Community Health Network Foundation

We are proud to announce the recipients of the 2010 Ken Stanley Endowment Scholarship for Cardiovascular Care.

This endowment funds scholarships valued at more than $6,000 and awarded to four Community Health Network employees who are seeking health care degrees with the intent to excel in the field of cardiovascular care. It was established in 2005 from contributions from generous donors who gave in memory of Ken Stanley, M.D., in honor of his medical career and dedication to cardiovascular care. 

Applications were reviewed by a committee of Dr. Stanley’s colleagues, leaders within Community Heart and Vascular and Human Resources personnel.

This year’s scholarship recipients are:

• Amy Ambs, ES, an exercise specialist in Cardiac Rehab at The Indiana Heart Hospital who will begin course studies in the accelerated BSN program at Indiana Wesleyan University
• Angela Foley, RN, BSN, an ICU practice facilitator in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit at The Indiana Heart Hospital who is preparing for her MSN at Indiana University
• Launa Goodman, RN, the director of case management and cardiovascular data at The Indiana Heart Hospital who is studying for her BSN at Indiana University Kokomo
• Rachel Newkirk, a patient support partner at The Indiana Heart Hospital who is earning a BSN degree at St. Mary’s College 

I’m thrilled to share with you some exciting news! With the support of 780 generous employees, we exceeded our Employee Campaign goal and raised more than $417,000 that will be used to fund important efforts to put patients first and to invest in our employees. Thank you.

You gave because you care and your gifts are investments made to fulfill our network mission. These gifts will support various patient care programs and will fund medical scholarships and education for our employees. And, they will provide support to employees in their most difficult time of need.

While we celebrate the generosity of our employee donors, I know the work is not yet done. Now, more than ever, our patients and employees need the support only our donors can provide.

Here are some ways you can help:
• Celebrate a co-worker’s success with a tribute gift.
• Make a memorial donation in honor of a loved one.
• Contact us to learn more about how you can include Community Health Network Foundation in your will and for complimentary planned giving consultation.
• Encourage your family, friends and colleagues to learn more about the impacts our donors are making by sending them to eCommunity.org.

If you were not able to contribute during the Employee Campaign, I invite you to consider Community Health Network Foundation as a future charitable option. You can make a donation anytime, and for any reason, by visiting eCommunity.org or calling us at 355-GIVE. Your support will make an impact and will be greatly appreciated.

I started my new role with the foundation just 60 days ago and I am so inspired by the generosity of our employee donors. I am sincerely grateful for every gift and for every donor who joined our growing network of employee support. I look forward to working with all of you and hope you contact me with any questions or opportunities you may have.

Best wishes,

Michele Thomas Dole, M.S., CFP®
President and CEO, Community Health Network Foundation

As we celebrate this wonderful season of giving, it is our pleasure to share with you an exciting, and historical, donor announcement.

Jack Heiney (sitting) announced his donation in a meeting with (l-r) Anita Harden, Community Health Network Foundation Interim President and CEO, Bryan Mills, Community Health Network President and CEO, and Yvonne Shaheen, George Geiger and Katie Betley, all Community Health Network board members.

Community Health Network Foundation has received a $1 million cash donation from John W. “Jack” Heiney, who has made the largest financial donation in our history.

Jack made the unrestricted gift to fund our mission to support Community Health Network’s commitment to improve the health of the central Indiana communities Community serves. Jack told us he also made this donation to celebrate his wife, Betty, who passed away in July 2009 after they enjoyed 68 years of marriage. He claims she was always supportive of his volunteer commitments to Community, and was instrumental in founding the Jack and Betty Heiney Society, our planned giving society.

 The unrestricted donation will support Community’s future greatest needs and will provide funding to improve community health through outreach, wellness and prevention programs, to invest in Community’s network of health care facilities and employees who deliver the best coordinated and convenient care possible, and to lead patient-centered health care reform.

To forever celebrate this gift, Betty’s memory and the decades of board service Jack has provided us, we are naming a portion of Community Hospital North the John W. “Jack” and Betty Heiney Patient Care Tower. The board room at Indianapolis-based Visionary Enterprises, Inc., a Community Health Network partner, also commemorates Jack with a display of his numerous career and civic accomplishments.  

Patients, families, physicians and employees will forever be grateful for the extreme generosity Jack and Betty Heiney have provided to Community. This gift will undoubtedly change the lives of countless people over many years. We celebrate Jack and Betty and thank them for investing in our work to serve the community, the true reason our network exists.

Jack Heiney (sitting) with the following Foundation staff members (l to r): Ryan Chelli, Anita Harden, Barbara Coury, Kyle Henne, Marcy Zunk, Melodie Kent, Jack Beatty, Marsha Wager and Debbie Ahaus.

Jan Bingle, M.S., R.N., is so much more than chief nursing officer for Community Health Network. To us, she’s our fundraising hero, raising more than $1 million to fund an endowment and form the Society for Nursing Excellence.

Recently, she was featured in the Indianapolis Star’s Indiana Nursing Quarterly for her fundraising passion to raise money to advance the nursing profession. Read the full article>>

You can get to know more about Jan by reading a Q&A that also appeared in this quarterly publication. Read the Q&A>>

But, this information just scratches the surface of Jan’s philanthropic passion. Watch this video celebrating Jan’s choice to live a charitable life>>

Community Health Network registered nurses and licensed practical nurses strive for excellence in professional practice. And now is your chance to nominate one (or more) for a 2009 Nursing Excellence Award.

This is a great program that salutes our compassionate, hard-working and talented nurses. The awards are distributed at a nursing event in November that is a true celebration of our nursing culture driven by excellence.

Nominations will only be accepted online and the nomination deadline is Friday, July 31, 2009 at 11:59 p.m.

Community Health Network Foundation values all nurses and encourages you to make a nomination. Click here to learn more and nominate >>