Nominations open for Elizabeth Watkins award
Each year, the Lawrence Memorial Hospital Endowment Association recognizes those who have provided unique and significant service to the hospital and the association.
Based on the caring spirit of philanthropist Elizabeth Miller Watkins, the Lawrence Memorial Hospital Endowment Association has created the Elizabeth Watkins Community Caring Award to celebrate those who have demonstrated a commitment to volunteerism and whose gift of time and treasure is invaluable to Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
Elizabeth Watkins Community Caring Award recipients are honored by the Endowment Association at the Annual Meeting scheduled for January 26, 2017. If you would like to nominate an individual or a business for the award, please tell us about your nominee's efforts on behalf of Lawrence Memorial Hospital by sending an email to Tiffany Hall. The nomination deadline for the 2017 award is December 1, 2016.
Here are selection criteria:
- Individual award: Volunteer/donor who has given a significant amount of time, talent and treasure to the hospital or the endowment association.
- Business award: Business/business owner who has given a significant amount of time, talent and treasure to the hospital or the endowment association.
- LMH employee award: An employee who has given a significant amount of his or her time and treasure to the hospital or the endowment association and/or other community service organizations.
Here are previous winners of the Elizabeth Watkins award:
2016
Businesses: Assists Foundation, Edmonds Duncan, Intrust and LMH Pathology
Individuals: Faye Jones, Kurt von Achen, Tandy Reussner, the Bob Moore Family, and Carol and Sherry Schaub
Employees: Margie Brummet and Gene Meyer
2015
Businesses: Dale Willey Automotive, Lawrence Emergency Medicine Associates, Sandbar/Sandbar Subs and Sigma Nu Fraternity
Individuals: Chris Barteldes, Richard Orchard, M.D., Jackie Schmallberg, Mary Jane Grinter and Kathleen Hall
Employees: Kelly Hilmes and Greg Windholz
2014
Businesses: Cork & Barrel (Jon and Alicia Smiley) and Ellena Honda (John and Cathy Ellena)
Individuals: Lorna Allen, Reaumur Donnally, Nancy Ezell, and Dick and Kakie Raney
Employee: Janice Seymour
2013
Individuals: Mark Gonzales, Jim and Bonnie Schwartzburg
Businesses: O’Malley Beverage, The Write Design
Employee: Becki Carl Stutz
2012
Individuals: Beverly Smith Billings and Dianna Nelson
Businesses: Byrnes Pharmacy, Criticare
Employee: Lew Nolan
2011
Individuals: Dr. Phillip and Phoebe Godwin, Donna Osness
Businesses: Stan and Lois Zaremba and Scott and Darby Zaremba/Zarco, Byron Springer/Barber Emerson
Employee: Allyson Leland
2010
Individuals: William Dann, Connie Sollars
Businesses: Lawrence Plastic Surgery, Bill and Marlene Penny/Penny’s Concrete
Employee: Betty Moles
2009
Individuals: Don Johnston, Ron and Dorothy McGregor
Businesses: Commerce Bank, John Gladman Photography
Employee: Karin Feltman
2008
Individuals: Ross and Marianna Beach, Joanne Hurst
Businesses: Miles Schnaer/ Crown Automotive, Dave Bach/Das Autohaus
2007
Individuals: Bea Carlson, Jan McCullough
Businesses: Huxtable and Associates, The World Company