Patient Centered Care• Cancer Coordinator• Patient Assistance Fund• Palliative Care• Integrative Medicine

Donna Rogers, Cancer Care Coordinator

Mary Kimball Anhaltzer Center for Integrative Medicine, Koeller Street Clinic

• Fitness for the Physically Challenged

• PEACE program• Wig Boutique• Pediatric Playroom

Patient Centered Care

Fitness for the Physically Challenged

Pediatric Playroom mural

To live out the healing ministry of Christ with a special emphasis of those in need, by generating, stewarding and distributing charitable funds to enhance the quality of Affinity Health System’s services, programs and other health care initiatives.

Our Mission

1891: Sisters of the Sorrowful Mother arrived in Oshkosh to start St. Mary’s Hospital

1894: Ground breaking for the first St. Mary’s Hospital. $25,000

1918: The Sisters purchased Lakeside Hospital

1922-1965: Several expansion projects completed

1971: Mercy Medical Center Foundation is established

Philanthropy has shaped Mercy Medical Center and Affinity Health System

1990-1998: Over $2,094,542 given to projects to benefit health and well-being of Oshkosh area community

1998-2000: $4.3 million raised for new hospital’s Campaign for a Healthy Community

2009-2013: MercyStrong campaign raised $3,835,796 for Heart and Lung, Cancer and Radiology programs and equipment

Philanthropy has shaped Mercy Medical Center and Affinity Health System

• Partners for Health Luncheon

• Annual Employee Campaign G1veOne!

• Annual solicitation letters Direct Mail AppealsYear-end appealGrateful Patient Appeals

How we support Mercy’s Mission

Partners for Health Luncheon

• Grants -local, state, federal

funding sources

• Major Gifts-individuals, businesses families, corporations

• Planned Giving -Estate gifts-Signature Society

How We Support Mercy’s Mission

Green Bay Packer Foundation grant ceremony, November, 2014

Our Grateful Patients…

“Everyone’s cancer story is different. I want to make a difference to help someone else going through it.“Nancy Wilms

“Jerry was adamant that he wanted to get care close to home.” Susan Woodson

“She (Dr. Homburg) changed my life, I was on my way out.” Sue Neabling

Mercy Health Foundation Board of Trustees

• Stacy Sensor, DO, Chairperson – Affinity Medical Group• Patricia Seibold, Vice Chairperson – Community Volunteer• Phil Sperling, Treasurer – CEO Printco, Inc.• Tonya Dedering – Regional Director, Philanthropy• Bill Behlman – Community Volunteer• Matthew Kraemer, DO – Affinity Medical Group• Robert Mathers, JD, CPA – Davis Kuelthau Attorneys at Law• John McDermott, MBA, CPA, CPIM – Business Consultant• Jeremy Normington-Slay – President, Mercy Medical Center• Swati Ringwala, MBA – Business Owner• Michael Scott – Independence Financial LLC

Our Team

Tonya DederingRegional Director Foundationstdederin@affinityhealth.org

Lynn KlemanDevelopment Manager

lkleman@affinityhealth.org

Janet PavelackDevelopment Specialist

jpavelac@affinityhealth.org

Linda WernerFoundation Assistant

liwerner@affinityhealth.org

Carol MurphySenior Administrative Assistant camurphy@affinityhealth.org

"The act of philanthropy is a spiritual act, an expression of caring for one's fellow human beings. It is a belief in the future that the future can be good. It is investing in that future. It is helping to make the dream come true." Arthur C. Frantzreb