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Campaign for Children’s of Mississippi Surpasses $100M Goal with Gertrude C. Ford Foundation Gift – HottyToddy
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By Annie Oeth
UMMC communications
The philanthropic drive to assist pay for a multi-story enlargement of the state’s solely youngsters’s hospital not solely met however surpassed its $100 million aim thanks largely to a $2.5 million present from the Gertrude C. Ford Basis.
The Marketing campaign for Youngsters’s of Mississippi has now raised $101.5 million.
The Gertrude C. Ford Basis has lengthy been a supporter of the College of Mississippi, the place the Gertrude C. Ford Basis Middle for the Arts and Gertrude C. Ford Scholar Union are beloved spots on the Oxford campus. On the Medical Middle, the Gertrude C. Ford Basis has been a steadfast supporter of quite a few packages and tasks together with the MIND Middle analysis clinic that bears its identify.
The Marketing campaign for Youngsters’s of Mississippi was launched in 2016 by Sanderson Farms board chairman and CEO Joe Sanderson and his spouse, Kathy, with a $10 million private donation, and has set a report for capital marketing campaign fundraising on the College of Mississippi Medical Middle. The funds raised allowed for the development of a state-of-the-art facility that doubled the sq. footage dedicated to pediatric care on the Medical Middle.
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“This has been the dream of so many individuals for thus lengthy,” stated Dr. LouAnn Woodward, vice chancellor for well being affairs on the College of Mississippi Medical Middle and dean of the Faculty of Drugs. “The Marketing campaign for Youngsters’s of Mississippi had an audacious aim – $100 million – however when Kathy and Joe Sanderson took the lead, I had little question the aim could be reached. We’re on this unimaginable new youngsters’s hospital tower due to the love for youngsters and households that the Sandersons share with Mississippians from all walks of life.”
The Kathy and Joe Sanderson Tower is a complement to the Blair E. Batson Tower, named after the primary pediatrics chair at UMMC. The Sanderson Tower contains two neonatal intensive care flooring, a flooring devoted to pediatric intensive care, and a pediatric imaging middle. The Youngsters’s Coronary heart Middle additionally calls the Sanderson Tower residence.
Contained in the Sanderson Tower, a dozen surgical suites accommodate procedures from uncommon to routine. Two flooring of outpatient clinics make follow-up care extra handy, and the Sanderson Tower has a devoted parking storage and coated walkway subsequent door. This walkway and pavilion are named for the Gertrude C. Ford Basis in recognition of its generosity.
Because the Sanderson Tower’s opening on Nov. 2, 2020, greater than 13,090 surgical procedures have been carried out. Contained in the 88 non-public neonatal intensive care rooms, greater than 1,511 infants began their lives. Over 1,604 youngsters acquired important care within the 32 non-public pediatric intensive care rooms. Greater than 63,635 specialty clinic visits have stored sufferers wholesome, and greater than 100,893 X-rays, CT scans, ultrasounds and MRIs had been carried out within the child-friendly Pediatric Imaging Middle contained in the tower.
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“The impression the Sanderson Tower has had within the care of Mississippi’s in poor health and injured youngsters can’t be overstated,” stated Dr. Mary Taylor, Suzan B. Thames Chair and professor of pediatrics. “We now have a hospital that matches the world-class abilities of our pediatric well being care crew.”
Seeing youngsters and households getting the care they want contained in the Sanderson Tower has been the expertise of a lifetime, stated Joe F. Sanderson, CEO and board chairman of Sanderson Farms and, with spouse Kathy, chair of the Marketing campaign for Youngsters’s of Mississippi.
“Kathy and I knew the wants of the kids’s hospital had been nice, however the aim of $100 million appeared lofty,” Joe F. Sanderson stated. “Launching the Marketing campaign for Youngsters’s of Mississippi was a leap of religion – religion within the divine, and religion within the generosity of Mississippians. That we’ve not solely reached this aim however surpassed it reveals Mississippians’ dedication to their youngsters and their households.”
The Gertrude C. Ford Basis, Sanderson stated, helped push the marketing campaign over its aim. “As soon as once more, the Ford Basis has helped make Mississippi a greater place to name residence. We’re grateful for the inspiration’s philanthropy and imaginative and prescient.”
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Kathy Sanderson stated she and her husband, together with the marketing campaign’s steering committee, are grateful to all who made donations of all quantities. “Every present to the Marketing campaign for Youngsters’s of Mississippi was a present from the center.”
Stephen Sims, director of the Gertrude C. Ford Basis, praised the Sandersons and former New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning and his spouse Abby, honorary chairs of the marketing campaign, for his or her management.
“It’s an honor for our basis to play a small half of their marketing campaign to help the kids’s hospital, which is a godsend not just for our Mississippi youngsters however for youngsters throughout the southeast,” he stated. “The outcomes of this marketing campaign will contact lives for a few years to come back.”
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For Nolee Jones, the state’s 2022 Youngsters’s Miracle Community Hospitals Champion, the Sanderson Tower is the place she sees the cardiologists who hold her wholesome. The household enterprise, Bates Inflatables, has proven help for the marketing campaign by elevating $1,000 in Nolee’s honor.
The 9-year-old from Pearl was born with a congenital coronary heart situation that was repaired throughout her infancy by surgeons at Youngsters’s of Mississippi. She visits the Youngsters’s Coronary heart Middle for outpatient check-ups.
“We’re so grateful that Nolee can get the care she wants right here in Mississippi,” stated Nolee’s mom, Chelsea Bates. “The Sanderson Tower has the superior areas and gear that she and different sufferers want to remain wholesome.”
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Mississippi
This drive showed where Mississippi State football offense can improve for Arizona State
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STARKVILLE — Mississippi State football’s offense had a high-flying Saturday in coach Jeff Lebby’s first game.
It scored touchdowns on six of its first nine drives — one of which was a one-play kneel down to end the first half — leaving Eastern Kentucky buried early and deep at Davis Wade Stadium. It was a 56-7 win for the Bulldogs, with them leading 35-0 at one point in the first half.
Baylor transfer Blake Shapen was superb at quarterback and numerous wide receivers such as Jordan Mosley, Kevin Coleman, Mario Craver Jr. and Creed Whittemore made big plays against EKU (0-1).
Even still, Lebby wasn’t completely satisfied with the performance.
“I think there was a whole lot of good,” Lebby said postgame. “Proud of our guys for their energy and their competitive spirit and toughness they played with, but there’s so many things to clean up. I think that’s the biggest takeaway is that you got a chance to go win the way we won, but we’re going to need to play better, play cleaner and that’s where we’re going to look forward to as we get back into it.”
Take Mississippi State’s third offensive drive as an example of where it can improve.
It was the Bulldogs first drive where they didn’t score points, even though it began at the MSU 46-yard line.
MSU (1-0) was penalized for an illegal formation on the first play of the drive, negating a 47-yard catch-and-run from Craver. Three plays later, after Shapen scrambled 12 yards for a first down, MSU was whistled for another illegal formation. Mississippi State then failed to convert on 4th-and-3 from the EKU 33-yard line.
Those were the only penalties committed by Mississippi State’s offense all night, but it’s not the first time we’ve heard of those types of MSU infractions. In the preseason, following Mississippi State’s first scrimmage that was closed to the public, Lebby noted that “non-playing penalties” were a work in progress.
Players have said that Lebby’s up-tempo pace has been an adjustment. Perhaps it’s one that’s still ongoing.
“Looking back at the game, we did a lot of good things, but there were a couple drives that we killed the drive,” Shapen said. “So, we can keep getting better. I think an emphasis for me is just to let everybody know that we haven’t arrived or anything. We got a lot more to prove, especially going in to play a good Arizona State team next week.”
MORE: Jeff Lebby says Mississippi State football didn’t put on a good enough show. Here’s how he’s wrong
Arizona State might be better than anticipated
MSU’s Week 2 game at Arizona State (9:30 p.m., ESPN) was always going to be its most challenging in the nonconference schedule, but it looks even more so now.
Arizona State routed Wyoming 48-7 on Saturday night. The Sun Devils were about a seven-point favorite entering the game in Tempe, and Wyoming, historically, is no cakewalk in the Group of 5. It was an impressive statement from second-year coach Kenny Dillingham after a 4-9 season in 2023.
The Sun Devils (1-0) scored two defensive touchdowns, forced three turnovers and held Wyoming (0-1) to 118 total yards of offense. Sixty-two of those yards came in the fourth quarter with the game already well decided.
Sam Sklar is the Mississippi State beat reporter for the Clarion Ledger. Email him at ssklar@gannett.com and follow him on X @sklarsam_.
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Mississippi St. demolishes E. Kentucky starting Lebby era with a 56-7 win
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STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — From the moment Jeff Lebby arrived in Starkville, the first-time head coach has preached that a show is coming to Mississippi State.
The Bulldogs certainly put on a show for game one of his tenure, as MSU had 450 yards of total offense and ran away with a 56-7 victory on Saturday against Eastern Kentucky. It gave the coach his first career win and kicked off a new era of football.
“One of the coolest things for myself and my family, the fans showed out. Over 10,000 students showed up and hung with us through the rain. They did an unbelievable job creating the energy,” he said.
All three phases scored for the Bulldogs with touchdowns on offense, defense and special teams.
On offense, quarterback Blake Shapen debuted the new scheme with a 15 of 20 showing as the Baylor transfer found the end zone three times through the air and had 247 yards. On the ground, Shapen led the team with seven carries for 44 yards and a rushing score.
“I felt like it was a good day for us,” Shapen said. “There are obviously some things we can clean up and get better at, but overall it was a great start to the season. I’m just thankful for this opportunity at a new place and I know a lot of guys feel that way.”
The Bulldogs (1-0) had four wide receivers score touchdowns as Jordan Mosely had five catches for 104 yards and a touchdown and Kevin Coleman had five catches for 88 yards and a score. Coleman also had five punt returns for 117 yards.
MSU scored touchdowns on its first two possessions before a rain storm dampened the progress. The Bulldogs were back in the end zone in the second quarter on a Creed Whittemore 41-yard end around and then back-to-back touchdown passes to Coleman from 23 yards away and freshman Mario Craver for 54 yards.
Special teams got in on the mix with a blocked punt from JP Purvis — recovered by Craver — and another true freshman in defensive back Elijah Cannon who had a 51-yard pick-6.
“It’s fun to see those guys go out there and make some plays. It’s a players’ game, players have got to make the plays,” Lebby said. “Fun for our sideline, fun for our guys to be able to see them make plays late in the game like this.”
EKU (0-1) scored a touchdown in the final seconds of the first half but was held scoreless in the final two frames. The Bulldogs allowed 130 second half yards. Despite running 19 more plays than State (76-57) the Colonels were outgained 450-285 with the Bulldogs averaging 7.9 yards per play.
“There are plenty of things that we have to clean up. We’ve got to play better, we’ve got to play cleaner,” Lebby said. “So much good, but so much to clean up. That was the message in the locker room.”
BIG PICTURE
EKU: The Colonels were simply overmatched, but the Colonels have a manageable schedule coming down the line.
Mississippi State: The Bulldogs have been searching for excitement and the team has it – at least for game one. State picked up nearly 500 yards of offense and showed explosiveness on that side of the ball as Lebby’s offense did its thing. There is a rough schedule on the horizon, but it appeared fun again for the Bulldogs.
UP NEXT
Eastern Kentucky travels to Western Kentucky on Sept. 7.
Mississippi State travels to Arizona State on Sept. 7.
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Seven Killed, Dozens Injured When Bus Flips in Mississippi
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A commercial passenger bus driving through Mississippi on its way to Mexico ran off a highway and overturned early Saturday, killing seven people and injuring dozens. The accident occurred on Interstate 20 east of Vicksburg, CNN reports. A total of 37 people were taken to hospitals in Vicksburg and Jackson, the Mississippi Highway Patrol said. A 6-year-old boy and his 16-year-old sister were among those killed, per the AP. “Anytime you have people injured or killed, it’s tragic, but when you have a situation like this where you have multiple fatalities and multiple injuries, it makes it even worse,” said Warren County Sheriff Martin Pace.
The bus, a 2018 Volvo, is owned by Autobuses Regiomontanos, which transports passengers between Mexico and the US, a company spokesperson said. The company is based in Monterrey, Mexico, Miranda Fernandez said. Its website lists several US locations; it’s not clear where the trip had originated. “All of the passengers go through proper immigration checkpoints and must show their passports or visas to enter either Mexico or the United States,” Fernandez told CNN. (More bus accident stories.)
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