Gifts of generosity make all the difference

Generous gifts from the community and CentraCare Health System employees make all the difference to the construction project at St. Cloud Hospital.

Bob and Linda Feuling, owners of Westside Liquor stores, got the ball rolling in March 2009 by contributing $1 million to the CentraCare Health Foundation.

Shown above (from left) Cherie and John McDowall, Jim Christensen, and Linda and Bob Feuling.

These business owners recognize the importance of offering the best care and the most advanced technology to the people in Central Minnesota.

“We know that our children and grandchildren as well as our employees will need the services at St. Cloud Hospital,” Linda Feuling said. “We want the best services available right here in St. Cloud.” The McDowalls and Jim Christensen agree.

“It’s amazing how St. Cloud Hospital has grown into this regional health care facility that is second to none,” said John McDowall, a St. Cloud native. “Since the 1850s when the Benedictine nuns first arrived in St. Cloud, there has been a profound devotion and unwavering faith to provide top-notch health care in Central Minnesota. I am proud to be a part of that heritage by helping to make St. Cloud Hospital a leading hospital in the state and in the nation.”

“We depend on our employees and want them to be healthy and stay in the St. Cloud area,” Christensen said. “Offering top-quality health care here gives them an incentive to stay.”