Building a Healthier Community

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Message from Mimi Compton, President of the Board, Mecklenburg Medical Alliance and Endowment 2015-2016

August 2016

Dear Friends,

Thank you to all of our members for your support of the Mecklenburg Medical Alliance and Endowment over the past year. We enjoyed our eighty-second year of fellowship and service within the Alliance as well as the thirty-second anniversary of the founding of our Endowment.

The ongoing mission of MMAE is to be an advocate for a healthier Charlotte-Mecklenburg community. Our advocacy comes in the form of educational programming and grant allocations. The programs for the year included presentations by physicians regarding the importance of sleep to maintain good health, the dangers of UV rays leading to skin cancer and the importance of patient centered care. There were also programs that were purely for entertainment – wine and beer tasting, holiday decorating ideas and learning about food and sampling tasty delights with a local chef. Our Community Health Classroom featured four clinicians who gave a very informative presentation about Autism/Autism Spectrum Disorders (Asperger’s Syndrome). This year’s Grants and Disbursements Committee chose eleven organizations in Mecklenburg County to receive grants totaling $69,000. Through these non-profit organizations, our money went back into the community to provide healing, both for the body and the spirit, for the most needy in our midst. Over the years, MMAE has given more than 1.5 million dollars to improve the lives and health of those in our community.

MMAE has a long history of launching or financially supporting community health initiatives. Past projects like Hospitality House, Teen Health Connection and MedAssist have made a positive impact on the health in our community. During the past year, the Planning and Development Committee began exploring ideas for a new project.

MMAE is a wonderful organization that makes a real difference in our community and I hope it will be making a difference for another eighty-two years.

Fondly,

Mimi Compton, 2015-2016 MMAE President

COMMUNITY REPORT: FY 2015-2016

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OUR OBJECTIVES

To advocate and/or initiate projects and programs that address Mecklenburg County health care needs.

To promote awareness of health related, charitable, scientific, and educational needs in the community.

To solicit gifts/grants for MMAE’s Endowment, and to distribute grants to health related programs in the community.

To develop the potential of MMAE’s members through leadership and service to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg community.

We thank our board, staff and members of MMAE for their unwavering commitment and donation of time, talent and resources to meet our objectives

and achieve our mission of building a healthier Mecklenburg County.

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Linda Kramer, Karen Chandler, Leslie Aronovitz, Jennie Carruth, Lois Benjamin, Pam Bullard, Gina Clegg, Paula Reutlinger, Becky

Williford, Mimi Compton

Not pictured: Mitzi Yount, Alice Nichols, Donna Mauerhan, Genie Hayes, Sherry Ward

2015-2016 MMAE Board of Directors

Assistance League of Charlotte: $5,000 - Funds will support Operation School Bell, a project that provides new clothing and hygiene kits to disadvantaged children in CMS schools.

Camp CARE, Inc: $3,000 - Camp CARE provides a special camp experience for children who have or have had cancer.

Care Ring: $5,000 - Care Ring provides access to medical and dental care to the uninsured and underinsured.

Hospice and Palliative Care - Charlotte Region: $6,000 - Funds will support Positive Approach to Care, a Hospice training program that provides volunteers and staff with a deeper understanding of dementia and dementia related behaviors.

Hospitality House of Charlotte: $7,000 - Grant will go toward the Renovation of kitchen facilities.

NC Med Assist: $13,000 - This grant will help underwrite the purchase of a pharmacy robot, which will increase pharmacy staff capacity by 300%.

Safe Alliance: $5,000 - Monies will help fund the Safe Alliance Domestic Violence Shelter Clinic.

Shining Hope Farms: $7,500 - The MMAE grant will go toward the purchase of a lift system to help patients safely on and off horses for the hippotherapy program.

Teen Health Connection: $6,000 - Grant will provide CMS high school students with transportation to attend “The Big Picture,” a theatrical production that addresses relevant challenges faced by youth.

The Epiphany School: $1,000 - Funds wil provide therapeutic tools for students who struggle with sensory processing issues.

The Relatives: $10,000 - Monies will fund Neighbor Care, a safe option for minor children, while parents are hospitalized, thereby preventing the need for foster care.

Since it’s inception in 1982, and its intitial project MMAE’s Inn, now Hospitaity House, MMAE has donated close to $2 million in grant money to health related programs in Mecklenburg County.

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OUR IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY

The Mecklenburg Medical Alliance and Endowment (MMAE) has awarded $69,000 in grants to 11 area health and community organizations, whose work supports MMAE’s mission of building a healthier Mecklenburg community.

Gina Clegg, MMAE Vice-president of Grants and Disbursements, presented checks to the following recipients at MMAE’s Annual Meeting held at Myers Park Country Club on Tuesday, May 24.

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“We are sincerely grateful to be the recipient of a grant from MMAE to support education of our Clinical Teams. This training will impact the lives of those cared for by Hospice & Palliative Care Charlotte Region. We are so honored that you value and support the work we do with patients and families facing end of life. On behalf of the patients and families we serve, thank you!”Christy Gisinger, VP Philanthropy - Hospice & Palliative Care Charlotte Region

Assistance League of Charlotte is appreciative of MMAE’s generous grant for the purchase of hygiene kits for middle school children. It has enhanced our ability to fulfill an unmet community need as expressed by the Charlotte Mecklenburg School System. Marion Zinkievich, Grants Chairman

MMAE has really answered the call to help youth and families in crisis. NeighborCare is truly grateful for this wonderful award from MMAE. Your commitment to helping youth have some normalcy as their parents are hospitalized is a true testament of what your values depict of promoting awareness of health related, charitable, scientific, and educational needs in the community. Because of your support NeighborCare will be able to prevent nearly 120 youth from entering the foster care system and create improved health and emotional outcomes for patients and their children, and keeps families intact.Curtis J. Joe Sr., Program DirectorThe Relatives

WORDS FROM OUR GRANT RECIPIENTS

We are deeply grateful to Mecklenburg Medical Alliance and Endowment for helping us make the Safe Alliance’s Domestic Violence Shelter a place where hope and healing begin. Medical providers who understand the complex issues that arise when domestic violence, poverty and homelessness intersect provided acute care, education, and referrals to 477 survivors and their dependent children in a safe and supportive environment. Thank you.Kathryn Firmin-Sellers, PhD. | Chief Operating OfficerSafealliance

OUR EDUCATIONAL IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY

One of MMAE’s most successful, enduring programs, the Community Health Classroom, took an in-depth look at Autism and Asperger’s: You would be lost without them. Dr. Frank Gaskill, Dr. Kelly Bolton, Mary Moore and Josh Jensen with The Aspire Program at Southeast Psychiatric dispelled myths about Asperger’s Syndrome, and described how to enhance the strengths and abilities of individuals with Autism and Autism Spectrum Disorders. Over 150 people, many of whom have children with this serious developmental disability, attended this educational program.

The North Carolina Medical Society Alliance sponsored this event as part of its charitable giving efforts.

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OTHER PROGRAMS

Other Programs

Sweet Dreams are Made of This – Dr. Jason Peck, a sleep medicine specialist, spoke on the role of sleep as it relates to good health.

UV Is Not Your Friend! Protect the Skin You’re In! – Dr. Richard White discussed how researchers in Charlotte are leading the fight against melanoma.

Peace and Revitalization: A Visit to Mercy’s Healing Garden named for one of our members Lois Benjamin and her husband Dr. Sandy Benjamin.

The Pursuit of Perfection in an Imperfect World was the subject of humorist and columnist Tracy Lee Curtis’ talk at the MMAE Annual Meeting.

The James Gray Cannon award is presented to an individual who has demonstrated exceptional leadership, on a voluntary basis, toward the advancement of medical care and good health in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg community. This year’s recipient is Laura Stallings Funderburg. Laura was nominated for her dedication, compassion and dependability as a volunteer at Arts For Life, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting pediatric patients and family members through visual art, music and creative writing education.

In her nomination letter, Rachel Zink, Executive Director, wrote, “Laura brings top-notch arts education to pediatric patients in her work with Arts For Life, and we rely on her for the standard of excellence she brings to every volunteer shift.”

She is currently also serving in an executive role on the board of Arts For Life as secretary as well as being involved in strategic planning and fundraising.

Laura’s philosophy and commitment is reflected in her own words, “Arts For Life’s” mission is a personal one for me, as it perfectly mirrors my life-long desire to nurture the minds and spirits of children facing serious illnesses and disabilities, and to encourage positive healthcare experiences for those children and their families. The time I give seems very insignificant compared to the long and painful journeys that many of these children face, but the lesson I have learned is that a moment of creative joy can make the darkest days very bright indeed!”

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Cannon Award Winner Laura Stallings Funderburg with Mimi Compton, MMAE President 2015-2016

JAMES GRAY CANNON AWARD

Myers Park Country ClubWhole Foods MarketSouthminsterSoutheast PsycNorth Carolina Medical Society AllianceCarolina Skin Surgery Center

Thank you to all of our generous individual donors and community partners for their financial support toward our mission of building a healthier Mecklenburg County.

OUR SUPPORTERS: ORGANIZATIONS

Lisa R. AdamsonPenny AdkinsE.J. AlbergottiMartha Bedell AlexanderGretchen AllenMargaret AltanySue AndersonLeslie AronovitzDebi Faubion AttorriDarlene BeardLois BenjaminRobyn BenjaminChrystal BlackBarbara J. BoehmBarbara BolzBetty BoydDoris Breckenridge, M.D.Tammy BridgesPat BryantNancy BullardPam BullardNancy CarltonJennie CarruthJo CarterBarbara P. ChambleeKaren ChandlerCindy ChewningGina CleggDana Cole’eMimi ComptonDeborah CooperElaine CravenJane CravenDebbie DardenMargie DaughertyLisa DugginsJo Claire DulinKaren DunawaySandy DuPuyMarlene EbertPaula EvangelistJerusha Fadial

Mary Ann FalcianiClaudia FanningKay FarmerMelinda FawcettAnne FehringCarolyn FeltonGail FernandezJulie FieldsMarian S. FortRenita FowlerSandra GambleCarolyn GaskinKrissa GastonRobin GillTrish GolembeRoslyn GreensponMichelle GriggsLinda O GuilfordJennifer GunnMaureen HaggstromLouise HanfordMig HardyLeigh HarlanKaron HauchGenie HayesNancy HersheyBarbara HiestandMaureen HighleyVirginia HinshawKaren HollemanKathy HoweCarrie HowellJanice HuffScott HumphriesNancy HutchesonLinda IronsHilary JabenPauline JacksonBeth JaszewskiCarmel JoyceMary KamererBeverly Keller

Susan KellyKathleen KlimasMarge KoconisLinda KramerGinette LapierreElizabeth LassiterJanet LefkowitzBarbara LucasJane W. LucasDeborah LydayJoAnn (Joni) MacDonaldJoan MartinSandra MartinbeauDonna MauerhanJanice McIntoshMary McLanahanDebra MillerMarylee McGuire MokrisMarie MoorePat NesbitJill NewmanAlice NicholsTrudi M. NorrisPeg O’BarKim O’NeillSuzy OhlCaryn H. OverbeyJackie PalmerJane Baker PasquiniTressa L. PearsonLeslie Phelps PerlikMarie T. PriceEileen Schweers RayPatsy ReamesPaula M. ReutlingerCathy RingwaldHelen C. RitchJoanna RobertsRobert S. RostanMarguerite RuparCarolyn RuppenthalGail Salmon

Joan ScharfDiane G. SchwartzAnita ShapiroMaya ShenoyAnne O. ShoafMartha R. ShortSondra SigmonCharlene SlaughterCynthia SmithPatricia SmithIngrid SteeleRobyn StumpTeny SuggMary Jo SwansonDebbie TaylorRosalind TaylorJayne ThomasNancy K. TidwellJulie TuckerSally UnderwoodSusan VadnaisGail VanDerVeerJean VermeulenJudy VerrossAnne Miller VesanoSophie WachterSusan H. WadeDianne M. WalkerSherry WardSusan WardBernette WeidmanLaura WeisnerMary M. WhiteSue WhiteDiane WilkersonBecky WillifordHeidi M. WilsonBrenda WingJune WiseMitzi YountAnne YudellMary Zweng

OUR SUPPORTERS: INDIVIDUALS

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May 31, 2016

$22,584$1,652,283

$624$832

$1,793,232$1,676,323

$1,103$350

$1,453

$1,674,786$84

$1,674,870

$1,676,323

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION

ASSETSCurrent Assets Cash and equivalents Marketable Securities Refundable sales tax Prepaid expenses Total Current AssetsTOTAL ASSETS

LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETSLiabilities Accounts payable and accrued expenses Deferred revenue Total Liabilities

Net assets: Unrestricted Temporarily restricted Total Net Assets

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS

Endowment

69%Fundraising

6%

Contributions

14%

Member Dues

11%Fundraising

5%Administration

24%Programs & Grants

71%

Income Expenses