2015 Craig Hospital Foundation Annual Report Reduced

ANNUAL REPORT 2015
THE CELEBRATION EDITION
ANNUAL REPORT 2015
MESSAGE FROM
THE PRESIDENT & CEO, CRAIG HOSPITAL
Five years ago I took our Hospital and Foundation

boards on a retreat and presented them with an
ambitious plan to create a new Craig Hospital
campus. I told the directors the Foundation would
be able to go into the community to raise $50 million to make it happen. Amazingly, they agreed and
approved the project. It wasnt until two or three
years later that I confessed that I had absolutely no
idea how wed raise that kind of money.
Today Im thrilled to announce that the Redefining
ROI campaign has not only raised $50 million for
the construction project, but an additional $23
million for the programs and patients at Craig. Our
community has stepped up and supported us in
ways I never could have imagined. We not only met
our goal, but surpassed it.
When we get out into the community and start
talking to people about what we do here at Craig,
and the impact Craig has on peoples lives, its
amazing how quickly people are hooked. Craig is a
gem, and its been a wonderful experience to share
Craig with others
2015 was an exciting year. For the 26th year in a
row we were identified as a top 10 rehabilitation
hospital by U.S. News & World Report. We received
recognition as a Magnet-designated organization
for the third consecutive time from the American
Nurses Credentialing Center Magnet Recognition
Program the first freestanding rehabilitation
hospital and one of fewer than 100 Magnet hospitals in the world to achieve three consecutive
Magnet designations. We received the National
Database of Nursing Quality IndicatorsTM (NDNQI)

Award for Outstanding Nursing Quality by Press
Ganey Associates Inc. The award recognizes the
top-performing rehabilitation hospital that has
achieved excellence in overall performance in
nursing quality indicators. And The Denver Post
again recognized Craig as a Best Place to Work,
based on our employee opinion survey outcome.
The year wasnt without challenges, however. Our
staff members dealt with incredible disruptions,
noise and logistical difficulties due to the construction project. Im proud to say that they have
done a wonderful job of managing patient care
during the most challenging times, and our patient
and family satisfaction scores are off the charts.
When the project is completed in the fall of 2016,
Craig Hospital will have the most advanced facility
of its kind, and we will be positioned to provide the
most cutting-edge care to our patients and families. We couldnt have done it without your help.
Mike Fordyce
President and CEO
Craig Hospital
MESSAGE FROM
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CRAIG HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
In 2010 the Craig Hospital Foundation embarked on a much needed $68 million campaign to improve
facilities and continue vital programs that make our culture and our results the best in the nation for
rehabilitation from spinal cord and brain injuries. Prior to this campaign, the Foundation averaged
about $3 million a year in fundraising dollars. Trustees, staff and many others wondered how it would
be possible to accomplish such an ambitious fundraising goal. The answer was all of you!
Your contributions made our success possible.
Yes, we were successful in reaching our dollar goal, but much more importantly, you helped thousands
of individuals with a spinal cord or brain injury to achieve independence. You also ensured that those who
may need Craig in the future are guaranteed an incredible facility where they can recover, and that they
will receive the programs and equipment theyll need to return to a meaningful life.
But we cant rest on our accomplishments, because our patients will continue to need our support. As
we move into the next phase of fundraising focusing on building our endowment, funding innovative
programs and research projects, and refreshing our patient assistance funds we hope that we can
count on you.
Thank you for helping us to achieve so much to help those with great need. Because of YOU we are
Redefining ROI!
Mary Konrad Feller

Executive Director
Craig Hospital Foundation
ANNUAL REPORT 2015
YEAR IN REVIEW
WERE PROUD
Highlights of the 2015 Fiscal Year: Oct. 1, 2014 Sept. 30, 2015
FEBRUARY 27
DECEMBER 9
The PUSH Dinner, presented by Empower Retirement,

is attended by 1,340 people and raises nearly $1.3 million
for Craig Hospital programs and patients. Craig graduate
Patrick Ireland, a survivor of the 1999 Columbine High
School shooting, receives the Christopher and Dana Reeve
Inspiration Award. Attorney Steve Peters accepts the Dave
and Gail Liniger Spirit of Craig Award.
The Craig Hospital Foundation

raises $67,322 from 264
generous donors on Colorado
Gives Day 2014.
JANUARY 11
OCTOBER 7
Craig Hospital receives
an Indego a powered
lower limb orthosis, or
exoskeleton, as part of
a multi-center study.
Craig Hospital hosts the

third Brain Injury Summit
for professionals in the
specialized field of brain
injury rehabilitation.
More than 450 people
from 39 states and 10
countries attend.
MARCH 9
Craig Hospital receives recognition as
a Magnet-designated organization for
the third consecutive time from the
American Nurses Credentialing Center
Magnet Recognition Program.
NOVEMBER 24
Craig Hospital wins the 2014
NDNQI Award for Outstanding
Nursing Quality by Press Ganey
Associates Inc. The award
recognizes the top-performing
rehabilitation hospital that has
achieved excellence in overall
performance in nursing quality
indicators.
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APRIL 27
Craig Hospital Foundation board member
Sandy Monteko-Sherman hosts Redefining
Possible, a special event benefiting Craig
Hospital and celebrating her son Harrys
recovery from a traumatic brain injury.
The event raises $150,000.
MAY 20
Jax Fish House & Oyster Bar hosts the Brain Injury
Benefit & Soiree to raise money for brain injury survivors
at Craig Hospital and Rocky Mountain Human Services.
AUGUST 13
The Craig bridge is formally renamed the Liniger
Bridge to Independence in honor of Dave and Gail
Liniger, Craig benefactors and graduates. The
Linigers donated $10 million to the Redefining ROI
campaign in 2012, and, in a surprise announcement,
pledge an additional $4 million to the expansion and
renovation project.
MAY 15
Belair, a leader in the
construction and site
work industry, hosts a
charity Sporting Clays
shooting event that
raises $33,000 for Craig
Hospitals Therapeutic
Recreation department.
JUNE 6
Nearly 300 cyclists and handcyclists participate
in the first Pedal 4 Possible charity bike ride,
presented by LogRhythm and Coloplast.
The event raises more than $100,000 for
Craig Hospital.
JULY 21
U.S. News & World Report
names Craig the No. 7
rehab hospital in America
for 201516. Craig has ranked
in the top 10 every year since
the rankings began in 1990.
AUGUST 29
Craig launches the groundbreaking Redefining Possible
portrait series by Pulitzer
Prize-winning photographer
Barry Gutierrez.
JUNE 25
MAY 2
The 10th Annual
Columbine High School
Run For Remembrance
raises $2,000 for the Craig
Hospital Foundation.
The 18th annual Craig Hospital/

RE/MAX LLC Golf Tournament
raises more than $163,000 for
programs and patients at Craig
Hospital.
SEPTEMBER 21
The Woods family hosts
the Ron Don Ho Golf
Classic, raising $17,000 for
Craig Hospital in memory
of their husband and father,
Ronald James Woods.
SEPTEMBER 26
More than 350 Colorado Craig Hospital
graduates and their families attend the 2nd
Annual Craig Block Party. The outdoor BBQ
was hosted by the Craig Hospital Foundation
Community Engagement Team.
ANNUAL REPORT 2015
IN MEMORIAM:
Donald E. Scott
Craig Hospital Foundation board member
Donald E. Scott died in a Wyoming plane
crash on July 18.
Scott was a founding partner of Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar
& Scott LLP and was a practicing trial lawyer in general
commercial litigation. Born in Joliet, Illinois, and raised in
Plainfield, Scott graduated from Harvard College in 1970, Phi Beta
Kappa in economics. He received his J.D. from Yale Law School
in 1973 and was a member of the Board of Editors of the Yale Law
Journal. Scott joined the litigation department of Kirkland & Ellis
in Chicago. In 1979 he relocated to the firms Washington, D.C.,
office and in 1991 transferred to the its Denver office. In 1993
Scott left Kirkland & Ellis to found Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar
& Scott LLP.
He joined the Craig Hospital Foundation board in 2011 and was
a major donor to the Hospital.
Don loved Craig Hospital, and his leadership and generous
philanthropy changed the lives of our patients, says Mary Feller,
executive director of the Craig Hospital Foundation. As a board
member, he provided wise guidance and shared his significant
legal and fiscal expertise with us, while always maintaining focus
on the mission of Craig Hospital.
He was truly a member of the Craig

Family. His gentle, warm spirit and
ready smile will be greatly missed.
WERE GRATEFUL
2015 PUSH Sponsors
Presenting Sponsor
Empower Retirement
Platinum Sponsors
DirectTV
GE Johnson
Dave and Gail Liniger
Platte River Equity
Art and Judy Seiden
Southwestern Property
Corp
Gold Sponsors
Drs. Janette and Michael
Durham
Arrow Electronics, Inc.
FirstBank
Mary and George Sissel
Silver Sponsors
Anthem Blue Cross
Blue Shield
BNY Mellon
Burg Simpson Eldredge
Hersh and Jardine, P.C.
CNS Medical Group
Fidelity Investments
Institutional Services
Company, Inc.
Mike and Terri Fordyce
Margot and Allan Frank
The Jerry Gart Family
Foundation
Richard and Maureen
Graff
Invesco Ltd.
Janus Capital Group
Keating, Wagner, Polidori,

and Free, P.C.
Lockton Companies
Oppenheimerfunds, Inc.
Oralabs and Gary and
Susan Schlatter
Peters | Mair | Wilcox
Radiology Imaging
Associates, P.C.
Elaine Strauch
Mr. and Mrs. Al
Troppmann
Wells Fargo
Bronze Sponsors
Coloplast
Colorado Hospital
Association
DaVita Healthcare
Partners
Deloitte Services LP
Denver Broncos
Football Club
C.M. Dietrich and
Company
Ehrhardt Keefe Steiner
and Hottman, P.C.
First Abilene, LLC
Mary and Scott Hansen
Interface Communications
Company
Jeppesen
Ken and Sue Kelley
Leo and Susan Kiley
Land Title Guarantee
Company
Lazarus Management
Company, LLC
Liberty Media Corporation

MassMutual Financial
Group Colorado
MDC Richmond American
Homes Foundation
Medtronic
Merrill Lynch, Pierce,
Fenner, and Smith Inc.
Midfirst Bank
MTECH Mechanical/
Shaffer Baucom
Engineering and
Consulting
Charlie and Patti Nelson
PCL Construction
Enterprises, Inc.
Plumbers Local 3 and
Olson Plumbing and
Heating Co.
Reilly Pozner, LLP
Hugh Rice and Mary
Schaefer
Donald E. Scott
RTA Architects
South Western
Property Corp.
Syntrinsic Investment
Counsel, LLC
University of Colorado
US Bank-Colorado
Wagner Equipment
Company
Workplace Resource/
Herman Miller
CRAIG HOSPITAL FOUNDATION

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CRAIG HOSPITAL
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Serving during Fiscal Year 2015: Oct.1, 2014 Sept. 30, 2015
Serving during Fiscal Year 2015: Oct.1, 2014 Sept. 30, 2015
Suzanne Arkle
President, Zann & Associates Inc.
Peter Burg
Partner, Burg, Simpson, Eldredge,
Hersh and Jardine, PC
Doak Jacoway
President,
Jacoway Financial Corporation
Betsy A. Mangone (Chair)
President, Mangone & Co
Dr. Michael Durham

Community Advocate
Sandy Monteko-Sherman
Community Volunteer
Mary Feller
Executive Director,
Nanine A. Odell
First Vice President,
Wealth Management, Merrill Lynch
Mike Fordyce
President and CEO, Craig Hospital
Jim Roddy
(Vice-Chair/Secretary/Treasurer)
Managing Director, Bear Creek Asset
Management
Richard P. Graff
Retired, Pricewaterhouse
Coopers, LLP
Richard Hall, Jr.
Community Advocate
Scott Hefner
Managing Partner,
Ernst & Young LLP
Mark E. Honnen
President and CEO, Honnen Equipment Co.
Jenny Hopkins
Managing Partner,
Crescendo Capital Partners LLC
Mary Schaefer
Community Volunteer
Donald E. Scott*
Partner, Bartlit Beck Herman
Palenchar & Scott LLP
Mary R. Sissel
(Redefining ROI Campaign Chair,
Former Board Chair)
Community Volunteer
*deceased
Thomas Balazy, M.D

Medical Director, Craig Hospital
Colleen Faddick
Shareholder, Polsinelli PC
Laurie Fenske
Community Advocate
Mike Fordyce
Nan Hinton (Treasurer)
Senior Vice President, South Metro
Commercial Banking, Community
Banks of Colorado
Janet Houser, Ph.D., Ed.S., M.S.
Provost, Regis University
Bob Ladenburger
Retired Healthcare Executive
William N. Lindsay, III (Past Chair)
President, Benefits Group-Denver,
Lockton Companies LLC
Betsy A. Mangone
President, Mangone & Co.
Daniel T. May
Chief Financial Officer,
Renal Ventures Management
Ray Mencini, M.D.

Medical Director,
St. Anthony Breast Center
Justin Moninger
Senior Engineer, Six3 Systems
Shelley Moses-Reed
Community Advocate
Todd Munson
Market President,
JP Morgan Chase
Mike Nixson
Director of Land,
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
Jason Regier
Principal, Spellbynder,
Community Advocate
Hugh L. Rice (Chair)
Chairman, FMI Corporation
Mary R. Sissel
Community Volunteer
Marilyn Taylor (Secretary)
Retired, Vice President,
Human Resources, Xcel Energy
Vandy Van Wagener
Principal, Evergreen Innovation
Partners
ANNUAL REPORT 2015
TOTAL NUMBER OF DONORS

FY 2015 3535
WE APPRECIATE
FY 2014 3320
FY 2013 2917
BUSINESS & CORPORATE DONORS
FY 2012 2153
FY 2011 1752
HISTORY OF TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS

(new cash received and new pledges)
FY 2015
FY 2014
FY 2013
FY 2012
FY 2011
FY 2010
$16,479,504
$8,632,409
$22,302,702
$7,676,194
$7,795,014
$2,892,150
SOURCES OF SUPPORT, FISCAL YEAR 2015

Alumni
Alumni Family
Individuals
Foundations & Trusts
Corporations
Community Organizations
TOTAL
$4,554,331
$546,202
28%
$3,064,612
$6,956,670
$1,211,248
$137,624
19%
3%
42%
7%
1%
$16,470,687 100%
USAGE OF FUNDS, FISCAL YEAR 2015

Patient Assistance
$ 1,220,902
13%
Capital
$ 6,738,531
74%
$ 728,779
8%
$ 419,422
5%
Hospital Programs
Research
TOTAL
$ 9,107,634 100%
4Rivers Equipment
Advantage Sign Co.
AdvisaCare
Amazing Care Home Health
Services, Inc.
Ameristar Casino, Inc.
AMR Air Ambulance
Anthem Blue Cross & Blue Shield
AON Construction Service Group
AON Foundation
AT&T Employee Giving Campaign
AXA Foundation
Bachus & Schanker Cares Foundation
Bank of America
Bear Creek Holding Company, LLC
Belair Excavating
Bergman Folkers Plastic Surgery PC
Bioness
BNY Mellon
Bonfils Blood Center
Braddock Financial Corporation
Bravada Partners LLC
Brinker Capital
Brinker International
Burg Simpson Eldredge Hersh
& Jardine, P.C.
Byram Healthcare
C.M. Dietrich & Company
MD Campbell Family, LLC
CBS KCNC TV
Chalat Hatten Koupal & Banker, P.C.
Charles W. Garrett III, M.D., Inc.
CNS Medical Group
Coggins & Sons, Inc.
H & M Cohen Family, LLP
Coloplast
Gifts of $500 or more received

Oct. 1, 2014 Sept. 30, 2015
Community Banks of Colorado

Community Health Charities, Inc.
Connexall
ConocoPhillips
Contemporary Services Corporation
COPIC Insurance Company
Corinthian Capital Company
Covington Homes, LLC
CWS Apartment Homes, LLC
Davis Innovations, Inc
DaVita
Deloitte Services LP
Delta Dental of Colorado
Denver Retirement Partners
DIRECTV
Dominion Foundation
Drake-Williams Steel, Inc.
Edgepark Medical Supplies
EKS&H Management LLC
Elkco Properties
Empower Retirement
EMS Management LLC
Encana Cares USA Foundation
Encore Electric, Inc.
Energy 2001, Inc.
EON Office Supply
Ernst & Young
Etkin Johnson Real Estate Partners
Exquisite Home Cleaning Services
Fidelity Investments
Fire Alarm Services, Inc.
First Abilene, LLC
FirstBank Holding Company
First Commercial Bank of Colorado
Fleishman & Shapiro, P.C.
FMC Technologies
Completion Services, Inc.
FOX 31 - KDVR
Gart Companies, Inc.
Gasamat Oil Corporation of
Colorado
GE Johnson Construction Company
General Reinsurance Corporation
GH Phipps Construction Companies
Gold Family, LLC
Griffith Engineering Service
Hammes Company Healthcare, LLC
Hanger Clinic
Herman Miller
Honnen Equipment Company
Husch Blackwell, LLP
IBM Employee Services Center
Integra Property Group, LLC
Company, Inc.
Interstate Highway Construction, Inc.
Invacare Corporation
Invesco Ltd.
Ironman Foundation, Inc.
ISEC, Incorporated
Jackson Medical Supply
Janus Capital Group, Inc.
Jeppesen
JHL Constructors, Inc.
JP Morgan Chase
Keating, Wagner, Polidori,
& Free, P.C.
KeyBank Foundation
Kipling Capital, Inc.
KUSA Channel 9
L & S Planning Services, Inc.
Lakeshore Consortium, Inc.
Landtech Contractors, Inc.
Land Title Guarantee Company
Lazarus Management Company
Learning Services - Corporate
Lee & Young Orthodontics
LG3, Inc.
Lockton Companies, LLC
LogRhythm
Long Reimer Winegar Beppler LLP
Ludvik Electric Co
Mark Duffy & Associates, LLC
MarkWest Energy Partners L.P.
MassMutual Financial Group

Colorado
McDaniel Trucking, LLC
MDC Richmond American
Homes Foundation
Medtronic
The Metanoic Organization, LLC
Microsoft Giving Campaign
Miller Global Properties, LLC
Mobility Transportation
& Services, Inc.
Mortenson Construction
Motion Concepts
MTECH Mechanical
NeuroInternational
Newmont Mining Corporation
Northstar Management
& Consulting, Inc.
Numotion
Olson Plumbing & Heating Co.
Oppenheimer Funds, Inc.
OraLabs, Inc.
Otten, Johnson, Robinson, Neff &
Ragonetti, P.C.
Patxis Pizza
PCL Construction Enterprises, Inc.
Permobil, Inc.
Personal Assistance Services
of Colorado
Pinnacle Entertainment
Polsinelli PC
Pride Mobility Products Corp.
PRV Management, LP
Quality Living, Inc.
Quanta Power Generation
Radiology Imaging Associates, P.C.
RAM Computer Supply
RehabCare
Rehabilitative Rhythms
Reilly Pozner, LLP
Richlawn dba Organix Supply
Ridley McGreevy & Winocur PC
Robinson Management, LLC
Rose Medical Center
RTA Architects
Sage 70
Sage Hospitality Resources, LLC

Sahuaro Shadows
Shaffer Baucom Engineering
& Consulting
Sherman & Howard, LLC
SimplexGrinnell
Sinclair Oil Corporation
Spectrum Retirement
Communities, LLC
Springwood Retirement Campus
Stadium Management Co. LLC
St. Anthony Hospital
Steele Street Bank & Trust
The Suddes Group/For Impact, LLC
Swedish Medical Center
Syntrinsic Investment Counsel
TD Bank, N.A.
TekRam III
ThyssenKrupp Elevator
TIGER 21 LLC
Tri-State Generation
& Transmission
Truist
UBS Financial Services, Inc.
UMB Bank
United Capital Financial Advisors
UnitedHealthcare Colorado
Unum
US Bank
Vail Resorts, Inc.
Value Financial Advisers, Inc.
Van Acker Construction
Vectra Bank Colorado
Wagner Equipment Company
Wells Fargo
Workplace Resource
Yates Energy Corporation
YourCause, LLC
Zann & Associates, Inc.
Zions Management Services
Company
ANNUAL REPORT 2015
SPECIAL SECTION: CAMPAIGN CELEBRATION
Redefining
ROI
Impact
Independence
Innovation
Involvement
WE DID IT!
After five years, numerous events, meetings,
phone calls, letters, emails and social media
posts and extraordinary ongoing support from
the community the Craig Hospital Foundation
successfully completed Redefining ROI: The
Campaign for Craig Hospital. The campaign
surpassed its $68 million goal, raising more than
$73 million to support Craigs expansion project,
innovative programs and patient assistance funds.
The campaign, which was launched quietly in the
fall of 2010 and announced publicly in May 2013,
was the largest fundraising effort in Craigs 109year history.
Most people think of Return on Investment as
something that can be measured in dollars and
cents, but at Craig Hospital, its so much more,
says Mary Feller, executive director of the Craig
Hospital Foundation. The success of this
campaign shows us that our community cares
about a greater return our patients return to
independence following a catastrophic injury.
Donors gave $50 million to underwrite Craig
Hospitals dramatic revitalization and expansion
project, to align the quality of its physical facilities
with the world-class staff, patient outcomes
and care Craig provides to its patients and their
families. When the construction is completed in
September 2016, Craig will have added approximately 85,000 square feet of new space, renovated
approximately 135,000 square feet of existing
space in its West Building, and connected the West
and East buildings to create a unified campus with
a cul-de-sac main entrance and an accessible
garden plaza area.
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An additional $23 million was raised to support

Craigs innovative programs and patients. The
funds provided financial support to Craigs
Programs of Excellence flagship programs like
Therapeutic Recreation, Music Therapy, Community
Reintegration, the School Program and the Nurse
Advice Line which are vital to a patients success
but not covered by insurance companies. Campaign
donors also supported the Patient Assistance
Funds, which help patients and their families
purchase adaptive equipment, remodel homes for
accessibility, train caregivers, pay mortgages and
meet other urgent non-medical needs.
WHATS NEXT FOR THE

CRAIG HOSPITAL FOUNDATION?
With the successful completion of the
Redefining ROI Campaign, the Craig
Hospital Foundation now will turn its
attention to raising money to increase
More than 9,300 individuals, organization,
and corporations supported the campaign,
including lead donors and Craig Hospital
graduates Dave and Gail Liniger, and the
Anschutz Foundation.
Each day at Craig Hospital we applaud
when our patients and families achieve
their rehabilitation goals and return to a
life of independence and meaning, says
Mike Fordyce, Craig president and CEO.
We celebrate the success of the ROI
Campaign and the impact that this
accomplishment will make on the future
of the entire Craig Hospital Family.
the hospitals endowment, fund spinal

cord and traumatic brain injury research,
and support Craigs signature programs
and the needs of Craig patients.
Learn more about how you can help at
craighospital.org/foundation.
The campaign and the construction project

completion will be formally celebrated at
a series of events in September 2016.
The Anschutz Foundation is proud to have been a

supporter of Craig Hospital in its Redefining ROI
Campaign. Craig has been a longtime asset to our
community and the entire Rocky Mountain region,
and we look forward to Craig expanding its quality
rehabilitation programs to people who have experienced
spinal cord or traumatic brain injuries.
-Ted Harms, Executive Director, The Anschutz Foundation
ANNUAL REPORT 2015
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WE APPLAUD
Campaign Chair & Outstanding Volunteer Fundraiser Mary Sissel

at the 2015 National Philanthropy
Day in Colorado Awards Luncheon.
Redefining ROI Campaign Chair

Mary Sissel was named the
Outstanding Volunteer Fundraiser
She joined the Craig Hospital

Foundation board in November
2009 and served as board chair
and chair of the Redefining ROI
Campaign Committee, leading
the Foundation to a successful
completion of the campaign.
Mary is a ringleader, strategist,

and a true shining star in the
community. She sets the bar pretty
high, said KMGH news anchor
Mitch Jelniker at the event.
The reason for her success is
that she shows a genuine interest
in each person she asks for
support and helps them fulfill
their philanthropic dreams, says

Mary Feller, executive director of
the Craig Hospital Foundation,
who nominated Sissel for the
award. She is a true ambassador
for Craig, and we are so grateful
for her leadership.
It was a thrill and an honor to chair the Craig Hospital Campaign. The community came together
with incredible generosity, and every gift, from five dollars to millions of dollars, added up to our
$73 million success story. Every gift was a tribute to patients and their families and the staff, all
of whom make miracles happen every day at Craig Hospital. How proud we are!
WE APPRECIATE
REDEFINING ROI CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE
Thank you to the leadership team who assisted with the final phase of Redefining ROI: The Campaign for Craig Hospital.
Peter Burg
Community Volunteer
Mike Durham
Community Volunteer
Sr. Director of Principal and Planned Gifts,

Jennifer Evans
Scott Hefner
Community Volunteer
Mary Feller
Executive Director, Craig Hospital Foundation
Mike Fordyce
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Margot Gilbert Frank
Partner, Burg, Simpson, Eldredge,

Hersh and Jardine, PC
Jacquie Hall
Denver Office Managing Partner, Ernst &

Young LLP
Nan Hinton
Bill Lindsay
Mary Sissel (Chair)
President, Lockton Benefit Group-Denver
Community Volunteer
Betsy Mangone
Jack Tankersley
President, Mangone & Co.
Co-founder, Meritage Funds
Jane Marsh
Al Troppmann
Sr. Director of Philanthropy and

Operations, Craig Hospital Foundation
Retired, PCL Construction
Dan May
Community Volunteer
South Metro Market President,

Community Banks of Colorado
CFO, Renal Ventures Management
Mark Honnen
Senior Chairman, FMI Corp.
President, Honnen Equipment
Hugh Rice
Tom Wilscam
WE THANK
Thank you to our generous donors who
Redefining ROI Campaign Lead Donors
made leadership gifts of $50,000 or more.
Anonymous (7)
Adolph Coors Foundation
The Anschutz Foundation
Fred and Jana Bartlit
Belair Excavating
Boettcher Foundation
Peter and Sandy Burg
Burg Simpson Eldredge
Hersh & Jardine, P.C.
Caring for Colorado Foundation
CNS Medical Group
Colorado Garden Foundation
The Colorado Health Foundation
Community First Foundation
Community Health Charities
Craig Hospital
The Patricia Crown Family
Daniels Fund
DaVita
Ken and Lorrie DeAngelis
Ronald D. Deffenbaugh Foundation
The Denver Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Donald R. Digby, Sr.
Drs. Janette and Michael Durham
El Pomar Foundation
Empower Retirement
John H. Empson Trust
Tom and Laurie Foster
The Galena Foundation
The Jerry Gart Family Foundation
John and Martha Gart
Sally S. Gart

Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Graff
Darrell Gwynn Foundation
Steve, Mary and Ashley Hansen
William Randolph Hearst Foundation
Scott and Cheryl Hefner
The Hewit Charitable Trust
Donald Paul Hodel
Honnen Equipment Company
Mike and Rhea Hoops
The Travis Hukill Fund
Kerry and Katherine Jardine
Helen K. and Arthur E. Johnson
Foundation
Carl and Cynthia Joyner
The Phillip Gary Kamachi Estate
Keating, Wagner, Polidori, & Free, P.C.
Mr. William N. Lindsay III
David and Gail Liniger
John and Rosemary Lokie
Ludlow Griffith Foundation
Mr. Thomas R. Malley and
Dr. Elaine Weng
Betsy and Peter Mangone
The Marcus Foundation
Dan and Stacey May
Louis R. & Dorothy M. Meister
Foundation
Susan and Scott Meuser
Monfort Family Foundation
Sandra Monteko-Sherman
and Joseph Sherman
Steven and Gayle Mooney
Shelley Moses-Reed
and Steven Reed
The Craig H. Neilsen Foundation
The Nord Family Foundation
Estate of Jim Norris
Odyssey Foundation
Dennis OMalley and Denise Denton
The Parkhouse Foundation
PCL Construction Enterprises, Inc.
Thomas and Rhonda Peed
Jay and Rose Phillips Family
Foundation of Colorado
Pinnacol Assurance
Dana Raimondi
Joseph H.M. and Carol Roddy
Rose Community Foundation
Dwight and Jessie* Ryland
Sage Hospitality Resources, LLC
Ms. Mary Schaefer and
Mr. Hugh L. Rice, III
Tschudy Schmidt
Scott and Katie Schoelzel
Donald E. Scott *
Ellen Scott
Arthur and Judy Seiden
Henry G. Stifel III
Stephen M. Strachan
Jack Tankersley and Jennifer Evans
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick K. Trask IV
Trask Family Foundation
Triple B
Al and Frances Troppmann
Steven and Elaine Wagner
Wells Fargo
Ronald and Cille Williams
Wyoming Philanthropic Trust, Inc.
Anne Young and James Nielson
*deceased
The expansion and

renovation of Craig has
allowed us to provide
natural light in all of our
therapy spaces. Patients,
families and staff have
reported this sunlight
provides a foundation for
the positive energy and
healing that occurs
in our therapy spaces.
- Candy Tefertiller Director of Physical Therapy
ANNUAL REPORT 2015
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INVOLVEMENT
CARING IS A CALLING FOR PET THERAPY

VOLUNTEER CORPS
Its midday on a Monday, and there is a traffic jam
on Craig Hospitals third floor. The scrum of brain
injury patients, visitors and staff is stopped just
inside the door to the gym, waiting to say hello to
local celebrities Dancer, Lyric and Charley.
A young man reaches out from under a blanket
with a shaky hand. Dancer moves closer, sits
beside him and licks his hand. He returns the
gesture with a gentle stroke across the golden
retrievers furry head. Shes nice, he whispers.
Another patient watches the tender exchange
from his wheelchair and flashes a gold-capped
smile. Dogs. Thats a good reason to stop traffic!
he says, leaning over to give the dogs an
enthusiastic rubdown.
Dancer, Lyric and Charley are certified therapy
dogs who make weekly rounds at Craig. They and
their owners are involved in Craigs volunteer Pet
Therapy Program, which started three decades
ago with a few gentle giants from a local Newfoundland club and now includes 54 dogs representing most breeds and sizes. The program also
counts a couple of cats and a resident parakeet
named Sunny among its ranks.
The dogs wear jaunty purple vests with collector
cards tucked inside the pockets. Charleys reads:
I have never seen a lap that I didnt want to climb
up onto.
Therapy dogs arent just there for cuddles, though
there are plenty of those to go around. They help
staff destress and encourage patients who
may be missing their own pets to move, talk
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and interact, explains recreational therapist Lori

Womeldorff, who has coordinated the pet therapy
program for the past seven years. Some therapists
even incorporate the visiting dogs into rehabilitation exercises, she says, asking patients to do
things like offer a treat to a dog.
Although no special training is required, Craigs
therapy dogs are certified by one of two organizations that cover liability insurance and evaluate
the canines annually for health and temperament.
It does take a special kind of dog to do therapy
work, Womeldorff says. They take on whatever
emotion people are going through.
But caring is a calling for members of the pet

therapy corps, and the volunteer roster has a
waiting list.
Theres nothing better for Charley than someone calling out his name, inviting him up on a
therapy table and letting him lick them in the
face, says owner Leah Whitten, who rescued
the 3-year-old beagle/basset mix two years
ago and has been volunteering at Craig for the
past 18 months.
And, she adds, It was perfect because I am
in a wheelchair and can show people there
is life. Its a really positive experience to see
the smiles on faces and the progress week to
week.
Like the patient who had just out of a coma. As
soon as he touched Charley, Whitten says, the
man opened his eyes for the first time.
Although they dont have trading cards of their
own, the human volunteers are an important
part of the pet therapy experience and Craigs
continuum of care. They remember the
patients names, ask about their families, offer

encouragement and share their dogs.
They say the dogs remember the patients, too
and where all the treats are stashed.
Known as Charleys Angels, Dancer (still spry
at 11) and her 8-year-old pup Lyric have been
volunteering with owner Barbara Gierscher for
five years.
People think its really depressing, Gierscher
says. Just the opposite! Its overwhelmingly
uplifting.
In the fourth floor gym for patients with spinal
cord injuries, Dancer and Lyric introduce
themselves to a young man laying on a mat,
doing leg lifts. I feel better, he says with a
grin as the dogs lick and wiggle.
Good, says Womeldorff. Now you can do
10 more!
Its amazing how having a therapy dog come
in can change your whole day, he says, and
then gets back to work.
Its amazing how having a therapy dog come in can

change your whole day,
ANNUAL REPORT 2015
15
VOLUNTEER MATT DOTY
PROVIDES 20 YEARS OF SERVICE

WITH A SMILE
A steady stream of customers stop by the
Craig Hospital Gift Shop, picking out shirts,
snacks, soda.
learned in therapy. Open your mouth. Speak

slowly, he says with exaggerated precision,
stifling a chuckle.
Most also are there to say hello to cashier Matt

Doty one of Craigs longest-serving volunteers.
Many staff stop in for some laughter therapy
provided by Matt, says Volunteer Manager Jill
Stelley Virden. He is a committed, devoted and
compassionate volunteer who seeks to put a
smile on the faces of everyone who comes in.
Doty started volunteering at Craig on Sept. 22,
1995. Since, Stelley Virden says, hes donated an
astonishing 12,911 hours to the hospital where
he once was a patient.
They didnt teach you to close it! quips Pat

Hance, who has volunteered with Doty for more
than a decade.
In 1989 Doty was working at a natural gas well

when a blast left him with a traumatic brain
injury and a recovery that would take years.
Before my accident I would never have worked
for nothing. It would have been absurd, says
Doty. But when an occupational therapist
recommended he volunteer at Craig, he did.
And never left.
It helped me gain communication skills, says
Doty, who now volunteers half-day shifts three
times a week. You remember the things you
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Humor is just part of the job, Doty explains.

With everything happening out there, it can be
pretty blue otherwise.
Matt has set the standard for Craig Hospital
volunteers, Stelley Virden says all 200 of them,
including 160 who work regular weekly volunteer
shifts. Everyone benefits from the interactions.
Doty agrees. Its very much a family organization,
and they make me feel a part of that, he says.
The volunteers give their time to creating this
world-class program, Stelley Virden adds. We
couldnt provide the services we do without the
extra 200 sets of hands.
Doty has advice for other Craig patients
and alumni:
You need to give while you

can. If you want to help
someone, get involved!
HOURS VOLUNTEERED BY OFFICIAL CRAIG

HOSPITAL VOLUNTEERS FROM SEPTEMBER
2014 TO SEPTEMBER 2015
EQUIVALENT VALUE OF VOLUNTEER HOURS,

ASSUMING A PAY RATE OF $23.07/HOUR
LEARN MORE ABOUT VOLUNTEERING AT
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COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TEAM

UNITES GRADS, DONORS
Since its inception, the team of 20 has planned
and hosted two block parties for Colorado-area
grads, bringing alumni, alumni family members, and staff back to Craig for a reunion and
networking. The team also has helped with
Foundation activities, including making phone
calls to thank Colorado Gives Day donors, writing thank-you notes and filming video messages. Several members also have served as field
representatives at Community Health Charities
workplace giving fairs and have been featured
in Foundation solicitations. The group meets
monthly in the Foundation offices.
For Anna Aranda, giving back to Craig is a given.

The spinal cord injury grad joined the Community
Engagement Team as a way to serve the place that
has given her so much.
I enjoy being a part of a hard-working group of people
who think outside the box and who want to create
great experiences for others, she says.
The Community Engagement Team started in 2014
as a way to involve Craig alumni, staff and community
members in the Foundations work.
Craig has a dynamic group of friends who are
committed to Craig and were asking for ways they
could be involved, says Becky Plunkett, annual giving
manager. The team is a way for us to meet several
goals: to keep these folks connected to Craig; to help
us steward annual donors in a meaningful way; and
to develop a team of individuals who could represent
Craig in the community.
Plunkett has enjoyed seeing the group bond

over the last two years.
Seeing them build community within the
group all while assisting the Foundation
has been one of the best parts of my job.
If you are interested in joining the Community
Engagement Team, contact Becky Plunkett at
303-789-8166 or bplunkett@craighospital.org.
Some members were referred to the group by

their doctors or therapists as a means to meet
therapy goals of reengaging in the community
following their injury, says Plunkett. The team
members really like each other and are invested
in helping each other in their rehabilitation
efforts or day-to-day lives.
Aranda agrees. I think its healthy for you
mentally and emotionally to have someone
understand you on a common ground,
she says. It has been that way for me when
connecting with other alumni who understand
the process.
Craig has given me a lot over the years, and the Community
Engagement Team allows me to give something back. I like
that CET focuses on the Foundation, its purpose and
everything it provides to patients and graduates.
- Jo Donlin
Community Engagement Team member and Craig alumna
ANNUAL REPORT 2015
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PRESIDENTS
CIRCLE
MEMBERSHIP
(DONORS OF $10,000
OR MORE ANNUALLY)
WE HONOR
Presidents Circle Members
Gifts of $500 or more received Oct. 1, 2014 Sept. 30, 2015
FY 2015
FY 2014
FY 2013
FY 2012
FY 2011
FY 2010
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The Craig Hospital Foundation

established the Presidents Circle
to recognize and thank individuals,
corporations, foundations and other
donors who support Craig Hospital
with an annual gift of $10,000 or
more. The generosity of these
donors has funded life-changing
programs for Craig patients,
supported the campus expansion
project, enabled Craig patients
to regain their independence and
return home, and allowed Craigs
impact to extend far beyond the
Englewood campus.
Anonymous (10)
The Autrey Foundation
Gary and Sandy Autrey
Belair Excavating
Helen Bryant
Burg Simpson Eldredge Hersh
& Jardine, P.C.
Michael and Kathryn Burg
Mark David Campbell
Sis Carroll
Carson Foundation
Catalyst Foundation
CNS Medical Group
Coloplast
Peter and Pat Cooper

James and Pamela Crowe
The Charlotte Gallup Croze
Memorial Fund
Daniels Fund
Denver Kappa Friendship Fund Inc.
DIRECTV
Ben and Pat Ellis
Empower Retirement
Ernst & Young
Jack and Frances Foster
Charitable Fund
Jane and Mark Fraze
Sally S. Gart
Haynes Family Foundation
Lynn Hendrickson
Virginia Hill Foundation
Hillsdale Fund, Inc.

Donald Paul Hodel
Mike and Rhea Hoops
Mark and Jennifer Hopkins
Mabel Y. Hughes Charitable Trust
John and Karen Ikard
Company, Inc.
Interlinc Family Foundation
M. Doak Jacoway and
Connie Jacoway
Jodie and Leroy Jensen
John Johns
Helen K. and Arthur E.
Johnson Foundation
Dr. Amelia Kaymen and
Mr. Eric Yopes
William Keefe
Kelly Family Cuidiu Foundation
The Susan M. Lindsay Fund 2
LogRhythm
Carol Mace
Estate of Josephine Malone
Scott and Cathy Manley
Dan and Stacey May
Bill McKown*
Foundation
Kenneth & Myra Monfort Charitable
Foundation
WE ACKNOWLEDGE
Organization Donors
Gifts of $500 or more received
Oct. 1, 2014 Sept. 30, 2015
Sandra Monteko-Sherman
and Joseph Sherman
Shelley Moses-Reed
and Steven Reed
National Christian Foundation
Colorado
Leslie and John Nelson
Mardelle Oakley
Nanine Odell
Odyssey Foundation
Olson Plumbing & Heating Co.
Parkhouse Foundation
Stephen and Pat Parkhouse
Shane Peed
Stephen and Renee Peters
Pinnacle Entertainment
Pinnacol Assurance
Paul and M.J. Powers
PRV Management, LP
Dana Raimondi
James Richardson
Rocky Mountain Human Services
Dwight Ryland
Vernon L. Sachs
Tschudy Schmidt
Laura and Thomas Schneider
The Schramm Foundation
Chet and Louise Schwartz
Donald E. Scott *
Ellen Scott

Keith Shereda Foundation
Keith Shereda
Patricia and David Skolnik
Dr. Alan J. Spees, M.D.
Henry G. Stifel III
Stephen M. Strachan
Elaine Strauch
Strear Family Foundation
Michael and Suzanne Strear
Peter and Janet Swinburn
Tankersley Family Foundation
Adam and Jenny Trask
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick K. Trask, III
The Trucker/Biker Group
Vail Resorts, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. William B. Vollbracht
Vortex Foundation
David Wallace
Ronald James Woods Foundation
Wyoming Philanthropic Trust
Yates Energy Corporation
Roxanne and Fred Yates
*deceased
AARP
Arapahoe Sertoma Club
Brain Injury Summit Committee
Centennial Airport Lions Club
Centura Health
Centura Health - St. Anthony
Health Foundation
Chinook Trail Elementary School
Colorado Hospital Association
Colorado Neurological Institute
Columbine High School
Community Health Charities
Denver Broncos Football Club
Denver Kappa Friendship Fund, Inc.
Donatic
Foothills United Way
Gobble Wobble Run, Inc.
IOMGIA
Littleton Adventist Hospital
Mile High United Way
Network For Good
Pikes Peak United Way
Pinnacol Assurance
Platt College
Plumbers Local Union 3
Rocky Mountain Human Services
South Metro Fire Rescue Authority
Southwest Sertoma
SynAptiv
The Trucker/Biker Group
United Way California Capital Region
University of Colorado
Valley of the Sun United Way
ANNUAL REPORT 2015
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INNOVATION
NEW THERAPUTIC TECH PROGRAM HELPS

PATIENTS GET BACK IN THE GAME
Cody Williams has always been a gamer. From
Skyrim to Call of Duty, he loves playing sci-fi and
fantasy games with his friends. His love for gaming
even led him to earn a certificate in computer
technology.
But when Williams sustained a spinal cord injury
in a rollover motor vehicle accident in Wyoming,
he wasnt sure he would ever be able to return to
his favorite hobby.
On a recent Thursday night in the fourth floor
bistro, Williams was able to play a racing game
against another patient, trying out several
different types of adaptive controllers.
I miss having the full use of my hands, says
the Craig Hospital inpatient. But I have some
movement in my right index finger and thumb,
and with this controller Im able to rotate my wrist
to use the buttons.
Williams is participating in a new pilot Therapeutic
Gaming program at Craig Hospital, a joint effort
of Craigs donor-funded Assistive Technology,
Therapeutic Recreation and Rehabilitation
Engineering departments. The projects goal is
to use this popular mode of recreation and leisure
to address social, physical and occupational
therapy rehabilitation goals.
This program really started at the patient level,
says Erin Muston-Firsch, Assistive Technology
specialist. We had a patient who was really having
a hard time engaging in the rehabilitation process
because gaming was his primary interest, and he
felt like it had been taken away.
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The floor therapists worked together to figure out

a way to help him return to gaming, turning to
Muston-Firsch, who consulted with Patrick
Wagner, a Craig rehabilitation engineer.
Wagner modified a controller to allow the patient
to play by using sip-and-puff technology and the
Tech Lab set him up with a special mouse and
voice recognition software.
Once we were set up, his whole attitude to being
at Craig changed. Other patients would show
up in his room, and it became a social event. We
realized there are social implications to gaming,
and we were just scratching the surface.
Muston-Firsch, Wagner and the Therapeutic

Recreation department approached the Craig
Hospital Foundation with the idea. The Foundation
applied for assistance and received funding from
Craig H. Nielsen Foundation and an anonymous
organization to implement the program.
Patients are referred to the program through their
occupational, speech or recreational therapist.
They meet in one-on-one sessions with Assistive
Technology therapists to explore their options.
Once a week, therapists host a gaming night in a
hospital bistro, where any patient is able to drop
by, check out the equipment, play games and
enjoy refreshments.
We will give patients the chance to try out
different commercially available adaptive
controllers, but if those dont work, Patrick can
modify a system based on their individual needs,
says Muston-Firsch.
According to Jill Baldessari, Assistive Technology
supervisor, the primary goal of the program is to
get the patient access to the game. Once access
has been accomplished, therapists will modify the
experience to make it more challenging, to help
the patient work on his or her therapy goals of
increasing balance, dexterity, strength or endurance. Increasing upper extremity ability though
gaming can help with eating, dressing, bathing
and other functional activities. In this sense,

the game motivates patients to make progress
towards independence.
The team sees other psycho-social benefits as
well. The gaming project has the potential to
nurture relationships established between Craig
patients and allow them to stay in contact by
gaming online after discharge. It also serves as
motivation to return to a full and active life.
Were not only getting them stronger and giving
them something to do with their peers at Craig,
were giving them something to do with their
friends back home, says Muston-Firsch. When
you go back home, youre differentbut online
and in the game, everyones the same.
Wagner agrees. Its beyond entertainment. In
a video game, you can be a race car driver or a
hunter, expanding your experience and strengthening you emotionally, he says. Once youve
done it virtually, you might be motivated to try that
experience in real life something Craig can help
you to achieve.
Following his experience trying out an adaptive
controller at Gaming Night, Cody Williams plans
to have a family member bring his gaming system
to his room at Craig.
Im going to go back to playing,

he says. I cant wait to get home,
be with my friends and get back
to tinkering.
-Cody Williams
ANNUAL REPORT 2015
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ENGINEERING ANSWERS
Beyond video games, Patrick Wagner sees the Gaming Program
as a jumping off point for future innovation. An electrical engineer,
Wagner plans to adapt what hes learning through the project and
use it to benefit other Craig patient and graduates.
The goal is to develop a set of

toolsa digital interfaceand write
the software behind it so we can
adapt existing technologies for
a variety of needs.
Wagner envisions applying this software to adaptive interfaces for
computers, environmental controls, augmentative communication
devices, manipulation aids and therapeutic recreation equipment
such as fishing rods, guns and archery equipment.
He hopes that the open-source software could be shared widely
to help others as well.
The son of a Craig graduate, Wagner joined the Rehab Engineering
department in 2015, joining veteran mechanical engineer Dave Birkle
and a dedicated team of volunteers. The department designs, develops,
modifies and applies rehabilitative and assistive technology, providing
customized solutions to meet patient needs.
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While some of the departments

work is covered by insurance,
the department relies on funding
from the Craig Hospital
Foundations Patient Assistance
Funds to cover many costs.
What Craig does is very unique
outside of academic settings,
says Wagner. Most hospitals
have anything like it at all.
We are building
devices that
deliver better
care immediately.
PATIENTS REGAIN INDEPENDENCE

THROUGH NEURORECOVERY NETWORK
One second, Joe Hunsaker had it all. He was
17, a varsity wrestler and high school senior
planning for college. A second later, he had
no feeling or function from the top of his chest
down. He was wrestling in a tournament and
rolled onto his neck, dislocating a vertebra and
pinching his spinal cord.
He eventually learned to sit upright, brush his
teeth, get dressed. He headed off to college
with help from an aide. He worked out every day
and began to see subtle signs of movement in
his legs and feet, but had no hope of standing
up. Then Hunsaker was invited back to Craig
Hospital for the NeuroRecovery Network (NRN),
an intensive physical and occupational therapy
program for people with catastrophic spinal cord
injuries.
Part of the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation, the NRN is a cooperative network of six
cutting-edge rehabilitation centers developing
therapies to promote functional recovery.
Participation criteria are highly selective,
and the Craig NRN enrolls no more than five
patients at a time; 26 have completed the
program since Craig joined the network in 2012.
Five days a week for four months, Hunsaker
was supported over a treadmill while four
therapists manually moved his legs to simulate
walking. One of the guiding principles in our
treatment is to provide the patient with intensity,
repetition and sensory cues like they would
have before their injury, explains NRN
Clinical Supervisor Meghan Joyce.
The aim, Joyce says, is to excite the central nervous system

in a particular way and then immediately work on skill
acquisition and functional mobility.
Thats muscles, relearning how to move.
Although locomotor training has been in practice for many
years, the NRN approach is innovative, Joyce says. Providing
standardized treatment and outcome collection across
multiple centers allows us to translate findings into practice
faster and more efficiently than we can do alone.
Hunsaker is a believer. By the end of the program I was
able to stand for five minutes without any support, he says.
With a walker I was able to walk for short distances.
Now the 19-year-old is back at college and living on his own.
Thats the biggest thing the NRN gave back to me
my independence.
TOTAL NUMBER OF PATIENTS PARTICIPATING IN

THE NRN PROGRAM IN 2015
PARTICIPANTS CONTRIBUTING ON AN ONGOING

BASIS TO COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH
INVESTIGATING HEALTH OUTCOMES FOLLOWING
LOCOMOTOR TRAINING
AMOUNT RAISED DURING
THE SECOND ANNUAL
WALK TO VICTORY OVER
PARALYSIS FUNDRAISER
FOR CRAIGS NRN PROGRAM
ANNUAL REPORT 2015
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THE ANTI-GRAVITY TREADMILL

Through a generous gift from Pinnacol Assurance,
Craig Hospital purchased a cutting-edge treadmill
for the PEAK Center.
This treadmill allows patients with varying
degrees of physical limitation to receive the
strength-building and cardio benefits of a
treadmill workout. The AlterG uses air-pressure
technology to stabilize the user and support up
to 80 percent of his or her body weight.
As patients build lower body strength, the amount
of weight they actually support can be increased.
Another important feature is the viewing screen
directly in front of the patients eyes. This allows
patients to see their feet and legs and make
corrections to their gait without looking down.
The AlterG is a real improvement over other
machines that use straps and harnesses to
secure the user, says Director of Physical
Therapy Candy Tefertiller. Its much easier to
use and more comfortable. Were already
seeing tremendous benefits for our patients
here at Craig, as well as people from around
the country who come to use the PEAK Center.
I see people get excited when

someone is really running,
says Dawson. I think it gives
them a sense of whats
possible.
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Leah Dawson, who came to Craig hospital as a

spinal cord injury SCI inpatient following a ski
accident, says the AlterG is helping reach her
strength and endurance goals. She was recently
able to run in the AlterG for a full five minutes,
a significant accomplishment.
Its my favorite piece of equipment to use, says
Dawson. The ease of getting in and out of it is
fantastic. If I only have an hour to work out, its
nice to not spend half my time getting equipment
adjusted.
Dawson also believes that for patients who may
not be quite ready for the AlterG, seeing others
use it is inspiring.
WE RECOGNIZE
Foundation and Trust Donors
Anonymous(6)
The Lester and Marlene Ablin
Charitable Fund
American Endowment Foundation
The Ashworth Family Giving Fund
Harry G. & Pauline M. Austin
Foundation
The Autrey Foundation
Bandimere Family Foundation
Barish Family Foundation
The Benevity Community
Impact Fund
Botti Family Fund
The Sally Bowden Fund
Arabelle J. Burnett Revocable Trust
Edmund and Betsy Cabot Foundation
Carson Foundation
Catalyst Foundation
The Chill Foundation
The Cielo Donor Advised Fund
The Colorado Health Foundation
Community Foundation of
Greater Des Moines
Community Foundation of
Northern Colorado
Crown Family Philanthropies
The Charlotte Gallup Croze
Memorial Fund
Daniel DAndrea Charitable Trust
Daniels Fund
Deane Family Fund
The Cortlandt S. Dietler Estate
El Pomar Foundation
Falling Forward Foundation
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
The Harmes C. Fishback Foundation
Jack and Frances Foster
Charitable Fund
Lucille M. Goodnight Estate
Greater Kansas City
Community Foundation
Greene Van Arsdale Foundation
Charles M & Zoe E Grieves
Donor Advised Fund
Haynes Family Foundation
The Heitler Fund
Virginia Hill Foundation
Hillsdale Fund
Gerald K. & Virginia A. Hornung
Family Foundation
Mabel Y. Hughes Charitable Trust
Hydro Construction Charitable Fund
Interlinc Family Foundation
Jewish Community Federation and
Endowment Fund
Jewish Community Foundation
Helen K. and Arthur E. Johnson
Foundation
Susan L. Kant Revocable Trust
Walter F. Kant Revocable Trust
The Kappler Marrack Foundation
Kelly Family Cuidiu Foundation
Betty M. Kissinger Designated Fund
Koelbel Family Foundation
The Lee and Bev Kunz Foundation
Richard H. Lewis Family Foundation

The Susan M. Lindsay Fund 2
MacCourt Fund
The Mally Fund
Estate of Josephine Malone
Mandelbaum Family Charitable
Foundation
Marweld Family Charitable Fund
The McKenzie Foundation of
San Francisco
Foundation
Kenneth & Myra Monfort
Charitable Foundation
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney
Global Impact Funding Trust
Colorado
New Mexico
The Nichols Foundation
The Nord Family Foundation
The OBrien Family Charitable Trust
Odyssey Foundation
Orchard Family Trust
Parkhouse Foundation
The Patrick Foundation
Perlmutter Family Foundation
Pluss Family Foundation
The Lisa and John Pritzker
Family Fund
Rice Family Charitable Fund
The Rifkin Foundation
RLC Foundation
Rose Community Foundation
Rosewood Foundation
The San Francisco Foundation
Santa Barbara Foundation
Schermerhorn Family Fund
Schlessman Family Foundation
Conrad & Hazel Schmidt
Family Trust
The Schramm Foundation
Schwab Charitable Fund
Keith Shereda Foundation
Sherman Family Foundation
Philanthropic Fund
Gregory and Therese Sissel
Charitable Fund
Strear Family Foundation
The Lora A. Stuart Trust
The Swig Foundation
Tankersley Family Foundation
The Thomas and Beatrice
Taplin Fund
Taussig Legacy Fund
The Staky Foundation
Toledo Community Foundation
Vanguard Charitable Program
Vortex Foundation
The Dennis and Phyllis Washington
Foundation
Electa W. Webb Trust
Richard Webber Family Fund
Williams Family Foundation
The Bud and Marie Wonsiewicz
Charitable Fund
Ronald James Woods Foundation
Wyoming Philanthropic Trust
Yampa Valley Community
Foundation
Zankel Philanthropic Fund
ANNUAL REPORT 2015
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INSPIRATION
THE RHYTHM OF MUSIC HELPS PATIENTS

RETURN TO THE RHYTHM OF LIFE.
The sounds of an autoharp echo up and down
the stairwell, punctuated by a rhythmic singsong voice gently reminding the patient to
step ... and step and step.
Craig Hospital physical therapist Wes Thornton
carefully supports patient Lisa Wilson as she
practices moving up and down stairs. Music
therapist Sarah Thompson stands nearby,
playing the musical string instrument with a
steady beat, helping Wilson time her movements.
There have been more than 70 research
studies demonstrating the benefits of rhythm
on walking, says Thompson. Wes and I have
co-treated Lisa several times, and we see an
instant change in the coordination of her
movements when Im playing.
Wilson, a special education teacher from Reno,
Nevada, suffered an anoxic brain injury in August
when she stopped breathing for 40 minutes
after receiving pain medication for a broken leg.
She was intubated in the cardiac intensive care
unit for two weeks before transferring to Craig
for rehabilitation.
My MRI showed that my basal ganglia was
highly affected, Wilson says. That part of the
brain controls movement and coordination and
spasticity. My speech and memory were also
affected.
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Thornton says Wilsons symptoms, including

tremors, present similarly to those of a patient
with Parkinsons disease. Its really exciting
to use music therapy to work on getting her
muscles to move when they are supposed to,
he says.
Craigs donor-funded Music Therapy program
uses the neuroscience of music to help individuals with spinal cord and traumatic brain
injuries make clinical strides in areas ranging
from breath control to regulation of attention
and gait patterns. Patients meet one-on-one
with Thompson up to three times a week for
up to an hour.
AVERAGE NUMBER OF SESSIONS

COMPLETED BY CRAIG HOSPITAL
MUSIC THERAPY PATIENTS
PERCENTAGE OF MUSIC
THERAPY PATIENT
GOALS THAT WERE MET
IN FISCAL YEAR 2015
We know so much about how the brain and

body respond to rhythm, melody and harmony,
says Thompson. Music is so flexible; we are
able to use it to our advantage to meet needs of
our patients.
In a recent co-treatment therapy session, Wilson practiced walking in a hallway before moving to the stairs to practice going up and down.
Her goal is to be able to climb the stairs at her
home following her discharge. Its been four
months since Ive slept in my own bed beside
my husband, she says.
As a lifelong music lover, Wilson enjoys working
with the two therapists together. Wes and Sarah make it spunky, she jokes. I dont have any
question, my body just goes with the music it
prompts me when to move.
Thompson also works on singing exercises to
help Wilson with her breath support and vocal
projection. Ed Sheeran songs are her favorite.
Being at Craig is like being in a home with
really nice people who treat me like a queen,
says Wilson. I just look into Sarahs sparkling
eyes and it gives me affirmation.
MINIMUM NUMBER
OF INPATIENTS &
OUTPATIENTS WHO
BENEFIT FROM THE
NEUROLOGIC MUSIC
THERAPY PROGRAM
EACH YEAR
AMOUNT THE CRAIG HOSPITAL FOUNDATION

NEEDS TO RAISE TO SUPPORT THE MUSIC
THERAPY PROGRAM IN FISCAL YEAR 2016
I love it, I get a glow from

just being around her.
- Lisa Wilson regarding Sarah Thompson,
Craigs music therapist
ANNUAL REPORT 2015
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GOOD THINGS GROW FROM ALUMNAS EFFORTS

TO IMPROVE ACCESS FOR THE DISABLED
Dale Coski has been, in the course of her 59
years, alternatingly infuriating and inspiring.
Infuriating to those who put up obstacles for people
with disabilities. Inspiring to everyone else.
In September 1983 less than two years into her
job as a Denver police officer Coski stopped to
help a stranded motorist on I-70 and was struck
by another car. Three decades later shes still living
with the results: a closed head injury, amputation
of her left leg above the knee, quadriplegia.
Before joining the police force, Coski had been
a nun, a Cold War Army intelligence officer, and
a school teacher on Chicagos South Side. The
common threads binding these chapters of her
life are a passion for helping people and a yearning
for independence.
The accident might have ended that. There were
days when she refused to get out of bed, she
recalls, and when she was released from Craig
Hospital, I needed assistance with just about
everything.
The police department forced her to retire, a
move she fought all the way to the Colorado
Supreme Court, where she lost the case. Coski
wanted a chance to test for another job, but this
was before the Americans with Disabilities Act
changed the landscape for people with disabilities.
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Perseverance is the word that comes to mind

when I think of Dale, says Craig Hospital
Outpatient Clinical Care Management Social
Worker Kathy Hulse, who has worked with Coski
for more than 25 years. She faced a lot of
challenges without a lot of support. It would have
been easier to give up, but thats not her style.
Anger was a motivator, Coski says, but so was
the public support. I saw the good side of people.
In a big step toward independence, she got a
service dog named Perseverance, Persey for
short with help from a Craig staffer. Persey was
the first service dog in Colorado, and in 1985 she
was at Coskis side when she testified before the
state legislature to create laws granting service
dog access.
In 1985 Coski began working for the Denver
Agency for Human Rights and Community
Relations, where she enforced compliance with
requirements of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation
Act of 1973. She was my go-to person when I
was looking for accessibility information to help
other patients, Hulse says. She was always willing
to be a resource for people in the community.
Coski developed a handicapped parking application
program that has been modeled across the nation,
and she helped create the Denver Disability Parking
Enforcement Program. Coski learned to drive with
an adaptive van and donated one to Craig to help
other disabled people learn the skill.
When Coski retired from the Agency for Human

Rights in 2014, the City and County of Denver
issued a proclamation marking the occasion
and honoring her remarkable and inspirational
contributions.
Her legacy, Coski says, is planting seeds so
other things can grow from it.
HISTORY OF FRANK CRAIG

SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP
ELEMENTARY STUDENTS FUNDRAISING

EFFORTS EMBODY I AM CRAIG SPIRIT
(Individuals who have included Craig in their estate plans)
FY 2015
She had participated in some of the T-Rec
activities herself and saw firsthand how important
the program is to recovery. So, the Chinook
Trails Elementary School 5th grader and Junior
Optimist Octagon International club member
suggested the clubs annual penny war
fundraiser support Craig. The other students
agreed, and in April 2014 the Colorado Springs
club donated $1,093.10 to the Craig Hospital
T-Rec program.
I am very proud of her for taking the initiative to
advocate for such a good cause, Jaime Yearous
says. Carleigh has a joyful and giving spirit,
and she is always quick to jump in and help
those in need.
Two years ago, Harry Schneider was driving on I-76
when his car skidded on ice and rolled. The accident
left him a paraplegic.
Granddaughter Carleigh Yearous, now 12, visited
him at Craig Hospital, where she was always willing
to step in and help her Papa, says Jaime Yearous,
Carleighs mom. [My dads] medical needs did not
seem to bother her. It was always nice to see the staff
encourage Carleigh and her siblings and cousins to
help out and get involved with their Papas rehab and
new normal.
Carleigh took helping one step further. She decided
to raise money for Craigs Therapeutic Recreation
(T-Rec) Program, which promotes fitness and
wellbeing by helping patients return to their
favorite activities or discover new ones.
She learned so much about caring for others

up at Craig, she adds. We all left Craig with
a true understanding of their mottoI am
Craigas we all knew we were an important
part of my fathers rehab. All of our lives were
enriched by the people and experiences we had
at Craig.
I am very proud of her

for taking the initiative
to advocate for such
a good cause.
- Jaime Yearous Speaking about Carleigh Yearous
FY 2014
FY 2013
FY 2012
FY 2011
Frank Craig Society members have made

plans in their wills or estates to leave a
legacy gift to Craig Hospital. These contributions make a significant difference in the
future of Craig, creating a lasting legacy for
the donor while helping assure independent
futures for those Craig serves.
For more information about planned giving,
or if you have already included Craig in
your estate plans and you are not on this
list, please contact 303-789-8650 or
foundation@craighospital.org.
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Dave Wollard
HOSPITALITY COMPANY CREATES HOME AWAY

FROM HOME FOR CRAIG PATIENTS, FAMILIES
IMPACT
Housing apartments, delivered presents to Craig

patients and families over the holidays, and even
organized its own fundraising events to benefit
the Hospital.
The relationship between Craig and Sage first
developed when the hotels sales teams began to
notice that many Craig outpatients were staying
at Sage properties while they had their interdisciplinary outpatient evaluations.
For Sage Hospitality, giving back to the community

is part of their DNA. The company has adopted Craig
Hospital as one of its primary charitable beneficiaries
even renovating rooms to ensure that Craig outpatients and their families have accessible, comfortable
places to stay when they are in Denver.
The hotel and restaurant management company
operates numerous independently owned properties
around the world. Four of the Denver-area properties
the TownePlace Suites Denver Southeast, the
Denver Marriott Tech Center, and the Courtyard
and Residence Inn Denver/Southwest Lakewood
became very involved with the work of the Craig
Hospital Foundation in 2015.
In addition to giving $50,000 to Craigs Redefining
ROI Capital Campaign and sponsoring the PUSH
dinner, the company hosted four Family Night dinners
for Craig patients and families staying in the Family
Our team took the initiative to learn more about

Craig and develop a great relationship with Rod
[Piel, Craigs guest services manager], says
John Carter, regional director of sales. From
there it was just about figuring out how we as
could be as involved as possible to support Craig
and their patients.
The TownePlace Suites worked closely with
Piel and other Craig representatives when they
renovated eight of their rooms to be compliant
with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
We lowered the cabinets and counters and
built roll-in showers, says Carter. We wanted
everything to be as accessible as possible, and
we always wanted to have rooms available when
Craig folks need them. The Residence Inn
followed suit, renovating an additional two rooms.
Craig graduate Joe Hunsaker stayed at the property

for many months while he was participating in
the NueroRecovery Network program at Craig.
When they learned it was Hunsakers birthday,
hotel staff presented him with a cake and card.
The staff at TownePlace Suites really was great
and made it feel a lot homier over the seven
months I was there, says Hunsaker. They went
above and beyond what I ever expected.
Sage plans to continue involvement with Craig
into the future, providing discounted room rates,
hosting a Family Night dinner each month, and
continuing with the holiday Adopt a Family benefit.
Sage Hospitalitys experience with Craig
Hospital has been extremely rewarding. We have
all been touched in a very personal way during
the course of our volunteer work, either through
Family Night, adopting a family for Christmas,
or at our Craig Hospital Fundraiser, says
Jessica Barrows, dual general manager
for the Courtyard and Residence Inn Denver/
Southwest Lakewood. We feel honored
to be a part of something so special.
Piel often refers patients and their families to the

Sage properties if Craigs Family Housing unit is
full, and some guests stay two weeks or longer.
Taryn Claassen, the general manager of the
TownePlace Suites, says that the families often
develop a special relationship with the hotel staff
members as they interact daily.
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IMPACT
CLINICAL CARE MANAGERS PIECE TOGETHER

THE PUZZLE OF CATASTROPHIC INJURY
The effects of a catastrophic brain or spinal cord
injury extend far beyond the physical damage
to the body. These injuries can wreak havoc on
a family emotionally, financially, spiritually and
even logistically.
Craig Hospitals Clinical Care Managers (CCMs)
work tirelessly to help families regain their
sense of balance by coordinating all aspects of
their situation, both at Craig and beyond.
Our CCMs do a huge variety of things for our
patients, says Stephanie Percival, director of
Clinical Care Management. Each patient who
comes through our doors is a puzzle, and each
patients puzzle pieces are a different shape.
Percival refers to her team as the hub of a
wheel, working to address the various psychological, cultural, social, and financial issues
each family is dealing with. When a patient is
admitted to Craig, they are assigned an
inpatient care manager, who will complete an
initial assessment to identify and address the
familys immediate needs. These can range
from finding child care for a patients children
near the hospital to arranging interpreters so
family members can take an active part in their
loved ones care.
The counselors most are licensed counselors
and social workers will conduct a thorough
psycho-social assessment with the patient and
family and counsel about grief, adjustment and
even marriage issues.
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As a patient progresses through his or her

rehabilitation, the CCM team coordinates with
the patients insurance company and any case
managers, discharge planners or law
enforcement and legal professionals who
might be involved in the case.
Counselors take a holistic look at the familys
financial situation and search for resources that
can help them, ranging from a patients existing
accidental death and dismemberment or short
term disability policies, victims assistance
funds, or homeowners insurance policies.
The team also processes Social Security
applications for each patient.
When the patient nears discharge, the

counselor works with the family to ensure
that there is a plan in place and that patients are able to go home to an accessible,
well-equipped space. If the patient lives
within 60 miles of Craig, the counselor,
along with a physical and occupational
therapist, will do a home visit to offer
advice on home modifications. Theyll even
work off of measurements, blueprints and
photos to coordinate with construction
contractors. When a family is unable to pay
for needed renovations, the CCM will scour
for resources, apply to the Homebuilders
Foundation for assistance or will work with
groups of volunteers to get the work done.
CCMs also make sure patients have the
durable medical equipment they need
at discharge, and they coordinate other
patient care requirements, including home
health care, outpatient therapies, primary
care physician visits, disposable supplies
and oxygen.
There is no easy way to explain what we
do its so abstract, so out of the box,
says Percival. Were like Julie McCoy on
the Love Boat, making sure everyone and
everything is in place.
Each inpatient CCM handles up to 10
patients and their families at a time and
follows the family post-discharge for up
to six months.
Inpatient CCMs have an open door policy,

says Percival. Though many times we
have appointments, we see our patients
and their families all the time, sometimes
multiple times per day as we work on their
issues.
The Clinical Care Managers also access
money from the Craig Hospital Foundations
Patient Assistance Funds, using these
donor-supported funds to assist their
patients in need. These funds help patients
with minimal income or inadequate
insurance to purchase adaptive equipment,
remodel homes for accessibility, arrange
for transportation, pay mortgages or utility
bills, and meet other urgent needs.
According to Percival, these funds are a
great benefit to Craig Hospital patients.
On occasion peers at other institutions
have asked me how we can do all this,
and its because of the donor support,
she says. Patient Assistance funds keep
people in their homes, they get people the
equipment they need, they allow our
families to take a deep breath, and they
keep things from falling apart.
The Patient Assistance funds help our
Clinical Care Managers move our patients
and their families from a catastrophic
situation to a manageable one, Percival
adds. It allows us to provide comprehensive
care from start to finish.
Were like Julie McCoy on the Love Boat,

making sure everyone and everything is in place.
- Stephanie Percival, Director of Clinical Care Management
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FISCAL YEAR 2014 TYPES

OF PATIENT ASSISTANCE
(Oct. 1, 2013Sept. 30, 2014)
AN AFTERNOON IN THE LIFE OF OUTPATIENT

CLINICAL CARE MANAGER VICTOR TOWLE
1 1:30 p.m.
Towle talks with a Workers Compensation case

manager to ensure that a patients upcoming visit
will be covered by the company. I have a patient
who is coming from out of town to be checked out
before he begins a driving program, says Towle.
I have to make sure that the insurance checks out
and that things like this dont fall through the cracks.
1:30 2 p.m.
Towle completes paperwork and drops by the CNS

medical clinic on the first floor. He is looking for
Dr. Balazy, Craigs medical director, because he
needs him to order a MRI for a patient who is
suffering ongoing pain. Dr. Balazy isnt in, so
Towle promises to return later.
2 2:45 p.m.
Towle meets an outpatient in the temporary clinic

in Craigs big gym. He sits in on the patients doctor
appointment, along with Craig pharmacists. I always
sit in on clinic checks, because thats the time
when we discuss what the patients needs are, and
I can get doctors order right there, Towle says.
We solve so much during those short appointments, and I learn what I need to follow-up on.
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SCHOLARSHIPS (INCLUDES
PEAK, ALUMNI SCHOLARSHIP,
AND T REC RELATED)
DENTAL/MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
2:45 2:50 p.m.
Towle drops by the CNS office again. Dr. Balazy

is still in a meeting, so Towle leaves a detailed
message for him.
2:50 3:15 p.m.
Towle runs into Nina Jensen from the Community

Reintegration program. The two discuss a patients
application for Social Security. We get to interact
with everyone, from doctors to therapists to folks in
our support programs, says Towle. Its a fun part
of the job.
3:15 5 p.m.
Towle updates patients medical charts and returns

phone messages and emails. He spends time
researching mental health resources in a patients
community and contacts a clinic for authorization
to make a referral. Im really the right hand for the
medical staff. I work with insurance companies and
billing departments, I provide information about
social security and benefits, and I even counsel
my patients on mindfulness and meditation, says
Towle. I do everything that everyone else doesnt
do Im helping patients move from therapy as
a lifestyle to life as a lifestyle.
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INTERPRETIVE SERVICES
EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE
DURABLE MEDICAL
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MODIFICATIONS
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Lee and Donna Larsen
Harvey Lasky
Michelle Lawrence
Cynthia S. Lawson
David and Kristin Lederhos
Michael Leede
William and Ann Levis
Barbara Lewis
Brian Lilly
Dr. and Mrs. Mark A. Linkow
Mr. and Mrs. Kurt O. Linn
Andrew Armatas and Merrill Linton
Donald and Jeanette Liss
John and Rosemary Lokie
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Long
Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Lowdermilk
Arthur Lowry
Rosa Lozano
Suzanne Lynch
Carol Mace
Mr. and Mrs. Ritchie A. MacPherson
Steven Madrid
David and Kathy Magargal
Laura and Alan Magnuson
Elizabeth Maher
Michael Makley, M.D. and
Andrew Kreuz, Ph.D.
Kevin and Marilyn Malone

Shawn Malone
Frank Mango and Kathy Darby
W. Phillip Marcum
William and Norma Marquardt
Philippa Marrack
Andrew and Mary Ann Martin
Sharon and J. Landis Martin
Marianne and Edward Marvez
Kristen Mascarenas
David and Christen Mason
Maryam and Oran Mastouri
Vivian Matsushige
Regina Mattie
Maureen E. Martin
Dan and Stacey May
Tom and Ashley May
Tracy McCarthy
Phillip and Linda McCurdy
Patrick and Camille McDowell
Mark and Karen McGough
Estate of Bill McKown*
David Mcleod
Charles and Judy McNeil
Lee and Maggie Means
Fran and David Meckler
Kenneth and Vera Meislin
David and Lisa Mellick
Dr. and Mrs. Raymond A. Mencini
Jeffrey and Jennifer Meurer
Sharon Mikrut
Daniel Miller
Michael and Marjorie Milligan
Dennis E. Miyoshi
Janell and Brent Moerer
Myra Monfort
Justin and Mary Moninger
Sandra Monteko-Sherman and
Joseph Sherman
Patricia and Kenneth Moore
Rick and Miriam Moore
Christine and Dave Moritz
Robert and LeeAnn Morrill
James Moser
Shelley Moses-Reed and

Steven Reed
Kenneth Mowad
William Mueller
Thomas Mulhern
Stephen Mullins
Mr. Gurnee Munn III
Todd and Sue Munson
Charles and Mary Lou Murphy
Jason Murray
Patrick Murtha
David and Pauline Musto
James Nadorff
Paul and Sheila Nahi
Bernie and Roberta Naiman
Dexter and Debbie Nash
Elaine Nassen
Charlie and Patti Nelson
Leonard and Lorna Nelson
Leslie and John Nelson
Mary and Tim Nelson
Daniel and Jane Nemmers
Gordon Netzorg
Zachary and Amy Neumeyer
Stephen and Janice Nevers
Lynn Nguyen
Peter Nichol
Scott Nichols
Daniel and Jan Nicholson
Michael and Marcia Nixson
Mardelle Oakley
Brad Carl and Judith OBrien
Nanine Odell and Victor Lazzaro
Douglas and Emilie Ogden
Gina Olberding
Alberta Olegario
David Olson
Shawn and Kristi ONeal
Michael Opatowski and
Ruth Malman
Barbara and Bob Page
James Palenchar
Judy Paley
Corliss Palmer
Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth Parsons

Richard and Victoria Parsons
Tim and Kristin Patterson
Emily Patton
Tracy and Derrick Pearce
Kyle and Leann Pearson
Jordon and Dora Perlmutter
Stephen and Renee Peters
Bruce Peterson
Dr. and Mrs. Peter Peterson
Robert Phifer
Mark Pixley
Dana and Jay Polonsky
Fred and Helen Pool
Terry and Lynne Poole
Samuel Porritt and Leann Porritt
Glenn and Judy Porzak
Judy and Jack Pottle
Paul and M.J. Powers
Beth Pratt
Roxanne Prentice
Jim Price
Kenneth and Ruth Queen
Amy and James Quinn
Dana Raimondi
Karen Ramsey
Amanda and Preston Randall
Leland Randles
Tamara and James Ransom
Karen Rasavage
Jeannette and William Reeves
Thomas Regnier
Diane and Bill Reinhard
William and Kristine Reinhardt
William Joseph Restivo*
Paul and Andrea Reu
Sheryl and Jim Reuben
Mary and Ryan Rhinehart
Roger and Joan Rhodes
Mark Rice
Douglas Richards
James Richardson
Blanca Richmond
Janet Robbie
Jeffrey and Suzanne Robinson
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Mary Robinson
Wade Robinson
Dorothy Roddy
Jackson Roddy
Jody and Kenny Rogers
Tom Roos
Barry Rosenberg
Trudi Rosenfeld
Kenneth Rosenthal
David Rosner
Kathryn A. Ross-McCreary, M.D.
Gary Russell
Nathan and Rachel Russell
David and Christy Russum
Theresa and Duane Rustad
Dwight and Jessie* Ryland
Vernon Sachs*
Rebecca Salinas
Scott Samuelson
Kenneth Sanborn
Stuart and Janice Sanderson
Jim and Mindy Sawtelle
Mr. and Mrs. John Schabacker, II
David and Wendy Schermerhorn
Gary and Suzan Schlatter
Tschudy Schmidt
Elana and Philip Schneider
Laura and Thomas Schneider
Bradley J. Schram
Bradley and Judith Schram
Mrs. Betsy Schweitzer
Karly Schweitzer
Donald E. Scott *
Ellen Scott
Brenda and Lon Sears
Amy Seck
Dr. and Mrs. Charles Seibert
Dr. Allan L. Service and
Dr. Esther Ray Mills
Ellen and Jeff Severe
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Gary and Dawn Shaffer

Steve and Mona Shapiro
Michelin Sharp
Bob Shaw
George and Carole Shaw
Kit Shaw
Keith Shereda
Aaron and Paula Sherman
Donald and Renae Shields
Marjorie Shockley
Richard Silverberg and Judith Cott
Julie and Jerry Simon
Rebecca Simone
Mr. Greg Sissel and
Ms. Therese Ivancovich Sissel
Patricia and David Skolnik
Morie and Tim Smile
Harvey and Deb Smith
Kimberly Smith
Joseph Smolen
Tom Smythe
Jack and Talia Sommars
Bert Sparks
Dr. Alan J. Spees, M.D.
Mark and Carolyn Speese
Philip Stahel
Richard and Laurie Staky
Adele and Jeff Stalder
Beatrice Stallman
Katharine Stapleton
Bryan Stevinson
Henry G. Stifel III
William and Cornelia Stone
Stephen Strachan
Elaine Strauch
Michael and Suzanne Strear
Kristie and Warren Streck
Lisa Streepey
Carl and Joan Svard
Bob and Marilyn Swanson
Peter and Janet Swinburn
Anna and Marc Syvertsen
Susan Szaltzer
Melissa Szymanski
Nicholas and Candice Tabacchi

Diane and Jay Taussig
Jack Taylor and Ann Marie Damian
Marilyn and Peter Taylor
Ignacio Tejera
Rod and Barb Thacker
David Thomas
Peter Thomas
Randy and Mary Thorne
Mark and Polly Ann Thrush
Adam and Jenny Trask
Sharon and Theodore Trept
David and Pamela Trigg
Susan Tucker
Susan and David Tunnell
Mark and Donna Dale Turner
Benjamin Valore-Caplan
Gerald Van Eeckhout
Kimberly Van Eeckhout
Arlin and Kelly Van Veldhuizen Post
Raymond and Elizabeth
Van Wagener
Megan and Joshua Vaught
Mr. and Mrs. William B. Vollbracht
Andy and Stephanie Wager
Mitchell and Renee Wagner
Robert and Susan Wagner
Jennifer and Kenneth Wahl
David Wallace
Brian and Ann Walter
Chris Watkins
Mark Watts
Norma Watts
Mary Webber
Mrs. Marion Wells and
Dr. Jeffrey Wells
Charles Whedbee
Katherine Whipple
David White
Kathleen White
Lee and Suzanne White
Colin Whiteneck
Gale and Ann Whiteneck

Susan Whitfield
David Whitney
Roger and Kathy Wiegand
Jane and Robert Wienke
Kelly Williams
Perry Ann Williams and
James Gartin
Kelli and Andy Wilzoch
Lily and George Winn
John and Caroline Winsor
Michael and Jennifer Wittrock
Carolyn Schaefer Wollard and
Dave Wollard
Douglas Wong
Shaun and Debra Yancey
Joseph Yanofsky
Roxanne and Fred Yates
Paul Yetter
Linda Youngblood
Betsy and Paul Zeger
Craig and Kim Zeller
James and Katy Zetwick
Dominic Ziccardi
Ryan and Megan Zieger
Ann Marie Ziegler
Kristin and Peter Zina
Sanford Zisman and Janis Frame
Michael Zunich
*deceased
THE CRAIG HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
As an independent nonprofit rehabilitation facility, Craig Hospital relies on

donations to maintain its excellence in helping patients achieve the best
possible outcomes.
The Craig Hospital Foundation is an independent 501(c)(3) organization that exists
solely to support Craig Hospital, its programs and patients. The Foundation actively
solicits charitable donations to fund the following areas:
Patient Assistance These funds help patients with minimal income or
inadequate insurance to purchase adaptive equipment, remodel homes for
accessibility, train caregivers, pay mortgages and meet other urgent needs.
Programs of Excellence Donations pay for innovative programming not
covered by insurance companies, including the PEAK Center, Therapeutic
Recreation, Music Therapy, Community Reintegration, Assistive Technology,
Adaptive Driving, the School Program and the Nurse Advice Line.
Research Donations support basic and clinical research at Craig Hospital.
Scholarships Craig graduates and community members can take advantage
of educational, PEAK Center and Therapeutic Recreation scholarships.
Capital Donations fund building expansion as well as the purchase of
specialized rehabilitation equipment that allows Craig to provide the cuttingedge therapy its known for.
Learn more at craighospital.org/foundation or call 303-789-8650.
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ANNUAL REPORT 2015

THE CELEBRATION EDITION

ANNUAL REPORT 2015

THE CELEBRATION EDITION

Five years ago I took our Hospital and Foundation

Database of Nursing Quality IndicatorsTM (NDNQI)

Mary Konrad Feller

ANNUAL REPORT 2015

THE CELEBRATION EDITION

The PUSH Dinner, presented by Empower Retirement,

The Craig Hospital Foundation

Craig Hospital hosts the

The 18th annual Craig Hospital/

ANNUAL REPORT 2015

THE CELEBRATION EDITION

He was truly a member of the Craig

Keating, Wagner, Polidori,

Liberty Media Corporation

CRAIG HOSPITAL FOUNDATION

Dr. Michael Durham

Thomas Balazy, M.D

Ray Mencini, M.D.

ANNUAL REPORT 2015

THE CELEBRATION EDITION

TOTAL NUMBER OF DONORS

BUSINESS & CORPORATE DONORS

HISTORY OF TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS

SOURCES OF SUPPORT, FISCAL YEAR 2015

USAGE OF FUNDS, FISCAL YEAR 2015

Gifts of $500 or more received

Community Banks of Colorado

MassMutual Financial Group

Sage Hospitality Resources, LLC

ANNUAL REPORT 2015

THE CELEBRATION EDITION

SPECIAL SECTION: CAMPAIGN CELEBRATION

An additional $23 million was raised to support

WHATS NEXT FOR THE

the hospitals endowment, fund spinal

The campaign and the construction project

The Anschutz Foundation is proud to have been a

ANNUAL REPORT 2015

THE CELEBRATION EDITION

Campaign Chair & Outstanding Volunteer Fundraiser Mary Sissel

Redefining ROI Campaign Chair

She joined the Craig Hospital

Mary is a ringleader, strategist,

their philanthropic dreams, says

REDEFINING ROI CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE

Sr. Director of Principal and Planned Gifts,

Margot Gilbert Frank

Partner, Burg, Simpson, Eldredge,

Denver Office Managing Partner, Ernst &

Mary Sissel (Chair)

President, Lockton Benefit Group-Denver

President, Mangone & Co.

Co-founder, Meritage Funds

Sr. Director of Philanthropy and

Retired, PCL Construction

South Metro Market President,

CFO, Renal Ventures Management

Senior Chairman, FMI Corp.

President, Honnen Equipment

Thank you to our generous donors who