WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION FOR MORRISTOWN MEDICAL CENTERANNOUNCES 2024 SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

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Barbara Gallo, Rosie Kitson

MORRISTOWN, NJ, JUNE 25, 2024 – The Women’s Association for Morristown Medical Center (WAMMC) is pleased to announce its 2024 Scholarship Awards. WAMMC Scholarships are awarded each year to outstanding Morristown Medical Center team members to help further their continuing education, development and leadership skills in the hospital and health care field.

WAMMC’s Scholarship Program, which dates back to 1957, supports the caregivers at Morristown Medical Center by granting scholarships to hospital team members pursuing careers in the health care field. WAMMC Scholarship recipients are chosen based on applicants demonstrating extraordinary care and service to patients, their peers, colleagues and the community.

In 2024, WAMMC’s Scholarship Awards Committee awarded $50,000 in scholarships to 25 employees working toward an Associate, Bachelor, Masters or Doctorate degree, which includes $4,000 raised by WAMMC’s Cromwell Olive Twig. WAMMC awarded $50,000 in scholarships in 2023 to 25 recipients and $28,000 to 14 recipients in 2022.

“WAMMC’s Scholarship Program for health care professionals continues to be a very important part of our mission to support Morristown Medical Center’s goals to provide superior health services to our community,” said Dale Scolnick, President, Women’s Association for Morristown Medical Center. “We are grateful to all of our donors for their generous contributions to this program, enabling us to continue to support those who are working toward attaining their advanced health-care-related educations.”

“Continuing education is key to advancing professionals in the health care field, and we are incredibly fortunate to have the generous support of the Women’s Association for more than 60 years,” said Trish O’Keefe, PhD, RN, President of Morristown Medical Center. “Clinical skills training, leadership development and learning opportunities are paramount to our team members’ abilities to provide the latest innovations, and the highest safety and quality standards of care that our patients have come to expect at Morristown Medical Center.”

ABOUT THE WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION FOR MORRISTOWN MEDICAL CENTER Founded in March 1893 to provide financial support to Morristown Medical Center, part of the Atlantic Health System, the Women’s Association for Morristown Medical Center (WAMMC) helps enable the hospital to respond to the changing healthcare needs of the community. With a volunteer base of more than 400 members, WAMMC hosts a number of fundraising events, anchored by the flagship event, Mansion in May Designer Showhouse and Gardens. WAMMC also operates the hospital’s gift shops and The Bargain Box Thrift Boutique, as well as WAMMC Network TV, which created Calling All Kids and is the first in-house family television station for young patients and their families to enjoy during their stay at the hospital. As a volunteer, fundraising arm of the Foundation for Morristown Medical Center, WAMMC contributes to capital modernization and expansion initiatives across the medical center and funds innovative clinical programming, breakthrough research and continuing clinical education to help attract and retain the brightest minds in medicine today, and has raised over $32 million to date to support this mission. For more information about WAMMC, visit http://www.wammc.org.

 Photo of 9 of the 25 WAMMC 2024 Scholarship Award Recipients

LtoR: Carol Santana, Beth Johnson, Heather DiBiase, Danielle Walker, Mollie Rosenkrantz, Kelsey Manahan, Megan Lucas, Chrissy Ciprich, Ruben Millan

Not Pictured: Layla Assad, Susan Boyle, Marissa Compano, Samantha Cook, Anna Cooke, Hyrie Cosaj, Kelsey George, Alexandra Germani, Taban Jaaf, Donnette Jones, Tara Kinney, Caitlin Lietz, 

Kristi Mobus, Nicoletta Quitadamo, Amour Joy Villamor, Brittany Vomero