Guiding Light Award

2024 Rick Wiedemer Guiding Light Award Recipient

Bill Gildin, President, SATCO Products, Inc.
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Join Bill Gildin, President of SATCO, in the Fight Against Cancer in Honor of Wife Melissa Gildin

Cancer is indeed personal for Bill Gildin and his family. Nearly 13 years ago, Bill’s wife Melissa was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. Though there was no cure for this type of cancer, the couple lived their lives as extraordinary leaders, facing the disease with strength, determination and grace.

Watch Bill Gildin's video message, and make your donation in honor of Melissa Gildin below.

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Total Donations: $38,836.00 of $50,000

Goal Updated on Monday, July 22, 2024 at 1:07pm CST

History and Past Recipients of the Rick Wiedemer Guiding Light Award

Since its inception in 2001, The H Foundation and its annual Goombay Bash has been celebrated and supported by a sense of community. This grassroots spirit has underscored the message that Cancer is Personal, affecting real people – families, friends, and neighbors.

The “Guiding Lighting Award” was created in 2017 and presented that year to lighting industry companies Generation Lighting, Hinkley, Kichler, Quoizel, Satco, and WAC Lighting to honor their long-term commitment to the H Foundation and to recognize their consistent and enduring efforts to fund basic science research to find a cure cancer. The Award is given annually to an individual or company who exemplifies the leadership qualities that will guide others towards a brighter future in which no one will suffer the hardships of this horrible disease. It celebrates the community spirit that has used ingenuity to shine a spotlight on and raise money for basic science cancer research.

2023 Rick Wiedemer Guiding Light Award Recipients

Dirk & Shelley Wald, Co-CEOs, Schonbek, WAC, Modern Forms

2022 Guiding Light Award Recipient

In 2022, The H Foundation Guiding Light Award was renamed to the Rick Wiedemer Guiding Light Award to honor Rick’s inspirational legacy within The H Foundation and the Lighting Industry.