NHCH offers multiple scholarships
Queen’s North Hawaii Community Hospital has several college scholarship opportunities available.
The Peggy Dineen-Orsini Scholarship offers $2,000 to a resident of Hawaii County who is enrolled in or accepted for enrollment in a National League of Nursing accredited program in Hawaii or on the mainland. Private donors and the hospital medical staff fund this scholarship in memory of Peggy Dineen-Orsini, who was a registered nurse at the hospital from 1996 to 2004, remembered for her compassion for her patients, colleagues and friends.
The hospital’s medical staff is offering a $2,000 scholarship to Hawaii County residents who demonstrate financial need and are currently enrolled in a program to obtain a health care profession degree.
Hawaii Emergency Physicians Associated Inc. is offering a $3,000 scholarship is for a graduating high school student with demonstrated financial need. Applicants must be high school seniors from Hawaii Preparatory Academy, Parker School, Kohala High School, or Kanu O Ka Aina Public Charter School, and enrolled full-time during their scholarship year.
Applications are available online: www.nhch.com. Completed applications and required documents must be received or postmarked by June 30. Mail completed applications and required documents to Queen’s North Hawaii Community Hospital, Attention: Development Department, 67-1125 Mamalahoa Hwy, Kamuela, HI 96743.
For more information, call 881-4420.
Canoe club announces scholarship recipients
Keauhou Canoe Club recently announced its 2020 scholarship recipients.
The James F. Rogers Academic Achievement $1,500 scholarship was awarded to Desiree Camacho from Kealakehe High School. The scholarship is awarded to a west-side outrigger canoe paddler (at least three years at the club or high school sport level) who has shown excellence in academics, extracurricular activities, and community service.
Camacho is the sixth Kealakehe graduate to receive this scholarship. She plans to pursue aeronautical engineering at California State/Long Beach or California State Polytechnic.
The Mike Haines Meritorious Achievement $1,500 scholarship was awarded to Keilana Crane from Konawaena High School. The scholarship is awarded to a west-side outrigger canoe paddler (at least three years at the club or high school sport level) who has demonstrated excellent academics, extracurricular activities, and community service.
Crane is the seventh Konawaena graduate to receive this scholarship. Crane plans to major in liberal arts/psychology at Hawaii Community College — Palamanui and then transfer to UH Manoa or Hilo.
VFW Hawaii’s 2020 Voice of Democracy Scholarship contest begins June 1.
This year’s VOD theme is “Is This the Country the Founders Envisioned?” Public and private school students are eligible to enter the scholarship contest.
For more information, visit www.vfw.org website or call VFW Hawaii headquarters at (808) 946-7250.
The VFW Department of Hawaii is comprised of 21 Posts with 4,500 members on Kauai, Maui, Hawaii Island, Oahu and American Samoa.