The Texas County Memorial Hospital Healthcare Foundation will again award two $500 scholarships for the spring of 2008. Applications for the scholarships are being accepted by the foundation.
The TCMH Healthcare Foundation Educational Scholarship Program is designed to assist all students that are pursuing or planning to pursue education in a healthcare related field. The foundation is going into their second year of awarding two scholarships in the fall and the spring. Students from towns across the county have received the scholarships.
“Educational scholarships are a major focus area of the healthcare foundation,” said Jay Gentry, TCMH healthcare foundation director. “The board of directors of the foundation recognizes the need to assist areas students in their educational endeavors with hopes that the student will return to or stay in the Texas County area to provide healthcare services to area residents after receiving additional education.”
The foundation hosts an annual golf tournament to raise money for the scholarship program.
Eligible students for the scholarships must be accepted to or currently enrolled in an accredited university, college or post-secondary training program in a healthcare-related field. Only residents of the TCMH service area (a 40-mile radius of Houston) are eligible to apply.
The scholarship application asks for information about the student and requires a short essay about the student’s career and educational goals. Applicants are also asked to list community involvement activities on their application, and they may be asked to meet with foundation board members for a short personal interview.
The deadline for the spring scholarship applications is Dec. 7. Awards for the scholarship will be announced by Feb. 1.
In addition to raising money for healthcare scholarships through the foundation’s annual golf tournament, Gentry noted that the foundation is also able to set up scholarships that are named in memory or in honor of someone.
“The foundation hopes to grow our scholarship program to the point that we can give much larger scholarships that will cover the cost of tuition for students pursuing education in a healthcare field,” Gentry said.
For more information about the scholarship program or to receive an application, contact Gentry by at 417-967-1377 or 866-967-3311, ext. 377, or by e-mail at jgentry@tcmh.org.