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Hope Light Foundation Receives $5,000 Check
Carbondale, IL, Jan. 9, 2007
- The George A. Bates Memorial Foundation presented a $5,000 check to The
Hope Light Foundation for use in communicating cancer awareness
information. The Bates Foundation supports nonprofit organizations in the
areas of family and human services, hospitals, medical care and
rehabilitation and gives primarily in
Illinois and
Kentucky.
The Hope
Light Foundation was founded by Rudy and Beverly Bess of Hazelwood,
Missouri for the purpose of communicating cancer awareness information
with the hope of increasing survivorship and decreasing suffering and
death due to cancer. The Foundation is the funding source for The Hope
Light Project that is dedicated to promoting early awareness of cancer
symptoms and communicating the importance of cancer screening
tests, self-exams and prevention programs. The Project is currently
developing a Hope Light Cancer Information Center for construction
in Metropolis, Illinois. Several satellite Centers are being planned in
the state for areas with the greatest need based on the Projects recent Illinois
Cancer Statistics Review: A Focus on Early Detection and Diagnosis.
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The Hope Light Project Visits Metropolis Friday, January 27, 2006The Hope Light Project Founder, Rudy Bess, and Co-Founder, Beverly Bess, visited Metropolis, Illinois today to discuss design and construction of the Hope Light Cancer Information Center. They met with Mayor, Billy McDaniels, Director of Parks and Recreation, Bill Carrell, and Hope Light architect, Andrew Eggemeyer of Eggemeyer Associates Architects, Inc. Following the meeting, they visited the construction site of the Hope Light which is located at the west entrance to Dorothy Miller Park overlooking the Ohio River. Project design is currently underway with construction scheduled for later this year. ### Hope Light Cancer Information Center Architect Selected Wednesday, December 14, 2005 Eggemeyer Associates Architects, Inc. of Carbondale, Illinois has been selected to design the Hope Light Cancer Information Center. The firm has been responsible for the design of building projects in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri and Florida during its more than forty-year existence. Projects, encompassing both new construction and renovation/restoration work, including schools, libraries, correctional facilities, residences, nursing homes, hospitals, office buildings, laboratories, dormitories, supermarkets, stores, shopping centers, churches, jails, courthouses, multi-family Housing units, financial institutions, fire and police stations, industrial plants and warehouses, restaurants and college and university buildings. Clients have included individuals, local, state and federal governmental agencies and institutions as well as private industrial and commercial interests. ### First Hope Light Cancer Information Center Site Selected Tuesday, October 11, 2005 The Metropolis, Illinois City Council unanimously passed a resolution on 10 October 2005 that paved the way for construction of the first Hope Light Cancer Information Center on city property overlooking the Ohio River. Thanks to the City, the site selected for the Cancer Information Center is at the entrance to the beautiful and peaceful Dorothy Miller Park. ###
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L-R: Dr. Michael Murray, Bates Foundation; Rudy Bess, Hope Light Founder; Beverly Bess, Hope Light Founder; John Davis, Hope Light Director Bates Memorial Foundation Check Presentation
L-R: Andrew Eggemeyer, Bill Carrell, Beverly Bess, Rudy Bess Project Team on the future site of the Hope Light Cancer Information Center in Metropolis
Site of the first Hope Light Cancer Information Center in Metropolis, Illinois |
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