Awards and Achievements

Bethesda Health Group is comprised of hard-working employees and volunteers who are truly committed to quality care and service for the seniors we serve throughout the St. Louis metropolitan area.

The efforts of these employees and volunteers have not gone unnoticed. Thanks to them, Bethesda has been honored by a number of civic organizations for excellence in performance, customer service and community responsibility:

Our Organization

• Named to the list of the "Greater St. Louis Top 50 Businesses Shaping Our Future" by the Regional Commerce and Growth Association in 2006, 2008 and 2009.
  
• Included in the list of organizations participation in the Better Business Bureau's "Wise Giving Alliance"
• Received the 2010 "Special Ambassador" award from the Special School District of St. Louis.
  
• St. Andres & Bethesda Home Health, our home health agency, was honored by OCS Home Care to be a 2009 Home Care Elite honoree.
• Received the "Business of the Year" award from the Webster Groves/Shrewsbury Chamber of Commerce in 2007.
  

Our People

• Kenneth Bower, a Bethesda Board member, was selected to be one of the "40 under 40" St. Louisans making a difference by the St. Louis Business Journal in 2009.
• Tim Vosse, Bethesda's Vice President and Chief Executive Officer, was selected to be one of the "40 under 40" St. Louisans making a difference by the St. Louis Business Journal in 2008.
• Candice Brown, Assistant Administrator at Bethesda Dilworth, was selected to be one of the "30 under 30" St. Louisans making a difference by the St. Louis Business Journal in 2008.
• Donna Gilliam, LPN, Nursing Supervisor at Bethesda Southgate, received the Gerontological Nursing Student Leadership Award from the National Gerontological Nursing Association in 2009.
• Keith Sharp, Bethesda Southgate facilities, received the 2009 Governor's Conference on Workforce Development Individual Achievement Award by the St. Louis Agency on Training and Employment (SLATE) Missouri Career Center.
• Lori Gegg, LPN, and Brenton Zeigler, CAN, both Bethesda Meadow employees, received the "Lifesaver Award" from the St. Louis Chapter of the American Red Cross.
  
• Julie Yates, a Bethesda Meadow volunteer, received the 2008 Volunteer Quality of Life Care Givers Award through the St. Louis Long Term Care Ombudsman Program.
  
• Tom Smith, a Bethesda Meadow volunteer, received the 2007 Volunteer Quality of Life Care Givers Award through the St. Louis Long Term Care Ombudsman Program.