Elizabeth Alamo Scholarship Fund Set up for Waverly High School at the Community Foundation for the Twin Tiers
June 24, 2008
Elizabeth Alamo of Waverly recently established the Elizabeth Alamo Nursing Scholarship Fund for graduating seniors at the Waverly High School at the Community Foundation for the Twin Tiers. The purpose of the fund is to offer a $500 scholarship to a graduating senior at Waverly High School who is enrolled in an accredited college or university in the United State to obtain a degree in nursing.
This fund was established in April 2008 by Elizabeth Alamo, a long time resident of Waverly, New York because she wished to help ensure a supply of nurses for the medical profession. She knows there is already a nursing shortage both nationally and locally and that an even more serious one is predicted in the future.
A selection committee consisting of the Waverly guidance department, principal, and faculty members will select the scholarship winner each year. The scholarship recipient must have the personal characteristics suitable for an effective career in nursing and have demonstrated financial need and earned at least an 80 grade point average while in high school.
The scholarship will be announced at graduation and a student may apply for a second year scholarship award if they can demonstrate need and they are a student in good standing at the school they are enrolled at. The student must have maintained at least a C average the first year in college to be eligible for a second year grant.
CFTT serves Bradford, Sullivan, and Tioga Counties in Pennsylvania and Tioga County in New York State. It is a purely public charity, incorporated as a non-profit, that has been granted 501(c)(3) status by the IRS. The mission of the CFTT is to continuously improve the present and future quality of life in the counties served by the Foundation.
The CFTT establishes endowment funds from contributions of many individual citizens, corporations, other foundations, other charitable organizations and government agencies for philanthropic purposes. As the endowment funds grow, it uses the earnings from these funds to make grants to organizations or projects that serve identified community needs or are designated by the donor.
Anyone interested in learning more about the CFTT or in establishing a fund can contact the organization by any of these methods: telephone - 570-888-4759; fax - 570-888-2179; email - cftt@stny.rr.com; or website - www.twintierscf.org.
CFTT is dedicated to making a difference locally “for good – for everTM”
