Scholarship Opportunities
Sad Sacks is the itualli division of AMVETS. A fun and honor organization comprised of AMVET members. The Sad Sacks (who derive their name from a famous Cartoon Character of World War II) provide as their chief community service project the Scholarships for Nurses program.
The Nursing Scholarship Program is a selective program of the U.S. Government that helps alleviate the critical shortage of registered nurses currently experienced by certain types of health care facilities by helping needy students complete their registered nurse training. In exchange for the scholarship, upon graduation, the newly minted nurses work at these types of facilities for at least 2 years.
The Nursing Education Loan Program is available to students in associate, bachelors and masters degree programs in nursing. It also is available to graduate nurse students pursuing a doctorate and nurses enrolled in a refresher course.