Acknowledgements

VIM-San Diego would like to thank the following individual and groups for their support of concept.

Thanks must always begin to Dr. Jack McConnell for his Vision and leadership for two decades as our Founding Father.

Thanks is also due to Ms. Amy Hamlin, the Executive Director of the VIM Institute, without whose mentorship in the early years we would have foundered.

And thanks to the Members of the Chapel of the Valley Methodist Church, under the Chairmanship of Mr. Stuart Harvey whose communication, engineering and personal skills have kept us on track for the past three years.

  • Pastor Jim Seaton
  • Marvin Batsell
  • Dr. Garry Bradt
  • Geno Dodson
  • Linda Dozier
  • Stuart Harvey
  • Jeanette Kincaid
  • Wanda LeClaire
  • Don and Jean Pearce
  • Becky Calsmer McLachlan

With thanks to the following members of the Point Loma Community Presbyterian Church:

  • Rev. Arthur Sueltz, who made our initial introduction to Dr. Jack McConnell and his Vision
  • Dr. Gresham Bayne, for taking that vision, nurturing it, and bringing it to fruition
  • Mr. John Pearson for his Accounting expertise
  • Mrs. Elizabeth Daniels for her Board Membership and legal advice
  • Mr. James Harrigan, Esq. who gave us the most comprehensive Lease Contract for land use in the entire VIM network.
  • Mr. Bruce Nash, for his marketing expertise and enthusiastic support in the early years
  • Cm. Byron Wear for his generosity, both political and personal
  • Paul and Cynthia Diller, for help in moving and storage of medical equipage
  • Paul West for his advice and help in Public Relations
  • John and Betty Trowbridge, and Nancy Ables for their generous cash donations

Thanks to Mr. Tom Gehring and the San Diego County Medical Society for their support and networking skills.

Thanks to Mr. Todd Hoff, former CEO of Continental Rehabilitation Hospital, we have ten examination beds in new condition.

Thanks to Dr. Tom Cummings we began the clinic with complete stocking of office materials for primary care.

Thanks to Mr. Michael Scarano for his expert legal advice.

Thanks to Justin Glavis-Bloom, our webmaster who designed and created this fantastic web site.

To the Grossmont Hospital District for their initial $50,000 Grant followed by $25,000 additional monies in 2006

To the California Endowment for their initial $25,000 seed capital and a 2007 Grant award for $82,000

And to our two Anonymous Donors, one of whom has generously gifted $50,000 in an unrestricted donation, and another who supported the Clinic with $50,000 in 2005 and a $5,000 monthly Grant throughout 2006. We sincerely hope they know how much our patients appreciate their generosity and benefit from their willingness to share their beneficence.