KANSAS CITY, KAN. ? Hospital leaders are hoping “Treads and Threads” earns bread for KU Med.
“Treads and Threads,” a black-tie gala this fall at the Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kan., will represent increased involvement by the Kansas University Endowment Association at the hospital. It’s the first major fund-raiser the Endowment Association has staged for KU Med since the hospital and university cut their legal ties in 1998.
“I think it’s important to KU Endowment’s mission to raise and manage funds for the University of Kansas,” said Janice Benjamin, vice president of KU Med and director of development for the Endowment Association. “(KU Med) is so closely tied to the university. It’s important we not compete with the university, but share resources and approach donors for funds on both the hospital and the university side.”
KU Med was under legal control of KU until 1998. Even before then, the Endowment Association didn’t do much fund raising for the hospital, said John Scarffe, an endowment spokesman.
“Frankly, it was pretty minimal,” he said.
The hospital went without an official development office until last year, when officials decided to contract with the KU Endowment Association for the services.
Dennis McCulloch, a KU Med spokesman, said because patients were the donor base for most hospitals, the KU Med fund raising shouldn’t hamper fund-raising efforts for the Medical Center’s other operations, including the schools of Medicine, Nursing and Allied Health.
Hiring the KU Endowment Association and not an outside firm ensured that, he said.
“We’re determined to not be a threat to the university fund raising,” McCulloch said. “It’s not a competition. It’s a cooperation.”
The “Treads and Threads” event Sept. 14 will benefit KU Med’s Cancer Center. The center will more than double its space from 10,500 square feet to 23,500 square feet during a hospital remodeling expected to be completed by spring 2003.
The center has seen double-digit growth in the number of patients it serves. Benjamin said officials hoped to net $350,000 from the event.
The black-tie event will include food from 23 Kansas City-area restaurants, pace-car races around the track and access to several areas of the Kansas Speedway, including victory lane. Headlining entertainment will be Kevin Bacon and the Bacon Brothers Band.
KANSAS CITY, KAN. ? Hospital leaders are hoping “Treads and Threads” earns bread for KU Med.
“Treads and Threads,” a black-tie gala this fall at the Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kan., will represent increased involvement by the Kansas University Endowment Association at the hospital. It’s the first major fund-raiser the Endowment Association has staged for KU Med since the hospital and university cut their legal ties in 1998.
“I think it’s important to KU Endowment’s mission to raise and manage funds for the University of Kansas,” said Janice Benjamin, vice president of KU Med and director of development for the Endowment Association. “(KU Med) is so closely tied to the university. It’s important we not compete with the university, but share resources and approach donors for funds on both the hospital and the university side.”
KU Med was under legal control of KU until 1998. Even before then, the Endowment Association didn’t do much fund raising for the hospital, said John Scarffe, an endowment spokesman.
“Frankly, it was pretty minimal,” he said.
The hospital went without an official development office until last year, when officials decided to contract with the KU Endowment Association for the services.
Dennis McCulloch, a KU Med spokesman, said because patients were the donor base for most hospitals, the KU Med fund raising shouldn’t hamper fund-raising efforts for the Medical Center’s other operations, including the schools of Medicine, Nursing and Allied Health.
Hiring the KU Endowment Association and not an outside firm ensured that, he said.
“We’re determined to not be a threat to the university fund raising,” McCulloch said. “It’s not a competition. It’s a cooperation.”
The “Treads and Threads” event Sept. 14 will benefit KU Med’s Cancer Center. The center will more than double its space from 10,500 square feet to 23,500 square feet during a hospital remodeling expected to be completed by spring 2003.
The center has seen double-digit growth in the number of patients it serves. Benjamin said officials hoped to net $350,000 from the event.
The black-tie event will include food from 23 Kansas City-area restaurants, pace-car races around the track and access to several areas of the Kansas Speedway, including victory lane. Headlining entertainment will be Kevin Bacon and the Bacon Brothers Band.
KANSAS CITY, KAN. ? Hospital leaders are hoping “Treads and Threads” earns bread for KU Med.
“Treads and Threads,” a black-tie gala this fall at the Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kan., will represent increased involvement by the Kansas University Endowment Association at the hospital. It’s the first major fund-raiser the Endowment Association has staged for KU Med since the hospital and university cut their legal ties in 1998.
“I think it’s important to KU Endowment’s mission to raise and manage funds for the University of Kansas,” said Janice Benjamin, vice president of KU Med and director of development for the Endowment Association. “(KU Med) is so closely tied to the university. It’s important we not compete with the university, but share resources and approach donors for funds on both the hospital and the university side.”
KU Med was under legal control of KU until 1998. Even before then, the Endowment Association didn’t do much fund raising for the hospital, said John Scarffe, an endowment spokesman.
“Frankly, it was pretty minimal,” he said.
The hospital went without an official development office until last year, when officials decided to contract with the KU Endowment Association for the services.
Dennis McCulloch, a KU Med spokesman, said because patients were the donor base for most hospitals, the KU Med fund raising shouldn’t hamper fund-raising efforts for the Medical Center’s other operations, including the schools of Medicine, Nursing and Allied Health.
Hiring the KU Endowment Association and not an outside firm ensured that, he said.
“We’re determined to not be a threat to the university fund raising,” McCulloch said. “It’s not a competition. It’s a cooperation.”
The “Treads and Threads” event Sept. 14 will benefit KU Med’s Cancer Center. The center will more than double its space from 10,500 square feet to 23,500 square feet during a hospital remodeling expected to be completed by spring 2003.
The center has seen double-digit growth in the number of patients it serves. Benjamin said officials hoped to net $350,000 from the event.
The black-tie event will include food from 23 Kansas City-area restaurants, pace-car races around the track and access to several areas of the Kansas Speedway, including victory lane. Headlining entertainment will be Kevin Bacon and the Bacon Brothers Band.
KANSAS CITY, KAN. ? Hospital leaders are hoping “Treads and Threads” earns bread for KU Med.
“Treads and Threads,” a black-tie gala this fall at the Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kan., will represent increased involvement by the Kansas University Endowment Association at the hospital. It’s the first major fund-raiser the Endowment Association has staged for KU Med since the hospital and university cut their legal ties in 1998.
“I think it’s important to KU Endowment’s mission to raise and manage funds for the University of Kansas,” said Janice Benjamin, vice president of KU Med and director of development for the Endowment Association. “(KU Med) is so closely tied to the university. It’s important we not compete with the university, but share resources and approach donors for funds on both the hospital and the university side.”
KU Med was under legal control of KU until 1998. Even before then, the Endowment Association didn’t do much fund raising for the hospital, said John Scarffe, an endowment spokesman.
“Frankly, it was pretty minimal,” he said.
The hospital went without an official development office until last year, when officials decided to contract with the KU Endowment Association for the services.
Dennis McCulloch, a KU Med spokesman, said because patients were the donor base for most hospitals, the KU Med fund raising shouldn’t hamper fund-raising efforts for the Medical Center’s other operations, including the schools of Medicine, Nursing and Allied Health.
Hiring the KU Endowment Association and not an outside firm ensured that, he said.
“We’re determined to not be a threat to the university fund raising,” McCulloch said. “It’s not a competition. It’s a cooperation.”
The “Treads and Threads” event Sept. 14 will benefit KU Med’s Cancer Center. The center will more than double its space from 10,500 square feet to 23,500 square feet during a hospital remodeling expected to be completed by spring 2003.
The center has seen double-digit growth in the number of patients it serves. Benjamin said officials hoped to net $350,000 from the event.
The black-tie event will include food from 23 Kansas City-area restaurants, pace-car races around the track and access to several areas of the Kansas Speedway, including victory lane. Headlining entertainment will be Kevin Bacon and the Bacon Brothers Band.