Moore County Health Foundation & Amarillo College Foundation Nursing Scholarship Luncheon

Amarillo College Moore County Campus

The Moore County Health Foundation and the Amarillo College Foundation are teaming up to provide nursing scholarships for Moore County nursing students.

The Spring Scholarship Luncheon was sponsored by Amarillo College and the Moore County Hospital, with more than $10,000 raised for a scholarship fund for Moore County residents to attend the RN program at Amarillo College’s Moore County Campus. Over 80 community members, college and hospital staff attended first time event and listened to Dr. Russell Lowery-Hart, President of Amarillo College, relay happiness principles from Shawn Achor’s book: The Happiness Advantage.   Cheryl Clark, with Ad Rem Land Company, was the major underwriting sponsor at the Florence Nightingale Level. Clara Barton Level sponsors were: The Honorable Billie Faye Schumacher; Pure Element (Harold and Stacey Grall); Dumas Economic Development, Mike Running, Amarillo College Moore County Campus, Renee Vincent; Ben and Alexa Maples, Kathie Fuston, Steve Fuston. Other table sponsors were: Valero McKee Refinery, Shannon and Rachel Gillespie, Mert and Freda Keeney, Brenda and Mike DeBons, Jane Ellen Abondano and Lt Col Edward Rothrkug Ret.

Moore County Health Foundation’s signature fundraising event, The Harvest, is scheduled for Saturday August 27^th at the Moore County Regional Airport. Proceeds from The Harvest will also be dedicated to fund nursing scholarships for students living in Moore County to attend the Amarillo College Moore County Campus RN program.  Michael Martin Murphy will be the featured entertainment. The Dumas Chamber of Commerce will hold a ribbon cutting for the new hanger at the Moore County Airport at The Harvest. If you would like to make a tax deductible contribution to the Amarillo College Foundation or the Moore County Hospital Foundation, please contact Alexa Maples at 934-7242 or Kathie Fuston 934-7804.