Sarah Heitkamp awarded Gap Foundation's first Founders' Award
10 Sep '05
3 min read
World's largest specialty retailers Gap Inc announced that Grand Forks, N.D., Gap Store Manager Sarah Heitkamp will receive the Gap Foundation's inaugural Founders' Award for her volunteer efforts with the Altru Cancer Center. Heitkamp will receive $50,000 and 80 hours of paid time off to fund and implement the "Filling the Gap" program, which will provide travel, lodging and nutrition assistance to low-income patients who travel to receive treatment at the Altru Cancer Center.
Heitkamp is receiving Gap Inc.'s first-ever Founders' Award-created to honor the philanthropic spirit of Doris and Don Fisher who founded Gap in 1969 and established the Gap Foundation in 1977 as the charitable arm of Gap Inc.
Gap Inc received more than 200 applications from employees across 40 states and in 10 countries for the first annual Founders' Award.
"Sarah's passion and dedication to the Altru Cancer Center demonstrates the difference one person can make in their community," said Paul Pressler, president and CEO of Gap Inc. "Her efforts -- along with the efforts of thousands of Gap Inc. employees like her -- embody the spirit of Gap's founders, Doris and Don Fisher."
Residents of rural communities often face the issue of traveling long distances to receive top quality health care, and patients of the Altru Cancer Center are no different. Many patients travel from hundreds of miles away to receive life-saving treatments because the necessary facilities do notexist in their local communities.
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