Jacqueline B. Meredith, a Licensed Practical Nurse at Community Memorial Healthcenter (CMH) in South Hill, is a recipient of this year’s Regirer Nurse Scholarship. The Commonwealth Long Term Care Foundation presented $43,500 in Regirer Nursing Scholarships to 29 recipients employed in Virginia long term care facilities. Each recipient will receive $1,500 toward the cost of their nursing education. To receive the award each recipient completed an extensive application, were personally interviewed by a member of the foundation’s nurse scholarship committee and agreed to work in long term care after graduation.

The scholarships are named for Walter and Maria Teresa who as members of the Virginia Healthcare Association (VHCA) led efforts to improve access to long term care education for career professionals. The Regirer Nursing Scholarship Program is designed to promote and support quality of care and to enhance the educational level of nurses currently working in VHCA member facilities. The Regirers were leaders in the VHCA which is an affiliated organization of the Commonwealth Long Term Care Foundation.

Since the inception of the Commonwealth Long Term Care Foundation in 1997 it has awarded Regirer Nursing Scholarships totaling $338,300 to 247 scholarship recipients. The Foundation is a corporation organized and operated exclusively for charitable, scientific or educational purposes.

PHOTO CAPTION: Derperdine Webster, Director of Nurses for CMH’s W.S. Hundley Extended Care Facility presents Jacqueline Meredith with a Scholarship check for $1,500. Ms. Meredith plans to further her education with an Associate Degree in Nursing.