Bradford Hospital Foundation (BHF), the fundraising organization of Bradford Regional Medical Center (BRMC), presented a scholarship to a local aspiring nurse Monday at the Nurse Reception awards.

Camden Baker of Bradford was awarded the $1,000 Benjamin O. and Blanche M. Wentworth Endowed Nurse Scholarship.

Baker will graduate in June from Bradford Area High School and will continue his education this fall at Jamestown Community College in Olean, N.Y., where he has been accepted into the nursing program. He is currently employed by Bradford Ecumenical Home as a certified nursing assistant (CNA).

‘We are honored to remember our Bradford Hospital School of Nursing and the 600 RNs who graduated over its 60-year existence. This scholarship is given in memory of its alumna Blanche Wentworth from 1945,’ said Stacy Williams, executive direc-tor, Bradford Hospital Foundation.

The fund was established by Ben and Kathy Wentworth to honor and memorialize Ben’s father and mother. Blanche Lucco Wentworth graduated as a registered nurse from the Bradford Hospital School of Nursing in 1945. Wentworth worked at Bradford Hospital as a ‘private duty nurse.’ She later worked at the Bradford Nursing Pavilion, retiring after many years of service.

The Benjamin O. and Blanche M. Wentworth Endowed Nurse Scholarship Fund is designed to assist employees of BRMC or residents of McKean County who are nurse aides or licensed practical nurses pursuing an associate degree in nursing.

Anyone interested in making a gift to the Benjamin O. and Blanche M. Wentworth Fund, or any other Bradford Hospital Foundation Fund, can call (814) 3628288 or visit brmc-ogh. org/foundations/brmc.

Bradford Hospital Foundation presented the Benjamin 0. and Blanche M. Wentworth Endowed Nurse Scholarship to Camden Baker of Bradford. From left are Ben Wentworth, Baker and Stacy Williams, BHF executive director.

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