Thomas Hospital Foundation Inc.

“The foundation board of directors is elected or appointed by the board of directors of baldwin county eastern shore health care authority.”

“The form 990 is carefully prepared by accountants employed by infirmary health system with considerable assistance and input from the thomas hospital controller and the executive director of the foundation. The executive director reviews the return before filing. No other review will be performed for the current return.”

“Each director signs a conflict of interest statement annually.”

“Foundation documents required to be made available to the general public are provided upon request. Financial statements and the conflict of interest policy are not made available to the public at this time.”

“The foundation's board of directors is made up of all volunteers. The major fund-raising events each year are also supported and staffed by volunteers.”

“Building. Thomas hospital's diabetic education department received grants totaling 12,381 to purchase new laptops for cpoe training, continuing education and new employee training. This department also received a grant of 3,761 to purchase clinical educational manikins. Diabetes education is a collaborative process aimed at giving people with diabetes and those at risk of developing diabetes the knowldege and skills necessary to modify behavior and sucessfully self-manage the disease and its related conditions. The foundation recognizes that training hospital staff is crucial to the success of the program. During this fiscal year the birth center received over 19,000 to make various equipment purchases and provide continuing education on subjects that affect mothers and/or infants just before and after birth including fetal monitoring and lactation education. This year the employee assistance fund granted 10,974 to employees facing unexpected or extraordinary financial circumstances.”