Tenet Healthcare Foundation, the charitable giving arm of Tenet Healthcare Corporation (NYSE: THC), and Tenet’s Philadelphia hospitals announced today that they have awarded $28,500 in one-year college scholarships to nine children of hospital employees in the Tenet Philadelphia market. The Children of Tenet Employees Scholarship Program is designed to assist children of Tenet employees pursue higher education.
By Tenet facility, the 2007 scholarship recipients, their parents and school are:
Hahnemann University Hospital, Philadelphia
Jerrell Jackson, son of Tamara Daniel, Temple University
Kimberly Osborn, daughter of Truman Osborn, Lehigh University
St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, Philadelphia
Nicholas Carroll, son of Donna Carroll, Temple University
Jessica Magaziner, daughter of Pamela Magaziner, Penn State University
Abby McGregor, daughter of Robert McGregor, St. Joseph's University
Ali McGregor, daughter of Robert McGregor, Cornell University
Robin Roy, son of Lisy Roy, Temple University
Laura Wesolowski, daughter of Deborah Wesolowski, Temple University
Kathy Yang, daughter of Huilei Zhang, Carnegie Mellon University
“Tenet Healthcare Foundation is delighted to assist the children of our employees achieve their goals of higher education,” said Maria Martineau Plankinton, director of the Tenet Healthcare Foundation. “We see these scholarships as an investment in the future and as an acknowledgement of all that these students have already accomplished. Congratulations to all of the recipients for this outstanding achievement.”
This year, the Tenet Healthcare Foundation awarded $264,000 through the Children of Tenet Employees Scholarship program to 125 deserving children of Tenet employees across the country.
These scholarships are awarded each year for full-time undergraduate study at any accredited two or four-year college, university or vocational-technical school. Winners are chosen based on academic record, demonstrated leadership, participation in school and community activities, honors, work experience, goals and aspirations stated on the application, unusual personal or family circumstances and an outside appraisal.
The program is administered for Tenet by Scholarship Management Services, a department of Scholarship America in compliance with state and federal guidelines regulating scholarship awards by corporate foundations.
Tenet Healthcare Corporation’s (NYSE: THC) Philadelphia market comprises two acute care hospitals in Philadelphia with approximately 711 beds and numerous related health care services. The market is made up of two academic medical centers: Hahnemann University Hospital and St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children.
Tenet’s hospitals aim to provide the best possible care to every patient who comes through their doors, with a clear focus on quality and service. Tenet can be found on the World Wide Web at www.tenethealth.com.
Tenet Healthcare Foundation is a charitable foundation sponsored by Tenet Healthcare Corporation. Endowed by Tenet, the Foundation, directs most of its grants to help unmet health care needs in the communities served by facilities owned by Tenet subsidiaries. The Foundation also provides grants to various educational, social services, civic and humanities-supporting organizations nationwide.