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Tag: One Pulse Spring 2015
ONE Night to Make a Difference 2015
ONE Night 2015 Draws Largest Crowd Ever For Annual Gala More than 900 Mid-Southerners supported the life-saving work of the Foundation by attending ONE Night 2015 on Saturday, March 28 at the Cook Convention Center. As the Foundation’s largest fundraiser of the year, ONE Night helps provide the state-of-the-art medical equipment and specialized training [...]
Circles of Giving – 2015
OUR CIRCLES OF GIVING The Cornerstone Circle - acknowledges donors who give $100 - $999 annually. The President’s Circle - acknowledges donors who give $1,000 - $4,999 annually. The Founder’s Circle - acknowledges donors who give $5,000 or $9,999 annually. The Pillar Society - acknowledges those individuals, corporations and foundations that have given $10,000 or more annually. The [...]
The John Gaston Society
Established To Recognize Donors Who Make Planned Gifts John Gaston was a successful businessman and philanthropist in Memphis during the late 1800s and early 1900s. Born in France in 1828, Gaston migrated to the United States sometime in the 1850s and landed a job as a waiter at the famed Delmonico’s restaurant in New [...]
Spring 2015 – Board Member Spotlight
“OUR NEW MEMBERS REPRESENT THE BEST OF THE MID-SOUTH. THEIR EXPERIENCE AND OVERALL DEDICATION TO THIS COMMUNITY WILL MAKE EACH OF THEM AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE FOUNDATION’S SUCCESS FOR YEARS TO COME.” - TAMMIE RITCHEY, REGIONAL ONE HEALTH FOUNDATION EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Our new board member respresnet a wide range of industries and experience from across [...]
Do You Believe in Miracles?
How the High-Risk Obstetrics Program at Regional One Health Delivered Two Miracles Do you believe in miracles? BJ and Mark Mazurkiewicz of Corinth, Mississippi certainly do. After a long struggle with infertility issues, the couple received the first of several miracles when they learned they were going to be the parents of not just [...]
Crushing Injury Doesn’t Slow James Light
How the Regional One Health Trauma Team Got James Light Back on His Feet Thanks to the curiosity of the colt he was breaking and the highly skilled trauma team at Regional One Health, James Light, former owner and operator of the Memories of Elvis gift shop, is back on his feet and back [...]
Infusion Suite
Perfectly Balancing Treatment Delivery & Patient Comfort Thanks to our generous supporters, Regional One Health Foundation recently helped provide funding to consolidate and improve our healthcare system’s infusion services. Imagine receiving a blood transfusion or antibiotics sitting in an uncomfortable chair with just a blanket to stay warm as a TV broadcasts one snowy [...]
Wilma Wooten: A Recipe for Success
How One Elvis Fan's Cookbook Has Raised Donations Each August, 81-year-old Wilma Wooten loads up the car with her daughter Melanie and makes the 650-mile drive from her home in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, to Memphis for Elvis Week. Odds are, you’ve seen her at some point, selling t-shirts and taking donations outside of the [...]
Back in the Air Doing What He Loves
How the Regional One Health Trauma Center Saved One Man’s Life On April 10, 2010, while Jennifer and Steve Helffrich were spending a typical weekend with friends doing what they love — jumping out of airplanes — the unthinkable happened. Steve may not remember spinning out of control and falling some 14,000 feet to the ground when [...]