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LUNG HEALTH

“After succeeding
professionally and
launching my children into

college, I yearned for a

meaningful opportunity
to become involved in
community service. The
CHEST Foundation was a
natural vehicle to support

that I have already contributed?
The Founders Society recognizes donors for their
cumulative lifetime giving, based on funds received to
date by the CHEST Foundation. Actual contributions
to pay off pledges to the Annual Fund or Beyond Our
Walls campaign are included, while dollars pledged but
not yet paid will not be counted until they are received
by the foundation as pledge payments.

I still have an outstanding pledge towards the
Annual Fund or Beyond our Walls; can I wait to
make a new Founders Society gift after these
pledges have been paid off?
Your future payments of any outstanding pledges will
count towards your cumulative lifetime giving to the
CHEST Foundation, which—when paid—determines
your eligibility for levels in the Founders Society.
While you may choose to wait to make a new gift,
you also may choose to make an additional financial
contribution at this time--via a new major or planned
gift to the CHEST Foundation endowment, which
would help advance your cumulative giving recognized
by the Founders Society.

level of involvement.

My efforts have focused

on the subcommittee
that reviews and selects
grant recipients for

exciting community
service projects. I have
been inspired working
with many of my CHEST

colleagues to help

FOR

pledges to the CHEST Foundation, or just dollars

lung health with a deep

CHAMPIONS

Does the Founders Society count all current

the foundation grow
exponentially.”

—Edward J. Diamond, MD,
MBA, FCCP,
CHEST Foundation Trustee