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Methodist Healthcare
leaders are joint chairs of
the Cattle Baron’s cancer
fundraiser
Dear
55
PLUS® and WomanPlus® members,
When we were approached, as a group, to chair the 2016 American
Cancer Society’s Cattle Baron’s Gala, we did not have to think twice and
accepted instantly. We were more than honored—we were thrilled to
be given this extraordinary opportunity to help cancer patients in our
community.
It made sense, not just because the Methodist Healthcare Cancer
Network cares for thousands of cancer patients each year—more than
any other hospital system in San Antonio or South Texas—but because
each one of us has been touched by cancer either as a survivor, a close
family member or a dear friend who has had to fight the disease.
The Cattle Baron’s Gala supports our mission of fighting cancer to-
gether by joining physicians, community organizations and individuals
to all work toward a common goal of curing cancer.
This event is one of the major sources of fundraising for our local
Cancer Society and the services they provide every day to cancer patients.
Donations help fund local programs such as transportation for patients
to treatment or hotel services when they are traveling away from home
for treatment. They help fund vital resources and information, including
free wigs, emotional support and dollars to fund research grants right
here in San Antonio.
Over the past
38
years, the Cattle Baron’s Gala has raised more than
$9 million toward the American Cancer Society’s mission to save lives
in San Antonio. The generosity of businesses and individuals in our
community is paramount to the success of this very worthwhile event.
Please join us in the movement to help save more lives! Thank you.
Dear 55PLUS
®
andWomanPlus
®
members,
Recentlymy daughter had one of those experiences
that I think everyone can relate to. It started at the
beginning of the school year. Shewould come home
and complain about another girl being so mean.
When I would ask what the other girl did that was
so mean, she would just say she was just mean!
This went on over the course of the year. My
daughter would complain, I would ask for specifics,
she couldn’t provide anything, only to say the girl
was mean. She’d ask if I would tell her teacher. I’d
ask what I should tell the teacher, who would need
an example of how she was
mean. My daughter would
never have one. Now, don’t get
me wrong—if she had given
me an example that I could
point to (even just words the
other girl might have said), I
would be on the phone with
the teacher immediately, but
I had a feeling something else
was going on.
Fast forward to the end
of the school year…It just so happens my daughter
and the other girl were put to work on a project
together. I told her to take a deep breath and let
the teacher know immediately if she said or did
something “mean.” When I picked her up that day,
I waited to hear all about what happened. I asked
howherdaywas.Her response? Itwasgreat! Sheand
the “mean” girl had so much fun in the library that
the librarian had to tell them to be quiet! So I asked
what had happened to the other girl being somean.
In her dramatic, tween way, she said, “Oh, Mom!
She was never mean to me. It’s just that my other
friend toldme she was mean, so I thought she was.”
Isattherelisteningtoher,thinkinghowshewasted
a whole year of possible friendship with someone
because she didn’t take the time to get to know the
girl herself. I asked her if she had learned a lesson
in all of this. “Yes! Never judge a book by someone
else’s cover!” I could not agree more.
Sometimes we let ourselves be persuaded to
“judge” someone or something before we have a
chance to form our own opinion. Take time to get
toknowsomeonebefore you formanopinion.Don’t
let others taint how you see people. In the infinite
words of my tween daughter, “Never judge a book
by someone else’s cover.”
Carole Harris
Community Relations Specialist
WomanPlus® and 55PLUS®
Articles in
Keeping Well
do not
necessarily represent the opinions
of doctors practicing at
Methodist Healthcare facilities.
Carole Harris
Cattle Baron’s
Gala Events
Texas Hold ’em Poker
Tournament
Thursday, August 18
Entry fee: $100
6 p.m. check-in
7 p.m. play begins
Canyon Springs Golf Club
24405 Wilderness Oak, San Antonio
Ranch Chic Fashion Show
Thursday, Sept. 15
Entry Fee: $75 per person
$900 Fashion Show Row
6:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Rosenberg Sky Room at University
of the Incarnate Word
847 E. Hildebrand, San Antonio
Hoffmann Smith Memorial
Golf Tournament
Tuesday, Sept. 20
Entry fee: $150 per player,
$600 foursome
8:30 a.m. shotgun start
Canyon Springs Golf Club
24405 Wilderness Oak, San Antonio
For more information
or to register for any of these events,
visit www
. cattlebaronsgala.org.
HONORED TO SERVE
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Jaime Wesolowski,
President and CEO, Methodist
Healthcare System, and wife, Lori
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Kevin Moriarty, President
and CEO, Methodist Healthcare
Ministries, and wife, Jennifer
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Michael Beaver, CEO,
Northeast Methodist Hospital,
and wife, Kimberly
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Barry Burns, VP Human
Resources, Methodist Healthcare
System, and wife, Irma
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Geoff Crabtree, Executive VP,
Methodist Healthcare System
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Scott Davis, CEO, Methodist
Texsan Hospital and Methodist
Ambulatory Surgery Hospital, and
wife, Michele
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Matt Duke, VP, Methodist
Healthcare System
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Wes Fountain, CFO, Methodist
Healthcare System, and wife,
Melinda
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Gay Nord, CEO, Methodist
Hospital, and husband, Stan
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Greg Seller, CEO, Metropolitan
Methodist Hospital, and wife,
Donna
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Marc Strode, CEO, Methodist
Stone Oak Hospital, and
wife, Paige
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