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Date
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Dear Donor Name,
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I would like to thank everyone for helping me pursue my dreams of attaining a nursing degree. I am a US
Navy Hospital Corpsman who served in the first Gulf War on active duty and now I am a reservist in my final
semester through the Beth-El College of Nursing at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs. To receive
this scholarship is one of the greatest gifts I have been given during the pursuit of my nursing degree.
My college aspirations started when I was a high school student, but those aspirations were deflated when I
graduated and could not seem to find the time to attend college. I had moved out on my own and started
working nearly eighty hours a week in order to help pay my bills. During this time in my life I wondered if I
would even have the opportunity one day to attend college. My grades in high school were not the best and I
did not know where to go for help in beginning my college path. One day my dad told me the US Navy had
called again. Originally I did not entertain the idea of joining the Navy, but this time after considering the fact
that I was not doing anything with my life other than working long hours, I went and listened to the recruiter.
He spoke to me about an ASVAB test that I barely remember because I was fascinated with his earlier
description of a Hospital Corpsman.
Early in life I realized I wanted to help people. I am the oldest of four children and my parents had divorced
when I was only eleven years old, so I had to grow up quickly and help out my sister in raising my youngest
siblings who were toddlers. As I began to mature in my teen years I realized I wanted to do something in the
healthcare field. I had seen EMT’s and nurses at sporting events and even at car wrecks. Then one day while
visiting my mom in Houston, Texas we came across a wreck and I saw the Life Flight helicopter. My mom
told me the helicopter was from the hospital where she worked, and at that moment I realized one day I
would want to be a flight nurse.
I joined the US Navy and served twelve years on active duty. I spent time in the first Gulf War with a Fleet
Hospital in Saudi Arabia. I later moved on to serve time helping with the humanitarian relief needed for the
Haitian people, working as a search and rescue swimmer, working as an inpatient psychiatric manager, and
lastly working as a manager in the health promotion department. Throughout this time, I always said I would
go and pursue my goals, but it was not until my last assignment that I finally found the determination to follow
my dream.
While in the service, I enjoyed a secure job with benefits, however after leaving the service I became
dependent on loans, GI Bill, and odd jobs to help me financially. Here in the last semester of school, I was
running out of options and loans opportunities. Then I was told of this scholarship. I would like to thank you
for helping me in completing my nursing degree. This money will help me to finish school, obtain a job in an
ICU or Emergency Department, and work towards my goal of becoming a Flight Nurse.
Sincerely,
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