BELMONT — Holy Angels recently presented the Legacy of Love Award – established in 2016 to honor those individuals who have made a lasting impact on Holy Angels and the residents they serve – leaving a legacy to be long remembered.
The Legacy of Love award was presented Nov. 17 to Larry Sprinkle, Holy Angels’ favorite weather anchor on WCNC-NBC Charlotte, during the Grazie Mille Gala. It was his longtime friendship with Holy Angels’ first resident, Maria, that brought him to Holy Angels. He is pictured with Regina Moody, Holy Angels’ president/CEO.
For more than 25 years, Sprinkle has served as one of our Angel Bowl emcees and for nine years he has emceed the Grazie Mille Gala.
He will long be remembered for enthusiastically sharing his time, talents and compassionate heart not only for Holy Angels (for more than 40 years) but for many other organizations throughout the Charlotte region.
In addition, Dr. Ellis Fisher was given the Order of the Long Leaf Pine Award, the most prestigious award conferred by the governor of North Carolina. It is awarded for exemplary service to the state and one’s community. Pictured, Moody presents Fisher with the Order of the Long Leaf Pine award.
Throughout his 45 plus years of practicing medicine, Fisher has exemplifed the love he shares with his patients and their families – wherever they may be: his patients at Gastonia Children’s Clinic, Holy Angels or in Haiti or Guatemala. He has inspired others and helped educate his patients and their families to live a life of preventative health care, and make healthy choices.
According to N.C. Sen. Kathy Harrington, “Dr. Fisher was the first physician in Gaston County to be certified as a child medical examiner. I met him when I served as a victim’s advocate at the Children’s Advocacy Center. Dr. Fischer performed the certified medical exams for the children that came through the center. This was always difficult for the parents to undergo but the gentleness and kindness shown by Dr. Fisher was both inspiring to watch and healing to those who needed healing the most.”
He knew how important it was to care for and love deeply the most vulnerable members in the community – the children.
Holy Angels was founded in 1955 by the Sisters of Mercy. The private, nonprofit corporation provides residential services and innovative programs for children and adults with intellectual developmental disabilities with delicate medical conditions.
— Sister Nancy Nance