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Wenger pledges $150,000 to Owatonna Hospital Expanding the Dream capital campaignOWATONNA, Minn. 06/05/2008--The Wenger Foundation and Wenger Corporation recently pledged $150,000 to Owatonna Hospital’s Expanding the Dream capital campaign. The hospital’s capital campaign is currently at 85 percent of its goal to raise $3 million to fund special features of the new Owatonna Hospital.
 Dorothy Erdmann, Owatonna Hospital, president (left), describes to Wendy Wenger Dankey, executive director of the Wenger Foundation, and Bill Beer, president and CEO of Wenger Corporation, how their $150,000 donation to the Owatonna Hospital Foundation will be used to enhance the Surgery Center’s Guest Lounge waiting area in the new Owatonna Hospital. The Expanding the Dream campaign is a community venture launched in 2007 to fund special features of the new hospital, which were identified as important during community forums and an online survey. These special features include the Owatonna Commons, an Indoor Walking Path, a Community Resource Center, a Professional Education Center, a Center for Health and Wellness and a Reflection Center. These Special Project Features are being funded exclusively through philanthropic donations. "Our partnerships with businesses in the community are responsible for making this project such a big success," said Dorothy Erdmann, Owatonna Hospital president. Support from businesses and community members has been a key component to the success of the fundraiser. "Wenger Corporation shares our vision of a hospital that will provide exceptional services in a healing environment. It’s visionaries such as these that enable us – a not-for-profit hospital – to continue to be sustainable into the future." Bill Beer, president and CEO of Wenger Corporation, cited the importance of having "all the pieces" in place to maintain healthy families and a healthy community. "The foundational building blocks of a vibrant and growing community are a strong economic base, a solid education system and a quality health care system. The new hospital will ensure high quality health care for Owatonna area residents today and for generations to come." Wendy Wenger Dankey, executive director of the Wenger Foundation added, "The roots of the Wenger family and the Wenger Corporation have and always will be in Owatonna. This contribution is one of the ways we can give back to the community that we call home." One hundred percent of the donations to the Expanding the Dream campaign will be used to fund the Special Project Features. Allina Hospitals & Clinics is fully responsible for the funding the construction of the replacement hospital, which is expected to open upon its completion in late 2009. The total value of the new not-for-profit hospital construction project is $51.6 million. Twenty acres of land was donated by the Owatonna Clinic-Mayo Health System several years ago and was recently valued at $2.6 million. In addition to Wenger Corporation’s gifts, several businesses and individuals have pledged financial support. They include: Al and Cathy Annexstad; Jerry and Carol Deetz; Federated Insurance; Kennard and Jean Kaplan; Owatonna Clinic physicians and retired physicians who once practiced medicine in the area, Owatonna Foundation; Owatonna Hospital Board of Trustees; Riverland Community College; Viracon; and Expanding the Dream campaign leaders. The new Owatonna Hospital will be built from the ground up with the needs of patients and family members at the forefront in planning, design and architecture. The two-story, 38-bed hospital will contain more than 140,000 square feet and include private patient rooms; expanded surgery suites, Emergency Department; inpatient unit, Sleep Lab, Birth Center and Mental Health Unit; diagnostic imaging; rehabilitation services; ample parking as well as the special project feature enhancements. The new Owatonna hospital will be connected to the newly expanded Owatonna Clinic’s current 26th Street location. Owatonna Hospital provides a full range of health care services including a birth center, emergency care, mental health, cardiac care, orthopedics, rehabilitation, medical imaging and surgery. More information about the hospital and the Expanding the Dream capital campaign can be found at www.owatonnahospital.com.
About Owatonna HospitalThe new Owatonna Hospital will be connected to the current Owatonna Clinic-Mayo Health System 26th Street location, off Interstate 35, creating a health care campus. The facility will be designed to create an environment for providing high quality, safe, patient-centered care for residents in the region. Owatonna Hospital and Allina Hospitals & Clinics are taking a leadership role to promote healthy eating and physical activity through their heart healthy living and obesity initiatives with an emphasis on childhood obesity. Over the next five years, Allina and Owatonna Hospital will be working with community organizations to improve nutrition and increase physical activity to decrease obesity and improve heart health.
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