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Network: December/January 2008
A Message to Employees from Dave Bernd, CEO, Sentara Healthcare
 Sentara Health Foundation
Celebrates 10 Years of Connections
As we prepare to celebrate the upcoming 10-year anniversary of the Sentara Health Foundation, we reflect upon the many lives that Sentara Healthcare has touched through the Sentara Health Foundation. Over the past 10 years, the Foundation has distributed more than $2 million in grants that have helped residents from the Eastern Shore to Greater Hampton Roads. It is Sentara's continued commitment to give back to the community.
Over the years, the Foundation has identified community health-related needs, enabled solutions and introduced programs to meet those needs. Outreach has focused on providing access to basic health care services, improving pregnancy outcomes for healthier babies, building collaboration among people and organizations, and improving services for frail and at-risk seniors.
In this issue of Network, you will read about some of the connections the Foundation has fostered right here in Hampton Roads. Read about Mary Hill, a Suffolk resident, who has benefited from one such connection. Hill has participated in the American Red Cross Train the Trainer program, which helps provide family caregivers with the skills needed to care for a loved one. The Sentara Health Foundation supports the program through grant funding.
You will also read about Sue Myers and Jack Scudder who are both taking part in the Peninsula Area Agency on Aging’s Med Tran Program. Scudder is a volunteer driver who transports seniors like Sue Myers to doctor appointments, medical tests and pharmacy visits. The program, which was created in 2002, is funded through a grant from the Sentara Health Foundation.
Sentara Health Foundation also conducts fundraising activities to support important health initiatives like cardiac research and cancer programs. Gifts from grateful patients who want to say thank you for the care they received are welcomed and can help others benefit from similar services and advancements in care.
Please join me in celebrating the past, present and future connections that the Sentara Health Foundation is making to improve health every day.
― Dave Bernd
Learn more about making a gift to Sentara Health Foundation.
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