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The Honorable Will Wynn, Austin Mayor, announces October 2, 2007, as 2nd HAAM
Benefit Day with support of (l to r):
Donna Butler, director of marketing, The Hyatt Regency Lost Pines
Resort & Spa, Bastrop; Ashton Cumberbatch, VP industry & governmental
relations, Seton Family of Hospitals; Dick Moeller, CEO, St. David’s
Community Health Foundation; Edward Safady, Austin-area chairman,
Prosperity Bank, and secretary of HAAM Board of Directors; country
singer-songwriter Jessie Lee Miller, HAAM member-musician; and Lorin
Jameson, Sony Online Entertainment
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For Immediate Release
Mar. 13, 2007
HEALTH ALLIANCE FOR AUSTIN MUSICIANS
RELEASES 2006 ANNUAL REPORT,
2007 FORECAST
Service Capacity to Double This Year;
2nd HAAM Benefit Day Set for October 2
Austin, TX – Health Alliance for Austin Musicians today marked its second anniversary with a City Hall press conference and the release of its 2006 Annual Report that shows services rendered to 667 member-musicians, and announced October 2 as the second HAAM Benefit Day.
Austin Mayor Will Wynn, representatives of the HAAM service providers (Seton Family of Hospitals, St. David’s Community Health Foundation Leadership and The SIMS Foundation), HAAM member-musicians, and business leaders and owners heard that HAAM member-musicians (66 percent are under 40) received almost 2,800 dental, primary medical care and mental-health sessions during 2006 and that services earned a 94 percent approval rating for quality of care.
“Austin can be very proud of what Health Alliance for Austin Musicians accomplished last year and the improvement of so many musicians’ lives in this city of music,” said Wynn. “We never dreamed HAAM would do so much so quickly. And the future looks even brighter.”
HAAM’s 2006 annual report (with its clever, oversized CD booklet design created and donated by GSD&M) shows that more than $225,000 in funds was raised through the giant success of the first HAAM Benefit Day, grants from Texas foundations and donations from individual community members. HAAM was embraced by the city as a worthy organization, and such support proves it is good business to take care of musicians’ health, especially in the “Live Music Capital of the World.”
Because of those funds, HAAM will be able to increase capacity in 2007 to 1,000 member-musicians, meaning more of Austin’s hard-working, low-income, uninsured professional music-makers can breathe easier when it comes to healthcare costs and concentrate on developing and sharing their talents with residents and visitors.
HAAM member-musician Jessie Lee Miller says, “I cannot express how much the services offered through the Health Alliance for Austin Musicians have helped me and fellow musicians. The organization has been a life saver for so many of us. Musicians work hard to maintain Austin’s reputation for live music, and HAAM makes us feel like a valued part of the community.”
For 2007, each of the HAAM providers has expanded services. The SIMS Foundation now provides outpatient rehab to HAAM member-musicians, Seton Family of Hospitals has opened a third clinic, Seton Topfer, to musicians, and St. David’s Community Health Foundation Leadership is providing musicians a half-day more services per week in addition to school vacations for dental services.
Finally, HAAM hopes to double business participation in HAAM Benefit Day 2007 slated for Tuesday, October 2. Tim Taylor, a partner at Jackson Walker LLP, will serve as chairman of this year’s HAAM Benefit Day Committee. Last year, 105 businesses across Austin donated 5 percent or more of the day’s proceeds, including $14,133 from presenting sponsor Whole Foods Market.
More information for interested businesses: Carolyn Schwarz at 512.322.5177 or cschwarz@healthallianceforaustinmusicians.org.
Seton Family of Hospitals and St. David’s Healthcare, the leading providers of health-care services in Austin and Central Texas, reach out to meet healthcare needs of the uninsured in Central Texas and collaborate to strengthen the safety net for healthcare for all. Seton is a member of Ascension Health, the largest not-for-profit health network in the United States, and operates 22 clinical facilities throughout Central Texas, including seven hospitals. St. David’s Community Health Foundation Leadership is the not-for-profit partner in St. David’s Healthcare, owner of the six St. David’s hospitals.
The SIMS Foundation provides low-cost counseling and addiction treatment services to Austin musicians and their immediate families. Created in 1995 after the suicide of Austin musician Sims Ellison, who suffered from depression, the organization serves an average of 100 clients per month through more than 40 therapists who have reduced rates for their services.
Contacts:
Jill McGuckin, McGuckin Entertainment PR, 512.217.9404; jill@mcguckinpr.com
Carolyn Schwarz, director of services, Health Alliance for Austin Musicians, 512.324.8976;
cschwarz@healthallianceforaustinmusicians.org
Pam Crowther, Seton Family of Hospitals, 512.324-3170, pcrowther@seton.org
Kim Koster, St. David’s Community Health Foundation, 512.879.6612; kim@sdchf.org
Sandy Bruce, SIMS Foundation, 512.472.1008; sbruce@simsfoundation.org
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