Bradford, PA – The Bradford Hospital Foundation (BHF), the fundraising organization of Bradford Regional Medical Center (BRMC), presented a scholarship to a local aspiring nurse on Friday, May 10. The future nurse was awarded the Benjamin O. and Blanche Wentworth Endowed Nurse Scholarship.

The foundation proudly presented the $1,000 scholarship to Emily Morgan of Bradford, PA.  

Morgan will be graduating May 30^th from Bradford Area High School and will continue her education this fall at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford where she has been accepted into the nursing program. She is currently employed by the 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 director, 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’s degree in nursing.  If interested in making a gift to the Benjamin O. and Blanche M. Wentworth Fund, or any other Bradford Hospital Foundation Fund, please call (814) 362-8288.