Dollars For Scholars

1. Dollars For Scholars Scholarships How we Fund Them and Award Them Kerry McNiven CT Society for Respiratory Care

2. The Process Educator Committee BOD Review Scholarship Paperwork and Make Recommendations to Board – Jan/Feb Reviews Recommendations and Finalizes the Paperwork – March/April Send Applications to RT Schools and Places Link on Web Site - May Pres Elect Committee Chair

3. Scholarship Committee • Volunteers from BOD (no educators) – Review Applications and Announce Winners, Verify Enrollment – July-Sept • October BOD meeting • $500 for fall semester/$500 for spring semester (once enrollment verified) Awarding of Money

4. Connecticut Society for Respiratory Care Scholarship Application – 2010 *This application is for a new/incoming student enrolled in an Accredited Respiratory Care Program at a Connecticut college. SCHOLARSHIP ELIGIBILITY: The applicant must submit the following information and meet the listed criteria for eligibility. If ALL documents are not submitted with the completed application, the application will not be considered. 1. have an overall GPA of at least 2.75, or the equivalent thereof, as verified by submission of an unofficial transcript signed by the Guidance Counselor/Advisor from the school in which you are currently enrolled 2. be a U.S. citizen and submit verification copy of a birth certificate or US Passport 3. essay paper in response to one of the two questions contained within this application 4. letter of recommendation from a faculty member of the college or high school in which you are currently enrolled 5. submit this application and all of the required documentation by July 1, 2010.

5. Required Essays New/incoming Student • 1) What life events, personal encounters, or experiences helped you decide to become a Respiratory Therapist and why? • 2) What qualities or attributes do you possess and plan to bring to the respiratory care profession that will help you succeed as a Respiratory Therapist?

6. CURRENT STUDENT • 1.) Describe a clinical experience you had while attending the respiratory care program that solidified your decision to pursue respiratory care as a career. • 2.) Respiratory care is a relatively unknown allied health profession. As a future respiratory care practitioner, describe what you would do to increase public awareness of the profession.

7. Link On Web Site

8. How Do We Fund the Scholarships? • Basket Donations at Annual Symposium • Done by individual departments • Each basket is themed • CTSRC “stuff” for Sale at Annual Symposium • Speaker Donations • Golf Tournament • Individual Department Activities during Respiratory Care Week

9. Raffle Baskets 1 ticket for $1 7 tickets for $5 Arms Length for $10

10. Cups, sweatshirts, pins, umbrellas, hats and other things for sale

11. Speaker Donations Advertised in Symposium Brochure , on a Donor’s Board and Announced • In the 2010 CTSRC Brochure: The CTSRC would like to recognize and thank the following speakers who have donated their honorariums to the CTSRC Scholarship Fund. • Brett Gerstenhaber,MD • Steven Prunk, MD • Aly Hemdan-Abdalla, MD • Michael Bratt, RRT-NPS • Mary Ann Couture, MS, RRT • Maureeen C Parmelee MS.RRT • Susan Albino, RRT, BSRT • Steven Peterec, MD • Frank Salvatore Jr., RRT, MBA, FAARC • Herbert Knight, MD • Forrest M. Bird MD, PhD, ScD • J. Samuel Pope, MD

13. HOLE SPONSOR CLOSEST TO PIN/LONGEST DRIVE

14. Raffles at the Golf Tournament

15. Sponsorship

16. Individual Departments Hartford Hospital

17. Department given tickets for Special AARC prizes • Bake an item – one ticket • Sell tickets – one ticket • 100% profit • Have raised between $600-$2000 • One full scholarship

18. Awarding of Scholarship At October BOD Meeting

19. What greater or better gift can we offer the republic than to teach and instruct our youth? - Cicero