Serving patients and their families lifts APSU nursing student to prestigious Vanderbilt award
July 23, 2018
Austin Peay State University (APSU)
Clarksville, TN – When Austin Peay State University nursing student Hunter Burkhart was 8 years old, his dad suffered a heart attack. When Hunter was 9 years old, his dad suffered a stroke.
Those events arrested life for Hunter and his family. They spent weeks in the hospital, caring for his father. The memories will never fade.
Austin Peay State University nursing student Hunter Burkhart won Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Credo Award in the critical care track during a summer internship at the hospital. (Denzil Wyatt)
Clarksville Parks and Recreation receives $7,580 grant for Sport Wheelchairs
April 26, 2016
Clarksville, TN – Clarksville Parks and Recreation is proud to announce that it has received a $7,580 Quality of Life grant from the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation.
The award was one of 107 grants totaling over $735,482 awarded by the Reeve Foundation to nonprofit organizations nationwide that provide more opportunities, access, and daily quality of life for individuals living with paralysis, their families, and caregivers. Conceived by the late Dana Reeve, the program has awarded over 2,600 grants totaling over $19 million since 1999.
Quality of Life grant received from the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation to be used for Sports Wheelchairs.
