Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation

March 23 Deadline for Rhoda Rubin Nursing Scholarship

February 22, 2010

GREAT BARRINGTON, MA—The Rhoda Rubin Memorial Nursing Scholarship Fund is accepting grant applications through March 23. The Fund annually awards $1,000 to a resident of Berkshire County who is pursing a nursing degree at Berkshire Community College. Applications are available here or by calling 413.528.8039

Applicants for the Rhoda Rubin Memorial Nursing Scholarship must be accepted into the nursing program at Berkshire Community College, demonstrate financial need and have been a resident of Berkshire County for five years prior to application. In addition, preference is given to women who are single parents and to graduates of Pittsfield schools.

The Rhoda Rubin Memorial Nursing Scholarship is an endowment of Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation. Debbie, Ron and Lane Rubin created the Fund in 2005 in honor of their mother, Rhoda Rubin, a nurse and long-time resident of Pittsfield. Rubin worked for the Pittsfield Health Department as a school and public health nurse for more than 28 years, in addition to working evenings at the former Hillcrest Hospital for 30 years.

Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation builds stronger communities and improves the quality of life for all residents of Berkshire County, MA; Columbia County and northeast Dutchess County, NY; and northwest Litchfield County, CT. Thanks to its generous donors, in 2009 Berkshire Taconic distributed nearly $7 million in scholarships and grants for programs in the arts and education, health and human services, and environmental protection. Berkshire Taconic is a 501 (c)(3) charitable organization.

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