Winners of the 2016 Elizabeth M. Watkins Community Caring Awards stand at the annual meeting of the Lawrence Memorial Hospital Endowment Association, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016 at the Cider Gallery, 810 Pennsylvania St. From left to right: Martin Moore, son of Bob Moore; Jason Edmonds, Don Duncan and Steve Edmonds, of Edmonds Duncan Registered Advisors; Doug Gaumer, of Intrust Bank; Margie Brummett and Gene Meyer, of LMH; Faye Jones; Dr. Richard Galbraith, Dr. Leana Guerin and Dr. Michael Thompson, of LMH Pathology; Carol and Sherry Schaub; Tandy Reussner and Kurt von Achen.

The Lawrence Memorial Hospital Endowment Association held its 47th annual meeting Thursday at the Cider Gallery, 810 Pennsylvania St., at which it honored 11 individuals and groups with the Elizabeth M. Watkins Community Caring Award.

The award “celebrates people, organizations and companies who have demonstrated a commitment to volunteerism and whose gifts of time, talent and treasure are invaluable to the success of Lawrence Memorial Hospital,” according to a program from the event.

The individuals honored included architect Kurt von Achen; 97-year-old Faye Jones, wife of Dr. H. P. “Penny” Jones; Tandy Reussner, co-organist at First Christian Church in Lawrence; the Bob Moore family, which “works behind the scenes, making Lawrence a better community and making people’s lives better,” according to the program; and Carol and Sherry Schaub, who have made numerous international mission trips for Kids Alive International.

Winners of the 2016 Elizabeth M. Watkins Community Caring Awards stand at the annual meeting of the Lawrence Memorial Hospital Endowment Association, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016 at the Cider Gallery, 810 Pennsylvania St. From left to right: Martin Moore, son of Bob Moore; Jason Edmonds, Don Duncan and Steve Edmonds, of Edmonds Duncan Registered Advisors; Doug Gaumer, of Intrust Bank; Margie Brummett and Gene Meyer, of LMH; Faye Jones; Dr. Richard Galbraith, Dr. Leana Guerin and Dr. Michael Thompson, of LMH Pathology; Carol and Sherry Schaub; Tandy Reussner and Kurt von Achen.

Businesses and organizations honored with the award include the Assists Foundation, established by Kansas University men’s basketball head coach Bill Self and his wife, Cindy Self; Edmonds Duncan Registered Advisors, founded by Steve Edmonds, Jason Edmonds and Don Duncan; Intrust Bank, the largest independent bank headquartered in Kansas, according to the program; and LMH Pathology.

LHM associate winners include Margaret “Margie” Brummett, who has worked in printing at the hospital for nearly 35 years, and Gene Meyer, the president and CEO of the hospital since 1997 who will retire this spring.