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<\/p>\nSan Andreas, CA…Julie Eckardt-Cantrall is the new Chief Philanthropy Officer for the Mark Twain Medical Center Foundation. Her goal is to raise awareness that individual giving plays a key role in improving health care excellence. \u201cAwareness is the first step in fundraising,\u201d she says. \u201cWe want people to know their personal donations to the Foundation are needed, important and appreciated. We understand that a gift of $50 may be quite a stretch for one individual, while others might choose to donate larger amounts,\u201d she notes. \u201cA balance of large and small gifts is essential \u2013 and each should receive equal gratitude.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Julie Eckardt-Cantrall is the new Chief Philanthropy Officer for the Mark Twain Medical Center
\nFoundation.<\/p>\n
Julie Eckardt-Cantrall is the new Chief Philanthropy Officer for the Mark Twain Medical Center
\nFoundation.<\/p>\n
Since its founding in 1984, donors to the MTMC Foundation have had notable impact on the local community by providing resources to help assure the hospital in San Andreas and surrounding clinics keep pace with evolving technology and trends. Eckardt-Cantrall notes, \u201cIn an era when health care revenue streams are diminishing, philanthropy supports continued vital services and expansion of programs.\u201d She joined the MTMC executive team in early December and is working with Philanthropy Development Associate Paul Mundy and the MTMC Foundation Board to support the Foundation\u2019s mission.<\/p>\n
Previously with the Sutter Health system in Yuba City, she has been a regional philanthropy executive for many years. Most recently, she was Executive Director of Philanthropy for Sutter Care at Home, working with families whose loved ones benefited from hospice care. \u201cIt was very rewarding work,\u201d she explains. \u201cFor those who lose loved ones, giving back is part of the healing journey. We personalized opportunities for families to show their gratitude.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe MTMC Foundation actually does the same thing, providing opportunities for grateful patients and their families to support health care excellence close to home. Our focus is more than monetary donations. We welcome gifts of time, talent \u2013 and treasure. All are given from the same place in your heart.\u201d<\/p>\n
Eckardt-Cantrall began her health care career in marketing and communications for Sutter North Medical
\nFoundation in Yuba City and assumed fundraising responsibilities along the way. Within a few years, a
\njob consolidation focused her talents on Philanthropy and she moved on to larger regional responsibilities
\nfor the Sutter Medical Foundation.<\/p>\n
Her communications experience began as an on-air reporter for Continental Cable Channel 5 in Yuba
\nCity and she moved into public relations by \u201ctalking trash\u201d for that community\u2019s largest waste
\nmanagement firm. She was the company\u2019s government relations voice at the beginning of state mandated
\nrecycling goals.<\/p>\n
Her move to San Andreas was an unexpected, quick transition. She explains. \u201cIt was a whirlwind once I
\nlearned of the position. I liked my old job, but recognized this is a great opportunity for me. Once I met
\nthe team here at MTMC, I was sold on it for sure and knew I wanted to take this leap.\u201d
\n\u201cThings moved fast,\u201d she adds. \u201cOur youngest son Alex is in the U.S. Marines and earned a slot as a
\nRecruiting Assistant in Yuba City in order to spend extended holiday time with us. We wound up moving
\nto Calaveras County at about the same time he arrived.\u201d<\/p>\n
She and her husband Michael have four children \u2013 Alex, 19, is now stationed at Cherry Point, NC;
\nT. J., 21, and Nick 23, both live in the Sacramento area and daughter Kayla, 25, lives in Boston.
\nMichael\u2019s career provides him the opportunity to transfer to Calaveras County in May.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m very fortunate to be at this point in my career and have enjoyed every job I\u2019ve had, Eckardt-Cantrall
\nnotes. \u201cI know things will be even better here.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\nAbout the Mark Twain Medical Center Foundation
\nThe Mark Twain Medical Center Foundation was formed in 1984 by tireless volunteers with a vision of
\nproviding resources to help the hospital keep pace with evolving technology and trends. It helps assure
\nthe facility can continue to meet its commitment to the health care needs of Calaveras County residents.
\nUntil Mark Twain Hospital opened in 1951 health care services were limited in the county and residents
\ntraveled outside their communities for acute care. Keeping pace with health care needs over the next
\nthree decades, the hospital added more acute care beds, an ICU\/CCU and expanded its Emergency Department to state-of-the-art status. Next came urgent care and rural health clinics in many county
\ncommunities.<\/p>\n
The Foundation\u2019s early efforts focused on raising funds to install the first mammography equipment in
\nthe county and embraced the capital campaign to build a new hospital facility. The Foundation proudly
\ncontributed $1 million to that building fund and today’s 48-bed facility was dedicated in September,
\n1997. It was the only rural hospital building project in California that year.<\/p>\n
Since that time, the Foundation has purchased Nuclear Medicine Technology (2002); acquired a CT
\nScanner (2007) and Digital Mammography Technology (2009). The Foundation is currently completing a
\nfocus on raising funds for a new Family Medical Center in Angels Camp. This facility is a
\nrelocation\/expansion of MTMC\u2019s existing Family Medical Center in that community. The 9,700 square
\nfoot building will provide expanded space for Primary Care Services and Women’s Health.<\/p>\n
For complete details, call the Foundation office at (209) 754-2624. It is located on the hospital campus at
\n768 Mountain Ranch Road, San Andreas, CA.
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About Mark Twain Medical Center
\nFounded in 1951, Mark Twain Medical Center is a 25-bed, critical access hospital providing inpatient
\nacute care, outpatient services and emergency services. The Medical Center\u2019s Medical Staff represents a
\nbroad range of specialties that ensure access to high quality medical care in a rural community. In
\naddition to being a major provider of health services, Mark Twain Medical Center is also one of the
\narea\u2019s largest employers. More than 300 people are employed at the hospital and its five Family Medical
\nCenters. The Medical Center is a member of Dignity Health, the fifth largest not-for-profit healthcare
\nsystem in the nation. For more information, please visit our website at www.marktwainmedicalcenter.org.
\nMark Twain Medical Center is also on Facebook.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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