Security director Joe Rushing receives the ESGR Patriot Award from Lt. Cmdr. Brian Rich of the Navy Operational Support Center in Springfield. Rushing was nominated for the recognition by officers Caleb Padgett and Brian Simpson.
Gary Verch of EMS is presented the Patriot Award from Lt. Cmdr. Brian Rich. He was nominated by EMT and Air Force Reservist Crystal Craver.
Two leaders at CoxHealth were recognized Thursday for their ongoing support of employees who serve in the National Guard and Reserves.
Gary Verch, Communications Manager for EMS, and Joe Rushing, director of Public Safety and Security, were both presented with the Patriot Award from Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR).
ESGR is a Department of Defense agency that serves as a liaison between employees and employers. The group provides education for employers and regularly recognizes employers that make outstanding efforts to accommodate employees serving in the National Guard and the Reserves of all military branches.
“These awards are in appreciation for the support you’ve given these employees,” Phillip Dixon, a retired Guardsman who serves on ESGR’s Springfield Committee, told the honorees. Dixon was joined in presenting the awards by Lieutenant Commander Brian Rich, commanding officer of the Navy Operational Support Center in Springfield, which works with 300 reservists.
“It’s the exceptional employer that goes the extra mile and does what’s necessary to make sure employees don’t have to worry,” Dixon says. “The last thing someone who is deployed needs to have on their mind is anxiety about their job.”
Verch was nominated by Crystal Craver, a Reservist who is also an EMT at CoxHealth. Rushing received the nomination from Reservists Brian Simpson and Caleb Padgett.
In the last year, ESGR has presented roughly 30 Patriot Awards to employers throughout southwest Missouri.
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