Spotlight Connor Tinnin This giving program sponsored by Glennon Ambassadors allows families to honor a caregiver who especially impacted them, by making a financial gift in their name. Staff members recognized as a Light of Hope from February to September 2013 with a gift made in their name include:
Kara Kahmke Kathy Keenoy Kelly Kiel Dr. Alan Knutsen Barb Kountzman Kate Kozemczak Jeff Kuhlmann Dr. Alexander Lin Lisa Lubsch Dr. Jasmin McGinty Dr. Christopher Molitor Dr. Renuka Peterson Renal Department Candace Robnett Wendy Sanders Dr. Anthony Scalzo Peggy Schneider Abigail Sharamitaro Dr. Elaine Siegfried Mary Pat Spillane Tambra Stutes Dr. Jeffrey Teckman Julie Voegtlin Amy Weston Peggy Winter Dr. Ellen Wood
Dr. Saadeh Al-Jureidini Dr. Michael Bunis Sister Judy Carron Dr. Dary Costa Dr. Oscar Cruz Dr. Sadiq Farouk Laura Delaney Dr. David Dempsher Mindy Dettenwagner Katie Dippel Pat Johnson Farson Dr. William Ferguson Dr. Andrew Fiore Dr. Casimir Firlit* Dr. Rob Fleming Dr. Thomas Foy Dr. Gordon Gale Dr. Jeremy Garrett Carolyn Guidry Anna Harper Terra Hollins Sharon Holt Dr. Charles Huddleston Jodi Hundley David Ish Calvin Jaquess Kimberly Jeske
*Deceased
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Sandfort Mr. and Mrs. Anthony F. Sansone, Sr. Mr. John R. Sares Mr. and Mrs. Jesse D. Satterlee, Jr. Mrs. Christine Savage Mr. and Mrs. Chuck Schasteen Mr. and Mrs. William J. Schicker Mr. Dale J. Schillinger Mr. Patrick C. Schlitt Mr. Jason Schmidt Mr. and Mrs. Steve Schmidt Mr. Thomas Schmittdiel Ms. Ellen J. Schneiderman Dr. Kenneth O. Schowengerdt and Dr. Joyce M. Koenig Mr. Howell Schroeder Mrs. Kristie Schulz Mr. and Mrs. Steven A. Schumm Ms. Peggy Scott Scottrade Professor Carol Shahriary Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Shaughnessy
Mrs. Joan B. Sheehan Ms. Debbie Sieck Ms. Margie Siegel Mr. Terrell L. Simms Mr. Albert L. Simpkins Mr. and Mrs. Randall J. Singer Mr. David Sisk Ms. Mae O. Skubiz Ms. Rebecca A. Smythe Sodexo, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Michael Sommers Mr. and Mrs. John T. Spaay Specialized Response Solutions Dr. Kimberly L. Spence Mr. Brent Spicuzza Mrs. Kathryn Splinter Sportservice Mr. and Mrs. G. David Sprehe, Jr. SSM Health Care - Saint Louis Mrs. Susan Staub Mrs. Mary F. Stevenson Mr. John V. Stier
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onnor Tinnin was going to spend a few days in the hospital while he recovered from an infection resulting from a ruptured appendix. He decided to pass the time by collecting donations from his visitors
to benefit other kids at SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center. He wanted to do something “to help the kids that have to be in the hospital a lot longer than me,” he says. The program quickly grew and kept growing.
His initial fundraising goal of $200 was met in 30 minutes. Parents and family friends suggested that he expand his efforts to the internet, so his father posted news on a Facebook page. The family opened a bank account and started an account at a web site that processes charitable donations. He had his own website, connortinnin.com. As each contribution was posted, his father Jason says, Connor would do a fist pump and proclaim “yes!” A revised fundraising goal of $1,000 was reached in 72 hours. His father asks Connor for a new goal. “Dad, it was $200 and now it’s $1,000; why is $5,000 too much?” Connor replies. The project continued after Connor returned home to Farmington, Mo. By late summer his contribution total had surpassed $2,000, all earmarked for the Cardinal Glennon Children’s Foundation,
“Dad, it was $200 and now it’s $1,000; why is $5,000 too much?” Connor, 8, made a donation box during his first evening at the medical center in July. His mom, Amy, thought the box construction would be a great distraction from his abdominal pain and sickness.
and Connor was confident that his goal would be achieved. “He has no boundaries or limits, he just dreams,” his father says. “He thinks anything is possible.”
Mr. Kent Stock Mrs. Judy Streif Mr. and Mrs. Francis A. Stroble Mr. and Mrs. William C. Stude, Jr. Suddenlink Communications Ms. Marian Suhl Mr. and Mrs. Olen J. Suire Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Sullivan Reverend James M. Sullivan Mr. and Mrs. John R. Sundy Mr. Andrew R. Sutton Mr. and Mrs. Timothy K. Swank T & M Excavating Company, Inc. Target Corporation Ms. Kathryn T. Tarka The Taubman Company, LLC Mr. Richard D. Taylor Ms. Susan O. Taylor Teutopolis Jr. High School Reverend James P. Thomas Mr. and Mrs. John E. Thomeczek Thompson Coburn LLP
Mr. and Mrs. William P. Thompson Ms. Patricia N. Tressler Ms. Barbara J. Truetken TRUIST Trustworthy Land and Title Company, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Anthony G. Tumminello Mr. and Mrs. James S. Turley Mr. and Mrs. Russell Tweedy UMB Bank of Saint Louis, N.A. Ms. Jane Unger Union Pacific Corporation United Way of Central Indiana, Inc. US Bancorp Foundation US Paint Corporation Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Valenti Mrs. Julie Van Etten Ms. Nancy T. VanCleave Dr. and Mrs. Dennis W. Vane Vee-Jay Cement Contracting Company Inc. Mr. Daniel A. Viers
Gifts received from February 1,1, 2013 to July 31, 2013 2013 • 43 Gifts received received from from August February 1, 2012 2013 to January 55