BJC In the Community

The City of Creve Coeur has honored Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital with the 2019 “Heart of the Community” Award. The Creve Coeur Economic Development Committee determined that the hospital’s commitment to providing highly specialized care, community benefit services and educational opportunities in partnership with local schools exemplified this award.

When second-graders in public school districts served by BJC HealthCare pack up their desks at the end of the school year, they’ll have a brand new book to take home to encourage their summer reading.

Thanks to donations oftime, equipment and knowledge, the St. Louis Crisis Nursery on the CH campus has an emergency generator with an automatic transfer switch to turn on without service interruption.

BJC team members helped inspire more than 500 seventh-grade girls at the third annual Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics (STEAM) event, held March 13 at Saint Louis University. The event, organized by STEAM Education, is designed to provide STEAM-related experiences and opportunities for seventh-grade girls from across the state.

AMH is being honored by the City of Alton in the third annual Altonian of the Year Awards. AMH is receiving the Business of the Year award for demonstrating an ongoing commitment to the health and well-being of the Alton community through free educational programs and continued donations to various organizations throughout the community.

​BJC and Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital received the Special School District of St. Louis County’s (SSD) Community Partners Award March 12 during the SSD’s monthly board of education meeting. The award recognized BJC’s partnership with SSD, Parkway School District and BJWCH on the Pre-Professional Health Sciences Academy (PPHSA), a program for high school seniors hosted at BJWCH.

“Some would say you are the unsung heroes of our communities, but I say you are the heroes upon which many songs should be written.” Those were the welcoming words from BJC senior vice president June Fowler at the March 20 reception bringing together 13 nonprofit organizations selected to receive a special BJC donation, along with their employee nominators.

Every year, SLCH nurses and doctors help children thousands of miles away. KMOV Channel 4 recently featured several of their stories.

BJC School Outreach and Youth Development (SOYD) has been recognized for its work championing children’s health and combating childhood obesity with the Healthy Kids and Teens/Camp Get Fit Foundation “Raise the Bar Stakeholder Award.”

The Construction Forum St. Louis Foundation recently honored CH, BJC and Tarlton Corp. with the Building Tomorrow Award in the Diversity category for the Thinking Beyond Tomorrow program.