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We need you as a philanthropic partner to support the construction and purchase of equipment for Seton Medical Center Hays. Join us and together, we will help improve the lives of our neighbors by providing a new standard in comprehensive healthcare in Hays County.
Volunteer
When you become a Seton Medical Center Hays volunteer, you’re not joining just any group – you’re becoming part of a family. Volunteers enjoy many benefits including; free parking, flu shots and discounts in the gift shop, cafeteria and pharmacy. Interested? Apply online today! Questions? Please contact Pam Crowther, Director of Volunteer Services, at (512) 504-5181 or via e-mail at pcrowther@seton.org.
Tax-Free Gifts from your IRA!
Don’t miss a great opportunity to make tax-free gifts from your IRA! Congress just extended a law that lets those who are 70 ½ or older make tax-free gifts to benefit our healing mission using funds transferred directly from an IRA. The law gives you a tax benefit whether or not you itemize your deductions. Best of all, the transfer DOES count toward your required minimum distribution, if you have not taken your distribution this year. For more information about this tax-smart way to give, please call Michele Gonzalez at (512) 634-6857 to talk to someone about how you can make a gift from your IRA.
Events
Seton Hays Foundation’s First Fundraiser A Great Success
The Seton Hays Foundation’s Hard Hat Preview Party on Saturday, September 12th, proved to be a fun and exciting evening. An estimated 375 people attended the fundraiser to benefit Seton Medical Center Hays in Kyle.
In addition to great food, beverages and music from local musicians as well as the headliners, the Derailers, guests enjoyed exclusive access to areas of Seton Medical Center Hays that only patients and doctors are able to access now since the facility opened on October 1. A unique raffle at the event brought in more than $1,000 for items that were donated locally.
Proceeds from the Hard Hat Preview Party benefit the purchase of equipment and construction of Seton Medical Center Hays.
We are very grateful for our donors as well as our sponsors of the event:
Donors
Carolyn and Tom Gallagher (founding donors)
Cobb Mechanical Contractors
Lucy Johnson
Underwriting Sponsors
Capitol Anesthesiology Association
Colvin Electric, Inc.
Dell Healthcare and Life Sciences
Frost Bank Financial Centers
IKON Office Solutions, Inc., a RICOH COMPANY
Ingram Ready Mix
Construction Manager Team Sponsors
Austin Real Estate Partners
Austin Regional Clinic and AIMS
BremnerDuke Healthcare Real Estate
Kate and Bill Johnson
Pedernales Electric Cooperative, Inc.
Pediatrix Medical Group
ReitPath Pathology
Ward North American
Project Manager Team Sponsors
Emergency Services Partners
Plum Creek
SoliRef, Inc.
Time Warner Cable
US Food Service
Vantage Communities
Foreman Team Sponsors
Austin Gastroenterology and Austin Endoscopy Centers
Bigelow Homes
Buda Dental
Facility Interiors Inc.
Donna and Gerald Hill
INX
Mary Ann and Tom Mattis
Elizabeth and Chuck Nash
Patterson Medical/Sammons Preston
Physicians Health Choice
Brenda McCoy Remme
Kathy and Dan Roy
Kimberly Rutter, M.D.
Sac-N-Pac
Carolynn and Dick Schneider
Joan and Tom Searcy
STERIS
Texas Gas Service
The Inn Above Onion Creek
Barbara and Stan Woody
Event Partners
American Fireworks/Jeanell and Chester Davis
Aus-Tex Printing and Mailing
Brown Distributing
FriDaze
Glazer’s
San Marcos Daily Record
Sodexo
Twin Liquors
Thank you for making our first fundraiser such a great success!
SMCH at 2nd Annual San Marcos Education Fair
Seton Medical Center Hays reached out to San Marcos parents and students at the second annual San Marcos Education Fair on Saturday, October 10 at the San Marcos Activity Center. The event helps families become more involved in their children's education, and connect them to social service agencies that will ensure success. Maria Guerra, Dunia Romero Dones and Karen McAfee with Seton’s Diabetes Education Program checked blood glucose levels on 200 of the 1,500 attendees at the fair and helped educate many others on their risk of contracting diabetes.
Other participants at the Education Fair provided information on early childhood development; elementary, middle and high schools in the area; college admission information and adult and continuing education opportunities. For the children, there was a "celebrity reading corner" and an arts and craft area where local artist, Veronique Zehnder-Hahn helped students depict themselves in a variety of careers. Families attended free seminars on topics such as: "Middle School Transitions", "High School Transitions", "Algebra Spoken Here", and "Test Stress: A Parent's Guide to College Test Prep." Numerous non-profit agencies which provide vital support services to San Marcos families also participated. The ACC Mobile Go Center was on hand to help High School students complete their FAFSA and provide information on the college admission process.
All attendees of the Fair that visited a minimum of six booths were eligible to enter a drawing to win great door prizes including gift cards, bicycles, and brand new laptop computers. The event's key message for San Marcos families is that Education Pays. Students that graduate from high school can expect lifetime earnings of more than $1 million dollars. Students that graduate from college will earn another million in lifetime earnings.
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