. HyaTT Mr. and Mrs. Donald R. FinleysHaROn k. JacksOn Mrs. Rosemary MillerROBERT david JaMEs Noble Chandler BlewettannE JOHnsOn Hilliard Lyons Trust CompanynOBlE BOBBy J. JOnEs Jo JonesJaMEs p. JOnEs Alma Mudd and Linda Houglin John and Donna Stiverspaul JOnEs James and Bonnie Moore Everett and Donna NoekEnnETH kasEy Noble Paul J. MarrodEnis langlEy Greg KaremWilMa laWREncE Kenneth and Wynona YoungTRavis scOTT layTOn Leatta LaytonMs. BETTy JO lOFTOn Mrs. Verda ChampionJudy lusk Noble Jeffery D. Lusk

HaRRy MaiER Mrs. Delores A. MaierMRs. MaRTHa s. MaRTin Mrs. Sharkey U. ArnettnOBlE WilliaM R. MaRTin Mrs. Sharkey U. ArnettnOBlE HOWaRd R. MassEy, JR. Mike Hasselbring Ricardo and Theresa Howard Kosair Shriners Beverly Ogburn Mr. and Mrs. Allen D. Rose Mrs. Wilma ValentineMR. OWEn McMasTERs Barbara HorstmananTHOny MilEs Carole ThomasnOBlE dallas l. MillER Marvin MillernOBlE ROBERT J. MillER, sR. Noble Chandler BlewettROBin MillER’s FaTHER Mrs. Beth D. Bransondavid, angEla and dOnniE MiTcHEll Mr. and Mrs. Harold E. MitchellaaROn kEnnETH MOORE Judith A. HenryMR. ROgER M. Mullins Helen Mullins Noble Paul M. MullinsnOBlE WilliaM p. MullOy, sR. Kosair ShrinersWanETTa MunciE Douglas and Janice Clark My Tribute Gift Foundation James and Carlotta RichardsonMaRTHa p. nEvin Noble John H. NevinTHElMa J. nEWBERRy Dennis L. NewberrynORMa and sHEREE Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie D. HobdyJanE OlasH Mrs. Rebecca H. HecklerJulia n. palaZZO Michael A. LaymanMR. ROBERT l. paTE, sR.

Noble James L. Simpson, IIIBilly paynE Bernard Coomes and FamilyMs. MaRy c. paynE Bernard Coomes and Family Paul and Rebecca EberlenOBlE WilliaM g. pEnny, d.d.s. Mrs. Charlene L. PennynOBlE RudOlpH pOHl Noble Gary L. PohlBill pOOlE Mr. and Mrs. Glen MillercHaRlEs pOOlE Mr. and Mrs. Donna & Mark ShakeEsTil pOpE Chris and Julie Prentice Pamela WilsonnOBlE llOyd duanE pOpE Mrs. Edith PopeTERRy l. pOpE Mrs. Edith PopeTOny pOsT Rondal and Patty Wilsonlinda s. pOTTER Carol Potter Judy Schaller Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Stuecker Ken and Vicki WolfnOBlE TEd R. RailEy Kosair ShrinersMRs. sHiRlEy a. RaMsEy Noble Jackie RamseypaT, Ed and ETHEl REad Mr. Tom ReadMs. JanET REEsOR Southern Charm RV Resort - Sunshine CommitteeTivis W. RicH William T. RichEMily RuTH RidgEWay Mrs. Ruth RobertsJusTin kaRl sandERs Karl and Teresa SandersBERnaRd scHulTEn Carol and Bill WhiteadRiEn T. scOTT Ms. Bonnie J. ScottillusTRiOus siR lEOnaRd a. sEWEll, p.p.

Mrs. Carol SewelllOuis sHRyOck Brenda GardnernOBlE claudE T. sMiTH Mrs. Doris B. SmithgEnEviEvE sMiTH Robert E. WestermanMRs. MildREd p. sOMMERMan Mr. John C. SommermannOBlE HugHiE R. spaRks Mrs. Paulette SparkssTEpHEn p. sTEFanOW, JR. Stephen and Coleen StefanownOBlE FRank M. sTEWaRT, JR. Michael and Sandy Feldhaus Kosair ShrinersJiM suRacE Ms. Vivian SuracenOBlE saMuEl g. sWOpE Mr. John T. YewellROBERT (BOBBy) THOMas Judy A. Blair Jerry and Judy Kantlehner Ann WhitakerBasil and pEaRl TysOn Mrs. Sylvada T. BurkenOBlE g. gaRland “pETE” upTOn Mary Jane UptoncaiTlin van HuynH Andrea TrujillonOBlE cHaRlEs E. vancE Kosair Past Masters UnitROy H. WalTER Noble Jerry W. WardREvEREnd dEllaRd WalTERs, JR. Sam and Wanda LairdTHElMa WalTERs Noble Kenneth L. Meredith Noble Jerry W. WardMR. Jack g. Willis Mr. John F. HoppesnOBlE JOHn R. WilsOn Ms. Doris A. Bickel Noble Chandler Blewett Noble Fredrick N. Duke, Jr. Mrs. Billie Foster Noble Harold J. Herman Joe and Karen Kitchens

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Ladies Oriental Club Adelaide H. Spugnardi St. Matthew’s Lodge #906 F & A M Noble Jerry W. WardJEssiE WisE Bennett-Bertram Funeral Home Phillip and Ramona Coffey Russell and Robin WalkeraRlingTOn M. WOOd John M. FeketeMaRgaRET WOOd Ms. Glenna Beasley

in HOnOR OF

aRnOld d. andERsOn Judy DabneyROBERT lEE BailEy Mr. Lonnie R. BaileydR. gREgORy BaRnEs Shelva BarneskEllER BaRnEs Ms. Nettie BarnesMRs. JO BaRRETT Ms. Kathryn AllenlynlEy and clay BEckER Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. BeckerlExy H. BRaTcHER Mr. and Mrs. Gerald TrossZOEy BROWn Mr. Brent L. DarbrokElly, BEckMan & MicHaEl cHildERs Ladies Oriental ClubnaTHan claRk Ms. Gail MoodyElla k. cOMBs Mrs. Ella W. MorganBEcky EdMOndsOn

Dr. Joanne TowerygEnE EvERsOn Ladies Oriental ClubsTEpHEn FiTZgERald Dr. Donald FitzgeraldRyan gaRMOn Agnes and Charles PottsillusTRiOus siR HaROld F. gOvOni, p.p. Suzette GovoninOBlE sHERMan d. HaRRis Mrs. Mary G. CooklOuisE B. HuBBaRd Ms. McEva MayseMRs. gina HuEsTOn Mrs. Jo BarrettillusTRiOus siR sTEvEn F. HuEsTOn, pOTEnTaTE Mrs. Jo BarrettTERRy JanEs Ms. Nancy MillsMaTTOx and kEnnEdy JOHnsOn Mrs. Marjorie F. DavidsonJORdan king James and Patricia AndersonEMilla laMBERT Raymond and Gloria LambertlincOln laWsOn Mark and Diane LehrElla MicHEllE lincOln Dora HickmanMaRissa MccuBBins Dana Hayden Ronnie and Shawna Richerson Kimberly J. SkaggsnOBlE paTRick p. MillER Mrs. Janice MillerBRiTTany nEal

Ms. Judy NealMR. JERRy W. pEaRsOn David and Glenda BealsTHEREsa k. Raidy Mr. William O. Alden, Jr. Melissa Kratzer Charles (Mac) and Tori Murden McClure Becky Edmondson Noble Ronald L. Miller Mrs. Patricia M. Riley AnonymousnOBlE JERald E. REynOlds Ms. Cynthia ReynoldskaRis sandEFuR Mrs. Eleanor AldersoncOllEEn and addisOn sHaFFER Ms. Stephanie ShaffernOBlE HOWaRd a. siMOns Mrs. Frances SimonskaliE JO sTilEs Larry and Vicki DossMaya sTOlZ Michelle ClarkEMilEE g. TaylOR Terry and Susan ChinnpaRkER THOMpsOn Ms. Rhonda EdelenlakEn TuckER Mr. Norbert E. CroweMOlly TuRnER Mrs. Nancy RayskylaR WaTHEn Amy DanealExandRia yaTEs Ms. Dayna Leach

Memorials: Continued

Thank you to those who donated for Grandparents DayOpal F. Coffey in honor of Shelby WrightRob Lindberg in memory of Carl P. Besendorf

Buel Cutsinger in memory of Camryn D. HardinJoeAnn Amundsen in honor of Isabell Collins’ Grandparents

Working hand in hand with more than 100 organizations for nearly 100 years to help kids in need.We’ve always been there. We’ll always be here.

Thank you to those who donated for Grandparents DayOpal F. Coffey in honor of Shelby WrightRob Lindberg in memory of Carl P. Besendorf

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