DR. AND MRS. ROBERT HAMILTON TO BE HONORED

On Thursday, May 12, 2011, Dr. Robert and Charlene Hamilton will be honored for their community service at the community’s annual Circle of Care award dinner at Lockhaven Country Club. Read their bio.

Reservations are $75, available to the public, and proceeds from sponsorships, program book advertisements, tribute gifts, and a raffle will benefit local children.  Share our tribute today.

A committee of the Hamilton’s peers are planning the music-themed event. Email or call Debby Edelman at 618/463-8913 for more information.

Alton Memorial Hospital, Argosy Alton, ConocoPhillips Wood River Refinery, Dr. and Mrs. Robert Hamilton, Mike Kniepman at Holmes Murphy & Associates, Landmark Properties, Lefferson & Associates, Inc., Morrissey Construction Services , Norton and Rain, Inc., Piasa Motor Fuels, Regions Morgan Keegan Trust,Riverbender.com, Southern Bus & Mobility,TheBANK of Edwardsville, The Telegraph, and WBGZ/AltonDailyNews.comare proud sponsors of the Circle of Care award dinner.

Since 1994 the Circle of Care award has honored those who have exemplified the spirit of caring in the community through their profession, volunteerism or philanthropy.

Circle of Care award recipients are identified by the Communications & Development Committee of the Board of Directors.  

Funds raised through corporate sponsorships, program advertisements, reservations, silent auction, raffle, and donations support the programs of Riverbend Head Start & Family Services.  

Riverbend Head Start & Family Services is a 95-year-old non-profit organization that operates the federal Head Start program in Madison County, Illinois. Locally, Head Start provides unduplicated early childhood education and family strengthening services to over 1,000 children, age 5 and under, and their caregivers. Families must qualify for Head Start, which has a goal to prepare children for kindergarten.