Hospital auxiliary begins scholarship fund drive

The Union County Hospital District Auxiliary is planning to begin its annual scholarship fund drive on Wednesday, Dec. 1.

The auxiliary again will be selling lights and ornaments to help raise funds for the scholarship.

Lights are $1 each. Ornaments are $25 each.

Donations will be featured on a scholarship tree that will be on display at Union County Hospital in Anna.

Lights and ornaments can be designated in honor of, or in memory of, someone in the donor’s family or “a special someone in your life.”

Donations for the scholarship tree allow the auxiliary to award a $1,000 scholarship to someone in the community who is continuing her or his education in the healthcare field.

First priority is given to a hospital employee, or a family member, to encourage further education.

The 2010 scholarship was awarded to Tyler Hinkle.

Hinkle is enrolled in the radiological sciences program at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

Union County Hospital Auxiliary is a not-for-profit entity. Donations are tax deductible.

Donations can be sent to: Scholarship Tree, c/o Union County Hospital Auxiliary, 517 N. Main St., Anna, Ill. 62906.

Donations also can be made at the gift shop at Union County Hospital in Anna.

Gift shop hours are from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.