FUND DRIVE TOPS HOSPITAL'S GOAL NEWHALL MEMORIAL REAPS $14.5 MILLION.Byline: Daily News VALENCIA - Topped by a $3 million donation from a local businesswoman, Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital surpassed fundraising goals for a new emergency room and heart diagnostic center. At a gala reception Thursday night for its supporters, the hospital fundraising Health Foundation announced the completion of its 3-year-old capital campaign, boasting it had raised $12 million - plus $2.5 million over its goal. The $14.5 million in cash and pledges is earmarked for an expanded new emergency department and cardiac catheterization Cardiac Catheterization Definition Cardiac catheterization (also called heart catheterization) is a diagnostic procedure which does a comprehensive examination of how the heart and its blood vessels function. laboratory. ``All of you here this evening have played an important part in the success of our campaign, and we are honored that you have joined us for this momentous mo·men·tous adj. Of utmost importance; of outstanding significance or consequence: a momentous occasion; a momentous decision. occasion,'' foundation chairman Greg Amsler said. Special credit, Amsler said, should go to campaign chairman Gary Cusumano, chief executive officer of The Newhall Land and Farming Company The Newhall Land and Farming Company is a land management company based in Valencia, California, United States. The company is responsible for the master community planning of Valencia, as well as the management of farm land elsewhere in the state. . ``It became very clear to us that Gary was the primary force for leading the effort and encouraging significant support,'' Amsler said. ``We are extremely grateful.'' Cusumano said corporate gifts, particularly from Tom Veloz and Roberta Veloz, helped the foundation beat its goal. ``The campaign got off to a great start with a Veloz gift, and ended with a big bang big bang Model of the origin of the universe, which holds that it emerged from a state of extremely high temperature and density in an explosive expansion 10 billion–15 billion years ago. with a Veloz gift,'' Cusumano said. ``Tom Veloz's seven-figure gift began the impetus we needed to move forward. And Roberta Veloz's gift provided the ultimate thrust, and then some, to complete the campaign.'' Tom Veloz donated $1 million to start the campaign, and former wife Roberta Veloz recently presented $3 million to complete the campaign and provide funding for the Cardiac Cath Lab A catheterization laboratory or cath lab is an examination room in a hospital or clinic with diagnostic imaging equipment to support the catheterization procedure. A catheter is inserted into a large artery, and various wires and devices can be inserted through the body via , which will be named in her honor. The goal for employee contributions was $175,000, and $350,000 was pledged. Physicians at the hospital pledged $700,000, surpassing their goal of $500,000. And the foundation and hospital board members raised $4 million, four times their goal. Hospital philanthropic support groups also pledged $225,000. ``Though we are overwhelmed o·ver·whelm tr.v. o·ver·whelmed, o·ver·whelm·ing, o·ver·whelms 1. To surge over and submerge; engulf: waves overwhelming the rocky shoreline. 2. a. at reaching and surpassing our goal, our true celebration will come as everyone completes their pledges,'' said Diana Vose, foundation president. Roger Seaver, the hospital's president and chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. , said the nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive. Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law. Newhall Memorial relies on community support. |
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