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Children of employees working for Sutter Tracy Community Hospital soon will benefit from a $4 million fund established by STCH's parent company Sutter Health, for a competitive scholarship program. Children and grandchildren of the 38,000 people who work across the not-for-profit Sutter Health network may apply for grants from the new Sutter Scholars program this spring, and the first recipients of annual awards between $1,500 and $6,000 will be announced in August.
"Sutter Scholars is just one more example of how we're working with other organizations across our network to positively impact our community and become a model Employer of Choice," said Gary Rapaport, CEO. "It makes good business sense to provide these programs that can make a clear difference for our society's future leaders, businesspeople, physicians and nurses."
Students and their families can expect to pay, on average, about $127 to $1,001 more than last year for this year's tuition and fees, according to recent reports from the College Board.
"College costs are up about 6 to 10 percent from 2002 depending on the type of institution a student selects," said Sutter Health President and CEO Van R. Johnson. "We wanted to do what we could to support students who otherwise might not be able to attend college, and providing our employees with this special opportunity seemed like the best place to start," he said.
"These students are our future leaders, businesspeople and care givers. I couldn't be happier about providing a program that supports their education now and enhances our communities in the long run," said Rapaport. "It's the right thing to do."
Sutter Tracy Community Hospital is a full-service, acute care hospital that offers a wide array of inpatient and outpatient services, as well as home health and hospice services through its affiliate Sutter VNA & Hospice. Founded in 1948 by a group of community residents and business members, the Hospital became an affiliate of Sutter Health, Northern California's leading non-profit provider of health care services and programs, in 1993.
Sutter Health is one of the nation's leading not-for-profit networks of community-based health care providers, delivering high-quality care in more than 100 Northern California communities. It is also the regional leader in infant deliveries, neonatology, orthopedics and pediatrics services. Sutter Health supports more than two dozen locally run acute care hospitals as well as physician organizations; medical research facilities; regionwide home health, hospice and occupational health networks; and long-term care centers.
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