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A AMC MAGA Z I N E | S P R I NG

AAMC Foundation: Making an Impact

Make a Di erence

Making philanthropy

a

family a air

Kim and Pat Wergin, Annapolis residents and vice president and

partner of Annapolis Subaru, Annapolis Volvo, Annapolis Hyundai,

and Gateway Subaru, joined the Building Traditions Society (BTS)

to e ect change within their own community.

“You don’t think about the hospital until you need it, yet everyone

will be touched by it at some point in their lives,” says Kim. “We feel

really lucky to have a wonderful hospital right here, close to home.”

“It is truly rewarding to see that we are making a di erence,”

says Pat.

Kim and Pat make philanthropy a family a air, believing that

starting philanthropy young is important. “We are teaching our

children to use their gifts to help the greater cause; be a part of the

change,” says Pat. e Wergins, like so many BTS families, enjoy

being able to include their children in the family donation days and

fundraising events planned by the BTS membership.

e Building Traditions Society (BTS) is a young donor

society of like-minded families who give $1,000 annually

to AAMC. Collectively, BTS members have raised close

to $400,000 through membership, fundraisers and social

events to support various AAMC programs that directly

impact patient care.

Funds raised are allocated each year by the members. In

2014, BTS supported a full-time Neonatal Intensive Care

Unit nurse navigator, a child life specialist, community

clinics, mental health services, and Pathways’ new Project

ALERT program.

Project ALERT o ers a free classroom-based

comprehensive lesson series that educates seventh-

and eighth-graders in Anne Arundel County schools

against drug use. is program is funded entirely by

philanthropic donations.

BTS members are recognized in the community as

philanthropic leaders. Let’s make a di erence together!

Building

Traditions Society

The Wergin family—from le , Chase, Kim, Pat, and

Gracie—enjoy making a di erence together.

To learn more about becoming a member of the Building Traditions

Society, please contact Lisa Michelsen, AAMC Foundation, at

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or

lmichelsen@AAHS.org

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Polly Hurlburt, certi ed child life specialist, Pediatrics

Department, provides asthma education to a patient.