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St. Elizabeth Hospital Laboratory benefits from Kolosso donation

Car dealership donates Rav4 to St. Elizabeth Hospital Community Foundation

01 / 12 / 2007

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APPLETON, Wis. –  Employees of the St. Elizabeth Laboratory are constantly on the move, needing to run specimens and lab work to and from local nursing homes. Thanks to the generosity and support of Kolosso Toyota in Appleton, employees have been making those runs in style.

Joan Kolosso, a long-time supporter and volunteer of St. Elizabeth Hospital, and her late husband, Bob, donated the first vehicle to the St. Elizabeth Hospital Community Foundation and the lab in 1988. And on Jan. 5, Cecelia Landin, director of laboratory for Affinity Health System, received the keys to the newest vehicle—a 2007 Toyota Rav4 from the Kolosso family—Joan and her children Bill, Barbara and Peter.

The St. Elizabeth Hospital Community Foundation is happy to work with donors to match their interests with hospital needs, said Barbara Stack, executive director of the foundation.

“We wanted to help the hospital so we asked what the needs were,” said Joan Kolosso, who has been a member of the St. Elizabeth Hospital Auxiliary since the 1950s. “We’re happy to help.”

Landin says the donated vehicles are a big help for the lab. “While we only travel in a five-mile radius of the hospital, we are constantly making runs, and while many employees still need to use their own car, this gift is greatly appreciated,” Landin says.

The St. Elizabeth Hospital Community Foundation is dedicated to living out the healing ministry of Christ with a special emphasis on those in need, by generating, stewarding and distributing funds to enhance the quality of Affinity Health System’s services and programs, and other community health care initiatives in Outagamie and Calumet counties, and northern Winnebago County.

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For the Editor:
Affinity Health System, a Catholic mission-oriented regional health care network, is a partnership of Ministry Health Care and Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare. Affinity Health System is the Fox Valley’s third largest employer, according to the Fox Cities Chamber of Commerce & Industry, and is ranked 24 among the top 100 integrated health care networks nationwide (Verispan 2008). Both St. Elizabeth Hospital in Appleton and Mercy Medical Center in Oshkosh rank among the top 1 percent among hospitals nationwide in terms of quality and efficiency, as determined by the 2007 Premier | CareScience Select practice National Quality Award. Network Health Plan has achieved Excellent accreditation status from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), the highest possible level. It is ranked 37th among the 250 rated health plans in the nation in terms of customer satisfaction and clinical performance, according to the U.S. News and World Report/NCQA Best Health Plans in America listing. Members of Affinity include Mercy Medical Center and Mercy Health Foundation, Oshkosh; St. Elizabeth Hospital and the St. Elizabeth Hospital Community Foundation, Appleton; Affinity Medical Group, a regional network of 23 family practice and specialty clinics in 13 communities; Calumet Medical Center, Chilton; Network Health Plan, Menasha; and Affinity Occupational Health.