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This Nursing scholarship was started in the 1970s by Art Brook, in honor of his deceased wife, Alma Brook. She was a very committed and caring woman, and Art wanted to help carry on this tradition by helping local high school graduates who wanted to become Nurses. The 501c3 foundation is a part of The Rotary Club of Hemet Sunset. Each year the club members select 3 members to be the Trustees and operate the foundation. It started with a small initial donation in the 3 figures, and today we have grown it to the low 6 figures At the same time we have graduated 7 people with AB degrees and an RN.

However, we have now discovered that we cannot trust high school grades any more, and the past three attempts to pick suitable students has failed, due to the fact that after 2 years in college, none of them have been accepted by any nursing school.

Now we have an agreement to work with the Mount San Jacinto College Nursing department. The scholarships will go to 2nd year students who have come upon financial trouble, and our help will keep them in school, instead of having to drop out part way through. MSJC is able to graduate 98%+ of their students every year, so no we know for a certainty that none of our scholarship money will be wasted.
Carl P Cardey, Trustee

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