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Cassandra Hamilton
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A higher level of care
kadlec.orgTHANKS TO GENEROUS
donors,
Kadlec Foundation has been able to
commit over $55,000 in scholarships to
area students pursuing clinical health
care and health care supportive degrees
for the 2016 – 2017 school year.
Receiving the scholarships
to date are: Melveyne Aquino,
Kassandra Baxter, Kassandra Brownlee,
Carla Cribb, Kimberly Facer,
Elizabeth Gage, Mercedez Gomez,
Andrey Gulchuk, Cassandra Hamilton,
Emily Hamilton, Rita Jones,
Soyeon Kim, Marianne Korotkov,
Through the years, Kadlec Foundation has
awarded over $500,000 in scholarships to
area students pursuing their dreams of
careers as health care professionals.
Cassandra Hamilton is one of these
scholarship recipients. She is studying at
Columbia Basin College to become a
registered nurse and also works as a
certified nursing assistant on the cardiac
floor at Kadlec. Here’s what she said about
the impact of her scholarship.
“Receiving the Foundation scholarship
means I can focus on my goals in school. It
is difficult to work and go to nursing school
but with this scholarship, I am feeling at
ease and excited for the next two years
of classes! I won’t have to worry about
picking up extra shifts to cover extra costs.”
Upon learning about the scholarship,
Cassandra said,“I honestly teared up. I am so
thankful and grateful for the opportunities
Kadlec has given me. This hospital does
countless amazing things every day and I
feel so blessed to be working here.”
Helping Students
Tallia Lewis, Erika Martinez,
Danielle Monteiro, Nichole Rodriguez,
Rene Salazar, Jaime Silvam,
Samantha Toth, Jasmin Viveros,
CandaceYenocopal and Jenna Zamarron.
Three additional scholarships were
awarded: the Rita Murphy Scholarship
went to Anna Munoz; the June
Corrado Nursing Scholarship went to
Kathryn Pfaff; and the Christy Arden
Scholarship went to Heather Avelar.
Funds for these scholarships are made
possible by gifts from family and friends
in memory of Rita, June and Christy.
High School Internship Award
recipients are Amanda Landon and
Marlee Turner. These awards are
selected from among those students
participating in the high school
internship program and demonstrating
exceptional commitment to pursue a
health care career.
New this year are two additional
scholarships (in coordination with
Kadlec’s Education Department)
for students in PreMed/PreTherapy
programs. These scholarships will be
awarded later this fall.
In addition to Foundation
scholarships, Kadlec Auxiliary awarded
four $2,000 scholarships to graduating
high school students who are Junior
Volunteers. This year’s recipients are
Stephanie Lommers, Laura Meng, Marlee
Turner and Swetha Shutthanandan.
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Meet Scholarship Recipient Cassandra Hamilton