SFGH Rebuild Community Meeting

The Rebuild Project Team invites you to 

Community Meeting 

Tuesday, February 28th 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Main Hospital Building 

1001 Potrero Ave at 23rd Street 

2nd Floor, Room 2A6

• Update on the new hospital project 
• Steel construction information and a look ahead at 2012 
• Project representatives available for questions and feedback

As always, feel free to contact them at any time:
Telephone: (415) 206-5784
Safety: 24-hour hotline 415-206-4500
Email: sfgh_rebuild@sfdph.org Website: www.sfdph.org/dph/RebuildSFGH
Facebook: San Francisco General Hospital Foundation
Twitter: SFGHrebuild

Heroes & Hearts raises $1.5 million for S.F. General

From SFGate,

Stout hearts and hefty wallets were a thousand strong last week on the field at AT&T Park, where the San Francisco General Hospital Foundation raised $1.5 million during its seventh Heroes & Hearts Luncheon and Hearts After Dark after-party.

The lunch fete, expertly co-chaired by Connie Shanahan and Patrick Smith, moved like clockwork as honors, and heart-shaped awards, were bestowed on this year's heroes: SFGH's Institute for Global Orthopaedics and Traumatology co-founder Dr. Richard Coughlin, Project Pull science internship co-founder Harlan Kelly Jr., Visitacion Valley Asian Alliance founder Marlene Tran and Homeless Prenatal Program founder Martha Ryan.

Read more at SFGate

SF General Hospital Foundation Seeks Heroes to Honor with Annual Award!

Hero Nominations Underway for Seventh-Annual Heroes & Hearts Luncheon

San Francisco General Hospital Foundation Seeks Extraordinary Citizens to Honor with Service Award


SAN FRANCISCO (September 13, 2011) - San Francisco General Hospital Foundation (SFGHF) is currently seeking nominations for its seventh-annual Heroes & Hearts Award, a service award which recognizes humanitarians who live or work in the San Francisco Bay Area. Nominations are now being accepted through Tuesday, November 1, 2011.

"The Heroes & Hearts Award is a tremendous way to recognize individuals who work to create positive change in our community," said San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee. "From saving lives to giving haircuts to the homeless to connecting children with learning specialists, the Bay Area is full of heroes and we have a responsibility to recognize their efforts. I urge everyone to nominate a hero for a 2012 Heroes & Hearts Award today."

Nominate a Hero:
Heroes & Hearts Award nominees must reside or work in the San Francisco Bay Area and have demonstrated exemplary service to an individual or the community.  Posthumous nominations cannot be considered.  For complete information and to download a Heroes & Hearts awards nomination form, please visit www.sfghf.net/hh/heroes.html.  The deadline for nominations is Tuesday, November 1, 2011.

Recipients of Heroes & Hearts Awards are selected by a committee comprised of SFGHF Board Members and community members and are honored at the Heroes & Hearts Luncheon on Thursday, February 9, 2012 at AT&T Park.

SFGH Rebuild Update: Pouring the New Hospital Foundation!

Starting on Friday, September 9, at 8:00 p.m., concrete trucks will begin arriving to start pouring concrete for our new hospital’s foundation. This is a 20-hour project and will end on Saturday, September 10, at approximately 3:00 p.m. Concrete trucks will be staged on Potrero Ave. and enter SFGH campus via 22nd and 23rd Streets. Light towers will be operating and be directed at the job site. There will be a higher than normal noise level from the activities. There will be traffic control personnel and San Francisco Police Officers on duty during the entire the length of this project.

• Concrete trucks will be staged temporarily along Potrero Ave. between 24th & 23rd Streets, but will not block driveways.
• The pour must take place at night because we need to continuously pour the concrete. Also, it will interfere less with daytime traffic.
• All trucks will be rinsed before leaving the job site. 
• Construction staff will not park on neighborhood streets. 
• Up to two more concrete pours will take place later this fall. Advance notice will be given.

COMMUNITY MEETING To learn more about the concrete pour please join us at: San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center Main Hospital, 2nd Floor, Room 2-A 6 Wednesday, August 31, at 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

For questions or comments on the Rebuild call (415) 206-5784 or email sfgh_rebuild@sfdph.org. For immediate safety concerns call the 24-hour hotline: 415- 206-4500.  For more on the SFGH Rebuild project, click here.

Bay Area Cancer Patients and Their Families to Benefit from American Cancer Society Patient Navigator Program at San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center

Program Will Provide Personal Guide to Help Local Cancer Patients Better Navigate Their Cancer Experience Thanks to Support from AstraZeneca

The American Cancer Society today launched its Patient Navigator Program at San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center (SFGH), thanks to support received from AstraZeneca. This is the 36th Patient Navigator Program site, and the second in California as part of a strategic nationwide effort to significantly extend the reach of this innovative program and assist individual cancer patients in negotiating the health care system.

“A cancer diagnosis can be a life-changing experience for patients, their families and their caregivers,” said Dr. Israel De Alba, president of the American Cancer Society, California Division, Inc. “Our Patient Navigator Program helps patients focus on getting well by providing support every step of the way, from explaining what to expect during treatment, to making sure patients have transportation to and from appointments. Fighting cancer is a difficult, challenging journey; but with the help of trained American Cancer Society patient navigators, people don’t have to go through it alone.”