EAST STROUDSBURG - The Pocono Health Foundation announces the offering of three nursing scholarships, each available to students entering their final year with an accredited nursing program.  These nursing scholarships have been awarded to students for more than 17 years.  The scholarships are awarded to students who exemplify academic excellence, compassion, and desire. 

• R. Dale Hughes established the first scholarship in 1991 and it was named the R. Dale Hughes Nursing Scholarship Endowment.  This scholarship provides $4,000 to a student entering their final year of their nursing program. 

• The Cramer Family established The Jennie Cramer Nursing Scholarship in 1992 to help recruit outstanding nursing students to Pocono Medical Center. 

• The Robert A. Gordon Memorial Nursing Scholarship, created by the Pocono Medical Center Board of Directors in 1991 in recognition of Mr. Gordon’s outstanding service as a board member. 

Both The Jennie Cramer Nursing Scholarship and The Robert A. Gordon Memorial Nursing Scholarship provide $1,000 each to a nursing student entering the final year of their program.

In addition to the nursing scholarships, there is also a scholarship designed for future healthcare professionals who are currently Monroe County High School seniors accepted in a college or university program.  This $1,500 scholarship is made possible through the Dr. Elmo Lilli Memorial Healthcare Scholarship.  Dr. Lilli began serving as a family and geriatric physician in 1959 and also served as Chief of the Medical Staff at Pocono Medical Center from 1978 to 1980.  Anyone interested in learning more about these scholarship opportunities is encouraged to visit the Pocono Health Foundation website at www.poconohealthfoundation.org.  The applications for all of the scholarships will be accepted through March 31, 2009.