{"id":10347,"date":"2007-10-17T09:57:37","date_gmt":"2007-10-17T14:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/?p=10347"},"modified":"2011-08-09T09:59:56","modified_gmt":"2011-08-09T14:59:56","slug":"5883","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/2007\/10\/17\/5883\/","title":{"rendered":"Palmberg Shares 2007 Spirit of Compassion Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CHICAGO, IL (October 15, 2007) \u2013 In recognition of his passionate  concern on behalf of hurting people around the world, Dr. Glenn R.  Palmberg was awarded a 2007 Spirit of Compassion Award during the annual  Swedish Covenant Hospital benefit gala Saturday evening at the Fairmont  Hotel in Chicago.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-10348\" title=\"Glenn-Mark\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2011\/08\/Glenn-Mark.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2011\/08\/Glenn-Mark.jpg 320w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2011\/08\/Glenn-Mark-300x274.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>Palmberg,  president of the Evangelical Covenant Church (ECC), was one of two  recipients of the award this year \u2013 the other was shared by former news  anchor and documentary host Bill Kurtis and Donna LaPietra, executive  producer for Kurtis Productions, a Chicago-based television documentary  production company.<\/p>\n<p>Kurtis was recognized during the evening for a  different reason \u2013 meat served as part of the dinner came from his  environmentally friendly grass-fed cattle ranch.<\/p>\n<p>More than 1,000  individuals filled the downtown hotel ballroom in support of this year\u2019s  event, \u201cCatch the Spirit.\u201d Anna Davlantes, news anchor and reporter for  NBC5 Chicago, served as mistress of ceremonies. All proceeds from the  event will benefit the healing environment at the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>The  awards were presented by Mark Newton, chief executive officer of Swedish  Covenant Hospital. The top photo shows Palmberg (left) with Newton. The  lower photo shows Palmberg with Kurtis and LaPietra.<\/p>\n<p>In a  surprise announcement, Newton informed Palmberg that he was being  honored in yet another \u2013 and distinctive \u2013 manner. A total of $15,000  has been pledged to construct a new girls dormitory for the school at  Karawa in northwestern Congo, where the Covenant works closely with the  Covenant Church of Congo (CEUM) in areas of medical care, education, and  economic development.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10349\" title=\"Glenn\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2011\/08\/Glenn.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2011\/08\/Glenn.jpg 200w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2011\/08\/Glenn-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>The  new dormitory will bear Palmberg\u2019s Congolese name \u2013 Bolingo \u2013 an  endearing name given Palmberg when he visited the country in November  2003. The granting of a special name \u2013 Bolingo means \u201clove\u201d &#8211; is given  as a sign of respect, honor, and affection. The dormitory most likely  will be called, Dortoire Tata Bolingo.<\/p>\n<p>The hospital originally  decided to donate $5,000 to the Paul Carlson Partnership for the special  project to honor his work. That donation was immediately matched by the  board of the Paul Carlson Partnership, with an additional $5,000  pledged by Covenant Ministries of Benevolence.<\/p>\n<p>The dormitory  project was selected by CEUM President Mossai Sanguma and the CEUM  leadership as a meaningful way to not only recognize Palmberg\u2019s passion  for the work in Congo, but as a practical way to help the effort to  expand educational opportunities for Congo girls.<\/p>\n<p>Palmberg has  been active in a number of national and international organizations  devoted to the welfare of people around the world, as well as  Covenant-originated initiatives, including the newly formed Department  of Compassion, Mercy, and Justice. He also is responsible for  restructuring and reinvigorating the <a href=\"http:\/\/paulcarlson.org\" target=\"_blank\">Paul Carlson Partnership<\/a>,  which is devoted to a number of humanitarian projects in various  countries, especially in areas of health, education and economic  development.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-10350\" title=\"Glenn-Kurtis\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2011\/08\/Glenn-Kurtis.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"380\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2011\/08\/Glenn-Kurtis.jpg 380w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2011\/08\/Glenn-Kurtis-300x232.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\" \/>He  serves on the board of Sojourners, has been active in Bread for the  World, and serves on the boards of the Alliance to End Hunger, North  Park University, and Covenant Ministries of Benevolence.<\/p>\n<p>Kurtis  began his television career in Topeka, Kansas, later hired by WMMB-TV in  Chicago as a field reporter and eventually anchor of the Channel Two  News. He moved on to CBS where he anchored the <em>CBS Morning News<\/em>.  He returned to Chicago and WBBM-TV in 1985, focusing on his work as a  documentarian. His 10,000-acre ranch is located in Kansas, in one of the  last areas containing untouched tall grass prairie where he raises  free-range, grass-fed cattle, which share the land with a wild buffalo  herd.<\/p>\n<p>He serves on a number of boards, including The Nature  Conservancy, the National Park Foundation, Chicago Green City Market,  Chicago Botanic Garden, and the Field Museum of Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s recipients join a distinguished roster of Spirit of Compassion Award honorees that includes: <strong>2002<\/strong> &#8211; Virginia M. Ohlson, Ph.D., and Roger G. Thorpe, M.D.; <strong>2003<\/strong> \u2013 Ron Santo and Ingvar Wikstrom; <strong>2004<\/strong> \u2013 Paul Carlson, M.D., Chicago Magazine, and Studs Terkel; <strong>2005<\/strong> \u2013 G. Timothy Johnson, M.D., and Jack &amp; Dollie Galter; and <strong>2006<\/strong> &#8211; Bernice Brandel and Dr. James B. McCormick.<\/p>\n<p>The  award recognizes outstanding individuals who have had a tremendous  impact on the lives of many over the years. Recipients have given  selflessly to improve the human condition of others beyond the walls of  Swedish Covenant Hospital, reaching throughout the country and often  across the globe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire?moderation_action=report_form&#038;object_type=post&#038;object_id=10347&#038;width=250&#038;height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHICAGO, IL (October 15, 2007) \u2013 In recognition of his passionate concern on behalf of hurting people around the world, Dr. Glenn R. 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