Join us for A Special Benefit Dinner for
Hôpital Sacré Coeur
Milot, Haiti
“Creating a Healthier Haiti – One Dignified Life at a Time”

Thursday, May 2nd, 2013
Johnson & Wales University
1701 NE 127th Street
North Miami, Florida 33181

This event is hosted by the Marian Council and Marian Assembly Knights of Columbus of North Miami

Cocktail Reception at 6:00pm
Dinner Served Promptly at 7:00pm

 
You can also purchase tickets by mail.
Please Make Your Check Payable to: Marian Charitable Foundation, Inc.

Seating is Limited and R.S.V.P. is Required by Thursday April 25, 2013

RSVP: Tom Trinkle
12022 N.E. 10 Avenue
Biscayne Park, FL 33161

Phone: 954.605.8650, or email: ttstime@aol.com

No Tickets Will Be Sold At The Door
You can download the invitation here.

We had expanded the hospital facilities in early 2010, to meet the tragic demand of the earthquake, for what we assumed would be a temporary season. We were wrong. Three years later, the demand for services at Hôpital Sacré Coeur remains strong and expands daily. A return to the 63 beds of pre-quake days is not possible. Today we sit at 122 beds and could easily fill more. Unfortunately, our operating budget did return to pre-quake levels, at a time when the expense of keeping the hospital doors open more than doubled. Last Lent, we faced the biggest financial crisis in the 26-year history of CRUDEM.

Then, at our darkest 11th hour, an angel stepped forward: Holy Name Medical Center of Teaneck, New Jersey.

With hearts of compassion, a twenty year history of sending volunteer medical teams to Hôpital Sacré Coeur, and unparalleled resources in hospital administration, Holy Name Medical Center offered to cover the immediate financial gaps and provide hands on program and resources assistance in Milot.

With the unanimous support of the CRUDEM Board of Directors and the enthusiastic support of CRUDEM and HSC staff, the CRUDEM Foundation became a subsidiary of the Holy Name Medical Center Foundation. And, most importantly, the people of northern Haiti gained in assurance that Hôpital Sacré Coeur would exist and thrive for generations to come.

Mike Maron, President and CEO of Holy Name Medical Center and President of CRUDEM’s Board of Directors, has traveled to Milot a dozen times in the past 16 months, bringing with him almost two dozen of his key hospital managers. Their enthusiasm for CRUDEM/Hôpital Sacré Coeur grew with each contact as they embraced the challenge to craft a hospital model in Milot that can be replicated throughout the country.

Holy Name is working with US professionals and their Haitian counterparts to design, implement and fund a viable, sustainable and quality-driven healthcare system centered at Hôpital Sacré Coeur and to create a better tomorrow for the people of the northern region. Already, the results are impressive.

Medical supplies arrive on a consistent basis, program and financial infrastructures have strengthened, the arrival of volunteer medical teams more closely align with hospital clinic and surgical needs, patient care improves weekly, and the hospital staff’s and the community’s morale and sense of hope soars.   Work has already begun with Cannon Design of Chicago for the construction of a new physical plant to be completed within 3 years. The core of the physical and programmatic vision includes: improved clinical quality and patient outcomes; expanded continuing education and community outreach, and the assurance that the hospital is flexible, efficient and scalable.

At its heart, the plan takes seriously the importance of providing quality healthcare to our patients in an uncompromising atmosphere of dignity and respect.

CRUDEM/Hôpital Sacré Coeur now enjoys a more hopeful future, but it is a future that still depends on your continuing support. Holy Name has brought our community an Easter of possibilities and immediate, tangible realities, but not a blank check.

Holy Name cannot be expected to cover all the expenses involved in maintaining HSC. The CRUDEM Foundation must still supply the vast majority of funding for the hospital. If we expect Holy Name to continue to partner with us, as we strive to attain the new goals set for the hospital, CRUDEM must demonstrate that it is capable of meeting and exceeding our past financial contributions.

We sincerely appreciate your continuing support. Your role in securing the future of Hôpital Sacré Coeur remains as critical and valuable as ever.

Holy Name Medical Center explains their involvement in this investment in Milot, “This is our passion. This is our promise. This is our pledge.” Please join us in turning your passion for Hôpital Sacré Coeur into a pledge of financial support so the people of northern Haiti can enjoy a better tomorrow.

Thank you!

Right after the earthquake…
The cholera epidemic had engendered so much concerning the country. Doctor Previl, CMO of the hospital, gathered the townspeople in the church. He said to them, “listen, this cholera epidemic that’s coming…I’m very scared of it. And if I’m scared you should be scared”. And there were thousands of people in the church. And on a bedsheet, hung up across the alter, he projected pictures of what to do when and what not to do to help prevent this the spread of cholera.

Video courtesy of Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck, NJ

Saturday, February 23, 2013 from 7–9 PM New York Wine & Culinary Center 800 South Main Street Canandaigua, NY

Checks made out to CRUDEM and commentary may be mailed to:

CRUDEM Foundation
c/o Mary Brady
4140 County Road 16
Canandaigua, NY 14424

Proceeds will help benefit Hôpital Sacré Coeur.

Photos, stories, poems, comments and donations in any amount are appreciated!!!

Contact Mary Brady via email or at 585.394.5819 with questions, or to make a reservation.

Make a Difference: Have a Heart, Help Haiti

A presentation of Caucus: New Jersey, with Steve Adubato

• Hors d’oeuvre and dessert reception
• A question & answer session moderated by Steve Adubato will follow the premiere.

Please register online if you plan on attending this special premiere: http://www.holyname.org/haiti/registration/.

Or you can download the reply card to print and send it to Holy Name Medical Center if you would like to attend.

Holy Name is working with professionals here in the US to understand Haitian culture and socioeconomics. And we are joining with our Haitian counterparts to design, implement and fund a viable, sustainable and quality-driven healthcare system in the Milot region. We are starting small, gaining momentum, trust and performance. Since 2010, Hôpital Sacré Coeur—one of the few principal hospitals for the people of Haiti—has already tripled in size.

Now we are taking our commitment to the next level, inviting our community to learn more about how we will create a better tomorrow for the people of Milot. We hope you will join us this special evening, as we celebrate our progress in Haiti and share our plans for the future.

 
Holy Name Medical Center has graciously assumed managerial responsibility for Hôpital Sacré Coeur and all donations made to either Holy Name Medical Center’s Help Us Help Haiti fund or through The CRUDEM Foundation, go directly to fund the medical programs and operations of Hôpital Sacré Coeur in Milot, Haiti.

Video courtesy of Holy Name Medical Center.

We are pleased to announce that Hôpital Sacré Coeur is now being managed by Holy Name Medical Center located in Teaneck, N.J. At a recent CRUDEM board meeting this action was unanimously adopted by the CRUDEM board, with the expectation that the collaboration amongst CRUDEM, Hôpital Sacré Coeur and Holy Name Medical Center will allow Sacré Coeur to better meet its mission.

For over 20 years, Holy Name Medical Center staff have volunteered at HSC and offered invaluable passion and resources to the mission. Now, as we all work together in an official capacity, Haiti’s tomorrow looks brighter as we work to create a healthier Haiti, one dignified life at a time.™

Surgeons could handle the 16-hour days in makeshift operating rooms but couldn’t tolerate watching patients die needlessly as oxygen tanks ran dry. So the Teaneck hospital raised $70,000 for an oxygen processor — the CEO even went to Haiti and put on his work boots, grabbed a shovel and dug a ditch to make

way for the oxygen to be piped into the hospital.

Read the full article here on North Jersey.com.

For over 20 years, Holy Name Medical Center staff have volunteered at HSC and offered invaluable passion and resources to the mission. Now, as we all work together in an official capacity, Haiti’s tomorrow looks brighter as we work to create a healthier Haiti, one dignified life at a time.™

To learn more about Holy Name Medical Center’s commitment to Hôpital Sacré Coeur, or to make a donation, please visit their website.