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Mackie Trust
Aids Underinsured Women
The Elaine Mackie Charitable Trust has made a
gift of $15,000 to QVH Foundation with a very important purpose: to
help the Queen's Breast Center and its Early Detection Program provide
mammograms to women who are uninsured or underinsured
and would otherwise not be able to benefit from this important cancer-detecting
technology.
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The trust was created in memory of Elaine Mackie, long-time executive
director of the Napa Valley Vintners Association, who died of breast
cancer in 1995 at the age of 39. Other gifts from the trust support
Bosom Buddies, the Queen's support group for women with breast cancer,
and many other health initiatives in our community.
"The trust is dedicated to providing a wide range of help to those
in our community in need of these services," said vintner Bob Pecota,
a member of the trust's board of directors. "We're extremely happy
to be able to support this very important program in Elaine Mackie's
name."
"Many women fall through the cracks and would not be able to get
mammograms if it weren't for this kind of philanthropy," said the
Breast Center's Clinical Coordinator, Angie Mueller, RN. "I knew
Elaine Mackie, and she would be very pleased. She'd say this was a good
thing."
