HCA Healthcare Magazine - Winter 2019 - 14

Care
Like
Family

OWEN THEECK
Christine Theeck (parent)
HCA Healthcare
Physician Services
Houston, Texas

RAZZMIN LOFTON
Tameka Lofton (parent), RN
Tulane Medical Center
New Orleans, La.

Opening Doors
The HCA Healthcare Scholars Program
helps children of colleagues achieve a postsecondary education.
ducation and opportunity are often the 		
gateway to advancement. We're helping our colleagues and their children have both. Last January, The
HCA Foundation, in partnership with Scholarship America,
launched the HCA Healthcare Scholars Program, which
provides up to $5,000 for higher education expenses for each
scholarship recipient.
"This shows that HCA Healthcare believes
in education and investing in the future
workforce," says Owen Theeck of Cypress, Texas,
who attends Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in
Daytona Beach, Fla. "This scholarship will enable me to
further participate in professional education programs."
In this competitive program, scholarships are available
to dependent children (age 26 and younger) of full- and parttime HCA Healthcare-affiliated colleagues. Applicants
must be biological children, stepchildren or legally adopted
children and be living with or primarily supported by the
colleague. They can be high school seniors, high school
graduates or post-secondary undergraduates who plan to
enroll in at least 12 hours of study at an accredited two- or
four-year college, university or vocational-technical school
in the U.S. for the upcoming academic year.
"I'm so honored and blessed to receive
this award, for myself and my mother," says
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HANNAH THOMAS
Tamara Thomas (parent), RN
Trident Medical Center
Charleston, S.C.

Razzmin Lofton of New Orleans, La., a student at
Xavier University of Louisiana. "As a single parent, she
works countless hours to provide for me and my sister.
My mom considers HCA Healthcare to be her second family.
And who looks out for you more than family?"
HCA Healthcare Scholars Program awards are meritbased. While it's not required, applicants may elect to provide
financial information to demonstrate need for an award
larger than the $2,000 minimum. Other selection criteria
include academics, demonstrated leadership, participation
in school and community activities, work experience, a
statement of career and educational goals and any unique
personal or family circumstances. Awards are granted
annually, but recipients can reapply each year they're eligible.
For some recipients, the HCA Healthcare Scholars
Program awards helped turn a distant dream into reality.
"I never expected to graduate high school,
let alone go on to college, after enduring a
triple concussion playing soccer the first
week of my freshman year of high school,"
says Hannah Thomas of Summerville, S.C. "I was
left with permanent amnesia, had to relearn everything
and lost 40% of my vocabulary."
Since that time, Hannah was able to recover and graduated
from high school with a 4.0 grade point average. Last year,
she finished her freshman year at Trident Technical College
in Charleston, S.C., with "high standing." But her family
was still saddled with significant medical expenses due to
her injury and subsequent rehabilitation.
"With this scholarship, I'll be able to fulfill my dream
of becoming a physical therapy assistant, specializing in
sports-related injuries," says Hannah. "I'll be able to give
back and help others who experience what I went through.


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