Volume 1, Issue 3
Fall/Winter 2008
Lincoln Center at the Aronoff: Fall Concert Supports Diabetes
The comments ranged from “delightful” to “awesome” to
“a smooth jazz Sunday” – all from music fans that joined
us for our Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with
Wynton Marsalis concert on October 5th. Nearly 2300
people gathered in Procter & Gamble Hall at the Aronoff
Center, combining an evening filled with music with an
opportunity to support a new initiative at The HealthCare
Connection.
Concert Steering Committee co-chairs Carole Rigaud
and Merri Gaither Smith, along with CEO Dolores J.
Lindsay, announced a net profit of $25,000 raised from the
concert, which will target new and enhanced services for
patients of The HealthCare Connection (THCC) through
our Diabetes Initiative 2009. Members of the Steering
Committee planning all aspects of the event included
THCC board trustees Gyasi Chisley and Linda
Childs Jeter along with Faith Daniels, Yvonne
Edmonds-West, Sarah Hale, Marlene Johnson,
Lillian Jones, Barbara Kreines, Leslie Kreines,
Phyllis McCallum, Penny Pensak, Edgar Smith,
Marcella Trice and Miriam West.
Wynton Marsalis brought the 15 member Jazz at
Lincoln Center Orchestra to the stage of the Aronoff
as part of a national tour. According to Cincinnati
Enquirer arts writer Janelle Gelfand, “Wynton
Marsalis hardly needs an introduction. One of the
most brilliant trumpeters of our time, he’s also an
accomplished classical musician, composer and jazz
State Legislators Share National Community
Health Center Week
The spirit of collaboration was evident in many ways as
we celebrated National Community Health Center Week
2009, with guests that included a bipartisan group of
national, state and local leaders as well as a location that
is an example of a one-stop for children’s services. On
August 14th, we acknowledged this national celebration of
community health centers at our Forest Park Center while
also celebrating funding from the State of Ohio capital
Individuals who helped make the capital expansion
project possible include John Prather of The Spaulding Foundation (left to right); CEO Dolores J. Lindsay, Ohio State Senator Robert Schuler; Jack Collopy,
Hamilton County ESC Early Learning Program; State
of Ohio Representative Steve Driehaus; and Ohio
State Senator Bill Seitz.
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budget that will double the space of this pediatric
center.
Nearly 80 supporters joined us for a luncheon program at the Hamilton County Educational Services
Center (ESC) Early Learning Program, hosted by
Executive Director Jack Collopy and presented by
The HealthCare Connection. Our Forest Park Health
Center, serving children birth to adolescence, resides
within a building that was formerly a Winton Woods
City School’s elementary school and now houses a
multitude of
early childhood programs,
coordinated
by Hamilton
County
Educational
Services.
Speakers on
the agenda
included our
CEO Dolores
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Mrs. Lindsay and Jack Collopy (left and
center) welcome U.S. Representative
Steve Chabot (2nd from left) and his aide
Steven Hill (right) to the celebration of
National Community Health Center Week
2008.
Medical Interpreters: Always Available in Lincoln Heights
A visit to your doctor may mean listening carefully
to a diagnosis, asking him/her to repeat medication
orders and some extra effort to make sure things
are clear to you. Now imagine if your doctor was
speaking a language you didn’t understand. At The
HealthCare Connection, we are committed to providing quality health care to all and
that includes ensuring that all
our patients understand what
the doctor says or asks about.
specialist or new prescriptions.
Abda Tall is a native of Senegal and speaks six different languages including French, Fulani, Arabic, English, Wolof and
Serere, a language spoken in many parts of Africa. Abda’s
name can be heard throughout the day as he is paged for a
child being seen in the pediatric wing
and then back to see a new refugee
who is visiting our adult medicine
area for the first time.
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Our staff interpreters help in many
Our staff of medical interpretways, providing a service that is ofers makes sure that happens –
ten not available, even in major citby being available during all apies. A study by The Chicago Reporter
pointment times at our Lincoln
completed this past summer found
Heights Health Center. Whether
that in the suburbs of Cook and five
it’s Abda Tall helping someone Yolanda Mayweather, Ana Martinez and
surrounding counties, only 12 hospiwho speaks Arabic or French
Georgina Unroe are available to assist
tals out of 52 employed interpreters,
or Ana, Yolanda or Georgina
Spanish-speaking patients at our Lincoln
and only 4% of health centers had
Heights Center.
assisting Hispanic people with
translation services available. The
medical translations, patients of
study found that many community
THCC hear and understand their medical diagnosis
health centers relied on bilingual clerks or janitors to assist
and treatment…completely.
patients. The Reporter’s findings show “a stark reality of
how the local health care industry has failed to respond to
According to Ana Matinez, recently certified as a
the needs of immigrants.”
medical interpreter, it’s all about her patients. “I’m
so pleased to be part of the Lincoln Heights Health
Ana, Abda, Yolanda and Georgina help us support our misCenter interpreter team because it’s a way of givsion of culturally sensitive health care, while also ensuring
ing, of providing a service that is so important to
more cost-effective services for our patients. Studies show
that having health information understood, in one’s own
language, helps avoid unnecessary tests, reduces emergency room visits, ensures good preventative care and helps
avoid misdiagnoses.
Abda Tall brings great language skills to
patients of THCC.
our patients.” Yolanda Mayweather, a native of
Panama, has been, “facilitating communication for
the Hispanic community for over seven years now.”
Ms. Mayweather emphasized that it’s the “closeness
and interactions with patients,” that is an enjoyable part of her job. Georgina Unroe is the newest members of the team, having started her job at
THCC last month. She’s already busy with patients,
helping them understand test results, the need for a
The 5th annual “Pancakes & Jazz” event was sponsored by THCC Board of Trustees on September 13th,
featuring jazz performers and secret recipe pancakes. The culinary team at the event include Board
Chair Vern Rolf and Charlotte Powell (rear) and Chef
Wendell O’Neal, Travis Mapp and development committee chair, Nina Lewis.
Lincoln Center at the Aronoff:
2nd Annual Fall Concert Supports Diabetes
Jazz
Members of the CCM Jazztet play for
guests at the “Cool Jazz & Hot Delights”
reception.
Marlene and J.C. Johnson – Marlene was
part of the 14 member steering committee.
Ivan Misrach (left) and his
wife Patty Misrach (far
right) stop to chat with
Merri Gaither Smith, committee co-chair and her
husband Schuyler.
Arzell Nelson, who helped coordinate
music for the Cool Jazz & Hot Delights
reception, talks with guest Art Slater.
Lauren Woode, Geneva
Woode and THCC board
member Charles Woode
talk with Dolores Lindsay.
Laura and Dr. Donald Harrison, THCC CEO
Dolores J. Lindsay, John and Karen Bankston
from concert sponsor Drake Center
and Jonathan and
Nancy Lippincott
share memories
of earlier days in
community health
centers.
Faith Daniels, radio talent from sponsor MOJO
and reception hostess, enjoys the party with
THCC board member Charlotte Powell.
Reverend Wayne Davis (left) and Norma Holt
Davis (far right) talk with concert committee
members Carole Rigaud, Phyllis McCallum and
Yvonne Edmonds-West (center).
The Honorable John and
Miriam West
(left) share
“hot delights” from
Jeff Thomas
Catering with
Janet and
Roger Ach.
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Committee member Marcella Trice
(right) and her
daughter Janice
Glaspie.
Members of the Princeton High
School Jazz Combo entertain at the
VIP reception
Hardy Brown and Patrice Fant (left) joined
Dr. John and Teresa Henderson (center) at
the reception, along with Melvin Marshall
and his daughter Bleuzette Marshall.
Myrtis Powell with steering committee member Lillian Jones.
Mark Ellis and his son Maurice
Ellis (left), Wynton Marsalis and Kathy Jordan, from
concert sponsor Hall-Jordan
& Thompson Funeral Homes.
Maurice Ellis played at the
reception as part of the CCM
Jazztet.
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Concert co-chairs Merri
Gaither Smith (left) and
Carole Rigaud (middle)
celebrate a successful
event with Mrs. Lindsay and
committee member Leslie
Kreines.
Dr. Alvin Crawford and Dr.
Wendell O’Neal (background) play with the
Wannabees, part of the
reception’s entertainment.
Representatives from one of the event’s major
sponsors, UC’s College Conservatory of Music, meet
Wynton Marsalis after the concert. They include,
from the left, J. David and Dianne Rosenberg, Rick
and Anna Van Matre, Mr. Marsalis, Dean Douglas
Knehans and his wife, Josephine McLachlan.
A Round of Applause for Our Generous Sponsors!
University of Cincinnati College
Conservatory of Music
US Bank
University Hospital, Health
Alliance
The Pepper Family Fund of
the Greater Cincinnati
Foundation
Bartlett & Company
Drake Center
Hospice of Cincinnati
KnowledgeWorks Foundation
Lois & Richard Rosenthal
Foundation
TriHealth
UC Physicians
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
Duke Energy
Macy’s
National City
Local 12- WKRC
Clark Theders Insurance Agency
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority,
Sigma Omega Chapter
We want to extend sincere thanks to the following media organizations and businesses that helped promote the concert and enhance the
experience of Wynton Marsalis and the members of the Jazz at Lincoln
Center Orchestra, as they visited our city:
The Cincinnati Herald
The Blue Wisp Jazz Club
The Pulse
Hyatt Regency Cincinnati
Premier Pianos
Cincy Magazine
MOJO – 100.3
WVXU-91.7
Look for news about our Fall,
2009 Concert . . . coming soon!
Cincinnati Smooth Jazz- WCIN
Joseph Beth Booksellers
Kathy DeAngelo Design &
Illustration
The Fawn Confectionery
Hall- Jordan & Thompson
Funeral Homes
Gail Myers Public Relations LLC
Quality Printing & Design
Jeff Thomas Catering
Please join us
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historian.” Support from Greater Cincinnati’s jazz community included Rick Van Matre, UC College Conservatory
of Music; Ed Felson of the Blue Wisp Jazz Club, Tim
Smith, Jazz Studies Director of Princeton High School;
and Arzell Nelson of L’lezra Entertainment Group.
The evening began for VIP supporters with the Cool Jazz
& Hot Delights reception, hosted by Faith Daniels, radio
host at concert sponsor MOJO. Guests arrived to the beat
of jazz music in the loge and balcony lobbies, provided by
members of the CCM Jazztet and the Princeton High
School Jazz Combo. A Cajun menu from Jeff Thomas
Catering carried out the New Orleans jazz theme, with the
reception wrapping up with the sounds of a local ninepiece jazz group, The Wannabees.
John Lomax, news anchor from concert sponsor Local
12-WKRC, welcomed concert guests and introduced a
short video about the 40 year history of The HealthCare
Connection. While Mr. Lomax talked about diabetes as
the focus of this event, he shared his personal experiences
with this chronic disease that now affects over 18 million
Americans. Major sponsors of the concert, the UC College
Conservatory of Music, US Bank, University Hospital of
the Health Alliance and the Pepper Family Fund of the
Greater Cincinnati Foundation are the Founding Sponsors
of the Diabetes Initiative 2009, underwritten by the proceeds from this concert.
Making a connection. That’s what leaving a legacy
is all about. When you leave a legacy to your favorite non-profit organization, like The HealthCare
Connection, you are making a lasting connection
between yourself and the lives of untold hundreds--or even thousands---who will benefit from your
generosity in the future. You are making an enduring connection to those things that matter most to
you, and ensuring their vitality for decades to come.
You are leaving something of yourself, your spirit of
giving and a legacy that can inspire others to do the
same in their own lifetimes as well.
Leaving a legacy can do all that? Absolutely.
Thanks to the LEAVE A LEGACY® initiative in our
area, Greater Cincinnatians are beginning to discover
just how their bequests or other planned gifts can
make a profound difference in the lives that follow.
All bequest gifts, whether large or small, have great
potential to transform lives in lasting and powerful
ways. By including The HealthCare Connection in
your will, along with your family and others important to you, you can help ensure that we will be here
– for other patients and their families – for many
years to come.
Most non-profit organizations rely on volunteers
and donors to give of their time and resources during
their lifetimes. But, we understand that to perpetuate and even enhance our programs and services, we
need to look toward gifts with lasting value. Annual
operating dollars will not be sufficient to allow organizations like ours to achieve the sound financial
footing necessary to plan for our future. Planned giving will allow us to do just that...and more.
You’ve been connected to The HealthCare Connection
in some way. Now we want to make you aware of
some others. Look for more information in upcoming
newsletters about planned gifts or contact us with
questions right now at 513-483-3098 or sandyh@
healthcare-connection.org.
LEAVE A LEGACY® is an initiative of the Greater
Cincinnati Planned Giving Council
If you are interested in volunteering or supporting
upcoming concerts of The HealthCare Connection or our
Diabetes Initiative 2009, please contact our development director at 513-483-3098 or [email protected].
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State Legislators Share National Community Health Center Week
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J. Lindsay and Mr. Collopy, as well as Dave Distel,
Superintendent of Hamilton County Educational Services;
Stephanie Byrd, Success by 6® executive director; and
Senator Bill Seitz, State of Ohio Senate. The luncheon
celebrated the confirmation of $150,000 in capital funding from the State of Ohio, dollars that will enable us to
double our available space and greatly impact the number
of pediatric patients seen by our providers there.
As Senator Seitz talked about the funding for this project,
he described a Saturday in Cincinnati last winter when
state senators and representatives heard over 50 presentations about funding needs around the community. “As legislators, we felt that The Healthcare Connection is totally
committed to improving the health and lives of children in
this region,” said Senator Seitz. He described that legislative gathering, “there was instantaneous agreement that
this organization builds successfully on its partnerships,”
allowing for successful support of the requested funds.
Jack Collopy commented on our long-time collaboration, “Kindergarten readiness depends on a combination
of appropriate early education and attention to physical
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1401 Steffen Ave.
Cincinnati, Ohio 45215
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health. The partnership
between the HCESC
Early Learning Program
and The HealthCare
Connection together
can prepare a child for
school and future success.” Stephanie Byrd,
of Success by 6® also
confirmed the critical
relationship between a
child’s physical well being, school readiness and
later school success.
Dolores J. Lindsay
Chief Executive Officer
Sandy Haas
Director of Development
Editor
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The mission of The HealthCare
Connection is to provide
quality, culturally sensitive,
and accessible primary health
care services focusing on
the medically underserved,
underinsured, and uninsured
residing in northern Hamilton
County and surrounding areas.
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The center expansion is
due to begin in early 2009, with a projected opening date for the larger center set for next summer.
Additional funding for the project was also made
available through the generosity of The Spaulding
Foundation and The Dr. Stanley & Mickey Kaplan
Foundation.
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