St. Helena Hospital kicks off major Napa fundraising drive - San Francisco Business Times:

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million effort to fund the firs portion ofa five-phase plan to rebuile and expand the 242-bed Napa Valley medicaol campus. The campaign has already raisedsnearly $14 million, even prior to publicizing its officials said. Overall, the Napa Valley part of the system, expects to invesf $60 million in the facilityt over the next five orsix years, and Adventisy Health has agreed to fund $35 million of that totapl from operations and debt. Roseville-based a not-for-profit system with 20 hospitalsain California, Hawaii, Oregon and Washington, operates 15 hospitalsw in the Golden State.
Overall, "our goal is to have the campusx entirely rebuiltby 2030," JoAline the hospital's president and CEO, told the Businesas Times. That will include replacing the main hospital building, a hospital services facility (including functionz such as food services and medical offices, a parking structure and the Centerr for Health, she said; everything but an existing $80 millionn ancillary services building. The hospital and its say the currengt campaign isthe hospital's largesrt fundraising effort ever.
Phase one, a $30 million is slated to include: Developing a 12,500-square-foot cancer centefr and an 11,000-square-foot expanded outpatient surgeryt center, to be located in a new 25,000-square-foot Outpatient Services Relocating and expanding the FamilyBirth Center, which will doubled in size from 3,400 to 6,800 squares feet. Adding a new cardiovascular and peripheralovascular lab, new diagnostic technologies and an electronic medical record Construction of the new pavilion is expected to staryt next spring, and be completed in 2008; overall, phasee one should wrap by the end of 2009.
Leaderws of the fundraising effort will includeDaphnes Araujo, co-owner of Calistoga's Araujol Estate Wines; Rick Jones, owner of Calistoga'es ; Louis "Bob" Trinchero, chairman of the boared at St. Helena-based /Sutter Home Winery; and Roge r Walther, CEO of San Francisco's The group's goal is to raiss a minimum $25 milliob for the phase one rebuildand $2.5 milliobn for the endowment and otherf needs, said Elaine John, the foundation'a president and CEO. "The foundation is reallyy making thisproject possible," said Olson.
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