The Texas County Memorial Hospital Healthcare Foundation announced last week it will award two $1,000 scholarships for fall 2009.
The TCMH Healthcare Foundation Educational Scholarship Program is designed to assist students that are pursuing or planning to pursue education in a healthcare-related field. The foundation is in its third year of awarding scholarships in the fall and the spring. Students from towns across the county have received the scholarships.
Applications are being accepted. Eligible students 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.
“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.
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 July 1. Awards for the scholarship will be announced by September.
In addition to raising money for healthcare scholarships through the 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.
For more information about the scholarship program or to receive an application, contact Gentry at 417-967-1377 or 866-967-3311, ext. 377, or e-mail jgentry@tcmh.org.