Arlington Heights Nurses Club names scholarship recipients

The Arlington Heights Nurses Club introduced its 2011-2012 scholarship winners to members at a recent meeting. Four nursing students were honored.

Jaclyn Kanners was awarded the Martha Jackson Scholarship. Kanners is enrolled in the Master’s Entry to Nursing Practice program at DePaul University. She also holds a bachelor of science degree in neuroscience from the University of Michigan.

A fellow University of Michigan graduate, Tim Kuypers, received the Beverly Tresnowski Scholarship. He is enrolled in the BSN program at Chamberlain College of Nursing.

Kimberly Nylec, a student in the BSN program at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, and Mary Katherine Trunk, a student in the BSN program at St. Louis University, were also honored with a Nurses Club Scholarship.

The Arlington Heights Nurses Club has served the Arlington Heights Community for 73 years. It offers a Lending Closet, free to residents of Arlington Heights, which provides durable medical equipment such as walkers, canes, wheelchairs, crutches and bathing equipment.

Housed in the Arlington Heights Senior Center, 1801 W. Central Road, Arlington Heights, the Lending Closet is open 10 a.m.-noon Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays; noon-3 p.m. Mondays; and 6-8 p.m. Wednesday. For details, call the Lending Closet at (847) 797-5315.

Scholarship assistance to local nursing students and registered nurses who wish to further their nursing education continues to be a top priority for the club. The mission of the Arlington Heights Nurses Club includes dedication to philanthropy, education and community service.

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