�e Hospital Foundation is a 501(c)(3); TAX ID 92-0035784

A look at the unique history of The Greater Fairbanks

Community Hospital Foundation, why it’s important to the

Fairbanks community and how you can be a part of it.

Looking to the future. Building on the past.

fairbankshospitalfoundation.com

foundationsta�@bannerhealth.com

P.O. Box 71396 Fairbanks, AK 99707

Main: (907) 458-5550Fax: (907) 458-5551

Owner of Fairbanks Memorial

Hospital, Denali Center, Fairbanks

Cancer Treatment Center, Fairbanks

Imaging Center, Harry & Sally

Porter Heart Center and Tanana

Valley Clinic.

fairbankshospitalfoundation.com

From Tragedy: A Dream Is Born

In the late 1960s, the only hospital available to Fairbanks area residents was St. Joseph Hospital, operated by �e Sisters of Charity. �e great �ood of August 1967 devastated St. Joseph’s Hospital – and something needed to be done. Closure of the aged and deteriorating hospital was imminent, times were hard, and the community didn’t want local government responsible for a new hospital. An amazing group of local volunteers envisioned a new, community-owned hospital. �e Greater Fairbanks Community Hospital Foundation "�e Hospital

Foundation" was established in early 1968 to plan, fund, construct and �nd an operator for the new hospital.

�rough tenacious, grass roots fundraising e�orts the dream of a community-owned hospital became reality. With $2.5 million in private donations, $6 million in state and federal funds, land from the City of Fairbanks, and the hard work of many dedicated volunteers, a new hospital opened in 1972 – community owned and debt-free.

The Greater Fairbanks Community Hospital Foundation

�e Hospital Foundation owns the hospital solely for the bene�t of the community. �e Hospital Foundation is led by a 25-person, all-volunteer

Board of Trustees that comes from the membership of �e Hospital Foundation. �e Board of Trustees has two primary responsibilities: 1) to keep the hospital �nancially viable, and 2) to secure an operator of the hospital that will represent the interests of the community.

Banner Health is a nonpro�t healthcare company that provides health care services to the communities that it serves. Banner brings the Fairbanks community operational and systems expertise that would not be available without the important relationship in place.

Additionally, the partnership provides many other bene�ts to the Fairbanks community, including:

• low-costhealthcarecomparedtosimilarfacilitiesinAlaska;

• servicesforthecommunitythatmightnotnecessarily generate pro�t;

• charitycareforthosewhocannotaffordnecessaryservices;and

• modernandwell-maintainedcampusfacilitiesandequipmentthat are virtually second-to-none for a community the size of Fairbanks.

�e strong partnership between �e Hospital Foundation and Banner Health is critical to the ongoing success of Fairbanks Memorial Hospital. �ey work together to keep the hospital �nancially viable, provide high qualityhealthcare,andberesponsivetotheneedsofthecommunity.

State-of-the-Art Facilities Ensure Quality Health Care

For the past 40 years, �e Hospital Foundation has investedinfacilities,equipmentandservicestomeettheneeds of the community. Some of the highlights include:

1994 Denali Center was built to provide ideal health care to extended-stay patients in a home-like setting.

1996 Outpatient Surgery Center was expanded to meet the growing needs of the community.

2005 �e Fairbanks Imaging Center opened, providing new technology and innovative health care to the growing community of Fairbanks.

2000 �e Fairbanks Cancer Treatment Center was opened to provide a healing environment and optimal cancer diagnostics and treatment.

2007 �e Cardiology Clinic opened to provide Fairbanks the �rst full-time clinic o�ering a full scope of cardiovascular services, including a cath lab that saves lives every day.

2007 �e Emergency Department underwent a major upgrade and became a state-of-the art facility.

2008 �e Tanana Valley Clinic was purchased by �e Hospital Foundation to connect the community with a cohesive system of superior health care and to provide additional preventative and specialty care in one convenient location.

2010 �e Harry & Sally Porter Heart Center opened to consolidate cardiology services and provide �rst-class facilities.

�e Hospital Foundation owns the hospital solely for the bene�t of the

The Hospital Foundation and Banner Health Partnership — A Working Relationship Committed to the Community

1978 �e North (1978) and South Towers (1983) were built to meet the emerging needs of the community.

The Greater Fairbanks Community Hospital Foundation

The Legacy Lives On Through You

�ere are many ways that you can support the mission of �e Hospital Foundation:

• Becomeamember–thesimplestwaytomake a big di�erence.

• Contributetoafundraisingcampaign.

• DesignateTheHospitalFoundationasyour recipient charity during the annual United Way Giving Campaign.

• Providegiftsinmemoryoffamily and friends.

• Makeagiftintheformofagiftofstock/real estate.

• Makeabequestthroughyourwillor estate plan.

• Considerusingyourcompany’smatching gift program to double your generosity.

• ParticipateinTheHospitalFoundation sponsored events.

You can join �e Hospital Foundation by �lling out the attached membership form. For information on additional ways to contribute, please visit, fairbankshospitalfoundation.com.

Fairbanks Memorial Hospital was born through the hard work of early civic leaders that had a dream. Over the course of the last 40 years, it has grown into a �rst-class medical facility, focused on the needs of the greater Fairbanks community. You can ensure that the hospital continues to thrive for the next 40 years. Become a member of �e Hospital Foundation today and be a part of something special and enduring – a community e�ort that began in 1967 and is continuing strong today.

�e greater Fairbanks community has bene�ted greatly from the pioneers whose persistent e�orts in the late 1960s built the hospital. However, given medical advances and treatment options, theneedfornewequipment,servicesandfacilitiesisconstant.Inorder for the Fairbanks medical facilities to thrive, �e Hospital Foundation counts on the generous �nancial support from the Fairbanks community.

�e Greater Fairbanks Community Hospital Foundation was established to ensure that we never again face the prospect of a community without health care by:

• providingfirst-classmedicalfacilitiesandtechnology;• overseeinganexcellentoperator;• creatinganenvironmentthatattractsquality,caring

physicians who wish to be part of the community; and• creatingpartnershipstodeliverqualitycare.• creating partnerships to deliver quality care.

The Greater Fairbanks Community Hospital Foundation