Nursing Scholarship Offered in Memory of Eileen Austin Neal
Posted on 4/22/2011
SPRINGFIELD, VT - Applications are now being accepted for the 6h annual Eileen Neal Nursing Scholarship of $1,000. This scholarship is open to any Springfield-area high school student who is planning a career in nursing and who has been accepted into a nursing program of study. Applicants will be judged on interest in and commitment to the field of nursing. Determination will be based on merit and need.
Application forms are available in school guidance offices. Deadline is May 27. For information, contact Larry Kraft, Foundation Director, 886-1600 or lkraft@springfieldmed.org .
Eileen Austin Neal was a registered nurse at Springfield Hospital for 64 years, retiring in 2005. She was the first recipient of the hospital’s George F. Leland Community Health Award in 2003. In 2004, the hospital established the Eileen Austin Neal Sprit of Nursing Award in recognition of her many years of dedicated service.
Upon her death in February 2006, at the request of Neal’s family, Springfield Hospital established a nursing scholarship fund in her name with the gifts received in her memory.
“Springfield Hospital is a better place for Eileen having worked here,” says Larry Kraft, Foundation Director. “This scholarship continues her positive influence on both nursing and the community.”
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