OurLegacyToday Winter2016
Legacy Community Health Board of Directors Beth Bruce Chairperson Amanda Goodie Vice-Chairperson Lauren Soliz Secretary Glenn Bauguss Treasurer Glenna Pierpont At-Large / Executive Committee Sehba Ali Beryl Basham Tony Bravo George Burch Dr. Abigail Caudle Victor Cordova, Jr. Cyndy Garza Roberts Bryan Hlavinka Alex Jessett Bethsheba Johnson Alton LaDay Johnson Olatunji John C. Sheptor
2015 Schmooze Hosts Proud to Continue Legacy’s Holiday Tradition Jim Reeder and Eric Nevil’s River Oaks home is a project three years in the making. “This house is meaningful to us,” says Jim, former Chairman of Legacy’s board. ”It was built for Jim and Margaret Elkins. I work at Vinson and Elkins, and my grandfather’s mentor was Judge Elkins.” Jim and his partner of 10 years, interior designer Eric Nevil, proudly debuted their newly remodeled home for the 2015 Holiday Schmooze. The annual party originated with The Center for AIDS (CFA) as a fundraiser for HIV treatment and prevention programs. The CFA merged with Legacy three years ago with the shared goal of fighting HIV, and Schmooze quickly became a vital part of Legacy’s social calendar. Jim and Eric say continuing the event is important because it shows Legacy still values its roots in the gay community, even as the organization has transformed into a full-service family health care provider. “There’s been concern with this growth that the original intent could be lost,” says Eric. “But, Legacy is fulfilling its original commitment.” Jim adds, “Much better than when it was still known as the Montrose Clinic. Legacy now has so many more resources and greater sophistication, as well as more power to deal with LGBT health issues. People listen to them. They’re a thought leader.”
“We feel so fortunate to have been a part of Legacy’s growth from its humble beginnings to now, this incredible organization that spans across the Gulf Coast region,” Jim says. ”The success of Legacy is a direct reflection of (Legacy CEO) Katy Caldwell, who is an incredible leader, and the commitment of volunteers and board members.” Although the Holiday Schmooze filled Jim and Eric’s house with laughter and good cheer, it wasn’t the highlight of the season. A winter wedding at the home sealed their union, as the couple was surrounded by their blended family and two children. “It’s a modern family,” says Jim. “It requires these wonderful kids and special hearts of their mother and us for it to work. It’s been a true blessing.”
Thank You for a Great Year! The economy might not be as strong as has been in years past, but that hasn’t slowed down the investors who once again made an enormous impact on Legacy Community Health. Thanks to a new grant from Houston Methodist, Legacy will be able to serve young people diagnosed with mental health disorders who have recently been released from Harris County Juvenile Detention. The jail system is the largest provider of mental health services in Houston, so this represents a significant opportunity to help troubled young people in Houston lead more stable lives.
Claire Cormier Thielke Chairperson Tripp Carter Vice-Chairperson Mike Holloman
James A. Reeder, Jr. Secretary Michael Alexander Joshua L. Espinedo Bryan Hlavinka Brent N. Whiteley
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Jim and Eric are long-time supporters of Legacy. Jim served multiple terms on the board of directors. Both chaired the capital campaign for the new Montrose Clinic, and the building’s board room is named in their honor.
Legacy Community Health Endowment Board of Directors
Treasurer
Eric Nevil and Jim Reeder
Legacy’s maternal fetal medicine program has been a real blessing to women in Southwest Houston. The grant from Noble Energy will help us expand our staff to further help women with high-risk pregnancies and ensures the program will remain a valued resource for years to come. We honored long-time partner H-E-B at our annual September luncheon and, in return, the company lent its name and prestige to the H-E-B Little Readers Endowed Fund. Finally, I’d be remiss not to mention the Cullen Trust for Healthcare, the Brown Foundation, and the Houston Endowment for their generous donations to the Transforming Generations, Changing Lives, Building Healthy Families capital campaign for new facilities in the Fifth Ward and Southwest Houston. All three organizations have set the tone for this important initiative by making leadership gifts that are sure to inspire other community leaders to follow in their footsteps. On behalf of Legacy’s Development Department, please allow me to thank you for everything you have done for the organization throughout these past 12 months. As you read through this newsletter and admire the photos taken throughout the year, please remember that none of it would have been possible without investors, and friends, like you.
Chree Boydstun
Chief Development Officer
From the Desk of Katy Caldwell Legacy Community Health CEO
Hello, and Happy New Year! Legacy Community Health is beginning 2016 with amazing momentum as we continue our expansion to meet the health care needs of our communities. I’m pleased to update you with some of our 2015 accomplishments: Legacy’s vision is connecting our communities to health, every day in every way. To accomplish this, we partnered with the Episcopal Health Foundation to perform Community Needs Assessments so we could identify unmet health needs and opportunities. Three of our clinical sites underwent significant change in the past few months: Legacy Santa Clara in the East End has grown to offer a full suite of primary care and behavioral health services. Legacy Mapleridge and Legacy Bissonnet in Southwest Houston were renovated and expanded to make more room for primary and behavioral health care. The newly-opened Legacy Central Beaumont now offers expanded adult primary care and HIV services. We’re strengthening our school partnerships, and now offer behavioral health appointments at two YES Prep schools with plans to offer more services in all YES Prep locations next year. Through our health promotions initiatives, 4,500 expectant mothers attended prenatal classes. More than 1,100 clients advanced their education through GED and literacy classes, and we also offered wellness screenings to more than 1,000 individuals.
At the grand opening of the new Legacy Bissonnet
We launched Legacy’s Little Readers program, offering nearly 6,000 free books to our youngest patients at well-child visits. H-E-B has been a foundational partner in this initiative, establishing the H-E-B Little Readers Endowed Fund. Thanks, as well, to CenterPoint Energy for supporting Little Readers with a generous donation and a pledge to provide books for our older pediatric patients. Together, we’ve encouraged all of our patient families to follow a “prescription for reading” with their children. I’m proud of our team for working together to secure new grant funding, including a first-time award from AIDS United and its Southern REACH initiative. With these new funds, Legacy will lead a team that will encourage administrative policy changes to bring the number of new HIV infections, instances of discrimination, and AIDS-related deaths in Houston to zero.
Legacy Chief Development Officer Chree Boydstun, H‐E‐B Public Affairs Director Cyndy Garza Roberts, Legacy CEO Katy Caldwell, Dominique Sachse at Legacy’s Luncheon
Thanks to the successful launch of a Legacy social media campaign promoting PrEP, Gilead Sciences renewed a grant to launch a similar campaign for Spanish speakers. The PrEP (Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis) medication protocol is proven to significantly reduce the risk of HIV transmission.
On the advocacy front, Legacy hosted the 3rd Annual Texas HIV/AIDS Advocacy Day in February. Fifty activists headed to Austin to educate our state legislators about HIV/AIDS statistics and the need for continued treatment and prevention funding. Our efforts helped stop a plan to move $3 million of state funds out of HIV treatment and prevention programs and in to abstinence education. Not only have state-funded HIV programs been shown to reduce risky behavior and lower HIV transmission rates, but this funding reduction would have also meant losing an additional $3 million in matching federal funds. Legacy co-sponsored a Community Health Forum featuring the candidates running for Houston Mayor. Two hundred fifty people attended the forum to hear opinions on city funding for public health, expanding HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment, the HERO ordinance, and more. Legacy’s Positive Organizing Project is in its second year. More than two dozen people living with HIV completed our advocacy and leadership training program and have been actively involved in volunteering and HIV/AIDS activism at the state and local levels. Their work wouldn’t be possible without your generosity. Looking ahead, we are focusing on our next big projects with the Transforming Generations, Changing Lives, Building Healthy Families campaign. We’re grateful to Martha Turner and Tripp Carter for agreeing to co-chair this $15 million dollar effort to fund new buildings in the Fifth Ward and Southwest Houston. You can watch a video to learn more about the campaign for the new Southwest location at http://bit.ly/ Healthy_Families. There’s so much more to do and more planning ahead! I’ll keep you updated as we continue to achieve new milestones. As long as Texans need high-quality, compassionate health care, Legacy will be there to meet the needs of the underserved and underinsured. None of this would be possible without you. From all of us at Legacy and the more than 100,000 clients we served this year, thank you for your continuing support.
Positive Organizing Project members in Austin
Frank Billingsley Golf Tournament October 26 Golf Club of Houston Frank Billingsley joined us for the 6th year for his annual golf tournament. Thanks to our sponsors: Enbridge, Kroger, Amegy Bank, and Porsche of North Houston
Andrew Hummel, Bill Dodson, and Lane Kalmin
Frank Billingsley, Suzanne Monsour, Brett Warren, Marla Branard, and Chree Boydstun
Tournament Photos/©2015 Mark Johnson Photography
Dr. Mark Levine, Dr. Patricia Hayes, Dr. Michael Wollner, and Steve Sheaffer
Porsche of North Houston’s Lynn Ballard and Michelle Barrera
Legacy’s annual summer celebrations brought out the big hats and big hair. Proceeds benefitted HIV/AIDS education, treatment and prevention programs.
Derby Day May 2 Meteor
Amy Freeman and John Burks George Burch AKA Ginger Grant and David Warren
Mint Julep July 19 South Beach Nightclub
Angela Mercy and Susan Hayes, representing Miss Mint Julep honoree ERSICSS
Mr. Mint Julep Dalton Dehart, George Burch AKA Ginger Grant, and Lisa Foronda
Holiday Schmooze december 9
Legacy wrapped up a wonderful year with its annual Holiday Schmooze benefitting our HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention programs. Jackson Hicks and Jackson and Company provided the food and drink for the festive celebration.
Hosted by Jim Reeder and Eric Nevil
Dr. Ann Barnes and Matthew Barnes
Beth and Kirk Bruce
David Crawford, Frank Campisi, and Tripp Carter
Milton Townsend, Chree Boydstun, and Jackson Hicks
Glenna and Bill Pierpont David LaDuke, Gerard Pollard, David Goleman, and Gary Hammett
Jay Landa and David Turner
Debbie Tummins, Cathy Easter, and Lori Swann
Ken Long, Katy Caldwell, and Jay Allen
Daniel Navarro and Crys Blankenship
Mickey and Dorothy Ables
Ken Sill and Kari Findley
Michael and Melissa Mithoff
Jerry Callaway, Lee Callaway, and Eric Johnke
Rocky and Joe’l Mafrige
David Groover, Cheryl Byington, Karen Wildenstein and C.C. Conner
Cyndy Garza Roberts and Katie Daggett
Lisa Bordelon, Cathy Porter, The Honorable Stephen Costello, and Debbie Costello
Rick Dickson, Brent Whiteley, Tommy O’Neill, and Luis Morales Lopez
Little Readers Reading Corners H-E-B joined us to open the first Little Readers Reading Corner at our Southwest Clinic. All seven pediatric clinics now have corners where families can read while they wait for appointments.
Legacy Chief Medical Officer Dr. Ann Barnes, H‐E‐B Houston President Scott McClelland, State Representative Dr. Alma Allen, Legacy CEO Katy Caldwell, a Legacy client, and Chief Development Officer Chree Boydstun.
We welcome volunteers to read to our patients!
San Jacinto Council Girl Scout Troop #25427 adopted the Little Readers corner at Legacy Mapleridge.
Public Health Legacy’s Public Health Department offers a variety of programs at many of our clinics to improve patients’ health and education.
Baby Showers Expecting mothers are invited to monthly baby showers to celebrate graduating from “Becoming a Mom” classes. Our clients learn how to maintain healthy pregnancies and deliver healthy babies in a supportive group setting, facilitated by Legacy’s Health Promotions Department.
Patient Educator Mayra Tamez (center) poses with two of our young mothers-to-be.
Adult Literacy Program Legacy offers GED, English as a Second Language (ESL), computer and other literacy classes year-round.
Adult Literacy Program participants celebrate their graduation in June.
ESL student Carmen Aguilar works with one of 12 laptop computers donated by Comcast.
Lights of Legacy April 28 Spring Celebration hosted by Tony Bravo and Richard Werner
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Margie and Nick Bacile
Cocktails and Conversation hosted by Crys Blankenship Lights of Legacy members enjoyed networking and exclusive opportunities for one-on-one conversations with Legacy’s providers and doctors, highlighting our innovative health care strategies.
Holly Waltrip, Tommy O’Neill, Timmy Martinez, and Bryan Hlavinka
Rand Key and Larry Wood
Legacy’s VP of Public Health Services Amy Leonard discusses innovative care for people living with HIV David and Mary Ann McKeithan
Sebastian Gass and Gary Hammett
Richard Werner and Tony Bravo David Crawford and Tripp Carter
Jeff and Kathryn Smith
Katie Daggett, Melanie Gray, Claire Cormier Thielke, and Jani Lopez
Dr. Yvonne Cormier and Leisa Holland Nelson
Nora and Bob Ackerley
Legacy’s Annual Luncheon September 16
Emcee Dominique Sachse and a young KIPP student
Honoring H-E-B and Benefitting Legacy’s Little Readers Wortham Theater
Frank Campisi, Katy Caldwell and Bryan Hlavinka
Phoebe Tudor and Soraya McClelland
Martha Turner and Glenn Bauguss
Luncheon chairs Lucinda Loya and Monsour Taghdisi
Cathy Easter and Baine Herrera
Nick Florescu and Becca Cason Thrash
Liz Glanville and Karen Turner Smith
Matt Burrus and Michael Pearce Henry Richardson, Cameron Taghdisi, and Monsour Taghdisi
Sheridan Williams and Tony Bradford
The People We Serve Legacy’s patients are more than “appointments,” they’re part of our family. We host events throughout the year to thank them for trusting us with their health care needs. Thank you to our corporate partners and volunteers for making these events possible: Amerigroup, Community Health Choice, Houston Tweet Drive, GE, Kids Meals, McKesson, United Health Care and Visible Changes.
Back 2 School Legacy’s pediatric clinics hosted Back 2 School for our K-5 grade patients, providing backpacks, school supplies, haircuts and tips on packing healthy lunches.
Back 2 School Beaumont Back 2 School Montrose
Back 2 School Baytown
Back 2 School Southwest
Thanksgiving Meals Generous donors, including Jim Prock, Jeff Brown, and the Gibson family, helped make it a happier Thanksgiving for 140 client families. We distributed H-E-B Thanksgiving meals in Houston and Baytown, and groceries and gift cards in Beaumont.
Legacy’s Lisa Foronda, Felicia Latson, and Erica Villegas helped distribute H‐E‐B Thanksgiving meals
Holiday Parties Smiles, Santa, and, of course, toys! We’re grateful for our sponsorsand volunteers for making this year’s Patient Holiday Parties the happiest yet!
Signet Interactive and Houston Tweet Drive (@HouTweetDrive) hosted a night of holiday cheer, collecting hundreds of toys for our young clients. GE’s Tunesia Jackson and Christiana Apata deliver toys to our Lyons clinic
Legacy Montrose
Legacy is privileged to be the beneficiary of external fundraising events and initiatives. A heartfelt thank you goes out to our
Vivian Wise and model Carmen Dell’Orefice, recipient of the Heart of Fashion Texas Legacy Award
generous community partners!
Heart of Fashion november 18-20 Millionaire Club at Hobby Airport This party with a purpose presented by Vivian Wise brought out the latest fashions in a three night glamor extravaganza.
Visible Changes Hair Salon’s Mayolo Gonzalez, Katrina Torres, and Meagan McCormack
Ben Johnston, Tim Martinez, Léo Jaimes Molina, and Scott Boyd Photo/Courtesy of Daniel Ortiz
Zayver Jewels Preview APRIL 2 Sloan/Hall
Bela Thacker and Melissa Mithoff partnered with Shannon Hall and Marcus Sloan for the Spring Fling Zayver Jewels preview. Celebrity stylist Derek Warburton
Debra Brockman and Marcus Sloan
headlined the event.
Legacy Chief Development Officer Chree Boydstun and Zayver Jewels owner Bela Thacker
Jessica Rossman and Shannon Hall Lennart Kulke, Derek Warburton, and Neil Hamil
ERSICSS We were honored to be chosen by ERSICSS as one of its beneficiaries for 2015. Dozens of events over the year raised funds for our Body Positive Wellness program, one dollar at a time.
(Photo/Courtesy of John Donato)
ERSICSS produced a special show, with more than $400 in proceeds going to our Frost Eye Clinic. Pictured are Frost Eye Clinic Medical Director Scott Sawyer, M.D., Regina Dane, and Craig W. Rae.
TGRA‐Houston presented Legacy with two checks, totaling more than $14,000, benefitting the Frost Eye Clinic and the Body Positive Wellness Program.
(Photo/Courtesy of John Donato)
Long‐time Legacy supporter Jim Sikorski hosted his 17th annual holiday party, collecting $3700 for Legacy. Pictured are Legacy Chief Development Officer Chree Boydstun, Bryan Hlavinka, Jim Sikorski, and Legacy CEO Katy Caldwell.
Volunteer Manager Debbie Costello celebrated her 60th birthday at Brennan’s with a gift drive benefitting Legacy’s Dental Clinic, raising more than $11,000. Pictured are Kathy and Blake Emmett, and Suzanne and David Corbin.
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World AIDS Day December 1 Courtesy of Robert Martinez
Legacy Montrose State Representative Gene Wu and Legacy’s Positive Organizing Project joined local advocates to mark World AIDS Day and the continuing fight against HIV. The talented students of TUTS’ Humphreys School of Musical Theatre performed selections from the musical “Rent.” State Representative Gene Wu and Patrick Dickson
Courtesy of Robert Martinez
The performers of Humprey’s School of Musical Theatre
Trevor and Stefan Eade‐Hill
David LaDuke, David Theisen, Gary Hammett, and Mike Holloman
Courtesy of Robert Martinez