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SUMMARY:Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration
DESCRIPTION:This year due to the pandemic\, the Christian Hospital Foundation will host a free\, virtual celebration that exemplifies Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s teachings on Friday\, Jan. 15\, from 12-1 p.m. During this celebration\, the Foundation will recognize four unsung local heroes and several student scholars in our communities. Guests will enjoy great music from local singer-songwriter Brian Owens and a courageous conversation related to rising above the challenges of race\, injustice\, and exclusion\, including commentary from Bryant McBride and Willie O'Ree.\n\n\n\nBryant McBride is the first African American class president at the famed United States Military Academy at West Point. He earned a master's degree in public administration from Harvard University. Bryant worked as an analyst before becoming the highest-ranking African American executive in the history of the National Hockey League (NHL). He is the producer of 'WILLIE\,' a sports documentary film on the life and achievements of the pioneering hockey player Willie O'Ree.\n\nTo provide a bit of background on achievements of Willie Eldon O'Ree presented in McBride's documentary it is important to note that Willie O'Ree is the first Black hockey player to play in an NHL game. He debuted with the Boston Bruins against the Montreal Canadiens at the Montreal Forum on January 18\, 1958. O'Ree stopped skating in 1979 after a lengthy stint in the Western Hockey League\, playing with teams in Los Angeles and San Diego. From 1998 to the present\, he serves as the director of youth development for the NHL/USA Hockey Diversity Task Force. In 2018\, he was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.\n\nAt the event Christian Hospital Foundation will recognize and celebrate the 2021 Drum Major Awardees.  This award is the highest honor Christian Hospital Foundation bestows upon unsung heroes from our community who have given their time\, talents\, treasures\, and service in the name of justice\, equity\, and equality. The 2021 awardees are:\n\n  Adrian Bracy   President\, CEO YWCA\n\n  Chris Krehmeyer   President/CEO\, Beyond Housing\n\n  Elizabeth Perkins   Campus President\, St. Louis Community College\, Florissant Valley\n\n  Keith Williamson   President\, Centene Charitable Foundation at Centene Corporation\n\n\n\nTwelve Scholarships will be awarded to local high school and community college students in the following schools and school districts: Cardinal Ritter College Preparatory\, Ferguson- Florissant\, Hazelwood\, Normandy High School\, Jennings\, Riverview Gardens High School\, Incarnate Word Academy\, Lutheran North High School\, Ritenour High School\, Trinity Catholic High School\, and St. Louis Community College.\n\n\n\nTo register and for sponsorship information\, please visit www.ChristianHospital.org/MLK-Celebration\, call 314-653-5162 or email chfoundation@bjc.org. \n\n \n\nChristian Hospital Foundation raises and allocates funds to support efforts such as patient care\, advancing medicine and technology\, community benefit programs\, community health access\, staff education and new hospital facilities and equipment.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<span style="font-size:11.0pt\;">This year due to the pandemic\, the Christian Hospital Foundation will host a free\, virtual celebration that exemplifies Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.&rsquo\;s teachings on Friday\, Jan. 15\, from 12-1 p.m. During this celebration\, the Foundation will recognize four unsung local heroes and several student scholars in our communities. Guests will enjoy great music from local singer-songwriter Brian Owens and a courageous conversation related to rising above the challenges of race\, injustice\, and exclusion\, including commentary from Bryant McBride and Willie O&#39\;Ree.</span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="font-size:11.0pt\;">Bryant McBride is the first African American class president at the famed United States Military Academy at West Point. He earned a master&rsquo\;s degree in public administration from Harvard University. Bryant worked as an analyst before becoming the highest-ranking African American executive in the history of the National Hockey League (NHL). He is the producer of &lsquo\;WILLIE\,&rsquo\; a sports documentary film on the life and achievements of the pioneering hockey player Willie O&rsquo\;Ree.</span><br />\n<span style="font-size:11.0pt\;">To provide a bit of background on achievements of Willie Eldon O&#39\;Ree presented in McBride&rsquo\;s documentary it is important to note that Willie O&rsquo\;Ree is the first Black hockey player to play in an NHL game. He debuted with the Boston Bruins against the Montreal Canadiens at the Montreal Forum on January 18\, 1958. O&#39\;Ree stopped skating in 1979 after a lengthy stint in the Western Hockey League\, playing with teams in Los Angeles and San Diego. From 1998 to the present\, he serves as the director of youth development for the NHL/USA Hockey Diversity Task Force. In 2018\, he was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.</span><br />\n<span style="font-size:11.0pt\;">At the event Christian Hospital Foundation will recognize and celebrate the 2021 Drum Major Awardees.&nbsp\; This award is the highest honor Christian Hospital Foundation bestows upon unsung heroes from our community who have given their time\, talents\, treasures\, and service in the name of justice\, equity\, and equality. The 2021 awardees are:</span><br />\n<span style="font-size:11.0pt\;">&bull\; Adrian Bracy &ndash\; President\, CEO YWCA</span><br />\n<span style="font-size:11.0pt\;">&bull\; Chris Krehmeyer &ndash\; President/CEO\, Beyond Housing</span><br />\n<span style="font-size:11.0pt\;">&bull\; Elizabeth Perkins &ndash\; Campus President\, St. Louis Community College\, Florissant Valley</span><br />\n<span style="font-size:11.0pt\;">&bull\; Keith Williamson &ndash\; President\, Centene Charitable Foundation at Centene Corporation</span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="font-size:11.0pt\;">Twelve Scholarships will be awarded to local high school and community college students in the following schools and school districts: Cardinal Ritter College Preparatory\, Ferguson- Florissant\, Hazelwood\, Normandy High School\, Jennings\, Riverview Gardens High School\, Incarnate Word Academy\, Lutheran North High School\, Ritenour High School\, Trinity Catholic High School\, and St. Louis Community College.</span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="color:black\;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt\;">To register and for sponsorship information\, please visit </span></span><a href="http://www.ChristianHospital.org/MLK-Celebration"><span style="font-size:11.0pt\;">www.ChristianHospital.org/MLK-Celebration</span></a><span style="color:black\;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt\;">\, call 314-653-5162 or email <a href="mailto:chfoundation@bjc.org">chfoundation@bjc.org</a>.&nbsp\;</span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="color:black\;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt\;">Christian Hospital Foundation raises and allocates funds to support efforts such as patient care\, advancing medicine and technology\, community benefit programs\, community health access\, staff education and new hospital facilities and equipment. </span></span>
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URL:https://public.greaternorthcountychamber.com/events/details/martin-luther-king-jr-celebration-20240
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