DIRECTORS NOTES MARCH 2010

Since we have not had a newsletter since July, I feel like the NSHCF has been in a cocoon, and this issue sees us emerging as a beautiful new butterfly. The new colors and logo design are all part of a brand makeover that includes the new web site. We have a unique local institution that should not be confused with any of our partners or neighbors.

Of course we were impacted by the financial meltdown of 2008-9, losing about 33% of our net worth in the Minnesota Community Foundation Endowment Fund at the low point, recovered now to a net loss of 16%. The bottom line for us is that good long term planning, loyal supporters and strong partners have kept our programs and assets in comparatively good shape. We actually gave more grants in 2009 than ever before. We have a great new golf tournament director in Sherri Moe and we look forward to a very upbeat 2010.

I want to say a special thank you to our departing board members. Joan Crosby and Katie Anderson served many years in a variety of roles and their contributions of time and talent helped build this seventeen year old organization into what it is.

Welcome aboard to Dr. Alyssa Hedstrom of Grand Marais Family Dentistry. Paul Nelson’s article gives a quick snapshot of our board’s new interest in all things dental.

We also welcome Dr. Michael Sampson to the clinic staff – it is great to finally have him here full time.

There are plenty of uncertainties and challenges to deal with. We do not have articles here about federal or state health policy or about the hospitals’ new relationship with St. Lukes’. Those who have been with us since 1993 know that NSHCF was founded because of uncertainty and challenges and our work will continue to benefit health care for all those who live, work and visit in Cook County.

Thanks for all you do,
Karl Hansen

Board members

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

Suellen Kruse President
1998-2003 and 2007-2009. Former manager in Trust Operations at U.S. Bank, Minneapolis. Owner of Kah-Nee-Tah Gallery and Cottages in Lutsen for 20 years. Director at the Johnson Heritage Post Art Gallery for 8 years. Board member of the Grand Marais Art Colony and the First Congregational United Church of Christ. Primary fund raiser for Harbor Park in Grand Marais
PO Box 474  Grand Marais, MN 55604   387-2585 (W)   387-1268 (H)   Fax: 387-9036
suellen@kahneetah.com
Term: 2008-2010

Judy Meath Vice president
Retired Vice President, Physician Services, HealthPartners Medical Group and Clinics, Bloomington, MN.  Former Vice President, Organizational Development for Children’s Home Society & Family Services, St. Paul, MN.  R.N., St. Catherine’s College Program; Volunteer Mentor, Sawtooth Elementary, Grand Marais, MN.
PO Box 418   Grand Marais, MN 55604   651-485-8250 (cell)
jmeath@boreal.org
Term: 2008-2010

BOARD MEMBERS:

Jean Christie
Retired social service agency executive, board member since 1998.
4730 Park Commons Dr Apt 525   St. Louis Park MN 55416   952-920-9501 (H)
370-0310 (cell)
DarbyODoul@aol.com
Term: 2007- 2012

Michael Cowles
Attorney, Fryberger, Buchanan, Smith & Frederick, Duluth, MN.
700 Lonsdale Bldg.  302 W. Superior St.   Duluth, MN 55802-1863   218-722-0861
mcowles@fryberger.com
Term: 2008-2010

Sue Hansen
Founding Board member since 1993.  Held office of Vice President, currently chair of the Charitable Funds Distribution Committee. Founder, 1996,  past Co-Chair and current committee member of the Annual Health Care Golf Tournament, the fund raiser for Grants.
306 Caribou Trail   Lutsen, MN 55612   370-1063 (cell)   663-7443 (H)  Fax: 663-7083
suehansen@boreal.org
Term: 2008-2010

Alyssa Hedstrom, DDS
Alyssa received her Doctor of Dental Surgery from the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry in 2004. After graduating she moved home with her husband where she joined her father, Dr. Rolf, practicing dentistry. She took over the practice in May of 2008. Alyssa has two daughters and loves working and living in Cook County.
PO Box 1418   387-1987 (H)  370-9756 (cell)   Grand Marais, MN 55604
ajhedstrom@boreal.org
Term: 2010-2013

Kathy Hellner
Graphics, illustrator and web designer, past board member and president of the Grand Marais Art Colony, owner of Looner Graphics and  the 1910 Rock Shop.
2942 W. Hwy 61   Grand Marais, MN 55604  387-1632 (H)   387-9291 (W)
looner@boreal.org
Term: 2009-2012

Jayne Johnson
Ph.D. Candidate, Conservation Biology, University of Minnesota; former IT analyst and project manager in financial services industry; Hospice Program Development Committee member and Friends of Hospice volunteer; B.A. Economics and Political Science, University of Minnesota; M.S. Conservation Biology, University of Minnesota.
52 Black Spruce Trail   Grand Marais, MN 55604   388-0186
fing0006@umn.edu
Term: 2007-2012

Jean Ljungkull
I have been associated with the Foundation since 1995. I am a past president and saw  the organization through some difficult years. At present I am a member of the Charitable Funds Distribution Committee.
400 Wilkinson Lake Blvd Apt 102   White Bear Lake, MN   55127 663-7110
jeanljun@boreal.org
Term: 2009-2012

Paul Nelson
Retired owner of major U.S. transportation corporation; former Lutsen Town Supervisor; Chair, Lutsen Planning Committee; Citizen representative to Cook County Wildfire Protection Planning Committee; Citizen representative to Cook County Firewise Committee, Chair of two Firewise subcommittees.
PO Box 264   Lutsen, MN 55612   218-370-0656
hollylake@hughes.net
Term: 2008-2010

Michael A Olson
International business lawyer for 25 years and a non-profit executive with a global NGO now known as Initiatives of Change (IofC) for 20 years. Also has a M. Theol. degree. Wife Helen, a social worker fluent in Spanish, also worked for IofC in Latin America. As an aspiring artist, she has participated in Art Colony and North Folk House activities. We were married on the North Shore almost 30 years ago and have had the joy of living here for the past two years. Active in First Congregational Church and have four adult children, including one “adopted” in El Salvador, and eight grandchildren.
PO Box 693  Grand Marais, MN 55604  387-9169 (H)
olsonboddy@aol.com
Term: 2010-2013

Roxy Sherer
Mental Health Worker, Grand Portage Human Services, Grand Portage school administrator 1996-2006, Boston University MS in Adult Psychiatric Nursing, 30 years nursing experience, faculty member at nursing schools including University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Corpus Christie State University, the College of St. Scholastica, and Chippewa Valley Technical College. Board member, Sawtooth Mountain Clinic, Cook County Historical Society and North House Folk School.
P. O. Box 45 Grand Portage, MN 55605 475-2171 (W)
roxysherer@grandportage.com
Term: 2009-2012

Fran Smith
Retired, former teacher, BA --University of Northern Iowa, Active in Gunflint Lake Homeowners Assoc.---Pres.--V.Pres. and currently Sec/Treas. Member and volunteer for Gunflint Trail Historical Society.
325 Mile O’ Pine  Grand Marais, MN 55604  388-0613
wildersmith1@northlc.com
Term: 2007-2012

Cindy Tiffany
PO Box 1465 Grand Marais, MN 55604  370-1000 (cell) 387-1182
at@boreal.org
Term: 2008-2012

Jodi Yuhasey
Coordinator, Violence Prevention Center, twenty-five years working in crime victim services, prevention education, peace and justice programs as a staff person or volunteer.
PO Box 912 Grand Marais, Minnesota 55604 387-1967
(H) 370-0370 (cell) 387-1262
(W) hope4u@boreal.org
Term: 2008-2010

ADVISORS

Rita Plourde
Sawtooth Mountain Clinic
513 W. 5th Ave. GM, MN 55604 387-2330
rita@sawtoothmountainclinic.org

Diane Pearson
Cook County North Shore Hospital
515 W. 5th Ave. Grand Marais, MN 55604 387-3040
dpearson@sisunet.org

Kay Grindland
Hospice Coordinator
387-2147
hospice@boreal.org

Sherri Moe
Golf Tournament Director
PO Box 274 Hovland, MN 55606 (218) 766-1795
sherri_moe@yahoo.com


History
The North Shore Health Care Foundation originated in 1993 with a board of six volunteers. The Foundation is a private, independent not-for-profit organization and is a 501(c)3 tax exempt organization. It was established solely to benefit health care in Cook County.

Today a seventeen member volunteer board of directors operates the Foundation. There are standing committees as well as other volunteers who support the work of the Foundation.

The North Shore Health Care Foundation’s Endowment Fund is managed by the Minnesota Community Foundation.. We continue to build the Endowment Fund and welcome all kinds of gifts to enrich it.

Our first Golf Tournament was in 1996 and it became an annual event. The funds raised are used to make quarterly grants to qualified health care providers. The Foundation initiated a newsletter in 1997 and a membership drive as well. In 1998 the first Health Conference was held and the first fundraising Barbecue was held at the Gunflint Lodge. Each of these events have become annual events.

Members and supporters of all kinds

June 2008 - January 2010

1010 Interiors, Phyllis Abrahamsen, Howard or Joan Abrahamson, Kathy Adams, Russ & Connie Almquist, James Alt, Richard Starr & Joanne Alt, Howard & Camilla Alton, Chel Anderson, Jerry & Tisha Anderson, Joellen Ouradnik & Stuart Anderson, Katy & Doug Anderson, Mark & Donna Anderson, Phyllis Anderson, Robert and Diane  Anderson, Westen & Carol Anderson, Angry Trout Cafe, Paulette Anholm, Anonymous, Alan L.Apler, Arrowhead Electric Cooperative, Inc., Arrowhead Pharmacy, Mary Ellen Ashcroft and Suzanne Sherman , Fred and Joyce Austin, Treg & Denise Axtell, Jeff and Christie Baham, Patty and John Bailey, Russell Baker, Benjamin and Mary Jane Barnard, Margaret Barnard, Judi Barsness, John or Jonalie Barton, John and Irene Bauman, Roger & Mary Bebie, H.T. and Kay Becken, James & Gerette Belland, Leatrice and Tom Benson, Nancy Benson, Tracy Benson and Pete Kavanaugh,  Yvonne & Steve Benson, Orion Lowell Benson, Robert & Mary Alice Bent, Patricia and William Bernhjelm, Max & Sharon Bichel, Bill Jacobs, Peter and Margaret Birse, Bill and Beth Blank, David J. Blomberg MD., Barry & Roberta Bonoff, Nikki Boostrom, Martin & Teresa Borak, Roland and Shirley Bosch, John or Barb Bottger, Byron & Emma Bradley, Delores Brain, Robert Brazell, Dan Bredemus, Carol Breitling, Colleen Brennan, Brian Johnson, Ruth and Bob Bringer, John & Judith Brisky, Al and Dorothy Brodie, William and Janet Brumbaugh, Elizabeth Brunsvold, Marilyn Bryant, Nedetta Buchheit, Catherine and Denis Burand, G. William or Joan Burkhardt, Myron Bursheim, Arden and Carol Byers, Kathleen and Paul Berry, ElaineCanton Calabria, Caribou Design, Mike and Nancy Carlson, Robert or Jeanette Carlson, Catherine Gill, Catholic Community Foundation, Cavallin Funeral Home Inc., Lawrence Caven, John Ceryes, Greg & Lynne Chalmers, James and Phyllis Childs, Beryl Bissell & William Christ, Jean and Larry Christie, Duane & Nancy Cihlar, City of Grand Marais, Jean and Tim Cochrane, Coldwell Banker Realty, Van and Millicent Coleman, Cook County ATV Club, Cook County Council on Aging, Cook County Insurance, Cook County News Herald, Robert & Diane B.Cotterman, Marjorie R or Richard M Dahlager, Nancy Daley, Edith Darley, Jenny Delfs and Jeff Kern, Terrence Demos, Beverley Denyes, Fred and Heather Derewenko, Mary Deschampe, Steven & Alicia Deschene, Devil Track Resort Co. Inc., Diane Stahnke, Don and Sue Dittus, Thomas & Sandra Dolen, Don and Joyce Elvestrom, Doug and Sharon Donovan, John and Chris Dover , Kristi K Downing, Lawrence Downing, Drury Lane Books, dsgw Architects, Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation, Robert and Bette Dunn, Dwight Holcombe and Carol Eckel, David Eckel, Edwin E Thoreson, John M.Eibert, Irene Eilbert, Robert and Cornelia Einsweiler, Vern and Phyllis Eklund, John or Virginia Erickson, Polly Erickson, William J Erickson, Renee and David Ethier, Lois Eyinck and Betty Murray, Dr. P.Felling, Bob Fenwick, Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund, Judith and Richard Fields, First and Second Thrift Store, Darrel & Orlene Fisher, Dennis Fitzpatrick and Maryl Skinner, Michael Flolid and Mary Flynn, J. Leonard & Dorothy Frame, James or Jody Fredeen, Thomas & Jean Fredeen, Carl and Carol Fritsch, Buchanan, Fryberger, Buchanan, Smith and Fredrick, PA, Richard Frye, Marna Fullerton, Chuck & Susan Futterer, Barbara and Bill Gabler, Doug Galligher, Dr. William and Katherine Gamble, Richard Gilbertson, Gary & Marilyn Gilmore, Richard & Nancy Gongoll, Grand Marais Garden Club, Grand Marais Golf 'N Stuff, Grand Marais Lioness Club, Grand Marais Veterinary Clinic, Grand Portage Casino, Grand Portage Elderly Advisory Committee, Donald and Germaine Grant, Great Gifts and Northwoods Sewn Goods, Peter & Judith Gregg, Kay Grindland, Joseph and Marjorie Grinnell, Wayne and Diane Guntzel, Sue and Peter Gustafson, William and Mary Lou Haas, Carol Hackett, David and Virginia Hahn, Sue Hakes, Betty Hamilton, Louise M.Hancock, Frank and Mary Alice Hansen, Lee Stewart & Karl Hansen, Marland Hansen, Ruth Hansen, Susan Hansen, Wendy & Mark Hansen, Harbor Inn, Harris Family Fund, Carol or Peter Harris, Joanne Hart, Catherine Hartnett and John Monto, Warren Hartquist, Franklin M Hasegawa, Duane K Hartzell, William & Mary Hatfield, Eleanor or Bob Hattery, Ed & Kristine Hedstrom, Herb Hedstrom, Howard & Bonnie Gay Hedstrom, Kris Hedstrom, Peter & Anne Heegaard, Glenn & Kathy Hellner, Ron and Betty Hemstad, Kenneth Hendrickson, John and Julie Henricksson, Gerilynn Heston, Robert and Theresa Hoffman, Joan & Charles Holmes, Taud Hoopingarner, George & Cheryl Humphrey, Ruth Humphrey, William E. & Mary Lou Huron, Maland & JoEllen Hurr, Gail & George Huschle, Robert Hyatt, Tom Christiansen & Marcia Hyatt, Cindy Imsdahl-Tiffany, Don Ingram, James Jamieson, Gordon and Frances Jarchow, Geraldine Jensen, Robert Jensen, Mike or Sharon Jerabek, Gerald & Janet Johansen, John McClure Insurance, Johnson's Foods, Brian & Janice Johnson, Dale & Janice Johnson, Jayne Fingerman and Rick Johnson, Patricia G. Johnson, Robert P.Johnson, Joyce C Riggle, Joynes Ben Franklin, Juanita Anderson, Thomas and Mary Kelly, Nancy and Clarence Kemp, Beth Kennedy, Arthur & Beth Kidd, Virginia Killmer, Walter and Janean Kimball, Kathy Kippley, Joe or Heather Kirkeby, Richard and Karen Knutson, Jerry Kohl, David and Sally Kohlstedt, Greg Koschinska, Larry or Joann Krause, Burt and Doris Kreitlow, Nathan & Joni Kristenson, Steve & Joyce Krueger, Phil and Pat Kruse, Suellen Kruse, Theodore & Alice Kubista, Donald & Carla La Pointe, Lake Superior Trading Post, Lakewalk Surgery Center, Lamb's Resort, Harry & Rosemary Lamson, Debi LaMusga, Mike and Kathy Lande, Mary Laseski and Wesley John, Last Chance Gallery, Ralph Latham, John & Joan LaVine, Leigh Mathison, Ethel Leng, Tom & Diane Lentz, Richard & Ann Leppert, Nan P.Lightner, Jerry and Joan Lilja, John Lindell, Shirley Lindgren, Reid and Anne Lindquist, Virgil and Nancy Lindquist, Roger & Maxine Linehan, Lisa Malecha, Jean Ljungkull, Lockport, Inc., Harriet Lockrem, Lorraine Anderson Memorial Fund, Rev. Nathan Lundgren, Donna or Orvis Lunke, H. William Lurton, Lutsen Mountain Corp., John & Gayle Lyght, Roger MacDonald, Mildred Mainella, Robert Marovelli, Patricia Martin, George F. Maruska, Walt McCarthy, Robert & Hazel McClanahan, Jennifer E.McCoy, Anne McKinsey, Judy Meath, Earlene Meier, Sally and John Mellang, Bill Meller, Robert Merz, Betty Mesedahl, Roger and Muriel Michaelson, Mike's Holiday, Mike LaVigne, Mike Turner, Robert Minish, Minnesota Power Foundation, Roseanne M Monten, Letitia Morris, John & Jacqueline Mortensen, Pearl & Ham Muus, Naniboujou Lodge, Ronald and Marlene Nauman, Peter and Sandra Nekola, David & Mary Jane Nelson, Marge Nelson, Patti Nelson, Paul and Judy Nelson, Willard Nelson, David and Mary Nickel, Sue C. Nordman, Norshor Insurance, North Shore Dragon Boat Festival, North Shore Federal Credit Union, North Shore Oil and Propane, Richrd or Selene Novak, Bryan Nystrom, Courtney and Jean Nystuen, Judith M.Olson, Michael A. Olson and Helen Boddy, Myrtle Olson, Robert and Barbara Omoth, George and Nancy Oullis, Steve and Bev Palmquist, Richard and Phyllis Parker, Irene Patch, Floyd and Diane Pearson, Walter and Anne Penny, Joyce & Charles Petek, Dwight and Marjorie Peterson, Ken and Debbie Peterson, Lucille Pettijohn, Amber Pfeil and Karl Koster, Shelby Ann and Robert Pickett, Louis & Inger Pignolet, Rita Plourde, Marcy Podas, Braidy Powers, Helen Muth & David Quick, Elaine M Rabold, Kurt and Ann Redborg, John and Elizabeth Reichert, Bev and Bob Reid, Eric & Virginia Reiner, Jon & Ann Reissner, Sandra Sue Riley, Ron Theisen, Curtis L Roy, Clay Rumph, Ryden's Border Store, Sawbill Canoe Outfitters, Larry and Susan Schei, Dr. Milan & Rev., Carolyn Schmidt, Marjorie Schmidt, Patricia Schroeder, Tom and Margaret Sears, Carolyn Seaton, David and Nancy Seaton, Mike and Janice Shardlow, Maria A Sheehan, Roxy Sherer, Sherrie and Chester Lindskog, Glen & Judith Siegle, Brian & Chris Silence, Nina Simonowicz, SISU Employees, Sivertson Gallery, Donald Sivertson, Jerry & Kathleen Sivets, Ray and Eleanor Sjoberg, Donald and Alice Sjoding, Charles Skinner, Kenneth and Janice Skold, Fred and Fran Smith, Nona Smith, Richard and Dorothy Smith, Robert Smith, Scott Smith, Anthony Smyth, Fritz Sobanja, Marilyn F. Soderberg, Bea Sorenson, Thomas & Dorothy Spence, Carol & Bernard Spencer, Lyle and Laurie Spry, James or Ruby Starr, Dr. John Stearley, Roy and Judy Steinbrecher, Calvin Stevens, Dr.Franklin or Sharon Stickel, Jennifer Stoltz and Courtney Johnson, Bob and Dode Stoskopf, Ralph Larsen & Sandy Stover, Greg and Jan Strathy, Studio 61 Hair Design, Sally or Stanley Suck, Sue Hansen, Paul Sundin, Wade and Mary Lauren Sundin, Superior Print, Sven & Ole's, Swanson Law, Bill and Helen Swanson, Dick and Sheila Swanson, Donald and Wilde Swanson, Linda Swanson, Robert Swanson, Sykora Merle, Patricia Thompson, Mildred Thoreson, Tofte Charters, Karen Torp, Lucinda Trieschmann, Reta Trumbauer, Jo Tupper, Samuel and Connie Tuthill, Barb & Dave Tuttle, Emily W.Ulhorn, Eugene Utecht, Kenneth and Kathryn Valentas, Priscilla van Horne, Linda Vandenbrook, Ward and Edith Vanderbeck, Kent Jones and Nick Vavrichek, Victoria's Bakehouse & Deli, Eleanor Waha, Walker Giroux & Hahne, Ltd., John and Linda Walker, Tom and Dawn Wanous, Jay and Ella Warmington, Watersedge Trading Co, Veronica Weadock and Bob Pranis, Myra Weiger, Tom Wentworth, Wayne and Pam Wesala, West End Garden Club, Mary G West, Philip & Carol Westbrook, Theresa Byrne Westine, White Pine North, Jan and Paul Wicklund, Ken and Donna Wielinski, Betty Wieman-Hoffman, Patricia Winchell-Dahl, Ron and Linda Wizykoski, John and Debbie Woerheide, Ralph and Gretka Wolfe, Tom & Jodi Yuhasey, Patricia Zankman, Gary E.Zinter, Michael and Sheralyn Zlonis, Leann Zunker.

Volunteers