Press Release: May 2008

SCHOLARSHIP GRANT: Chapter H, Holdrege, International PEO Sisterhood, sponsored a student for a scholarship grant through the PEO PCE, Program for Continuing Education. Beth Richards is a licensed practical nurse working at Phelps Memorial Health Center who has returned to school to pursue her registered nurse degree. The local PEO chapter was instrumental in recommending Ms. Richards for the grant and helped with the application process. Pictured here, from left, PEO Scholarship Committee Judy Schrock and Mary Kay Nelson, recipient Beth Richards, and president of Chapter H, PEO, Vicki Westcott. Not pictured is Jodi Damrow who began the scholarship process for Beth Richards and Chapter H. Ms. Richards was awarded a $2,000 scholarship from the sisterhood. PCE is a scholarship available to women who have returned to school, to advance their career through education.