Community Health Network Foundation

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

Today we announced details about a $500,000 donation from Indiana Surgery Center South physicians to support The Next Evolution of the Community Hospital South Capital Campaign.

The announcement of the major gift increases the fundraising total to $1.2 million and closes the campaign ahead of the $1 million planned goal.

Barbara Coury, our vice president of development, said the $500,000 gift represents a unified commitment donors have made to transform health care on the south side of Indianapolis and in Greenwood.

“The gift made by these physicians is an important investment in guaranteeing Community Hospital South is a south side cornerstone for the best coordinated, connected and convenient health care,” Coury said. “They join more than 150 additional donors who also share this commitment and contributed to the success of this fundraising campaign.”

“We believe our gift of financial support will fund the next generation of medical excellence at Community Hospital South and greatly benefit our patients and families,” said Bipin Patel, M.D. and Indiana Surgery Center South medical director. “On behalf of the very committed 65 physicians making this gift, we celebrate the up-coming opening of the expanded hospital and the high-quality health care that will be practiced there for years to come.”

Donations collected to support the expansion of Community Hospital South will be used over time to fund programs for medical excellence and innovation, purchase state-of-the-art medical technologies, ensure the delivery of exceptional patient care and to install a collection of original Indiana artwork that will create a healing environment for patients and visitors.

The Next Evolution of Community Hospital South will include a five-story, all-private room patient tower, state-of-the-art surgical suites and expanded outpatient services with convenient access. The $130 million project is on schedule, with the grand opening of the patient tower slated for mid-year 2010.

Physicians contributing to the $500,000 donation include:
 
Tessa M. Asdell, M.D.
Richard L. Bohnenkamp, M.D.
Michael L. Boothe, M.D.
Scott D. Bowers, M.D.
Sohelia-Zia Boyer, D.O.
Glen A. Brunk, M.D.
Patricia A. Burton, M.D.
Paul F. Cain, D.P.M.
Steven M. Clark, M.D.
Benjamin J. Copeland, M.D.
Andrew J. Corsaro, M.D.
Edward J. Diekhoff, M.D.
James R. Dunlop, M.D.
Heidi M. Dunniway , M.D.
David B. Ensley, M.D.
Thomas H. Fairchild, M.D.
David J. Fang, M.D.
Jason J. Gutt, M.D.
Deepak Guttikonda, M.D.
Cara E.  Hahs, M.D.
Mark M. Hamilton, M.D.
Charles E. Hughes III, M.D.
Richard W. Jackson, M.D.
Thomas L. Jackson, M.D.
Olaf B. Johansen, M.D.
W. Terry Jones, M.D.
Kevin E.  Julian, M.D.
Donald G. King, M.D.
Stephen R. Klapper, M.D.
Eric Y. Knoll, M.D.
Frederick R. Lane, M.D.
Earl E. Lanter, M.D.
Mark A. Lazar, D.P.M.
Mathew J. Libke, M.D.
S. Chace Lottich, M.D.
Jonathan B. Lupton, M.D.
Juliet M. Maillet, M.D.
Jonathan A. Mandelbaum, M.D.
Kurt R. Martin, M.D.
Daniel M. Maxfield, M.D.
R. Barry Melbert, M.D.
Scott T. Miles, M.D.
Maximillian S. Newell, M.D.
Danny Ngo, M.D.
Stephen J. O’Neil, M.D.
Bradley Orris, M.D.
Andrew C. Parker, M.D.
Bipin A. Patel, M.D.
Roberto R. Patron, M.D.
Bryan K. Perkins, M.D.
James P. Perry, M.D.
Nicole S. Perry, M.D.
Christopher Pesavento, M.D.
Charles A. Salazar, M.D.
Daniel B. Salvas, M.D.
Jeffrey S. Stevens, D.P.M.
Chadwick Strain, M.D.
David Szentes, M.D.
Richard S. Troiano, M.D.
Vidyasagar S. Tumuluri, M.D.
Jeffery D. Vaught, M.D.
G. Alan VonStein, M.D.
J.K. Winckelbach, D.P.M.
Wendy S. Winckelbach, D.P.M.
Thomas C. Wisler, Jr., M.D.

The incredible devastation that has occurred in Haiti this week has moved many individuals and nations.  Those of us who have done mission work in Haiti over the years know first hand the impact that the earthquake is having. Sanitation, basic medical care, food, water, shelter, clothing and spiritual needs are vast and immediate.  So, how can Community Health Network help?

I, and other network presidents, have received inquiries asking how Community can help.  We have a culture of compassion that is always apparent, but especially so during crises like this one.

The American Red Cross is a local agency that is very effective coordinating funds and mobilizing a national effort. Community Health Network Foundation is offering to facilitate donations made from employees and physicians to the American Red Cross.

If you want to help, you may send your donations to the Community Health Network Foundation designated for “Haiti Relief.” You can take advantage of the many ways to contribute that the we offer.  We want to help make it easy and convenient. You can donate in the forms of cash, check, credit card, debit card, payroll deduction, PTO, or use our website:  www.ecommunity.org.   If you use the website, indicate “Haiti Relief” in the comments section. Checks can be mailed to:

Community Health Network Foundation
Attn: Haiti Relief
1500 N. Ritter Ave.
Indianapolis, IN 46219

We will send donations on your behalf to the American Red Cross on a weekly basis.  In addition, the Foundation will also make a donation.

Thank you for your support,

Anita J. Harden, RN, MSN, MBA
President Emeritus, Community Hospital East
Interim 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.