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St. Elizabeth Hospital Community Foundation Grants

Affinity Health System

Because of the generosity of our donors, more than $374,000 was awarded to programs and services of Affinity Health System’s northern region hospitals and clinics, helping our medical professionals provide quality, personalized care to all we treat.

Spring Cycle Grants (May 2009)

  • Affinity Medical Group OB/GYN Madison Center – Digital Scale ($2,133)
  • Affinity Medical Group Pediatrics Deerwood – Auditory Care ($2,204)
  • Affinity Medical Group Pediatric Children’s Health Center – Dynamap Integrated Blood Pressure/Oximeters Machine ($5,468)
  • Calumet Medical Center – Progressive Agriculture Safety Day ($2,500)
  • Calumet Medical Center – Heart Clinic Cardiac Rehabilitation ($10,640)
  • Calumet Medical Center Surgery department – Dual Compartment Blanket/Fluid Warming Cabinet ($7,143)
  • Calumet Medical Center Surgery department – Orthopaedic Beach Chair Positioner ($6,638)
  • St. Elizabeth Hospital Midway Rehabilitation – Digital Scale for Cardiac & Pulmonary Rehabilitation ($1,300)
  • St. Elizabeth Hospital Midway Rehabilitation – NuStep Treadmill for Cardiac & Pulmonary Rehabilitation ($4,300)
  • St. Elizabeth Hospital Midway Rehabilitation – Treadmill for Rehabilitation ($3,500)
  • St. Elizabeth Hospital Outpatient Rehabilitation – Splint Pan ($1,200)
  • St. Elizabeth Hospital Emergency department – Blanket Warmer ($7,947)
  • St. Elizabeth Hospital Rehabilitation – Treadmill ($3,500)
  • St. Elizabeth Hospital Laboratory – School of Medical Technology ($352)
  • St. Elizabeth Hospital Behavioral Health – Craft Supplies ($1,000)
  • St. Elizabeth Hospital Behavioral Health – Health & Wellness Program ($11,200)
  • St. Elizabeth Hospital Behavioral Health – Nutrition Classes ($2,860)
  • St. Elizabeth Hospital 4 South floor – Two Bariatric Lift Chairs ($6,175)
  • St. Elizabeth Hospital Multiple Inpatient Units – Capnography Monitoring Microstream Bedside ($27,000)
  • St. Elizabeth Hospital Palliative Care ($1,771)
  • St. Elizabeth Hospital Medical Oncology – Blanket Warmer ($5,370)
  • St. Elizabeth Hospital Medical Oncology – Masimo Rad5v Pulse Oximeter ($1,375)
  • St. Elizabeth Hospital – Patient Basic Needs, Support for Underinsured, Uninsured and Homeless ($30,000)
  • St. Elizabeth Hospital Laboratory – Centrifuge ($5,645)
  • St. Elizabeth Hospital Medical Oncology – Telemetry for 4 West ($6,000)

Fall Cycle Grants (November 2008)

  • St. Elizabeth Hospital 4 South/4 West floors – Two S3 Fall Reductions Beds ($18,000)
  • St. Elizabeth Hospital Emergency department and 4 South floor – Four Patient Carts ($25,200)
  • St. Elizabeth Hospital Emergency department – 11 Locked Supply Carts ($30,516)
  • St. Elizabeth Hospital’s Midway Surgery Center – 20 Treatment Chairs ($8,200)
  • St. Elizabeth Hospital’s ICU floor – Five Cardiac Chairs ($4,500)
  • St. Elizabeth Hospital’s 4 South, Subacute, Behavioral Health and Women & Families departments – 10 Portable Patient Monitors ($29,750)
  • St. Elizabeth Hospital Emergency department – Three EKG Monitors ($43,552)
  • St. Elizabeth Hospital 2South/ICU floor – Three Bariatric Lift Recliners ($6,200)
  • St. Elizabeth Hospital BirthPlace – Two In-Bed Scales for Infant Care Warmers ($3,617)
  • St. Elizabeth Hospital 4 South floor – Five Oncology Recliner Rocker Chairs ($6,500)
  • St. Elizabeth Hospital Pediatrics/GYN – One Blanket Warmer Cabinet ($5,115)
  • St. Elizabeth Hospital Child/Adolescent Behavioral Health department – Physical and Emotional Wellness Program ($5,889)
  • St. Elizabeth Hospital Behavioral Health – Craft Supplies for Adult Patient Groups ($1,380)
  • St. Elizabeth Hospital Behavioral Health department – Patient Basic Needs (clothing and personal care items) - ($1,000)
  • St. Elizabeth Hospital Behavioral Health Occupational Therapy – How Does Your Engine Run Program ($2,111)
  • St. Elizabeth Hospital Adult Behavioral Medicine – Medication/Transportation Assistance for Uninsured, Underinsured or Homeless ($1,000)
  • St. Elizabeth Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit – Creamatocrit Plus Centrifuge, which tests the calorie and fat content of human breast milk ($1,700)
  • St. Elizabeth Hospital Laboratory – Annual Operation of School Program plus equipment for student lab ($3,500)
  • St. Elizabeth Hospital Library – Wheaton Franciscan Sisters Tribute Display ($16,000)
  • St. Elizabeth Hospital Administration – Outstanding Nurses Program ($4,000)

Wallace Memorial Endowment grants of more than $7,000 assisting Affinity employees with participating in medical mission trips were awarded to:

  • Barbara Reynard to Guatemala
  • Donna Schuster to Montego Bay, Jamaica
  • Patricia Wittmann to Tanzania, East Africa
  • John Fuller to Arequipa, Peru
  • Sally Marohn to Arequipa, Peru
  • Bernardine Nitz to Arequipa, Peru
  • Nancy Bourassa to Arequipa, Peru
  • Lynette Cox to Arequipa, Peru

Wallace Physician’s Endowment grants of $2,000 were awarded to Affinity physicians participating in medical mission trips:

  • Dr. Matt Kraemer to Dominican Republic
  • Dr. Lawrence Donatelle to Arequipa, Peru

Community Endowment

The Community Endowment Fund has existed since the early 1980s.  No fundraising occurs for this fund, and no donations are directed to it.  The fund grows as the foundation grows, and 5 percent of this fund’s annual earnings are granted to area non-profit organizations serving the poor and/or focusing on community health initiatives.

$73,000 was granted to these organizations:

  • American Cancer Society
  • ARC Fox Cities, The
  • B.A.B.E.S., Inc. Respite & Counseling Services
  • CHAPS Academy
  • COTS, Inc.
  • Easter Seals WI
  • Friendship Place, Inc.
  • Goodwill Industries North Central WI, Inc.
  • Housing Partnership of the Fox Cities
  • Mount Tabor Center, Inc.
  • NAHBRS
  • NAMI Fox Valley, Inc.
  • Samaritan Counseling Center of the Fox Valley, Inc.
  • Tri-County Community Dental Clinic
  • Valley Packaging Industries, Inc.
  • Youth Go, Inc.