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What is Carolinas HealthCare Foundation?
Carolinas HealthCare Foundation serves as the primary point of contact for individual, foundation and corporate charitable support of Carolinas HealthCare System (a self-supporting, public, not-for-profit healthcare provider.) The Foundation is a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Why should I contribute to Carolinas HealthCare Foundation?
Financial contributions help provide the resources necessary to maintain the highest level of excellence and patient support in our medical programs and services. Your individual acts of generosity help improve the quality of life for people in our region today and into the future.
Philanthropic gifts have always been important to Carolinas HealthCare System. Since its beginnings in 1939, gracious donors have significantly contributed to the growth and success of CHS programs and services.
How will my contribution be used?
Many donors elect to designate a hospital service or program as the recipient of their gift – to a fund that supports ovarian cancer research, or to cardiovascular rehabilitation. A donor may also choose to make an unrestricted gift to the Foundation. At the discretion of the Board of Directors, these gifts are designated for areas where needs are most critical and urgent.
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My name is Sara Salisbury and in May of this year, I graduated from Charlotte Country Day School. I am now a freshman at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. For the past two years, many of you supported Pounding the Pavement for Parkinson’s, a fundraiser to honor my dad, Andy Salisbury, and to help advance Parkinson’s research, patient care in Charlotte, and outreach to surrounding areas. The first year of “Pounding,” I completed the Charlotte Thunder Road Half Marathon, raising over $70,000 for the Carolinas Center for Parkinson Disease and Movement Disorders at Carolinas Medical Center.
My name is Andy Salisbury, Jr., and I am now in the ninth grade at the McCallie School in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Your response in 2009 was so amazing and inspired me to become involved to help my sister keep Pounding the Pavement for Parkinson’s going. In 2010, Sara and I led a team of runners in the Jingle Jog 5K race in Charlotte and once again with your generous support, were able to raise close to $70,000 more to benefit the Center here in Charlotte. We are proud to report that last year’s proceeds are supporting an exciting pilot program at CMC for exercise therapy designed specifically for the needs of Parkinson’s patients.
 In 1997, our dad was diagnosed with early-onset Parkinson’s Disease at age 44. He was a very involved member
of our community, devoted to his young family, friends, law practice, church, volunteer commitments, golf! (when
he had time)...and to his own personal physical fitness and exercise on a daily basis. We have had to watch this devastating degenerative disease take its toll for nearly 15 years, robbing Dad of his ability to control his own body
and today, often even his ability to speak. In spite of his losses, he faces these challenges with courage, determination and a great sense of humor. Dad never, ever, ever gives up, is always there for us, and manages to keep a positive outlook on his evolving lifestyle. He is our hero, and we have been privileged to grow up with such a “glass half full”
role model.
Whatever we can do…however we can do it, we will be there for our dad. We are dedicated to continuing to Pound the Pavement for Parkinson’s, and are writing to ask you if you can be there for us again this year. We will run in the Charlotte Turkey Trot 8K on Thanksgiving morning (Mom will walk in the 5K!) and hope that you can consider a donation in honor of our dad. If you would like to join us for the run or the walk, you may register at www.charlotteturkeytrot.com.It is clear that early intervention and exercise therapy show great promise in altering Parkinson’s disease progression. Our 2011 incentive is to help fund another new exercise and wellness initiative in this field soon to be launched by the Carolinas Center for Parkinson Disease and Movement Disorders.
To a Parkinson’s patient like our dad, every little step is important. We encourage you to give whatever you can to help the Center step closer to its goals. For more information about the Center, please visit www.cmc-neurology.org. We have enclosed a pledge card for the Endowment that you can return by mail, or you can make an online donation by visiting www.poundingthepavement.org. As we pound the pavement this Thanksgiving morning, we will be especially counting the many blessings of good health, family, and friends like you.
Thank you!
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