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Our Mission
We extend the healing
ministry of Christ by
caring for those who
are ill and by nurturing
the health of the people
in our communiti es.
Joanne Field
Chair, Board of
Directors
St. Anthony Health Foundati on
Leslie A. Strate
President & Chief
Development Offi cer
St. Anthony Health Foundati on
Words cannot express the depth of our grati tude for the outpouring of support St. Anthony
Health Foundati on received from you ­ our generous donors ­ in fi scal year 2013. Thanks to your
generosity, St. Anthony Health Foundati on experienced an unprecedented year! Thank you.
Your gift s support our mission in so many ways ­ saving lives, caring and healing, nurturing health,
and touching the world.
At a ti me when healthcare faces a future of uncertainty, you keep us grounded. Your fi nancial
contributi ons guide our work in directi ons that bring us back, every day, to the spirit of the Sisters
of St. Francis who started St. Anthony Hospital, in another ti me of uncertainty, more than 120
years ago.
You remind us that there are kind and compassionate people who will step forward to ensure that
lives are saved, injuries repaired, illnesses healed, and families strengthened, to build a bett er
tomorrow.
Thanks to you, Flight for Life Colorado's 40th Anniversary gift , a new Eurocopter AS 350B3E
helicopter, will add horse power and safety to high-mountain rescues for years to come.
Your gift s made it possible for Lodging and Support Services to fi nd aff ordable hotel rooms for
2,922 out-of-town families of pati ents in intensive care at St. Anthony Hospital and to subsidize
the cost of hotel rooms for those who couldn't even aff ord the lower rates.
Thanks to your gift s to St. Anthony's neurosciences program, stroke survivors and their caregivers,
att ended a 3-day Retreat and Refresh Stroke Camp, as a respite from stress and an opportunity to
learn how to adjust to their "new normal" lives.
You made it possible for St. Anthony Hospital's global health initi ati ves to ship 50 tons of medical
equipment to the Bach Mai Hospital in Hanoi, Vietnam, and to reach out to a struggling hospital in
Gros Morne, Haiti .
These are only a few of the many programs and services made possible by your gift s to St.
Anthony Health Foundati on. This Annual Report provides a small window through which you
can take a peek at the ways in which your generosity works every day ­ saving lives, caring and
healing, nurturing health, and touching the world.
With our enduring grati tude,
Dear Friends