Inspire Magazine Spring 2018 | Page 10

The Greenbaums Reach Their Goal “We were absolutely overwhelmed by the giving,” Ken Greenbaum said. In just three months, his family's challenge raised $350,000 for Wilcox Medical Center. The movement began when Ken and his wife, Betsy, donated $60,000 to Wilcox for their 60th wedding anniversary, then challenged others to give as well. Ken signs the check from Greenbaum Community Challenge. Pictured above: (from left to right) Andrew Bestwick, Dr. Jeffrey Cronk, Betsy and Ken Greenbaum, Dr. Amy Corliss and Dawn M. Dunbar Soon family, friends and neighbors along with community members were adding gifts of their own in support of cancer care. Donations ranged from $10 to nearly $97,000. Ken told another couple who gave a rather large gift, “Your names should be recognized more than ours. They said ‘No, you started it and got us thinking about it.” Conrad Murashige doesn’t know the Greenbaums but after learning about the challenge, his company was inspired to make a donation of $15,000. Conrad 10 is the president of Shioi Construction which has been in business on Kaua‘i since 1969. His company has not only worked on projects for Wilcox, many of Shioi's 150 employees depend on the center for their health services. “We have so many employees who go to the hospital, there’s always someone who recently got treated there,” Conrad said. “Our community is so fortunate that Wilcox provides for continued improve- ment of equipment, like the blood product irradiator.”