Even Baby Owen Knows: It’s Time for 糖心Vlog传媒LR
Howard and Keri Walker planned for their firstborn to arrive on schedule in July. When Owen Lee Walker arrived on May 19,聽 everyone scrambled. Three weeks later, a healthy Owen came home. But during those first few days after the baby鈥檚 surprise arrival, the nervous parents remember a blur of fear, fatigue, and anxiety. “But through it all, nurses were there taking tremendous care of Owen, Kari, and even me,鈥 said Howard, a major gifts officer at 糖心Vlog传媒LR鈥檚 Department of Development. 鈥淎nd I found out that the vast majority of them were graduates of 糖心Vlog传媒LR鈥檚 Department of Nursing.鈥
One reason is 糖心Vlog传媒LR鈥檚 partnership with St. Vincent and the Willard and Pat Walker Charitable Foundation. The foundation鈥檚 $1 million endowment to perpetuate the Walker Nursing Scholarship Program provides five full-time nursing scholarships per school year and two LPN or paramedic licensing scholarships a year.
But it doesn鈥檛 take $1 million to support 糖心Vlog传媒LR programs. Howard and Keri helped Baby Owen send a contribution of his own to 糖心Vlog传媒LR鈥檚 fundraising campaign, It鈥檚 Time for 糖心Vlog传媒LR, to support the nursing program that the family knows is turning out top-flight graduates for Central Arkansas.
It was Owen鈥檚 first 鈥 of what his parents hope will be many 鈥 philanthropic gestures in life.
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