2015 Renown Health Annual Report | Page 20

FORGING AHEAD TOGETHER Our new strategic plan calls upon us to strengthen old partnerships and develop new ones. We recognize that we all must come together if we are to really move the needle on our community health statistics and improve the overall health of our community. To accomplish these lofty goals, we are forging new partnerships with doctors, nonprofits, other hospitals, and those who are educating tomorrow’s workforce — just to name a few. We will leave no stone unturned in our quest to think differently and focus on what’s really important. And, we won’t forget our most significant partnerships — the one we share with our 5,770 employees. The good work we do would not be possible without them. Here are some of our most recent developments with our nonprofit partnerships: 18 We’ve come together with the Truckee Meadows Healthy Community (TMHC) Initiative to create a culture of health in the region. With this work as a foundation, the Food Bank of Northern Nevada — a TMHC partner — was chosen to receive one of five national planning grants through Feeding America and the Laura and John Arnold Foundation. Funds will support a three-year collective impact planning process with TMHC to continue building a cross-sector, collaborative initiative around community health (food security, housing, jobs, etc.). The new funding will bring more than $1 million into the community over the next three years. 19 Renown also recently agreed to assume the lead agency status for Safe Kids Washoe County. This collaboration of more than a dozen local organizations works to protect kids from unintentional injuries — the No. 1 cause of death for children in the United States. OTHER RECENT RENOWN INVESTMENTS WITH KEY COMMUNITY PARTNERS INCLUDE: $250,000 contribution to the capital campaign for Northern Nevada HOPES $100,000 toward health education and the creation of the brain exhibit at the Terry Lee Wells Nevada Discovery Museum $50,000 to fund transitional housing at C  ommittee to Aid Abused Women (CAAW) Jackson checks out the new brain exhibit at Nevada Discovery Museum. COMMUNITY AND PARTNERSHIPS