Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical Center Foundation received a donation of $2,780 in February from Collegiate Peaks Bank.
The donation funds are allocated towards a scholarship recently renamed for longtime community member Charles âCharlieâ Forster.Â
Forster, who died in January, served as chair on the Foundation board for more than 15 years.Â
âCharlie was passionate about the hospital and the HRRMC Foundation,â said Lezlie Burkley, HRRMC Foundation Director. âWe are grateful for the contributions he made in both time and resources, and we want to give to the future of healthcare in his name.â
Two $2,500 scholarships will be awarded to current college students who plan to continue their studies in a healthcare field during the 2021 fall semester and who maintain a minimum 3.2 grade point average.Â
The nonprofit has grown since it was profiled in The Times last month.
Choose Life founder Mary Lee Bensman said that the group has four new volunteer toymakers, all of whom are new to the craft of woodworking and are receiving on-the-job training.
âOf course, if you are a woodworker and have a shop that is a bonus,â Bensman said.
The project is also looking for volunteers with experience in grant-writing.
Choose Life Toymakers also has a bank account at Collegiate Peaks Bank. Donations to the project can be made through this account.
The project is also receiving donations of cull lumber from local companies, and is looking for partners to help distribute the toys.
Collegiate Peaks Bank recently announced that its holding company, Glacier Bank, has been ranked third on Forbes’ list of America’s Best Banks for 2021.
Collegiate Peaks Bank recently announced that its holding company, Glacier Bank, has been ranked third on Forbes’ list of America’s Best Banks for 2021.
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