The Daily SL
Greetings - I've been sending out emails - "The Daily SL" to fellow servant leaders. They are stories and articles I receive via RSS. Trevor suggested that I post them here. I'll read first before posting so as not to be redundant. This is my first time on this blog. I look forward to becoming an active member.
By Phil Angelo
pangelo@daily-journal.com
815-937-3382
Moments after receiving the annual Servant Leaders award, Don and Kay Green said their hometown of Kankakee and its people were the real winners.
"This is a wonderful town, and when times are tough, people here step up to the plate. This is a generous community," Don Green said.
Kay Green, scanning the 130 people in the audience at the Kankakee Country Club, said she had probably been on a volunteer committee, at one time or another, with just about everyone in the room.
"No one does anything alone," she said.
The Servant Leaders award is an annual presentation of the Provena St. Mary's Hospital Foundation, designed to honor a couple for leadership, voluntarism and philanthropy, both to the hospital and to the entire community.
The Greens were both born at Provena St. Mary's, as were both their children, Steve and Susan. Kay Green is past chair of Provena St. Mary's Foundation and currently serves on the hospital's governing board. Don Green has served in the past on the boards of St. Mary's Hospital, and ServantCor, an overall board that directed several Catholic hospitals.
Don Green steps down as Kankakee mayor in April after four terms. Kay Green was superintendent of the Kankakee School District from 1993 to 2003. The auditorium at the Lincoln Cultural Center is named in her honor.
Both have been honored several times over. Kay Green has won the Athena award and the Zonta award for leadership, as well as the Sharie Heenan award, given to the top Junior League volunteer. Don Green was the Rotary Distinguished Citizen in 1985 and named the Citizen of the Year by the Kankakee Area Chamber of Commerce in 1995, an award since retired.
Together, both were named Lifetime Achievement winners this year as part of The Daily Journal's Citizen of the Year awards. This year, too, both are chairing the annual United Way of Kankakee County fund drive.
"They are community leaders who have a great passion for their community," Michael Arno, Provena CEO, said about the Greens in making the presentation.
Their daughter Susan said she learned from her parents that there were always three sides to every story -- "yours, theirs and what you learned from it."
The Greens are lifelong sweethearts who started dating at Kankakee High. Their first date was a Kankakee High vs. Bradley-Bourbonnais basketball game 49 years ago. They married five years later, in 1965.
"If you say anything about us," Don Green said earlier this year, "say that we'll be staying in Kankakee and that we like it here -- a lot."
Other awards
Four employees were honored with the annual RISE awards by Provena St. Mary's Hospital Thursday at the hospital's annual foundation dinner.
The RISE awards, standing for Respect, Integrity, Stewardship and Excellence, are selected through employee nominations and ballots.
The honorees, as announced by Provena CEO Michael Arno:
* Jackie Ludwig, a social services worker at the hospital since 1996, named for her work in guiding people through "tough decisions."
* Dr. Abraham Thomas, whose specialty is internal medicine, named for his work in heading the medical staff.
* Deb Kreutzer, who works in coding in the emergency department, praised for her attention to detail.
* Lee Ann Bishop, an obstetrical nurse since 2001, glad to have "one of the happiest jobs in the hospital."
The hospital also named the nursing role model of the year, another peer-selected award. Deb Lovell, this year's winner, started at the hospital in 1995 and is now part of the cath lab and chest pain teams.
Jody Meyer, a licensed practical nurse at the hospital, won the Virginia Long Scholarship, which will allow her to study to become a registered nurse. The scholarship is endowed by the children of the late Virginia Long, a longtime St. Mary's nurse.
~ Phil Angelo
By Phil Angelo
pangelo@daily-journal.com
815-937-3382
Moments after receiving the annual Servant Leaders award, Don and Kay Green said their hometown of Kankakee and its people were the real winners.
"This is a wonderful town, and when times are tough, people here step up to the plate. This is a generous community," Don Green said.
Kay Green, scanning the 130 people in the audience at the Kankakee Country Club, said she had probably been on a volunteer committee, at one time or another, with just about everyone in the room.
"No one does anything alone," she said.
The Servant Leaders award is an annual presentation of the Provena St. Mary's Hospital Foundation, designed to honor a couple for leadership, voluntarism and philanthropy, both to the hospital and to the entire community.
The Greens were both born at Provena St. Mary's, as were both their children, Steve and Susan. Kay Green is past chair of Provena St. Mary's Foundation and currently serves on the hospital's governing board. Don Green has served in the past on the boards of St. Mary's Hospital, and ServantCor, an overall board that directed several Catholic hospitals.
Don Green steps down as Kankakee mayor in April after four terms. Kay Green was superintendent of the Kankakee School District from 1993 to 2003. The auditorium at the Lincoln Cultural Center is named in her honor.
Both have been honored several times over. Kay Green has won the Athena award and the Zonta award for leadership, as well as the Sharie Heenan award, given to the top Junior League volunteer. Don Green was the Rotary Distinguished Citizen in 1985 and named the Citizen of the Year by the Kankakee Area Chamber of Commerce in 1995, an award since retired.
Together, both were named Lifetime Achievement winners this year as part of The Daily Journal's Citizen of the Year awards. This year, too, both are chairing the annual United Way of Kankakee County fund drive.
"They are community leaders who have a great passion for their community," Michael Arno, Provena CEO, said about the Greens in making the presentation.
Their daughter Susan said she learned from her parents that there were always three sides to every story -- "yours, theirs and what you learned from it."
The Greens are lifelong sweethearts who started dating at Kankakee High. Their first date was a Kankakee High vs. Bradley-Bourbonnais basketball game 49 years ago. They married five years later, in 1965.
"If you say anything about us," Don Green said earlier this year, "say that we'll be staying in Kankakee and that we like it here -- a lot."
Other awards
Four employees were honored with the annual RISE awards by Provena St. Mary's Hospital Thursday at the hospital's annual foundation dinner.
The RISE awards, standing for Respect, Integrity, Stewardship and Excellence, are selected through employee nominations and ballots.
The honorees, as announced by Provena CEO Michael Arno:
* Jackie Ludwig, a social services worker at the hospital since 1996, named for her work in guiding people through "tough decisions."
* Dr. Abraham Thomas, whose specialty is internal medicine, named for his work in heading the medical staff.
* Deb Kreutzer, who works in coding in the emergency department, praised for her attention to detail.
* Lee Ann Bishop, an obstetrical nurse since 2001, glad to have "one of the happiest jobs in the hospital."
The hospital also named the nursing role model of the year, another peer-selected award. Deb Lovell, this year's winner, started at the hospital in 1995 and is now part of the cath lab and chest pain teams.
Jody Meyer, a licensed practical nurse at the hospital, won the Virginia Long Scholarship, which will allow her to study to become a registered nurse. The scholarship is endowed by the children of the late Virginia Long, a longtime St. Mary's nurse.
~ Phil Angelo
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