New Lab at Shriners Hospital for Children- Spokane

Contractors donate work, materials for Shriners lab

Graham heads remodel, equipment installation at hospital for children

By Mike McLean
Of the Journal of Business

Graham Construction & Management Inc., of Spokane, and a number of subcontractors from Spokane and Kootenai counties have donated materials and labor to Shriners Hospitals for Children-Spokane to help cover the costs of remodeling part of its movement analysis lab, the hospital says.

Construction, which began last month to accommodate equipment upgrades at the facility at 911 W. Fifth, had been expected to be completed earlier this week, and the lab is scheduled to reopen to patien...

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Shriners Teams Rhythm & Rims

The hospital is pleased to announce that nineteen teams have signed up to raise $15,000 for Shriners Hospitals for Children®-Northern California through Rhythm and Rims!

Heartfelt cheers to Broken Legs, Evan's team, Harders for Shriners, K's Krawlers, Medical Reserve Corps,Paws 4 Cause, Running Champs, Shriners Eyes in the Skies, Tawny for Shriners, Team Alyna, Team Amazing Gracie!, Team Camden, Team Gage, Team ICU, Team Lalo, Team Noah, Team Shriners, Tina’s Trotters, and Too Inspired to Be Tired!

Everyone is welcome to join in the fun. The Rhythm N Rims 5K Walk & Family Fun Fest allows friends of Shriners Hospitals to organize and recruit team members focused on raising funds for the hospital.  Two added bonuses – the fundraising increases awareness about the hospital AND the event will be fun for the entire family.

The Rhythm N Rims 5K Walk & Family Fun Fest is happening on Sunday, October 28, 2012 at Power Balance Pavilion in Sacramento. Registration begins at 8am.  The individual walker registration fee is $20 for adults 18 years and older -- $15 for youth ages 5-17 – and FREE for youth under the age of 5. 

For more information and to donate to the team of your choice today, please visit: www.RhythmNRims.org, and click on the Shriners Hospital logo!

Education Fund for Masonic Youth Groups

Lodians donate to Lodi Lodge

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From left: Andy Peoples, master of Lodi Lodge; Ellsworth Beckman and Janet Beckman.

By Dan Moellenberndt 

On Oct. 6, Ellsworth Beckman and wife, Janet, made a donation to Lodi Lodge No. 256, Free and Accepted Masons, to establish educational funds for two masonic youth groups, the International Order of the Rainbow for Girls and DeMolay International. In a prepared statement, Beckman stated that he and his wife were establishing the funds in remembrance of their fathers Hugh A. McKenzie, who was Master of Lodi Lodge in 1924, and Emil Beckman who became a lodge member that same year.

Beckman and his wife were both very active in the youth groups. Beckman served as the Master Councilor of the Lodi Chapter DeMolay and Janet Beckman served as Worthy Advisor of Wood-Lo Rainbow Assembly.

The Beckmans are lifelong residents of the Lodi area. Beckman farmed in the Victor area raising cherries and grapes. He has been a member of Masonic Order for 58 years and served as Master of Lodi Lodge in 1961. Both he and his wife have been active members of Ben Ali Shrine and supporters of the Shrine Hospitals for Children.

It all adds up for Shriners Hospitals

Ryan Goldammer

Ryan Goldammer is surrounded by boxes and buckets of the can tabs he collected for one year. The total came to more than 750,000 tabs, weighing approximately 500 pounds and raising $205 for Shriners Hospitals for Children.    

 ONE Shriner Can Make a Differance

Sanford Institution for Savings recently made a donation of $729.19 to Shriners Hospitals for Children. 

The money was raised by employees during the bank’s monthly “Jeans Day for a Cause” fundraiser.

A different charity is selected for each month, and the staff works together to choose charities. 

Ryan Goldammer requested a jeans day and bake sale to raise money for Shriners Hospitals for Children. 

Born with a spinal birth defect, he credits the hospital for giving him the opportunity to walk and lead a productive life. As a member of Shriners, he works to raise both awareness and funds for the hospital.

Goldammer is also involved in “Can Tabs for Kids,” a fundraising endeavor where he collects aluminum can tabs throughout the year and turns them into a designated redemption center. Proceeds are then sent to Shriners Hospitals in Springfield and Boston, Mass. 

Several companies, including Sanford Institution for Savings, are working with Goldammer  to collect can tabs. His recent yearly donation came to $205, which the bank agreed to match.   The jeans day and bake sale were held in July.

BC Shriners Working for Kids

Shriners help purchase equipment for audiology unit

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The Golden Ears Shiners recently donated $2,710 to the Ridge Meadows Hospital Foundation.

The money will help purchase a Verifit for the audiology department, located at the Maple Ridge Health Unit.

The department screens 97 per cent of all infants born to in the Fraser Health region.

Last year more than 14,600 babies were checked for hearing loss.

The unit specializes in providing all of the hearing screening, diagnostic assessment and equipment support for Maple Ridge children to the age of 19 who are referred. It currently has  more than over 700 clients.

A Verifit, costing $15,200, is used with all of the children who are fit with hearing aids and some children who require assistive listening equipment. The

The Verifit currently in use is outdated, being 10 years old.

In B.C., Shriners provide free transportation and care from all over the province to hospitals to needy children from one to 18 years of age.

They transport children to the Spokane Children’s Hospital, Portland Children’s Hospital B.C. Children’s Hospital, McDonald House and Easter Seal House, without charge.

SIS donates to Shriners’ children’s hospital

Thursday, October 11, 2012

SANFORD ­— Sanford Institution for Savings (SIS) recently made a donation of $729.19 to Shriners Hospitals for Children.
The money was raised solely by SIS employees during the bank’s monthly “Jeans Day for a Cause” fundraiser.
Once a month, SIS holds a “Jeans Day for a Cause,” during which employees pay to wear jeans on a Friday and Saturday. A different charity is selected for each month, and the staff works together to choose charities that are poignant for them and their families.
Recently, Ryan Goldammer, an SIS employee, requested a jeans day and bake sale to raise money for Shriners Hospitals for Children. Born with a spinal birth defect, Goldammer credits Shriners Hospital in Springfield, Massachusetts, for giving him the opportunity to walk and lead an enjoyable and productive life. As a member of Shriners, Goldammer actively works to raise both awareness and funds for the hospital.
Goldammer is also involved in “Can Tabs for Kids,” a fundraising endeavor in which he collects aluminum can tabs throughout the year and turns them into a designated redemption center; the proceeds are then sent to Shriners Hospitals in Springfield and Boston, Massachusetts. Several companies, including SIS, are working with him to collect can tabs. He is making his yearly donation, which came to $205. SIS has generously agreed to match this donation.
“The Shriners Hospitals for children provide medical care to children regardless of their parents’ ability to pay,” said Goldammer. “I am one of those children who can walk today because of Shriners Hospitals. I would like to thank all the supporters of the ‘Can Tabs for Kids’ campaign. This money will go to Shriners Hospitals for Children in New England to buy equipment that is needed.”
The jeans day and bake sale were held in July, and the SIS staff and employees raised $729.19, which was donated to Shriners Hospital in Springfield, Massachusetts.
“On behalf of the Board of Governors of the Shriners Hospitals for Children – Springfield, I would like to take this opportunity to extend to…the members of [SIS] our appreciation for your most generous donation,” stated Charles R. Walczak, administrator of Shriners Hospitals for Children. “Your gift will enable us to continue our tradition of helping our children to receive the finest orthopedic care.”
Founded in 1933, SIS is a Maine community bank with a history of giving back to the communities in which they serve. Headquartered in downtown Sanford, SIS has additional branch locations in Springvale, South Sanford, Limerick, Buxton, Waterboro, Wells and York.
Shriners Hospitals for Children is dedicated to changing lives every day through innovative pediatric specialty care, outstanding medical education and world-class research. The 22 facilities in the United States, Canada and Mexico provide advanced care for children with orthopedic conditions, spinal cord injuries, burns, and cleft lips and palates. Shriners Hospitals for Children is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization and relies on the generosity of donors. All donations are tax deductible to the fullest extent permitted by law.
For more information on Shriners Hospital, visit online at www.shrinershospitalsforchildren.org.
To learn more about the Can Tabs for Kids program, go to facebook.com/CanTabsforKids. 

Tourney nets $11,000 for Shriner’s Hospitals

Russ Lay | October 10, 2012

Team Shark Byte was the overall winner.

The Oregon Inlet Billfish RoundUp got off to what might seem a slow start with a small field of boats for the inaugural event.

“Every event starts somewhere,” stated director and owner Heather Maxwell.

“Our goals were to provide a professionally run event with outstanding service that would take advantage of Oregon Inlet’s phenominal fishing and our unique southern hospitality,” Maxwell said.

Those goals were met over the three-day event plus some, as the tournament raised over $11,000 for the Shriner’s Childrens Hospitals.

Participants released 46 whites, 2 blues and 4 sailfish vieing for a $42,000 100% payout purse.

The event boasts a high minimum weight and no blue marlin were killed.

That jackpot reverted back to blue marlin release points, while the High Point Jackpot was determined by combined release points and the Top Boat on white marlin points only.

Each evening, guests enjoyed phenomenal dinners and a show by national recording artist Colton James.

“It’s an interesting breakdown and enables the purse to be distributed among more teams”, says Maxwell. No wahoo were caught so that purse was distributed between dolphin and wahoo winners.

Team Shark Byte, a 73’ Bayliss hailing from Rumson, NJ, Pete Cherasia, Nick Rauco, Dickie Campbell, mate Kyle Francis and Capt. Rich Barrett won top boat overall with 16 whites.

The boys also swept the meatfish, took first in the blue marlin category, had two dailies and won the High Point jackpot with 16 whites, 1 blue and 1 sail for 1800 points, and a total prize of $32,200.

Second place went to Stream Weaver, a 60’ Paul Spencer from Wilmington, NC and Capt. Mike King with 15 whites released, and third place went to local 59’ Paul Spencer, Bi Op Sea and Capt. Jesse Granitzki with 10 whites.

The staff and volunteers would like to thank all participants, sponsors and guests, and echo the sentiments of everyone there…The OIBR can get bigger but not much better.

The 2013 event will be held Sept. 11 through 14.

Visit www.fishoregoninlet.com for more information.

Montana Shriners

Shriners hold free children's clinic in Lewistown this Saturday

Published on Tuesday, 09 October 2012 02:46

Written by Joe Zahler

Shriner’s Hospitals for Children will sponsor an annual free clinic in Lewistown Saturday at the Central Montana Community Health Center.

These free clinics are established to help children with a large number of illnesses and birth defects.  They are known to provide expert pediatric care in orthopedics and is provided in a family centered environment regardless of a patient's ability to pay.

 Anyone knowing a child in need of this service can get more information by calling the Lewistown number, 535-4748, or the Billings office at 259-4384.

The free children's clinic in Lewistown is this Saturday from 9:00 am to 12:00 noon at the CMCHC located at 406- 1st Avenue South.  

Christmas Card's

For 2012, the Daughters of the Nile Foundation selected artwork by Northern California patient, Albertito Salamon, for their annual Christmas card fundraiser.  Albertito’s artwork graces the cover of the card (see attachment) and he is profiled on the inside top panel.  The cards are packaged 20 to a pack for a price of $18.  The hospital has a limited number of cards available for immediate purchase and orders may be placed with the Development Office.  Checks should be made out to Shriners Hospitals for Children - Northern California and we can accept credit cards as well.  The hospital will mail your order to you directly. 

As many of you know, the Daughters of the Nile is a membership organization comprised of women related by birth or marriage to Shriners or Masons whose philanthropic efforts benefit Shriners Hospitals for Children. Fundraisers like these greeting cards have enabled the Daughters of the Nile to contribute more than $50 million over the years to Shriners Hospitals for Children -- $2 million of which was designated to our Sacramento hospital.

To purchase or place an order, please contact Mindy Tran at (916) 453-2321 or mtran@shrinenet.org.