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Amber Kinder receives Patriot Award
Amber Kinder, director of nursing resources for Freeman Health System, was honored Friday with a Patriot Award from Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, an office of the Department of Defense.
The award is in recognition of her "extraordinary support" of employees and family members of those who serve in the National Guard and Reserve.
Retired Col. Steve Vanderhoof, Area 4 chair for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, made the presentation.
Kinder was nominated by 1st Lt. Valerie Newkirk, a float pool nurse. Newkirk also is a flight nurse assigned to the 137th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, Air National Guard, Will Rogers Air National Guard Base in Oklahoma.
Tom Krahenburl, Missouri chair for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, said in a statement: "The Patriot Award was created by ESGR to publicly recognize individuals who provide outstanding patriotic support and cooperation to their employees, who, like the citizen warriors before them, have answered their nation's call to serve. Supportive supervisors are critical to maintaining the strength and readiness of the nation's National Guard and Reserve units."
