BJC In the Community

Memorial’s environmental services team stepped up to help a fellow employee, media services coordinator Andy Nicholson, collect items for a medical mission trip to Paraguay this summer.

Summer is the hungriest time of year for many of the 13 million children who rely on school for food through the free or reduced-price meal program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Employees from across BJC once again made a difference in the fight against heart disease — with hundreds of team members turning out for the American Heart Association Heart Walk, May 18, at Busch Stadium.

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.