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
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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.”