PHFMC Presents 2017 Inspire Award to Community Activist Rosemary Argus
Presence Holy Family Medical Center (PHFMC) recently presented the 2017 Inspire Award to Community Activist Rosemary Argus, executive director of the Des Plaines Community Foundation, with its 2017 Inspire Award for Community Service.
The award recognized Rosemary's lifelong devotion to community service. She's spent more than 50 years assisting the community of Des Plaines and the surrounding suburbs, including being a past alderman for the City of Des Plaines and a park commissioner for the Mt. Prospect Park District.
For the past 16 years, Rosemary has acted as executive director of the Des Plaines Community Foundation, which supports the community programs of the Des Plaines Healthy Community Partnership by generating and distributing financial and community resources. The foundation was created to raise funds not available through local tax revenues to identify, link and mobilize community assets that will benefit all people of Des Plaines. It distributes up to $80,000 each year to the elderly, disabled and youth of Des Plaines.
"Rosemary Argus was the unanimous decision for this year's recipient, and it's not difficult to understand why," said PHFMC President Yolande Wilson-Stubbs at the award presentation. "When I look back on your history of service to our community, your passion to help everyone you can and your drive to make this a better place to live, there's no one I would rather see standing beside me accepting this award."
The Inspire Award:
The Presence Holy Family Medical Center Inspire Award is presented annually to a community leader or organization that exemplifies the values that Inspire our ministry's outreach to the community. The award recognizes exceptional leadership from an individual or organization that has gone above and beyond the call of duty to advance the well-being of the neighborhoods we serve.
About Presence Holy Family Medical Center:
Presence Holy Family Center is Northwest Chicagoland's only long-term acute care hospital. The dedicated physicians and staff of the medical center care for critically ill patients with complex conditions who must be hospitalized for an extended period.
In addition, the medial center also provides an impatient substance abuse program and comprehensive outpatient services for the community, including women's imaging, physical rehabilitation, outpatient surgery GI procedures and pain and wound care. Presence Holy Family Medical Center is part of Presence Health, the largest Catholic health system in Illinois.