MEMO: MEDICAL CENTER WINS STATE HONOR

The Marketing Department at St. Francis Medical Center received a first place honor in the Show-Me Excellence Awards. The awards were presented recently during the Missouri Association for Health Care Public Relations and Marketing Conference.

St. Francis won for "Children's Fun Run," entered in a special public relations project category.

The Children's Fun began in 1999 as a fund raising event for St. Francis Medical Center Foundation's "Children Helping Children Fund." The funds raised are available to children treated at the medical center who have special circumstances. About 200 children from area schools participated in this year's run.