FRIENDS Magazine Fall 2010 - Banner Health

son ’s emor
Family’s $9.6 million gift
establishes David Walsh
Cancer Center
David Walsh, son of Frank and Gloria Walsh of Sterling, Colo., is
the namesake of the new David Walsh Cancer Center at Sterling
Regional MedCenter. David, who passed away following a
courageous battle against esophageal cancer in 1998, was an
avid outdoorsman. This breathtaking image is engraved at the
entrance of the center bearing his name.
“S terling has been good to us.”
That one statement of gratitude is the basis
for the generosity that Frank and Gloria Walsh have
shown to Sterling, Colorado, a rural farming
community in the northeastern corner of the state
that has been their home for nearly 55 years.
Frank and Gloria’s children and grandchildren
were raised in Sterling. While they spend a few
months in Scottsdale, Arizona every year, their
roots are in Sterling. So, it was no surprise that
when they chose to honor their son’s legacy by
establishing a state-of-the-art cancer center in his
name, they did so in the very community where he
lived, worked and played.
In December of 2008, Frank and Gloria made a
generous $9.6 million gift to Banner Health
Foundation to build the David Walsh Cancer Center
at Sterling Regional MedCenter. Opened in
September, the 8,600-square-foot center offers
outpatient treatment services including radiation
oncology, chemotherapy and infusion services,
tumor registry, a physicians’ clinic and a patient
education center. It serves as a satellite to the
Cancer Institute at North Colorado Medical
Center, a sister Banner Health facility located
approximately 100 miles west of Sterling.