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Press Releases: 201149 Southeastern Pa. Students Receive Scholarships from Keystone Mercy Health Plan EmployeesJune 15, 2011 Philadelphia, PA Employees from Keystone Mercy Health Plan (KMHP) will present scholarships tonight to 49 deserving members from the Southeastern Pennsylvania area during its 24th annual Member Scholarship awards program. James "Bruiser" Flint, head men's basketball coach of Drexel University, will be the guest speaker when the scholarships are awarded tonight at St. Joseph's University. The scholarships awarded by the KMHP Mission Partnership program are funded each year with contributions made by employees of the health plan. The $98,000 in scholarships this year were awarded based on financial need, a letter of recommendation and an essay written by the students who live in the counties served by KMHP. More than 800 scholarships totaling $1.6 million have been awarded over the past 24 years to students from Pennsylvania since the program began. One of the scholarship recipients is Georgia Karmee, a graduate of Motivation High School in Philadelphia who is from Africa and studies chemical engineering at Penn State. Her essay told of growing up a refugee in West Africa and struggling to find drinking water every day. She hopes her education will eventually lead her to develop better water delivery systems for people living in Africa. "In these tough times, receiving this scholarship will really serve as a vital contribution for me to continue my education," she said. Another scholarship recipient, Margaret Monteiro, a graduate of Frankford High School, came here from the Philippines with English as her second language. She plans to use her studies in speech therapy to help others gain a voice. "I felt mute once in my life and I know how pleasant it feels once you can communicate better with others," she said. Maria Pajil Battle, KMHP's Senior Vice President, Public Affairs and Marketing, said the scholarship winners are an important part of KMHP's mission to build healthy communities. "I'm inspired by the deep understanding our scholarship winners have of how important their education is and how it can help them build their families and communities," she said. "I know that it thrills our employees who have made donations to make the scholarships possible to see our members pursue education with such determination and with such worthy goals." "This group of scholarship winners is not only comprised of people with a burning desire to achieve and be successful, these winners are also very committed to completing their education so they can give back to their communities," said Sister Renee Yann, Senior Vice President and Chief Mission Integration Officer of the AmeriHealth Mercy Family of Companies, which includes Keystone Mercy Health Plan. The following is a list of tonight's scholarship winners by county: Bucks County
Chester County
Delaware County
Montgomery County
Philadelphia County
About Keystone Mercy Health PlanKeystone Mercy Health Plan, a member of the AmeriHealth Mercy Family of companies, is a Medical Assistance (Medicaid) managed care health plan serving more than 300,000 Medical Assistance recipients in southeastern Pennsylvania. Headquartered in Philadelphia, Keystone Mercy is a mission-driven company dedicated to helping members get care, stay well and build healthy communities. For more information about Keystone Mercy Health Plan, please visit www.keystonemercy.com. For more information, contact Keystone Mercy at 215-937-8648. |
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