Friday, February 8, 2013
Sarah Sutherlin will receive Prudential Spirit of Community Award.
Villa Duchesne and Oak Hill School senior Sarah Sutherlin was selected as one of Missouri's top High School Youth Volunteers in the 2013 Prudential Spirit of Community Awards. She is invited to Washington, D.C. in May to receive her award along with 100 other high school volunteers from around the country. Sarah has personally raised more than $10,000 for the American Cancer Society after the disease claimed both of her grandmothers. Sarah says, "I joined the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life in the hope that others won't have to watch a loved one suffer from this awful disease." Sarah has also qualified for the President's Volunteer Service Award, which recognizes Americans of all ages who have volunteered significant amounts of …
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Monday, October 3, 2011
Weiss to be honored at Women of Worth Awards.
When she was a young girl, Jane Roodman Weiss would follow her beloved father, Dr. Muni Roodman, on hospital rounds and work in his office. Thus the seeds of her future were planted. “He was really my inspiration,” Weiss said. “When I made the decision to become a nurse, he was very much a part of that. Unfortunately he died right after my graduation, but he left a very important legacy, not just medical.” Weiss said her father had a great sense of humor and she has lived by his advice, “Always believe in yourself, learn to be self-sufficient and don’t take yourself too seriously.” A committed career A registered nurse since 1979, Weiss’s work has included outpatient clinical oncology nurse to clinical research nurse in bone and mineral …
Sunday, September 18, 2011
"Million Dollar Volunteer" Alice Ludmer to be recognized as Woman of Worth at WOW Awards dinner on October 13.
Ladue resident Alice Ludmer, is our third profile on Local Women of Worth who will be honored by the Gateway Voice of Mid-Life and Older Women (OWL) at the Annual WOW Awards dinner at the Missouri Athletic Club on October 13. As with the previously-honored women, Ludmer began volunteering in grade school. “It was typical grade school stuff,” she said. “I volunteered in the cafeteria and the library. When my kids went to school, I was the art appreciation lady, picture lady, and in the parents’ association. “It was in my blood because I came from a family that was very committed to the community,” she said. “So it came naturally enough to continue. People would ask me to serve on committees and I would say yes, and I loved it.” When then-…
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Gall to be rewarded for years of voluntarism
Our second profile on Local Women of Worth to be honored by the Gateway Voice of Mid-Life and Older Women (OWL) is Judith Gall who will be receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Annual WOW Awards dinner at the Missouri Athletic Club on October 13. Judith started volunteering at an early age when she was a candy striper at a local hospital in her home town of Cincinnati, OH, and it has been a long road to the Lifetime Achievement Award. She said her best advice came from a “good friend who helped me with my first capital campaign. I had never asked anyone for a nickel, a penny for anything. And I said ‘I just can’t do that! I’ve never asked people for money. What if they refuse me?’ He said ‘Go out and ask them and if they turn …
