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Gill Family Nursing Center for Community Health Endowment Fund
The Gill Family Nursing Center for Community Health Endowment Fund was established in 1992 by Kristine M. and Richard A. Gill to support the Nursing Center for Community Health Incest Survivors group. Kristine M. Gill personally donated professional counseling services to incest survivors in a shelter for homeless women and children. The fund will subsidize the cost of services rendered for clients who are unable to afford fees charged by the Nursing Center for Community Health. Eligible clients will be determined and selected by the Nursing Center for Community Health staff in collaboration with the College of Nursing.
The Gills provided four stipulations which impact distribution of the annual $1,000 award:
- if the services provided for survivors of incest were phased out of the Nursing Center for Community Health, the annual award would be directed to other patient services offered by the Nursing Center for Community Health at the discretion of the Gills;
- if the cost of services to survivors of incest is less than the annual award, the remaining annual award money would be directed to support of the annual Spring semester school children's day in the Learning Resource Center (LRC), which is led by the undergraduate nursing faculty in the senior Community Health Nursing course;
- if the annual award is not fully used by the services to survivors of incest and the LRC children's day, the remaining money would be directed to other patient services offered by the Nursing Center for Community Health at the discretion of the Gills;
- in the event the Nursing Center for Community Health is no longer affiliated with The University of Akron, all remaining contributions in the endowment, made by Kristine M. and Richard A. Gill, will be transferred and divided equally between The Gill Family Graduate Nursing Scholarship and The Kristine M. and Richard A. Gill Scholarship.