VanderHout earns Saint Margaret Mercy’s Timothy Galvin Community Award

HAMMOND—Saint Margaret Mercy’s annual Employee Recognition Dinner, held on Thursday, May 5 at Villa De Bruno in Lynwood, Ill., honored 690 employees for their years of service at Saint Margaret Mercy.

Presentation of the new Timothy Galvin Community Award highlighted the evening. The award, given in memory of Timothy Galvin, former chairman of Saint Margaret Mercy’s Board of Directors and a true believer in the Sisters of St. Francis mission, is based on the following criteria: Work done outside paid hours; work that exemplifies our Franciscan Values; work that is extraordinary in scope; work that helps those in need.

Trudie VanderHout, nursing assistant on 4 East, is the first Timothy Galvin Community Award recipient. VanderHout is a member of Saint Margaret Mercy’s Mission Integration Committee. Her profession at Saint Margaret Mercy is complemented by the time she volunteers to coordinate the St. Patrick’s Day balloon sale to benefit the Sister Mary Benedict Fund, and emergency fund for hospital employees. VanderHout also volunteers her time to coordinate the monthly C.A.R.E. drives, during which the hospital collects food and supplies for local pantries, shelters and schools.