In a world of Walmarts and gobalization, we should tip our hats to St. Lukes. Instead of a turkey, or some funny gift. St. Lukes gives a $50.00 gift certificate to it's employees(something like 4500). Here is the great part. The certificate is to the shops, restaurants, etc of Downtown Boise, not the Mall or some other generic place. The money goes right into the Boise economy, it helps local merchants, their employees-basically all of us. These generous dollars helped my girls and I have a wonderful holiday dinner at the Milky Way. (review coming soon) This is the sort of enlightened thinking that makes St. Lukes such a good place to work. A happy staff is naturally more caring. Where is caring and happiness more important than at a hospital? If I get sick in the next couple of weeks, I hope my nurse and/or doctor have just come from a great dinner on the company as we had downtown. Couldn't hurt