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15 long-term care students awarded more than $20,000 through THCEF

The Tennessee Health Care Education Foundation (THCEF) Board of Directors recently voted to award scholarships to 15 students of long-term care across the Volunteer State. A total of $20,500, the fourth largest amount ever awarded, will be used by these individuals to continue their educational endeavors. Following graduation, each has agreed to work in long-term care for at least one year.

2003 THCEF scholarship winners, listed in alphabetical order, are:

Jessie F. Balfour – LPN at Saint Francis Nursing Home is pursuing a nursing degree at Southwest Tennessee Community College;

Yvonne L. Barbee – assistant food services director at Life Care Center of Collegedale is receiving dietary manager training through the University of Florida;

Love I. Bond – assistant supervisor for housekeeping at Crockett County Nursing Home, Inc. is pursuing a nursing diploma at Tennessee Technology Center at Ripley;

Mary M. Cummings – assistant director of nursing at General Care Convalescent Center is pursuing a nursing degree through Excelsior College;

Joseph W. Dowling – LPN at Dyersburg Manor Nursing Center is pursuing a nursing degree at Dyersburg State Community College;

Melissa L. Hall – director of nursing at Life Care Center of East Ridge is pursuing a masters of science in nursing at the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga.

LaTonya M. Malone – LPN/nurse manager at St. Peter Villa is pursuing a nursing degree at Southwest Tennessee Community College;

Irma P. Morales – CNA at Hillcrest North is pursuing a nursing diploma at Pellissippi State Technical Community College;

Angelia L. Rea – LPN at Covington Manor, Inc. is pursuing a nursing degree through Chancellor’s Learning Systems;

Kimberly M. Risner – CNA at Hidden Acres is pursuing a nursing diploma at Tennessee Technology Center at Pulaski;

Wanda J. Sikes – LPN/assistant director of nursing at Humboldt Nursing Home, Inc. is pursuing a nursing degree at Dyersburg State Community College;

Debra F. Stanley – CNA at Boulevard Terrace Rehab. & Nursing Center is pursuing a nursing degree at Aquinas College;

Monica S. Swallows – social services/admissions coordinator at Wharton Nursing Home is pursuing a nursing degree at Roane State Community College;

Charlotte R. Webb – LPN/staff development nurse at Lexington Manor Nursing Center is pursuing a nursing degree through Excelsior College; and

Kelly S. Williams – CNA at Little Creek Sanitarium is pursuing a nursing diploma at Pellissippi State Technical Community College.

For 2003, scholarship endowments were made by:
THCA Chattanooga District
THCA Dietary Supervisors Association (DSA)
THCA East Tennessee District
THCA East Tennessee Social Service Workers Association (SSWA)
Harbor-Laman, LLC
THCA Jackson District
The King’s Daughters & Sons Home
THCA Knoxville District
THCA Memphis District
THCA Nashville District

THCEF officers for 2003 are Sally Phillips with Wesley Housing Corporation, chairman; Tom Hicks with Hillcrest Medical Nursing Institute, vice chairman; and Melissa Hansen with Madison Health Care & Rehab Center, secretary/treasurer.

For more information on the Tennessee Health Care Education Foundation, contact THCA’s Membership Services Department.

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