Trios Birth Center Construction Helps Fund Local Scholarships
April 14, 2022
Trios Health is pleased to announce its birth center construction project was a part of helping to fund $200,000 in scholarships through metal recycling with the John William Jackson Fund and the Idaho Youth Education Recycling Partnership (iYERP).
As metal was removed during the Trios Birth Center construction process, it was moved to recycling containers on site and then taken for recycling. The containers are on site with the support of Pacific Recycling, who recycles the metal and pays iYERP for it.
“This really has a two-fold purpose to actively be involved with general contractors to advance environmental stewardship and to partner with construction companies, hospitals, and others to offer the opportunity to capture some of their investments through this recycling,” said Bill “Action” Jackson, founder of the John William Jackson Fund. The fund partners with construction companies for its metal recycling program, including Layton Construction, lead project manager for the Trios Birth Center construction.
Jackson and his wife Jackie started their foundation after their youngest son, John William, died in a climbing accident. They wanted a way to honor his memory and to make a difference. With Jackson’s construction background, the idea for turning scrap metal into scholarships was born.
The $200,000 in scholarships the foundation was able to award for its 2021 cycle year through its partnerships is the most it has ever been able to award and was generated through various construction partnerships, as well as donations to the John William Jackson Fund. Of those funds, $8,000 went to local nursing students at Columbia Basin College. With the growth in partnerships, the foundation has now given out nearly $2 million in scholarships in the 20 years since its inception and has grown from their community in Idaho throughout the entire state of Idaho and into Eastern Washington, Eastern Oregon, Utah, Montana, and Nevada.
“It has been amazing to see the impact,” Jackson said.
The scholarship awards are given directly to schools, who then decide on the scholarship recipients. Each recipient will receive a $2,000 award. Jackson said he was grateful to be able to add CBC and other schools to their growing network of scholarship recipients and to be part of the Trios Birth Center construction.
“Trios is an outstanding hospital serving the needs of the Tri-Cities, and we were excited to see the completion of the project and to be able to help make it more meaningful,” Jackson said.
The new Trios Birth Center opened at Trios Southridge Hospital on March 29. It includes six Labor and Delivery (LDR) rooms, 11 postpartum rooms, a 10-bed Critical Care Nursery for babies born after 32 weeks gestation, and two dedicated Caesarean Section operating suites.
The new Trios Birth Center, located at 3810 Plaza Way in Kennewick, was made possible by a nearly $22 million investment from LifePoint Health. Patients in labor and their care partners should check in at the Emergency Room entrance when arriving and will be guided to the new birth center. To learn more, visit TriosHealth.org.