The Barbara Forfar Nursing Scholarship Fund begins its fourth year of helping the nurses and nursing students of Ocean Medical Center on Wednesday January 15, 2014.
The fund was established on January 15, 2011 to honor the memory of long-time Point Pleasant resident Barbara Forfar or “Foof” as she was called by her fellow nurses and other colleagues in the operating room, and her forty-four years of dedication to the nursing profession with all but three years of her service associated with the Ocean Medical Center or its predecessor hospitals.
The Barbara Forfar Nursing Scholarship Fund, which is a member of the Ocean Medical Center Foundation family of funds, provides monetary assistance to qualified nurses and nursing students of Ocean Medical Center who desire to continue their formal education in nursing profession in the form of scholarships.
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The scholarship fund awards one (or more) nursing scholarship during September of each year to eligible applicants.
During its short 36-month history, The Barbara Forfar Nursing Scholarship Fund has raised over $10,000 and has awarded $7,000 in total to 14 nurses and nursing students of Ocean Medical Center.
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To qualify for the scholarship, the applicant must be an employee or nursing student at Ocean Medical Center and must be enrolled in a RN program, an upper division program (RN to BSN) or advanced degree program (MSN, PhD) in nursing.
All Ocean Medical Center nurses and nursing students from all OMC practice areas are eligible to apply. The scholarship must be used to supplement tuition, fees, lab costs, books or educational supply expenses.
The 2014 scholarship application due date is July 11.
Since its inception, the scholarship fund has held two fundraisers; in 2012 at the Elks Lodge and in 2013 at Jenkinson’s, both located in Point Pleasant Beach.
During 2013 at its second annual nursing scholarship fundraiser called Rock for the Nurses-Rock for the Shore, the scholarship fund teamed-up with the United Way of both Monmouth and Ocean County and split the proceeds of the event to help provide some much needed financial assistance to Hurricane Sandy victims at the Jersey Shore.
The successful Rock for the Nurses-Rock for the Shore fundraiser included nine of the top bands from around the Jersey Shore and was attended by over 300 guests.
Plans are already in the works for the scholarship’s 2014 fundraiser and the details of which will be announced in the near future.
For more information about Barbara Forfar Nursing Scholarship Fund, including information about its 2014 fundraiser and how to make a donation to the fund, log on to the official scholarship fund website at www.forfarscholarship.org or follow the scholarship on Facebook or Twitter.
