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Karen Roach, Texas TCF Co-Regional Coordinator presents the CER plaque to Gila Corporation CEO Patrick Swanick (left). Keven Coggin, who nominated Gila (center) holds the plaque. Although a new employee when his 2 1/2 year-old daughter Grace died in 2006, Keven received tremendous support from his new work family. Gila Corporation (Municipal Services Bureau) is located in Austin. The presentation was held May 1.
A CER plaque was presented to Sentara Obici Hospital of Suffolk Virginia May 27. Accepting the plaque were (from left) Vice President of Medical Affairs Thomas Thames, MD and Hospital Administrator Rosemary Check. Health Educator Lucy Drewry, RN submitted the nomination in response to the support she received from the hospital following the death of her 12-year-old son Luke in 2006. Chuck Collins (right), co-regional coordinator for The Compassionate Friends in Virginia, made the presentation.
Staff of the Hawaii State Department
of Commerce and Consumer Affairs received a Compassionate Employer
Recognition plaque on May 12. Dawn Marina Erstad-Wegger (center
behind plaque) nominated the department after the death of her
stepson of 18 years who died unexpectedly in February of 2006. Those
who gathered together for the plaque presentation were (from left)
direct supervisor Cathy Tang, Charlotte Boyd of the Honolulu Chapter
of The Compassionate Friends, supervising investigators Ross
Umebayashi, Dina Tokita, and Debora Sanehira, Dawn, DCCA director
Lawrence Reifurth, complaints and enforcement officer Jo Ann Uchida,
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Gwinnett TCF Co-Chapter Leader, June Cooper (center) presents the Compassionate Employer Recognition plaque to CEO and Executive Director of the Georgia Baptist Convention, Dr. J. Robert White. Left is Elizabeth Locke, who nominated the Georgia Baptist Convention for being a compassionate employer in helping her following the death of her son Caleb who was born prematurely and died at 6 months in April, 2006
Carol Niles Jones, chapter leader of the
Garland Mesquite Texas TCF Chapter presents the 2008 Compassionate
Employer Recognition appreciation plaque to Dr. Charles Cooper,
Chairman of the Board of MetroCare Services in Dallas, Texas. Cindy
Harmeyer nominated her employer, MetroCare Services, for the
extensive support and the company and its Human Resources Department
provided her after her son was killed in early 2007.
A CER plaque was presented March 28, 2008 to Ticor Title Insurance Company in Portland, Oregon. Carrie Warmenhoven (left) nominated Ticor, Portland TCF Chapter leader Woody Turner (center) presented the plaque to John Bushnell (right), Ticor Vice President/Operations Manager. The company was nominated for the compassion it showed Carrie following the death of her son Brandon in 2007.
Sandra Stinson (from left), chapter leader of the Rome, Georgia chapter presents Compassionate Employer Recognition plaque to nominator Tina McBurnett, and Lauren Abrams, Principal of Midway Primary School in Silver Creek, Georgia Tuesday, March 25. Tina placed the school in nomination for 2008 CER following the death of her son, Jerry, in March of 2007. For a video of Rick Mirabile and nominator Patty Persico presenting the CER plaque to the Barnstable Public Schools at the April 8th School Committee meeting, click here, then scroll down and click on School Committee, the 04-08-2008 meeting.
TCF Georgia Regional Coordinator Muriel Littman (left) presents a 2007 Compassionate Employer Recognition plaque to Principal Cheryl Williams (right) of Mimosa Elementary School in Roswell Georgia. David Ferguson (holding plaque), a teacher at the school, nominated Mimosa Elementary for the honor based upon the tremendous support he received from the administration and staff following the death of his son Davy, in 2004. The presentation was made April 25. |
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A 2007 Compassionate Employer Recognition plaque was presented to
Wisconsin Public Service Corporation (WPS) of Green Bay,
Wisconsin June 4, 2007. Participating in the presentation were (left
to right) Bud Tremi, WPS Sr. Vice President and Chief Human Resource
Officer; Sandra Scheffen (who nominated her employer, WPS, for the
recognition for their compassionate and caring support following the
death of her son, Sam); Dave Wilkinson, TCF Green Bay Chapter
Leader; and Mike Hurley, WPS Director, Human Resources Services and
Systems. Photo by James Streed, WPS Internal Communications Manager.
Randy Haffner (left), Senior Vice-President of Florida Hospital Medical Center in Orlando receives The Compassionate Employer Recognition 2007 award April 27 from Coralease Ruff, Board Director of The Compassionate Friends. Also present for the ceremony were (from left): Beth Weagraff, Vice-President of FHMC; Kristin Ivins who nominated FHMC and is Lead MRI Technologist; Ann Hester, MRI Systems Operation Manager; Jennifer Ivins Brigham (daughter of Kristin Ivins), CT Technologist; and Roland Rhynus, System Administrative Director. |
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Ron Haynes (second from left) vice president of the board of The Compassionate Friends presents the Compassionate Employer Recognition award April 12, 2007 to Steve Taylor, CEO of Harrison County Hospital of Corydon Indiana, who accepted on behalf of the hospital and staff. Also pictured are (from left) Ruth Donahue, RN, Director of Nursing and a bereaved parent, and Dorothy Reynolds, RN (holding plaque) and bereaved grandparent who submitted HCH for the recognition. Compassionate Employer Recognition is given to employers who show support above and beyond the norm to employees who have experienced the death of a child, sibling, or grandchild. |
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Photo by Rick West/ Stateline
News, Beloit, WI |
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TCF Regional Co-Coordinator for Washington D.C., Kathy Collins (right) presents TCF's Compassionate Employer Recognition award to Carton Melton (second from right), CEO of Rockingham Memorial Hospital in Harrisonburg, VA. Judy Keens, shown with her husband Ed (from left), nominated the hospital for the award after receiving outstanding grief support from the hospital following the death of their 10-year-old son in 1997, Rockingham Memorial Hospital has also been instrumental in offering grief support services to the entire Harrisonburg community and assisted in the formation of The Compassionate Friends Chapter in that area. The award presentation was made April 9, 2007. |
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Karen (left) and Jim Roach (second from right), Regional Coordinators of The Compassionate Friends, present the Compassionate Employer Recognition award to Marrett Cobb, Executive Vice President of Human Resources for Williamson-Dickie Manufacturing Company in Fort Worth, Texas. Tony Haynie (right) of Williamson-Dickie Manufacturing Co. nominated his employer for going above and beyond the call of duty in providing support following the death of his sons Matthew and Adam. The presentation was made April 3, 2007. |
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Dave (left) and Becky Jordan (right), co-leaders of the South Bay LA Chapter of The Compassionate Friends present the 2007 Compassionate Employer Recognition award to: Joseph Schohl (second from left), Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary of DaVita; and Steven Cooper (second from right), Assistant General Counsel of DaVita. Center is Crystal Henning, chapter member of TCF South Bay LA Chapter who placed DaVita of El Segundo, California in nomination for Compassionate Employer Recognition. The presentation was made March 19. |
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The
mission of The Compassionate Friends is to assist families toward the
positive resolution of grief |
