FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 30, 2018
Media Contacts:
Chad Clinton
Associate Director, Public Relations
American Pharmacists Association
(202) 429-7558
WASHINGTON, DC – The Mississippi Pharmacists Association (MPhA) has selected Richard Cash, RPh, as the recipient of the 2018 Bowl of Hygeia Award for outstanding community service. Cash was presented the award at the Annual Convention Awards Reception on Tuesday, June 19, 2018. The Bowl of Hygeia is sponsored by the American Pharmacists Association Foundation, the National Alliance of State Pharmacy Associations, and the American Pharmacists Association, with support from Boehringer Ingelheim.
Cash has contributed to his community since graduating from the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy in 1975. He is a clinical instructor for the University of MS School of Pharmacy, helping to enrich future pharmacists. He is the independent community pharmacy owner of Quick Care Pharmacy and Clinic in Grenada, MS, and has been a successful business man and pharmacist for over forty years.
Cash has been team leader for many mission trips in Honduras, Guatemala, Haiti, Chile and Thailand. This year, he has spent time in Thailand and Haiti, and is planning another trip to Haiti. He gives back to his community through fundraising and supporting local schools and churches. Cash is very active in the Joe Rowland Home for Boys in Grenada, serves as a sponsor for the Boy Scouts, and is active in the Chamber of Commerce. Cash sponsors every high school and community extracurricular activity, including show choir, baseball, softball and football. Nearly every day he allows groups to host fundraisers in the pharmacy parking lot.
Established in 1958, the Bowl of Hygeia Award recognizes pharmacists who possess outstanding records of civic leadership in their communities and encourages pharmacists to take an active role in the affairs of their respective communities. The award is presented annually by participating state pharmacist associations, including those in the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. In addition to service through their local, state and national pharmacy associations, award recipients have devoted their time, talent, and resources to a wide variety of causes and community service.
The Bowl of Hygeia is the most widely recognized international symbol for the pharmacy profession and is considered one of the profession’s most prestigious awards. The Bowl of Hygeia has been associated with the pharmacy profession since as early as 1796 when the symbol was used on a coin minted for the Parisian Society of Pharmacy. The bowl represents a medicinal potion and the snake represents healing. Healing through medicine is precisely why the pharmacy profession has adopted the Bowl of Hygeia symbol.
About the American Pharmacists Association Foundation
The APhA Foundation, a nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C., is a trusted source of research demonstrating how pharmacists can improve health care. The APhA Foundation’s mission is to improve people’s health through pharmacists’ patient care services. The APhA Foundation is affiliated with the American Pharmacists Association, the national professional society of pharmacists in the U.S. For more information, please visit the APhA Foundation website www.aphafoundation.org. Follow the APhA Foundation on Twitter and Facebook for the latest updates.
About the National Alliance of State Pharmacy Associations
The National Alliance of State Pharmacy Associations (NASPA) promotes leadership, sharing, learning, and policy exchange among pharmacy leaders in all 50 states and Washington, DC, and provides education and advocacy to support pharmacists, patients, and communities working together to improve public health. NASPA was founded in 1927 as the National Council of State Pharmacy Association Executives (NCSPAE). For more information, please visit the NASPA website www.naspa.us