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Members of the 2016 La Grande Soirée committee are: (front row, left to right) Amanda Yost, Jerri Pine and Tricia Dye; (back row, left to right) Beth Preston, Lissa Skocy, Karen Littleford, 2016 Committee Chair; Debra Sandercock, Kim Lockart, special event coordinator, and Colleen Stoner, volunteer coordinator. Committee members not present are Beth Catt, Eva Higgins, Jodi Hildebrandt and Cathy Ols.

•January 27, 2016•

University of Illinois medical student Andy Bays of Charleston is one of many who have benefited from Sarah Bush Lincoln’s Volunteer Guild scholarship program.

Bays is very appreciative of the support the Guild scholarship has provided. “As a new dad and first year medical student studying for exams, life is a little hectic, but the Guild has helped put me one step closer to achieving my ultimate goal of practicing rural medicine in my hometown.”

Bays said his eyes were opened to the wonder of the human body while studying kinesiology and human physiology during his undergraduate years at Eastern Illinois University. “After that I was hooked,” he said. “It’s fascinating to see the coursework and real life come together.” Andy worked for nearly a year at Sarah Bush Lincoln’s Center for Healthy Living where he enjoyed helping people improve their health through exercise.     Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.