Committee Forms for Founder's Day 2006 Celebration
St. Barnabas Charities will honor Newt Gingrich
Gibsonia, Pa. - Jan. 25, 2006 - St. Barnabas Charities has announced the committee for its Founder's Day 2006 celebration. The annual fund-raising event, to be held Thursday, May 4 at the Omni William Penn Hotel in downtown Pittsburgh, will feature Newt Gingrich as the guest speaker and recipient of St. Barnabas' Hance Award, named for St. Barnabas founder Gouverneur P. Hance.
Gingrich is well-known as the architect of the "Contract with America" that led the Republican Party to victory in 1994 by capturing the majority in the U.S. House for the first time in 40 years. After he was elected Speaker in 1995, he disrupted the status quo by moving power out of Washington and back to the American people. Under his leadership, Congress passed welfare reform, the first balanced budget in a generation, and the first tax cut in 16 years. Today, he is the author of nine books, chairman of the Gingrich Group, and a news and political analyst for Fox News Channel.
Serving on the committee planning Newt Gingrich's visit for Founder's Day 2006 are:
Dallas Hipple, Mars National Bank, committee co-chairman
William Knox, The HDH Group, committee co-chairman
Bryce Billetdeaux, resident, St. Barnabas Communities
Mia Compomizzi, MIACO Media
Robert Crnjarich, Cowden Associates, Inc.
Walter DeForest, DeForest & Koscelnik
Charles Fuellgraf, Jr., Fuellgraf Electric Co.
Augusta Kairys, Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield
Charley Kennedy, Invesmart Advisors, Inc.
James Kling, DRS Architects
Richard S. Kushner, Marketing Consultant
Karen Mickus, Parente Randolph Accountants & Consultants
The Honorable Jane Clare Orie, 40th Senatorial District, Pennsylvania
Charles Orr, Clear Channel Communications
Robert Parknavy, Parknavy Advertising
Cindy Peluso-Parknavy, WPXI-TV
Marion Swanson Piotrowski, Northern Connection Magazine
James Roddey, Former Allegheny County Chief Executive
Robert R. Rogers, DMD, St. Barnabas Medical Center
Kathy Seaton, RE/MAX Select Realty
Barbara Stirling, Parker/Hunter, a division of Janney Montgomery Scott
Douglas Stirling, Parker/Hunter, a division of Janney Montgomery Scott
David White, UPMC Health Plan
Proceeds from Founder's Day 2006 will benefit the St. Barnabas Free Care Fund. In 2005 alone, the Free Care Fund provided more than $6.29 million to patients at St. Barnabas Nursing Home, Valencia Woods at St. Barnabas Nursing and The Arbors at St. Barnabas Nursing who would not otherwise be able to afford their care.
Tickets to Founder's Day 2006 are $250 each and are available by calling (724) 443-0700, Ext. 258 or by visiting www.stbarnabashealthsystem.com.
About St. Barnabas, St. Barnabas Health System is the largest health care concern of its kind in Pennsylvania and offers service apart from the ordinary in a faith-based, non-denominational setting. Tracing its heritage back to 1900, the system serves approximately 900 inpatients and residents, plus 35,000 outpatients and home care clients. The health system is composed of the
St. Barnabas Communities, including The Village at St. Barnabas, The Washington Place at St. Barnabas and The Woodlands at St. Barnabas; St. Barnabas Clinical Services, including St. Barnabas Nursing Home, St. Barnabas Medical Center, Valencia Woods at St. Barnabas and The Arbors at St. Barnabas; the Kean Theatre; and St. Barnabas Charities, the fund-raising arm.
Contact:
Kathleen Brenneman
(724) 444-5530
kbrenneman@stbarnabashealthsystem.com
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