Team Member Giving

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About Team Member Giving and Why it Matters

Each year, contributions of all amounts, from thousands of individuals - including our own Team Members – support the Tahoe Forest Health System. Individually, each of us play a vital role in keeping our organization thriving. By participating in the Team Member Giving Program, employees have the ability to work together to pledge our support for those who depend on us - our patients, their families, our loved ones, and our peers.

With meaningful donations from TFHS team members, the Foundations are able to make a significant difference in the lives of our community members. There is no dollar fundraising goal, just a challenge to participate. What you give is up to you, and 100% of every dollar supports the causes YOU choose!

What We Support

Your opinion matters! Team Member Giving donors help make the important decisions regarding TFHS funding opportunities. Our Team Member Giving Working Group, the collective voice of those who participate in the program, work in conjunction with our TFHS Administrative Council to help decide how to best utilize our Team Member Giving general funds! If you are interested in becoming a member of our Working Group, we would love your input! Please reach out to Wendy Lenz at wlenz@tfhd.com for more information.

With the generous contributions received from our employee donors in 2019, in addition to those earned this far in 2020, our Working Group had the privilege of financially supporting two exciting initiatives:

PAPR’s: Our Team Member Giving donors proudly committed to purchasing 13 additional PAPR’s, or Powered Air Purifying Respirators, for our health system’s clinicians. PAPR’s are battery operated face coverings that use a blower to pass contaminated air through a HEPA filter, supplying purified oxygen directly into the face piece. Thank you, Team Member Giving donors, for playing a pivotal role in keeping both our staff members and patients safe!

Mental Health Screening iPads: Members of the Team Member Giving Program are privileged to have supported the purchase of 10 iPads, pre-formatted with a depression screening tool, for our Primary Care Providers. A patient’s input is transmitted in a secure, confidential manner that directly communicates with EPIC, our electronic medical records system. Based on the results of these screenings – and in the event that additional behavioral health services may be needed - primary care physicians can then offer appropriate supportive services, resources, and/or referrals.

The healing power of kindness is present in every gift. The Foundations are grateful for the thoughtfulness so many of our team members have shared with our Health System. The Team Member Giving Program gives us a shared opportunity to continue supporting groundbreaking initiatives that are important to all of us – community members, employees, and loved ones!

Ways to Give

At the end of the day, we all want to help guarantee that our loved ones and community members have ongoing access to high-quality health care. When team members give, it sends a powerful message to the public that those who work here take pride in – and are committed to – the incredible daily accomplishments at TFHS.

Join us in reaching 100% employee participation! There are three ways to enroll – complete an online giving form, visit our Intranet site to submit an electronic form, or complete and return the Team Member Giving form to Wendy Lenz at wlenz@tfhd.com.

Team Member Giving in Action!

Did you know that when you purchase a Gratitude Gram or Cheers for Peers - or register to participate in one of our Virtual 5k Races - that you are automatically enrolled in our Team Member Giving Program? This entitles you to one of our Team Member Giving lanyards, as well as a special invitation to join our monthly Trivia Tuesday activity, where you might win a TFHS Yeti Tumbler!

Donor Testaments

Lorna Tirman, Quality and Regulations, Patient Experience Specialist –
“I love working at Tahoe Forest Health System. I believe we are all very lucky to work with great employees and deliver amazing health care to our community. We are so fortunate to have our emergency room, and all of our other services, when we need them for friends and family. I enjoy giving back to a health system that takes such great care of us. Thank you for giving us the opportunity to give back!”

Ashley Davis, Nursing Administration, Clinical Practice Coordinator –
“I started participating in the Team Member Giving program after I witnessed first-hand the impact it has had on our staff and on patient care. The Foundation is able to help purchase much needed equipment for clinical areas that directly affect patient outcomes (for example: patient monitoring systems, education supplies for nurses, 3D mammography, etc.). I realized that by donating from each paycheck, I would be able to help improve day-to-day workflow for our nurses and other clinical team members, and ultimately those small donations could help save a life someday. I donate because it feels good to give back to organization that helps so many people in our community.”

Anonymous –
“I give to the Employee Assistance Fund because my fellow team members are what make Tahoe Forest such a great place to work. We aren’t just coworkers. We are neighbors, friends, and sometimes even family. We are all part of the same team, and it’s important that we take care of each other, because we never know what someone might be going through. We all fall on hard times now and then, and having an option for financial help during these times can really make a difference.”