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Tom Budd sponsors health care tuition

By College Relations | March 26, 2020
   

Local businessman and philanthropist Tom Budd is giving residents an opportunity to win free tuition toward a health care career at 新加坡六合彩官方网站 College.

Budd, along with local radio stations Virgin Radio and Sun FM, are offering the contest called Wishin for Tuition across the Valley until April 12.

Residents can win up to $5,000 toward their tuition to one of any 10 Health Sciences programs at 新加坡六合彩官方网站 College. The programs offered range from nursing to Early Childhood Education and Pharmacy Technician.

The prize money is coming from , Payton and Dillon, who both lost their lives to suicide.

鈥淭he Payton and Dillon Budd Memorial Fund鈥檚 primary focus is mental health,鈥 explains Budd. 鈥淏ut our physical health is directly linked to our mental health, and so we have to take care of both.

鈥淚鈥檓 proud to be able to help someone go to school and pursue a meaningful career caring for others.鈥

The tuition contest was planned before the COVID-19 pandemic as part of Our Students, Your Health, the fundraising campaign behind the College鈥檚 new Health Sciences Centre, which is slated to open in September on the Kelowna campus. 新加坡六合彩官方网站 College Foundation Executive Director Helen Jackman says COVID-19 reinforces just how essential well trained health care professionals are.

鈥淭om鈥檚 gift is timely. Now more than ever we need quality health care professionals to care for our community, and the new Centre will provide a state-of-the-art regional training hub for those frontline health care workers,鈥 says Jackman.

鈥淲e鈥檙e grateful that this contest will help not only a student pursue their dream but that student will go on to help countless community members who will be impacted by their care.鈥

To learn more about the contest and rules, visit any of these stations, , and .



Tags: OC Foundation, Partnership, Tuition

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