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Foundation Focus B PMC Recognizes Notable Donors enefactors of the Jess Parrish Medical Foundation (JPMF) attended a community update earlier this year. Former state Rep. Ralph Poppell and Parrish Medical Center (PMC) President/CEO George Mikitarian were the featured speakers. They discussed current issues including healthcare reform and the effect it will have on community hospitals such as PMC. J.J. Parrish III, chairman of PMC’s board of directors, thanked all JPMF benefactors for accomplishments made in 2010. This included providing funding for a Cancer Care Boutique, digital stereotactic breast biopsy technology, the Parrish Health Village, and The Children’s Center. Parrish announced a $350,000 commitment by Sodexo Health Care that will name a new three-room hospitality house to be located on the medical center campus at the Parrish Health Village’s west end. This new commitment makes Sodexo’s total gifts and pledges more than $650,000. To be named Carey’s Hospitality House by Sodexo, in recognition of the company’s patient experience initiative known as CARES, the hospitality house will open this fall. The house will provide lodging for visitors with a hospitalized family member who wish to stay close to PMC. With warm and healing ambience, the house will be fully stocked with all the comforts of home. Also recognized were three benefactors who made significant commitments in 2010. The PMC auxiliary was Vim & Vigor • Fall 2 011 honored for its $300,000 pledge designated for The Children’s Center Futures Fund, making its total gifts and pledges more than $600,000. N. Christine Sylvester was recognized for her gifts of more than $150,000, including funding for the Butterfly Garden in the Parrish Health Village in memory of her late husband, James H. Sylvester Jr., as well as funding for The Children’s Center playground in honor of her children, Jimmy and Katherine. The Boggs family was recognized for its gifts of more than $100,000 for the Parrish Health Village. A dedication was held after the event for these benefactors at the base of the grand staircase in the PMC Atrium, where engraved glass plaques were installed in their honor on a pillar. “We are able to do amazing things for our community because of the generosity of these benefactors,” says Laurie Smirl, executive director of Jess Parrish Medical Foundation. “We can’t thank them enough.” Doctors Honored on Their Day 54 Congratulations go to the 28 individuals on the Parrish Medical Center (PMC) medical staff who were honored on Doctors’ Day this year. The compassionate men and women of PMC’s Medical Staff devote themselves to your health. Whatever the medical challenge—whether saving lives, improving lives or welcoming new lives into the world—they rise to it with great caring and expertise. Every year, Jess Parrish Medical Foundation (JPMF) offers the community a special opportunity to participate in PMC’s vision of Healing Families—Healing Communities by honoring a PMC physician on National Doctors’ Day, March 30. Community members have a chance to honor their physicians by making a gift to the foundation and sending in notes of gratitude. This year, more than 43 notes of gratitude were received, and the program raised more than $1,650 for The Karla Foster, RN, Memorial Nursing Scholarship fund and other foundation programs. Thank you again, doctors, for the care, compassion and dedication you give each day.

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Vim & Vigor - Fall 2011 - Parrish Medical Center

Vim & Vigor - Fall 2011 - Parrish
Contents
Tasty Tips
Opening Thoughts
Community Calendar
Don't Be a Drowsy Driver
The Art of Nursing
Healthy Hues
The New Survivors
First (Aid) Things First
Find Your Groove
A Healthy Tune
Stay in Circulation
'X' Marks the Spot
Pregnancy Predictors
Play It Safe
What's New?
A Walking, Talking Fitness Billboard
Community Health
Special Foundation Focus
Ask the Expert

Vim & Vigor - Fall 2011 - Parrish Medical Center