# 8263

CFC # 66350

Established in 1988

A Federally Qualified

Health Center Since 2005

National Council of

La Raza Affiliate

United Way Affiliate Since

1999

This November 9th is Give to the Max Day Can we count on you? Help us raise funds for our programs on Give to the Max Day, a 24-hour online fundraising campaign from United Way for all nonprofit organizations in the region. United Way will give each participating nonprofit over 97% of every direct donation made online and is offering great financial prizes to the nonprofit that raises the most money and attracts the most donors. Mary’s Center’s goal is to win the prize for the most individual donors. Make a difference in the lives of our 24,000 patients by donating to Mary’s Center through our Give to the Max Day webpage on November 9th!

Visit http://www.razoo.com/Maryscenter to make your donation.

In conjunction with Give to the Max Day, ten Adams Morgan businesses are offering discounts in exchange for donations of baby diapers and formula for Mary’s Center.

Participating businesses include: A Little Shop of Flowers, Skynear Designs Gallery, Adams Morgan Coffee Shop, Las Canteras, The Brass Knob, Toro Mata, Beauty Tu You/Angie Salon, Bardia’s New Orleans Café, The Black Squirrel, and La Fourchette. Thank you!

Toro Mata, a Peruvian art gallery in Adams Morgan, had a larger-than-life-sized mural painted on the side of its building to advertise its endorsement of Mary’s Center in the Give to the Max Day contest. This is truly a thoughtful demonstration of support for Mary’s Center.

Two Ways to Participate: Donate online on November 9 and/or exchange

in-kind donations for discounts in Adams Morgan!

Dancing away a memorable night! Our most successful Gala yet raised over $440,000 with 400 guests in attendance! Our 39 sponsors, contributing $323,000, played a key role in this accomplishment, supplemented by our high-grossing live and silent auctions. As pictured, the band was a hit, enticing the majority of our lingering late-night guests to hit the dance floor! Noche Tropical would not have been possible without our engaging Master of Ceremonies NBC4 Chief Meteorologist Doug Kammerer; dazzling Gala co-chairs Samuel Lievano and Dorothy Stein Swamy who worked tirelessly for months to recruit friends and collect auction items; honorees, Katherine Brittain Bradley, President of CityBridge Foundation, and Luis Alberto Moreno, President of the

Inter-American Development Bank, and, of course, our best ambassadors: our Board of Directors, staff, and volunteers.

Thank you, on behalf of our 24,000 participants and 275 employees, for supporting our largest fundraiser of the year!

Another Successful Noche Tropical

Quarterly Newsletter Fall 2011

Thrive Learn Inspire

Thank you to our Gala Sponsors: $50,000 Healthy Living Champion Anonymous $25.000 Next Generation Supporter Anonymous Anonymous Clark Construction Company and Clark Charitable Foundation D.C. Chartered Health Plan, Inc. The Meltzer Group The Moriah Fund $15,000 Family First Advocate CareFirst Children’s National Medical Center United HealthCare $10,000 Strong Communities Builder City First Bank of D.C. GEICO U.S. Bancorp Community Development Corporation $5,000 Youth Education Leader Adams Investment Group Betsy Karel Burness Communications, Inc. CityBridge Foundation FH Community Health Freddie Mac Foundation M&T Bank and M&T Charitable Foundation Providence Hospital The Elno Family Foundation Verizon $2,500 Padrinos de Mary’s Center Adventist Health Care/Center on Health Disparities Automatic Data Processing, Inc. Benco Dental BlueCross BlueShield Association Drs. Clara and Carolina Rodriguez Core BTS Gelman, Rosenberg and Freedman, CPAs Mr. Richard Frank and Dr. Irma Frank John and April Delaney Harris Teeter Invisalign Jair Lynch Development Partners & AHD, Inc. Mario and Dana Morino The Annie E. Casey Foundation The HSC Foundation Washington Gas

To view more photos of Noche Tropical, please visit our website, www.maryscenter.org.

Luis Alberto Moreno, President of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) (second from left), received the Public Service Award for his organization’s partnership with Mary’s Center to build stronger communities.

Also pictured are Mary’s Center’s Board of Directors Chair Julie Martinez Ortega (left), Mary’s Center President/CEO Maria Gomez (second from right), and U.S. Executive Director of the IDB Gustavo Arnavat (right).

(Left to right) Gala Co-Chairs Samuel Lievano and Dorothy Stein Swamy with M.C. NBC4 Chief Meteorologist Doug Kammerer and Mary’s Center President/CEO Maria Gomez.

DC Mayor Vincent Gray presented Katherine Brittain Bradley, President of CityBridge Foundation with the Education Leadership Award in recognition of her dedication to strengthening communities through education.

MC Doug Kammerer (middle) with past and present Mary’s Center Board members and executive leaders.

(Left to right) Guadalupe Pacheco, Mary MacPherson, David Tatro (Chief Operations Officer), Lucero Ortiz, Luis Guardia, John Kaelin, Julie Martinez Ortega (Board Chair), Matt Klinger, Alejandra Ceja and Richard Gesker (Chief Dentist Officer).

Mary’s Center is Growing!

Mary’s Center will open a new health center in Prince George’s County in Early 2012

We are excited to announce that Mary’s Center will expand into Prince George’s County in 2012. This new health center was made possible by a $1.5 million grant from CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield (pictured right). Because the need in Prince George’s County is so great, we expect to serve 6,000 people in just the first year. “Seventy percent of our participants currently coming for services to our site in Montgomery County are residents of Prince George’s County, and that was one of the most powerful drivers for us to open a site in Prince George’s County,” said Mary’s Center President/CEO Maria Gomez at the groundbreaking ceremony on October 26th. The new health center, featuring 10 exam rooms, will provide prenatal care, pediatric services, and primary care for adults. Through a partnership with the Prince George’s County Public Schools and the Prince George’s Child Resource Center, which will provide social and educational services, Mary’s Center will replicate our social change model. Additional funding for this project was provided by Providence Hospital, March of Dimes and the George Preston Fund.

Our top contributors to this campaign include:

Diane and Norman Bernstein, Alan and Amy Meltzer, the M&T Charitable Foundation, F.H. Community Health, Mr. & Mrs. Mathew Klinger, Capital Projects Management Firm, City First Bank, Derek and Linda Harps, and Board Members of Mary’s Center. Thank you!

Mary’s Center recently launched the Building Better Futures Together Campaign with the goal

of raising $4 million to strengthen the capacity of our existing programs and build an endowment fund to ensure the

organization’s sustainability and longevity.

Today, we are close to the first million dollar mark. We are extremely thankful for the leadership and dedication of our co-chairs Derek Harps and Alan Meltzer. They need the commitment of all of Mary’s Center friends, donors and supporters like you to reach their $4M goal.

We need you and others to go the extra mile with Mary’s Center by contributing to the Building Better Futures Together Campaign. We are reaching out to individuals, corporations and foundations to help raise $4 million by February 2013.

To learn more about naming opportunities associated with this campaign and to contribute, please contact Chief Development Officer Rebecca Diamond at 202-420-7071 or rdiamond@maryscenter.org.

Our future site in Prince George’s County will be Mary’s Center’s fourth location in the DC Metropolitan area.

In 2011, Mary’s Center opened its largest site of all (26,000 square feet) at 3912 Georgia Avenue, NW in Ward 4. Also in 2011 Mary’s Center renovated its headquarters in Adams Morgan with dollars from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Our patient flow increased from 19,400 in 2010 to 24,000 in 2011. Today, Mary’s Center employs 275 professional and dedicated staff members to serve our community.

President/CEO Maria Gomez thanks campaign supporters at Noche Tropical. She is accompanied by Co-Chair of the Building Better Futures Together Campaign Derek Harps (Vice President of M&T Bank) and Mary’s Center board members and staff.

Awards

Brand New Senior Wellness Center

The DC Office on Aging selected Mary’s Center to manage its brand new Senior Wellness Center located at 3531 Georgia Avenue NW, just a couple of blocks from our site on Georgia Avenue. The Bernice Fonteneau Senior Wellness Center provides free services to the elderly population in Washington, DC, who are 60+. It has a state-of-the-art gym and group exercise studio, teaching kitchen, reading room, computer lab, and rooftop patio.

The fitness program includes daily studio classes, including yoga, tai chi, zumba, circuit training, and aerobics in addition to one-on-one

fitness counseling and support groups. One-on-one nutrition counseling is also available in addition to themed group trainings and cooking demonstrations. Other activities available at the Center include card and board game sessions, Bible studies, quilting groups, and outings to the theater, farmers market, and more. Mary’s Center’s goal is to link this population, which often lacks access to health care, with our programs so it can benefit from our wide range of services.

On Halloween, just one month after Mary’s Center started managing the Bernice Fonteneau Senior Wellness Center, the seniors held a bake sale at our Georgia site. Our seniors felt right at home! We were privileged to give them a tour to meet the Mary’s Center staff and to begin to engage them in the medical, dental, and health education services at Mary’s Center.

Distinguished Caregiver Award Chief Medical Officer Dr. Mark Fracasso was recently honored by the DC Primary Care Association (DCPCA) with the Distinguished Caregiver Award for his dedication to providing high quality health care to underserved residents of the District.

Dr. Fracasso has directed Mary’s Center’s medical program since 2008 with excellent outcomes. He has increased patient productivity nearly 60% while maintaining satisfaction and patient quality measures above 90%. Dr. Fracasso has also negotiated 100% Indigent Care “zero fee pricing” for patients below the national poverty level with a major laboratory provider, has facilitated the use of electronic medical records and has implemented electronic clinical scheduling and provider credentialing systems.

Maria Gomez, our Champion! President/CEO Maria Gomez received two very special awards in October. The Inaugural Diane Bernstein Children’s Champion Award was presented to Maria by DC Action for Children on October 20th at their “Our Founding Mothers” luncheon benefit in recognition of Mary’s Center’s excellence in the integration of early childhood programs within their community health model.

On October 29th the National Minority Organ Tissue Transplant Education Program (MOTTEP), honored Maria its 20th anniversary gala with their Health Champion Award.

Serving the Elderly Population

HyeSook Chung, Executive Director of DC Action for Children, and Maria hold the award.

Maria and long time friends and supporters, Norman and Diane Bernstein.

Honoring Special Contributors

We are delighted and proud to introduce our new Chief Development Officer, Rebecca Diamond, who joined the Mary’s Center team in September 2011.

Within her first two months with Mary’s Center, Rebecca has demonstrated a profound commitment to the families we serve.

Rebecca brings 25 years of professional experience in fundraising, marketing, community relations, and sales that helped put the finishing touches on our biggest fundraiser Noche Tropical that raised over $440,000.

We are confident that Rebecca will take us to the next level of development for the well-being of the 24,000 participants that rely on our services.

A Message from Rebecca

Thank you, everyone, for the warm welcome to Mary’s Center and your support for the Development Department in 2011.

I am pleased to report that this year’s Gala raised over $100,000 more than last year!

In 2011 we supported 24,000 participants with health, education and social services and we cannot increase this number in 2012 without your help.

Please consider these ways to give to Mary’s Center:

Participate in Give to the Max Day on November 9th at http://www.razoo.com/Maryscenter

Donate online at any time via Mary’s Center’s website http://www.maryscenter.org/content/donate

Send a direct donation to Mary’s Center Attn: Maria Gomez, 2333 Ontario Rd. NW, Washington, DC 20009

Donate non-perishable food for Thanksgiving meals for our clients

Donate new toys for our holiday drive

Thank you again for your support, Rebecca.

Your Donations Make a Difference:

Here are some examples of what your donations support.

$250 One full physical exam with counseling for a teenager

$500 Five comprehensive home visits for an at-risk expecting mom

$1,000 Eight intensive counseling visits with a mental health provider

$2,500 Complete prenatal care for two expecting mothers

$5,000 Complete pediatric physical exams and

immunizations for 20 children

By investing in the Mary’s Center model of providing quality health care, social services, and education programs for entire families, you help us save thousands of lives every year. Join me by investing in the future of our region’s children and families. .

Welcome new Chief Development Officer Rebecca Diamond

For more information, contact Rebecca Diamond

at 202-420-7071 or at rdiamond@maryscenter.org.