{"id":2027,"date":"2017-11-01T14:09:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-02T00:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/?p=2027"},"modified":"2020-02-14T02:11:38","modified_gmt":"2020-02-14T12:11:38","slug":"uhp-board-chair-jabsom-dean-jerris-hedges-on-giving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/uhp-board-chair-jabsom-dean-jerris-hedges-on-giving\/","title":{"rendered":"UHP board chair, JABSOM Dean Jerris Hedges on giving"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2027\" class=\"elementor elementor-2027\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1a7c1030 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1a7c1030\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" 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itemprop=\"datePublished\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/2017\/11\/01\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-calendar\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time>November 1, 2017<\/time>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53cef18 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"53cef18\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhphawaii.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Dean.IceCreamKickoff.2017.6x4.jpg?fit=600%2C401&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2028\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhphawaii.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Dean.IceCreamKickoff.2017.6x4.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhphawaii.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Dean.IceCreamKickoff.2017.6x4.jpg?resize=150%2C100&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhphawaii.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Dean.IceCreamKickoff.2017.6x4.jpg?resize=300%2C201&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-43402cce elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"43402cce\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2a5a8f75\" data-id=\"2a5a8f75\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-677521e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"677521e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65c16baf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"65c16baf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>November 1, 2017 &#8212;<\/strong><br \/><em>Pictured: Dean Jerris Hedges is scooping ice cream being distributed for free on Oct. 6, <\/em>2017<em> to kick off the JABSOM Internal Giving Campaign. He hasn\u2019t missed one of these kickoffs yet!<\/em><\/p><p><strong>By\u00a0Tina Shelton, JABSOM Communications Director<\/strong><\/p><p>Just before Halloween, Dean Jerris Hedges quietly purchased and provided gift cards to the school\u2019s Waiola Cafe to give to student organizers of the \u201c2 Ghoul 4 School\u201d Halloween Costume Extravaganza. The gift cards become awards for the best costumes in an annual event that lifts morale at the school, and also displays how much thought our future physicians are putting into the annual Halloween Carnival, usually that same evening, which they and the Hawai\u2019i H.O.M.E. Project volunteer to host for homeless children at several O\u2019ahu shelters, to give the keiki a safe space to trick-or-treat.<\/p><p>The Dean\u2019s generosity at Halloween has been nonstop since he became the leader of the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) in 2008. That is just one of many, many ways Dr. Jerris Hedges sets a personal example of why those of us at JABSOM should give to our community or invest in the community-based work done at the University of Hawai\u2019i (UH) School of Medicine.<\/p><p>Soon after Dean Hedges arrived at JABSOM, he directed our UH Foundation officer to organize\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/jabsom.hawaii.edu\/igc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cGiving from the Inside Out,\u201d<\/a>\u00a0an Internal Giving Campaign through which generous JABSOM employees contribute a portion of their salary\u2013small or large\u2013to help pay for programs that advance JABSOM\u2019s mission to teach and to heal throughout Hawai\u2019i and the Pacific Region. The 2017 Campaign is currently underway, but to date, JABSOM faculty and staff have donated nearly $3 million dollars to the school<\/p><p>Every year, Dr. Hedges gives generously to the internal giving campaign, and to several funds including the JABSOM Rural and Neighborhood Island Medical Education fund, The Hawai\u2019i Homeless Outreach and Medical Education (H.O.M.E.) Fund, and many student scholarship funds. He also gives to local nonprofits including Aloha United Way, the Hawai\u2019i Food Bank, The Annual Men\u2019s March Against Domestic Violence, The Komen Race for the Cure, Saint Louis School (where former Governor John A. Burns was educated), the Hawai\u2019i Medical Association (HMA) the HMAH, the Chinese Chamber of Commerce and the Hawai\u2019i American Heart and Lung associations, and others. Whenever marchers in these or other causes need t-shirts imprinted with the JABSOM logo, Dr. Hedges pays for those, too, from his own pocket.<\/p><p>We are proud of Dr. Hedges\u2019 leadership in promoting generous giving to our school and to the Hawai\u2019i community. Mahalo, Dean Hedges!<\/p><p><strong>Please enjoy this video interview with Dr. Hedges produced by the UH Foundation, \u201cWhy I Give\u201d<\/strong><\/p><div class=\"jabsomVideo\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/98ImBeasizo\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5cbff7f6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5cbff7f6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6eb4bfc8\" data-id=\"6eb4bfc8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72a7d8a elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"72a7d8a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/news-all\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">&lt;&lt;   &nbsp;Return To News<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 1, 2017 &#8212; I scream, you scream, we all scream for FREE ice cream! 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