HRRMC Foundation awards two scholarships

Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical Center Foundation has awarded two $2,500 scholarships, to Caitlyn Wagener of Buena Vista and Debbie Eggleston of Howard, for education in the health care field. Proceeds from the 2012 Jewel Ball funded the scholarships. Wagener is a sophomore at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs and is studying for a bachelor’s degree in nursing. Eggleston, a nurse in HRRMC’s emergency department, is working toward a Master of Science in Nursing from Regis University in Denver.

The HRRMC Foundation scholarship is available to any college student who lives or has lived within the Salida Hospital District, which encompasses all of Chaffee County, western Fremont and northern Saguache counties. Applicants must already have earned a minimum of 24 college-credit hours. Applications for the 2014 scholarship will be available next May with a due date of June 16, 2014. For more information, call HRRMC Foundation Director Kimla Robinson at 719-530-2218. View article as posted on chaffeecountytimes.com.