Scholarship Applications
The deadline for accepting Nightingale Nursing Scholarship Applications ended at noon on Monday 1/25/2010. Check back for future scholarship application updates.
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Scholarship Applications
The deadline for accepting Nightingale Nursing Scholarship Applications ended at noon on Monday 1/25/2010. Check back for future scholarship application updates.
Medical Center Rotary - Making Dreams Real
The 2008-2009 Rotary Theme - "Making Dreams Real" is what our Club is all about. Since we were chartered in 2005 our dream has always been to have every nursing student realize their dream of becoming a licensed health care professional. In three years we've awarded more than $110,000 in scholarships and helped more than 100 student nurses overcome their financial difficulties and stay the course. We know we've already impacted more than a hundred lives but how many more lives might benefit from our efforts?
Think about how many of life’s most significant, highly emotional moments involve a nurse. From a trip to the emergency room, to a visit to your family physician, to a recovery from a serious illness, to the birth of a new family member, to elderly care facilities for you or your loved one, every member of our community is touched by a nurse at some point. Because of this reach into people's personal lives, nurses play an essential role in the overall quality of our lives. If through our efforts only one scholarship recipient manages to save only one life during their professional career, we think we will have achieved an extraordinary return on our effort.
Our Club sponsors the Nightingale Gala which is held annually during national nurses week. The Gala is all about increasing our support for nurses and the nursing profession and includes both a leadership award and non-competitive individual Nursing Excellence Awards. Our awards recognize the outstanding contributions made by nurses here in our community. By now, most everyone is acutely aware of the worldwide shortage of nursing care professionals and the impact this shortage is currently having on delivering quality health care to those in need. If this shortage continues into the future the results may be catastrophic not only for us but for our children, and grandchildren for generations to come. That's why we're working with our Nursing Colleges to provide financial assistance to those struggling nursing students who may need that extra bit of financial assistance to stay the course and ultimately reach their goal to provide quality nursing care.
In addition to our primary nursing scholarship project, we have also taken on a number of smaller projects such as helping the Nasik Road Rotary Club in Maharashtra, India to provide shoes for approximately 800 school children attending seven village schools in Nasik India. We've also provided shoes and underwear for needy children at Southwest Mental Health Center and supported our District and other area clubs with their special programs .In the three years of our existence our membership has grown to twenty seven like minded individuals who share the dream and are working feverishly to “make it happen.” If you too share our enthusiasm for this worthwhile effort, we invite you to join us at our next meeting. We meet every Tuesday at 11:45 at Cha Cha's Restaurant, 2026 Babcock Rd. across from the UTHSCSA in the Medical Center. We look forward to seeing you soon.