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Speaker 1 (00:01):
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I'm absolutely thrilled to introduce Laura Tolbert. She's the interim
President of the San Antonio Hospital Foundation, bringing a remarkable
blend of sports acumen and philanthropic passion to her leadership role.
Joining the Foundation in twenty nineteen as director of Development,
Laura previously excelled as the Senior Director of corporate sales
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for the Ontario Rain, followed by a transformative tenure with
the Inland Empire sixty six ers baseball team. With over
twenty seven years of experience, her journey began at IMG Football,
where she represented NFL icons like Joe Montana and Peyton Manning,
before moving to IMG Hockey alongside legends such as Wayne Gretziki.
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Beyond sports, Laura's commitment to community service is evident in
her leadership roles including chairwoman of the Upland Chamber of
Commerce and past board chair for the American Red Cross
San Fernandino County Chapter, where she has consistently championed social
betterment and meaningful change. Her multifaceted experience continues to inspire
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those she serves. Thank you so much for being.
Speaker 3 (02:06):
With us today, Laura. Thank you for having me terrific.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
Laura, So as we all heard, you have such a
robust background in sports management, team atmospheres talk about the
transition from sports into healthcare and what inspired you to
do so well.
Speaker 4 (02:31):
I had no intention of changing careers. I was approached
by someone within the organization as because when I worked
for the Ontario Rain, San Antonio Regional Hospital was one
of my corporate clients, so they got to see the
behind the scenes of me and how I work and
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my work ethic and how everything was facilitated, you know,
in a marketing partnership, and there was a position opened.
Then they encouraged me to apply and later they offered
me the position. I took a deep dive because I
was also going to be the person that was running
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the Hope Brains Foundation. Should I had not taken this role,
so I had to take a deep dive within myself
to real or to decide which way will I, you know, go,
And after three pages of how I could make a
difference going to San Antonio Hospital Foundation, I made my
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decision and never looked back, and it was a great decision.
What inspires me the most is that I help people
that I will never meet.
Speaker 2 (03:55):
I can imagine and you know, talk about that dynamic
of being in a team and a sports atmosphere, right
representing teams, and how that team mentality and dynamic transferred
into your new role coming in as development director but
now interim president of the San Antonio Hospital Foundation.
Speaker 4 (04:15):
It plays a big factor because within a hospital there's
a lot of communication that has to happen to make
every department run and we do that in the foundation,
and we're also a lot of the community members reach
out to us, you know, asking different questions, and so
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the Foundation plays a vital role along with marketing to
get the right message out into the community. So definitely
a team effort all the way around.
Speaker 2 (04:50):
Well, the team effort started with a very rich history
of community support and involvement, which is absolutely inspiring to
anyone who puts their ears on this. But tell us
about the history of Francis Mary Paul and the legacy
that has continued with Sue Scott and her sister, her
sister Deborah to Scott, they are the great granddaughters of
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Francis Mary Paul. But first tell us who is Francis
Mary Paul and what is her role in San Antonio
Regional Hospital.
Speaker 4 (05:23):
Well back in the early nineteen hundreds nineteen oh seven,
the hospital was established, and in the early nineteen twenties,
they saw a great need, they meaning Francis Mary Paul
and her husband, and they saw a great need of
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having a hospital in the Inland Empire. Well back it
wasn't called the Inline Empire, but in the area otherwise
they would have to make that trip all the way
to the Los Angeles area. So she started with a
seventy five thousand dollars donation to move the hospital from
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the corner of San Antonio Avenue and Arrow Route and
to the location that it is today. And that was
one hundred years ago last year, and that seventy five
thousand dollars is into the billions of dollars in today's
you know funding. So she also with doing that collectively
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got others to support the hospital, and this hospital was
built on that community support and it still exists today.
And yes, you're the great granddaughters and are still in
the area, and they still support the hospital anyway they.
Speaker 3 (06:49):
Can, certainly.
Speaker 2 (06:51):
And what really is inspiring about the whole reason that
they were moved to start this donation is the fact
that they wanted under represent and in communities to have
access to healthcare, namely those that were working the orange
groves or cultivating the vineyards at the time, which as
you mentioned, you know, many of the workers would encounter
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illnesses or need attention for the delivery of their infants.
But as you mentioned, the closest healthcare that they could
receive was all the way out in Los Angeles. So
the fact that they wanted to build something local for
an underrepresented community is a testament to the mission that
I have seen fully charged by San Antonio Regional Hospital.
Speaker 3 (07:38):
And I'm really.
Speaker 2 (07:38):
Excited to go into that as we talk a little
bit further, but talk about the San Antonio Hospital's Foundation
and their mission to develop the resources to support San
Antonio Regional Hospital's efforts and improve the health and well
being of the people you serve.
Speaker 4 (07:58):
That is the hospital foundations mission. We raise funds for
San Antonio Regional Hospital. We have had efforts such as
some of the initiatives that we've supported is you know, mammograms, ultrasounds,
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MRIs biopsies, and these are for men and women that
are performed at the Women's Breast and Imaging Center in
the Shoeye Building. Wigs and scarves for the breast cancer
patients that sar inside at these pearls in the Shoey Building,
breast cancer patients that need assistants with transportation, gas, cafeteria
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vouchers when they're having their services performed, and even overnight
stays should they need to if they're traveling far. Foundation
funds have supported those initiatives. We have helped purchase cardio
check machines with h you know, with our uh HCI
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Healthy Communities Institute and Population Health they go out and
do health checks, and so we helped with the cardio
check machines. The Shumsky pillows, I don't know if you're
familiar with that. They're for cardiac patients and our cardiac physicians. Actually,
our cardiologists use those pillows to draw on the actual
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pillow of the surgery that they're going to perform on
that patient and it's it's specific to that patient. And
then post surgery, that patient can use that pillow in
their recovery and then they you know, take it home.
We've purchased roll away roll away beds, nursing education grants,
nursing education speakers for symposiums. We've provided junior volunteer scholarships.
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We've provided uh for say, junior volunteers at San Antonio
and then nursing A said that Healthy Beginnings program. They
we support that as well. And Healthy Beginnings. They do
breastfeeding support, they offer maternity classes, they have moms support groups,
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even those moms that haven't delivered. At San Antonio, we
recently opened that up to the community to partake in
those groups, and most recently we started a giving closet
for those in need with essential items for moms to
take home with their babies, you know. And that's just
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a few There's so many more things that we have supported.
Speaker 2 (10:49):
So let's dig in a little bit to HCI only
because that's a very critical part of the workforce development
and communicating and interface with the community to ensure that
they're connected to these resources and programs and develop the
next generation of healthcare workers. Give us an overview of
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what the Lewis San Antonio Healthy Communities Institute is designed.
Speaker 3 (11:16):
To do and how that fits in with.
Speaker 2 (11:18):
The mission of the San Antonio Hospital Foundation.
Speaker 4 (11:21):
Okay, well, the Lewis San Antonio Healthy Communities Institute, they
they provide well gosh there they have super Saturdays classes
for elementary students. They also have Youth Healthy Professionals, the
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y HP program for seventh through twelfth grade and for juniors.
We started a couple of years ago a clinical shadowing
program and we have foundation dollars have supported that. As
you know, Lewis in the San Antonio Lewis Healthy Communities
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of Randa Lewis has been a big supporter of HCI,
but we have found other funding to help and provide
because the clinical shadowing program, it's it's pretty amazing. When
I first when they first started, I thought, wow, doctors
are getting really young. They look like high school students,
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and come to find out they were and they were
shadowing different departments and the whole, the whole idea behind
this is to its workforce development, so to keep the
the youth or get the youth inside excited about career
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and healthcare and then keep them here so.
Speaker 2 (12:58):
Well, those are a great initiatives, especially in today's landscape
when we're looking at seeing almost a fourteen percent growth
within the healthcare sector and seeing those impacted numbers of
healthcare professionals that have retired as a result or on
the other side of COVID and the pandemic, and then
making up for that lost ground and making sure that
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the next generation is ready to, like you said, hit
the ground running and serve the community as San Antonio
Regional Hospital has for over one hundred years now. But
before we go any further, let's talk about those magic
board members, the ones that keep everything in line and
make sure that best practices are implemented, those funds are
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properly stewarded and making the best impact that they can.
What does the structure of the San Antonio Hospital Foundation
board look like.
Speaker 4 (13:53):
Well, we have eighteen board members and it's structured with
a good group of physicians, to business leaders to individuals.
Each board member brings something different to the table, whether
they make an introduction for us to someone that could
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help the hospital, to someone that wants to give a donation,
or they sponsor something or make a donation directly to
whatever initiative we are. We are in that moment in time,
but they're a great group of people and we Our
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board chair is Amy Valdivia and she is a big
leader in the Upland community. She's an Upland resident and
I believe she also sits on an advisory board for
the hospital. We have James Milheiser, which is our vice
chair and he has been on our board of Directors
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I believe, and also on the board of t sees
and now back on the board of foundations. He's our
vice chair. And Sue Scott who is our secretary. She
again is the great granddaughter and an avid golfer, so
she helps us with our golf tournament.
Speaker 3 (15:15):
I love that.
Speaker 2 (15:16):
So you have a team of dedicated, invested community leaders
that offer you feedback, some advice, or just some oversight
to help move the foundation's mission forward. It sounds like
a great way to ensure that best practices are adhered
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to and that members of the community can really be
a part of something that is so deeply integrated into
the region and serves the region so beautifully. You know,
earlier you mentioned some of the areas that the foundation
focuses on. In one of those areas you mentioned was
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wigs and scarves for breast cancer patients at San Antonio
Regional Hospital, and I remember one of the campaigns included
also a cooling cap for patients that go through chemotherapy
and radiation, and the cooling cap helps to prevent the
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loss of hair or to help cancer patients regain.
Speaker 3 (16:24):
Their hair growth faster.
Speaker 2 (16:27):
The reason why that one stood out to me was
because somebody that was one of the recipients of one
of those cooling caps actually was inspired to pursue a
healthcare career due to this effort. Please Laura share that
story with us.
Speaker 4 (16:44):
Well, that was early on, That was in December of
twenty nineteen. It was my first you know, ladies legacy,
and we presented that we didn't end up purchasing the
cooling caps. However, you are correct that one end the
visual who was a patient at San Antonio and a
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cancer patient and at times she was her stay with
us was thirty days at a time, so she did
lose all of her hair, and she learned of this
cooling cap. We don't have that currently available and foundation dollars,
you know, maybe that's something that we can you know, revisit,
because she was very impressed with that as well.
Speaker 2 (17:27):
So then talk about also the wigs and scarfs for
breast cancer patients, because this is a very beautiful treasure.
I've had the privilege of visiting and experiencing the caliber
of care and attention for your cancer care patients.
Speaker 4 (17:45):
Well, we learned that beauty is from within, but the
outer it does matter as well, especially when you don't
feel as beautiful within. So we do offer wigs for
those patients that would like them. We have a beautiful room.
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I wish I had a picture of it, but I
don't write at this moment. But it's filled, it's designed
like you're in a salon. You sit in a salon
chair and you're fitted for a wig and the wigs
are one hundred percent funded by the foundation. Recently, we
learned that on day's light today, when it's hot outside,
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not everybody wants to wear a wig, So that's where
we incorporated the scars, so they're able to get a
wig and a scar.
Speaker 2 (18:37):
So and what has a feedback ben for the patients
that basically have this resource to support their cancer journey.
Speaker 4 (18:47):
They love it. And what I didn't mention is we
also provide pilates classes and during COVID we pivoted to
a virtual pilates class, so there are other class is
that they can sign up for the San Antonio Supports
so and it's very well received.
Speaker 2 (19:08):
Well, that is exciting because that's just a tip of
the iceberg. When you talk about your Healthy Beginnings program
and the focus on that for new parents, not just mothers,
but mothers and fathers and the care of their infant.
Can you expand a little bit on that program and
how the resources really touch the hearts and the lives
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of the people that are welcoming new members of their
family home.
Speaker 4 (19:36):
Well, thank you for that, because Healthy Beginnings program. When
I first learned about it, I was like, wow, it's
they are the team over in healthy beginnings. They're small
but mighty. They're the first outside of a doctor and
a nurse, the first person that they will see that
will assist a new mom with breastfeeding. They are are
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looking for jaundice. They but before the baby is even born.
There's maternity classes, there's uh, there's support groups for moms
all throughout the pregnancy. And and then we just recently
added the giving closet that we found that there was
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a need for for families that needed a little extra
and they needed the essentials to bring the baby home. Diapers,
diaper whites, you know, diaper ointment, possibly a car seat,
a stroller, you know, things like that. So now we
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have things like that that once those families are identified,
they can they can shop in that closet.
Speaker 2 (20:51):
That is wonderful. And so talk about how resources like
this closet, you know, uh, support and encourage parents, especially
new parents, when they're in those moments where they need
that extra support right or those extra resources to ensure
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that they're leaving the hospital prepared and ready to take
on their new journey and health either leaving the hospital
for an outpatient procedure or leaving with the new member
of their family.
Speaker 4 (21:28):
Well, I have to get back to you on that
because it's so new. I haven't gotten numbers on that,
so you'll have to invite me back so I can
elaborate a little bit more on that.
Speaker 3 (21:37):
Okay, perfect, Perfect.
Speaker 2 (21:39):
So I know that you guys have been doing all
kinds of great work, and part of that great work
includes the junior Volunteer scholarships. That's something that is a
great segue to introducing the next generation of young professionals
to the healthcare field. What is the junior Volunteer scholarships program?
Speaker 4 (22:03):
Like, Well, we have volunteers of all ages at San Antonio.
It takes a village to run the hospital, and they
can apply for foundation funding to continue their education. So
that is essentially what it is, and they are San
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Antonio volunteer.
Speaker 3 (22:27):
That's wonderful.
Speaker 2 (22:27):
Now, are these scholarships primarily aimed to continue education in
the healthcare sector?
Speaker 3 (22:35):
Does it vary?
Speaker 4 (22:36):
I think it varies, but it's mainly intended for that.
Speaker 3 (22:41):
Okay, very nice.
Speaker 4 (22:42):
Well, there's many jobs that you can have in a hospital.
You don't have to just be a nurse and you
don't have to just go to school to be a physician.
There's jobs in the laboratory, in you know, imaging and
case management. So there's many, many, many positions available to them.
Speaker 2 (23:03):
Right because what many people don't know is that there
are clinical and non clinical work, right So like the
administrative side of the business side, like yourself, Laura. So
for those that don't want to see the blood and
all of that, or.
Speaker 3 (23:17):
You know, don't want to be.
Speaker 2 (23:19):
On the line for caring for a patient like that,
there are so many opportunities non clinical as well. But
we are hitting a break and once we return, we'll
get back to some of the capital campaigns that have
been completed and conducted over the year and what we
can expect as we set our sites to the future.
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But for now, everybody. Eve at Walker with ABC News
and Talks Southern California Business Report here today with Laura Tolbert,
interim President of the San Antonio Hospital Foundation. Combining twenty
seven years of sports leadership with a passion for philanthropy.
Formerly an IMG in corporate sales, she champions community service
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Welcome back everyone. Eve at Walker with ABC News and
Talks Southern California Business Report Here today with Laura Tolbert,
interim President of the San Antonio Hospital Foundation. Combining over
twenty seven years of sports leadership with a passion for philanthropy.
Formerly at IMG and in corporate sales, she champions community
(27:52):
service as chairwoman of the Upland Chamber of Commerce and
past board chair for the American Red Cross, continuing to
inspire those she serves. Thank you so much for being.
Speaker 3 (28:02):
With us today, Laura.
Speaker 4 (28:04):
Thank you for having.
Speaker 3 (28:05):
Me perfect so prior to the break.
Speaker 2 (28:07):
You gave us an overview of the San Antonio Hospital
Foundation and some of the programs that it contributes to
that lends itself to the support of San Antonio Regional
Hospital's larger mission, and of course everything boils down to
philanthropy the ability to cultivate those donor dollars to help
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support those programs along the way. So let's switch gears
now to a capital campaign's overview. So kind of like
a brief history in time of San Antonio Regional Hospital's
major projects. So let's start at nineteen twenty four.
Speaker 4 (28:48):
All right, okay, In nineteen twenty four, San Antonio Hospital
moved from Arrow Roots and San Antonio Avenue to its
current location, and that was one hundred years ago last year.
Then the next campaign was, well, the next campaign that
I'm aware of is the Randall and Janelle Lewis Emergency Department.
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We are using the space that we have and the
land that we have to grow and recently the Vineyard Tower,
I guess I should say within the last ten to
twelve years, the Vineyard Tower open that incorporated the new
emergency department. If you've driven by, if you haven't driven
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by in a while, it is bigger. And then across
the street we opened up the Shoey Family Building, which
is the number is eleven hundred building and it's with
a partnership with the City of Hope. So it's for
cancer care, lab imaging, and it's directly across the street
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from the hospital.
Speaker 2 (30:01):
Or let's go to the City of Hope building that
was so generously supported by the Shuey family, which is
a local family that does a great work in the communities,
strongly invested, and we think for their obviously their support
of the hospital at every turn, But talk about the
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Shueye Family Building and the role that it plays to
patients not only that are preparing for an outpatient procedure
at the hospital, but also receiving the care from a
place that they don't have to travel all the way
to Duarte or other locations to receive the same level
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of care. Please hit on that note.
Speaker 4 (30:48):
Okay, Well, the City of Hope and San Antonio Regional
Hospital entered to partnership and San Antonio built the building
that is now called the Shuey Family Building and the
City of Hope they are on the entire first floor.
The second floor, as I had mentioned, you can do
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outpatient services such as lab imaging, you know, and the
true partnership is their patients can go up and do
their labs so they don't have to make another appointment
somewhere else. They just go upstairs and then come back down.
And you know, should any of our patients need their services,
we can also do that. Their physicians also perform surgeries
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at the hospital across the street, so it is a
true partnership. And if you don't need City of Hopes
services and you just need lab work, we can do
that on the second floor. So we have a women's
Breaston Imaging Center. You walk in and it looks like
a spa. It's amazing, like you don't even feel like
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you're in a doctor's office.
Speaker 2 (31:59):
That is just absolutely wonderful. And what are some of
the things that you hear from the patients that are
able to, you know, save that commute, save their energy,
and really focus on their healing journey within their community.
Speaker 4 (32:13):
You said it right there, focusing on their healing journey
and not being on the freeway. I have heard that
over and over again and it really really means a lot.
The team that we have and the City of Hope has.
We being San Antonio Regional Hospital, it's that the staff is.
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We call our employees care team members, and the first
word is care, so we put that first.
Speaker 2 (32:43):
That is just absolutely wonderful and I can vouch for
the fact that compassion, care and excellence are synonymous with
San Antonio Regional Hospital every turn, which makes me so
excited to talk about the work. Let's talk about what
is happening moving and the importance and unique ability to
meet the needs of our communities.
Speaker 4 (33:06):
All right, Well, despite the harsh landscape, forty nine percent
of hospitals are operating in the red. Twenty percent are
closing down services, starting with maternity. So in healthcare, with
investments into key areas that support the beginning of life
and aging population, we are in right now a campaign
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for a new maternity unit at San Antonio Regional Hospital.
So I'm excited. We've we started this campaign a few
years ago and I'm going to share my screen while
I'm while I'm speaking, and let's see, Hey, there we go.
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So while other hospitals are closing their maternity units, San
Antonio is dedicated to building a new one. Many hospital
leaders aren't looking at the indirect serving the community that
a maternity unit provides. The hospital where they delivered their
babies becomes that family's hospital. So it's really important this
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one slide. We just hope that you know lawmakers, if
they're you know watching this that you know what can
you do to help help this crisis. We are currently
in a capital campaign for a new maternity unit at
San Antonio. Where As on this screen this is the layout.
So the the top left blue, bottom it's purple, and
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the bottom right is blue. This will be the maternity
unit and it is in a It will have some
new building, but for the most part it will be
using existing space that the hostel that'll already has. It
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will have a dedicated entrance for moms currently twenty four
to seven. Currently you have to enter the emergency room
if it's after hours. There will be two oop sorry
went too fast. There will be two dedicated C section
operating rooms. There will be nine private rooms with jacuzzi's
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for moms to relax during labor. The labor and delivery
rooms you're typically going to stay approximately twenty four hours
and then go into a postpartum unit. And we have
twenty private postpartum rooms. And this is a sneak peek
of one of those rooms with the jacuzzi. This is
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a three D image of that and this is a
room that moms and babies will stay in for up
to twenty excuse me seventy two hours. What is kind
of cool that we will be doing is offering. So
for instance, before you are discharged, you and your family
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will have the opportunity to order your favorite meal from
your favorite restaurant and get it delivered to your bedside.
We will have manny's and petties and hairstylists and a
photography that will all be services provided to make that
special photography moment with your with your newest addition to
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your family. And then here's an image of an inside
of a nursing station as well.
Speaker 2 (36:42):
We'll have beautiful renderings.
Speaker 3 (36:45):
Thank you.
Speaker 4 (36:46):
I think they're gorgeous. They're very calming. We will have
incorporated nick you as well. We are meeting with businesses,
so it's now a time for me to jump into
what that is.
Speaker 2 (37:02):
Yes, please, you know that the genesis of the hospital
is the community's involvement.
Speaker 4 (37:11):
Well, I would like I'm going to keep this this
room on for a minute, so while I talk about that,
we're meeting with local individuals and businesses. Some of them
were born at San Antonio, others are just connected to
their hospital in their own personal ways. They understand the
importance of having a hospital and especially having a maternity
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unit available in our community, and you know, it's a
place where families leave happy all the time they're the
the hospital is a place where families leave happy. The
entire maternity unit is available to be named. We still
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have one unit still available the nick you to be named.
The other two have been already secured, as well as
some patient rooms, nurses stations, and offices. So I'm available
for what's all right, I'm available to talk about, you know,
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naming opportunities at the foundation.
Speaker 2 (38:24):
So for reference, do you know the cost of the
total project versus what the capital campaign has been focused
on raising to support the maternity unit as well.
Speaker 4 (38:39):
I believe it is forty to fifty million to build
this maternity unit, and the Foundation has been tasked to
raise ten million and we are over halfway there.
Speaker 3 (38:51):
That is so exciting.
Speaker 2 (38:53):
Do we have an idea of when you're looking to
break ground for this new maternity unit start the construction
process to bring it to life.
Speaker 4 (39:04):
John Chapman has our president and CEO, has shared in
meetings that I've been a part of, they're hoping within
the next two to three years.
Speaker 3 (39:14):
That is so exciting.
Speaker 2 (39:15):
I love the concept of the maternity unit being some
place where families can actually celebrate such a joyous occasion,
right with having their favorite meal delivered to the hospital,
having Manny's petties, the jacuzzi to help relax you during
your labor and prepare you to welcome your new family member.
And then also of course the hair, the makeup, the
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photo session to memorialize that aspect. I absolutely love it.
But in addition to that, you look at the whole
care of the community, starting from life to aging. Please
tell us about what is happening at the Center of Aging.
Speaker 4 (39:55):
Okay, so I'm going to share my screen again with.
Speaker 6 (40:01):
That.
Speaker 4 (40:04):
Sorry, all right, So this is a slide that statewide
the Inland Empire, the growth of the senior population is
greater in the Inland Empire than even the state of California.
So with that, this next image is the Center of Aging.
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And you brought up non clinical right now, the non
clinical offices of San Antonio Regional Hospital that we're renting
are now in this building on the second floor. But
the Center of Aging is it is on the horizon
to be the next project. It will provide expanded healthcare
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services to address the needs of our region's growing medicare
age population. It's located in Rancho Cucamunga. The center will
house multiple providers for seniors in a one stop shop concept.
This includes primary care physicians and specialists such as g I,
which will also have a procedural area orthopedics. Excuse me orthopedics,
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I can't say that word. Orthopedies, cardiologists, geriatrics, audiologists, dermatology, podiatry, ophthalmology, optometry, endocrinology, urology,
imaging services such as mri X rays, ultrasounds. There'll be
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a pharmacy, a lab, physical and occupational therapy will be
offered in the same building with the Fall Center incorporated.
And this is something you know you had talked about
San Antonio giving back. As they're a nonprofit hospital and
the foundation is a separate nonprofit. They will be offering
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within a twenty square mile radius of this facility free
transportation because we have learned that a lot of times
seniors don't make their appointments because they just can't get there.
We will have case managers available for assistance. We will
have a room for senior lectures. There's going to be
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a second phase to it that's all on the bottom
floor and this is a huge building. If there's an
east side and a west side, let me show you what.
This is the west side of the building, and you
can see all of the offices just on one side
of the building that you know, I'm sure I just
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touched a little bit on a little you know, of
what's going to be out there. And this is the
east side of the building. They mirror each other, so
they have the same square foot. The second phase would
be the behavioral let me get you back here, behavioral
health for seniors, which will have wrap around senior services
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such as food banks and respite care. San Antonio Center
of Aging will be transformative for those in the aging
population and those who care for them, you know, because
as anybody knows, if you care for a senior, then
you understand all of those things that you have to
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navigate through. The center is designed to streamline geriatric services
and help seniors stay as independent as possible, enhancing the
quality of life. Were all involved, and of course naming
opportunities will be available soon.
Speaker 2 (43:47):
So what's wonderful about this Center for Aging is that
a senior can have multiple appointments because they're going to
be sharing a scheduling system at the center of aging.
So instead of going to multiple locations for multiple different appointments,
they can see the same number of care providers at
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one time. They can have three four appointments within you know,
a short period of time in one location. What is
the feedback that you get about that reality that's coming soon?
Speaker 4 (44:20):
Oh my gosh. Everybody is very excited about that because
if you do have an aging loved one, you do
know it's hard to get an appointment on the same day,
and you know you have to take time off of
work to take your mom or grandma to their appointments.
So having a facility that shares in a scheduling like
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what you just mentioned is valuable, like valuable for the
patient and also valuable for the person that's caring for them.
So and the fact that I just you know, learned
that we are going to provide trans transportation to those
in a twenty mile radio is priceless.
Speaker 2 (45:03):
Yes, free transportation.
Speaker 4 (45:04):
Yes, free transportation.
Speaker 2 (45:06):
Station for those that live within a twenty mile radius.
So let's talk a little bit about the fact that
you were recently recognized as Nonprofit of the Year by
Inland Empire Economic Partnership.
Speaker 3 (45:18):
Briefly, quickly.
Speaker 2 (45:19):
Please tell us how that makes you feel knowing that
you're leading the hospital Foundation.
Speaker 4 (45:25):
Well, it was an honor to get that. We were
recognized along with GOCAL and we received it at the
same time and we all partner at the annual State
of the Regent Economic Forecast events, So our name was
put forward and voted and I am honored to be
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a part of such a prestigious foundation.
Speaker 2 (45:53):
So we're going to have to do a rundown of
some events that are coming up quickly. So tell us
what some of those key foundation events are, what the
timing of them is, and how the community can get involved.
Speaker 4 (46:06):
Awesome. Well, you can find all events at SAR dot
org SAARH dot org and then click on the giving
button at the top. We have a State of the
Region which is an economic forecast and it's a partnership
with Gokal and IEEP. It's held typically in the month
of February. We have the Francis Mary Paul Circle Dinner. However,
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it's not a fundraiser, it's more of a recognition event
and it's for individuals that have entered the Francis Mary
Paul Circle, which if you donate ten thousand dollars or
more in your lifetime, you have entered the circle, and
at this dinner, we recognize new circle members every single
year and that's typically held in March, and our San
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Antonio Golf Classic is an annual. We just had our
fortieth annual one at Redhill. That's always in the second
Monday of June. And upcoming is our Fall Celebration, which
last year we were talking about the we were our
theme was nineteen forties. This year it's black flashback to
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the eighties because we were established in nineteen eighty four,
so we hope everybody will come dressed in their favorite eighties.
We hope to see some you know, maybe Madonna, Michael Jackson,
I don't know, Richard Simmons. That would be fun. So
we have secured Gypsy Dreams, which is a tribute band
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for Fleetwood Mac and Stevie Nicks. They'll be performing at
our event. It'll be held at the Guardian Jet Center
on Saturday, October fourth, and we have tickets available and
sponsorships available as well, and all of our events in
twenty twenty five are supporting the new Maternity Unit. We
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do have a Lady's Legacy reception that will be hosting
at the hospital in the donor room, which we call
the Paul Scott Gallery, and it'll be held November sixth
it's on a Thursday. And what Ladies Legacy Initiative is
as a group of strong women like yourself. You're a
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Lady's Legacy member as well as I am. Thank you
for that. And again, these strong women are out in
the community. They are our ambassadors and they also make
introductions and bring new new friends to the Foundation.
Speaker 3 (48:41):
That is so exciting.
Speaker 2 (48:42):
So as you look down to the future the next
year at San Antonio Regional Hospital, your goals for San
Antono Regional Hospital and the Foundation continue the work to
serve the region with quality care that is focused on
compassion and excellence. As always, the goal for the Foundation
is to raise ten million dollars for the new maternity
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unit and you're more than halfway there. Invite our community
to push.
Speaker 3 (49:10):
You over the line. And of course, what are you.
Speaker 2 (49:15):
Most excited about as you continue your work and your
mission to serve members of the community with top tier care.
Speaker 4 (49:24):
Well, I am most excited about I am meeting so
many of our community members that have supported this hospital
over the years. This community wrapped themselves. I personally saw
it during COVID and they were, you know, calling the
foundation up, what do you need this week? You know,
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and they were just supporting. So I am now having
the opportunity to get out and meet these donors that
would call us up and ask what do you need?
How can we keep them morale up? And yeah, these
these donors are supporting, and I'm super excited to announce
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that if you follow San Antonio Regional Hospital social media accounts,
you will hear some of their stories because they've agreed
to share their why.
Speaker 2 (50:18):
Well, we're going to have to tune in because those
are coming up right. The donor are really making those
transformative donations to ensure that these resources are available to
the community. Everyone is going to have to tune in
to San Antonio Regional Hospitals Facebook, LinkedIn Instagram that the
stories are coming out.
Speaker 4 (50:38):
And we hope this will encourage others to also, you know,
name a room and or name a wing.
Speaker 2 (50:48):
Well, I'm very excited. I hope you guys are listening.
If you are a philanthropist, if you care about your
community and you love what is happening at San Antonio
Regional Hospital, visit SAARH dot org, click on that donate
button or the foundation learn about the remarkable work that
is happening. Laura, thank you so much for sharing your expertise,
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your work, and your heart of service for our region.
Speaker 4 (51:15):
Thank you so much, it was such a pleasure. I
appreciate you inviting me on well.
Speaker 2 (51:20):
Thank you so much, Laura, and so for everybody listening,
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and learn about the remarkable leaders doing the work. Okay, everybody,
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I'm absolutely thrilled to introduce Laura Tolbert. She's the interim
President of the San Antonio Hospital Foundation, bringing a remarkable
blend of sports acumen and philanthropic passion to her leadership role.
Joining the Foundation in twenty nineteen as director of Development,
Laura previously excelled as the Senior Director of corporate sales
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for the Ontario Rain, followed by a transformative tenure with
the Inland Empire sixty six ers baseball team. With over
twenty seven years of experience, her journey began at IMG Football,
where she represented NFL icons like Joe Montana and Peyton Manning,
before moving to IMG Hockey alongside legends such as Wayne Gretziki.
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Beyond sports, Laura's commitment to community service is evident in
her leadership roles including chairwoman of the Upland Chamber of
Commerce and past board chair for the American Red Cross
San Fernandino County Chapter, where she has consistently championed social
betterment and meaningful change. Her multifaceted experience continues to inspire
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those she serves. Thank you so much for being.
Speaker 3 (02:06):
With us today, Laura. Thank you for having me terrific.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
Laura, So as we all heard, you have such a
robust background in sports management, team atmospheres talk about the
transition from sports into healthcare and what inspired you to
do so well.
Speaker 4 (02:31):
I had no intention of changing careers. I was approached
by someone within the organization as because when I worked
for the Ontario Rain, San Antonio Regional Hospital was one
of my corporate clients, so they got to see the
behind the scenes of me and how I work and
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my work ethic and how everything was facilitated, you know,
in a marketing partnership, and there was a position opened.
Then they encouraged me to apply and later they offered
me the position. I took a deep dive because I
was also going to be the person that was running
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the Hope Brains Foundation. Should I had not taken this role,
so I had to take a deep dive within myself
to real or to decide which way will I, you know, go,
And after three pages of how I could make a
difference going to San Antonio Hospital Foundation, I made my
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decision and never looked back, and it was a great decision.
What inspires me the most is that I help people
that I will never meet.
Speaker 2 (03:55):
I can imagine and you know, talk about that dynamic
of being in a team and a sports atmosphere, right
representing teams, and how that team mentality and dynamic transferred
into your new role coming in as development director but
now interim president of the San Antonio Hospital Foundation.
Speaker 4 (04:15):
It plays a big factor because within a hospital there's
a lot of communication that has to happen to make
every department run and we do that in the foundation,
and we're also a lot of the community members reach
out to us, you know, asking different questions, and so
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the Foundation plays a vital role along with marketing to
get the right message out into the community. So definitely
a team effort all the way around.
Speaker 2 (04:50):
Well, the team effort started with a very rich history
of community support and involvement, which is absolutely inspiring to
anyone who puts their ears on this. But tell us
about the history of Francis Mary Paul and the legacy
that has continued with Sue Scott and her sister, her
sister Deborah to Scott, they are the great granddaughters of
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Francis Mary Paul. But first tell us who is Francis
Mary Paul and what is her role in San Antonio
Regional Hospital.
Speaker 4 (05:23):
Well back in the early nineteen hundreds nineteen oh seven,
the hospital was established, and in the early nineteen twenties,
they saw a great need, they meaning Francis Mary Paul
and her husband, and they saw a great need of
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having a hospital in the Inland Empire. Well back it
wasn't called the Inline Empire, but in the area otherwise
they would have to make that trip all the way
to the Los Angeles area. So she started with a
seventy five thousand dollars donation to move the hospital from
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the corner of San Antonio Avenue and Arrow Route and
to the location that it is today. And that was
one hundred years ago last year, and that seventy five
thousand dollars is into the billions of dollars in today's
you know funding. So she also with doing that collectively
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got others to support the hospital, and this hospital was
built on that community support and it still exists today.
And yes, you're the great granddaughters and are still in
the area, and they still support the hospital anyway they.
Speaker 3 (06:49):
Can, certainly.
Speaker 2 (06:51):
And what really is inspiring about the whole reason that
they were moved to start this donation is the fact
that they wanted under represent and in communities to have
access to healthcare, namely those that were working the orange
groves or cultivating the vineyards at the time, which as
you mentioned, you know, many of the workers would encounter
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illnesses or need attention for the delivery of their infants.
But as you mentioned, the closest healthcare that they could
receive was all the way out in Los Angeles. So
the fact that they wanted to build something local for
an underrepresented community is a testament to the mission that
I have seen fully charged by San Antonio Regional Hospital.
Speaker 3 (07:38):
And I'm really.
Speaker 2 (07:38):
Excited to go into that as we talk a little
bit further, but talk about the San Antonio Hospital's Foundation
and their mission to develop the resources to support San
Antonio Regional Hospital's efforts and improve the health and well
being of the people you serve.
Speaker 4 (07:58):
That is the hospital foundations mission. We raise funds for
San Antonio Regional Hospital. We have had efforts such as
some of the initiatives that we've supported is you know, mammograms, ultrasounds,
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MRIs biopsies, and these are for men and women that
are performed at the Women's Breast and Imaging Center in
the Shoeye Building. Wigs and scarves for the breast cancer
patients that sar inside at these pearls in the Shoey Building,
breast cancer patients that need assistants with transportation, gas, cafeteria
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vouchers when they're having their services performed, and even overnight
stays should they need to if they're traveling far. Foundation
funds have supported those initiatives. We have helped purchase cardio
check machines with h you know, with our uh HCI
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Healthy Communities Institute and Population Health they go out and
do health checks, and so we helped with the cardio
check machines. The Shumsky pillows, I don't know if you're
familiar with that. They're for cardiac patients and our cardiac physicians. Actually,
our cardiologists use those pillows to draw on the actual
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pillow of the surgery that they're going to perform on
that patient and it's it's specific to that patient. And
then post surgery, that patient can use that pillow in
their recovery and then they you know, take it home.
We've purchased roll away roll away beds, nursing education grants,
nursing education speakers for symposiums. We've provided junior volunteer scholarships.
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We've provided uh for say, junior volunteers at San Antonio
and then nursing A said that Healthy Beginnings program. They
we support that as well. And Healthy Beginnings. They do
breastfeeding support, they offer maternity classes, they have moms support groups,
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even those moms that haven't delivered. At San Antonio, we
recently opened that up to the community to partake in
those groups, and most recently we started a giving closet
for those in need with essential items for moms to
take home with their babies, you know. And that's just
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a few There's so many more things that we have supported.
Speaker 2 (10:49):
So let's dig in a little bit to HCI only
because that's a very critical part of the workforce development
and communicating and interface with the community to ensure that
they're connected to these resources and programs and develop the
next generation of healthcare workers. Give us an overview of
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what the Lewis San Antonio Healthy Communities Institute is designed.
Speaker 3 (11:16):
To do and how that fits in with.
Speaker 2 (11:18):
The mission of the San Antonio Hospital Foundation.
Speaker 4 (11:21):
Okay, well, the Lewis San Antonio Healthy Communities Institute, they
they provide well gosh there they have super Saturdays classes
for elementary students. They also have Youth Healthy Professionals, the
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y HP program for seventh through twelfth grade and for juniors.
We started a couple of years ago a clinical shadowing
program and we have foundation dollars have supported that. As
you know, Lewis in the San Antonio Lewis Healthy Communities
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of Randa Lewis has been a big supporter of HCI,
but we have found other funding to help and provide
because the clinical shadowing program, it's it's pretty amazing. When
I first when they first started, I thought, wow, doctors
are getting really young. They look like high school students,
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and come to find out they were and they were
shadowing different departments and the whole, the whole idea behind
this is to its workforce development, so to keep the
the youth or get the youth inside excited about career
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and healthcare and then keep them here so.
Speaker 2 (12:58):
Well, those are a great initiatives, especially in today's landscape
when we're looking at seeing almost a fourteen percent growth
within the healthcare sector and seeing those impacted numbers of
healthcare professionals that have retired as a result or on
the other side of COVID and the pandemic, and then
making up for that lost ground and making sure that
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the next generation is ready to, like you said, hit
the ground running and serve the community as San Antonio
Regional Hospital has for over one hundred years now. But
before we go any further, let's talk about those magic
board members, the ones that keep everything in line and
make sure that best practices are implemented, those funds are
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properly stewarded and making the best impact that they can.
What does the structure of the San Antonio Hospital Foundation
board look like.
Speaker 4 (13:53):
Well, we have eighteen board members and it's structured with
a good group of physicians, to business leaders to individuals.
Each board member brings something different to the table, whether
they make an introduction for us to someone that could
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help the hospital, to someone that wants to give a donation,
or they sponsor something or make a donation directly to
whatever initiative we are. We are in that moment in time,
but they're a great group of people and we Our
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board chair is Amy Valdivia and she is a big
leader in the Upland community. She's an Upland resident and
I believe she also sits on an advisory board for
the hospital. We have James Milheiser, which is our vice
chair and he has been on our board of Directors
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I believe, and also on the board of t sees
and now back on the board of foundations. He's our
vice chair. And Sue Scott who is our secretary. She
again is the great granddaughter and an avid golfer, so
she helps us with our golf tournament.
Speaker 3 (15:15):
I love that.
Speaker 2 (15:16):
So you have a team of dedicated, invested community leaders
that offer you feedback, some advice, or just some oversight
to help move the foundation's mission forward. It sounds like
a great way to ensure that best practices are adhered
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to and that members of the community can really be
a part of something that is so deeply integrated into
the region and serves the region so beautifully. You know,
earlier you mentioned some of the areas that the foundation
focuses on. In one of those areas you mentioned was
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wigs and scarves for breast cancer patients at San Antonio
Regional Hospital, and I remember one of the campaigns included
also a cooling cap for patients that go through chemotherapy
and radiation, and the cooling cap helps to prevent the
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loss of hair or to help cancer patients regain.
Speaker 3 (16:24):
Their hair growth faster.
Speaker 2 (16:27):
The reason why that one stood out to me was
because somebody that was one of the recipients of one
of those cooling caps actually was inspired to pursue a
healthcare career due to this effort. Please Laura share that
story with us.
Speaker 4 (16:44):
Well, that was early on, That was in December of
twenty nineteen. It was my first you know, ladies legacy,
and we presented that we didn't end up purchasing the
cooling caps. However, you are correct that one end the
visual who was a patient at San Antonio and a
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cancer patient and at times she was her stay with
us was thirty days at a time, so she did
lose all of her hair, and she learned of this
cooling cap. We don't have that currently available and foundation dollars,
you know, maybe that's something that we can you know, revisit,
because she was very impressed with that as well.
Speaker 2 (17:27):
So then talk about also the wigs and scarfs for
breast cancer patients, because this is a very beautiful treasure.
I've had the privilege of visiting and experiencing the caliber
of care and attention for your cancer care patients.
Speaker 4 (17:45):
Well, we learned that beauty is from within, but the
outer it does matter as well, especially when you don't
feel as beautiful within. So we do offer wigs for
those patients that would like them. We have a beautiful room.
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I wish I had a picture of it, but I
don't write at this moment. But it's filled, it's designed
like you're in a salon. You sit in a salon
chair and you're fitted for a wig and the wigs
are one hundred percent funded by the foundation. Recently, we
learned that on day's light today, when it's hot outside,
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not everybody wants to wear a wig, So that's where
we incorporated the scars, so they're able to get a
wig and a scar.
Speaker 2 (18:37):
So and what has a feedback ben for the patients
that basically have this resource to support their cancer journey.
Speaker 4 (18:47):
They love it. And what I didn't mention is we
also provide pilates classes and during COVID we pivoted to
a virtual pilates class, so there are other class is
that they can sign up for the San Antonio Supports
so and it's very well received.
Speaker 2 (19:08):
Well, that is exciting because that's just a tip of
the iceberg. When you talk about your Healthy Beginnings program
and the focus on that for new parents, not just mothers,
but mothers and fathers and the care of their infant.
Can you expand a little bit on that program and
how the resources really touch the hearts and the lives
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of the people that are welcoming new members of their
family home.
Speaker 4 (19:36):
Well, thank you for that, because Healthy Beginnings program. When
I first learned about it, I was like, wow, it's
they are the team over in healthy beginnings. They're small
but mighty. They're the first outside of a doctor and
a nurse, the first person that they will see that
will assist a new mom with breastfeeding. They are are
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looking for jaundice. They but before the baby is even born.
There's maternity classes, there's uh, there's support groups for moms
all throughout the pregnancy. And and then we just recently
added the giving closet that we found that there was
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a need for for families that needed a little extra
and they needed the essentials to bring the baby home. Diapers,
diaper whites, you know, diaper ointment, possibly a car seat,
a stroller, you know, things like that. So now we
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have things like that that once those families are identified,
they can they can shop in that closet.
Speaker 2 (20:51):
That is wonderful. And so talk about how resources like
this closet, you know, uh, support and encourage parents, especially
new parents, when they're in those moments where they need
that extra support right or those extra resources to ensure
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that they're leaving the hospital prepared and ready to take
on their new journey and health either leaving the hospital
for an outpatient procedure or leaving with the new member
of their family.
Speaker 4 (21:28):
Well, I have to get back to you on that
because it's so new. I haven't gotten numbers on that,
so you'll have to invite me back so I can
elaborate a little bit more on that.
Speaker 3 (21:37):
Okay, perfect, Perfect.
Speaker 2 (21:39):
So I know that you guys have been doing all
kinds of great work, and part of that great work
includes the junior Volunteer scholarships. That's something that is a
great segue to introducing the next generation of young professionals
to the healthcare field. What is the junior Volunteer scholarships program?
Speaker 4 (22:03):
Like, Well, we have volunteers of all ages at San Antonio.
It takes a village to run the hospital, and they
can apply for foundation funding to continue their education. So
that is essentially what it is, and they are San
(22:24):
Antonio volunteer.
Speaker 3 (22:27):
That's wonderful.
Speaker 2 (22:27):
Now, are these scholarships primarily aimed to continue education in
the healthcare sector?
Speaker 3 (22:35):
Does it vary?
Speaker 4 (22:36):
I think it varies, but it's mainly intended for that.
Speaker 3 (22:41):
Okay, very nice.
Speaker 4 (22:42):
Well, there's many jobs that you can have in a hospital.
You don't have to just be a nurse and you
don't have to just go to school to be a physician.
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case management. So there's many, many, many positions available to them.
Speaker 2 (23:03):
Right because what many people don't know is that there
are clinical and non clinical work, right So like the
administrative side of the business side, like yourself, Laura. So
for those that don't want to see the blood and
all of that, or.
Speaker 3 (23:17):
You know, don't want to be.
Speaker 2 (23:19):
On the line for caring for a patient like that,
there are so many opportunities non clinical as well. But
we are hitting a break and once we return, we'll
get back to some of the capital campaigns that have
been completed and conducted over the year and what we
can expect as we set our sites to the future.
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Welcome back everyone. Eve at Walker with ABC News and
Talks Southern California Business Report Here today with Laura Tolbert,
interim President of the San Antonio Hospital Foundation. Combining over
twenty seven years of sports leadership with a passion for philanthropy.
Formerly at IMG and in corporate sales, she champions community
(27:52):
service as chairwoman of the Upland Chamber of Commerce and
past board chair for the American Red Cross, continuing to
inspire those she serves. Thank you so much for being.
Speaker 3 (28:02):
With us today, Laura.
Speaker 4 (28:04):
Thank you for having.
Speaker 3 (28:05):
Me perfect so prior to the break.
Speaker 2 (28:07):
You gave us an overview of the San Antonio Hospital
Foundation and some of the programs that it contributes to
that lends itself to the support of San Antonio Regional
Hospital's larger mission, and of course everything boils down to
philanthropy the ability to cultivate those donor dollars to help
(28:28):
support those programs along the way. So let's switch gears
now to a capital campaign's overview. So kind of like
a brief history in time of San Antonio Regional Hospital's
major projects. So let's start at nineteen twenty four.
Speaker 4 (28:48):
All right, okay, In nineteen twenty four, San Antonio Hospital
moved from Arrow Roots and San Antonio Avenue to its
current location, and that was one hundred years ago last year.
Then the next campaign was, well, the next campaign that
I'm aware of is the Randall and Janelle Lewis Emergency Department.
(29:12):
We are using the space that we have and the
land that we have to grow and recently the Vineyard Tower,
I guess I should say within the last ten to
twelve years, the Vineyard Tower open that incorporated the new
emergency department. If you've driven by, if you haven't driven
(29:35):
by in a while, it is bigger. And then across
the street we opened up the Shoey Family Building, which
is the number is eleven hundred building and it's with
a partnership with the City of Hope. So it's for
cancer care, lab imaging, and it's directly across the street
(29:57):
from the hospital.
Speaker 2 (30:01):
Or let's go to the City of Hope building that
was so generously supported by the Shuey family, which is
a local family that does a great work in the communities,
strongly invested, and we think for their obviously their support
of the hospital at every turn, But talk about the
(30:22):
Shueye Family Building and the role that it plays to
patients not only that are preparing for an outpatient procedure
at the hospital, but also receiving the care from a
place that they don't have to travel all the way
to Duarte or other locations to receive the same level
(30:44):
of care. Please hit on that note.
Speaker 4 (30:48):
Okay, Well, the City of Hope and San Antonio Regional
Hospital entered to partnership and San Antonio built the building
that is now called the Shuey Family Building and the
City of Hope they are on the entire first floor.
The second floor, as I had mentioned, you can do
(31:09):
outpatient services such as lab imaging, you know, and the
true partnership is their patients can go up and do
their labs so they don't have to make another appointment
somewhere else. They just go upstairs and then come back down.
And you know, should any of our patients need their services,
we can also do that. Their physicians also perform surgeries
(31:33):
at the hospital across the street, so it is a
true partnership. And if you don't need City of Hopes
services and you just need lab work, we can do
that on the second floor. So we have a women's
Breaston Imaging Center. You walk in and it looks like
a spa. It's amazing, like you don't even feel like
(31:56):
you're in a doctor's office.
Speaker 2 (31:59):
That is just absolutely wonderful. And what are some of
the things that you hear from the patients that are
able to, you know, save that commute, save their energy,
and really focus on their healing journey within their community.
Speaker 4 (32:13):
You said it right there, focusing on their healing journey
and not being on the freeway. I have heard that
over and over again and it really really means a lot.
The team that we have and the City of Hope has.
We being San Antonio Regional Hospital, it's that the staff is.
(32:34):
We call our employees care team members, and the first
word is care, so we put that first.
Speaker 2 (32:43):
That is just absolutely wonderful and I can vouch for
the fact that compassion, care and excellence are synonymous with
San Antonio Regional Hospital every turn, which makes me so
excited to talk about the work. Let's talk about what
is happening moving and the importance and unique ability to
meet the needs of our communities.
Speaker 4 (33:06):
All right, Well, despite the harsh landscape, forty nine percent
of hospitals are operating in the red. Twenty percent are
closing down services, starting with maternity. So in healthcare, with
investments into key areas that support the beginning of life
and aging population, we are in right now a campaign
(33:31):
for a new maternity unit at San Antonio Regional Hospital.
So I'm excited. We've we started this campaign a few
years ago and I'm going to share my screen while
I'm while I'm speaking, and let's see, Hey, there we go.
(33:52):
So while other hospitals are closing their maternity units, San
Antonio is dedicated to building a new one. Many hospital
leaders aren't looking at the indirect serving the community that
a maternity unit provides. The hospital where they delivered their
babies becomes that family's hospital. So it's really important this
(34:14):
one slide. We just hope that you know lawmakers, if
they're you know watching this that you know what can
you do to help help this crisis. We are currently
in a capital campaign for a new maternity unit at
San Antonio. Where As on this screen this is the layout.
So the the top left blue, bottom it's purple, and
(34:41):
the bottom right is blue. This will be the maternity
unit and it is in a It will have some
new building, but for the most part it will be
using existing space that the hostel that'll already has. It
(35:02):
will have a dedicated entrance for moms currently twenty four
to seven. Currently you have to enter the emergency room
if it's after hours. There will be two oop sorry
went too fast. There will be two dedicated C section
operating rooms. There will be nine private rooms with jacuzzi's
(35:25):
for moms to relax during labor. The labor and delivery
rooms you're typically going to stay approximately twenty four hours
and then go into a postpartum unit. And we have
twenty private postpartum rooms. And this is a sneak peek
of one of those rooms with the jacuzzi. This is
(35:46):
a three D image of that and this is a
room that moms and babies will stay in for up
to twenty excuse me seventy two hours. What is kind
of cool that we will be doing is offering. So
for instance, before you are discharged, you and your family
(36:08):
will have the opportunity to order your favorite meal from
your favorite restaurant and get it delivered to your bedside.
We will have manny's and petties and hairstylists and a
photography that will all be services provided to make that
special photography moment with your with your newest addition to
(36:32):
your family. And then here's an image of an inside
of a nursing station as well.
Speaker 2 (36:42):
We'll have beautiful renderings.
Speaker 3 (36:45):
Thank you.
Speaker 4 (36:46):
I think they're gorgeous. They're very calming. We will have
incorporated nick you as well. We are meeting with businesses,
so it's now a time for me to jump into
what that is.
Speaker 2 (37:02):
Yes, please, you know that the genesis of the hospital
is the community's involvement.
Speaker 4 (37:11):
Well, I would like I'm going to keep this this
room on for a minute, so while I talk about that,
we're meeting with local individuals and businesses. Some of them
were born at San Antonio, others are just connected to
their hospital in their own personal ways. They understand the
importance of having a hospital and especially having a maternity
(37:34):
unit available in our community, and you know, it's a
place where families leave happy all the time they're the
the hospital is a place where families leave happy. The
entire maternity unit is available to be named. We still
(37:57):
have one unit still available the nick you to be named.
The other two have been already secured, as well as
some patient rooms, nurses stations, and offices. So I'm available
for what's all right, I'm available to talk about, you know,
(38:20):
naming opportunities at the foundation.
Speaker 2 (38:24):
So for reference, do you know the cost of the
total project versus what the capital campaign has been focused
on raising to support the maternity unit as well.
Speaker 4 (38:39):
I believe it is forty to fifty million to build
this maternity unit, and the Foundation has been tasked to
raise ten million and we are over halfway there.
Speaker 3 (38:51):
That is so exciting.
Speaker 2 (38:53):
Do we have an idea of when you're looking to
break ground for this new maternity unit start the construction
process to bring it to life.
Speaker 4 (39:04):
John Chapman has our president and CEO, has shared in
meetings that I've been a part of, they're hoping within
the next two to three years.
Speaker 3 (39:14):
That is so exciting.
Speaker 2 (39:15):
I love the concept of the maternity unit being some
place where families can actually celebrate such a joyous occasion,
right with having their favorite meal delivered to the hospital,
having Manny's petties, the jacuzzi to help relax you during
your labor and prepare you to welcome your new family member.
And then also of course the hair, the makeup, the
(39:39):
photo session to memorialize that aspect. I absolutely love it.
But in addition to that, you look at the whole
care of the community, starting from life to aging. Please
tell us about what is happening at the Center of Aging.
Speaker 4 (39:55):
Okay, so I'm going to share my screen again with.
Speaker 6 (40:01):
That.
Speaker 4 (40:04):
Sorry, all right, So this is a slide that statewide
the Inland Empire, the growth of the senior population is
greater in the Inland Empire than even the state of California.
So with that, this next image is the Center of Aging.
(40:29):
And you brought up non clinical right now, the non
clinical offices of San Antonio Regional Hospital that we're renting
are now in this building on the second floor. But
the Center of Aging is it is on the horizon
to be the next project. It will provide expanded healthcare
(40:54):
services to address the needs of our region's growing medicare
age population. It's located in Rancho Cucamunga. The center will
house multiple providers for seniors in a one stop shop concept.
This includes primary care physicians and specialists such as g I,
which will also have a procedural area orthopedics. Excuse me orthopedics,
(41:22):
I can't say that word. Orthopedies, cardiologists, geriatrics, audiologists, dermatology, podiatry, ophthalmology, optometry, endocrinology, urology,
imaging services such as mri X rays, ultrasounds. There'll be
(41:43):
a pharmacy, a lab, physical and occupational therapy will be
offered in the same building with the Fall Center incorporated.
And this is something you know you had talked about
San Antonio giving back. As they're a nonprofit hospital and
the foundation is a separate nonprofit. They will be offering
(42:07):
within a twenty square mile radius of this facility free
transportation because we have learned that a lot of times
seniors don't make their appointments because they just can't get there.
We will have case managers available for assistance. We will
have a room for senior lectures. There's going to be
(42:29):
a second phase to it that's all on the bottom
floor and this is a huge building. If there's an
east side and a west side, let me show you what.
This is the west side of the building, and you
can see all of the offices just on one side
of the building that you know, I'm sure I just
(42:50):
touched a little bit on a little you know, of
what's going to be out there. And this is the
east side of the building. They mirror each other, so
they have the same square foot. The second phase would
be the behavioral let me get you back here, behavioral
health for seniors, which will have wrap around senior services
(43:11):
such as food banks and respite care. San Antonio Center
of Aging will be transformative for those in the aging
population and those who care for them, you know, because
as anybody knows, if you care for a senior, then
you understand all of those things that you have to
(43:32):
navigate through. The center is designed to streamline geriatric services
and help seniors stay as independent as possible, enhancing the
quality of life. Were all involved, and of course naming
opportunities will be available soon.
Speaker 2 (43:47):
So what's wonderful about this Center for Aging is that
a senior can have multiple appointments because they're going to
be sharing a scheduling system at the center of aging.
So instead of going to multiple locations for multiple different appointments,
they can see the same number of care providers at
(44:08):
one time. They can have three four appointments within you know,
a short period of time in one location. What is
the feedback that you get about that reality that's coming soon?
Speaker 4 (44:20):
Oh my gosh. Everybody is very excited about that because
if you do have an aging loved one, you do
know it's hard to get an appointment on the same day,
and you know you have to take time off of
work to take your mom or grandma to their appointments.
So having a facility that shares in a scheduling like
(44:43):
what you just mentioned is valuable, like valuable for the
patient and also valuable for the person that's caring for them.
So and the fact that I just you know, learned
that we are going to provide trans transportation to those
in a twenty mile radio is priceless.
Speaker 2 (45:03):
Yes, free transportation.
Speaker 4 (45:04):
Yes, free transportation.
Speaker 2 (45:06):
Station for those that live within a twenty mile radius.
So let's talk a little bit about the fact that
you were recently recognized as Nonprofit of the Year by
Inland Empire Economic Partnership.
Speaker 3 (45:18):
Briefly, quickly.
Speaker 2 (45:19):
Please tell us how that makes you feel knowing that
you're leading the hospital Foundation.
Speaker 4 (45:25):
Well, it was an honor to get that. We were
recognized along with GOCAL and we received it at the
same time and we all partner at the annual State
of the Regent Economic Forecast events, So our name was
put forward and voted and I am honored to be
(45:49):
a part of such a prestigious foundation.
Speaker 2 (45:53):
So we're going to have to do a rundown of
some events that are coming up quickly. So tell us
what some of those key foundation events are, what the
timing of them is, and how the community can get involved.
Speaker 4 (46:06):
Awesome. Well, you can find all events at SAR dot
org SAARH dot org and then click on the giving
button at the top. We have a State of the
Region which is an economic forecast and it's a partnership
with Gokal and IEEP. It's held typically in the month
of February. We have the Francis Mary Paul Circle Dinner. However,
(46:30):
it's not a fundraiser, it's more of a recognition event
and it's for individuals that have entered the Francis Mary
Paul Circle, which if you donate ten thousand dollars or
more in your lifetime, you have entered the circle, and
at this dinner, we recognize new circle members every single
year and that's typically held in March, and our San
(46:54):
Antonio Golf Classic is an annual. We just had our
fortieth annual one at Redhill. That's always in the second
Monday of June. And upcoming is our Fall Celebration, which
last year we were talking about the we were our
theme was nineteen forties. This year it's black flashback to
(47:16):
the eighties because we were established in nineteen eighty four,
so we hope everybody will come dressed in their favorite eighties.
We hope to see some you know, maybe Madonna, Michael Jackson,
I don't know, Richard Simmons. That would be fun. So
we have secured Gypsy Dreams, which is a tribute band
(47:37):
for Fleetwood Mac and Stevie Nicks. They'll be performing at
our event. It'll be held at the Guardian Jet Center
on Saturday, October fourth, and we have tickets available and
sponsorships available as well, and all of our events in
twenty twenty five are supporting the new Maternity Unit. We
(48:00):
do have a Lady's Legacy reception that will be hosting
at the hospital in the donor room, which we call
the Paul Scott Gallery, and it'll be held November sixth
it's on a Thursday. And what Ladies Legacy Initiative is
as a group of strong women like yourself. You're a
(48:23):
Lady's Legacy member as well as I am. Thank you
for that. And again, these strong women are out in
the community. They are our ambassadors and they also make
introductions and bring new new friends to the Foundation.
Speaker 3 (48:41):
That is so exciting.
Speaker 2 (48:42):
So as you look down to the future the next
year at San Antonio Regional Hospital, your goals for San
Antono Regional Hospital and the Foundation continue the work to
serve the region with quality care that is focused on
compassion and excellence. As always, the goal for the Foundation
is to raise ten million dollars for the new maternity
(49:03):
unit and you're more than halfway there. Invite our community
to push.
Speaker 3 (49:10):
You over the line. And of course, what are you.
Speaker 2 (49:15):
Most excited about as you continue your work and your
mission to serve members of the community with top tier care.
Speaker 4 (49:24):
Well, I am most excited about I am meeting so
many of our community members that have supported this hospital
over the years. This community wrapped themselves. I personally saw
it during COVID and they were, you know, calling the
foundation up, what do you need this week? You know,
(49:45):
and they were just supporting. So I am now having
the opportunity to get out and meet these donors that
would call us up and ask what do you need?
How can we keep them morale up? And yeah, these
these donors are supporting, and I'm super excited to announce
(50:07):
that if you follow San Antonio Regional Hospital social media accounts,
you will hear some of their stories because they've agreed
to share their why.
Speaker 2 (50:18):
Well, we're going to have to tune in because those
are coming up right. The donor are really making those
transformative donations to ensure that these resources are available to
the community. Everyone is going to have to tune in
to San Antonio Regional Hospitals Facebook, LinkedIn Instagram that the
stories are coming out.
Speaker 4 (50:38):
And we hope this will encourage others to also, you know,
name a room and or name a wing.
Speaker 2 (50:48):
Well, I'm very excited. I hope you guys are listening.
If you are a philanthropist, if you care about your
community and you love what is happening at San Antonio
Regional Hospital, visit SAARH dot org, click on that donate
button or the foundation learn about the remarkable work that
is happening. Laura, thank you so much for sharing your expertise,
(51:12):
your work, and your heart of service for our region.
Speaker 4 (51:15):
Thank you so much, it was such a pleasure. I
appreciate you inviting me on well.
Speaker 2 (51:20):
Thank you so much, Laura, and so for everybody listening,
don't forget to find us on Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, and Instagram.
Check us out on SCBR talk dot com. We're also
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we will have Win Spiller, Rotary International Director, who is
(51:44):
a dedicated member of the Rotary Club of Grass Valley, California,
having joined in nineteen ninety four. Throughout her extensive rotary career,
she has held several key leadership roles, including District fifty
one ninety governor and Rotary International twenty twenty two Council
on Legislation Learning Facilitator. A passionate advocate for education and
(52:04):
leadership development, Winn has facilitated various training programs and served
as a longtime supporter of the Rotary Youth Exchange Committee.
Together with her husband Steve, she actively contributes to the
Rotary Foundation, focusing on peace building and polio eradication. Win
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(52:25):
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