The Clarion Hospital Foundation is looking for scholarship applicants.
This year we are awarding 7 scholarships: the $1000 Dr. John E. Brooks
Memorial Scholarship, two $1000 Joseph and Helen Miller Memorial Scholarships,
two $1,000 Fran Shope Memorial Scholarships, one $1,000 James B. Alexander
Memorial Scholarship, and one Dr. John L. Johnston Memorial Scholarship.
Mrs. Mary Brooks, wife of the late Dr. John E. Brooks, and other family
members created the Brooks scholarship in the late doctor’s memory.
The Brooks family wishes to help local students that want to further their
education in the health care field. The Miller Scholarship was established
by the Foundation in honor of the Miller family. The Fran Shope Memorial
scholarship was generated to aid local students with education in the
medical field. The James B. Alexander memorial Scholarship will be awarded
to the student who submits the best essay. The Dr. John L. Johnston Scholarship
will be awarded to a student enrolled in or accepted to a medical school.
The $1,000 scholarships will be paid directly to the school of the student’s choice.
To be Eligible, Students Must Meet the Following Criteria:
Be a graduate or future graduate of a Clarion County high school;
Be accepted to a school of post-secondary health care education;
Have a grade point average of 3.0 or equivalent in the final three years
of high school; and
Plan to pursue their education in nursing, inhalation therapy, lab technology,
radiology, physical therapy, occupational therapy, medical technology,
or other medical field.
