Photo (l to r): Ed Smith, St. Anthony President and CEO, Brian Handlos, Lawrence (Waspy) and Doris Handlos, Beth Handlos Wahlert, Pat Handlos and Trish Roberts, St. Anthony Development Director. Not pictured is Tim Wahlert
The owners and family of Waspy’s Truck Stops in Audubon and Templeton have recently made an extremely generous donation to the St. Anthony Regional Hospital Cancer Center. Cancer’s dramatic impact on the Handlos family was one of the reasons they have pledged $100,000 in support of the regional treatment center. “We donated to the Cancer Center because Doris is a cancer survivor,” said Lawrence “Waspy” Handlos. “Like many others, we’ve had friends and family survive cancer. And we’ve also had several friends and family who lost their battle with cancer. Donating to a highly-respected cancer center like the one being built at St. Anthony will benefit so many cancer patients and their families in central and southwest Iowa because of its location in Carroll, versus having to travel hundreds of miles to Omaha, Des Moines or even further for treatment,” Handlos added.
