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Release Date: 6/19/2009
2009 Scholarship Recipients Announced
In 2009, 13 new scholarships, totaling approximately $64,000, were awarded through St. Anthony’s Sons and Daughters of Employees Scholarship program.
St. Anthony’s Medical Center Foundation, in partnership with the Greater Saint Louis Community Foundation, has announced the recipients of St. Anthony’s Medical Center’s Norbert Siegfried Scholarships for 2009. This is the fourth year for the scholarship program, which has been named in honor of Norbert Siegfried, one of the founding fathers of St. Anthony’s Medical Center’s board of directors.
This year, 13 new scholarships, totaling approximately $64,000, were awarded through St. Anthony’s Sons and Daughters of Employees Scholarship program. New scholarship recipients were honored at a reception at St. Anthony’s on June 17.
Tom Rockers, president and chief executive officer of St. Anthony’s, commended the students and their parents. “It is a proud day for St. Anthony’s,” Rockers said. “Through this scholarship program, we have provided support to 79 sons and daughters (representing 74 St. Anthony’s families) over these first four years. We realize there is economic need in our community, and we want to make sure your kids have as much opportunity for higher education as anyone else. St. Anthony’s is committed to not only taking care of our patients, but also taking care of our employees. We are thrilled to be able to provide this for you.”
Norbert Siegfried, longtime former chairman of St. Anthony’s board, urged the scholars to work hard and to resist the temptation to waste their time. “Knowledge is power,” he said.
“A big investment is being made to help you gain that knowledge. Your parents are making major sacrifices, and so are you. Make sure you take full advantage of this opportunity.”
David Luckes, President and CEO of the Greater Saint Louis Community Foundation, spoke to the scholars about St. Anthony’s commitment to its employees and its community. “St. Anthony’s is distinguishing itself by choosing to make these kinds of investments, and we are honored to play our part as administrators of the scholarship fund,” he said. “St. Anthony’s is a national example of how to run a first-rate hospital, caring for patients and touching the lives of everyone who comes through here.”
St. Anthony’s Sons and Daughters of Employees Scholarships are awarded to children of St. Anthony’s employees who are academically qualified with demonstrated financial need. These students will receive support to pursue an undergraduate degree in any field of study at any four-year college or university in Missouri or Southern Illinois University.
St. Anthony’s Medical Center Foundation provided funding of the St. Anthony’s Norbert Siegfried Scholarship Program. The Greater Saint Louis Community Foundation accepted and reviewed the applications and selected the recipients. The renewable scholarships, ranging from $2,000 to $10,000, have been awarded annually since 2006. When this year’s awards are distributed, St. Anthony’s scholarship program will have provided more than $1,400,000 in scholarship support in four years.
New recipients include: Kalaheo Benz, Arnold; Courtney Eldridge, south county; Allison Erickson, Imperial; Kevin Gray, Oakville; Lindsey Gray, Bloomsdale, Mo.; Chastity Grimes, north county; Natalie Kavanaugh, Oakville; Joshua Kelly, Barnhart; Julie Krebel, Red Bud, Ill.; John Morris, south county; Sarah Richardson, Hillsboro; Michael Russo, Oakville, and Jacob Schwab, Festus.
St. Anthony’s established the innovative scholarship program in 2006 as a way to invest in the future of the sons and daughters of the Medical Center’s employees through education. This program is one of the largest of its kind in the community and one of the best offered by an employer in the St. Louis area.
St. Anthony's Medical Center is a 767-bed comprehensive healthcare complex located on 80 acres in south St. Louis County that operates a Level II trauma service and offers a broad continuum of health care services, including cardiology/cardiovascular surgery, orthopedics, women’s health, oncology, pediatrics and emergency medicine.
The Greater Saint Louis Community Foundation has been helping St. Louisans put charitable dollars to work addressing the issues most important to them in the communities they care about since 1915. It is a nonprofit, charitable service provider supporting more than 400 charitable funds totaling $140 million in assets and distributing $12 million in grants annually. Each fund represents a unique charitable giving partnership with an area individual, family or business. More information on the Foundation is available at www.gstlcf.org.
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