In just a few months, the new Mills-Peninsula Medical Center will open its doors to the community. Many of the lifesaving technologies inside will be in place due to the generosity of local philanthropists such as Adrian and Penny Bellamy.

This issue of Peninsula Health shares their story and previews some of the medical wonders and creature comforts inside the new hospital. Plus, you’ll learn what Dr. Oz sees in the future of medicine in an exclusive interview.

Building a Healthy Community through Philanthropy

• At home with generosity: Extraordinary gifts behind the next-generation hospital


• Q & A with the CEO: Wired for the future - The best is about to get better


• Celebrating a lifetime of serving Mills-Peninsula: Basil Emery often boasts that the treatment people receive
  at Mills-Peninsula is “second to none.”

Past Issues

Spring 2010

• No challenge too great - Extraordinary gifts behind the next-generation hospital. Featuring Andrew & Phyllis Berwick and Margaret & Ralph Ho


• Q & A with the CEO: What does not-for-profit mean when it comes to a community hospital? Read the answer


• Caregiver profile: "Angels" lend support, encouragement to new mother


• New hospital campaign update: Generosity begins at "home" for Mills-Peninsula's new hospital


• Gift planning: Family gift benefits "our" community hospital

The town of Hillsborough was officially incorporated nearly 100 years ago on May 5, 1910. Yet, its name can be traced back to a journey by sea in 1824.

Sixteen-year old William Davis Merry Howard, the son of a wealthy Hillsboro, New Hampshire, shipping magnate, sailed on one of his father’s ships from Boston around Cape Horn to the West Coast.

He eventually convinced his father of the fortunes to be made in the West and returned to California to settle on the Peninsula.

This year Hillsborough will celebrate its centennial with a “Birthday Celebration” on May 5, Memorial Day Centennial Parade on May 31, and the 53rd Concours d’Elegance on September 12 at its new location on the Crystal Springs Golf Course (http://www.hillsboroughconcours.org). For more information, visit www.hillsborough100.org.

Calm before the storm
In the words of acclaimed poet Maya Angelou, it's family who pulls you up when you're down. Yet, there's another team ready to catch you when you fall and help put you back together again. Although you may never know their names, they are there 24/7 saving lives at your community hospital.

Our fall Peninsula Health highlights Mills-Peninsula's emergency medicine experts as they help lead the effort to bring a new state-of-the-art ER to our community. You'll also find insights on healthy living for your own family.

Email Leslie Schemel for a PDF of the Fall 2009 issue

Generous helpings
Our summer issue of Peninsula Health celebrates philanthropic champions of Mills-Peninsula’s past, present and future, while looking out on the next-generation, state-of-the-art medical facility rising in our front yard.

As we open our community fundraising campaign for the new hospital this summer, we remind our readers that it’s a great time to focus on personal health.

Local culinary experts offer favorite nutritious summer recipes, and our medical experts explore the connection between our health and eating habits.

Email Leslie Schemel for a PDF of the Summer 2009 issue