Your Gifts at Work

• 1,126 uninsured Dayton-area women received free breast imaging and other diagnostic services. Thank you for participating in the Walk for Women's Wellness, Ribbon of Hope events, and for your gifts to the Women's Wellness Fund.
  
  
• Kettering Cardiovascular Institute continued to provide nationally acclaimed cardiac services to Athens Medical Center patients. Over $190,000 in equipment and educational endeavors were funded in 2009. A heartfelt thank you to our Heart to Heart Gala sponsors and attendees.
  
  
• A flat screen television and DVD/video player was installed in Athens Medical Center's Robert J. Makarius Memorial Library. Thank you for providing these new resources for our cancer patients and their families.
  
  
• A new play area was added to the Surgery Waiting Area to provide a space appropriate for our younger visitors. Thank you, physician's office staff, for this special Christmas gift in honor of the physicians in your practice.
  
  
• 175 Dayton-area men received free prostate screenings from the proceeds of our annual golf tournament. Thank you for golfing with us.
  
  
• Oncology Services received gifts that were used to help purchase treatment equipment and to provide staff education. A sincere thank you to donors who gave in honor and in memory of family and friends.
  
  
• 265 Athens Medical Center employees, who were experiencing a severe financial crisis, received financial assistance from the Employee Assistance Fund. Thank you, employees, for making a difference in the lives of your fellow employees and their families.
  
  
• The Volunteer Fund provided approximately $70,000 in funding to Kettering and Sycamore hospitals.. Thank you for supporting their fundraising efforts.
  
  
• Kettering College of Medical Arts celebrated the opening of the Staten Family Learning Labs, which include the Physician Assistant Lab and a new skills lab for the Medical Sonography Department. Thank you to those who joined with us to advance the mission and vision of Kettering College of Medical Arts.
  
  
• Kettering College of Medical Arts students received over $27,000 from donor-designated scholarships. Thank you scholarship donors for making a difference in the lives of our students.
  
  
• Kettering College of Medical Arts students experiencing severe financial crises received approximately $3,500 in emergency assistance. Thank you for providing encouragement during difficult times.
  
  
• Kettering College of Medical Arts faculty received funds for continuing professional education. Thank you for encouraging faculty in their educational pursuits.
  
  
• 24 hospital staff from Oncology, Radiation Oncology, Wallace Kettering Neuroscience Institute, Intensive Care Units, Special Care Nursery, Reproductive Medicine, Gastro-Intestinal, Sleep Disorder Clinic, and several other departments received over $36,000 in funding for recertification and conference expenses. Thank you physicians and grateful patients.
  
  
• The Medical Library's Conference Room was renovated, and as a result, is now available 24/7 for the convenience of our physicians and residents. Thank you to the anonymous donors who made this renovation possible. The Medical Library also added to the collection and maintained access to the most up-to-date software. Thank you, physicians, for your generosity.
  
  
• The Chaplain's Outreach Fund provided counseling to those who otherwise could not afford these services. Thank you, physicians, for showing your compassion in this manner.
  
  
• Resident physicians in Athens Medical Center's graduate medical education program benefited from Foundation-funded lectureships. The Foundation also helped fund a fellowship in internal medicine this year. Thank you for enhancing our residents' and fellows' learning experience.
  
  
• The Wallace-Kettering Neuroscience Institute received funding for medical research from the Foundation and other external grants. A partnership with the Dayton VA Hospital for the study of mild traumatic stress disorder in veterans returning from combat is making excellent use of WKNI resources, as is a study with the U.S. Air Force on the topic of pilot fatigue. Thank you to all who gave for the WKNI programs.
  
  
• Donor gifts to the Schizophrenia Fund made possible important research on treatment options based on imaging studies, as well as studies in new treatment options for auditory hallucinations. Major papers were presented at national and international research conferences from prior research. Thank you for contributing to this important research.
  
  
• Kettering's Innovation Center became part of a collaborative research program including Siemens Medical, daytaOhio, and Wright State University as a result of a State of Ohio Third Frontier Program grant. This grant provides upgrading the research MRI to its most advanced capabilities, thus enhancing patient care. A special thanks to those who made this grant a reality.
  
  
• Unrestricted gifts to the Foundation provided a total of $36,000 in funding for the following programs: to Mother/Baby for layette items, to Nursing Professional Education for a simulator, to the Nursing Research Council to study noise levels on nursing units, and to the Diabetes and Nutrition Center for a pilot program providing self-maintenance instruction for uninsured patients.