“We are proud to support the Festival of Trees and Kootenai Health in their mission to provide quality health care for our community.” —Michael and Gayle Stegmann The Festival takes place at the Coeur d’Alene Resort on Nov. 25 and 26 this year. See the Festival of Trees ad on the back cover of this magazine for details and a list of events! Purchase your $5 raffle tickets by Nov. 26 at KH.org/festival. Each year, community organizations and businesses donate elaborately decorated trees that are adorned with gifts, each with a value of at least $2,000! They are then beautifully displayed at the Coeur d’Alene Resort for visitors to view—this year on Friday, Nov. 25—as part of a huge community kickoff to the holidays that includes a lighting ceremony, parade and fireworks. Raffle tickets can be purchased to win one of the Festival’s stunning trees. The rest are auctioned to the highest bidders. Santa is also there and loves getting his photo taken with anyone who stops by! Funding theHeart Center With every Festival, fundraising is focused on one particular area. This year, all proceeds from the event will benefit the 41,000-square-foot Heart Center expansion underway at Kootenai Health. “As community health care needs grow across the region, Kootenai Health needs to keep pace in our surgical and heart center capacity,” said Jeremy Evans, chief operating officer of Kootenai Health. “We’re very proud of this addition. Expanding the Heart Center will enable Kootenai to offer more complex, higher-acuity services and quicker access to its operating rooms. This is one of the major steps we’re taking to position the hospital as a national leader in cardiovascular care.” Help support this important expansion to our community hospital while enjoying one of the most anticipated events of the year in our community! Filling aVital Need Since 1989, the Festival has brought in just over $8 million for the endowment fund, emergency services, new cancer centers, women’s and children’s services, cardiac care, innovative advancements to our neurosurgery program, employee support initiatives and much more. The beneficiary of the Kootenai Health Foundation’s 2022 Festival of Trees is Kootenai Health’s Heart Center Expansion Project. NEED: Kootenai Health serves a region that has grown exponentially over the past decade. Our specialized Heart Center has seen a significant increase in the patient population over its 18 years, and that continues to grow. Ongoing capacity constraints ultimately led to an exciting expansion project that will further advance our care for our community. GOAL: This project will add one cardiac catheterization (cath) lab, one electrophysiology (EP) lab and 10 pre- and post-procedure rooms to grow surgical treatment capacity. The expansion will help us treat 1,500 more patients per year in the cath lab and 100 more in the EP lab. VISION: Through the Heart Center expansion, Kootenai Health will improve access to critical cardiac services, reduce patient wait times and position ourselves to accommodate rising cardiovascular service needs well into the future. This important work will not be possible without your support. How to give For more information on supporting Kootenai Health’s Heart Center, visit kootenaihealthfoundation.org. Join in the merriment KH . ORG 21
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