Pasco-Hernando State College Volume XIII, Issue I - Spring 2019 | Page 9

FOUNDATION
NEWS
HEALTH CARE STUDENTS
RECEIVE COMMUNITY SUPPORT
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he Florida College System Foundation connects Additionally, HHF continued their support of the North Campus
statewide donors with community matching partners emergency medical service and nursing programs. The
to advance higher education at PHSC. Florida College organization’s $87,500 donation designates for educational
System Foundation board member, Tim Morris, recently equipment, staff training and scholarships for as many as 85
presented a $31,901 check to the PHSC Foundation. The students in the 2018-19 academic year.
scholarship support gift represented combined giving from the
Florida Blue, Helios and Bank of America Foundations. The
funds will benefit nearly 60 PHSC students during the 2018-19
academic year.
Support from Florida Blue includes a matching partner
opportunity. For the fourth consecutive year, Hernando
Healthcare Foundation, Inc. (HHF) joined the efforts to elevate
funding as a 2018-19 matching grant partner. This year’s HHF
$14,000 matched funding gift provided more than $28,000 in
health care student scholarships in the 22 various PHSC health
care programs.
SPRING 2019
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