Hospital breaks ground, raises funds for ambitious modernization project

This fall, Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital broke ground on the most extensive facility update in the hospital’s history. The $200-million campus modernization project will improve the patient care experience by enhancing privacy, offering the most advanced technology and making it more convenient to access inpatient and outpatient services alike.

At the groundbreaking ceremony held October 2, hospital president Karen Lambert welcomed more than 100 guests, including generous donors and civic leaders, hospital executives and physicians. Expressing gratitude, Karen said, “We could not stand here today without the substantial support of our many friends and neighbors throughout the communities we serve.”

Paul and Barbie Hills, co-chairs of the Look Forward campaign, gave a joint speech, sharing the hospital’s accomplishments over the years and encouraging others to join them in giving to the modernization project fund. Paul said, “Good Shepherd Hospital continues to be a vital resource in Barrington that we wholeheartedly support.” Barbie thanked all those who have stepped up so far and reported that, to date, $18 million in charitable gifts have been raised toward the $25 million fundraising goal.

Tom Meyer, MD, medical staff president, spoke to the need for modernization. He noted that, although the hospital has added new comprehensive care centers in recent years, the original physical plant is aging, and private rooms have become a necessity for the optimal healing and satisfaction of patients.

Construction is underway, and the entire project is scheduled for completion in December 2017. As Karen said, “This momentous journey will bring our community the hospital of the future.”

Supporter Fran Houlihan (left) meets up with Good Shepherd Hospital anesthesiologist Peter Wuertz, MD, at the groundbreaking.

Mortenson Construction VP and general manager Greg Werner and his wife, Sara, enjoy the festivities.

Good Shepherd Hospital president Karen Lambert (left) greets Wayne Kocourek and Nan Parks. Hospital fans Joe and Sue Kainz are glad to be part of the celebration.

Look Forward News from the Campaign to Advance Excellence at Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital

January 2014

Paul and Barbie Hills take the lead

For Paul and Barbie Hills to take the lead as co-chairs of the Look Forward campaign steering committee seems perfectly natural. The couple moved to Barrington with their young children in 1985, and they’ve been committed to the community ever since. Paul says,

“The Barrington area is a wonderful place for a family. The public schools are outstanding. Our kids enjoyed activities through sports teams, the park district, the library—and, of course, we had Good Shepherd Hospital.”

The youngest of the four Hills children, John Paul, was born at the hospital. It was the place Paul and Barbie could rely on to treat the kids’ injuries and illnesses, the institution where the area’s top physicians practiced—and a trusted community resource worthy of their longstanding philanthropic support and voluntary service.

Co-founder of Sage Products, a successful health care medical device company, Paul has always understood the importance of high-quality medical services—and health care has become his and Barbie’s primary philanthropic interest. “I have a passion for health care, but I want to help people help themselves,” Paul says. “You can’t realize your dreams if you don’t have your health.”

Barbie is grateful for the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity Good Shepherd has given them to invest their energies in such an ambitious and transformative project. “I personally want to make a difference,” she says. “Leading this campaign gives me a purpose: to improve health care for the whole community.”

As donors, Paul and Barbie have also taken the lead with a significant campaign gift—to be honored with an opportunity to name the building. They are proud of this contribution, and Paul regards it as their legacy. “When you make a sizeable gift, you not only help a lot of people, but you provide yourself and your family the sense that you did the right thing,” he says. “Nothing else we could do would have as much impact. The hospital serves countless people, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The new building will give the best surgeons, physicians,

technicians and nurses the best place to practice healing.”

The Hills family has cultivated a culture of philanthropy among their business associates, as well as their children. Paul and Sage co-founder Vince Foglia made giving back to the community a strong value at their company, and Sage remains a generous corporate sponsor of the hospital to this day.

The next generation of the Hills family also has a passion for giving. Now in their thirties with their own families, sons Tom and John Paul, along with their wives, Darby and Lauren, founded Barrington Children’s Charities. JP and Lauren are leaders in Barrington Giving Day. Amy Hills Baier and her husband, Bret, are dedicated development leaders at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, DC. “It is important to teach younger people about philanthropy,” Barbie says. Paul adds, “They need to know it’s not just about money. It’s about being part of something larger than yourself, giving of your time and talent.”

As hands-on donors and campaign leaders, Barbie and Paul enjoy encouraging their friends, neighbors and business associates to invest in the future of Good Shepherd Hospital. Asked what motivates people to give to the campaign, Paul says, “Good Shepherd serves our community, and this community is our home. We must join together to ensure that our home hospital offers the most advanced care. ”

The Look Forward Campaign Steering Committee

These dedicated campaign leaders serve on Good Shepherd Hospital’s capital campaign committee to encourage giving to the hospital’s modernization project. They would be pleased to speak with prospective donors about the merits of the project and the need for philanthropic funding.

Paul and Barbie Hills, Co-chairs

Sue Abderholden

Jamie Baxter

Karen Darch

Kim Duchossois

Wayne Kocourek

Karen Lambert

Jim Lancaster

Frank Morgan

Dave Nelson

Brad Stetson

Ed Tolle

Jeanne Varwig

George Yapp

Campaign leaders Barbie and Paul Hills are flanked by family at the October 2nd groundbreaking for Good Shepherd Hospital’s modernization project. From left are son John Paul, his wife, Lauren, Barbie, Paul, son Tom’s wife, Darby, and Tom.

“We must join together to ensure that our home hospital offers the most advanced care.” – Paul Hills

“The community has supported us, and it’s our responsibility to give back to the community.”

– Richard Wickstrom

A family gift from a family business

Brothers Colin and Richard Wickstrom are third-generation auto-dealership owners who believe that business success and community investment go together. They recently joined with their parents, Tim and Gail Wickstrom, Colin’s wife, Diane, and Richard’s wife, Amy, to make a significant contribution to the Look Forward campaign at Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital. And there was no debate among the three couples about whether to make the gift.

It all started with the brothers’ grandfather, Dick Wickstrom, who had an auto store in Roselle where Tim and Gail first worked. In 1984, the couple took a risk by buying a then-closed Barrington Ford dealership, turned it around quickly and built upon that success. Both Colin and Richard gladly went into the family business upon graduating from college. Richard says, “We grew up in the business, working with our parents and the team here as teenagers. It’s always been a passion of ours.” Colin adds,

“The cars are fun, but it’s more about how much we enjoy working with our family and our team.”

Now managing partners of the award-winning Wickstrom Auto Group, the brothers operate a business that has grown five-fold in size and staff, and includes two more dealerships. They attribute the rapid expansion to providing excellent customer service and a good place for team members to work. But there’s another key to their success: a commitment to the community.

Richard points out that, although their business has grown exponentially, its growth has been intentionally confined to the local area, and the Wickstroms choose to live where they work. Colin says, “We

all live in the community, and we’re active here. It helps the business because people want to buy a car from someone they know and trust.”

Richard and Colin have followed in their parents’ footsteps not only as businessmen, but also as philanthropists who care deeply about the quality of services available to their neighbors. Richard says, “Our parents are some of the most selfless and caring people we know.” Colin adds, “They are great mentors for all of us.”

Longtime supporters of worthy causes throughout the Barrington area, the Wickstrom family has given to every major project at Good Shepherd Hospital because they value excellent care close to home. Richard’s three children and Colin’s son were all born at the hospital, and the men’s paternal grandmother spent many of her last days there. They know their families can rely on the level of care available at the emergency department, and that makes them feel more secure. They’re also pleased that hospital president Karen Lambert and many of its outstanding physicians live nearby. Colin says, “It gives you a chance to get to know them and makes the relationship one of trust.”

Richard sums up their family’s choice to support the campaign in this simple way: “The community has supported us, and it’s our responsibility to give back to the community.”

Donors invest in our community’s health care

On behalf of all those we serve, the leaders of Advocate Health Care, Good Shepherd Hospital and the Look Forward campaign thank the following donors for their visionary aspirations, community spirit and extraordinary generosity.

Fred and Jean Allegretti Foundation

Auxiliary of Good Shepherd Hospital

Barrington Anesthesia

Barrington Bank and Trust

Barrington Children’s Charities

Jamie and Barney Baxter

Dee Beaubien

Joan and David Crockett

Karen and Douglas Darch

Kim Duchossois

Foglia Family Foundation

Hal and Alma Guenther

Paul and Suzanne Hanifl

Paul and Barbie Hills

Dr. Richard Hogan

Fran and Pat Houlihan

Craig and Kathie Hudson

Herb and Patricia Johnson

Kainz Foundation

Wayne Kocourek

Karen Lambert

Jim Lancaster

Frank and Inna Morgan

Dave and Carol Nelson

Gail Seidel O’Gorman

Freddie Smith-Pederson

Kay and Gilbert Reicht

Sage Products

Brad and Judy Stetson

Wickstrom Family

George Yapp

This list of donors is accurate as of 12.01.13.

Three generations of Wickstroms celebrate the opening of an expanded showroom for their Chrysler/Dodge/Jeep brands. Back row, from left, are Colin, his wife, Diane, Tim, Gail, Richard’s wife, Amy, and Richard. Front row, from left, are Colin and Diane’s son, Caleb, and Richard and Amy’s three children—Grace, Ella and Josh.

Project plans feature privacy, innovation and efficiency

The hospital’s modernization plans are designed to enhance patient-centered care in a myriad of ways, but among the chief objectives is to ensure that all patients have private rooms. This will be achieved by constructing a new inpatient building on the north side of the campus to include medical-surgical floors, a dedicated orthopedics unit and an expanded intensive care unit—all with state-of-the-art single-occupancy rooms. Research shows that the calmer, quieter environment private rooms provide is not only more conducive to rest, but also promotes healing and speeds recovery.

While the latest innovations in surgical and radiological procedures reduce recovery time and are less invasive and painful for patients, they also require larger operating rooms and more complex equipment. So plans include new, extra-spacious operating rooms with features such as cameras that project enlarged images onto wall-mounted screens during procedures, permitting surgeons to be more exacting.

“We simply did not have techniques such as laparoscopy, intraoperative radiation therapy or robotic surgery when our hospital was built in 1979,” says surgeon Barry Rosen, MD.

“Our new operating rooms will have the space and the design to accommodate the technology of today and tomorrow.”

Increased efficiency for outpatients at every level of care is another benefit incorporated into the project. A centralized diagnostic testing center will allow for one-stop service for tests ranging from blood work and imaging to cardio- and pulmonary-diagnostics. Consult space for patients with chronic illnesses, such as congestive heart failure and diabetes, will provide nutrition counseling and status monitoring—empowering patients to better manage their disease. And new physical and cardiopulmonary rehabilitation departments, along with an inpatient rehab gym on the inpatient orthopedics unit, will offer patients a full continuum of care—all on site at Good Shepherd Hospital.

To take a virtual tour of our new buildings, please visit advocatehealth.com/gshp/goodshepherdmodernization.

The leadership of the Look Forward campaign invites you to learn more about Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital’s visionary modernization plans and to consider joining your neighbors in supporting this historic initiative. To explore gift planning options and recognition opportunities, please contact Sue Abderholden at 847.842.4026 or sue.abderholden@advocatehealth.com.

The new North Tower will house an Intensive Care Unit, as well as three inpatient floors, including a unit dedicated to orthopedics.

New private rooms will have plenty of space for family visitors.

Spacious operating rooms will be outfitted with the most advanced surgical technology.

The campus update will feature not only new buildings, but also views of nature that promote healing.

Demolition makes way for new buildings

Diagnostic testing center complete

Endoscopy lab finished

Imaging complete

Entire modernization project finished

New buildings complete

Construction begins on new South and North buildings

Outpatient rehabilitation services and chronic care center finished

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