Park View Hospital Nurses Alumnae Surpass ‘$100,000 for the 100th Year’ Fundraising Goal
First Row, left to right: Gayle Hollingsworth, Secretary; Ernell Edwards, Vice President; Louise Riddick; Crews Shearin; Eva King, Treasurer; Back Row: Flora Powell; Ennis Edwards; Martha Price, President; Betty Langston; Carolyn Shearin; Sue Boone, Ann Greene
The 100 for the 100th Year fundraising goal for the Park View Hospital (PVH) Nurses Alumnae Association concluded June 30, 2015 with a small alumnae luncheon celebrating reaching $100,000 in the PVH/NCC Scholarship Fund.
At the beginning of the centennial celebration held June 28, 2014, Association President and Founding Nursing Scholarship Chair, Martha Raynor-Price challenged alumnae and the entire Park View family to honor the hospital and the School of Nursing’s commemorative 100th anniversary by having $100,000 in the Nash Community College Park View Hospital Nurses Alumnae Scholarship Fund for student nurses by the end of the 100th year, June 30, 2015. The annual scholarship has been awarded to a second year RN candidate since 1990.
Over the past year enough funds, including interest, were deposited to slightly surpass the $100,000 figure on the above date. “A few last minute and generous contributions put us slightly over the top by including the $20,000 already awarded since 1990,” Price said. That figure can only remain for a couple weeks in July because the 2015-2016 recipient’s tuition will be deducted. We are most grateful to everyone contributing to the scholarships in any way. As the PVH family and friends can, we’d like to see the scholarship endowment “balance” reach $100,000. If we can leave $100,000 in the fund, that would be great for the perpetuity of the scholarship and legacy of the entire Park View Institution – the deceased family members and their descendants, and to honor all those left to celebrate and continue to support that “icon of an institution” we know and honor, Park View.”
Park View Hospital, the School of Nursing and the Boice-Willis Clinic were founded and opened for business July 1, 1914. The hospital closed its doors May 16, 1971 when patients were transferred to Nash General Hospital, now Nash UNC Health Care System.
For more information on the scholarship fund, please contact Pat Daniels, Nash Community College Foundation, P.O. Box 7488 Rocky Mount, NC 27804 or (252) 451-8329 or pdaniels@nashcc.edu.
The College administers the scholarship and maintains the Park View Health Sciences Hall at the College. Park View Hospital and Nursing School memorabilia is displayed there. Items are still being accepted for the hall by notifying Pat Daniels.
Alumnae of the School of Nursing are encouraged to contact Carolyn Shearin at PVH Alumnae Association, P.O. Box 9116 Westridge Station, Rocky Mount, NC 27804 to update names and addresses for Association active membership information.
