
{"id":3841,"date":"2008-11-06T07:48:13","date_gmt":"2008-11-06T15:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/?p=3841"},"modified":"2008-11-06T08:06:38","modified_gmt":"2008-11-06T16:06:38","slug":"recently-patients-pinwheels-and-promises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/2008\/11\/06\/recently-patients-pinwheels-and-promises\/","title":{"rendered":"Recently: Patients, pinwheels and promises"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/recently.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/recently-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Photo by Jackie Fritsch. Phil and Dawn Zachary, co-chairs of the Pinwheels and Promises luncheon benefitting N.C. Children\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Hospital, with their daughters Blaire and Cathryn at the Pavilions at Angus Barn.\" title=\"recently\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\" align=\"left\" size-medium wp-image-3842\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/recently-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/recently-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/recently.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a><strong>Valarie Schwartz<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Destinations have many paths by which people arrive.<\/p>\n<p>Dawn and Phil Zachary found themselves in Chapel Hill during December 2006 via a path they would never have chosen when their then ninth-grade daughter Blaire became seriously ill. That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s when they discovered the scrupulous care at North Carolina Children\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Hospital. Healthy results for Blaire set her parents on another path.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nPhil Zachary, president of Curtis Media and his wife, Dawn, co-chaired the 2008 Pinwheels and Promises fundraiser for the hospital on Oct. 28, creating a standard that future event chairs will find challenging to surpass.<\/p>\n<p>The venue certainly set the tone. The invitation directed everyone to the Angus Barn in Raleigh, but once in the parking lot we were guided behind and below the venerable red farm-style buildings to the stunning Pavilions at Angus Barn, from which the smoke of a most aromatic fire drew us into the 11,000-square-foot structure with barn-shaped roofline outfitted for cool weather with canvas and clear plastic walls and windows. Inside were dozens of swan-shaped topiary-topped tables, where napkins the color of fall leaves fanned out of long-stemmed glasses against the backdrop of the massive fireplace producing the seductive scents, behind which Umstead Lake rested out the backdoors.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The first Pinwheels and Promises luncheon was held Nov. 9, 2006 in Chapel Hill as an opportunity to raise awareness within the Chapel Hill community about North Carolina Children\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Hospital and also to raise money to support the hospital,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Crystal Hinson Miller, director of external affairs and communications for N.C. Children\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Hospital and one of 35 table captains chosen by the Zachary\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The event features a program filled with stories of hope from patients of the hospital, as well as a video, which provides an overview of hospital highlights, programs and services,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Miller continued.<\/p>\n<p>A diverse group, totaling 350 men and women from all over the Triangle and many walks of life, attended last week, learning about the 136-bed hospital where parents from all over the state, country and world bring 60,000 of the sickest children every year. <\/p>\n<p>As Dawn Zachary described while opening the program, entering the hospital with a sick child means relinquishment. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the moment when mom and dad realize nothing is in our control,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d she said. <\/p>\n<p>They already knew about the hospital \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Phil Zachary and Curtis Media started the annual radiothon\/telethon for it in 2002 \u00e2\u20ac\u201d and the outcome of their experience left them eternally grateful for the care Blaire received. <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The kids at UNC Hospitals are filled with hope and optimism,\u00e2\u20ac\u0153 Phil Zachary began as he addressed the guests toward the end of the program, following the video and testimonials by two mothers of young patients featured in it. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153They go there for treatment feeling frightened and looking for hope. Because of the care they receive, most leave with a bright and happy future.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>With everyone primed, he asked the table captains to pass around baskets with pledge cards, asking that everyone present make a pledge at that moment for helping ensure that the work of the hospital continues \u00e2\u20ac\u0153for every child regardless of ability to pay.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>Almost $50,000 was raised.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153In this economy we weren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t really expecting people to give,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Dawn said this week. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Dr. Alan Stiles [a doctor at the hospital] said, \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcI don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t care if we raise a dollar. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s about raising awareness. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s our state hospital and it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s under-funded.\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Afterwards, people kept coming up to me and saying, \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcI had no idea [about the hospital]\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 and, \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcThanks for letting us give our money.\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 It was a special day. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m honored to have been a part of it.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p><em>Contact Valarie Schwartz at 923-3746 or valariekays [at] mac [dot] com<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","category-recently"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3841"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3857,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3841\/revisions\/3857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}