F.H. Paschen, S.N. Nielsen is the 2007 recipient of the Star of the Year Award, presented by the Glenview, Illinois-based Leukemia Research Foundation (LRF). The Star of the Year Award is the highest honor bestowed upon corporations or individuals by the LRF. F.H. Paschen, S.N. Nielsen is only the 21st recipient of this honor in the more than 60-year history of the LRF.
The general contracting firm has been the Presenting Sponsor of Angels in the Fairway, one of the country’s largest charity golf outings, organized by the Joey’s Angels Chapter of the LRF for more than 10 years – helping the Chapter to raise more than $1.4 million in net revenue to find the cause of and cure for leukemia, lymphoma and other blood cancers. F.H. Paschen, S.N. Nielsen’s involvement came in support of one of its own employees, Larry Mix, cofounder of the Joey’s Angels Chapter and father of Joey Mix, his son who died from leukemia at the age of three in 1996, for whose memory the Chapter was founded.
The Star of the Year Award was created as the Leukemia Research Foundation’s top acknowledgement, its highest honor of respect and gratitude presented to a select few who have enabled the Foundation to reach for the stars. Larry’s coworkers all felt tremendous sorrow when Joey died. F.H. Paschen stepped up to serve as the presenting sponsor of the golf outing as a way to turn the sorrow into something positive to help other families.
“I’m honored to accept the Star of the Year Award on behalf of F.H. Paschen, S.N. Nielsen and our employees, as well as our subcontractors and suppliers that support the event,” said Joe Scarpelli, executive vice president for F.H. Paschen, S.N. Nielsen.
“The bottom line is that we’re working to find a cure for leukemia, in support of our fellow employee Larry Mix and his family, so that other parents will not experience the loss of a child to this disease; but the real star is that brave little boy Joey Mix,” Scarpelli said.
The Star of the Year Award was presented at the LRF’s Medical Awards Dinner Saturday, June 30 in Rosemont, IL.