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Community Commitment BIANNUAL REPORT: JULY–DECEMBER, 2017 We’re with you. At Aurora Health Care, our purpose of helping each other live well guides our work each and every day. Whether through caring for our patients, sponsoring community health and wellness initiatives, or convening community conversations, we’re with you. The Aurora Better Together Fund is one way that we are fulfilling our purpose. The Fund is a powerful example of how community collaboration can make addresses some of the greatest health care disparities in our communities by expanding access to primary and behavioral health care, as well as violence prevention and treatment through community partnership. For example, the Kenosha Community Health Center recognized a growing need for primary and mental health services in its neighboring community and developed an innovative mobile unit model, funded with an Aurora Better Together Fund grant. The mobile unit will address the health care needs of the Racine community for years to come. We look forward to celebrating the opening of Sixteenth Street Community Center’s Layton Clinic in early 2018. Supported by an Aurora Better Together Fund grant and facility donation, the Layton Clinic will provide primary and behavioral health care to residents of Milwaukee’s south side. In 2018, our impact will continue to extend well beyond our walls into the communities we serve. From our sponsorship support to our continued collaboration with our 53 Better Together Fund partners, and our Caring, we are excited about our plans to positively impact our communities. Thank you for your continued support and involvement in this important work. May we continue to help each other live well! Rachel Roller Senior Vice President – Community and Government Relations, Aurora Health Care

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Community CommitmentBIANNUAL REPORT: JULY–DECEMBER, 2017

We’re with you.At Aurora Health Care, our purpose of helping each other live well guides our work each and every day. Whether through caring for our patients, sponsoring community health and wellness initiatives, or convening community conversations, we’re with you.

The Aurora Better Together Fund is one way that we are fulfilling our purpose. The Fund is a powerful example of how community collaboration can make

addresses some of the greatest health care disparities in our communities by expanding access to primary and behavioral health care, as well as violence prevention and treatment through community partnership.

For example, the Kenosha Community Health Center recognized a growing need for primary and mental health services in its neighboring community and developed an innovative mobile unit model, funded with an Aurora Better Together Fund grant. The mobile unit will address the health care needs of the Racine community for years to come.

We look forward to celebrating the opening of Sixteenth Street Community Center’s Layton Clinic in early 2018. Supported by an Aurora Better Together Fund grant and facility donation, the Layton Clinic will provide primary and behavioral health care to residents of Milwaukee’s south side.

In 2018, our impact will continue to extend well beyond our walls into the communities we serve. From our sponsorship support to our continued collaboration with our 53 Better Together Fund partners, and our

Caring, we are excited about our plans to positively impact our communities. Thank you for your continued support and involvement in this important work. May we continue to help each other live well!

Rachel RollerSenior Vice President – Community and Government Relations, Aurora Health Care

Community SponsorshipsAurora Health Care supported more than

306 organizations through community

sponsorships in the last half of 2017.

We’re with you in four primary focus areas.

Here’s a breakdown of our support.

Behavioral Health & Primary Care = $114,100*

Community Wellness & Health Education = $405,613

Diversity & Inclusion = $238,128

Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault = $35,150*

TOTAL DOLLARS = $792,991*Behavioral Health & Primary Care and Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault primarily funded by Better Together Fund. Visit www.aurora.org to request a sponsorship or speaker.

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C.Aurora caregivers provide resources in Oconomowoc at the premier of WisconsinEye documentary, “Straight Forward: The Truth About Addiction.” The project addresses the current opioid epidemic.

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AuroraPartnershipsA. WISCONSINEYE: Aurora Health Care is the exclusive health care partner for WisconsinEye’s documentary, “Straight Forward: The Truth About Addiction.” The goal of the partnership is to show the documentary about opioid addiction to every middle and high school student in the state.

B. HIGH SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES: Aurora Medical Center Summit has partnered with the High School of Health Sciences in Kettle Moraine since it opened in fall of 2014. The school’s aim is to provide hands-on experience and training in health careers to meet the jobs of the future. Students participate in job shadowing and Certified Nursing Assistant

C. BEHAVIORAL HEALTH IN KENOSHA: Aurora Health Care is partnering with the Kenosha County Department of Human Services and the Kenosha Human Development Services to bring telepsychiatry to adults and children from the county and those referred by the Kenosha Community Health Center.

Kudos to thefollowing Aurora Caregivers

COMMUNITY PARTNER OF THE YEARAurora Health Care received the Community Partner of the Year Award from the Milwaukee Business Journal. The honor recognizes the financial and hands-on support Aurora provides

that expands access to health care and strengthens our communities. Rachel Roller, Senior Vice President of Community and Government Relations, accepted the award on Aurora’s behalf at the breakfast held on October 13.

TOP MENTOR AWARDAurora’s Shelly Hart, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, received the Top Corporate Counsel–Mentor Coach Award at the Milwaukee Business Journal’s annual C-Suite Awards luncheon.

SERVING WITH HONORDr. Tedmond O’Reilly, Chief Medical

Grafton and Aurora Medical Center in Washington County was recognized for his volunteer service with the Stars and Stripes Honor Flight. The program flies World War II, Korean War, Vietnam and terminally ill veterans to see their

memorials while experiencing a full day of honor and thanks. Dr. O’Reilly provides medical support by reviewing and screening the medical forms for all on the flights and serves on the board of directors for the Stars and Stripes Honor Flight.

MILLENNIAL MAGNIFICENCEMaggie Beckley, Real Estate Manager at Aurora, was recognized by the Milwaukee Community Journal during its 41st Anniversary Millennial Honoree Awards. The devastating loss of her father during her senior year in high school was a turning point that fueled her success at college and in her career.

Caregivers working to relieve hunger at Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin in Milwaukee.

Executive Leadership Team members volunteer at Aurora Family Service’s Family to Family Thanksgiving meal distribution.

Caregivers in Sheboygan County build Habitat for Humanity home in honor of a fellow caregiver.

The volunteer spirit is alive and well at Aurora. More

than 1,000 caregivers volunteered nearly 2,000 hours

in the last half of the year through Aurora Weeks of

Caring alone. Overall, caregivers donated 254,434

hours this year to the communities we serve and

answered the call of local and national emergencies.

Volunteeringat Aurora

Caregivers volunteer at Big Brothers Big Sisters in Manitowoc County.

A day at Camp Hometown Heroes in Grafton.

Dozens of representatives from Aurora Better Together Fund recipient organizations came together for a half-day collaboration event hosted by Aurora Health Care at Marquette University. The gathering convened Aurora leaders and community workers in the areas of behavioral health and primary care to learn from each other how to better care for our communities. Attendees were treated to workshops on marketing on a small or nonexistent budget, provider recruitment and shared resources.

The event concluded with a panel discussion entitled “Partnerships to Advance Health Care,” where the crowd heard from Dr. Andy Anderson, Aurora’s Executive Vice

of Aurora Psychiatric Services and Aurora Behavioral Health Services; Craig Miller, Senior Director of Physician Recruitment; and Joy Tapper, Executive Director of the Milwaukee Health Care Partnership.

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Better Together Collaboration Event

Clockwise: Senior Vice President of Community and Government Relations, Rachel Roller, welcomes the audience. “Partnerships to Advance Health Care” panel shares their expertise. Vivian King, Vice President of Community Relations, talks to Better Together Fund attendees. Sara Nichols, Executive Director – Open Arms Free Clinic, poses a question to the panel.