This Holiday Season, Make a Gift
to California Pacific Medical Center

We care for people in every state of health and at every stage of life.

More than 6,000 babies are born at California Pacific Medical Center every year. CPMC also operates San Francisco’s only licensed residential hospice facility.

The juxtaposition of those two facts reveals an essential truth about our mission: We care for people in every state of health and at every stage of life.

At California Pacific Medical Center, we help patients and their loved ones through some of the most difficult experiences they will ever face, and we share in some of their greatest triumphs—welcoming a new family member into the world, surviving a life-threatening health crisis, gaining control over a chronic medical condition, providing comfort and love at the end of life.

As the 2011 holiday season approaches, I hope you will open your heart and make a tax-deductible contribution of $25, $50, $100 or moreOpens new window to help CPMC meet its most important current funding priorities.

Some of CPMC’s crucial funding priorities for 2011 have not yet been fully supported. They include:

• Neonatal Transport Gurney with Incubator
  The Women’s and Children’s Transport and Outreach Program at CPMC’s California Campus provides medical transport for fragile, high-risk, critically ill infants from other hospitals. We made a commitment to purchase the most advanced transport incubator available. This new, improved equipment features enhanced thermal functioning to keep the microclimate consistent as well as greater options for monitoring and ventilation. In addition, the gurney’s lighter weight and efficient design will aid medical staff in making smoother, safer transfers.
• Brain Lab Cranial Navigation System
  CPMC’s Neuroscience Institute is at the forefront of treating patients with conditions such as brain tumors, strokes, epilepsy, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Parkinson’s disease, memory disorders, neuromuscular diseases and spinal stenosis, providing treatment options and performing microsurgery for the entire spectrum of neurological conditions. A "GPS system" for the brain, the Brain Lab Cranial Navigation System will enable our neurosurgeons to operate more precisely, targeting diseased areas without damaging nearby healthy tissues.
• Coming Home Hospice
  Established in 1987, this pioneering program was the first residential hospice in the nation for AIDS patients, and it is still the only facility of its kind in San Francisco. In a homelike setting, it provides high-quality, compassionate care for people with all types of life-ending conditions who require a higher level of medical intervention than can be delivered in the home. Every one of its beds is occupied year-round. Serving patients referred from every major hospital in the city, the program relies on philanthropic support for a substantial portion of its costs. Insurance only covers about half the annual budget.

I hope you will include California Pacific Medical Center among the worthy causes you support with charitable contributions during this traditional season of giving. We very much appreciate your generosity, compassion and vision.

From our family to yours, warmest wishes for a joyous holiday season and the best of health in the coming year.

Sincerely,

Mark Kimbell
President, CPMC Foundation

P.S. If you would like a copy of the brochure describing all of CPMC’s current fundraising priorities, please call 415-600-4440.

Because life is precious, we encourage giving to life and a lifetime of giving.