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Abraham Lincoln Healthcare Foundation names scholarship recipients
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[June
17, 2013]
The Abraham Lincoln Healthcare
Foundation has named two Healthcare Career Scholarship recipients
for this year. Lindsey Sanders of Lincoln and Lyndi Leesman of
Hartsburg will receive a total of $20,000 over four semesters with
an agreement to work their first job out of college at Abraham
Lincoln Memorial Hospital.
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Sanders and Leesman were selected for the scholarship after a
rigorous application process that included three rounds of
interviews, reference checks and job shadowing at ALMH. Sanders is a
graduate of Lincoln College and is attending Methodist College to
earn a bachelor's degree in nursing. Leesman has been working as a
dental hygienist and has been accepted at OSF St. Francis College of
Nursing to begin the nursing program in the fall. This is the
third year for the scholarship program.
In 2011, Hannah Sheley and Betsy Leesman were named scholarship
recipients. Leesman is attending Heartland Community College and is
working toward a bachelor's degree in nursing. Sheley is attending
Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, where she is working
toward a pharmacy degree. Sheley is working this summer as an intern
in the pharmacy department at ALMH.
In 2012, the foundation awarded Alissa Cross a scholarship to
assist her in pursuing a bachelor's degree in nursing. Cross is
currently working in acute care at ALMH as a certified nursing
assistant and is attending Heartland Community College.
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The Abraham Lincoln Healthcare Foundation has made a commitment
to invest in the future workforce of ALMH through the scholarship
program.
"We think supporting the studies of students who have made job
commitments to ALMH reflects the mission of both the foundation and
the hospital," said Eric Graue, chairman of the ALHF. "This
forward-thinking approach is a win-win-win situation for the
hospital, the community and the students."
Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital is a community-based
critical-access hospital serving the people of Logan and eastern
Mason County. The Abraham Lincoln Healthcare Foundation was formed
in 1986 to support the mission of ALMH. Contributions to the
scholarship fund are welcome at any time. To learn more about this
and other foundation programs, contact Marty Ahrends, executive
director, at 217-605-5006 or visit
www.almh.org.
[Text from file received from
Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital] |