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More than 6,000 people helped shatter all previous records for giving in southwest Washington by supporting the Campaign for Southwest Washington Medical Center. The general public donated a significant share of a record $53.5 million in the multi-year Campaign, setting a new record for the philanthropic gifts in the process. The total funds collected are considered the most money raised for any single cause in the history of southwest Washington.
First launched to raise $15 million for a new patient tower at the Vancouver-based Medical Center, the Campaign gained sufficient momentum that its original goal more than tripled to $50 million. In the process, the Campaign became one of the top fundraisers of its kind in the nation for a community-focused hospital.
'It was an audacious dream achieved,' said Jean Rahn, executive director, Southwest Foundation. Rahn says the Campaign broke new ground in Clark County and southwest Washington, where previous fundraising campaigns typically garnered between $3-5 million.
Nearly 20,000 individual gifts were pledged to the campaign. The donation total includes $769,862 from Southwest employees and $894,717 from community physicians who practice at the Medical Center.
The Campaign began officially October 1, 2004, but 95% of the funds were raised or pledged in the last year and a half. Galvanized by two  extraordinary pacesetting gifts of $15 million each, the Campaign for Southwest Washington Medical Center eventually broadened its scope to support 45 projects within the Medical Center.
Donors were inspired to give in two primary areas. Supporters wanted high-tech facilities and equipment to ensure that the most sophisticated surgical procedures and medical treatment are available in Vancouver. Others were motivated by programs that provide medical care to underserved populations including low-income families, the dying, and the mentally ill.
2008 Fundraising Goal
The Southwest Foundation has set a new fundraising goal of $6 million in 2008. The money will be used to support the build out of the Firstenburg Tower, construction of a new Breast Care Center, purchase of the Da Vinci(r) robotic surgery system, as well as building endowments for hospice programs, Healthy Steps Women's and Children's Center and Family Medicine of Southwest Washington.
Projects Supported by Campaign:
E.W. and Mary Firstenburg Patient Tower: $17,773,894
Women's and Children's Center of Excellence (includes the Holtzman Twins Special Care Nursery, the new Breast Care Center, KidsPlace pediatric emergency department, and a major refurbishment of the Family Birth Center): $15,457,834
Hospice programs and Ray Hickey Hospice House: $7,854,874
Area of Greatest Need Fund: $3,789,840
Healthy Steps Women's & Children's Center: $5,055,180
Other projects and Medical Center departments: $3,655,637
Capital Campaign Cabinet:
Jeanne Firstenburg, Co-Chair
David Nierenberg, Co-Chair
E.W. Firstenburg, Honorary Co-Chair
Rainy Atkins
Twyla Barnes, PhD
Brett Bryant
Jody Campbell
Stan Freidberg, MD
T. Randall Grove
Nancy Hart
Denise Haun-Taylor
David Kelly
Joyce Kilpatrick
Joseph Kortum
Ed Lynch
Jay Miller, MD
Joe Pauletto
Carolyn Propstra
Christine Rood
Rhona Sen Hoss
Sally Schaefer
Becky Weis
Kaycee Wiita
Pinnacle Circle ($1 million & above):
Anonymous (2) to Healthy Steps ($3.7M)
Corky and Linda Angelo to Firstenburg Patient Tower ($1M)
David and Diane Difford to Unrestricted fund ($1M)
E.W. and Mary Firstenburg to Firstenburg Patient Tower ($15M)
Ray Hickey for Second Hospice House and charity care endowment ($3M)
Lee and Connie Kearney to Breast Care Center ($2.5M)
Ed and Dollie Lynch to Unrestricted fund ($1M)
David and Patricia Nierenberg to Holtzman Twins Special Care Nursery ($3.25M) and other projects ($12.44M)
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