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MILWAUKEE (6/25/2008) - Children's Hospital and Health System Foundation has presented the Keller family of Neenah, Wis., with the Emelie Vogel Nunnemacher Society Award for 2008. The award honors the family's dedication to pediatric behavioral health.
In particular, the award recognizes the family's recent gift: a $625,000 matching grant through the John J. & Ethel D. Keller Donor Advised Fund at the Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region. The gift, which attracted additional funds from local and national donors, supports a newly established pediatric behavioral health program for the Fox Valley. A collaborative effort between Children's Hospital of Wisconsin-Fox Valley, Affinity Health System and ThedaCare has enabled the establishment of the behavioral health program and a related clinic in Appleton.
Jack and Ethel Keller, both deceased, are founders of J. J. Keller and Associates. Their legacy lives on through the Keller Foundation, which includes board members Robert, James and Brian Keller, Marne Keller-Krikava and Marion (Mary) Murvine, all Fox Valley residents. With an estimated $80 million in projected assets, the foundation supports Fox Valley non-profits and is focused on meeting basic human needs.
The Emelie Vogel Nunnemacher Award was named in honor of philanthropist Emelie Vogel Nunnemacher. Nunnemacher began her work in 1894, the year Children's Hospital of Wisconsin was founded. She served on its board of directors, helped set long-term goals for the hospital and also did hands-on work such as rolling bandages and changing linens.
Eventually, Nunnemacher donated her family's home and property on the corner of 17th Street and Wisconsin Avenue in Milwaukee. The home was razed to make room for a new Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, which opened in 1923 and served children for 65 years.
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