June 7, 2010
The Westerly Hospital Auxiliary awarded college scholarships to five local students who plan to pursue a career in healthcare in a June 3 ceremony in the Hospital’s Nardone Conference Center. Two-thousand ten marked the 37th year of the scholarship program.  Recipients were selected from a large field of applicants. In addition to submitting their career plans and academic and extracurricular achievements, each student was required to write an essay explaining why they have chosen healthcare as a career path.

Of the five $1,000 Auxiliary scholarships awarded, one of those scholarships came from the Mary C. Pucci Foundation, established by the late Joseph Pucci in 1999 in memory of his wife Mary to honor her involvement in the Westerly Hospital Auxiliary. The Mary C. Pucci Scholarship is awarded to a student who wishes to pursue a career in “hands on” patient care and make a different in a patient’s experience.