Changing Lives

2018 award winners included nurses, early childhood educator, medical technicians, education assistant and health information management specialist, all with a wide variety of ages and backgrounds. However diverse, the common thread among recipients is that of a desire to enrich their lives (and often, those of their families)  by improved training and/ or education, despite the obstacles they face of time, distance and money.  Read more...

Bursary Society Past President, Patricia Minnes, who contacted each recipient by phone to advise them of their award, said that a number were "brought to tears" by the news. "You know it's a great cause, but hearing of the positive impact on the lives of the women and their futures was overwhelming".

2018 Bursary Recipients Brandey Morris, Jennifer Pratt, Jeyna Plowman, Andrea Prowse, Christie Gao and Alex Ratcliff, with Bursary Society members.