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DECATUR COUNTY HOSPITAL: DCH Auxiliary Offers $1,500 Scholarship

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Decatur County Hospital issued the following announcement on May 26.

The DCH Auxiliary has announced a $1,500 scholarship opportunity! Qualified applicants are:

  1. Second year or further into a health-care educational program.
  2. Resident of Decatur County (disregarding location of school) – OR – Currently employed by any health facility in the county (regardless of current residence).
  3. If current submitter has not been in school for a while, but would like to return and further their healthcare education, this would qualify for an application.
Deadline for submission of completed applications: June 30, 2021.

Recipient will be awarded at the Decatur County Fair, and must then provide information necessary for $1,500 check to be made out and mailed to the appropriate educational institution for the following term.

In your application letter, provide:

  • Your name, address, phone number, and e-mail address
  • A description of your course of study
  • The name of your educational institution, and the institution’s address and phone number
  • Details of any existing or prior scholarships received
  • A transcript w/GPA from prior year(s) course of study
In a short essay, please tell us about your career goals, and past and present community involvement.

Attach (or send separately) 2 letters of recommendation from the following: current professor/instructor, community person, and a non-related peer.

Send completed application to:

Decatur County Hospital

Auxiliary Scholarship Chairman

1405 NW Church Street

Leon, IA 50144

Recipient must provide information necessary for $1,500 check to be sent to appropriate educational institution.

Original source can be found here.

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